Amnesty in Salisbury & South Wiltshire
Promoting human rights from Salisbury UK
Here is the latest death penalty report compiled by group member Lesley – thanks for your efforts on this. There is no data on China – believed to execute more of its citizens than the rest of the world together – as it is a state secret.
October/November report (Word)
This is the latest monthly death penalty report compiled by group member Lesley
Don’t forget the links at the bottom of this page to various sites relevant to the abolition of the death penalty. We have just added the Death Penalty Project.
The death penalty report for August – September is now available thanks to group member Lesley for compiling it.
We would also like to draw your attention to a relatively new death penalty campaigning organisation called the Death Penalty Project
We attach the latest death penalty report with thanks to group member Lesley for compiling it. It features, Malaysia, Algeria, USA, Mauritania, Sudan and Belarus. Note that China is believed to execute more of its citizens than the rest of the world combined but details and statistics are a state secret.
The monthly death penalty report is available thanks to group member Lesley for compiling it.
Attached is the death penalty report for the mid December – January period prepared by group member Lesley. Some good news especially in Texas – a state with a high use of this punishment – but elsewhere in the world, a depressing number of countries in the list.
Amnesty has just received news of a youth at risk of execution in Iran tomorrow. Full details can be accessed on the following link. https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde13/7666/2018/en/
A man, Mohammad ali Taheri has been sentenced to death for ‘spreading corruption on earth’. This is the second time he
has been so convicted having been cleared of the offence by a previous court. This is in breach of the double jeopardy rules which Iran has signed up to. Iran is one of the worlds major executioners of its citizens after China.
If you can find time to write or email that would be appreciated.
Read our latest monthly death penalty report.
The latest death penalty report covering four weeks to mid August is attached thanks to group member Lesley for compiling it. Please remember China remains the world’s biggest executioner but details are a state secret.
This is an urgent action for someone who was accused and tried as a juvenile (aged 15 at the time of the alleged murder) and who is now due to be executed on 10 May. He was held in solitary confinement during his confinement and says he was beaten during his time in prison.
If you can find time to write or email that would be appreciated.
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