The government of Saudi Arabia executes an average of more than two
people a week - almost half are foreign nationals from poor and developing
countries.
As part of the sixth annual World Day against the Death Penalty, Amnesty International calls on India to take a step towards abolishing the death penalty.
Three men were executed in Japan on Thursday 11 September 2008. Amnesty International has
called for the government to immediately adopt a moratorium on
executions.
This latest initiative paves the way for other countries to follow
suit, and makes Argentina the sixth country to ratify all the human
rights instruments of the inter-American system.
With the swearing in of Musharraf's successor, Asif Ali Zardari, the
Pakistani government should act immediately to reverse the country's
human rights record.
After eight alleged members of the Justice and Equality Movement were sentenced to death by Sudan's Anti-Terrorism Special Courts, the government prepares to try another 109.
José Medellín was put to death in violation of the USA’s international
legal obligations and despite worldwide appeals for the execution to be
stopped.
