world news Canada and China ramp up war of words over Canadian’s death sentence Beijing and Ottawa have exchanged accusations after convicted drug smuggler Robert Lloyd Schellenberg’s 15-year jail term in China was replaced with the death penalty. 15/01/2019
Germany German state Hesse finally abolishes death penalty A region in Germany has this week formally abolished the death penalty and with it fixed a quirk of history. 02/11/2018
USA German pharma company fails to block US execution German pharma company fails to block US execution 15/08/2018
United Kingdom 'Britain would not seek death penalty block for IS suspects': UK minister Britain's home secretary has said that the UK will not oppose the use of the death penalty if two alleged Islamic state members were extradited to the US. 23/07/2018
Japan Cult members hanged in Japan for gas attack on Tokyo underground Seven members of a Japanese doomsday cult were hanged for a deadly attack on the Tokyo underground in 1995 that killed 13 people 06/07/2018
world news Amnesty International report found fewer executions last year but admits it does not give the full picture The number of executions it could confirm was lower in 2017 than the previous year. The figures do not include China, where Amnesty said the number of deaths could run to thousands 13/04/2018
Africanews Botswana hangs man who murdered girlfriend and son in 2010 Joseph Poni Tselayarona, 28, was executed on Saturday after the 2010 murder of his girlfriend and her three-year-old son, the Botswana Prison Service said. 19/02/2018
Israel Israel takes step to make death sentences easier Prime Minister Netanyahu says capital punishment may be appropriate "in certain cases". 03/01/2018
Iraq German teenager who joined ISIL: "stupid idea" Linda Wenzel, 17, was briefly reunited with her mother and sister as she awaits for trial in Baghdad. 15/12/2017
USA Mexican national executed in the US A Mexican national on death row in the US, has been executed despite Mexican authorities pleading for his life to be spared 09/11/2017
France France's final guillotine: 40 years since the end of the death penalty On September 10, 1977, 40 years ago this week, France conducted its last execution. Four years later capital punishment was abolished, thus ending 11/09/2017
USA Alabama executes 75-year-old man The US state of Alabama has executed a 75-year-old man who had been on death row for more than three decades. Tommy Arthur was convicted of killing 26/05/2017
India India's top court upholds death sentences for gang-rape attackers India’s top court has upheld death sentences for four men convicted in the gang-rape and torture of a woman on a moving bus in New Delhi. 05/05/2017
Saudi Arabia Human rights VS business interests: Merkel's tricky talks in Saudi Arabia German Chancellor Angela Merkel leaves Saudi Arabia after a delicate balancing act of talks on economic relations and human rights. 01/05/2017
USA Fourth man dies in controversial flurry of Arkansas executions A fourth inmate has been executed in just a week in the US State of Arkansas after weeks of controversy about plans for a high number of executions in a short space of… 28/04/2017
USA Arkansas executes first of eight slated to die in 10 days before drug expires The US state of Arkansas begins its bid to kill eight men on death row before a lethal injection drug expires in 10 days with the execution of Ledell Lee. 21/04/2017
USA Executions halted by Arkansas Supreme Court as politicians race to carry out death sentences The Supreme Court of Arkansas has halted two executions mere hours before they had been scheduled to take place. 18/04/2017
USA Legal rulings halt Arkansas 'assembly line' executions What critics branded an ‘assembly line of executions’ by the US state of Arkansas has been put on hold after separate court rulings. 15/04/2017
USA Critics slam 'assembly line executions' in Arkansas Tension is rising in Arkansas as it prepares to put seven prisoners to death over an 11 day period starting from Monday. 14/04/2017
world news Death sentences soar but executions fall in 2016 says Amnesty Campaigners aginst the death penalty for 36 years, Amnesty International's annual report says the number of executions has fallen around the world, but the number of people sentenced to death has jump 11/04/2017
world news Amnesty International blasts Beijing as global death penalty toll falls Amnesty International has released its global death penalty report, with China, Iran and Saudi Arabia the world’s top executioners. 11/04/2017
Egypt Death sentence against Mohammed Mursi overturned by Egyptian court The court of cassation overturns the death sentence pronounced in June against former president Mohammed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood 15/11/2016
Sport Brazil's 1970 World Cup winning captain Carlos Alberto dies Carlos Alberto, captain of Brazil's 1970 World Cup winners, has died of a heart attack. 25/10/2016
world news Philippine president threatens to quit UN over 'stupid' criticism of drug war The Philippine president has threatened to quit the United Nations after it urged him to stop killing suspected criminals. 21/08/2016
Turkey Turkish president makes first foreign visit after coup attempt to Russia Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Vladimir Putin will focus their talks on the Syria conflict, trade, energy and the resumption of Russian charter flights to Turkey. 08/08/2016
Indonesia State executions: a fate worse than death Indonesia went ahead with the execution of four drug offenders early on Friday morning. Last-minute petitions were denied. Another 10 more are due to 01/08/2016
