Amnesty International has reported a major increase in executions globally, with last year having the highest number recorded ...

There is controversy in Israel over the proposed introduction of the capital punishment law targeting Palestinians convicted of fatal terrorist attacks.Although the death penalty already exists in ...

Iran executed more than twice as many people last year as it did in 2024, according to a new report by Amnesty International.

Amnesty International's annual report on capital punishment documented a surge in global executions to their highest level ...

Amnesty International’s 2025 report on the global use of the death penalty finds that executions have surged to their highest recorded number in over 40 years, driven largely by the expanded use of ...

After Japan’s first execution of a prisoner in almost three years, the European Union and other countries responded with a joint statement expressing regret and calling for the death penalty to be ...

The number of people killed in state-sanctioned executions worldwide rose to a 44-year high in 2025, according to a new ...

Iran executed 2,159 people in 2025, the highest annual total in the country in 45 years, driving the global number of executions to its highest level since 1981, Amnesty International reported on May ...

Florida accounted for nearly half of US executions in 2025, according to Amnesty International’s new annual report on the ...