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Africa: Executions Down, but Not for Juvenile Offenders
HRW, 1 April 2015
Last year's record on the death penalty is mixed: executions declined globally from 2013 to 2014, in a sign that public opposition continued to build around the world against… Read more »
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Eritrea: Death Penalty - 607 Executions - the Story Behind the Numbers
AI London, 1 April 2015
The numbers behind our latest overview of the global use of the death penalty, released today, tell a chilling story: 607 people were executed in 22 countries and at least 2,466… Read more »
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Egypt: Report - Egypt, Nigeria Led World in Death Sentences in 2014
This Day, 2 April 2015
Egypt and Nigeria accounted for well over 1,000 of the death sentences announced last year, more than a third of the world's total, Amnesty International said in its latest annual… Read more »
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Algeria: Amnesty International Welcomes "Decreasing" Number of Death Row Inmates in Algeria
Algerie Presse Service, 1 April 2015
Amnesty International welcomed, Wednesday, the "decreasing" number of death row inmates in Algeria while pleading for the abolition of death penalty, a practice subject to a… Read more »
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Aswat Masriya, 2 April 2015
Egypt ranked high among the top countries which issued death sentences and carried out executions in 2014, according to an Amnesty International report released on Tuesday. Read more »