Iran: end executions by stoning

The present document of Amnesty International covers the situation in Iran concerning executions. Amnesty International is calling on the Iranian government to abolish immediately and totally executions by stoning and to impose a moratorium on the death penalty pending the repeal or amendment of the Penal Code. All existing sentences of execution by stoning should be […]

Iran: end executions by stoning

The present document of Amnesty International covers the situation in Iran concerning executions. Amnesty International is calling on the Iranian government to abolish immediately and totally executions by stoning and to impose a moratorium on the death penalty pending the repeal or amendment of the Penal Code. All existing sentences of execution by stoning should be […]

People’s Republic of China: executed “according to law”? The death penalty in China

The present document of Amnesty International describes the process that someone suspected of committing a capital crime goes through under the Chinese criminal justice system, from detention through to execution. This process will be described using examples of cases researched by Amnesty International, and others monitored in the official press in China. Amnesty refers to […]

People’s Republic of China: executed “according to law”? The death penalty in China

The present document of Amnesty International describes the process that someone suspected of committing a capital crime goes through under the Chinese criminal justice system, from detention through to execution. This process will be described using examples of cases researched by Amnesty International, and others monitored in the official press in China. Amnesty refers to […]

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