Every day, all over the world, prisoners – men, women and even children – face execution. The death penalty is cruel, inhuman and degrading. We are opposed to its use, everywhere in the world, for whatever reason.
5/5/2009
On 1 May 2009, Delara Darabi was executed in Iran, despite having been given a two-month stay of execution on 19 April.
20/4/2009
'Aisha Ghalib al-Hamzi, Yemeni mother of seven, was executed on 19 April 2009 for the murder of her husband. All seven of her children refused to pardon her.
© Rishi Menon (Flickr)Child executions are one of the most shocking manifestations of the death penalty. On World day against the death penalty 2009, over 90,000 people around the globe came together to tell Governments still executing child offenders that it's past time to stop.
Yong Vui Kong has received a second stay of execution by the Court of Appeal in Singapore. Help keep the international pressure up to stop his execution.
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