Save Australians on death row in Indonesia
End the Death Penalty
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.
Report: Death sentences and executions in 2012
Explore our annual report on the use of the death penalty and executions across the world, and progress towards abolition.
Japan: 40 years on death row
After four decades awaiting execution, a recent court development offers hope of retrial for Japanese death row prisoner Okunishi Masaru.
Connecticut abolishes the Death Penalty
Connecticut has ended the death sentence, becoming the fifth state in the U.S. in five years to repeal the cruel and inhuman punishment as the abolition movement progresses worldwide.
Campaign Resources
Case studies
Compelling, real-life stories of people affected by this issue.
Research
Keep informed with our reports and downloadable fact sheets.
Blogs
5 reasons to abolish the death penalty
Editors, 9 October 2012
The casualties of Iran’s ‘war on drugs’
Pui-yi, 15 December 2011
Thousands across Asia executed after unfair trials
Editors, 6 December 2011
In the News
- Australia must condemn Indonesia’s execution of three men
- Australia must take a leading role in the region toward abolition of the death penalty
- Australian Government must urgently take action for Australians on death row
- Maldives must commute death sentences for two juvenile offenders convicted of murder
- Japan executions show “chilling escalation” in death penalty use
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14 May 2013, 09:16PM