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GHANA: 137 PRISONERS INCLUDING 3 WOMEN UNDER DEATH ROW

08 September 2016 :

Director of Amnesty International Ghana, Lawrence Amesu, has revealed that close to 137 prisoners including three women are currently under death row awaiting execution.
Speaking during the launch of Advocacy Toolkit for Abolition of Death Penalty in West Africa, Lawrence Amesu says his outfit was pressing hard to push for the abolition of the death penalty in Ghana.
 
(Sources: yen.com.gh, September 1st, 2016)

other news

TANZANIA: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR BABATI MAN OVER STEPSON’S MURDER

16 March 2026

The Court of Appeal of Tanzania on March 16, 2026 upheld the death sentence for Emmanuel Safari, a resident of the Babati District.

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VIETNAM: 4 GET DEATH PENALTY IN HO CHI MINH CITY'S DRUG TRAFFICKING RING

16 March 2026

The People's Court of Ho Chi Minh City on March 12, 2026 sentenced four defendants to death for their roles in a large-scale drug trafficking ring in the city.

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USA - Texas. Petition for Robert Roberson

16 March 2026

Stop the execution of Robert Roberson!

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USA - Texas. Advocacy for Charles Flores

16 March 2026

Coalition Questions Hypnosis-Based Testimony’s Reliability

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IRAN - Ongoing Repressive Measures Against Bahá'í Citizens

16 March 2026  Read everything

IRAN - Hrana Report on 16th day of war

16 March 2026

Over 450 Attacks Recorded

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Urgent actions

URGENT APPEAL BY HANDS OFF CAIN TO AVOID THE ERASING EVIDENCE OF 1980S EXECUTIONS BY DESTROYING BEHESHT-E-ZAHRA SECTION 41 IN IRAN

25 August 2025  Read everything
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Giuseppe di Federico

Documents

  •  USA - Idaho. House committee passes death penalty for sex crimes on minors
  •  IRAN - Salman Aghaei executed in Shiraz on October 22
  •   CO-SPONSOR OF RESOLUTION PRO MORATORIUM
  •   VOTE ON A RESOLUTION ON A MORATORIUM ON EXECUTIONS APPROVED BY THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN 2022
  •   UN RESOLUTION 2022
  •  USA - Alabama. Corrections officials apparently botched Joe Nathan James' execution last month
  •   GOVERNING BODIES
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Hands off Cain is an international league of citizens and parliamentarians for the abolition of the death penalty in the world. It is a non-profit, non-violent, transnational and trans-national Partito Radicale founded in Brussels in 1993 and recognized in 2005 by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a development co-operation NGO.