Amnesty International is issuing an urgent call for an immediate ceasefire by all parties in the occupied Gaza Strip and Israel to prevent further loss of civilian lives and to ensure access to life-saving aid for people in Gaza amidst an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe. “Over the past two and a half weeks we have witnessed…
THE DEATH PENALTY ABOLITION IN GHANA: A JOURNEY OF 38 YEARS Introduction In 1977, when Amnesty International started its global campaign against the death penalty, only 16 countries had abolished the death penalty for all crimes. Amnesty International Ghana started its campaign in 1985 and at the time, no country in Africa had abolished the…
Below are the facts as presented in our 2022 Death Penalty Global Sentences and executions report GLOBAL EXECUTIONS Amnesty International recorded 883 executions in 20 countries in 2022, marking a 53% increase from 579 recorded in 2021. This figure represents the highest number of executions that Amnesty International has recorded in the past five years…
Responding to news of the death of Tinashe Chitsunge, an opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist in Harare on Thursday, allegedly at the hands of ruling ZANU-PF supporters, Khanyo Farisè, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for Southern Africa, said: “The fatal attack on Tinashe Chitsunge, a CCC activist, paints a grim picture of the human…