Countries with close links to the UK and EU continued to occupy the ranks of the world’s most prolific executioners in 2016

Global executions in 2016 - Countries with close links to the UK and EU continued to occupy the ranks of the world’s most prolific execution...

1916: Eric Poole, the first British officer shot at dawn during World War I

The Shot at Dawn Memorial, Staffordshire, UK A century ago today in the Great War, Second Lieutenant Eric Poole laid down his life at the c...

Theresa May fails to raise child executions at Gulf summit

Theresa May has apparently declined to raise the issue of the death penalty for juveniles and political protestors in Saudi Arabia, despite...

Theresa May must urge Saudi Arabia and Kuwait to end child death sentences

Tortured into ‘confession’, convicted in a secretive trial: Ali Mohamad al-Nimr Theresa May must urge Saudi Arabia and Kuwait to end child d...

EU urged to clarify if states are funding mass executions in Iran

The European Union has been urged to urgently clarify whether it is helping to fund Iranian anti-narcotics programmes linked to mass executi...