As part of the sixth annual World Day against the Death Penalty, Amnesty International calls on India to take a step towards abolishing the death penalty.
Three men were executed in Japan on Thursday 11 September 2008. Amnesty International has
called for the government to immediately adopt a moratorium on
executions.
Arrested for trying to organize a peaceful demonstration critical of the Libyan government, Idriss Boufayed has been released on humanitarian grounds, after being diagnosed with lung cancer.
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has pardoned Ibrahim
Eissa, who was charged with publishing information considered "damaging to the public interest and Egypt's national
stability."
