Amnesty International Exposes Cruelty of Death Penalty
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- Series: Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series
- Categories: Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Diplomacy, International Relations, Foreign Affairs, Law, Legal History, Courts
- Subcategories: Organizations, Agencies, Institutions, Human Rights
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present, 20th & 21st Century European History, British History, Latin American History, Scandinavian History, African History, Asian History, Middle Eastern History
- Geographical Location: London
- Date: 1989
Article abstract: Pursuing its campaign against capital punishment, Amnesty International published When the State Kills, advocating total abolition of the death penalty and reporting on one hundred governments’ use of it.
Summary of Event
When the State Kills…The Death Penalty: A Human Rights Issue (1989) revealed the ancient legacy of Amnesty International’s worldwide campaign against the death penalty by citing the earliest recorded parliamentary opposition, Diodotus’s claim in 427 b.c.e. Greece that execution was not an effective...
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