One of the world's leaders in human rights has spoken to FRANCE 24 about her passion for the subject, her deep desire to help ...

Global executions rose dramatically in 2024, reaching 1,518 recorded deaths across 15 countries — the highest figure since 2015 — Amnesty International said Tuesday as it released its annual report ...

Agnès Callamard, Amnesty International's Secretary General, said: "The death penalty is an abhorrent practice with no place in today's world. While secrecy continued to shroud scrutiny in some ...

The number of people known to have been executed last year was the highest in almost a decade, with Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia responsible for most executions, Amnesty International said on Tuesday.

“The death penalty is an abhorrent crime with no place in today’s world,” said Amnesty’s secretary general, Agnes Callamard. The non-governmental organisation found that for the second ...

Some of the crimes alleged occurred in Bangladesh, according to Khan. Amnesty International Secretary General Agnes Callamard said in a statement: "Min Aung Hlaing has been at the center of ...

Agnès Callamard is currently secretary general of Amnesty International, and was until 2021 the UN's special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions. She worked, among many others, on the murder ...