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/ 30 April 2007

Amnesty notes decline in executions worldwide

Three people were hanged in Japan on Friday; one was executed in the United States a day earlier. Not good news for those campaigning for abolition of the death penalty. "The execution of the three people in Japan and one in Texas shows that even if significant steps have been taken towards abolition of capital punishment worldwide," says Amnesty International secretary general Irene Khan.