Iran's brave human rights defenders and their struggle against the death penalty 10/13/2017 9:52:37 AM Campaign against death penalty https://www.mojahedin.org/newsen/58737/Iran's-brave-human-rights-defenders-and-their-struggle-against-the-death-penalty Oct 12, 2017  - On 10 October, people around the world marked the World Day against the Death Penalty. This year is particularly significant for us at Amnesty International because it marks 40 years since the organization first began campaigning for the worldwide abolition of the death penalty in 1977. Since this landmark moment, countries that use the death penalty have become an increasingly isolated minority. In fact, as of September 2017, more than two-thirds of the countries around the world have abolished the death penalty in law or practice. However, as the world moves away from the death penalty, Iran continues to execute hundreds of people every year and comes second only to China in the number...