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Three recent executions draws Japan’s use of the condemned practice of capital punishment back into the international spotlight for procedures violating human rights norms.
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As the world enters a new age of political impunity, a trial in Sweden and the arrest of an ex-Sudanese president show that accountability is still possible.
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