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Death Penalty (922)
Jul 25 2023 9:19pm
Ghana: Landmark vote to remove death penalty from laws a major step forward
Reacting to news that Ghana’s Parliament voted to remove the death pen...
Jul 25 2023 1:48pm
Singapore: Authorities must not carry out ‘cruel and unconscionable’ executions
Two executions for drug offences expected this week First woman due...
Jun 16 2023 11:44am
Saudi Arabia: seven juvenile offenders face imminent execution
Six of the group are from the country’s persecuted Shi’a minority, whi...
Jun 8 2023 3:21pm
Urgent Action Outcome: Missouri Conducts Its Third Execution Of 2023
Michael Tisius was executed in Missouri on 6 June 2023 after clemency ...
Jun 2 2023 4:58pm
Iran: at least 173 people executed for drugs offences so far this year
Prisons turned into killing fields as drug-related executions almost t...
May 29 2023 5:32pm
Uganda: president's signing of highly repressive anti-LGBTI law is 'dark day' for human rights
Law could see death sentences handed down for ‘aggravated homosexualit...
May 19 2023 5:02pm
Iran: execution of tortured protesters is 'horrifying'
Majid Kazemi, Saleh Mirhashemi and Saeed Yaghoubi executed this mornin...
May 17 2023 5:43pm
Iran: three protesters face imminent execution with families told it was their last prison visit
Majid Kazemi, Saleh Mirhashemi and Saeed Yaghoubi, from city of Esfaha...
May 16 2023 1:00am
Global use of death penalty at highest rate for five years - new report
More than a third of recorded executions were for drugs offences, a cl...
Apr 26 2023 9:23am
Singapore: Unlawful execution shows ‘stubborn embrace’ of death penalty
Tangaraju Suppiah executed by hanging today Proceedings violated i...