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Apr 24 2025 5:21pm
Saudi Arabia: Families fear imminent execution of loved ones amid surge in drug-related executions
Startling surge in drug-related executions of foreign nationals Bet...
Apr 8 2025 6:44pm
Amnesty International's Annual Report on the Death Penalty - 2024
Did you know that last year had the highest rate of executions recorde...
Apr 8 2025 12:01am
Global: Executions highest on record since 2015 - new death penalty report
In 2024, global executions surged to 1,518, the highest since 2015 ​ ...
Feb 6 2025 6:06pm
Iran: Kurdish humanitarian worker at risk of execution 'at any moment' - urgent action
Urgent global action needed to halt imminent execution of Pakhshan Azi...
Jan 7 2025 3:08pm
DRC: president must halt mass execution of more than 170 people
More than 170 alleged ‘bandits’ were recently transferred from Kinshas...
Dec 23 2024 1:43pm
USA: Biden's commutation of federal death sentences welcomed
‘It is near certain that Donald Trump will re-start the federal killin...
Oct 18 2024 3:16pm
Iran: authorities set to execute child offender contrary to international law
Mohammad Reza Azizi is due to be executed in the city of Shiraz on Mon...
Oct 15 2024 4:49pm
Urgent Action Outcome: Missouri’s 100th Execution Since 1989 Resumption
Marcellus Williams, a 55-year-old Black man, was executed in Missouri ...
Oct 9 2024 4:20pm
Sub-Saharan Africa: Sharp rise in use of death penalty across region
Executions more than tripled in 2023, while death sentences increased ...