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Oct 4 2024 1:26pm
Singapore: unlawful execution despite ongoing legal appeal raises fears of more to come
Responding to the news that the Singapore authorities executed a man f...
Sep 28 2024 6:30pm
Saudi Arabia: authorities have already executed 198 people in 2024
Even this grim death toll may be lower than the reality due to under-r...
Sep 26 2024 2:06pm
Japan: Acquittal of man after more than 45 years on death row highlights ‘irreversible harm’ of death penalty
Iwao Hakamada retracted ‘confession’ alleging it was made under duress...
Sep 11 2024 12:58pm
Iran: authorities still cracking down two years on from nationwide women's protests
Mahsa Amini’s death in custody on 16 September 2022 sparked the nation...
Aug 6 2024 4:05pm
Iran: secret execution of women's rights protester Reza Rasaei condemned
Thirty-four-year-old Kurd executed at dawn with no prior notice given ...
May 29 2024 12:56pm
Death Penalty Report 2023
Overview "Country names listed reflect nomenclature in May 2024...
May 22 2024 4:04pm
Iran: Ebrahim Raisi's death must not rob his victims of right to justice
As a member of the 1988 ‘death commission’ he ordered the execution of...
Apr 24 2024 5:54pm
Iraq: at least 13 executed in one day
At least 13 men put to death on 22 April in Nasiriyah Central Prison, ...
Mar 6 2024 3:12pm
Saudi Arabia Sub Group - Forthcoming Meeting
The next meeting of the Saudi Arabia Sub-Group takes place next Wednes...
Feb 23 2024 10:30pm
Afghanistan: Taliban double public execution condemned
Thousands watch as victims' relatives shot two men to death in a stadi...