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Mar 2 2023 3:26pm
Iran: nearly 100 people executed in first two months of this year
At least 94 put to death in January and February, with escalating use ...
Jan 27 2023 6:18pm
Iran: Authorities must drop death penalty and false charges facing tortured protesters
The three protesters have been brutalised and tortured They were a...
Jan 14 2023 10:17am
Iran: Execution of Alireza Akbari condemned
Responding to reports that the UK-Iranian dual-national Alireza Akbari...
Jan 4 2023 3:36pm
Saudi Arabia: Ronaldo should speak out on human rights after Al-Nassr signing
Ronaldo praises ‘amazing country’ at first Al-Nassr press conference  ...
Dec 14 2022 5:31pm
Stop execution of Iranian protesters now
We need to urge Iranian authorities to halt any plans to carry out exe...
Dec 12 2022 10:28am
USA: Clemency Denied, Missouri Execution Goes Ahead
Kevin Johnson was executed in Missouri on the evening of 29 November 2...
Dec 7 2022 5:45pm
Afghanistan: Public execution by the Taliban is 'cruel, inhuman and degrading'
First public execution since the Taliban’s return to power Public e...
Nov 16 2022 7:09pm
Iran: sham capital trials being held against at least 21 people - new research
More than 15,000 reportedly arrested in protest crackdown, with the ju...
Nov 15 2022 5:30pm
Kuwait must halt imminent execution of seven prisoners
Four Kuwaiti men, Syrian man, Pakistani man and an Ethiopian woman due...
Oct 28 2022 9:33am
Urgent Action Outcome: Man With Mental Disability Executed
Benjamin Cole, a man diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and brain d...