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Aug 2 2021 11:59pm
Saudi Arabia: fresh persecution following country's presidency of G20 - new report
Crackdown has seen jump in executions and jailings by notorious anti-t...
Jul 25 2021 8:20pm
Sierra Leone: Abolition of death penalty a 'major victory'
The West African state has become the 23rd country on the continent to...
Jun 22 2021 12:58pm
Iran: juvenile offender facing 'abhorrent' execution within days
Judicial authorities have acknowledged that Hossein Shahbazi was under...
Jun 8 2021 4:54pm
Saudi Arabia: 26-year-old facing execution for 'rioting' after forced confession
Mustafa al-Darwish may have been as young as 17 at time of alleged cri...
Apr 29 2021 4:18pm
Malawi: death penalty ruled unconstitutional
Two people were sentenced to death last year in Malawi Move part of...
Apr 21 2021 12:00am
Death penalty in 2020: executions down a quarter - new report
Authoritative overview records 483 executions in 18 countries - down 2...
Feb 10 2021 3:16pm
Pakistan: 'landmark' ban on executing prisoners with mental disabilities
Supreme Court says executing two men diagnosed with schizophrenia woul...
Jan 21 2021 5:03pm
Urgent Action outcome: Thirteen federal executions in six months
Three people, including one woman, were executed in the last week of t...
Jan 6 2021 5:33pm
USA: Trump should grant clemency to federal death row prisoners
Three executions scheduled in four days next week, with Lisa Montgomer...
Dec 18 2020 5:57pm
Iran: Stop execution of man arrested at 16 and forced to 'confess' to murder under torture
Mohammad Hassan Rezaiee, 30, has spent more than 12 years on death row...