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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...
Apr 18 2023 2:25pm
Urgent Action Outcome: Four Journalists On Death Row Released
On 16 April, the Huthi de facto authorities released four Yemeni journ...
Apr 3 2023 12:29pm
Malaysia: Vote to end mandatory death sentences welcomed
‘All eyes are now on Malaysia’s Senate to take the next steps and make...
Mar 27 2023 6:06pm
Malaysia: Government makes historic move towards abolishing death sentence
In response to the introduction of bills to abolish the mandatory deat...