In annual report, rights group says ‘killing spree’ was led by countries in the Middle East and North Africa. Some 883 people
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Iran hangs ‘sultan of cocaine’ as UN warns of rising executions | Death Penalty News
UN human rights chief says Iran has executed more than 10 people each week so far this year. Tehran, Iran – Iran
Iran executes Swedish-Iranian dual national: State media | Death Penalty News
DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Habib Farajollah Chaab was sentenced to death over his role with a separatist group alleged to have carried out
US high court halts execution of man who received ‘unfair’ trial | Death Penalty News
The United States Supreme Court has blocked Oklahoma from executing death-row inmate Richard Glossip for his role in a 1997 murder-for-hire, after
Singapore hangs man for trafficking 1kg cannabis | Death Penalty News
Family of Tangaraju Suppiah had pleaded for clemency, saying he had not had adequate legal counsel or an interpreter. Singapore has hanged
Family begs for clemency as Singaporean set to hang for drugs | Death Penalty News
Singapore is set to resume executions for the first time in six months on Wednesday, with a 46-year-old man facing the gallows
Japan court backs retrial for 87-year-old death row inmate | Death Penalty News
The Tokyo High Court has said 87-year-old Iwao Hakamada, who spent more than 45 years on death row after a controversial conviction
Iranian-German man sentenced to death on ‘terrorism’ charges | Death Penalty News
Iran says Jamshid Sharmahd masterminded a bombing that killed 14 people, something his family denies. Tehran, Iran – Iranian-German citizen Jamshid Sharmahd
Missouri set to execute first transgender person in the US | Death Penalty News
Unless a governor in the United States grants her clemency, Amber McLaughlin, 49, will become the first openly transgender woman to be executed
US ‘botched’ executions reach all-time high, report finds | Death Penalty News
Los Angeles, California – While the use of the death penalty continues to decline in the United States, a new report has
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