Death penalty
UN experts demand answers as Iran continues to cloud the truth on violent protest crackdown
UN human rights experts demand that Iran reveal the fates of detainees, stop executions, and provide accountability amidst the brutal crackdown on protesters in recent months.
Iran's death penalty crackdown on protesters targets minors, Amnesty International warns
Israel should enact the Ben-Gvir death penalty law - opinion
Israel’s perilous death penalty bill also endangers Diaspora Jews - opinion
Buffalo supermarket shooter seeks plea deal to avoid death penalty
Lawyers for Payton Gendron moved to seek a plea agreement at a court hearing less than two weeks after he pleaded guilty to charges of murder and domestic terrorism.
Top Iran Sunni cleric says protesters should not face death sentences
Molavi Abdolhamid said it was wrong for the hardline judiciary to charge protesters with "moharebeh" - an Islamic term meaning warring against God.
Iran sentences four people to death for cooperating with 'Zionist' Mossad
Three other people are handed prison sentences between five to ten years for allegedly committing crimes.
UN Iran expert concerned about death sentences for protesters
21 people have been arrested in the context of the protests and face the death penalty and six have been sentenced this month.
Will Iran's regime mass execute arrested protestors? -analysis
As of Sunday, Iran’s judiciary sentenced five people to death in what human rights activists deem sham trials.
Hamas executes five Palestinians, two for ‘collaborating’ with Israel
A statement published by the Hamas-controlled Ministry of Interior said that two men were executed by firing squad and hanging on charges of collaboration with Israel.
Myanmar executes four democracy activists after decades of no death penalty
Myanmar's military junta said today that it had executed four democracy activists accused of helping to carry out "terror acts" in the country, causing an uproar.
‘Death sentence certain’ for German-Iranian journalist
The Iranian regime kidnapped Jamshid Sharmahd in 2020 and claims he played role in the 2008 Shiraz attack that killed 14.
Turkey mulls return of death penalty after Erdogan's wildfires threats
Erdogan said the punishment for burning forests should be "intimidating" to the point of death sentences, words taken by Turkey's justice minister as "instructions."
Kremlin: Death penalty for captured US citizens cannot be ruled out
The Kremlin has said that the two Americans detained in Ukraine were mercenaries not covered by the Geneva Conventions.
