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12th October 2016

Iran: 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman faces imminent execution after grossly unfair trial

10th October 2016

At least 20 states resort to death penalty in flawed anti-terror drive

7th October 2016

2016 world day against the death penalty. Stop the cycle of violence: The use of the death penalty for terrorism-related offences

24th August 2016

Iraq: Executions will not eliminate security threats

Iran Hanging

3rd August 2016

Iran: Hanging of teenager shows authorities’ brazen disregard for international law

Death Sentences and Executions 2015

25th April 2016

Death Sentences and Executions in 2015

Death Penalty Executions

6th April 2016

Death penalty: Alarming surge in recorded executions sees highest toll in more than 25 years

6th April 2016

World tips the scale against the death penalty despite sharp rise in executions

Death Penalty

7th January 2016

Shia cleric among 47 executed by Saudi Arabia in a single day

Jordanian

27th November 2015

Saudi Arabia: Execution looms for at least 50 on death row, including Shi’a activists

Pakistan Executions Death Penalty

24th November 2015

Pakistan to hit shameful milestone of 300 executions less than a year after returning to the death penalty

Jordanian

9th November 2015

Saudi Arabia: 151 executed this year in highest recorded toll in nearly two decades

14th October 2015

Iran: Execution of two juvenile offenders in just a few days makes a mockery of Iran’s juvenile justice system

Death Penalty

21st September 2015

Pakistan: Halt execution of paralysed man due to take place tomorrow

death sentences

15th September 2015

Kuwait: Overturn death sentences in mosque bombing case

Death Penalty

27th August 2015

Burkina Faso: Opportunity to abolish the death penalty must be seized

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