Showing posts with label executions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label executions. Show all posts
Sunday, October 06, 2024

Saudi Executions Hit Record Number under ‘Reformist Prince’

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THE TELEGRAPH: Rise in capital punishment under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, despite pledge to cut down on the death penalty Saudi Ar...
Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Iran Execution of Child Condemned by UN Human Rights Office

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GUARDIAN EUROPE: Seventeen-year-old Hamidreza Azari was executed along with Milad Zohrevand, 22, as UN agency calls for moratorium on capita...
Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Iran's New Anti-LGBTQ Laws: Executions, Criminalization and Social Injustices against Homosexuality

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Feb 21, 2022 | Iran executed two gay men convicted for being homosexual. Homosexuality is illegal in Iran. This execution occurred is part o...
Sunday, August 13, 2023

Please Help Save Mohammad’s Life and Help Shine a Spotlight on Iran’s Horrific Execution Program

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AVAAZ: The world in action “Mohammad is now on death row, and could be hanged any day. Iran is already under pressure - and global outcrie...
Monday, May 08, 2023

'Fire under the Ashes': Why Executions Are Not Stopping Iranian Protesters

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Jan 23, 2023 IRAN | It has been more than four months since the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini at the hands of Iran's morality police ...
Sunday, January 08, 2023

US Condemns Iran for Hanging Anti-government Protesters - BBC News

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Jan 8, 2023 | Two men have been hanged in Iran for killing a member of the security forces during nationwide protests against the government...
Wednesday, December 21, 2022

Iranian Family Torn Apart by Protest Crackdown | DW News

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Dec 21, 2022 | The European Union has told Iran it must immediately end its crackdown on demonstrators. One of those in danger of being exec...
Monday, December 12, 2022

Iran Crackdown: Second Man Executed over Anti-regime Protests

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Dec 12, 2022 A second man has been executed in Iran for taking part in anti-regime protests. This time, the execution is reported to have t...

How Is Iran's Brutal Crackdown Impacting the Protest Movement? | DW News

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Dec 12, 2022 | Demonstrations have been called across Iran after a second protester was executed by the regime. Majidreza Rahnavard was deta...

Iran Carries Out Second Execution over Protests – BBC News

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Dec 12, 2022 | Iran said it has carried out a second execution linked to the anti-government protests engulfing the country. Majidreza Rahna...

Iran Carries Out Second Execution Linked to Nationwide Protests

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THE GUARDIAN: Majidreza Rahnavard accused of fatally stabbing security force members early in protests sparked by Mahsa Amini’s death in cus...
Saturday, December 10, 2022

How Do European Countries Respond to the First Execution of a Protester in Iran? | DW News

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Dec 10, 2022 | Britain has placed new sanctions on Iran, including numerous government officials, for their part in a crackdown on anti-regi...
Friday, December 09, 2022

Iran Carries Out First Known Execution over Protests | DW News

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Dec 9, 2022 | Iran has announced the first execution of a protester, who was convicted of injuring a member of the security forces. Twenty-t...
Tuesday, November 29, 2022

UK Condemns ‘Abhorrent’ Torture of Death Row Inmate in Saudi Arabia

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THE GUARDIAN: Foreign Office minister says case of Hussein Abo al-Kheir raised ‘at highest level’ and demands end to executions Hussein Ab...
Wednesday, November 23, 2022

Saudi Execution Spree Continues as Fears Rise for Jordanian on Death Row

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THE GUARDIAN: David Davis asks foreign secretary and Saudi ambassador to intervene in reprieve for Hussein Abo al-Kheir Saudi Arabia on T...
Monday, October 10, 2022

Iran Executes 2 Gay Men over Sodomy Charges

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Feb 2, 2022 | Interview with Peter Tatchell, Director at the Peter Tatchell Foundation.

Iran Has One of the World's Highest Execution Rates | DW News

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ctober 10 marks World Day against the Death Penalty. A minority of 18 countries still carried out executions in 2021. According to Amnesty I...
Saturday, March 12, 2022

Saudi Arabia Executes 81 Men in 24 Hours

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THE GUARDIAN: Officials say those executed were convicted of charges including terrorism and holding ‘deviant beliefs’ A man walks past a ...
Thursday, December 10, 2020

In Trump’s Final Days, a Rush of Federal Executions

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BBC: As President Donald Trump's days in the White House wane, his administration is racing through a string of federal executions. Fi...
Wednesday, July 15, 2020

In Rare Surge of Online Unity, Iranians Call for Halt to Executions

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THE NEW YORK TIMES: Actors, scholars, star athletes and millions of others called for three young protesters’ lives to be spared. “I’m next...