Iran executed 853 people in 2003 and 930 last year, the most in a decade, sending a chilling message to dissidents in the ...

Iran has given temporary reprieve from execution ... received last-minute relief from capital punishment over the weekend, but activists fighting her case are not resting yet.

Florida was one of only three states to both execute someone and put more people on death row in 2024. Florida also has more wrongful convictions than any other state.

Iran executed at least 87 prisoners in January 2025, including eight Afghans, according to Hengaw. Only three of these Iran ...

One of Trump’s most despicable day-one executive orders revoked Biden’s moratorium on federal executions, ensured that states ...

US President Donald Trump's decision to re-designate Yemen's Huthi rebels as a foreign terrorist organisation could have deep ...

The regime must stop targeting Iran’s Kurdish minorities and using capital punishment to silence peaceful opposition,” Abraham Paley, US special envoy for Iran, said on X. Pakhshan was ...

Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Benjamin Kalu on Thursday, said that the decision to abolish the practice of death penalty ultimately lies with the Nigerians citizens.Speaking ...

Iran carries out the second highest number of executions worldwide per year after China, according to human rights groups including Amnesty International. Capital punishment is applied in Iran for ...

The death penalty is arbitrary, capricious, more expensive than non-capital incarcerations and poisoned by racial bias. The savagery of the crimes for which Biden commuted death sentences to life ...

Iran - January 16, 2025 An explosion rocked the Iranian city of Islamshahr, southwest of the capital Tehran ... Marcus Rashford's situation, suggests punishment Six-legged robot dog passes ...