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The report came about a month after the UN human rights chief said Iran had executed 901 prisoners in 2024. Volker Turk said ...

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Mr Turk urged Iranian authorities to halt further executions and place a moratorium on the use of capital punishment to eventually abolish the practice. "The death penalty is incompatible with the ...

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Tokyo, Feb. 21 (Jiji Press)--The share of people in Japan who believe that the death penalty system should be abolished stood at 16.5 pct, a Cabinet Office survey showed Friday. On the reason for ...