North Korea Tightens Grip Through Surveillance and Executions – UN Report
Repression in North Korea has increased significantly, according to a U. N. human rights report, making it the world’s most restrictive country. The report, released…
2 Supreme Court Rulings May Spur Pace of Executions : Jurisprudence: U.S. justices refuse to order hearings of Death Row appeals, one of them from California. Rulings again limit federal review of state criminal cases.
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court Monday again made it harder for Death Row inmates and other criminals to challenge their convictions in a federal court by claiming…
Chilling secret of mass ‘gangland-style executions’ finally revealed as experts analyse over 50 Iron Age skeletons
A MASS grave of more than 50 skeletons has cast light on tribal warfare in Iron Age Britain, where gangs engaged in bloody turf wars.Historians…
Will ending the death penalty save California more money than speeding up executions?
Reporting from Sacramento — Past efforts to repeal the death penalty in California have centered on moral or ethical objections. This year, proponents of Proposition 62, which…
UN human rights chief accuses M23 rebels of ‘summary executions’ in DRC | Conflict News
Volker Turk says his office has ‘confirmed’ cases of rebels killing and recruiting children in eastern DRC.UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk on…
Russia accelerating executions of Ukrainian POWs: UN | Russia-Ukraine war News
A report finds that Russian troops committed 79 executions in the last six months or so.The United Nations has expressed “alarm” over a sharp rise…
Singapore steps up executions and pressure on anti-death penalty groups | Death Penalty News
Singapore – Masoud Rahimi Mehrzad’s father was in a remote part of Iran when he received the news that he had long dreaded. His son…
Reports of executions of Assad officials in Syria | Syria’s War
NewsFeedReports of former regime officials being executed in Syria have to be understood in the context of what Bashar al-Assad’s government did to Syrians says…