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…
World’s DEADLIEST year for executions in 2023 led by China where ‘thousands are slaughtered for stepping out of line’
HOURS ago a man was executed in Saudi Arabia, continuing an upward trend in the number of executions carried out globally. The Middle Eastern country…
State proposes new method for executions
Reporting from San Francisco — California unveiled a new method for executing prisoners Friday, proposing a “humane and dignified” single-drug injection protocol that could restart capital…
Executions in Iran hit 8-year high in 2023 | Death Penalty News
Use of the death penalty surged by 43 percent following huge protests prompted by Mahsa Amini’s death. Iran hanged at least 834 people in 2023,…
The Supreme Court Has Fed a New Appetite for Executions
States are responding. On Thursday, Alabama is scheduled to execute someone using a potentially dangerous method that has never before been used in the U.S.…