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US state executes man despite victim's family saying he should be spared

25 Sep 2024

A Missouri man was executed on Tuesday, according to the state's Department of Corrections, even though the prosecutor's office that secured his murder conviction 21 years ago expressed doubts about...

Iran executed 834 people last year, highest since 2015

05 Mar 2024

Iran executed a "staggering" total of at least 834 people last year, the highest number since 2015 as capital punishment surged in the Islamic republic, two rights groups said on...

Iran executes four men convicted of spying for Israel

29 Jan 2024

Iran executed four men at dawn on Monday after they were convicted of spying for the country's arch-foe Israel, according to Tehran's judiciary. "The death sentence of four members of...

Alabama to carry out first-ever nitrogen gas execution; UN links method to ‘torture’

25 Jan 2024

A convicted murderer in the southern state of Alabama is expected on Thursday to become the first person executed in the United States using nitrogen gas, a method the UN...

Egypt executes man who slaughtered a girl for rejecting his advances

14 Jun 2023

Gulf Today Report Egyptian authorities executed a man on Wednesday who slaughtered a girl student for rejecting his advances. Mohammed Adel, who stabbed fellow student Naira Ashraf to...

Hamas authorities execute five Palestinians in Gaza

04 Sep 2022

Gaza's ruling Hamas Islamists executed five Palestinians on Sunday, two of them on charges of espionage for Israel that dated back to 2015 and 2009, the Interior Ministry said. ...

UN Security Council condemns Myanmar executions

28 Jul 2022

The UN Security Council has condemned the Myanmar junta's execution of four prisoners, drawing praise Thursday from a shadow government of ousted Myanmar lawmakers. In a rare consensus on...

Myanmar executes four democracy activists

25 Jul 2022

Myanmar's military junta on Monday said it had executed four democracy activists accused of helping to carry out "terror acts" in the Southeast Asian nation's first executions in decades, sparking...

Chinese court executes man who set ex-wife on fire

24 Jul 2022

A Chinese man convicted of killing his former wife by setting her on fire was executed in southwestern Sichuan province on Saturday in a domestic violence case that had...

Myanmar executions could be war crimes: UN

21 Jun 2022

The Myanmar junta's plans to execute political opponents may amount to war crimes or crimes against humanity, a UN official said Monday. The junta said on June 3 it...

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