Tag: death
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Iran: Children among 30 people at risk of the death penalty amid expedited grossly unfair trials connected to uprising
The Iranian authorities must immediately halt all plans to execute eight individuals sentenced to death…
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Iran: Further Information: Children among 30 people facing uprising-related death penalty
Following repeated threats of expedited executions, Iranian authorities have sentenced at least eight people to…
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Singapore: Malaysian man hanged in unlawful drug-related execution as rights of those on death row violated
Amnesty International and four other organizations condemn the execution of Malaysian Lingkesvaran Rajendaren in Singapore…
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Russia: Two years after Navalny’s death, authorities evade justice, continue to hound his supporters
Commemorating the second anniversary of the death in custody of Russian opposition politician and prisoner…
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Israel/OPT: Legislative proposals on death penalty violate international law
Over the past months, the Israeli Knesset has been discussing proposed legislative measures to expand…
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Israel’s Knesset must drop discriminatory death penalty bills
Israeli Knesset members must vote against a series of bills introducing controversial amendments that would…
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Bhutan’s Political Prisoners Suffer Illness and Death in Dire Conditions
The recent death of Sha Bahadur Gurung, one of Bhutan’s longest serving political prisoners, is…
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South Korea: Death penalty call for ex-President Yoon a step backward for human rights
Responding to prosecutors seeking the death penalty for former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol…
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Hong Kong: Conviction of Jimmy Lai sounds death knell for press freedom
Responding to today’s conviction of Hong Kong newspaper founder Jimmy Lai on national security charges,…
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Burkina Faso Junta Restores Death Penalty
The military junta in Burkina Faso has adopted a bill restoring the death penalty nearly…