Tag: executions
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Nigeria: Tiger Base police unit involved in rampant violations including extrajudicial executions, torture and extortion
Detainees routinely taken out of cell and shot dead Suspects tortured to make confessions Families…
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Saudi Arabia: Record Number of Executions in 2025
(Beirut) – Saudi authorities executed at least 356 people in 2025, setting a new record in…
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US: Other Countries Should Push Back on Lawless Executions at Sea
Governments should publicly object to the Trump administration’s unlawful strikes against alleged drug smuggling boats.…
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Saudi Arabia: Spate of Executions of Child Offenders
(Beirut) – Saudi authorities on October 20, 2025, executed a man convicted of alleged crimes…
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Authorities must halt executions after horrifying increase
Ahead of the presentation of the UN Secretary-General’s report on Iran on 16 October 2025…
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Tool of fear: Executions on the rise as death penalty used to show heavy hand of the state
Trends recorded so far in 2025 indicate that executions have significantly increased in some countries.…
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Singapore: Cruel and unlawful drug-related execution of Malaysian man renews urgency for moratorium on executions
Amnesty International and the Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network condemn in the strongest terms the execution…
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DRC: Warring factions in eastern DRC commit horrific abuses including gang rapes, summary executions and abductions
Both the Rwanda-backed March 23 Movement (M23) and the Wazalendo, a loose coalition of armed…
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Saudi Arabia: Executions Surge in 2025
(Beirut) – Saudi authorities have been carrying out an unprecedented surge in executions in 2025…
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Horrifying secret executions amid mounting political repression
Responding to the arbitrary executions of tortured political dissidents, Behrouz Ehsani, 69, and Mehdi Hassani,…