Tag: penalty
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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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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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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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Burkina Faso Junta Restores Death Penalty
The military junta in Burkina Faso has adopted a bill restoring the death penalty nearly…
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Plans to reinstate death penalty must be stopped
Responding to an announcement on 04 December that Burkina Faso’s government has decided to reintroduce…
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Israel must immediately halt legislation of discriminatory death penalty bill
In response to the passing of the first reading of a controversial new amendment to…
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Algeria: Joint Statement Demands Immediate Release of Algerian Hirak Poet Mohamed Tadjadit Risking a Death Penalty Sentence Ahead of November 11 Hearing
Ahead of upcoming court dates on 11 and 30 November 2025, 20 leading Algerian, regional…
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Tunisia: Opposition Figure Risks The Death Penalty: Abir Moussi
Opposition figure Abir Moussi, who has spent two years unjustly imprisoned solely for peacefully exercising…
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Saudi Arabia: NGOs Condemn Escalating Use of the Death Penalty
On this World Day Against the Death Penalty, we, the undersigned organizations, express our horror…