Death penalty
Nobel laureate Mohammadi in Iran hospital after 'cardiac crisis', foundation says
Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi remains in unstable condition after being rushed from prison to a hospital in Iran following a reported cardiac crisis and loss of consciousness.
Human rights groups accuse Iran of hanging victim of child marriage as regime steps up executions
Let’s build King David’s Zion, not some Super-Sparta - opinion
What do we become when we decide to execute?
Iran Supreme Court accepts rapper Yasin's appeal against death sentence
Iran hanged two protesters, Mohsen Shekari and Majid Reza Rahnavard, earlier this month.
Over a third of all US executions in 2022 were botched - report
One notable execution saw a man, still believed by some to be innocent, having to help the executioners properly find a vein for the lethal injection.
'Texas 7' convict deserves new trial due to 'antisemitic bias' - judge
Randy Halprin, a Jewish member of the "Texas 7," argues that the judge who convicted and sentenced him had an antisemitic bias that infringed on his right to an impartial trial.
Buffalo supermarket shooter seeks plea deal to avoid death penalty
Lawyers for Payton Gendron moved to seek a plea agreement at a court hearing less than two weeks after he pleaded guilty to charges of murder and domestic terrorism.
Top Iran Sunni cleric says protesters should not face death sentences
Molavi Abdolhamid said it was wrong for the hardline judiciary to charge protesters with "moharebeh" - an Islamic term meaning warring against God.
Iran sentences four people to death for cooperating with 'Zionist' Mossad
Three other people are handed prison sentences between five to ten years for allegedly committing crimes.
UN Iran expert concerned about death sentences for protesters
21 people have been arrested in the context of the protests and face the death penalty and six have been sentenced this month.
Will Iran's regime mass execute arrested protestors? -analysis
As of Sunday, Iran’s judiciary sentenced five people to death in what human rights activists deem sham trials.
Hamas executes five Palestinians, two for ‘collaborating’ with Israel
A statement published by the Hamas-controlled Ministry of Interior said that two men were executed by firing squad and hanging on charges of collaboration with Israel.
Myanmar executes four democracy activists after decades of no death penalty
Myanmar's military junta said today that it had executed four democracy activists accused of helping to carry out "terror acts" in the country, causing an uproar.
