Human Rights
,International
,May 17, 2023
According to an annual death penalty report by Amnesty International, 2022 saw the highest number of recorded executions since 2017, primarily due to increases in just a handful of countries in the Middle East and North Africa. The report al…
Human Rights
,International
,Secrecy
,Apr 22, 2020
Executions across the globe fell 5% worldwide in 2019 to the fewest in more than a decade, despite a record number of executions in Saudi Arabia, Amnesty International reported in the human rights organization’s
International
,Aug 31, 2023
In the August 2023 episode of Discussions with DPIC, Anne Holsinger, Managing Director of DPIC, speaks with Dr. Roya Boroumand, Executive Director of the Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights in Iran. A specialist in Iran’s post-World War …
Human Rights
,International
,May 24, 2023
Iran continues to use the death penalty in violation of international law, including death sentences for crimes failing to meet the “most serious” crime threshold, the use of torture, and performing public executions. According to Iran Human Right…
Human Rights
,International
,Dec 12, 2022
In what human rights groups warn is just the start of a violent campaign of political repression, the Islamic Republic of Iran has begun executing protesters in the ongoing civil unrest following the death of 22-year-old M…
Human Rights
,International
,Sep 01, 2023
In the August 2023 episode of Discussions with DPIC, Anne Holsinger, Managing Director of DPIC, speaks with Dr. Roya Boroumand (pictured), Executive Director of the Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights in Iran. A specialist in Iran’s post…
Human Rights
,International
,Jul 14, 2022
Executions have surged in Iran in the first half of 2022, doubling the total carried out during the same time span in 2021, human rights advocates report. Iran Human Rights (IHR), a Norwegian-based non-pro…
Human Rights
,International
,Mar 06, 2024
In the aftermath of Idaho’s failed execution of Thomas Creech and Texas’ execution of Ivan Cantu on February 28, the European Union released a statement expressing its regret and reiterating it…
Human Rights
,International
,Apr 03, 2024
Georgia’s execution of Willie Pye – the state’s first in more than four years – garnered criticism from the European Union. “Although the European Union and its…
International
,Nov 01, 2023
AlgeriaOn October 23, 2023, 38 individuals were sentenced to death for the mob killing of …
Human Rights
,International
,Methods of Execution
,Feb 07, 2024
United StatesThe January 25,
Human Rights
,International
,Jan 24, 2024
The University of Oxford Death Penalty Research Unit, in collaboration with several human rights nonprofits, recently launched a database of foreign nationa…
Human Rights
,International
,Oct 12, 2023
October 10, 2023 marked the 21st World Day Against the Death Penalty. Regarding this year’s theme, “The Death Penalty, an Irreversible Torture,” Raphaël Chenuil Hazan, executive director of France-based abolitionist group EPCM, said “Today, we no …
Human Rights
,International
,Dec 06, 2023
ChinaOn November 7, Chinese media reported that former primary school principal Zhang Longji was executed via lethal injection for raping five girls, age 8 – 12, and sexually molesting 17 girls, age 8 – 14. Sun De…
Human Rights
,International
,Aug 02, 2023
GhanaOn July 25, 2023, Ghana’s parliament voted to abolish the death penalty, making Ghana the 124
Human Rights
,International
,Jul 05, 2023
Saudi Arabia A total of 68 executions have occurred in Saudi Arabia this year, with more than 20 executions relating to terrorism charges occurring since early May, according to Agence France-Presse. On July 3, five men, …
Human Rights
,International
,Jun 07, 2023
Zimbabwe On March 23, Zimbabwe’s parliament passed a new “Patriotic Bill” which carries the possibility of a death sentence for non-violent crimes in violation of the “most serious crimes” international legal standard. Th…
