Human Rights
,International
,Sep 14, 2017
A coalition of 23 human rights groups, including Human Rights First, Human Rights Watch, and Reprieve, has urged the United States government to issue sanctions against foreign government official…
Human Rights
,International
,Juveniles
,Oct 29, 2020
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia continues to use the death penalty against people accused of crimes committed as juveniles, despite a royal decree claiming to ban that practice, human rights organizations and defense lawyers have cha…
Executions Overview
,Botched Executions
,Lethal Injection
,Aug 16, 2022
A private autopsy of Alabama death-row prisoner Joe Nathan James, Jr. suggests that unqualified corrections personnel subjected him to a torturous, hours-long execution process in a botched execution that experts …
Human Rights
,International
,Religion
,Mar 16, 2022
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia executed 81 people on March 12, 2022, the largest mass execution in the modern history of the country, eliciting outrage from United Nations and non-governmental human rights organizations.
Human Rights
,Intellectual Disability
,International
,Apr 07, 2022
In a move sharply criticized by rights advocates as a violation of international human rights law, Singapore has resumed executions for non-violent drug offenses. On March 30, 2022, the authoritarian city/state hanged Abd…
International
,Juveniles
,Apr 14, 2020
NEWS (4/14/20) — Saudi Arabia: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has carried out its 800th execution under the five-year reign of King Salman bin Abdulaziz, according to reports by the human rights groups European-Saudi Organisation for Human Ri…
