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
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…
Human Rights
,International
,Dec 05, 2022
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and a coalition of more than 30 non-governmental organizations have condemned the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for a series of executions for drug crimes carried out in violat…
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.
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…
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
,Sep 06, 2023
China On August 4, a South Korean national convic…
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
,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…
