World: Only 15 countries executed people in 2024, the lowest on record for the second year running, Amnesty said, adding that 113 countries were now fully abolitionist and 145 had abolished the death penalty in law or in practice.

State executions rise 32% to decade high; Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia behind ‘sharp surge’

Iran is carrying out executions "at an alarming rate," putting to death at least 419 people in the first seven months of the year, the United Nations chief said in a new report. That's a 30% increase from the same period in 2022.

Iran executes at least 419 people in the first seven months of 2023

Iran executed 354 people in first half of 2023: Rights group

Saudi Arabia launches crackdown on drugs with raids, executions

Singapore executes second citizen in three weeks for trafficking drugs

Taliban pledge to continue executions, public floggings as UN raises alarm

Executions by firing squad, restricting transgender students’ bathroom use: Idaho Gov signs multiple bills

Iran to prosecute woman who allegedly ‘disrespected’ her headscarf: Reports

Two murder convicts hanged in Iran as part of latest executions

A new study has revealed that the number of executions in the United States has gone down in the past decade and in 2022, more than a third of one was actually mishandled. The data has left a lot of capital punishment researchers stunned as they went on to call 2022 “the year of botched executions”.

How 2022 turned into a 'year of botched executions' for the United States

Foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are holding a meeting in Cambodia to discuss the growing crisis in Myanmar. Current ASEAN chair Cambodia on Wednesday warned Myanmar not to execute any more prisoners, after the hanging of four people.

ASEAN member nations discuss Myanmar crisis, warns against more executions

A Norway-based NGO Iran human rights said in its report that from January 1st to June 30th this year, 251 people were hanged in Iran as compared with 117 in the first half of 2021. UN has raise its concern over executions in Iran.

Rate of execution increases in Iran: Execution carried out to instill fear?

'Extremely inhumane': Japanese death row inmates sue over same day executions

Citing reports of executions, UN rights chief seeks mechanism to monitor Taliban actions

'Those responsible for committing or ordering summary executions are criminally liable under international law,' UN Libya mission

UN alarmed at reports of summary executions in Libya's Benghazi

The sources said the hangings took place at two prisons in the north of the country early on Tuesday

Egypt hangs 15 militants for killing security forces in Sinai: Security sources

No breakdown of the numbers of foreigners on death row have been given but citizens of France, Britain and the Philippines are among them

Drug charge: Indonesia to execute Pakistani prisoner soon

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