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Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); July 26, 2024: Motiollah Barkezi, an Afghan national on death row for drug-related charges, was executed in Ghaen Prison.According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, an Afghan man was executed in Ghaen Prison in South Khorasan province on 24 July. His identity has been established as Motiollah Barkezi, a 40-year-old father to two children from the border
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A German citizen who was sentenced to death in Belarus has asked Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko for mercy in a video broadcast on state television.A 30-year-old German man sentenced to death in Belarus asked for pardon from President Alexander Lukashenko on Thursday in a television
The family of Steve Munyakho, a Kenyan migrant in a Saudi Arabian prison has renewed appeal for donations to help pay the Sh150 million court fine to secure his release.Munyakho has been a jailbird, languishing in several prisons in the Arab country for the last thirteen years after he was
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Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); July 23, 2024: Omid Assadi who is on death row after unintentionally killing a man in a car accident, is scheduled to be executed on 22 August if his family cannot raise the €160k demanded diya amount.According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a Saqqez
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On July 18, 2024, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey asked the state Supreme Court to block a scheduled evidentiary hearing for Marcellus Williams and deny him the opportunity to establish his innocence before his scheduled execution on September 24, 2024. The Circuit Court of St
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SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Attorneys for a Georgia inmate sent to death row 25 years ago are accusing a prosecutor of hiding a deal that they contend casts doubt on the credibility of a crucial trial witness.Warren King was sentenced to death in September 1998 after an Appling County jury convicted him
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As the state prepares to execute death row inmate Alan Eugene Miller by nitrogen gas, he’s expressed fears over the novel method: "You're telling me to practice killing myself."Unredacted documents posted by Alabama officials in the federal courts’ electronic filing system reveal new details
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Belarus is the last country in Europe still to apply the death penalty, executing several people each year by firing squad.The German Foreign Ministry confirmed on July 19 that a German national has been sentenced to death in Belarus and said Berlin was in intensive contact with authorities in
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Gavin was executed by lethal injection in the shooting death of William Clayton Jr., a married father of 7 described by his son as a gentle giant. It's Alabama's 3rd execution this year.Alabama executed death row inmate Keith Edmund Gavin on Thursday, more than two decades after he fatally shot a
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For at least the last six years, the Texas prison system’s method for acquiring pentobarbital – the substance it uses to execute death row inmates – has looked remarkably like a drug deal.That’s the conclusion of death penalty opponents after a report from National Public Radio dropped on July
While a green wave sweeps the Western world, there are still some countries that have harsh penalties for cannabis possession. From prison time to beheadings, these are some of the countries you don't want to get caught with weed.In recent years, the world has seen a general loosening of cannabis
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The 57-year-old is scheduled to be executed on Wednesday. He was convicted in 1999 of murdering a woman in her trailerThe Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles has denied a clemency application filed by Ruben Gutierrez, paving the way for his execution for the murder of a woman over two decades
Kamran Sheikheh, a Kurdish religious prisoner held for over 14 years, was executed on Thursday morning. Sheikheh was the last of seven defendants in a joint case to face execution.The case originated from the 2008 assassination of Abdolrahim Tina, a mosque imam in Mahabad.Sheikheh and
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The six former students of Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia (UPNM) had their initial 18-year prison sentences overturned, and were sentenced to death for the murder of navy cadet Zulfarhan Osman Zulkarnain seven years ago.PUTRAJAYA: Six former students of Universiti Pertahanan Nasional
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A man facing execution next month for the murder his girlfriend’s mother asked state officials Monday to spare his life, saying he is not the same person he was when he killed the woman after a day of drinking and using drugs.Taberon Dave Honie told the Utah parole board that he never planned to
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Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); July 22, 2024: The execution of four prisoners, including a Baluch citizen and two Afghan nationals who were convicted of "drug-related charges" or "premeditated murder," was carried out in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj.According to information received by Iran Human
Taberon Dave Honie will be put to death by pentobarbital instead of the untested lethal drug combinationUtah abandoned plans to put a man to death with an untested lethal drug combination in his upcoming execution. A previously used drug will be used for Taberon Dave Honie's execution
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In 2021, the man shot Nassau County Deputy Joshua Moyers in the face, killing himNASSAU COUNTY, Fla. — A man who was convicted of shooting and killing Nassau County Deputy Joshua Moyers during a traffic stop nearly three years ago has been sentenced to death, News4Jax reported.In April, the jury
Belarus is the last country in Europe still to apply the death penalty, executing several people each year by firing squad.The Minsk Regional Court in Belarus sentenced a German national to death last month, human rights activists reported on Friday.The man, Rico Krieger, was put on trial in May
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Alabama Death Row inmate Keith Gavin had said in a court filing by his attorneys last month he didn’t plan any more appeals of his scheduled lethal-injection execution Thursday for the 1998 murder of man at a bank ATM in Cherokee County.But in the past few weeks he has been fighting for his life
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Hong Kong narcotics bureau tipped off its counterpart in Singapore after suspecting a drug trafficking syndicate sent people to city stateA Hong Kong man who was arrested in Singapore after HK$3 million (US$384,260) worth of suspected crystal meth was discovered in two stone figurines could face
Human rights NGO says the surge indicates the government's commitment to extensive use of the death penaltySaudi Arabia has executed 100 people since the beginning of 2024 through to 15 July, the European Saudi Organisation for Human Rights (ESOHR) said on Monday.According to the rights group
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KUWAIT CITY, July 15: The Court of Appeal, led by Counselor Abdullah Al-Othman, has affirmed the death sentence for a young Bedouin man convicted of killing his father. The incident occurred in the Al-Firdous area following a domestic dispute over breakfast.The court’s decision to uphold
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China executed three people on Tuesday for a mass stabbing in Kunming that killed 31 people last year, the country's top court said, with authorities blaming the attack on separatists from mainly Muslim Xinjiang. Iskandar Ehet, Turgun Tohtunyaz and Hasayn Muhammad were put to death for
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Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); July 23, 2024: Hassan Falahi, a man sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder, was executed in Qom Central Prison.According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was executed in Qom Central Prison on 22 July. His identity has been established as
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According to reports received by Iran Human Rights Monitor, the Iranian judiciary carried out the execution sentences of 9 individuals on Saturday and Sunday, July 20th and 21st, in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, Adel Abad Prison in Shiraz, and Diezelabad Prison in Kermanshah.Ghezel Hesar prison
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One day Alabama will conduct its final execution.The witnesses present won’t know that, of course. If capital punishment disappears, it will be by law or ruling that comes after these men and women gather in the small, tomb-like room at Atmore Correctional Facility.They will look through a window
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“Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth.” The abbreviation of the Book of Exodus 21:24 is a favorite for those who support the death penalty. So much so, that the verse regularly even gets recited by those trying to justify their own participation in executions. The logic of course is that if you kill
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Payton Gendron's attorneys argued he shouldn't be sentenced to death because of his age. The government disagreed.BUFFALO, N.Y. — The federal government has filed two responses opposing motions by Payton Gendron's attorneys to take the death penalty off the table in connection to the Tops mass
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Last year, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed execution warrants for six Florida inmates, the most in any year in the state since 2014. He was also running for president. DeSantis had signed off on just two executions — both in 2019 — to that point. The sudden step up, along with legislation he
Saudi Arabia enforces strict penalties for drug traffickingSaudi Arabia executed Kitab Gul, a Pakistani citizen convicted of heroin smuggling, following a local court’s decision. Despite appeals to higher courts, including the Supreme Court, which upheld the death sentence, Gul was
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HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court granted a stay of execution for a Texas man 20 minutes before he was to receive a lethal injection Tuesday evening. The inmate has long maintained DNA testing would help prove he wasn’t responsible for the fatal stabbing of an 85-year-old
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Afad, an independent observatory monitoring human rights abuses in Iraq, recently documented 63 cases of secret executions.Iraqi authorities continue to carry out secret executions in violation of the country's constitution, aiming to evade scrutiny from political factions and human rights
Former President Donald Trump was injured Saturday evening during his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, in what the FBI says was an assassination attempt. The gunman and at least one audience member are dead, the Secret Service said, and two other attendees are critically injured.Trump said on