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Politicsone year ago
Iran's Supreme Court upholds death penalty for US-based terror ringleader
Iran's Supreme Court has upheld the death penalty for Jamshid Sharmahd, the ringleader of a US-based terrorist group.
Iran's Supreme Court upholds death penalty for US-based terror ringleader
Saudi Arabiaone year ago
Saudi Arabia executes Jordanian man in case criticized by UN, rights groups
Saudi officials execute a Jordanian man in a case criticized by the UN and human rights groups.
Saudi Arabia executes Jordanian man in case criticized by UN, rights groups
Human Rightsone year ago
US couple detained in Uganda gets fresh charge that carries death penalty
A US couple detained in Uganda on charges of aggravated torture of a 10-year-old boy faces an additional charge of aggravated child trafficking which carries the death penalty if they are convicted.
US couple detained in Uganda gets fresh charge that carries death penalty
Saudi Arabia2 years ago
Intl. rights group: Saudi executions could hit record high this year
An international human rights organization says executions in Saudi Arabia could hit record high this year as the number skyrocketed to 120 in the first half of the current year.
Intl. rights group: Saudi executions could hit record high this year
Turkey2 years ago
Turkey may reinstate death penalty after wildfires in Aegean forests
Turkey is set to reconsider a 2004 decision to abolish capital punishment, justice minister said, after President Tayyip Erdogan raised the death penalty following wildfires earlier this week.
Turkey may reinstate death penalty after wildfires in Aegean forests
Saudi Arabia2 years ago
UN urges Saudi officials to revoke death penalty against a juvenile
A group of UN human rights experts have called on Saudi authorities to immediately release a young man, who is on death row for crimes he allegedly committed as a minor and whose conviction followed a grossly unfair trial.
UN urges Saudi officials to revoke death penalty against a juvenile
Saudi Arabia2 years ago
Top Saudi court sentences man arrested as juvenile to death for second time
A Saudi court gives a new death sentence to a young man for crimes committed when he was a minor.
Top Saudi court sentences man arrested as juvenile to death for second time
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