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IRAN - Ayat Ghasemi-Delfani executed in Karaj on May 18

23 May 2022  Read everything

IRAN - Esmail Shahbakhsh executed in Zahedan on May 21

23 May 2022  Read everything

BANGLADESH: 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 1971 WAR CRIMES IN MOULVIBAZAR

23 May 2022

A court in Bangladesh has sentenced three people to death for murder, rape and other crimes against humanity in Moulvibazar’s Barlekha during the 1971 Liberation War, bdnews24 reported on 19 May 2022.

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NIGERIA: DANISH MAN SENTENCED TO DIE FOR KILLING WIFE, DAUGHTER

23 May 2022

A Nigerian court on 20 May 2022 sentenced a Danish man to death after finding him guilty of killing his wife, a Nigerian, and his 3-year-old daughter at their residence in the West African country in 2018.

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URGENT APPEAL FOR MELISSA LUCIO

03 April 2022

On April 27, the State of Texas will carry out the death sentence on Melissa Lucio.

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