The Hands off Cain - Spes contra spem association considers the law on "hostile acts of the Zionist regime against peace and security" announced by President Hassan Rouhani unacceptable.

Younas Masih, 50, father of two children and Asia Bibi’s brother-in-law, was found dead on 25 May 2020 in fields near Sheikhupura, Punjab.

In a major victory for media outlets and prisoner advocates, the Nebraska Supreme Court has ordered the state’s Department of Correctional Services (DCS) to release public records related to the procurement of drugs used in the 2018 execution of Carey Dean Moore.

More than 150 human rights and press freedom groups have appealed to the United Nations to help overturn the death penalty to four journalists in Yemen, Aljazeera reported on 18 May 2020.

A federal judge on 20 May 2020 ordered prosecutors to either bring new proceedings against a Texas death row inmate or release him from prison.

North Korean authorities earlier this month executed a husband and wife for attempting to flee the country during the COVID-19 national emergency quarantine, sources in the country told RFA.