The Constitutional Council of Kazakhstan decided that there was no need to amend the Constitution for the ratification of the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aimed at abolishing the death penalty.
Read everythingAccording to Iran Human Rights, two prisoners were executed at Zahedan Central Prison on the morning of 19 December 2020. The two prisoners, identified as Behnam Rigi and Shoaib Rigi, had been on death row for “drug-related” charges.
Read everythingThe Organizations are deeply concerned by the Italian Government’s recent pledge to provide counter-narcotics support to the Government of Iran given the high risk that this support will result in death sentences being handed down to alleged drug offenders.
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