news - 02 April 2025 - NIGERIA

NIGERIA: TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING FOR ARMED ROBBERY IN EKITI

The Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti on March 27, 2025 sentenced two men to death by hanging for armed robbery.

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news - 02 April 2025 - CONGO (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF)

DR CONGO: DEATH SENTENCE FOR THREE AMERICANS OVER COUP ATTEMPT OVERTURNED

The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) President Felix Tshisekedi has downgraded the death sentences of three United States citizens convicted for taking part in a failed coup attempt last year, reducing their punishments to life imprisonment.

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news - 02 April 2025 - South Carolina

USA - South Carolina. I saw South Carolina use a firing squad to execute a man

I am sick with rage

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USA - GOP lawmakers in 10 states introduce bills to treat abortion as homicide

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IRAN - Mansour and Mahmoud Mardani, Christian converts, sentenced to 4 years

02 April 2025

“Propaganda against the regime through promoting Christianity”

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IRAN - 58 executions in March

02 April 2025

The month of Ramadan

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USA - Federal prosecutors to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangione

02 April 2025

In UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing

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IRAN: INTERNATIONAL APPEAL TO SAVE BEHROUZ EHSANI AND MEHDI HASSANI

27 January 2025

Two political prisoners who could be executed within hours

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