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USA - Ohio. Governor Mike DeWine Grants Clemency to Gregory Lott

12 June 2026

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SRI LANKA: DEATH ROW INMATE FREED FROM A 30 YEAR OLD MURDER CASE

11 June 2026

The Court of Appeal has acquitted a man who had been sentenced to death for a double murder committed over 30 years ago

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THAILAND: CHINESE UYGHURS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN 2015 SHRINE BOMBING CASE

11 June 2026

Two Chinese Uyghur men were sentenced to death on June 11, 2026 for carrying out a 2015 attack on a Bangkok shrine that killed 20 people, a long-awaited verdict in Thailand's deadliest bombing case.

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IRAN - Ebrahim Modatzadeh executed in Mahshahr on June 8

11 June 2026  Read everything
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URGENT APPEAL BY HANDS OFF CAIN TO AVOID THE ERASING EVIDENCE OF 1980S EXECUTIONS BY DESTROYING BEHESHT-E-ZAHRA SECTION 41 IN IRAN

25 August 2025  Read everything

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