SAUDI ARABIA: YEMENI WOMAN EXECUTED FOR HER HUSBAND’S MURDER

18 February 2020 :

The Ministry of Interior on 30 January 2020 issued a statement regarding the execution of a woman named Aisha Ahmed Omar Bahasin - Yemeni nationality, in Jeddah Governorate, in the Makkah Region, for her husband’s murder.

(www.spa.gov.sa/2028545)

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NIGERIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ORGAN HARVESTING IN NASARAWA

14 January 2025

A Nasarawa State High Court sitting in Akwanga on December 31, 2024 sentenced Gambo Adamu to death by hanging for the murder of Hassan Ahmed, whose organs were harvested in the Akwanga Local Government Area of the state.

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PAKISTAN: PESHAWAR HIGH COURT BLOCKS DEPORTATION OF OVER 100 AFGHAN MUSICIANS

14 January 2025

The Peshawar High Court on January 10, 2025 issued an order preventing the forced deportation of more than 100 Afghan musicians who have sought political asylum in Pakistan, according to local media reports.

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IRAN - Pouya Asgari executed in Arak on January 12

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IRAN - Jafar Fallah executed in Semnan on January 12

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USA - Why Does the United States Bother to Impose Death Sentences?

13 January 2025

Editorial by Professor Austin Sarat, Amherst College

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IRAN - Volker Türk "deeply troubled by the marked increase in executions in Iran in 2024"

13 January 2025

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

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HANDS OFF CAIN APPEAL FOR THE 6 POLITICAL PRISONERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR PMOI MEMBERSHIP IN IRAN

03 December 2024

To Mr Volker Turk - the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and to Ms. Mai Sato - the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran

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