More than 170 inmates on death row were flown from Congo’s capital to a high-security prison in the north where they will be executed, Congolese authorities said.
Kurdish political prisoner
The Supreme Court of India on January 8, 2025 set free a minor offender, more than 23 years after he was sentenced to death by an Uttarakhand court in a murder case
Saudi Arabia carried out at least 338 executions in 2024, sharply up on the 170 recorded in 2023 and the highest number in decades, according to an AFP tally of official reports.
Three people have been sentenced to death by hanging in Kagera region, Tanzania, during 2024 after they were convicted of murder.
Political prisoners accused of belonging to the PMOI
Mozafar Shahsavari, Mohammad Shahidi, and Ashkan Kazemi
After more than two decades without charge
Two political prisoners who could be executed within hours
