Death Penalty News
Singapore executes man for ‘abetting’ conspiracy to traffic drugsTangaraju Suppiah, 46, was hanged inside Changi Prison and family was given death certificate, says activist26 April 2023 Wednesday 10:18
Executions in Iran surged by 75% in 2022: Rights groups582 executions were documented in 2022, in comparison to 333 in 202113 April 2023 Thursday 16:58
UN experts laud Malaysia's move to scrap mandatory death penaltyMalaysia's decision 'bolsters global trend towards universal abolition,' say UN experts11 April 2023 Tuesday 18:28
Malaysian lawmakers vote to scrap mandatory death penaltyBill passed in lower parliamentary house gives judges discretion on imposing death penalty rather than making it obligatory03 April 2023 Monday 21:13
Belarus law introducing death penalty for high treason comes into forceOfficials, military chiefs in Belarus could face life imprisonment, death penalty if convicted of acts of high treason25 March 2023 Saturday 18:13
Majority of Canadians support reinstatement of death penaltyAccording to 54% of Research Co. respondents, death penalty should be given to those who commit murder19 March 2023 Sunday 12:28
Calls grow to press on Israel to prevent controversial death penaltyGroups call for respecting global human rights treaties, Hamas urges 'effective international action'02 March 2023 Thursday 13:28
Israeli passes initial reading of death penalty bill for terror offendersControversial bill says someone who kills Israeli citizen with racist motive or for purpose of harming state of Israel should be sentenced to death02 March 2023 Thursday 01:08
Germany criticizes Israel’s plan to introduce death penaltyForeign Minister Baerbock says capital punishment is ‘cruel’ practice, its introduction in Israel would be ‘big mistake’28 February 2023 Tuesday 20:18
Israel’s Ben-Gvir threatens Palestinians with death penalty by ‘electric chair’Itamar Ben-Gvir holds far-right views on Palestinians30 January 2023 Monday 20:43
EU summons Iranian envoy over 'condemnable' executionsIran must immediately stop imposing, carrying out death sentences, says EU official09 January 2023 Monday 23:13
Israel's national security minister announces harsher policy on Palestinian prisonersItamar Ben-Gvir says he will impose restrictions on Palestinian prisoners, vows to push for passage of death penalty06 January 2023 Friday 13:48
US carries out 1st execution of openly transgender womanAmber McLaughlin, convicted of killing ex-girlfriend, dies by lethal injection04 January 2023 Wednesday 04:28
Polish premier says he supports return of death penaltyMateusz Morawiecki says death penalty 'should be allowed for the most serious crimes'03 January 2023 Tuesday 11:38
US set to execute 1st openly transgender womanAmber McLaughlin scheduled to die by lethal injection Tuesday unless she is granted clemency03 January 2023 Tuesday 05:03
Malaysia may abolish death penalty in February, minister saysLaw minister says amendments proposing alternative sentences will be introduced in February21 December 2022 Wednesday 16:48
Zambia abolishes death penaltyParliament passes legislation, awaits presidential nod13 December 2022 Tuesday 18:33
UK summons Iran's Charge d'affaires over protester's executionExecution of Mohsen Shekari by Iranian government is 'abhorrent,' says British Foeign Secretary James Cleverly09 December 2022 Friday 16:53
UN demands immediate halt to death penalty after Iran's first execution over protests‘We stand firmly against the use of the death penalty,’ says UN spokesman08 December 2022 Thursday 20:43
UK says 'outraged' by protester's execution in Iran'The world cannot turn a blind eye to the abhorrent violence committed by the Iranian regime against its own people,' foreign secretary says08 December 2022 Thursday 16:28
Belarusian parliament adopts death penalty bill for treason committed by officialsDraft bill also adds article establishing responsibility for deliberate dissemination of false information discrediting the army, says parliament07 December 2022 Wednesday 13:53
Algerian court sentences 49 people to death over brutal lynchingJamal Ben Ismail was beaten to death and set on fire after wrongly being accused of starting forest fires25 November 2022 Friday 00:48
UN experts urge Iran to stop indicting protesters with charges punishable by death8 people charged by Islamic Revolutionary Court since Oct. 29 with crimes carrying death penalty11 November 2022 Friday 18:53
Texas man sentenced to death in murder of 1st Sikh deputy in sheriff's officeDeputy Sandeep Dhaliwal was a ‘hero,’ says Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez27 October 2022 Thursday 07:23
Zambia begins process of abolishing death penaltyJustice minister says government of Southern African nation respects sanctity of life10 October 2022 Monday 23:23
Amnesty hails scrapping of death penalty in Equatorial GuineaGlobal rights organization encourages African retentionist states to abolish death penalty20 September 2022 Tuesday 19:28
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