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The Rusafa Central Criminal Court in Baghdad, Iraq.

Two more Frenchmen sentenced to death in Iraq over ISIS involvement

04/06/2019

Julian Assange extradition could take "months or years"

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Julian Assange extradition could take "months or years"

12/04/2019

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Gov. Gavin Newsom expected to try to end death penalty in California

13/03/2019

Canada and China ramp up war of words over Canadian’s death sentence

Canada and China ramp up war of words over Canadian’s death sentence

15/01/2019

German state Hesse finally abolishes death penalty

German state Hesse finally abolishes death penalty

02/11/2018

German pharma company fails to block US execution

German pharma company fails to block US execution

15/08/2018

Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh

'Britain would not seek death penalty block for IS suspects': UK minister

23/07/2018

Shoko Asahara, the former leader of the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult

Cult members hanged in Japan for gas attack on Tokyo underground

06/07/2018

Amnesty says its report on executions does not give the full picure

Amnesty International report found fewer executions last year but admits it does not give the full picture

13/04/2018

Botswana hangs man who murdered girlfriend and son in 2010

Botswana hangs man who murdered girlfriend and son in 2010

19/02/2018

Israel takes step to make death sentences easier

Israel takes step to make death sentences easier

03/01/2018

German teenager who joined ISIL: "stupid idea"

German teenager who joined ISIL: "stupid idea"

15/12/2017

Mexican national executed in the US

Mexican national executed in the US

09/11/2017

France's final guillotine: 40 years since the end of the death penalty

France's final guillotine: 40 years since the end of the death penalty

11/09/2017

Alabama executes 75-year-old man

Alabama executes 75-year-old man

26/05/2017

India's top court upholds death sentences for gang-rape attackers

India's top court upholds death sentences for gang-rape attackers

05/05/2017

Human rights VS business interests: Merkel's tricky talks in Saudi Arabia

Human rights VS business interests: Merkel's tricky talks in Saudi Arabia

01/05/2017

Fourth man dies in controversial flurry of Arkansas executions

Fourth man dies in controversial flurry of Arkansas executions

28/04/2017

Arkansas executes first of eight slated to die in 10 days before drug expires

Arkansas executes first of eight slated to die in 10 days before drug expires

21/04/2017

Executions halted by Arkansas Supreme Court as politicians race to carry out death sentences

Executions halted by Arkansas Supreme Court as politicians race to carry out death sentences

18/04/2017

Legal rulings halt Arkansas 'assembly line' executions

Legal rulings halt Arkansas 'assembly line' executions

15/04/2017

Critics slam 'assembly line executions' in Arkansas

Critics slam 'assembly line executions' in Arkansas

14/04/2017

Death sentences soar but executions fall in 2016 says Amnesty

Death sentences soar but executions fall in 2016 says Amnesty

11/04/2017

Amnesty International blasts Beijing as global death penalty toll falls

Amnesty International blasts Beijing as global death penalty toll falls

11/04/2017

Death sentence against Mohammed Mursi overturned by Egyptian court

Death sentence against Mohammed Mursi overturned by Egyptian court

15/11/2016

Brazil's 1970 World Cup winning captain Carlos Alberto dies

Brazil's 1970 World Cup winning captain Carlos Alberto dies

25/10/2016