Myanmar

Myanmar junta executes democracy activists amid international outcry

The hangings are believed to be the first executions in the country for more than 30 years.

25/07/2022

Sweden

Iranian man given life sentence in Sweden for 1988 mass executions

The former Iranian prison official was tried in Stockholm under the principle of universal jurisdiction.

14/07/2022

Sweden

Iran rules out prisoner swap with Sweden before academic's execution

The Swedish-Iranian researcher will be executed and will not be exchanged, the Iranian judiciary said.

10/05/2022

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Singaporeans hold vigil for Malaysians facing execution

Hundreds of Singaporeans hold a candlelight vigil to protest the looming execution of two Malaysians convicted of drug offences

26/04/2022

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia kills 81 in biggest mass execution in modern history

Those executed included 73 Saudis, seven Yemenis and one Syrian, with some purported to have been members of Al Qaeda and Houthi rebels.

12/03/2022

Iran

Former Iranian official accused of war crimes goes on trial in Sweden

Hamid Noury is accused of helping to kill “large numbers of prisoners” in Iran on the order of Ayatollah Khomeini in 1988, according to Swedish prosecutors.

10/08/2021

World News

Sweden prosecutes former Iranian official for 1988 mass executions

A former Iranian official will face trial in Sweden over his suspected role in mass executions of political prisoners during the Iran-Iraq war.

27/07/2021

USA

Trump administration oversees unprecedented number of executions

The outgoing US president has overseen 13 federal executions since July, more than any president for 120 years.

16/01/2021

USA

US carries out its first execution of female inmate since 1953

A Kansas woman was executed on Wednesday for strangling an expectant mother in Missouri, the first time in nearly seven decades that the US government has put to death a female inmate.

13/01/2021

Iran

Iran executes journalist who encouraged 2017 protests

Iran executed a once-exiled journalist over his online work that helped inspire nationwide economic protests in 2017.

12/12/2020

Iran

Iran executes man convicted of spying on US-slain general Soleimani

Iranian state television has reported that Iran has executed Mahmoud Mousavi Majd, an alleged spy who passed information about Qassem Soleimani to the US and Israel.

20/07/2020

USA

Supreme Court clears way for execution of federal prisoner

The Supreme Court voted 5-4 that "executions may proceed as planned".

14/07/2020

Japan

Japan executes Chinese national after 16 year death row stint

Wei wei was in prison for the murder of a family in 2003.

26/12/2019

World News

Iran death penalties still second-highest in the world: report

Despite being at a 10-year low, Iran still executes the second-highest number of people in the world, according to a human rights group.

26/02/2019

Iraq

Iraq mass grave includes remains of children

Police in northern Iraq say a mass grave contains remains of people executed by Islamic State militants including children

31/12/2018

France

French court orders Marine Le Pen to undergo psychiatric evaluation

The far-right French politician is under investigation for sharing images of atrocities carried out by the Islamic State jihadist group.

20/09/2018

Japan

Cult members hanged in Japan for gas attack on Tokyo underground

Seven members of a Japanese doomsday cult were hanged for a deadly attack on the Tokyo underground in 1995 that killed 13 people

06/07/2018

World News

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

The number of executions it could confirm was lower in 2017 than the previous year. The figures do not include China, where Amnesty said the number of deaths could run to thousands

13/04/2018

Egypt

Egypt sentences ex-president Mohammed Morsi to three years in jail

Former Egyptian leader, who was overthrown in 2013, is already serving multiple jail terms on charges of causing the death of protesters and spying for Qatar

30/12/2017

Philippines

Duterte claims he killed as a teenager

The Philippine's president is no stranger to controversy and already as a provincial governor boasted of executing criminals.

10/11/2017