Death Penalty

Alabama Conducts First Execution With Nitrogen Gas in US

par This Is Beirut, 26/01 13:18 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The US state of Alabama executed a convicted murderer on Thursday using nitrogen gas, marking the first use of a method criticized by the UN rights chief as potentially constituting torture. The southern US state of Alabama put to death a convicted murderer using nitrogen gas on Thursday, the first time the country has used a method that the UN ...

Former French Justice Minister Robert Badinter Dies at 95

par Ici Beyrouth, 09/02 13:49 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Former French Justice Minister Robert Badinter, who brought an end to capital punishment in France in 1981, died at the age of 95, his aide Aude Napoli told AFP on Friday. As Minister of Justice under Socialist President François Mitterrand (1981-1986), he brought in the law of October 9, 1981 abolishing the death penalty, at a time when was ...

834 Executions in Iran in 2023, Highest Number Since 2015

par This Is Beirut, 05/03 11:24 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Death penalty was applied at least 834 times in Iran in 2023, according to several NGOs, which point to a massive increase" since the death of Mahsa Amini in September 2022. Iran executed a "staggering" total of at least 834 people last year, the highest number since 2015 as capital punishment surged in the Islamic republic, two rights groups ...

Iran's Prisons Turned Into "Killing Fields," 853 Executions in 2023

par This Is Beirut, 04/04 21:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Amnesty International reports that Iran executed at least 853 people in 2023, with over half on drug-related charges, indicating a surge in executions that rights groups fear is being used to instill fear and suppress dissent. Iran has turned its prisons into sites of mass killing with at least 853 people executed in the Islamic republic in 2023, ...

#SaveToomaj: Iran Urged to Spare Rapper After ‘Grotesque’ Verdict

par This Is Beirut, 25/04 21:46 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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The death sentence handed down to Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi, imprisoned for his support of the 2022 protest movement in Iran, was denounced internationally on Thursday. Iranian authorities on Thursday faced pressure to release and clear a prominent rapper sentenced to death in a verdict supporters say is merely revenge for his music backing ...

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