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Iran already had one of the highest rates of capital punishment in the world. Now, rights groups say, the country…

Governments around the world executed more people in 2025 than at any point since 1981.

Execution method has long raised questions about cruel and unusual punishment and botched executions.

A record increase in the number of death sentences and executions worldwide in 2025. This is what Amnesty International’s recently…

Oliver Farry is pleased to welcome Chiara Sangiorgio, Amnesty International's Death penalty specialist. In Amnesty International’s latest global report on…

Iran put to death over 2,150 people last year, a "staggering" increase that pushed recorded worldwide executions to their highest…

The situation in Iran has taken a dire turn, with a surge in the execution of political prisoners since the…

Many were detained during January’s mass protests, according to a rights group, amid concerns the authorities are trying to intimidate…

Amid the US-Israel war with Iran, as the world breathlessly watches the Strait of Hormuz, Tehran is quietly increasing pressure…

Israel advances legislation to try October 7 detainees in military courts, raising fears of show trials and executions.

Authorities target accused foreign agents, citing national security, as executions and confiscation of assets intensify.

Many children of North Korean elites are "addicted to smuggled South Korean pop culture and American action movies," an expert…