The Islamic Republic authorities in Iran are going on an execution binge, using the spiraling instability and conflicts in the Middle East — in which they are complicit — as a smokescreen for their crimes against the Iranian people. On January 22, the mother of Mohammad Ghobadlou, a 23-year-old street protester in the “Woman Life … Read more
On Dec. 24, 2023, the names of 13 Iraqi prisoners with criminal sentences were unexpectedly called out on the loudspeaker inside the Nasiriyah Central Prison in Southern Iraq. The next morning, all the men were executed under the death sentence, in what one Iraqi media outlet described as “secret executions” carried out without any transparency … Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — A day before the federal government executed a Texas man for the killing of an Iowa couple when he was 18, celebrity lawyer Alan Dershowitz pleaded with then-President Donald Trump — a former client — to call the execution off. During a Dec. 9, 2020, call to the White House, Dershowitz told … Read more
The variety of recognized executions carried out globally rose by 53% in 2022, in accordance with a brand new report revealed by Amnesty Worldwide. There have been 883 recognized circumstances of executions throughout 20 nations, however Amnesty stated that three nations—Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt—had been accountable for 90% of those capital punishments. Whereas Amnesty … Read more