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United Arab Emirates
Twenty-five Indian nationals have been awarded the death sentence in the United Arab Emirates, the Union government told Parliament. However, the judgements were yet to be implemented. In all, 49 Indians have been sentenced to death in eight different countries, the government said.
A chain of imprisonment
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Iran
Soheil Arabi is an Iranian blogger and photojournalist. He has been imprisoned for several years for his activism. Some time ago, Soheil contacted us to tell his story. We share it with you here.
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Indonesia
Banished from the mainland, imprisoned people in Indonesia’s notorious Nusakambangan Island await news of their fate. The prison complex is home to a number of prisons of varying levels of security. The least volatile can expect to spend their days working in the fields and carving gems.
United States: lethal injection, electrocution and now firing squads. A look at US execution methods
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United States
South Carolina is preparing to execute a man by firing squad, a capital punishment method that hasn’t been used in the U.S. in nearly 15 years. Since the Supreme Court lifted its ban on capital punishment in 1976, states have used five different execution methods.
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United States
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey commuted the death sentence of Robin “Rocky” Myers to life in prison, saying there were enough questions about his guilt that she could not move forward with his execution.
Women bearing the weight of the law
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More and more women across the world are being imprisoned, mostly for minor, non-violent offences. What discriminatory and punitive logic is being applied? What is being done to fight back against it?
Crises
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Iran
Two incarcerated people were executed at dawn on Thursday at Isfahan Central Prison without prior notification to their families or an opportunity for final visits.
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Iran
Five men were executed on Wednesday in Shiraz Central Prison after being convicted of premeditated murder.
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United States
Since 1992, ACAT-France has been facilitating letter exchanges between volunteers or supporters and people on death row. These letters are rooted in solidarity, faith and connection. A five-part interview.
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Syria
From the Raid Department that falls under the Military Security’s Branch 215—commonly referred to as the “Branch of Death”— Asharq Al-Awsat began its tour of the prisons of the ousted Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad.
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Syria
Inside Syria’s infamous prisons once controlled by Bashar al-Assad, haunting graffiti etched by tormented imprisoned people bears witness to their anguish, defiance, and love.
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United States
Attorneys for an Alabama incarcerated person scheduled to be the fourth person put to death with nitrogen gas asked a federal judge to block the execution, arguing that the first three incarcerated people showed signs of suffering from suffocation as the gas flowed.
Africa
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Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe has officially abolished the death penalty following the enactment of a new law signed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Published on Tuesday, December 31, the legislation prohibits courts from issuing capital punishment sentences and commutes all existing death sentences to prison terms.
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Iran
Inside one of Iran’s most notorious prisons, over 2,000 incarcerated people are crammed into cells meant to hold just a few hundred. Days after the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria, as the world recoils at images of Syria’s Seydnaya prison, Iranian survivors recognize a horror all too fami…
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Syria
The Syrian civil defence group known as the White Helmets says it is investigating reports from survivors of the country’s notorious Saydnaya prison that people are being detained in hidden underground cells.
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Iran
On Tuesday, incarcerated people in at least 25 prisons participated in the hunger strike, which has been ongoing for 45 weeks. The campaign has gained momentum, with 68 Iranian and international human rights organizations endorsing it over the past few weeks.
Asia
Drugs
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Indonesia
In 2015, the President of Indonesia declared a war on drugs. The death penalty became one of the major tools of this campaign. Albert Wirya works for LBH Masyarakat. We asked him about the use of the death penalty and the efforts being made to abolish it. Interview.
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Iran
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has voiced deep concern over the recent spate of executions in Iran. According to reports, Iranian authorities have executed at least 29 people across the country in a short period, following 38 executions in July.
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Iran
The “No Execution Tuesdays” campaign, a prisoner-led initiative against capital punishment in Iran, has entered its 25th consecutive week. This Tuesday, prisoners in Ardabil and Qaimshahr prisons participated in the campaign, expanding its reach to 11 prisons in the country.