Amnesty International has urged the Federal and State Governments to abolish death penalty. Mrs Barbara Magaji,the Programmes Manager of Amnesty Internationa, made the call during a stakeholders ...

Amnesty International | November 11, 2025 | In response to the passing of the first reading of a controversial new amendment to the Israeli Penal Law making it mandatory for Israeli courts to impose ...

Riyadh breaks its own record for death sentences carried out annually, with 340 executions, according to AFP tally ...

Burkina Faso's Council of Ministers has adopted a bill to restore the death penalty for treason, terrorism, and espionage.

Saudi Arabia breaks its own record with 340 executions in 2025 as authorities continue a strict war on drugs and capital ...

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Israeli Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir wore a noose-shaped lapel pin to a Knesset committee hearing on the proposed death penalty bill.

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Responding to an announcement on 04 December that Burkina Faso’s government has decided to reintroduce the death penalty seven years after it was abolished for ordinary crimes as part of a reform of ...