THE world has seen its deadliest year for executions in a decade, with Iran and China crowned the worst globally. Various ...

Death sentences were used in some Middle East countries to silence human rights defenders, dissidents, protesters, political ...

The Amnesty International report indicates that 1,518 people were executed in 2024 in 15 countries, according to the cases ...

Iran, Saudia Arabia and Iraq accounted for 90% of the recorded cases and were responsible for the steep spike.

Global executions hit their highest figure since 2015 last year, with the Middle East accounting for more than 90 percent.

The number of people known to have been executed last year was the highest in almost a decade, with Iran, Iraq and Saudi ...

Global executions rose dramatically in 2024, reaching 1,518 recorded deaths across 15 countries—the highest figure since 2015—Amnesty International said Tuesday as it released its annual report on ...

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Saudi Arabia announced it had executed 37 men who, according to rights group Reprieve, were mostly from the kingdom’s Shia minority. The country has one of the highest rates of execution in the ...

But if Saudi Arabia believes that beheading al-Nimr will advance its security strategy, it likely has another thing coming. In reality, his execution could spark a multi-layered crisis.

ESOHR said the execution was "retaliatory" in nature and aimed at silencing dissent. It provides "new evidence of the lack of confidence in all stages of the justice system in Saudi Arabia," it said.