UN official blasts Gaza death sentences
Senior UN official denounces Hamas for sentencing several locals to death over “collaborating” with Israel.
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Gaza: Seven sentenced to death for 'collaboration' with Israel
Hamas, which runs Gaza, regularly claims to have captured “Israeli spies”, and many times it tries them and sentences them to death.
Hamas convicts six 'collaborators' with Israel
Military court in Gaza Strip convicts six people of "collaboration" with Israel, sentencing two of them to death.
Iran: Two people sentenced to death over ISIS attack on shrine
Iranian court sentences two people to death over October attack on shrine in the southern city of Shiraz.
Germany expels two Iranian diplomats after German sentenced to death in Iran
Germany expels two Iranian diplomats after authorities in Iran announce death sentence for Iranian-German over “terrorist activities”.
Iranian writer sentenced to death after giving interview to Israeli TV
Reports from Iran indicate writer and painter Mehdi Bahman was sentenced to death after being convicted of espionage.
Libya: 17 former ISIS members sentenced to death
Libyan court sentences 17 former ISIS members to death, gives another 16 prison sentences.
Iran issues first death sentence over Amini riots
One person sentenced in a Tehran court to death after taking part in riots that broke out following death of Mahsa Amini.
Supreme Court rejects appeal of South Carolina church shooter
Supreme Court rejects appeal from Dylann Roof over his death sentence and conviction.
Death sentence commuted for Israeli citizen in UAE
Israeli Arab woman sentenced to death for possessing 0.5 kilos of cocaine in Abu Dhabi has sentenced commuted, will receive prison instead.
Iran to execute doctor accused of being Israeli spy
Iran announces date of execution of Swedish national after Sweden gives life sentence to Iranian accused of human rights abuses, war crimes.
Supreme Court reinstates death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber
Supreme Court reinstates death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
Egyptian court sentences 10 members of Muslim Brotherhood to death
Egyptian court sentences to death 10 members of Muslim Brotherhood who were found guilty of violence against security officers.
Egypt: 22 Islamists sentenced to death
Egyptian court sentences to death 22 Islamists for 54 attacks, including attempted assassination of former interior minister.
Hamas sentences 6 to death for 'collaborating' with Israel
Hamas announces sentences "against a number of informants", offers more lenient sentences for collaborators who turn themselves in.
Hamas sentences two men to death for collaboration with Israel
Hamas regularly claims to have captured “Israeli spies”, and many times it tries them and sentences them to death.
US court upholds death sentence of Charleston church shooter
US appeals court upholds conviction and death sentence of Dylann Roof, who killed nine Black people at South Carolina church in 2015.
24 Muslim Brotherhood members sentenced to death in Egypt
Egyptian court sentences 24 Muslim Brotherhood members to death for the killing of police officers in two separate cases.
Iraqi ISIS leader sentenced to death
Iraqi judiciary issues four death penalties to ISIS local leader for involvement in various terrorist crimes.
Egyptian court upholds death sentences for Muslim Brotherhood members
Egyptian court upholds death sentences for 12 Muslim Brotherhood members who staged 2013 sit-in in Cairo.
Iran sentences journalist Ruhollah Zam to death
Islamic Republic sentences journalist who published embarrassing information about leadership, videos of protests to death.
Number of executions globally dropped significantly in 2019
Number of executions drops globally, but certain countries still see a rise.
Israeli Arab woman among six condemned to death in Gaza
Hamas-ruled military court sentenced to death by hanging and firing squad after being convicted of passing information to Israel.
EU condemns Hamas' death sentences
European Union condemns sentencing of six Gazans to death for "collaborating" with Israel.
Egypt sentences 17 to death over attacks on churches
Egyptian military court sentences 17 people to death over suicide bombings of Coptic churches.
Egypt upholds death sentences for Muslim Brotherhood leaders
Egyptian court upholds death sentences against 75 people in connection with violent 2013 riots.
Egypt sentences 75 Islamists to death
Egyptian court has sentences to death 75 Islamists, including Muslim Brotherhood leaders, in connection with 2013 clashes.
'A terrorist who came to slaughter a family shouldn't live'
Dvora Gonen, mother of Danny Gonen who was murdered in a terrorist attack, criticizes punishment handed down to murderer of Salomon family.
UN experts urge Iran to annul professor's death sentence
UN human rights experts appeal for Iran to annul death sentence given to university professor accused of passing information to Israel.
Iran rejects review of academic's death sentence
Iran's Supreme Court rejects request to review death sentence of university professor accused of passing information to Israel.
Request filed to review Iran academic death sentence
Lawyer cites 'flaws' in death sentence for Iranian professor convicted of spying for Israel.
Egypt sentences 9 ISIS terrorists to death
Military court in Egypt sentences to death nine members of local ISIS affiliate who were convicted of involvement in 2013 attacks.
Iran airs alleged confession of death-row academic
Academic accused of being a Mossad spy says he's being punished for refusing to spy for Iran.
Amnesty condemns death sentence for Iran academic
Iran refuses to grant fair trial to professor at Swedish university sentenced to death for allegedly spying for the Mossad.
Iranian journalist to receive asylum in Israel
Interior Minister: 'This is a journalist whose life is in real danger only because of writing columns on an Israeli news website.'
Hamas sentences 2 to death for 'spying for Israel'
Latest death sentences by terrorist group which rules Gaza for alleged spying draw international condemnation.
EU condemns latest Hamas death sentences
EU, Norway condemn three death sentences against killers of senior Hamas terrorist Mazen Faqha.
Report: 111 sentenced to death under Hamas rule
Palestinian Center for Human Rights slams Hamas, Gaza military courts for ordering death sentence illegally.
Saudi man condemned to death for blaspheming inventor of Islam
Ahmad al-Shamri, in his 20's, loses two appeals after arrest for blasphemy; recorded denouncing Islam founder on social media.
Palestinian organization blasts death sentences
Palestinian Center for Human Rights condemns death sentences handed down to alleged Israeli spies in Gaza.
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