NEWS
54,400 ARTICLES · 1998—2026The news from the three battles.
We update every day. No advertising, no trackers, no algorithm. The news that power does not want to see — and the news that power does everything to hide.
- MAY 8, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTY
ASIA BIBI, CHRISTIAN CLEARED OF BLASPHEMY CHARGES, LEAVES PAKISTAN FOR CANADA
A Pakistani Christian woman who spent eight years on death row in Pakistan after being found guilty of blasphemy — a conviction that was later overturned — has arrived in Canada, her lawyer said on 8 May 2019.
MAY 8, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FOUR MEN SECRETLY HANGED ON DRUG RELATED CHARGES IN ARAK PRISON
Iran secretly hanged on 29 April 2019 four prisoners on drug related charges in Central Prison of Arak.
- MAY 7, 2019EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR 13 ON TERROR CHARGES
Egypt's highest appeals court on 7 May 2019 upheld death sentences for 13 people convicted of terror charges over attacks in the capital in which explosive devices killed at least two police officers.
MAY 7, 2019ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: SIX EXECUTED FOR KILLING WORKERS IN MINING COMPENSATION SCAM
Six men were executed on 12 April 2019 in northern China for killing mine workers and then claiming millions of yuan in compensation from the pit owners.
MAY 7, 2019BahrainDEATH PENALTYBAHRAIN: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCES AND PRISON TERMS LINKED TO TERRORIST CELL
Bahrain’s supreme court of appeal on 6 May 2019 upheld death sentences for two men convicted of forming a terrorist group that attacked security forces.
- MAY 6, 2019BruneiDEATH PENALTY
BRUNEI 'WILL NOT ENFORCE GAY DEATH PENALTY AFTER GLOBAL BACKLASH'
Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah has said gay sex will not be punished with the death penalty after he faced global backlash over the incoming legislation, the Evening Standard reported on 5 May 2019.
- MAY 6, 2019LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Louisiana. Senate rejected SB 112 to abolish death penalty
USA - Louisiana. Senate rejected SB 112 to abolish death penalty
MAY 6, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED AT ZANJAN PRISON FOR MURDER
According to Iran Human Rights sources, Hedayat Mehrabi, 37, was hanged for murder charges on the morning of 16 April 2019 at Zanjan prison.
MAY 6, 2019IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR JOINING ISLAMIC STATE
An Iraqi court has sentenced four people to death by hanging for belonging to the Islamic State militant group and committing terrorist crimes in Iraq and Syria, a judiciary statement said on 21 April 2019.
- MAY 3, 2019DEATH PENALTY
GEORGIA (USA): SCOTTY GARNELL MORROW EXECUTED
Scotty Garnell Morrow, 52, Black, Was Executed on 2 May 2019 in Georgia.
MAY 3, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: A PRISONER HANGED ON MURDER CHARGES AT SANANDAJ CENTRAL PRISON
A Kurdish prisoner, Ahmad Irani (known as Aha Chateh), was executed on murder charges at Sanandaj Central Prison on 28 April 2019.
MAY 3, 2019BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: SIX SENTENCED TO DEATH IN KHADEM MURDER CASE
A Dhaka court on 25 April 2019 sentenced six to death and another to life term imprisonment for killing administrative officer of Dhaka deputy commissioner's office Aminul Haque Khadem alias Anis Khadem in 2009, reports UNB.