China has executed four Canadians over the last few months, Canada's foreign affairs minister has said. Melanie Joly said she and former Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau asked for clemency in the case of the dual citizens, who were accused of drug-related charges. Beijing's embassy in Ottawa said the executions were because of drug crimes and noted China does … Continue reading Xi Jinping administration has ‘executed 4 Canadians’ in China
Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during a news conference on voting rights at the Department of Justice in Washington, Friday, June 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) The Justice Department is halting federal executions after a historic use of capital punishment by the Trump administration, which carried out 13 executions in six months. Attorney General Merrick … Continue reading Biden administration halts federal executions as Garland orders review of protocols
A photo of Yu Huaying at the Intermediate People's Court of Guiyang in Guiyang province, China, on Oct 25, 2024. China on Dec 19, 2024, upheld Yu's death sentence for trafficking children. (File photo: WeChat/The Intermediate People's Court of Guiyang) China on Thursday (Dec 19) upheld the death sentence for a child trafficker whose crimes shocked the … Continue reading China executes woman in high-profile child trafficking case
Iran said Thursday it executed a prisoner convicted for a crime allegedly committed during the country's ongoing nationwide protests, the first such death penalty carried out by Tehran. The execution comes as other detainees also face the possibility of the death penalty for their involvement in the protests, which began in mid-September, first as an … Continue reading IRAN: Mohsen Shekari identified as first protester executed since the ‘hijab unrest’
Japan hanged three death-row inmates on Tuesday, its first executions in two years, amid growing criticism by human rights groups of the country's use of the death penalty. Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com One of the three, Yasutaka Fujishiro, was convicted of killing seven people and setting fire to their house in 2004, while the … Continue reading Japan executes 3 death-row inmates in first use of capital punishment since 2019
In the U.S. state of Illinois, the dramatic close to a brutal kidnapping and murder case has made headlines around the world. Brendt Christensen will spend the rest of his life in jail, spared of the death penalty. It is his punishment for what he did to Chinese scholar Zhang Yingying back in 2017. Arriving … Continue reading Man who killed a Chinese student in Illinois escapes capital punishment
United Nations human rights experts called on Saudi Arabia on Monday to halt the imminent execution of six men sentenced to death for activities related to the 2011 Arab Spring. They said that since the Saudis were all under age 18 at the time, imposing the death penalty on them would violate international law, … Continue reading Capital Punishment: World leaders urge Saudi Arabia to halt 6 executions
A woman has been publicly raped and beheaded in the Democratic Republic of Congo on allegations that she served fish to rebels in the war-torn region. The deceased was killed by gunmen who, as shown in a horrific online footage, claimed she served them "forbidden food." According to a report from France 24, militants from a … Continue reading Woman ‘sexually abused and beheaded’ in public for serving Fish in Congo
The American state of Florida is set to execute Mark James Asay with an experimental injection. His death warrant comes for the first time in over 18 months, since debates on his execution were considered by the nation's Supreme Court. Assay has been imprisoned on charges of racially motivated murders. He will be forced to … Continue reading Florida to execute Mark James Asay, the White Supremacist who committed two Racially Motivated Killings In 1976
Death sentences for terrorism are often handed down after unfair trials by special courts that disrespect human rights and the rule of law, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Monday in remarks commemorating World Day Against the Death Penalty. Image shows the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. According to a report from The Associated Press, … Continue reading UN Chief says death penalty for terrorism is often unfair
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