Nigerian Senate Moves to Designate Kidnapping as Terrorism, Proposes Death Penalty
Abuja, Nigeria – In a significant legislative push to combat Nigeria's escalating kidnapping crisis, the Senate on Wednesday unanimously passed for ...
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Saudi Arabia Executes 213 People In Less Than 10 Months, Setting New Record- REPRIEVE
Saudi Arabia has executed 213 people so far in 2024, more than it has in any other calendar year on record, as ...
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Nigeria Faces Global Pressure to Abolish Death Penalty
The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has urged Nigeria to end capital punishment during its Universal Periodic Review (UPR) ...
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Death Penalty: Families Of The Executed Appeal To Singapore For Change
Family members of prisoners on Singapore’s death row are calling on the government to bring an immediate moratorium on executions ...
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PRESS RELEASE: European and World Day against the Death Penalty, 10 October 2023:
Joint statement by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe and the High Representative, on behalf of the European ...
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Saudi Arabia Sentences Schoolgirl To 18 Years Over Tweets, Says Rights Group
The report comes after Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman blamed 'bad laws' for death sentence against a Saudi man over ...
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