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Iran executed at least 1,639 people in 2025 in 68% increase on year before, NGOs say

Rights groups including Amnesty International say Iran carries out the most executions of any nation worldwide per capita, and the most of any country other than China, for which no reliable data is available.

Euronews

Israel needs to stop encouraging settler violence, Palestinian FM says

Palestinian foreign minister told Euronews Israel should protect Palestinians in the West Bank as the occupier, and that instead the government supports settler violence. She also said the Iran war had further marginalised Palestinian aspirations to statehood.

Euronews

Acting AG Todd Blanche Directs California Prosecutor to Seek Death Penalty for Three Alleged MS-13 Members

Last May, prosecutors announced charges against Dennis Anaya Urias, Grevil Zelaya Santiago and Roberto Carlos Aguilar in the killing of a former MS-13 member who was assisting law enforcement in a federal racketeering and methamphetamine trafficking case.

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He was sentenced to death despite not pulling the trigger. An unlikely coalition saved his life

In an act transcending politics, tens of thousands successfully banded together to make the case against executing Charles ‘Sonny’ Burton

The Guardian - US

Israel’s death penalty law has little to do with criminal justice and everything to do with ethno-nationalism

In its nearly 80-year history, the state of Israel has carried out only one court-sanctioned execution: Adolf Eichmann, a principal architect of the Nazi holocaust.

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China executes French citizen convicted of drug trafficking in 2010

France abolished death penalty by act of parliament in 1981

The Independent UK

‘Everyone is thinking about oil prices’: is Iran using the war to hide a surge in executions?

Regime has long used the death penalty to suppress dissent but now appears to be withholding information on the killing of hundreds of prisoners, say rights groups

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Israel’s death penalty law marks a new phase in its dehumanisation of Palestinians

A government that openly embraces violence against Palestinians has now enshrined into law a policy of lethal force, says B’Tselem’s executive director, Yuli Novak

The Guardian - UK

Shops closed across West Bank in general strike against Israel's death penalty law for Palestinians

Thousands marched to protest the passing of the law, which critics have slammed as unjust and demanded it immediately been scrapped.

Euronews

General strike empties streets in Ramallah over Israel’s death penalty law

Shops shut and streets fell quiet in Ramallah as a general strike was held in protest against Israel’s newly approved death penalty law targeting Palestinians.

Euronews

'The Bullet That Doesn't Match': Is the Case Against Tyler Robinson Falling Apart?

Defence lawyers say federal experts could not match the bullet that killed MAGA influencer Charlie Kirk to the rifle tied to 22‑year‑old Tyler Robinson, casting doubt on a death penalty case built around contested forensics, DNA and incendiary messages.

International Business Times UK

Police disperse Jerusalem protest over Israel’s death penalty law

Israeli police broke up a protest outside parliament in Jerusalem as demonstrators voiced anger over a new law allowing the execution of Palestinians convicted of deadly attacks.

Euronews

Watch: Israel's new death penalty law — how it works and why Europe is pushing back

It is a seismic shift in Israeli law. On Monday, the Knesset approved the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of murdering Israeli citizens. The topic is very serious, and your reporter wants to look beyond the political theatre to the facts.

Euronews

Major Jewish group criticises Israel death penalty laws

Australia's Jewish community has made a rare break with Israel after the nation made a new "discriminatory" death penalty law for Palestinians.

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International Business Times UK

Will Tyler Robinson Face Death Penalty For Charlie Kirk Shooting? Bullet Fragment Does Not Match Suspect's Rifle

New ATF findings challenge the bullet evidence tying Tyler Robinson to Charlie Kirk's killing, bolstering defence efforts to block Utah's death penalty as FBI tests and political tensions intensify.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Israel’s death penalty: capital punishment is always wrong. This new law is doubly so

Editorial: Palestinians convicted of lethal attacks deemed terrorism face execution – while settlers enjoy impunity despite soaring West Bank violence

The Independent UK

Bulletin world briefing: Iran ‘recruiting children for defence’ and Israel’s new death penalty law

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‘Discriminatory’ Israeli death penalty law would be war crime, says UN rights chief

Volker Türk says bill, which applies to Palestinians convicted of terror charges but not Jewish extremists, must be repealed

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US supreme court appears skeptical of jury process in racial bias death row case

Case involves a former prosecutor removing nearly all Black jurors in a 2006 capital murder trial, raising legal questions

The Independent UK

What is Israel’s new death penalty law that ‘targets’ Palestinians?

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New Israeli death penalty law is ‘cruel’ and discriminates against Palestinians, say human rights groups

Activists say the law will have a disproportionate impact on West Bank Palestinians

The Independent UK

Horror and fear in West Bank as Israel approves hanging Palestinians convicted of murdering Israelis

Hundreds of protesters have taken to the streets across the embattled Palestinian territories after Israel's parliament passing a law mandating the death penalty by hanging for Palestinians convicted of nationalistic murder

International Business Times

Israel's Knesset Passes Controversial Death Penalty Law for Palestinians Convicted of Deadly Attacks

Israel's parliament, the Knesset, approved a contentious law on Monday night making death by hanging the default sentence for Palestinians convicted in military courts of deadly terrorist attacks, a move championed by far-right ministers that critics condemned as discriminatory and a violation of international norms.

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Kuwaiti tanker hit by Iranian drone attack in Dubai port

The attack came hours after Trump threatened to ‘obliterate’ Iran’s energy plants and oil wells unless it opened the strait of Hormuz. Plus, Israel to give death penalty to Palestinians convicted of lethal attacks

International Business Times UK

Israel Death Penalty Law Triggers Global Outrage as Palestinians Face Execution Under New Knesset Vote

Israel approves death penalty law for Palestinians convicted of lethal attacks, drawing criticism from human rights groups and global powers

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