Executions

• Iran ramping up brutality with world’s eyes on Gaza, advocates warn

  Some Iranian-Canadians believe the regime is ramping up brutality against its own people as the world's attention is focused on the Middle East.

  World

  Dec 21, 2023
  
• ‘The world is watching’: Large crowds in Vancouver protests executions in Iran

  According to Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, from Norway-based NGO Iran Human Rights, in the past three and half months, Iran has executed 267 people.

  World

  May 21, 2023
  
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• After 3rd failed lethal injection, governor asks for pause on executions in Alabama

  Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has asked the Department of Corrections to undertake a "top-to-bottom" review of the state's capital punishment system after numerous botched executions.

  World

  Nov 22, 2022
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• U.S. halts federal executions after historic 13 deaths under Trump

  Attorney General Merrick Garland said he was imposing a moratorium on federal executions while the Justice Department conducts a review of its policies and procedures.

  World

  Jul 1, 2021
• U.S. federal government to carry out executions for 1st time in 16 years

  The Justice Department says five inmates will be executed, starting in December.

  Politics

  Jul 25, 2019
• Mississippi eyes electrocution, firing squad as possible death penalty methods

  The Senate agreed on Tuesday to changes to HB 638, sending it to Gov. Phil Bryant for his approval or veto after the House agreed Monday.

  World

  Mar 29, 2017
• Saudi Arabia announces it is severing ties with Iran

  Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir says his country is severing diplomatic ties with Iran amid spiking tensions over the execution of a prominent Saudi Shiite cleric.

  World

  Jan 3, 2016
• Iran warns Saudi Arabia of ‘divine revenge’ over execution of prominent Shiite cleric

  Iran's top leader on Sunday warned Saudi Arabia of "divine revenge" over the execution of an opposition Shiite cleric while Riyadh accused Tehran of supporting terrorism, escalating a war of words hours after protesters stormed the Saudi Embassy in Tehran.

  World

  Jan 3, 2016
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• Protesters enter, damage Saudi embassy in Iran to protest execution

  Protesters in Iran, angered by the execution by Saudi Arabia of a prominent Shiite cleric, broke into the Saudi embassy in Tehran early Sunday, setting fires and throwing papers from the roof, Iranian media reported.

  World

  Jan 3, 2016
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• Saudi beheadings soar in 2015 to highest in 2 decades

  Saudi Arabia carried out at least 157 executions in 2015, with beheadings reaching their highest level in the kingdom in two decades.

  World

  Jan 1, 2016