Screenshot of the coverage of Amnesty's report on alleged abuses at the Saydnaya Prison in Syria.

Amnesty International Claim On Syria Hangings Lacks Evidence

The media was quick to oversell the story, which was based on the limited testimony of Syrian rebels.

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Georgia Leads Nation In Number Of Executions As Texas Slows

One thing Georgia and Texas have in common that has allowed them to execute more inmates than other states is a seemingly reliable supply of execution drugs.

Georgia Leads Nation In Number Of Executions As Texas Slows

ATLANTA  — Georgia led the nation this year in the number of inmates put to death, an anomaly that's due at least in part to executions in Texas dipping into single digits for the first time in 20 years. With nine lethal injections in 2016, Georgia accounted for nearly half of the 20 executions nationwide. It was the most

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UN Calls On Saudi Regime To Halt Child Executions

Several prisoners who were convicted as children were among 47 people killed in a mass execution on January 2nd this year.

UN Calls On Saudi Regime To Halt Child Executions

The UN’s child rights committee has called on Saudi Arabia to end child executions, amid fears for three juveniles who face beheading in relation to protests.

In a report published this morning, experts from the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child condemned the Gulf kingdom for its practice of sentencing children to

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Belgium Refuses Arms Sales To Saudi Arabia, Germany May Follow

The Minister-President of Belgium’s Flanders on Wednesday declined Saudi Arabia’s request for military equipment supplies to the country amid Riyadh executions and the conflict in Yemen.

Belgium Refuses Arms Sales To Saudi Arabia, Germany May Follow

MOSCOW — "We have rejected the request [for military equipment supplies to Saudi Arabia]," Geert Bourgeois told the Flemish Parliament, as quoted by the RTBF broadcaster. On Tuesday, Bourgeois said in an interview with the broadcaster that he would not give permission for arms sales to Saudi Arabia given

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Europe, Sympathetic To Iran, Slams Saudi Executions

Europe is showing a lot less willingness than the U.S. to look the other way on the Saudi executions.

Europe, Sympathetic To Iran, Slams Saudi Executions

Historically cozy US-Saudi relations have kept the Obama Administration relatively quiet on the weekend Saudi execution of a top Shi’ite cleric, a move that US officials warned them against and which they did anyhow. Europe, however, is showing a lot less willingness to look the other way on the Saudi executions, and while the Saudis scramble to

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Canada Condemns Saudi Executions, But Arms Sales Speak Louder Than Words

In immediate aftermath of mass executions, Canada confirms that mega-sale of arms to Gulf state will proceed.

Canada Condemns Saudi Executions, But Arms Sales Speak Louder Than Words

Despite condemning Saudi Arabia's recent mass executions and raising concerns about human rights abuses, the Canadian government said this week it is moving forward with a controversial $15 billion weapons sale to the Gulf state. Reportedly

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Saudi Arabia Carrying Out ‘Unprecedented Wave’ Of Executions

An artist sentenced to death for apostasy. Three young Shia Muslims – arrested when they were minors – faced with beheading. And reports in the Saudi press of the imminent execution of more than 50 people.

Saudi Arabia Carrying Out ‘Unprecedented Wave’ Of Executions

Saudi Arabia's use of the death penalty has sparked international alarm. The country's human rights record has been back in the news since January, when liberal blogger Raif Badawi was flogged after being convicted of insulting Islam. That same month,

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