executions
‘Please Help Me to Save My Son’: More Executions of Teenage Protesters Imminent in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, the West's trusted Middle Eastern ally, may be about to execute three young men arrested for protesting when they were children. VICE News spoke to their families.
Iran Executed More Than 500 People Last Year for Drug-Related Crimes
Drug-related executions made up 65 percent of the nearly 1000 prisoners Iran put to death last year, marking a high in the number of executions in the country in more than 20 years.
The Death Penalty Is Slowly Dying Out
Though Saudi Arabia captured headlines last week by executing 47 people in a single day, in recent years more and more nations have banned capital punishment.
Saudi Arabia Hit a 'Grim New Milestone' for Beheadings in 2015
Saudi Arabia reportedly carried out 158 executions in 2015, more than twice as many as the previous year and the most in the country since 1995.
Number of New Death Sentences in 2015 Lowest in More Than 40 Years
There were only 28 executions this year, the lowest number since 1991, and 49 new death sentences — a 33 percent decline from last year. The dip is partly due to litigation over drugs that are used to carry out lethal injections.
Poet Ashraf Fayadh Is Appealing the Death Sentence Handed Down by a Saudi Court
Ashraf Fayadh friends and family say that the poet—who is accused of apostasy and writing love poems that were allegedly anti-Islamic—is formally fighting his sentence.
Saudi Arabia's New King Likes Beheading People Even More Than His Predecessor
Saudi Arabia is putting people to death at a rate of two per day. It's the fastest rate of executions in the country in more than 20 years.
A Pardon From Saudi Arabia's King Might be the Last Hope for a Shiite Cleric Facing a Death Sentence
Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr's family says he is at risk of imminent execution after the country's supreme court upheld a 2014 death sentence against the scholar and human rights activist.
Mexico Is Failing Its Citizens on Human Rights, UN Commissioner Says During Visit
The UN's High Commissioner for Human Rights slammed Mexico's record on abuses, torture, and illegal executions, saying 'I wish everyone could meet' victims of state violence in the country.
Richard Glossip Just Got Another Last-Minute Break to Avoid Lethal Injection in Oklahoma
Governor Mary Fallin issued a 37-day stay because of "last-minute questions" about the drug cocktail the state plans to use on him.
Kim Jong-un Is Set to Receive a 'Global Statesman' Award — and Not in North Korea
This honor was previously bestowed on Mahatma Gandhi, Myanmar political dissident Aung San Suu Kyi... and Kim Il-sung, Kim's grandfather.
North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un Executes a Turtle Farmer For 'Incompetence'
Sources within the Hermit Kingdom told a Korean news site that the farm's manager was punished with death after Kim was frustrated with the facility during a visit in May.