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KENYA: ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE CONVICT LOSES HIS BID TO OVERTURN DEATH SENTENCE

25 June 2026

A man sentenced to death for robbery with violence on June 16, 2026 lost his bid to overturn his conviction and sentence after the High Court in Nyandarua dismissed his petition.

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NIGERIA: SOKOTO COURT SENTENCES THREE TO DEATH FOR TERRORISM, ARMS TRAFFICKING

25 June 2026

A Sokoto State High Court on June 24, 2026 sentenced three men, including a Nigerien national, to death by hanging after finding them guilty of terrorism and arms trafficking offences.

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IRAN - 126th Week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” Campaign

24 June 2026  Read everything

IRAN - Hossein Kashani Hanged in Kerman on June 15

24 June 2026  Read everything
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URGENT APPEAL BY HANDS OFF CAIN TO AVOID THE ERASING EVIDENCE OF 1980S EXECUTIONS BY DESTROYING BEHESHT-E-ZAHRA SECTION 41 IN IRAN

25 August 2025  Read everything

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