news - 14 May 2026 - MALAYSIA

MALAYSIA: COURT OF APPEAL SPARES FORMER STUDENT DEATH PENALTY OVER MURDER OF PREGNANT GIRLFRIEND

Malaysia’s Court of Appeal has commuted the death sentence imposed on a former college student convicted of murdering his pregnant girlfriend, replacing it with 40 years’ imprisonment and 12 strokes of the cane.

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news - 14 May 2026 - IRAN

IRAN - Poet Peyman Farahavar faces execution

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news - 14 May 2026 - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

USA (Guantanamo) - Judge Again Delays Guantánamo’s 1st Death-Penalty Terror Trial

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IRAN - Younes Brahoui (Zirakari) executed in Birjand on May 12

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IRAN - Heydar Bamari and Mehdi Bamari executed in Kerman on May 13

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IRAN - Mohammad Abbasi Executed in Ghezel Hesar on May 13, 2026

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IRAN - Nasser Langarani Executed in Gorgan on May 12

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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

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