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| Jul.19 |
North Korea |
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North Korea firing squad carries out public executions in school yards| Kim Jong Un's regime shot so-called 'criminals' to death in schoolyards and fish markets in a attempt to create an 'atmosphere of fear' | |
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| Apr.5 |
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Amnesty highlights 'disturbing rise' in global executions Amnesty International: A surge of the executions recorded worldwide saw more people put to death last year than at any point since 1989
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| Jun.29 |
U.S. Supreme Court |
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US Supreme Court backs use of contentious execution drug The US Supreme Court has upheld the use of a contentious drug used in executions, saying it does not violate a ban on cruel and unusual puni...
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| Apr.29 |
UN |
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  Indonesia executions: UN chief expresses 'deep regret' UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed 'deep regret' over Indonesia's execution of eight people convicted of drug offences
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| Apr.28 |
Indonesia |
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 Indonesia executions: Australia recalls ambassador  Map of Nusakambangan Island Indonesia| Australia has recalled its ambassador from Indonesia after two Australian men were executed for drug smuggling | |
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| Apr.26 |
Australia |
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Bali Nine: Australia urges executions halt Australia has called on Indonesia to delay executing two convicted Australian drug traffickers until corruption claims are investigated
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| Apr.23 |
Indonesia |
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Indonesia executions: Foreign envoys summoned Indonesia has summoned foreign embassy officials to the prison where 10 convicted drug smugglers, including the Bali Nine pair, will be exec...
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| Dec.19 |
Pakistan |
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Pakistan resumes executions after Peshawar school attack  Pakistan has carried out two executions, the first since a death penalty moratorium was lifted after a deadly attack on a Peshawar school
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| Jul.24 |
Arizona |
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Arizona halts executions after Joseph Wood case The state has halted executions pending a review of its death penalty procedures, after the allegedly botched lethal injection of a convicted...
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| Mar.27 |
China |
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Executions rise in 2013, China tops the list Amnesty International: Virtual 'killing sprees' in Iran and Iraq led to a spike in the number of executions globally last year
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| Dec.2 |
Iraq |
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Execution-style killings surge in Iraq, U.N. says Acts of terror and sectarian violence killed 659 Iraqis and injured almost 1,400 in November
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| Apr.11 |
Gaza |
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 Hamas 'failed to probe executions' Human Rights Watch says Gaza's Hamas government has failed to investigate the killings of seven Palestinians accused of collaborating with I...
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| Feb.20 |
Japan |
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Japan hangs three death row inmates Japan has hanged three death-row inmates, the first executions under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
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| Dec.21 |
Taiwan |
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Taiwan condemned over executions Taiwan has executed six death row inmates, the first use of the death penalty this year
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| Mar.27 |
Global |
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Executions falling, says Amnesty
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| Dec.17 |
North Mexico |
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At least 141 inmates escape from prison
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| Sep.28 |
USA |
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Drug shortage halts US executions
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| Jan.7 |
Sri Lanka |
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Video of executions appears authentic
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| Aug.31 |
Iraq |
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Report criticizes Iraq's executions
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| May.10 |
Iran |
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Iran moves to reduce executions
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| Mar.17 |
Baghdad |
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Iraq pushes 'Chemical Ali's' execution The Cabinet pressed the presidential council to ratify court-ordered executions for several former officials convicted of crimes against humanity
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| Jan.28 |
Japan |
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 4 death-row inmates executed| All four men were hanged, marking the first set of executions in the country since October 2008 | |
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| Apr.29 |
Baghdad |
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Tariq Aziz on trial over executions The trial of the best-known faces of Saddam Hussein's former regime in Iraq, and several other former regime officials
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| Aug.14 |
Russia |
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Russia probes 'executions' video| The officials are investigating a video which appears to show 2 men being murdered by far-right extremists | |
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| Jul.23 |
Afghanistan |
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  Deadline looms for hostages Taliban once again extended a deadline for the executions of S. Koreans kidnapped in Afghanistan for another 24 hours
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| Apr.19 |
Iraq |
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Amnesty attacks Iraq executions| Amnesty International: Iraq is the world's fourth highest user of the death penalty | |
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| Apr.17 |
Baghdad |
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 Web: 20 Iraq security forces executed The Islamic State of Iraq -- a group of Sunni extremists -- claims it carried out the executions
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| Jan.15 |
European Union |
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 Criticism of Iraq hangings grows| United Nations and European leaders have condemned the executions in Baghdad of two of former Hussein's top aides | |
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| Jan.7 |
Baghdad |
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 Saddam aides 'to die this week'| The government has said that the executions of Barzan al-Tikriti and Awad al-Bandar, will take place some time during the week | |
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| Jan.6 |
UN |
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 UN urges stay of Iraq executions New Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged Iraq to suspend the execution of 2 of former Saddam's co-defendants
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| Jan.3 |
UN |
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UN appeals to Iraq on executions High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour has appealed not to execute 2 top officials from Saddam Hussein's rule
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| Dec.15 |
Florida |
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Governor halts executions| Jeb Bush has halted executions in the state after an inmate took twice as long to die by lethal injection | |
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| Jun.12 |
Gaza |
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Palestinian Authority executes 4 killers| 3 of the convicted men were hanged and the other was executed by shooting | |
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| Jun.2 |
Serbia |
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 Serbia holds video 'executioners'| The prime minister has announced the arrest of soldiers shown in a video carrying out executions in 1995 | |
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| Mar.1 |
U.S. Supreme Court |
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Supreme Court bans juvenile executions| The court voted 5-4 that the juvenile death penalty should be declared unconstitutional | |
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| Jun.5 |
Congo |
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Congolese remember violent executions residents of Bunia were terrorized and slaughtered, first by Lendu fighters and then by Hema minority
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| May.10 |
Congo |
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U.N. reports 14 executions amid fighting 30,000 people are hiding in the bush fearing ethnic clash
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| Apr.26 |
Vatican |
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  Pope condemns Cuban executions| John Paul II has added his voice to condemnations of crackdown on dissidents | |
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| Jan.20 |
Mexico |
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Mexico asks court to stop US executions| Mexico will ask the International Court of Justice to stop executing dozens of Mexicans being held on death row in US | |
before year 2000
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| Jun. 23, 1793 |
Paris |
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Reign of Terror begins in France| Incited by conflict between the Girondins and the Jacobins, and marked by mass executions of 'enemies of the revolution' | |
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