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Saudi prison: 33 Egyptians face execution for drug charges

Egyptian and international human rights organisations have expressed their grave concerns for the lives of hundreds of prisoners threatened with execution in Saudi Arabia on drug-related charges, including 33 Egyptians in Tabuk Prison. There has been a sharp rise in the number of death sentences carried out since the beginning of 2024, accompanied by disturbing information from inside the prisons. According to the information available to the organisations, a sense […]

today14 September 2024

International

Saudi Arabia: Tech activist pulls out of conference over rights concerns

INTERNATIONAL A prominent tech activist has announced her withdrawal from the Global AI (Artificial Intelligence) Summit in Saudi Arabia, citing the treatment of imprisoned student Salma al-Shahab. Yeshimabeit Milner had been set to speak at the conference, which is taking place in the capital Riyadh between 13 September and 15 September, on Wednesday evening on a panel called "AI Through the Lens of Equality". However, in a statement, she said she […]

today15 September 2022

International News

Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Egypt, Iran carry out 86% of state executions

Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran and Egypt are among the countries who carry out the highest number of executions around the world in 2019, a report by Amnesty International revealed yesterday. The organisation’s 2019 global review of the death penalty states that Saudi Arabia executed a record number of 184 people in 2019. Neighbouring Iraq nearly doubled the number of executions during the same period while in Egypt 32 death penalties […]

today23 April 2020

International News

India hangs four men over 2012 Delhi bus gang rape and murder

India has executed four men for the gang rape and murder of a woman on a Delhi bus in 2012 that sparked huge nationwide protests and international revulsion. The four were hanged before dawn on Friday at Tihar jail in the Indian capital, the head of the prison, Sandeep Goel, told AFP news agency, in India's first use of capital punishment since 2015. The four hung on Friday were gym […]

today20 March 2020

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