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The Final Letter of a Student Executed Before His Appeal Was HeardThe family of Vahid Ben Amerian did not know their son would be executed that morning. No notice arrived from the court. His lawyers were not informed that the sentence would be carried out, even as his case was still pending before Iran’s Supreme Court. The family learned through state media that the top electric...

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South Asian country enacted new anti-rape law in wake of 2020 incidentA Pakistani court has upheld the death sentences awarded to two men for raping a French woman in front of her children six years ago.Abid Ali and Shadqat Ali were accused of assaulting the foreign tourist on the busy Lahore-Sialkot motorway in September 2020.Investigators said the 32-year-old woman’s car had r...

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At least 80 prisoners, including 17 political prisoners, were executed in prisons across Iran during May 2026, according to data compiled by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights. The figure represents a decrease of 83 executions, or approximately 51%, compared with the same month in 2025, when at least 163 executions were recorded.Hengaw has verified the identities of 76 of ...

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Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); 2 June 2026: Morteza Sadeghzadeh, Kurdish man on death row for drug-related offences, was executed in Damghan Prison.According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was hanged in Damghan Prison on 1 June 2026. His identity has been established as Morteza Sadeghzadeh, a 28-year-old Kurdish man. He was arrested around three years ago and s...

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An Australian woman has been arrested in Indonesia for allegedly receiving a delivery of cannabis-infused vape liquid.Indonesian police have arrested an Australian woman allegedly found with 59 millilitres of vape liquid containing cannabis that she said was for pain relief but can land her in prison.The woman, 53, risks 20 years behind bars under Indonesia's no-exceptions anti-...

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