NEWS RELATED TO death penalty

Africa

Algeria adopts law imposing death penalty on forest arsonists

Opinion

Could the death penalty make South Africa safer?

South Africa

Is it time to reconsider the death penalty in SA? Here are the arguments for and against

World

Bangladesh court upholds death sentences over teen burned alive

World

Saudi sets new death penalty record with 340 executions in 2025 – AFP tally

World

Trump confirms arrest in Charlie Kirk shooting

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World

Saudi Arabia executes 17 in three days as death toll nears record

Opinion

A VIEW OF THE WEEK: An unofficial death penalty

South Africa

WATCH: Death penalty and corporal punishment return suggested as Groenewald fires off warning

World

Pakistan’s top court upholds death penalty for man who beheaded girlfriend

Africa

Zimbabwe abolishes the death penalty

World

German murdered: Thai biker receives death penalty, Germans get life

Opinion

Give freedom from suffering

World

Iraq hangs eight convicted of ‘terrorism’: sources

World

Iran hangs two women as surge in executions intensifies – NGO

World

Singapore death row families urge end to executions

News

Experts divided on new call for the death penalty

World

Singapore executes fifth prisoner this year for drug trafficking

Africa

Ghana parliament outlaws death penalty

World

Singapore to execute first woman in nearly 20 years – rights groups

World

Alabama executes murderer, first since 2022 botched lethal injections

World

Iran executions in May highest since 2015 – rights group

World

Condemnation as Iran hangs three linked to Amini protests

News

Recorded executions sitting at highest in five years, Amnesty reveals

World

Iran executes five over drug trafficking

World

UN says Iran executes on average more than ten people per week

World

Death penalty around the world

World

Malaysian MPs vote to axe mandatory death penalty

World

Iran orders death penalty for ‘kidnapped’ German national

World

US carries out first execution of a transgender person

World

Iran defies outcry with second protest execution

South Africa

NFP calls for referendum on death penalty following mass shootings