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The national flag of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, fluttering in the wind on a flagpole in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Saudi executes more than 100 foreigners in 2024

Saudi Arabia has faced persistent criticism over its use of the death penalty, which human rights groups have condemned as excessive.

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
17 November, 2024
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Iran sentences to death Kurdish activist Varisheh Moradi

Dana Taib Menmy
12 November, 2024
A supporter holds a placard bearing a portrait of French teacher Cecile Kohler, detained along with her partner Jacques Paris in Iran, during a rally in their support in Paris on May 14, 2023. (Photo by THOMAS SAMSON/AFP via Getty Images)
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Iran says French couple imprisoned since 2022 'in good health'

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
05 November, 2024
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One struggle: Grieving Marcellus Williams, Gaza, and Lebanon

Afroze Fatima Zaidi

Afroze Fatima Zaidi

04 October, 2024
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Amnesty urges release of Saudi after death sentence quashed

The New Arab Staff
09 August, 2024
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Iran hangs final defendant in 2008 case after 'unfair trial': NGOs

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
25 July, 2024
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Saudi Arabia has executed over 100 people so far in 2024

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
18 July, 2024
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Sweden confirms three citizens sentenced to death in Iraq

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
04 July, 2024
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Iran prisoner says Sweden left him behind after exchange deal

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
19 June, 2024
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Sweden protests death penalty handed out to two Swedes in Iraq

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
15 June, 2024
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Executions jumped last year to the highest number since 2015

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
29 May, 2024
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Iran turning its prisons into 'killing fields': Amnesty

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
04 April, 2024
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Saudi Arabia executes 170 people in 2023

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
01 January, 2024
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Ben-Gvir told to stop talk of execution for Hamas prisoners

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
20 November, 2023
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Calm returns to Iran prison after protest by inmates

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
30 September, 2023
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Iran sentences four to death over bootleg alcohol that killed 17

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
26 September, 2023
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Iran hands death sentence to Tajik over Shia shrine attack

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
21 September, 2023
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Saudi executes 2 military personnel for treason: state media

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
14 September, 2023
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Protest-linked Iran death-row inmate dies in hospital

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
31 August, 2023
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Saudi critic sentenced to death for social media posts:

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
28 August, 2023
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Iran: US should explain links to Iranian-German facing death

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
28 August, 2023