Death Penalty
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Iran has hanged to death Alireza Akbari, a dual UK-Iranian citizen, for charges of “spying” for the United Kingdom. Hundreds of people were executed as the number reached more than 500 people in 2022, Iran Human Rights (IHR) said in December.
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On a biting cold morning on November 28, 1972, a Frenchman was guillotined for a murder he did not commit, in a case that so traumatised his lawyer he would spend the rest of his life campaigning to end the death penalty.Roger Bontems, 36, was behe...
