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Iranian model wears noose at Cannes to protest against executions; other times celebs used red carpet to make a statement

May 30, 2023 12:06 pm

The Cannes 2023 red carpet also witnessed a woman dressed in Ukrainian colours staging a protest against the Russian invasion of her home country.

US carries out rare execution during presidential transition

December 11, 2020 7:31 pm

Four more federal executions, including one Friday, are planned in the weeks before President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration. One was carried out in late November.

ISIS releases video of 'citizen executions' in Iraq

May 12, 2016 4:49 pm

The 12-minute video released on social media on Wednesday mimics a participatory television show, in which members of the public are interviewed and invited to take part.

Executions hit highest level in 25 years in 2015: Amnesty

April 06, 2016 3:13 pm

At least 1,634 people were executed last year, the organisation said, adding that the actual number was probably significantly higher given that there are no definitive numbers for China.

Islamic State executes 23 Kurds in village near Syria's Kobane

June 25, 2015 4:55 pm

"Islamic State forces shot dead at least 23 people in the Kurdish village of Barkh Butan, including women and children and residents who had taken up arms to fight," the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

China 'executed 2,400' people last year: rights group

October 21, 2014 1:26 pm

China is so reticent on the issue that it has done nothing to publicise the long-term decline in its use of the death penalty.

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