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Iran to halt child executions

Amnesty International welcomes new decision, wants Tehran to ban capital punishment altogether.

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Saudi executions average two a week, says report

Amnesty International voices concern as 71 are killed in year to end of August.

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Iran hangs 29 criminals

Iran on Sunday hanged 29 people convicted of drug trafficking, murder, rape in Tehran's Evin prison.

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Mass execution planned

Iran to execute 30 people on Sunday in what will be largest mass execution in recent years.

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Saudi man, woman face flogging for research

Professor and student face jail, lashing after court rules research was front for affair.

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UAE denies forced repatriation of Syrian Islamist

Former teacher 'at risk of tortune' if returned to Syria, Amnesty has warned.

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Yemeni describes 3-year torture in US hands

Al-Maqtari never charged with crime, but subjected to numerous methods of torture.

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Egypt slammed over HIV crackdown

Misguided prosecutions reveal official ignorance and prejudice about HIV, says Human Rights Watch.

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A step in the write direction

In a victory for freedom of the press, Sheikh Mohammed has decreed journalists will not be jailed for their work.

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