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The former MP was killed by the RSF in El-Fasher on Sunday evening [Screengrab/X]
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Sudan's RSF in execution spree in El-Fasher including woman MP

The RSF announced on Sunday evening that it had taken control of El-Fasher, while activists decry the executions and the dire humanitarian situation.

The New Arab Staff
27 October, 2025
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Saudi Arabia
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Saudi Arabia executes man said to have joined protests as minor

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
21 October, 2025
A picture taken on September 2, 2014 in the Iranian capital Tehran shows the doors of cells in a corridor of the "Qasr prison", a former prison hosting political prisoners that was turned into a museum in 2012.
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Iran prisoners stage protest, hunger strike against executions

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
15 October, 2025
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Iran executes six it alleges carried out attacks for Israel

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
04 October, 2025
Scaffolding is set up for a public execution in Karaj, Iran
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Iran has executed at least 841 people this year: UN

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
29 August, 2025
Veiled Iranian mourners wave the country's flags during a funeral for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commanders, Iranian nuclear scientists, and civilians who are killed in Israeli attacks in Tehran, Iran, on June 28, 2025, during the Iran-Israel ceasefire.
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Iran unleashes 'wave of repression' after Israel war: activists

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
01 July, 2025
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Saudi Arabia
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Saudi Arabia executes journalist after 7 years in jail

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
15 June, 2025
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Iran
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Iran execution rate doubles in 2025 compared to last year

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
04 April, 2025
Iran's national flag flies atop the Consulate General of the Islamic Republic of Iran, with the TV tower in the background, in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on October 31, 2024
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Iran executed 975 people in 'horrifying' 2024 escalation: groups

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
20 February, 2025
Iranian authorities execute a man accused of killing a police officer in Zarandieh [Getty]
Iran
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Iran executes man convicted of killing police officer

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
22 January, 2025
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Iran
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Iran executed over 30 women in 2024 amid punishment surge

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
06 January, 2025
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Rights groups urge Iraqi government to halt 'secret executions'

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
13 December, 2024
Saudi Arabia protest against execution in New York
Saudi Arabia
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UN experts urge Saudi Arabia to halt imminent executions

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
05 December, 2024
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HRW criticises Iraq for 'unlawful' surge in executions

Dana Taib Menmy
20 November, 2024
Protest against Saudi Arabia's death penalty in Indonesia
Saudi Arabia
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Saudi Arabia executes seven people in one day: state media

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
24 October, 2024
Iran
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More than 400 people executed in Iran this year: UN experts

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
02 September, 2024
Sudan
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'All sides' in Sudan war executing, torturing, mutilating bodies

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
30 August, 2024
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Saudi Arabia
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Rights group criticises Saudi 'terrorism' execution

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
19 August, 2024
Iran
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Iran executes 29 day after protester's hanging: rights group

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
08 August, 2024
Saudi Arabia
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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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Israel 'executes' four Palestinian prisoners near Gaza border

The New Arab Staff
07 July, 2024