Arizona ‘refurbishes’ its gas chamber to prepare for executions, documents reveal

Arizona is planning to execute prisoners with the same deadly gas used by the Nazis at Auschwitz.

Arizona ‘refurbishes’ its gas chamber to prepare for executions, documents reveal

The corrections department has spent more than $2,000 on ingredients to make cyanide gas, the same used in Auschwitz.

© The Guardian

Pir-Ostovan: 118th woman executed under Rouhani

Shamsi Pir-Ostovan & Yousef Pir-Ostovan ♥♥

The 118th woman executed under Rouhani in the Central Prison of Qazvin
© NCRI Women Committee

Woman and Former Husband Executed on Drug-related Charges in Qazvin
© Iran Human Rights 

Canada » Remains of 215 children found at former Kamloops residential school: First Nation

former Kamloops Indian Residential School, British Columbia
image source: The Canadian Press

 

Remains of 215 children found at former Kamloops residential school: First Nation

© Vancouver Sun

‘Horrible History’: Mass Grave of Indigenous Children Reported in Canada

© The New York Times

'The Kamloops Indian Residential School was the largest of 139 boarding schools set up in the late 19th century, where students were physically and sexually abused by headmasters and teachers who stripped them of their culture and language.'

source AFP

Narges Mohammadi - Iran sentences activist to 30 months jail, flogging

Iran sentences activist to 30 months jail, flogging
© France 24

Amnesty, EU condemn prison, flogging sentence for Iranian activist
© Rudaw

SC: Brad Sigmon - execution date set

for June 18 ... atrocious !!!!!

Execution date set for inmate suing SC over firing squad law
© WMBF News » pub. May 27

Death row inmate set to be first killed in SC in 10 years
© The State » pub. May 27

Greenville man on death row suing state prison system after execution date set
© MSN » pub. May 28

post updated May 29

Belarus: Free Raman Pratasevich and Sofia Sapega

sign & share, thanks !!!!!


Belarus: Free Raman Pratasevich and Sofia Sapega

© Amnesty International

Mass execution of six Baluch men in Birjand prison on drug charges

Mass execution of six Baluch men in Birjand prison on drug charges

© Iran Human Rights Monitor

California Committee on Revision of Penal Code Recommends Repeal of Death Penalty

California Committee on Revision of Penal Code Recommends Repeal of Death Penalty
© Death Penalty Information Center

Kobra Fatemi - 117th woman executed under Rouhani

Kobra Fatemi ♥♥

A woman hanged in Yazd Prison – 117th woman executed under Rouhani

© NCRI Women Committee

Iran: 4 Men and 2 Women at Imminent Risk of Execution in Shiraz

Iran: 4 Men and 2 Women at Imminent Risk of Execution in Shiraz
© Iran Human Rights

SC: Death Row Inmates Sue After They're Asked To Pick Firing Squad Or Electric Chair

Death Row Inmates Sue After They're Asked To Pick Firing Squad Or Electric Chair
© WBFO

Quintin Jones murdered by Texas

Quintin Jones was murdered last night by Texas,
without any media witnesses present ...

Texas executed death row inmate Quintin Jones Wednesday night
© The Texas Tribune

Texas executes Quintin Jones, ending 10-month break in executions
© CBS News

Texas didn't allow Quintin Jones' execution to be witnessed by the media
For the first time in more than 40 years, media were not allowed to witness a Texas execution
© The Texas Tribune » pub. May 20

post updated May 21 

previous news ►

Opinion | Quintin Jones Is About to Be Executed. He Shouldn’t Be.
© The New York Times » pub. May 10
Death Watch: How Much Remorse, Repentance Is Enough? Family of victim – and killer – wants sentence commuted
© The Austin Chronicle » pub. May 13
Quintin Jones Petition Calling for Death Row Inmate's Life to Be Spared Surpasses 150K Signatures
© Newsweek » pub. May 18

Stop Yulin & Boknal 2021

Yulin ► June 21 - 30

Boknal ► July & August

Ask China to end dog and cat meat trade horrors including the Yulin festival
© Humane Society International

Petition: Stop the Horrific Yulin Dog Meat Festival and End China's Dog and Cat Meat Trade
© Lady Freethinker

check my post from last year,
i guess the petitions still work:

Stop Yulin & Boknal 2020

South Carolina Gives Death Row Inmates a Choice: Electric Chair or Firing Squad

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has signed into law a bill that forces death row prisoners to choose between the electric chair or a newly formed firing squad in hopes the state can restart executions after an involuntary 10-year pause.

South Carolina Gives Death Row Inmates a Choice: Electric Chair or Firing Squad
© Courthouse News Service

New law makes inmates choose electric chair or firing squad
© Associated Press

South Carolina Gov Signs 'Inhumane' Bill Forcing Death Row Inmates to Choose Firing Squad or Electric Chair
© Common Dreams

Absolutely Barbaric !!!!!

Iran executions

Behzad Adl Executed 3 Times for Rape After Confessing Under Torture

Prisoner Alimorad Zabiei Executed on Drug-related Charges

Prisoner Jamal Mohammadi Executed in Ilam

Prisoner Amir Bayati Executed in Shiraz

© Iran Human Rights

End the Spiral of Violence: Sanctions Now!

Join the Call !!!!!

End the Spiral of Violence: Sanctions Now!

Palestinian Rights Matter - Sanction Israel!

Avaaz

Death Commission Judge Ebrahim Raisi nominated for Iran presidential election

Death Commission Judge Ebrahim Raisi nominated for Iran presidential election

© Iran Human Rights Monitor

Global Calendar of Resistance: Join these events to defend Palestine!

Participate and join an action !!!!

See below for events and resources ►

Global Calendar of Resistance: Join these events to defend Palestine!

Samidoun Network

Free Gaza !!!!! Free Palestine !!!!!

IDAHOT 2021

May 17 is

IDAHOT
International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia
and Biphobia

TOGETHER: RESISTING, SUPPORTING, HEALING!

Home ~ May17.org

check out the Events & join !!!!!

South Carolina Legislature Authorizes Use of Electric Chair and Firing Squad as State Reaches 10 Years Without an Execution

South Carolina Legislature Authorizes Use of Electric Chair and Firing Squad as State Reaches 10 Years Without an Execution

© Death Penalty Information Center

New law could end China's dog meat festival: advocacy group

truly hope so ...

New law could end China's dog meat festival: advocacy group

© New York Post

Stop Yulin & Boknal Forever !!!!!
Stop Dog & Cat meat trade !!!!!

INVESTIGATION: Pigs Hammered to Death on "High Welfare" UK Farm

heartbreaking !!!!!

INVESTIGATION: Pigs Hammered to Death on "High Welfare" UK Farm

© Animal Equality

Iran Human Rights Monitor, Monthly Report – April 2021

Iran Human Rights Monitor, Monthly Report – April 2021

© Iran Human Rights Monitor

Inhuman treatment of prisoners in the women's wards of Iranian prisons

Inhuman treatment of prisoners in the women's wards of Iranian prisons

© NCRI Women Committee

Syria: Assad grants amnesties before presidential election

Assad grants amnesties before presidential election

© ZAMAN ALWSL

Procedures of the Death Penalty in Iran

Procedures of the Death Penalty in Iran 

Death Penalty According to Iranian Law

© Iran Human Rights

World Press Freedom Day 2021

Arrested press by MATE | Cartoon Movement


May 3 is

World Press Freedom Day


2021 World Press Freedom Index | RSF

Reporters Without Borders | Reporters sans Frontières

Committee to Protect Journalists

World Press Freedom Day - UNESCO

Cartoon Movement

Cartooning for Peace participates to the 2021 World Press Freedom Day - Cartooning for Peace

Matías Tejeda - MATE
Argentine cartoonist

Iran Human Rights Report 2020

Iran Report 2020: Execution of Ethnic Minorities

Iran Report 2020: Qisas Executions

MOVEMENTS PROMOTING ABOLITION AND MOBILISING THE CIVIL SOCIETY INSIDE IRAN

© Iran Human Rights