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American citizen Benjamin Reuben Zalman-Polun, 36, has been sentenced to death for his involvement in a failed coup attempt in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

American Jewish man sentenced to death in Congo for involvement in failed coup

By Jackie Hajdenberg/JTA

Itamar Ben-Gvir, Minister of National Security attends a National Security committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament on November 20, 2023.

Ben-Gvir calls for death penalty in response to hostage killings

By ELIAV BREUER

Illustrative image of a court gavel.

Jews were excluded from California county’s death penalty juries for decades, new evidence reveals

By Jackie Hajdenberg/JTA

Police officers walk at the entrance of the district Judicial Complex in Islamabad, Pakistan November 28, 2023.

Pakistan’s senate human rights committee votes against public hanging for rapists

By ARSHAD MEHMOOD/THE MEDIA LINE

Burundi's President elect Evariste Ndayishimiye takes oath of office during his inauguration ceremony at the Ingoma stadium in Gitega, Burundi June 18, 2020.

Burundi's president says gay people should be stoned

By REUTERS

Iranian women chant during a protest condemning the Shiraz attack and unrest in Tehran, Iran October 28, 2022.

Iranian protester faces execution for murder blamed on gov't

Israelis whose family members are being held abducted by Hamas terrorists in Gaza since Oct 7, react as they attend a National Security committee meeting in the Israeli parliament on November 20, 2023

Death penalty for terrorists harms Gaza hostages, families tell Knesset

By ARIELLA MARSDEN

MK Almog Cohen seen shouting at hostages' families during a National Security Committee discussion on November 20, 2023

Terrorist death penalty debate risks hostages, families charge Otzma Yehudit

By ARIELLA MARSDEN

General overall view of the Doha downtown city center skyline and cityscape and the Doha Bay, Doha, Qatar, Sep 26, 2019.

Indians accused of spying for Israel in Qatar given death penalty

By REUTERS

Nobel Committee Chair Berit Reiss-Andersen announces the winner of Nobel Peace Prize for 2023.

Tehran attacks 'anti-Iranian' move to award jailed activist Nobel Peace Prize

By REUTERS

Reverend Sylvester Edwards, President of the Terre Haute NAACP, stands near the Federal Correctional Institution, Terre Haute, to express his opposition to the death penalty and execution of Daniel Lewis Lee. July 13, 2020

As execution day nears, advocates for Texas Jew on death row say hopes are dimming

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA

This image widely distributed by US media on October 27, 2018 shows a Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) ID picture of Robert Bowers

Judge to pronounce death sentence for Pittsburgh synagogue shooter after jury vote

By REUTERS

A GROWING series of violent attacks on Jewish facilities began at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, in October 2018.

Jury demands to see guns of Pittsburgh synagogue shooter

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA

Police officers guard the Tree of Life synagogue following Saturday's shooting at the synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 28, 2018.

Pittsburgh jury finds synagogue attacker eligible for death penalty

By REUTERS

A CROWD attends a vigil outside the Tree of Life synagogue, marking one week after the deadly shooting there, in Pittsburgh, in 2018.

3 reasons why Tree of Life shooter Robert Bowers shouldn't be executed - opinion

By SHIRA HOFFER

Quin Karala, 29, a member of the LGBTQ community and a single mother of one poses for a picture with rainbow colours at the offices of Rella Women's Empowerment Program, for LGBTQ rights advocacy, after a Reuters interview in Kulambiro suburb of Kampala, Uganda April 4, 2023

Biden warns Uganda of implications from anti-gay law

By REUTERS

Pictures of people who died during demonstrations in Iran are displayed as Iranian community members and supporters of the National Council of Iran take part in a protest in solidarity with Iranian people, in Paris, France, February 12, 2023.

Iran killing its people every day, increasing execution of dissidents - analysis

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Iranians gather around during a funeral ceremony of the people killed in the Shah Cheragh Shrine attack, in Shiraz, Iran October 29, 2022

Iran sentences two to death for Islamic State attack on shrine

By REUTERS