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In the United States, executions have been rising since 2025, while opposition to the death penalty persists, but the MAGA camp continues to defend this punishment as a demonstration of authority, with the first live broadcast of an execution on the horizon. #PeineDeMort #Justice #Éthique (translated)

The American Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, has announced that the execution of Nidal Hasan, sentenced to death for the attack on Fort Hood, will be broadcast live on the internet, placing the US in a questionable club of countries where public executions take place. #doodstraf #publiekeexecutie #Trump (translated)

It is disgusting. Is he trying to imitate ISIS executions? That is also criticism that comes from both the right and the left regarding Hegseth's plan. "It is disgusting. Is he trying to imitate ISIS executions?" asks Democratic Senator Chris Murphy on CNN. #Executie #LiveStream #Doodstraf (translated)

"Executions of medical procedures are usually done with multiple means, such as in combination with muscle relaxants. The use of solely pentobarbital always carries a certain risk." Toxicologist Jan Tytgat (KU Leuven) finds it remarkable that Tennessee uses only pentobarbital: #ChristaPike #doodstraf #uitvoeringsproblemen (translated)

The failed execution of Christa Pike in Tennessee, where she remained conscious after multiple administrations of a lethal injection, raises questions about the execution process and the methods used, while Governor Bill Lee has postponed all scheduled executions and initiated an independent investigation. #ChristaPike #doodstraf #uitvoeringsproblemen (translated)

Roderick Veelo wrote that, in his opinion, Iran had the highest number of executions worldwide, that homosexual men were hanged from cranes in Tehran, and that 60 thousand protesters had been murdered. He criticized the Dutch prime minister for visiting Iranian authorities and allowing himself to be used for Iranian propaganda. #Iran #Mensrechten #Protest (translated)

Mark Fowler, an extremely right-wing doctor involved in carrying out the death penalty in Tennessee, has multiple botched executions to his name and has defended murderers in the past, making him a controversial figure in the debate over the death penalty. #Doodstraf #Executie #Tennessee (translated)

American Christa Pike, who was sentenced to death for a horrific murder she committed as a teenager, recently survived two lethal injections, bringing attention to the unreliability of this method of execution and the controversies surrounding her mental health. #Doodstraf #ChristaPike #Executies (translated)

Het Openbaar Ministerie eist 17,5 jaar celstraf tegen de 41-jarige Ayham A. uit Arkel voor zijn rol als vermoedelijke veiligheidschef van de Islamitische Staat in Damascus, waar hij betrokken zou zijn geweest bij de arrestatie, ondervragingen en executies van tegenstanders. #IS #terrorisme #oorlogsmisdaden

In haar column bespreekt Carolien Roelants het recente besluit van Libanon om de doodstraf af te schaffen, terwijl Israël de doodstraf juist heeft ingevoerd voor terrorisme, met als gevolg een toename van wereldwijde executies, vooral in Iran en China, wat de groeiende zorgen omtrent mensenrechten in het Midden-Oosten en daarbuiten onderstreept. #doodstraf #Mensenrechten #Libanon

Extreemrechtse Israëlische minister Itamar Ben-Gvir heeft in een video met trots de bouw van galgen gepresenteerd voor de executie van Palestijnse terreurverdachten, wat leidt tot grote internationale kritiek en beschuldigingen van een discriminerend rechtssysteem. #ItamarBenGvir #MiddenOosten #executies