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Erfan Soltani, 26, is one of the arrested protesters set to be executed by hanging), according to Norway-based Hengaw Organisation for Human Rights.

This Iranian protester faces ‘imminent’ execution – just days after his arrest

Erfan Soltani’s family was told his death sentence was final and that he would only be allowed a brief moment with his relatives before being hanged.

  • Kieran Kelly

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Changi Prison, where Nagaenthran has been on death row for 12 years.

Singapore hanged more people this year than it has in decades

The tally is now 17. Three people were marched up the Changi prison gallows in one week in November alone.

  • Zach Hope
Bali police inspect the crime scene of the fatal villa shooting in Badung.

Three Australians are accused of a fatal ambush in Bali. A fourth was running the show

The brazen underworld shooting of two Australians at a luxury villa in Bali was allegedly ordered from Australia via an encrypted app, and was months in the planning.

  • Sherryn Groch and Amilia Rosa
Sydney plumber Darcy Francesco Jenkins was nabbed at the border and arrested by Indonesian police on Monday.

He stopped for cigarettes moments before a deadly ambush. It was the clue police needed

Investigators in Bali, and diplomats from Australia, are scrambling to piece together how a clutch of Australians came to be at the centre of one of the most violent shootings in Bali’s history.

  • Amilia Rosa and Sherryn Groch
Luigi Mangione.

Trump administration seeks death penalty for alleged CEO killer Luigi Mangione

US Attorney-General Pam Bondi said it was part of Donald Trump’s agenda “to stop violent crime and Make America Safe Again”.

  • Michael Koziol
A prison van brings Australian Nguyen Tuong Van to a court appearance in Singapore on drug trafficking charges in 2003. He was later executed.

Singapore’s approach to drugs works for Singaporeans

Some say the death penalty is an ineffective deterrent to drug trafficking. Singapore’s experience suggests otherwise.

  • Anil Nayar
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At the vigil for condemned prisoner Pannir Selvam in Singapore.

Another execution eve on the lawn of Hong Lim Park

Peaceful protest is a fundamental right in democratic states. Singapore, though, has a bob each way.

  • Zach Hope
Biden’s decision does not affect 2200 death row prisoners convicted in state courts.

Biden commutes sentences of 37 inmates on death row

The order, made four weeks before he hands over power to Donald Trump, does not apply to cases of terrorism or hate-motivated mass murder.

Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran were executed by Indonesia in April, 2015.

Death row still a risk when AFP shares intel: inquiry

Days after five members of the Bali Nine returned to Australia, a parliamentary inquiry has warned that more oversight is needed for federal police tasked with overseas co-operation.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
Barrister Joseph Thesiera and Lex Lasry become emotional as they read through some of the material from a box of executed Australian man Nguyen Tuong Van in 2005.

In 2005, an Australian citizen was hanged in Singapore. It could happen again

I fought for Van Nguyen 19 years ago. Despite a worldwide trend away from the death penalty for drugs, Singapore continues to execute people – including four in the past month.

  • Lex Lasry