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Israel’s death penalty law marks a new phase in its dehumanisation of Palestinians | Yuli Novak https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/02/israel-death-penalty-law-dehumanisation-palestinians #Israel #CapitalPunishment #Palestine #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #WorldNews #WestBank

Israel’s death penalty law marks a new phase in its dehumanisation of Palestinians

A government that openly embraces violence against Palestinians has now enshrined into law a policy of lethal force, says B’Tselem’s executive director, Yuli Novak

The Guardian

Farhad A.3d ago

The United Arab Emirates has banned all Iranian nationals from entering or transiting through the country.

Tens if not more thousands fold of Iranians from the whole political spectrum live there, have property, jobs and money

Catastrophic and collective punishment they have also frozen and planning to confiscate $500B in properties and assets of people of Iranian descent, Not just connected to the government.

#UAE #CapitalPunishment #Iran #WarOnIran #Politics #PersianGulf #Economy #Politics

The New Yorker 3d ago

How the Guillotine Got Axed

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-europe/how-the-guillotine-got-axed

US news | The Guardian 3d ago

Prosecutors used hip-hop lyrics to help sentence a man to death: ‘This only happens to rap music’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/apr/01/capital-punishment-hip-hop-rap-lyrics #UsNews #CapitalPunishment #Rap #Hiphop #UsCrime

Prosecutors used hip-hop lyrics to help sentence a man to death: ‘This only happens to rap music’

James Broadnax was a teenager when a jury convicted him of capital murder, with his rap lyrics presented as evidence he posed a threat of ‘future dangerousness’

The Guardian

D. Zylbersztajn- Lewandowski 3d ago

I was curious so I did some online research, with some surprise findings!

Click Link to see what I found and which country has the lowest and the highest support in polls for capital punishment.

Maybe have a guess before you click...

https://open.substack.com/pub/zylew/p/death-penalty-support-compared-across?r=1gd0ll&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

#Deathpenalty #capitalpunishment #Todestrafe

World news | The Guardian 3d ago

‘Discriminatory’ Israeli death penalty law sparks international criticism https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/31/israel-death-penalty-law-international-criticism #Israel #WestBank #Palestine #CapitalPunishment #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #WorldNews

‘Discriminatory’ Israeli death penalty law would be war crime, says UN rights chief

Volker Türk says bill, which applies to Palestinians convicted of terror charges but not Jewish extremists, must be repealed

The Guardian

News Beep 4d ago

Horror and fear in West Bank as Israel approves hanging Palestinians convicted of murdering Israelis

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#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #breakingnews #Capitalpunishment #Courts #Generalnews #i #Israel #Legalproceedings #Militaryanddefense #Protestsanddemonstrations #Worldnews
https://www.newsbeep.com/461220/

The New York Times - Breaking News, US News, World News and Videos 4d ago

Israel Passes Law to Hang Palestinians Convicted of Deadly Attacks

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/world/middleeast/israel-death-penalty-palestinians-attacks.html

Police State UK 4d ago

"Most nations, including almost all developed countries, have abolished capital punishment either in law or in practice; notable exceptions are the United States, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, China, India, and most Islamic states."

#CapitalPunishment #DeathPenalty

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment