Iran judiciary hands down three death sentences over November terror attack

A Belgian national has also been sentenced to 40 years in jail and 74 lashes under espionage and money laundering charges

Iran forms panel to investigate protest killings as judiciary issues more death sentences

While Tehran has yet to disclose the number of civilians who have died in the protests and riots, officials say at least 50 members of the security forces have lost their lives

Iran sentences Shiraz attack perpetrators to death

The perpetrators were directly involved in the planning of the terror attack and the arming of the ISIS militants

Iraqi court sentences 14 people to death in 2014 Camp Speicher massacre case

In 2016, 36 men were hanged for their participation in the Camp Speicher massacre

Saudi court sentences tribesmen to death for protesting forced eviction

The Howeitat tribe has been forcibly evicted from its land to make room for a futuristic megacity that is part of the kingdom's Vision 2030 development initiative

Saudi court sentences 10 former judges on charges of ‘high treason’

High treason in Saudi Arabia constitutes the death penalty as a punishment

French intelligence agents arrested in Iran as judiciary issues second death sentence

Since the start of anti-government protests in September, Iran has handed down two death sentences which can be appealed by the defendants

Fact check – Iran has not sentenced ‘15,000’ protesters to death

False reports from Saudi and US-funded 'news agencies' have found a massive audience thanks to western media outlets and public figures

Bahraini courts sentence eight activists to death

Bahrain has arrested nearly 15,000 people for their political views, making them the number one Arab country with the most political prisoners

Hundreds of Palestinians serving sentences without trial or charge

An Israeli rights group has revealed that 604 Palestinians are currently being held in administrative detention, the highest number since 2016

German exports to Iran increased by 12.7 percent in 2022

Despite heavy sanctions by the west, the net value of exports from Germany to Iran between January and November of 2022 amounted to $1.6 billion

Saudi Arabia soon to execute 34 detainees: ESOHR

The rights group condemned the Saudi government for sentencing 120 people to death during the first five months of 2022

Rights groups urge KSA to stop execution of Bahraini nationals

Jaafar Sultan and Sadeq Thamer were tried on terrorism-related charges over alleged smuggling of explosive materials into the country

Turkish president on first visit to Saudi Arabia since Khashoggi murder

Turkey has sought to rebuild economic ties with the kingdom to offset runaway inflation and a depreciating currency caused by Erdogan's unorthodox economic policies

Turkey approves transfer of Khashoggi murder case to Saudi Arabia

The move, slammed by rights groups, comes as Ankara seeks to improve its economic ties with Riyadh

Turkish prosecutor requests Khashoggi murder case be transferred to Riyadh

Turkey has been reaching out to Saudi Arabia and the UAE in hopes of strengthening its economy amid rising inflation

Thousands mobilize to mourn the victims of Saudi Arabia’s mass execution

The OHCHR has condemned the beheadings, which included 41 Shia Muslims who had taken part in anti-government protests in 2011 and 2012

Khashoggi killers living in luxury in Saudi Arabia despite murder conviction

The Saudi government has refused to subject the men accused of killing Khashoggi to an international and independent judicial investigation

UPDATE: French authorities release Saudi national ‘mistakenly’ arrested in connection to the murder of Jamal Khashoggi

In 2018, Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was strangled by a hit squad in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, and his body was dismembered

Tribesmen arrested by Saudi authorities on charges of resisting eviction

Forty-seven members of the Howeitat tribe were arrested after they protested their eviction from the Tabuk province to make way for the NEOM city project

Bahraini protesters detained in Arab Spring anniversary demonstration

Anti-monarchy demonstrations began on February 14, 2011, and have been held on a regular basis ever since the popular uprising started

Bahraini citizens protest normalization with Israel, demand prisoner release

Bahrain has the most political prisoners in the Arab region, detaining over 15,000 people for their political views alone

‘Tens of thousands’ of prisoners granted amnesty in Iran

State media reports that the pardon would not apply to dual nationals held in Iranian prisons

Bahraini activist faces new charges on top of life sentence

Abdul Hadi al-Khawaja, who was imprisoned in 2011, is facing new charges for inciting protests in prison and allegedly breaking a plastic chair

The Huseynyun: Iran’s challenge in forming a ‘Hezbollah of the Caucasus’

Azerbaijan’s Huseynyun is the least known of all Shia resistance factions backed by Iran, but its profile is growing.

Bahrain uses political isolation laws against political opponents: rights group

Earlier this month, a Bahrain court sentenced eight anti-government activists to death

UK violates human rights guidelines by funding Bahraini government

Bahrain recently sentenced eight men to death, despite the lack of physical evidence and the reported use of torture

Qatar repatriates Iranian prisoners

Qatar has expressed its desire for Iran and US to revive the nuclear deal and end the tensions between the Persian Gulf states

Over 100 ISIS suspects arrested in US-controlled refugee camp in Syria

Around 56,000 refugees live in Al-Hawl camp, as the camp is home to the wives, widows, and children of ISIS fighters

Hunger striking Palestinian appeals to Israeli supreme court to demand release

Khalil Awawdeh has been imprisoned by Israel since December without charge or trial under 'administrative detention', an extrajudicial system used to perpetuate the apartheid system against Palestinians