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Mauritania: New 'Apostasy' Draft Law - Death Sentence Would Be Mandatory in Some Cases

Saudi Arabia: New Counterterrorism Law Enables Abuse

Iran Attempts to Deflect Responsibility in Criticizing UN Resolution on Country’s Human Rights Record

Skype disappears from Chinese app stores in latest web crackdown

Mauritanian blogger Mohamed Cheikh Ould Mohamed released after 3 years in detention

Mauritanian prosecutors appeal sentence against 'blasphemy' blogger

Mauritanian Blogger Who Faced Death Penalty for Apostasy to Be Freed

Mauritania: Quash Blogger Mkhaitir's Death Sentence

Indonesia Rejects UN Recommendation to Abolish Death Penalty

Petition: Free Iranian Youth Sina Dehghan, Sentenced To Death For "Insulting The Prophet"

Singapore: Executions continue in flawed attempt to tackle drug crime, despite limited reforms

Arkansas Death Row Inmate Calls Himself 'Totally Competent' for Upcoming Execution

Indonesia: Military officer sentenced to 2.5 years in prison for blasphemy

UK promises new support to Saudi security bodies, despite imminent juvenile executions

In Pakistan, a Text Message Can Lead to a Death Sentence

Saudi Arabia: Wave of arrests targets last vestiges of freedom of expression

Singapore: Vigil held for executed man deemed as possible offence of "assembly without permit"

North Korea sentences South Korean reporters to death over review of book about country

Iran: Man Charged With Rape Hanged in Rajai Shahr Prison

Blasphemy laws on the books in one-third of nations: study

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