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The execution of Bangladeshi nationals in Saudi Arabia: Violations of consular rights and vulnerability to systemic discrimination

by: Psymhe Wadud

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When opposition becomes treason: Capital punishment and 'sovereign anxiety' in sub-Saharan Africa

by: Diana Peel

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The botched execution of Christa Pike: Understanding a background of violence, abuse and confinement

by: Serene Singh

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Front cover of Elizabeth Vartkessian's 'The Deserving' (2026)

Book review: Elizabeth Vartkessian, The Deserving (2026)

by: Hannah Gorman

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DPRU Q&As: Professor Ron Dudai, Leverhulme Visiting Professor, Queen’s University Belfast

by: Ron Dudai

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Lebanon abolishes the death penalty after 22 years without an execution

by: Daniel Cullen

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‘A mental torture’: Living under sentence of death in Kenya

by: James Macharia

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Painting: Despair by Magnus Enckell

Redefining life imprisonment sentencing for capital offences in India

by: Ankita Talukdar

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A distortion of legislative necessity: Israel’s new death penalty laws, and the mandate for immediate revision

by: Matthew Goldberg, Saul Lehrfreund

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Speakers at DPRU OxHRH event, February 2026

Restricting the Death Penalty: Strategies Beyond Abolition — Panel Discussion

by: Neetika Vishwanath

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The case of Luigi Mangione: Testing the arbitrary application of America’s death penalty

by: Christine Savino

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The ultimate penalty? How a death sentence might help Sheikh Hasina

by: Taqbir Huda

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Front cover of DPP report 'Procedural Trauma, the Illusion of Closure and Myth of Consensus: Understanding Victim Experiences in Capital Punishment Cases'

New DPRU-DPP report on victims’ experiences of capital punishment cases

by: Daniel Cullen, Amelia Inglis

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Cruel punishments that extinguish hope have no place in Taiwan's democracy

by: Catherine Appleton, Saul Lehrfreund

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Towards the abolition of the death penalty in Kenya

by: Kola Muwanga

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