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On World Day Against the Death Penalty, Iranian communities in the U.S. and Europe rallied against executions and called for the release of political prisoners, while religious leaders condemned a U.S. plan to livestream a firing-squad execution after a botched execution drew renewed scrutiny. Laos, which has gone more than 30 years without carrying out executions despite retaining capital punishment in law, was highlighted as an example of restraint as countries move toward abolition or narrower use of the penalty.

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