Execution

One more convict now on death row in Kerala; hangman awaited

July 23, 2023

One more convict now on death row in Kerala; hangman awaited

Already, 16 persons who have been sentenced to death are lodged in different jails in Kerala.

December 12, 2022
Mahsa Amini death: Second Iranian prisoner executed over alleged protest crime

Activists warn that at least a dozen people already have been sentenced to death in closed-door hearings. At least 488 people have been killed since the demonstrations began in mid-September.
December 09, 2022
Mahsa Amini death: Iran executes Mohsen Shekari, first known prisoner arrested in protests

The execution comes as other detainees also face the possibility of the death penalty for their involvement in the protests, which began in mid-September, first as an outcry against Iran's morality police.
February 04, 2020
Nirbhaya case convicts won't be hanged today, Delhi court stays death warrant

The court has postponed the execution of death warrants till further order.
June 26, 2019
Sri Lanka to resume executions after 42-year hiatus

If the executions carried out, Sri Lanka would be ending a 42-year-long suspension of the death penalty, even though it voted in favour of a moratorium on it during the 73rd United Nations General Assembly in December 2018.