executions

Kuwait executes seven people, first since 2017: statement

  Kuwait City, Kuwait | AFP | Kuwait put seven people to death for murder on Wednesday, the public prosecutions…

Executed Myanmar prisoners deserved ‘many death sentences’: junta spokesman

Yangon, Myanmar | AFP The four prisoners Myanmar's junta executed in the first cases of capital punishment in the country…

Myanmar junta executions ‘act of utter cruelty’: HRW

https://youtu.be/vMC6t_LgdNM Bangkok, Thailand | AFP The Myanmar junta's execution of four men, including a former member of parliament and a…

Myanmar junta executes two pro-democracy rivals

YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) -- Myanmar's junta has executed four prisoners including a former lawmaker from Aung San Suu Kyi's party…

Singapore executes two more drug traffickers despite outcry

SINGAPORE (AFP) -- Singapore hanged two drug traffickers Thursday in what campaigners condemned as a "shameful and inhuman punishment", taking…

Trump administration carries out another execution despite appeals, pandemic

  by Charlotte PLANTIVE Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- A convicted murderer died by lethal injection on…

Saudi faces rising criticism after mass execution

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) -- Saudi Arabia faced worldwide criticism Wednesday for its mass execution of a group made…

Indonesia rejects international pleas to halt executions

CILACAP, Indonesia (AFP) - by Muhammad Azka Indonesia on Thursday rejected mounting international pressure and desperate pleas from relatives to halt…

Ambulances carrying bodies of executed drug convicts leave Indonesian prison island

APRIL 29 (Reuters) -- Ambulances carrying the remains of executed drug convicts left the Indonesian prison island of Nusakambangan on…

Australia recalls ambassador to Indonesia after executions

APRIL 29 (Reuters) -- Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Wednesday (April 29) he was recalling the nation's ambassador to Indonesia…

Mary Jane Veloso spared from execution; eight others executed as scheduled

Eight drug convicts were executed by an Indonesian firing squad early on Wednesday but a Filipina who was on death…

Indonesian protesters collect coins to return Australian tsunami aid

Hundreds of people gathered in Jakarta on the streets of Jakarta on Sunday (February 22) to join a coin collection…

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