Alabama: Nitrogen Gas Execution Stirs Controversy
The state of Alabama recently made headlines by conducting the execution of convicted murderer Kenneth Eugene Smith using a method not employed in the United...
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Execution and amputation of hand practice to return but not publicly: Taliban
The execution and amputation of hands practice will return though maybe not in public, said the new head of prisons and one of the groupâs...
Iran must halt execution of Kurdish prisoner: UN rights expertsÂ
The imminent execution of an Iranian Kurdish prisoner must be halted and his death sentence repealed, UN-appointed independent human rights experts said on Friday. Their...
UN human rights chief âappalledâ at Iran execution, questions trial process and verdict
Iran’s decision to hang media activist Ruhollah Zam on Saturday was an appalling violation of human rights that followed a deeply flawed trial process, UN High Commissioner...
Bangladesh Executes Army Captain Who Assassinated Country’s Founding Leader
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the father of current Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, was killed in a coup by the army captain along with the majority of...
Nirbhaya rape case convicts want to be spared the death penalty
Four of the men who gang-raped and tortured a paramedic student from Delhi on a moving bus in December 16, 2012, leaving the nation in...