Executions

WASHINGTON: Washington's envoy for war crimes said on Monday (Nov 21) the United States was monitoring allegations of Ukrainian forces summarily executing Russian troops, and said all parties should face consequences if they commit abuses…

DIBROVA, Ukraine — Viktoriia Nikolienko’s house in this recently liberated village looked undamaged by war. Until she began to talk about what happened to the family members who once lived in it.Hours before Ukrainian forces reached…

PHNOM PENH: Efforts by Myanmar's neighbours to help restore peace and normalcy to the strife-torn Southeast Asian nation were hindered by the country's recent executions of four political activists, Cambodia's foreign minister said…

Issued on: 26/07/2022 - 19:27 The executions of four pro-democracy activists in Myanmar by the military junta not only attracted international condemnation but also fuelled…

GENEVA: The United Nations (UN) human rights chief on Monday condemned the execution of four prisoners, including a former lawmaker from Aung San Suu Kyi's party and a prominent activist, as "cruel and regressive". "I am dismayed that…

Myanmar’s government confirmed Monday it had carried out its first executions in nearly 50 years, hanging a former lawmaker, a democracy activist and two other political prisoners who had been accused of a targeted killing after the…

A Swedish court convicted a former Iranian judiciary official on Thursday of war crimes and murder, and sentenced him to life in prison for his role in the mass execution and torture of thousands of prisoners in Iran decades ago.The…

Kalwant Singh, an Indian-origin Malaysian drug trafficker, was executed in Singapore on Thursday after a top court rejected his last-minute effort to escape the gallows, over two months after authorities hanged a mentally challenged…

NICOSIA: Saudi Arabia is pushing to revamp its harsh justice system but reforms are overshadowed by executions and tough treatment of dissidents, raising questions about how much will change. The kingdom is known for its strict…

WASHINGTON: The Supreme Court said Thursday that states must accommodate the wishes of death row inmates who want to have their pastors pray aloud and even touch them during their executions. The court ruled in the case of a Texas inmate,…