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Sheikh Hasina Gets Death Penalty: Global Leaders Who Faced The Same Fate
Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been sentenced to death by the nation's International Crimes Tribunal for "crimes against humanity" linked to last year's student-led protests that toppled her Awami League government.
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North Korea Executes People For Sharing Foreign Films, TV Series: UN Report
North Korea has executed people for distributing foreign media, including television shows like popular South Korean dramas, as part of an intensifying crackdown on personal freedoms, a U.N. human rights report said on Friday.
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180 Executions In 6 Months. What's Driving Saudi Arabia's Killing Spree In 2025
According to a new Amnesty International report published in July and data from the official Saudi Press Agency, the kingdom has executed 1,816 people between January 2014 and June 2025.
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In Race To Save Nimisha Priya, Worried Activist Claims 'We Had Setback'
Efforts to save Nimisha Priya - sentenced to death by Yemen for killing her business partner - may have suffered a setback because of media reports focusing on 'blood money', or cash offered to his family in exchange for a pardon, a social worker sai
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Japan's 'Twitter Killer': The Man Who Killed, Chopped Up 9 People
Japan used the death penalty for the first time in almost three years as it executed an individual known as the "Twitter killer," who was found guilty of killing and dismembering 9 people. The killer reportedly offered to help people with a suicidal.
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Three Indian Nationals Face Death Penalty For Smuggling Drugs Into Indonesia
Three Indian nationals accused of drug trafficking aboard a Singapore-flagged vessel who have been detained in Indonesia since July 2024, face the death penalty, a media report said on Friday.
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Nimisha Priya: The Indian Nurse Sentenced To Death In Yemen For Murder
Yemen President Rashad al-Alimi has sanctioned a death sentence for a nurse from Kerala, Nimisha Priya, who has been in jail since 2017 for the murder of a Yemeni national, Talal Abdo Mahdi. The execution will reportedly be done in a month.
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Pakistan Among World's Harshest Users Of Death Penalty: Report
Pakistan's use of the death penalty is among the harshest in the world, accounting for 26 per cent of the global death row population, according to data released by a non-profit group on Thursday.
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US Scraps Plea Agreement With 9/11 Mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday scrapped a plea agreement with 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, just two days after the announcement of a deal that reportedly would have taken the death penalty off the table.
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US Says Plea Deal Reached With 9/11 Mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
US prosecutors have reached a deal with 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the Pentagon said Wednesday, reportedly involving a guilty plea in exchange for avoiding a death penalty trial.
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Sheikh Hasina Gets Death Penalty: Global Leaders Who Faced The Same Fate
Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been sentenced to death by the nation's International Crimes Tribunal for "crimes against humanity" linked to last year's student-led protests that toppled her Awami League government.
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North Korea Executes People For Sharing Foreign Films, TV Series: UN Report
North Korea has executed people for distributing foreign media, including television shows like popular South Korean dramas, as part of an intensifying crackdown on personal freedoms, a U.N. human rights report said on Friday.
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180 Executions In 6 Months. What's Driving Saudi Arabia's Killing Spree In 2025
According to a new Amnesty International report published in July and data from the official Saudi Press Agency, the kingdom has executed 1,816 people between January 2014 and June 2025.
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In Race To Save Nimisha Priya, Worried Activist Claims 'We Had Setback'
Efforts to save Nimisha Priya - sentenced to death by Yemen for killing her business partner - may have suffered a setback because of media reports focusing on 'blood money', or cash offered to his family in exchange for a pardon, a social worker sai
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Japan's 'Twitter Killer': The Man Who Killed, Chopped Up 9 People
Japan used the death penalty for the first time in almost three years as it executed an individual known as the "Twitter killer," who was found guilty of killing and dismembering 9 people. The killer reportedly offered to help people with a suicidal.
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Three Indian Nationals Face Death Penalty For Smuggling Drugs Into Indonesia
Three Indian nationals accused of drug trafficking aboard a Singapore-flagged vessel who have been detained in Indonesia since July 2024, face the death penalty, a media report said on Friday.
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Nimisha Priya: The Indian Nurse Sentenced To Death In Yemen For Murder
Yemen President Rashad al-Alimi has sanctioned a death sentence for a nurse from Kerala, Nimisha Priya, who has been in jail since 2017 for the murder of a Yemeni national, Talal Abdo Mahdi. The execution will reportedly be done in a month.
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Pakistan Among World's Harshest Users Of Death Penalty: Report
Pakistan's use of the death penalty is among the harshest in the world, accounting for 26 per cent of the global death row population, according to data released by a non-profit group on Thursday.
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US Scraps Plea Agreement With 9/11 Mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday scrapped a plea agreement with 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, just two days after the announcement of a deal that reportedly would have taken the death penalty off the table.
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US Says Plea Deal Reached With 9/11 Mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
US prosecutors have reached a deal with 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the Pentagon said Wednesday, reportedly involving a guilty plea in exchange for avoiding a death penalty trial.
