Death Penalty

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Bangladesh

Man to walk gallows for killing sleeping wife by pouring hot oil

The incident took place in 2023 in the Kadamtali Khalpar area in the capital

Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealth Group chief executive Brian Thompson, appears in Manhattan Supreme Court on New York state murder and terrorism charges in New York City, US, February 21, 2025. Photo: Curtis Means/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
USA

US prosecutors to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangione

File photo of jamaat leader ATM Azharul Islam
Court

Death sentence: Jamaat leader ATM Azharul’s review hearing deferred till tomorrow

File photo of jamaat leader ATM Azharul Islam
Court

Appellate Division to hear Jamaat leader Azharul’s review plea against death penalty Tuesday

Zimbabwe's President Elect Emmerson Mnangagwa speaks to the media at State House in Harare, August 27, 2023. REUTERSPhilimon Bulawayo
Africa

Zimbabwe abolishes death penalty almost 20 years after its last hanging

Law Affairs Adviser Dr Asif Nazrul (L) and United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk (R). Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Death penalty abolition not feasible in current context: Asif Nazrul tells UN rights chief

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Bangladesh

France-based rights group urges scrapping death penalty in Bangladesh

Al Jobayer Shopnil, a murder accused, has been given death penalty by a Narayanganj court on September 22. Photo: TBS
Court

Murder accused gets death penalty in Narayanganj

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Bangladesh

Man gets death penalty for murder of police constable in Cox's Bazar

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee speaks during the State Assembly session in Kolkata on 3 September. Photo: Collected
South Asia

West Bengal Assembly passes bill seeking death penalty for rape convicts

FILE PHOTO: A Taiwanese sailor aboard a Taiwan Navy vessel looks towards a Chinese warship while navigating on waters off Taiwan's western coast, in this handout image released May 23, 2024. Taiwan Defence Ministry/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
China

China threatens death penalty for 'diehard' Taiwan separatists

Rights groups urge Bangladesh to abolish death penalty following drug trafficking case involving Botswana national
Crime

Rights groups urge Bangladesh to abolish death penalty following drug trafficking case involving Botswana national

All the convicts are currently on hiding except for Kafil Uddin, who has been sentenced to life imprisonment. Kafil was produced in court today (12 May). Photo: TBS
Court

9 to die for killing Jubo League leader in Cumilla