Death Penalty

Death Penalty

A woman holds a sign bearing South Korean national flag with a portrait of former President Yoon Suk Yeol, as they wait for his arrival for the final arguments in his insurrection trial, at a court in Seoul, South Korea, January 13, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

South Korea prosecutor seeks death penalty for ex-president Yoon over martial law

South Korea has not carried out a death sentence in nearly three decades

Thousands remain trapped in tiny condemned cells — living for years in the waiting room of death. Photo: Courtesy

Solitary confinement: 'Social death' before the noose

Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal. Photo: COllected

Full verdict on Hasina, Kamal's death penalty published; 30-day appeal window begins

Police produced prime accused Jahangir Alam before the court during the announcement of the verdict in the double murder case on Tuesday, 21 October 2025. Photo: Collected

5 get death penalty for killing 2 children after abduction in Cox’s Bazar

Sheikh Hasina. File Photo: Collected

Crimes against humanity: ICT chief prosecutor seeks death penalty for Hasina and Kamal

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Draft law on enforced disappearance prevention with death penalty provision approved

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3 get death penalty for murder in Jashore

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

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

US prosecutors to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangione

File photo of jamaat leader ATM Azharul Islam

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

File photo of jamaat leader ATM Azharul Islam

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

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

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