Execution

Hanging. Photo: Pixabay
World+Biz

Singapore executes citizen for trafficking 1kg marijuana

Alireza Akbari, Iran's former deputy defence minister, speaks during an interview with Khabaronline in Tehran, Iran, in this undated picture obtained on January 12, 2023. Khabaronline/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS
Middle East

Iran executes British-Iranian accused of spying, prompts Western condemnation

Amber McLaughlin. (Jeremy S. Weis/Federal Public Defender Office via AP, File)
USA

In a first, US carries out execution of a transgender person

FILE PHOTO: A woman walks after the morality police shut down in a street in Tehran, Iran on 6 December 2022. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS
Middle East

Iran holds first execution over anti-government protests

Photo: Collected
Middle East

Iran executes four men convicted of cooperating with Israel

FILE PHOTO: A worker adjusts an Asean flag at a meeting hall in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, October 28, 2021. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng
South Asia

Asean to rethink peace plan if Myanmar executes more prisoners - chair

Kyaw Min Yu (2nd R), released from Taunggyi prison, and his wife Nilar Thein (4th R), released from Thar Yar Waddi prison, carry their daughter as they arrive in Yangon domestic airport in Yangon, Myanmar January 13, 2012. Jimmy and Nilar are both activists from the 88 Generation Students Group. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun/File Photo
South Asia

Pleas for help as Myanmar awaits high-profile executions

Execution rate increases by 60% in Bangladesh: Amnesty
Bangladesh

Execution rate increases by 60% in Bangladesh: Amnesty

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World+Biz

Singapore executes Malaysian on drugs charges after rejecting mental disability appeal

Picture: UNB
Bangladesh

Two executed for killing freedom fighter Shafi Uddin after 19 years

Apurba Mogumder. Illustration: TBS
Thoughts

It’s time to rethink death penalty

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Court

Don’t execute any convict until full verdict is released: SC 

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet wears a face mask at a special session of the Human Rights Council on the situation in Afghanistan, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, August 24, 2021. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
South Asia

UN rights boss says she has credible reports of Taliban executions