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Three executed for cannibalism in North Korea

Three people have been executed in North Korea for allegedly selling or eating human flesh, accordin...

Don’t broadcast Dale execution video: Red Cross to Pak

The Red Cross on Monday appealed to the Pakistani media not to broadcast the execution video of its ...

Oklahoma shooting spree suspects arraigned

A judge entered not guilty pleas for two Oklahoma men accused of going on a racially-motivated shoot...

Amnesty welcomes reprieve for Balwant Singh

Amnesty International today welcomed the final hour reprieve for Babbar Khalsa terrorist Balwant S...

Rajoana case: Shutdown in Gurdaspur today

A number of traders Thursday closed their shops following a bandh call given by some right-wing org...

US ranks 5th on global execution scale: Amnesty

The United States was the only Western democracy that executed prisoners last year, even as an incre...

Execution of Balwant Singh may be delayed

The execution of Balwant Singh Rajoana, a co-accused in the killing of former Punjab chief ministe...

Iran executed 670 in 2011, says UN investigator

Iran executed some 670 people last year, most of them for drug crimes that do not merit capital puni...

Activists allege execution-style killings in Syria

Syrian activists accused regime forces of carrying out execution-style killings and burning homes.

Iraq executes 14 in one day, 65 this year

Iraq executed 14 people on a single day this week, most of them al Qaeda members.

34 executions in Iraq this year: Ministry

Iraq has executed 34 people so far this year compared with a total of 68 who were hanged last year...

UN criticises sharp rise in Saudi executions

A spokesman for UN`s High Commissioner for Human Rights says number of executions jumped from 29 in ...

Japan has year without executions

Its the first year in nearly two decades the country has not carried out a single death sentence.

Iraq executes 12 `Qaeda men` over wedding massacre

12 convicted al Qaeda members have been executed for their role in the 2006 massacre of 70 people ...

Iran secretly executing hundreds of prisoners: UN

Iran`s authoritarian regime has been secretly executing hundreds of prisoners, according to a new UN...

Four hanged in Iran for drugs, rape and murder

Iran has hanged four people for crimes ranging from drug trafficking, rape and murder, local media s...

Pak court stays execution of Qadri

A Pakistani court Tuesday stayed the implementation of death sentence given to the self-confessed a...

Afzal Guru`s execution will renew militancy: JKLF

The Hurriyat faction headed by Syed Ali Shah Geelani called for protests after the Friday congregat...

Florida man executed for killing police officer

Manuel Valle, 61, was given a lethal injection and pronounced dead at 7:14 pm on Wednesday.

‘Guru`s execution could derail Indo-Pak peace’

Afzal Guru should not be executed as such a move has the potential to derail the Indo-Pak peace proc...

‘Guru`s execution can derail Indo-Pak peace talks`

Parliament attack case convict Afzal Guru should not be executed as such a move has the potential to...

Iran hangs 22 men for drug trafficking: Report

Crimes that are punishable by death penalty in Iran include drug trafficking, murder, rape, armed ro...

China - The global leader in ‘executions’

According to an Amnesty report, China executed more people than the rest of the world combined in 20...

Iran hangs convicted murderer in public

Iran publicly hanged on Tuesday a man convicted of murdering a female fellow student in the capital ...

Iran hangs five drug traffickers

The latest hanging brings to 192 the number of executions reported in Iran so far this year.

Iran hangs drug trafficker in prison

The latest hanging brings to 187 the number of executions reported in Iran so far this year.

Don`t prolong execution of warrants: SC

The Supreme Court has issued a series of guidelines and asked courts to desist from prolonging the e...

Police awaiting official word on execution

With President Pratibha Patil rejecting the clemency petitions of three of Rajiv Gandhi`s killers,...

Afzhal Guru issue: Cong refrains from reacting

Congress on Wednesday steered clear of questions on decision on early execution of Parliament attac...

‘Revamp law to expedite execution of terrorists’

Former top police officials said law should be revamped to expedite the execution of convicted terr...

Georgia`s videotaped execution sets new precedent

The execution of Andrew was believed to be 1st in US in almost 2 decades recorded on video.

Video shows brutality of Iran executions: Amnesty

Murder, rape, drug trafficking and adultery are among crimes punishable by death in Iran.

Three convicted rapists hanged in Iran

Iran has the second highest rate of executions in the world, after China.

US video execution delayed by 24 hours

Andrew Grant DeYoung was sentenced to die for the 1993 slayings of his parents and teenage sister.

Fast for execution of Wage Boards recommendations

KUWJ and KNEF, decided to observe a day-long fast on June 28 to press for immediate implementation o...

Probe urged into Sri Lanka TV star `execution`

A New York-based media rights organisation Tuesday called for an international inquiry into the deat...

Bhullar`s execution: SAD seeks PM`s intervention

The Shiromani Akali Dal on Saturday sought Prime Minister Manmohan Singh`s intervention in saving ...

BJP pushes for Afzal Guru’s execution

A day after mercy petitions of two death row convicts were rejected by President Pratibha Patil, the...

Prez clears execution of 2 death row convicts

After seven years, the go-ahead has been given for execution of two murder convicts that could sta...

Address complaints over execution of Central schemes: PM

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told the Madhya Pradesh Government to take action against officials ...

Osama deserved fair trial not execution: Iran official

Iranian human rights chief said Osama bin Laden deserved a fair trial.

UP pays Rs 5 lakh after NHRC calls man`s encounter `execution`

The Uttar Pradesh government has paid Rs five lakh as monetary relief to the family of a man after...

Man who killed father beheaded in Saudi Arabia

The execution brings to 11 number of beheadings in Saudi Arabia this year.

Iraq siege: 45 killed, 15 in execution-style

Gunmen killed 45 before blowing themselves up in a fiery end to the siege.

China executed more than rest of world: Amnesty

Global executions fall from at least 714 in 2009 to at least 527 in 2010.

BBC staff subjected to mock execution in Libya

The BBC said the men were held for 21 hours before they were released.

Iran warns of action as opposition remains defiant

Iran said it is planning to take action against opposition leaders after MPs demanded they be exec...

Judge who halted CA executions to tour death room

California hasn`t executed anyone in more than five years and its death row population has risen, re...

Iran has executed at least 66 this year: UN

UN top human rights official says Iran has executed 66 people this year.

‘Iran hangs man who claimed to be God’

Iran has executed a man who claimed he was God, after he was found guilty of heresy and corruption...

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