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Request received from Tihar authorities for providing two hangmen for Jan
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 10 (ANI): Additional Director General (Prisons) of Uttar Pradesh Police, Anand Kumar on Thursday stated that they have received a request from Tihar Jail authorities for providing services of two hangmen for January 22 execution of four convicts.
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Nirbhaya case: PIL in SC seeks live telecast of rapists' execution
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 13 (ANI): A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed in the Supreme Court on Friday seeking death-row convicts in the Nirbhaya rape and murder case to hanged within a month and their executions be live telecasted.
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Punjab: Capt Amarinder Singh opposes extra-constitutional executions, says
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Dec 7 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday came out against extra-constitutional executions as being against the nation's Constitutional spirit, while also opposing the Citizenship Amendment Bill, which he said would not be allowed to
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Sri Lankan SC suspends execution till October 30
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 05 (ANI): A week after President Maithripala Sirisena announced the execution of four individuals, Sri Lankan Supreme Court on Friday issued an interim order staying the implementation of the execution till October 30.
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UN special rapporteur presents report on Khashoggi murder, calls for inter
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jun 27 (ANI): United Nations special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, Agnes Callamard, who presented her special report on the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi on Wednesday, called for an international investigation into the alleged killing, adding that the
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Sri Lanka: Amnesty outraged as President signs executions of four drug off
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Jun 27 (ANI): The Amnesty International has expressed shock after Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena announced death warrants for four drug offenders on Wednesday who will "very soon" become the first people to be executed in decades on the island nation.
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'Saudi Arabia to execute 3 scholars'
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], May 22 (ANI): Saudi Arabia is expected to execute its three leading scholars last month says report. They have been convicted under multiple charges of terrorism.
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UN says Saudi beheadings shocking, abhorrent
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 25 (ANI): The United Nations on Wednesday condemned Saudi Arabia's mass executions as "shocking" and "abhorrent".
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UN Envoy gets no reply from Saudi Consulate on journalist Khashoggi's kill
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Jan 25 (ANI): The UN's special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Agnes Callamard, who will be conducting an international probe into the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, on Sunday, said that she has not yet received any reply fr
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Khashoggi killing: UN official expected to visit Turkey for international
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Jan 25 (ANI): The UN's special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Agnes Callamard, is expected to visit Turkey on January 28 for an international probe into the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in October last year.
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Oklahoma death penalty: state to use nitrogen gas for executions
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Washington DC [United States] March 15 (ANI): The officials of the US State Oklahoma have announced to use nitrogen gas as a preferred method of execution, when it resumes using the death penalty, making it the first US state to do so.
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UKPNP activists highlight human rights violations in PoK
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland] March 15 (ANI): Activists of the United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP) has highlighted gross human rights violations committed by Pakistan in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).
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