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Death penalty/Capital punishment

Bangladesh sentences two policemen to death for murder of student protester

Anti-quota protesters clash with the police in Dhaka on July 18, 2024.
Anti-quota protesters clash with the police in Dhaka on July 18, 2024.

Iran executes man over attack on military site during January protests, state media reports

China executes French citizen convicted of drug trafficking

Iran executes two men involved in January protests, says judiciary news outlet

China executes Frenchman convicted in 2010 for drug trafficking

FILE PHOTO: French and Chinese flags are seen at the Wuxi Turbine Blade Co., Ltd stand during the 55th International Paris Airshow at Le Bourget Airport near Paris, France, June 16, 2025. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: French and Chinese flags are seen at the Wuxi Turbine Blade Co., Ltd stand during the 55th International Paris Airshow at Le Bourget Airport near Paris, France, June 16, 2025. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo

Eight Muslim-majority countries condemn Israel’s new death penalty law

Palestinians take part in a protest against the execution of the Israeli death penalty law for Palestinians convicted in military courts of deadly attacks, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, April 2, 2026. REUTERS/Haseeb Alwazeer
Palestinians take part in a protest against the execution of the Israeli death penalty law for Palestinians convicted in military courts of deadly attacks, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, April 2, 2026. REUTERS/Haseeb Alwazeer

Indonesia calls Israel death penalty law ‘grave violation’ of human rights

Palestinian demonstrators march in the occupied West Bank on April 1 during a protest against the Israeli Parliament's approval of a new death penalty Bill.
Palestinian demonstrators march in the occupied West Bank on April 1 during a protest against the Israeli Parliament's approval of a new death penalty Bill.

Jailed Palestinians fear death by hanging without due process under new Israeli law

Palestinians protesting against the Israeli death penalty law for Palestinians convicted in military courts of deadly attacks, at the headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza City, on March 31.
Palestinians protesting against the Israeli death penalty law for Palestinians convicted in military courts of deadly attacks, at the headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza City, on March 31.

Applying ‘discriminatory’ Israeli death penalty law would be a war crime: UN

Pro-Palestinian activists protesting against Israel's new death penalty law for Palestinians convicted by military courts of deadly attacks, in London, Britain, on March 31.
Pro-Palestinian activists protesting against Israel's new death penalty law for Palestinians convicted by military courts of deadly attacks, in London, Britain, on March 31.

Iran warns of death penalty, asset seizures for spying, aiding enemies

A member of a police force stands guard on a street, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, March 23, 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS
A member of a police force stands guard on a street, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, March 23, 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.