World news about “Execution” published by euronews.
Five Yemenis executed and publically displayed in Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia has executed five Yemenis accused for killing a Saudi national and committing robberies in several towns in the kingdom, the interior ministry… 21/05/2013
Man to be paralysed in Saudi ‘eye-for-an-eye’ punishmentSaudi Arabia has sentenced a man to paralysis for a crime he committed when he was 14. Ali al-Khawahir, now 24, has already served 10 years in prison after… 05/04/2013
Saudi Arabia: seven men executed for robbery committed in their youthSeven men have been executed in Saudi Arabia, officials say, for a crime they committed before they turned 18. Their fate came despite appeals by UN experts… 13/03/2013
Italian government backs hostage death claim Claims by Nigerian militant group Ansaru that it killed seven hostages seized last month have been backed by the Italian government while the Greek foreign… 10/03/2013
Anger as China parades Mekong killers on TV before execution China has executed four foreigners convicted of murdering 13 Chinese fishermen on the Mekong river in 2011. The men were paraded live on state TV before… 01/03/2013
Kashmir protests feared after executionMohammad Afzal Guru convicted for his part in the 2001 attack on India’s parliament has been executed. A plea for mercy was refused by the president. Guru… 09/02/2013
Iraqis react to Hashemi death sentenceIraqis have been reacting to yesterday’s death sentence handed to the country’s fugitive vice president, Tareq al-Hashemi, for running death squads. He was… 10/09/2012
Assad supporters ‘executed’ by Syria rebelsAmateur video, said to be from Syria, reportedly shows an execution of captured government supporters in Aleppo by rebels from the Free Syria Army. The… 01/08/2012
Kabul condemns “inhuman” executionThe Afghan government has condemned as “un-Islamic and inhuman” a video apparently showing the public execution of a woman accused of adultery. The… 08/07/2012
Iran executes ‘Mossad agent’ for murder of nuclear scientistIran has hanged a man it claims was an Israeli agent, who was convicted of the murder of an Iranian nuclear scientist. Majid Jamali Fashi was found guilty… 15/05/2012
Connecticut Senate votes to end death penaltyThe state of Connecticut is a step closer to abolishing the death penalty, after its Senate voted 20-16 in favour of getting rid of capital punishment. The… 05/04/2012
Colombians on the march against FARCTens of thousands of Colombians have taken to the streets in an outpouring of national anger against FARC rebels. It was in response to the group’s killing… 07/12/2011
Davis’ lawyer: US execution was ‘legal lynching’The lawyer for Troy Davis has described his execution in the US state of Georgia on Wednesday night as a “legal lynching”. The Supreme Court rejected a… 22/09/2011
Death row killer Troy Davis is executed in the USThe execution of Troy Davis, the man convicted of shooting a police officer over 20 years ago in the US, has been carried out by lethal injection. Despite a… 22/09/2011
US executes Mexican murdererThe state of Texas has executed a Mexican national despite pleas from the White House that the action would break international law. The US Supreme Court… 08/07/2011
Iran hangs first activists from 2009 protestsIran has hanged two activists it says took part in the protests against the result of the 2009 presidential election. The prosecutor’s office in Tehran… 24/01/2011
Iran hangs election protestersIran has executed two activists who took part in street protests in the wake of the 2009 presidential election result. Jafar Kazemi and Mohammed Ali… 24/01/2011
Iranian woman may be hanged on WednesdaySupporters of the Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning, gathered outside an EU building in Rome. It is believed that Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani could… 02/11/2010
Bodies of slain medics arrive in KabulThe bodies of eight medical workers slain by Taliban gunmen in northeast Afghanistan have arrived in Kabul to be formally identified.They worked for Christian… 08/08/2010
Taliban kills eight medics in AfghanistanEight medics have been shot dead by Taliban gunmen in northeast Afghanistan. Police found the bullet-riddled bodies of six Americans, one Briton and a… 07/08/2010
Medical team massacred in AfghanistanSix Americans, one Briton and a German are now believed to be among a 10-strong medical team killed by militants in an ambush in a remote forested area of… 07/08/2010
Convicted murderer executed by US firing squadAfter 25 years on death row, twice-convicted murderer Ronnie Lee Gardner has been executed by firing squad in Utah. Five marksmen shot the 49-year-old in the… 18/06/2010
Utah firing squad executes murdererTwice-convicted murderer Ronnie Lee Gardner has been shot dead in Utah’s first firing squad execution for 14 years. Gardner had been on death row for 25… 18/06/2010
Chinese school killer executedChina has executed Zheng Minsheng, a former community doctor who stabbed eight schoolchildren to death last month. He was executed by firing squad in… 28/04/2010
Iran executions stoke protestors’ fearsIran has reportedly executed two men convicted of being enemies of God, stoking fears of a further crackdown on opposition protests. A student news agency… 28/01/2010
