Iran must halt execution of Kurdish prisoner: UN rights experts

Sep 04, 2021

Geneva [Switzerland], September 4 : The imminent execution of an Iranian Kurdish prisoner must be halted and his death sentence repealed, UN-appointed independent human...

Tihar jail inmate murders another prisoner to allegedly avenge sister's rape

Jun 30, 2020

New Delhi [India], June 30 : An inmate in Delhi's Tihar Jail on Monday was stabbed to death by another prisoner allegedly as revenge...

US: Alabama carries out world's first nitrogen gas execution

Jan 26, 2024

In the world's first known execution by nitrogen hypoxia, the US state of Alabama put to death Kenneth Eugene Smith, a prisoner on death...

SC defers Balwant Singh Rajoana's plea seeking release in former Punjab CM Beant Singh's killing

Nov 04, 2024

The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned by two weeks plea relating to delay in deciding the mercy petition of death-row prisoner Balwant Singh Rajoana,...

Delhi HC transfers undertrial prisoner Ankit Gujjar's death case probe to CBI

Sep 08, 2021

New Delhi [India], September 8 : The Delhi High Court on Wednesday transferred probe into undertrial prisoner Ankit Gujjar's death case in Tihar jail...

Pune: Undertrial COVID-19 positive prisoner jumps to death at Sassoon hospital

Apr 28, 2021

Pune (Maharashtra) [India], April 28 : An undertrial prisoner, booked in multiple cases, allegedly jumped to death from the eighth floor of Sassoon General...