China executed four Canadians for drug crimes this year
Four Canadians were executed in China on drug-related charges earlier this year, Canadian authorities have confirmed. All of them were dual citizens, and their identities have been withheld upon the request of their families, Canada’s foreign minister Mélanie Joly told reporters on Wednesday. She condemned the killings as “irreversible and inconsistent with basic human dignity”, […]
Jessie Hoffman executed in Louisiana using nitrogen gas after 15-year pause |
Listen to article Louisiana carried out its first execution in more than a decade on March 18, 2025, putting Jessie Hoffman Jr to death using nitrogen gas. Hoffman, 46, was convicted for the 1996 rape and murder of Mary “Molly” Elliott, an advertising executive. The execution, which took place at the Louisiana State Penitentiary (Angola Prison), marks a […]
7 barbers from Punjab executed in their sleep in Gwadar
” QUETTA: At least seven barbers from Punjab were killed in a Gwadar neighbourgood in a grisly attack apparently motivated by ethnic hate in the small hours of Thursday, according to police. One person was also injured in the deadly shooting that took place at a residential quarter near the Fish Harbour Jetty in the […]