The Edo State House of Assembly on February 18, 2025 approved death sentence for kidnappers in the state.

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Hossein Yavari, Sasan Mirhadi, Behrouz Mohammadi, Reza Anzali-Chi

Woman only identified as Bagherinejad, and Mehdi Iranian

The news came with chilling finality: Mohamed Nur Hussein, a Somali man imprisoned for seven years in Saudi Arabia, had been executed on February 16. His family, who had spoken to him only a day earlier, were left in shock.

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A special POCSO court in Kolkata on February 18, 2025 sentenced a man guilty of rape and attempted murder of a seven-month-old child in north Kolkata to death by hanging.

Saudi authorities executed a Somali national convicted of drug smuggling and a Saudi citizen found guilty of murder, the Ministry of Interior announced on February 16, 2025.

A former senior legislator in eastern China's Jiangsu province was given a suspended death sentence for taking bribes, abusing his power and illegally trading landuse rights, a court in the central province of Hubei announced on February 17, 2025.