As the world observes the World Day Against the Death Penalty on October 10, reports indicate that hundreds of inmates in Taliban-controlled prisons in Afghanistan are awaiting execution.

The Federal Court in Putrajaya on August 7, 2024 commuted the death sentence of a former sawmill worker to 40 years in prison for killing and raping a nurse nine years ago.

Taliban publicly flogged eight individuals, including a woman, in the eastern province of Kunar on October 13, 2024.

The Allahabad high court on September 27, 2024 commuted the death sentence of a father-son duo, convicted in a 2005 double murder case, to life imprisonment.

Borhan Ansari + Unk

A former police officer