Maldives top court upholds second death sentence

The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld its second death sentence since the government ended an unofficial moratorium on capital punishment in 2014, paving the way for the Maldives’ first state-sanctioned executions in more than half a century.

Court upholds death sentence for murder accomplice

The high court has upheld today the death sentence of a young woman convicted of killing a prominent lawyer, despite her lawyer insisting the death penalty was disproportionate as she was an accomplice to the murder.

Murrath tells court he was coerced into murder confession

Hanaa and Murrath sentenced to death for Najeeb’s murder