Maldives ready to carry out executions: minister
The government initially decided to implement the death penalty through lethal injection, but is now ready to carry out executions by hanging.
02 Jan 2018, 9:00 AM
The Maldives is ready to carry out executions, local media has reported a government minister as saying, ending a six-decade moratorium on capital punishment.
Home Minister Azleen Ahmed told Raajje TV that work has been completed on building a place to carry out the death penalty and that executions will resume as soon as legal procedures are settled.
Three young men are presently on death row after the Supreme Court upheld their sentences in 2016.
Death penalty regulations specify methods of execution as lethal injection and hanging.
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