25 Indians awarded death sentence in UAE: Centre tells Parliament

Twenty-five Indian nationals have been awarded the death sentence in the United Arab Emirates, the Union government told Parliament on Thursday. However, the judgements were yet to be implemented.

In all, 49 Indians have been sentenced to death in eight different countries, the government said. Apart from the United Arab Emirates, 11 Indians were given the death sentence in Saudi Arabia, six in Malaysia, three in Kuwait and one each in Indonesia, Qatar, the United States and Yemen.

All these death sentences are yet to be executed.

The data was provided by the Ministry of External Affairs in the Rajya Sabha in response to queries raised by Indian Union Muslim League MP PV Abdul Wahab.

Wahab sought to know the details of Indians languishing in prison for years in foreign countries in the last five years, as well as whether the Union government was providing legal support to them.

He also sought to know the details of any Indians who had been executed or were awaiting capital punishment in foreign countries during the last five years and the efforts made by the Union government to save their lives.

“As per the information available with the ministry, the number of Indian prisoners, including undertrials, in foreign prisons at present is 10,152,” Minister of State...

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