Kuwait Hangs 7 Convicts, Including a Prince

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LONDON ? Kuwaiti authorities hanged seven prisoners on Wednesday in a mass execution, including a member of the royal family. ?The death penalty is the ultimate cruel, inhuman, degrading punishment,? Samah Hadid of Amnesty International?s Beirut office said in a statement. The motive for the killing was unclear, though Kuwaiti authorities concluded that it was not political, according to local news reports. The prince who was executed was Faisal Abdullah al-Jaber al-Sabah, a captain in the Kuwaiti Army. Human rights groups condemned the executions, which were the first in Kuwait in more than three years and reflected a wider return to the death penalty in the region.