Sri Lankan government recruiting hangmen as drug war escalates

Executioners needed as President Maithripala Sirisena ends moratorium on capital punishment

Noose, Hangman
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The Sri Lankan government has launched a recruitment drive for hangmen with “excellent moral character”, amid plans to lift a decades-old moratorium on capital punishment.

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