Sept. 3
SAUDI ARABIA:
Set to execute 14 dissenters, Saudi Arabia defends its judicial
systemRights group says convictions handed down by a 'secretive'
counterterrorism court using 'confessions extracted through torture'
Saudi Arabia's government, facing mounting criticism for
Sept. 1
IRANexecutions
Man Charged With Rape Hanged in Rajai Shahr PrisonPrison authorities in
Rajai Shahr break routine and execute a prisoner on a Monday rather than the
usual Wednesday.
A 29-year-old man who was sentenced to death for the charge of rape was
reportedly
August 31
IRANexecutions
At Least 2 Prisoners Hanged on Drug Charges
At least 2 prisoners were reportedly hanged at Ardabil Central Prison on drug
related charges.
According to close sources, the executions of "Fardin Hosseini" and "Massoud
Vaizadeh" were carried out on the
August 30
SOUTH AFRICA:
Remains of 10 hanged PAC members to be exhumed
The remains of 10 of the Pan Africanist Congress's armed wing Poqo who were
hanged from 1963 to 1967, will be exhumed on Thursday.
The National Prosecution Authority said the exhumations form part of the
Gallows
August 29
EGYPT:
Court postpones verdict in the Al-Fatah Mosque case
The Cairo Criminal Court postponed Monday the verdict of 493 defendants in the
Al-Fatah Mosque case to 15 September, state media reported.
The defendants include several high-profile Muslim Brotherhood youth
August 29
IRAN:
Iran Sentences Prisoner Mohammad Ali Taheri to Death
The Iranian regime's judiciary has sentenced to death political prisoner
Mohammad Ali Taheri, his attorney told news agencies on Sunday.
Mahmoud Alizadeh Tabatabaei told The Associated Press that the court has
August 27
INDIA:
With Justice Dipak Misra at the helm, a series of high-impact cases await
resolutionA look at the career highlights of India's new Chief Justice and
what lies ahead for him
When Justice Dipak Misra takes office as the 45th Chief Justice of India on
Monday, his
August 26
JAPAN:
Japanese man sentenced to death over murders in Manila
A 43-year-old Japanese man accused of murdering 2 compatriots in Manila in 2014
and 2015 for insurance payouts was sentenced to death Friday in a district
court in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo.
August 25
PAPUA NEW GUINEA:
General Public give views on 'Death Penalty'
Members of the general public in Lae City have given their views about imposing
death penalty on child rapists and murderers.
This follows the call made by the father of Rose Kimberley, a 7-year-old
schoolgirl
August 23
VIETNAM:
Gang of 4 sentenced to death in Vietnam for heroin smuggling
Vietnam has eased its drug laws but smugglers still face capital punishment.
A court in Hanoi sentenced four men to death on Monday for smuggling more than
20 kilograms of heroin in less than a year,
August 23
BANGLADESH:
Bangladesh HC endorses death penalty of 3 army officers, 12 others
Bangladesh's High Court on Tuesday upheld a trial court verdict sentencing to
death 15 people including 3 army officers and a gangster, who had fled to India
after the gruesome killing of 7
August 22
INDONESIA:
Rights group asks Indonesia to abolish death sentenceJakarta-based group
says judicial system is vulnerable to mistakes after top court overturned death
penalty for young man
A human rights organization demanded on Tuesday that Indonesia abolishes
capital
August 22
IRAN:
Trial of Stockholm academic facing death penalty in Iran begins
The trial of a Stockholm academic who is detained in Iran on what Amnesty
International calls 'extremely vague grounds' and could face the death penalty
is set to get under way.
Researcher Ahmadreza
August 21
THAILAND:
Myanmar men given death penalty for killing 2 British backpackers in Thailand
appeal against sentenceBar workers Zaw Lin and Win Zaw Htun were found
guilty of murdering David Miller, 24, and raping and killing Hannah Witheridge,
23, in September 2014.
2
August 19
MALAYSIA:
Malaysia postpones execution of Filipino on death row
The scheduled execution of a Filipino convicted of murder in Malaysia was
postponed after the governor of Sabah heeded appeals from the Philippine
government, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Saturday.
August 18
INDIA:
Andhra serial killer who hammered four to death in Nellore last year to be
hangedVenkatesh had been nabbed by the Nellore district police in July last
year.
A notorious serial killer in Andhra Pradesh was sentenced to death by a Nellore
court on Thursday,
Aug. 17
MALAYSIA:
An end to mandatory death penalty?
Under Malaysian law, capital punishment (the death penalty) is mandatory for
the crime of murder, drug trafficking, kidnapping and several other offences.
Since 1992, at least 651 convicted persons (Malaysians) have been given the
Aug. 16
JAMAICA:
Reactivate death penalty
THE EDITOR, Sir:
In light of the string of shootings and wanton murders across Jamaica, I again
appeal to the better senses of our legislators. The death penalty is vital to
the survival of law if we must survive and have law and order
August 15
BELARUS:
Urgent Action
BELARUS SENTENCES 2 MEN TO DEATH
Ihar Hershankou and Siamion Berazhnoy were convicted and sentenced to death by
the Mahiliou Regional Court, in eastern Belarus, on 21 July 2017. Theirs are
the 2nd and 3rd death sentences imposed in Belarus in 2017.
August 14
SAUDI ARABIA:
Death sentences of Shiites point to limits of Saudi reforms
Saudi Arabia's new crown prince hopes to transform the kingdom and modernize
society, but the planned execution of 14 Shiite protesters charged with
violence against security forces suggests the
August 13
INDIA:
Supreme Court stays execution of man on death row
The Supreme Court has stayed the execution of a man sentenced to death in a
case related to election rivalry in which 6 persons were murdered after
panchayat polls in Uttar Pradesh in 2003.
A bench comprising
the news will next be posted to this listserve on August 13
August 2
TRINIDAD:
41 murderers lose Privy Council appeal
The Privy Council has dismissed an appeal from a group of 41 convicted
murderers, who were challenging a decision to commute their mandatory death
August 1
MALDIVES:
Maldives' dark side: Death penalty threatens trouble in paradise
The Maldives, famed for its crystalline waters and long tongues of white sand,
lies at the centre of the Indian Ocean.
Holiday firms offering trips to the Maldives have been urged by human rights
July 31
MALAYSIA:
Property agent sent to the gallows for drug trafficking
A woman could not hold back her tears at the High Court here today when her son
Hari Singh Kanda was sentenced to the gallows for trafficking 32.3 gramme of
heroin and 18.1 gramme of monoacetylmorphine last
July 30
ZIMBABWE:
Our hope is on Mnangagwa
I remember it was in 2013 in Bulawayo in Cowdray Part Surbub at Mukitika
Primary School on a Sunday. The COPAC had announced that they will hold a
public hearing on the proposed Zimbabwe Constitution. Although the meeting was
supposed to
July 29
THE MALDIVES:
Branson urges Maldives boycott if government resumes executions for the 1st
time in 60 years
Sir Richard Branson has described the reported decision by Maldivian President
Abdulla Yameen to revive executions as "an awful political move that will send
the
July 28
PAKISTAN:
Pakistan Abducts Own Citizens, Muzzles Rights Watchdog - U.N.
Pakistan must address a catalog of human rights failings including
state-sponsored abductions and a death penalty that amounts to torture, but its
national watchdog is muzzled, the U.N. Human Rights
July 27
JAPAN:
Death penalty to stand for woman convicted of murdering 2 men
The death sentence given to a woman convicted of murdering 2 men in the western
Japan prefecture of Tottori in 2009 is set to be finalized after the Supreme
Court upheld lower court rulings Thursday.
The
July 27
PHILIPPINES:
Death penalty dropped from list of urgent bills
The death penalty bill is conspicuously absent from the list of 35 measures the
Senate and the House of Representatives have agreed to prioritize in the second
regular session of the 17th Congress.
Leaders of
July 26
SAUDI ARABIA:
Amnesty: Saudi should stop 'bloody execution spree'Rights groups urge
kingdom to halt executions of 14 men, reporting that at least 66 have been
beheaded so far this year.
Amnesty International has urged Saudi Arabia to abandon what it termed a
"bloody
July 26
BARBADOS:
Condemned men freed
The Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) Tuesday quashed the
convictions of the 2 Barbadian men, who were sentenced to death for the 2006
murder of Damien Alleyne.
The CCJ, which is Barbados' highest court, ruled that Vincent
July 25
INDIA:
No pardons please: Disposing mercy petitions has been President Mukherjee's
foremost legacy
In a recent interview, when asked what his legacy would be, President Pranab
Mukherjee quoted Prospero from The Tempest and said that he would "leave not a
rack behind". His
July 24
JAPAN:
Ministry moves away from deferring executions of convicts seeking retrial
Under certain circumstances, executions are carried out quietly even if a death
row convict is in the process of appealing for a retrial. Will the recent
executions of 2 male death row convicts
July 23
INDIA:
Chamarajanagara: Man who killed 5 awarded death sentence
The chief district and sessions court here, through a verdict delivered on
Saturday July 22, awarded death penalty to Muugeshan (49) for killing 5 persons
at Harale village in Kollegal taluk of the district.
July 22
BELARUS:
EU Criticizes Belarusian Death Sentences, Says Should Be Abolished
The European Union on July 21 criticized the two latest death sentences handed
down in Belarus, saying that they "violate the right to life."
Belarus's Mahilyow Regional Court sentenced Ihar
July 21
INDONESIA:
Capital punishment an effective way to combat drug dealers: Tito
National Police chief Gen. Tito Karnavian said on Thursday that the example of
the Philippines illustrated that capital punishment was an effective way to
combat drug dealers.
He said capital
July 21
TEXAS:
District attorney to pursue death penalty against 4 suspects
After a review of 58 pending capital murder cases, officials with the Harris
County District Attorney's Office told KPRC they have decided to seek the death
penalty against 4 defendants in 6 cases.
Many of
July 19
SAUDI ARABIAexecutions
Saudi Authorities Execute 2 Men Convicted of Murder
2 Saudi men were executed on Tuesday for killing 2 people in the southwestern
city of Abha, the interior ministry said in a statement published by the
official news agency SPA.
The 1st convict
July 17
TURKEY:
Turkey's Move Toward The Death Penalty May Be A Move Away From The EU
Turkey's president again said he supports reinstating the death penalty, a move
that could further complicate the country's relationship with Europe.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan marked the
July 16
IRAN:
nian MPs approve generalities of bill to reduce death penalty for drug offences
The Iranian parliament approved general outlines of a bill to reduce death
penalty for drug offences in the country.
The bill was approved on July 16 by 182 MPS votes in favor of it, 36
July 15
INDIA:
Awarded death penalty earlier, retrial finds 11 guilty again
11 people, sentenced to death last year for killing a woman in 2014, were again
found guilty today of the murder by a Nadia district court during their
retrial, held on the Calcutta High Court orders.
July 14
JAPAN:
Rights group slams Japan's latest executions as 'inhumane' as 2 murderers are
hangedThe deaths bring the total number since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
took power in 2012 to 19
Japan executed 2 convicted murderers on Thursday, the justice ministry said,
ignoring
July 13
RWANDA:
Petty Crime Suspects Summarily Executed
State security forces in Rwanda have summarily killed at least 37 suspected
petty offenders and forcibly disappeared 4 others since April 2016, Human
Rights Watch said in a report released today. Most victims were accused of
July 13
JAPANexecutions
Japan executes 2 convicted murderers
Japan executed 2 convicted murderers on July 13, the justice ministry said,
ignoring calls from international rights groups to end capital punishment.
The hangings of Masakatsu Nishikawa and Koichi Sumida bring to 19
July 12
JAPAN70-year-old female could face death penalty
Japan: 70-year-old woman accused of multiple insurance murders admits to
killingA woman dubbed the 'Black Widow' who allegedly murdered multiple men
for insurance money could face death penalty and says 'give me the drug
July 11
TUNISIA:
Democracy and Human Rights: Interview with Dr. Moncef Marzouki
Dr. Mohamed Moncef Marzouki served as the interim President of Tunisia between
2011 and 2014, following the Tunisian Revolution. He is best known for his role
in establishing the national Truth and
July 10
SINGAPORE:
Singapore sets execution of Malaysian man: Prabagaran Srivijayan
The family of Prabagaran Srivijayan, a Malaysian national, have been informed
that his execution has been scheduled in Singapore for 14 July 2017. Against
international law and standards, he was
July 9
EGYPT:
Ibrahim Halawa's trial in Egypt is further postponedDublin man who was
arrested in Cairo in 2013 faces potential death penalty over protests
There has been yet another postponement in the trial of Dubliner Ibrahim
Halawa, who has been in jail in Egypt for almost 4
July 8
EGYPT:
The persistence of the death penalty in Egypt: why courts insist on 'an eye for
an eye'
Given the rise of death sentences issued by Egyptian courts over the past 4
years - typically for members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group and
criminals proven to have
July 7
EGYPT:
Post-coup Egypt's penchant for capital punishmentSince bloody military coup
in mid-2013, Egyptian courts have sentenced hundreds of people to death
Hundreds of Egyptians have been sentenced to death since July 3, 2013, when
Mohamed Morsi, Egypt's 1st freely elected
July 6
SOUTH AFRICA:
Crime Death Penalty Won't Return But There Are Alternatives
Late last week we reported that ANC Women's League is lobbying to bring back
the death penalty in South Africa.
The league expressed that it's necessary to reinstate the capital punishment
and combat
July 5
BELARUS:
Belarus Preserving Death Penalty at People's Will - President Lukashenko
The Belarusian president, at the same time, expressed confidence that his
country would gradually come to the solution of this issue.
"We are called to abolish the death penalty. We are hearing
July 4
MALAYSIA:
Family claims brothers' hanging botched, signs of strangulation
The family of brothers Rames Batumalai, 45, and Suthar Batumalai, 40, alleged
that Suthar's body was found to have strangulation marks around his neck area,
the neck was not broken (the neck is broken
July 3
TAIWAN:
Supreme Court upholds death for man convicted of double murder and rape
The father and husband of 2 women killed by Huang Lin-kai speaks to reporters
outside the Supreme Court in Taipei yesterday.
The Supreme Court yesterday upheld the death sentence for Huang
JULY 2
SOUTH AFRICA:
Some Members Of The ANC Women's League Want The Death Penalty BackSome
members of the league felt the death sentence should be returned because of the
high levels of violence against women.
Some members of the ANC Women's League are pushing for the return
The next news to this listserve will be posted on Sunday, July 2
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June 29
INDIA:
HC commutes death sentence of man, guilty of killing 5 persons
The Delhi High Court today commuted to life term, the capital punishment
awarded to a 31- year-old man in a
June 28
CHINA:
13 Chinese sentenced to death for drugs offences as thousands look on in public
trial8 executed immediately after open hearing in a stadium in notorious
drug producing area of Guangdong province
3 courts in southern China's Guangdong province sentenced 13 people
June 27
JAPAN:
Triple murder, 90, dies of suffocation as oldest prisoner on Japan's death row
A 90-year-old triple murderer, reportedly the oldest prisoner on death row, has
choked to death on his own vomit at a prison in Fukuoka Prefecture, the
government said Monday.
Takeshige
June 24
NEW ZEALAND:
Execute Chinese drug dealers - Harawira
Mana leader Hone Harawira has called for capital punishment for Chinese people
who import methamphetamine into New Zealand.
Appearing on The Nation on Saturday, the former MP said it's time to take the
fight against meth
June 23
CHINA:
Chinese courts call for death penalty for researchers who commit fraud
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth - a life for a lab book?
In the past few months, China has announced two new crackdowns on research
misconduct - one of which could lead to executions for
June 22
NIGERIA:
Evans may get death penalty or life imprisonment as Ambode signs bill to law
The Lagos state Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has signed into law, the state
kidnapping prohibition bill, 2016 which prescribes Life Imprisonment or death
penalty for the offence of
June 21
EGYPT:
Cancel Alexandria Death PenaltyRisk of Imminent Execution After Flawed
Trial
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi should cancel a death sentence
confirmed by the country's highest appeals court on April 25, 2017, Human
Rights Watch said today. The sentence
June 20
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES:
Filipina on death row in Al Ain sparedFilipina maid has been acquitted from
the murder charge, sentenced to 5 years
The Filipina domestic worker sentenced to death in Al Ain for killing her
employer has been saved from death row, a Philippine envoy
June 19
SUDAN:
Sudanese human rights defenders face death sentence
Sudan's authorities are under pressure to release prominent human rights
defenders facing the death penalty or life imprisonment for allegedly inciting
an uprising against the state.
Ibrahim Adam Mudawi and his
June 18
BARBADOS:
Tough task to end hanging
THE MAN LEADING the charge to have the mandatory death penalty removed from
Barbados' statute books isn't expecting it to happen without plenty of
resistance.
In fact, he isn't sure it could happen at all, but he will give it a try.
June 17
PHILIPPINES/MALAYSIA:
Philippines to appeal Malaysia death sentence on 9 FilipinosThe 9 Filipinos
face Malaysia's death row over the Sabah standoff that killed at least 70
people in 2013
The Philippines will appeal the death sentence imposed by the Malaysian Court
of
June 16
RUSSIA:
Kremlin does not discuss cancellation of freeze on capital punishment
The Kremlin does not discuss the possibility Russia might lift the freeze on
the capital punishment, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in
reply to a question from TASS.
"No, there
June 15
PHILIPPINES/UNITED ARAB EMIRATES:
Parents of Filipina on UAE death row hope for acquittal
Their dreams for a good life dashed, the parents of Jennifer Dalquez, the
Filipina on death row in the United Arab Emirates, are just hoping their
daughter returns alive and able to
June 14
MALAYSIA:
5 charged with murder of navy cadet, another for abetting
No plea was recorded from them by the magistrate as offences that carry the
death penalty have to be tried before a High Court judge.
5 National Defence University (UPNM) students were charged with the murder
June 13
CZECH REPUBLIC:
Poll: Opposition to death penalty rising among Czechs
Some 38 % of Czechs are against the capital punishment, the biggest proportion
over the past 25 years, according to a poll conducted by the CVVM polling
institute in May and released on Monday.
However,
June 12
TANZANIA:
Ethics - Abolish Capital Punishment
Disregarding or snubbing this echo of death penalty in the house is not the
best alternative. Instead of closing our eyes to, or taking no notice of , MP
Ally Mohamed Keissy (Nkasi North - CCM) called for the application of the
June 11
EGYPT:
Cancel Military Court Death SentencesConvicted Civilians Alleged Torture,
Forcible Disappearances
The case of 8 men who could face imminent execution following a military trial
shows why Egyptian authorities should place a moratorium on the death penalty,
Human
June 10
MALAYSIA:
Kenyan woman sentenced to death for drug trafficking in Malaysia
A Kenyan woman was sentenced to death by a Malaysian court after she was found
guilty of trafficking in methamphetamine 4 years ago.
According to Malaysian Daily Express, Rose Achieng Ojala had stuffed
June 8
ALGERIA:
Algerians Call for Reinstating Death Penalty for Child Killers
Algerians have been under shock since the brutal killing of a 10-year-old boy
in a town in al-Oued province this week.
A farmer found the body of Bilal buried in an isolated place a week after his
June 7
BARBADOS:
Be decisive on capital crimes
IN 1993 the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ruled in the famous case of
Pratt and Morgan that it is inhuman and degrading to keep a condemned prisoner
on death row for more than 5 years after his conviction and therefore
June 6
SUDAN:
Prominent Sudan rights activist accused of 'espionage'Khartoum accuses
Mudawi Ibrahim Adam of 'spying' and 'tarnishing Sudan's reputation'
A prominent Sudanese human rights advocate could face the death penalty after
being accused Monday by the Sudanese
June 5
BANGLADESH:
Oishee's death penalty commuted to life term
The High Court on Monday commuted the death sentence awarded to Oishee Rahman
to life term imprisonment for killing her parents in 2013, reports UNB.
An HC bench of Justice Jahangir Hossain Selim and Justice M Jahangir
June 3
CHINA:
The 'living dead': prisoners executed for their organs then sold to foreigners
for transplants
An organ transplant can be the difference between life and death for many
people.
For those in need of one, the wait for a call from hospital to say a match is
available
June 2
PAKISTAN:
Death for blasphemy?
The contemporary time we live in is full of horrendous and heartrending news.
Not a single day passes without such horrific news of killing and bloodshed in
the name of God, and in the name of his prophets who were the messengers of
peace,
June 1
NIGERIA:
Kidnapping rages on despite death penalty
Hundreds of Nigerians are still being abducted for ransom even though many
states have made kidnapping a capital offence.
Daily Trust investigations show that about 630 people were reportedly abducted
from May 2016 to May,
May 31
INDIA:
Tumakuru: Court awards death penalty to man who beheaded wife
Through a verdict delivered on Tuesday May 30, the 4th additional district and
sessions court at Madhugiri in the district awarded death sentence to a man who
had killed his wife. The convict had stabbed his
May 30
BANGLADESH:
2 get death penalty for killing ASI Humayun
A speedy trial tribunal of Dhaka on Tuesday sentenced 2 people, including a
woman, to death for killing an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of Shah Ali Police
Station in 2013.
Judge Abdur Rahman of speedy trial tribunal-4
May 28
UNITED KINGDOM:
Ukip's Paul Nuttall 'willing to serve as executioner' if death penalty restored
Ukip leader Paul Nuttall says he would have no problem being involved in
executing those who kill children or British soldiers.
The MEP is a supporter of capital punishment and
May 27
VIETNAM:
Man indicted for murder of Vietnamese girl
Prosecutors indicted a man Friday for murdering a 9-year-old Vietnamese girl
who attended an elementary school east of Tokyo where he was head of the
parents' association.
The 46-year-old suspect, Yasumasa Shibuya, was
May 26
CHINAexecution
Former Chinese official executed following supreme court's approval
China's Supreme People's Court (SPC) announced Friday that Zhao Liping, a
former senior political advisor in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous
Region, had been executed after the
May 25
IRAN:
Execution of man arrested at 16 exposes Iran's disregard for child rights
Iran has demonstrated its utter disregard for children's rights by executing a
man arrested for a crime committed while he was 16 years old in a brazen
violation of international human rights law,
May 25
SUDAN:
Urgent Action
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER FACING DEATH PENALTY
Dr. Mudawi Ibrahim Adam is now facing 6 charges 2 of which may result in the
death penalty or life imprisonment if he is convicted. Dr. Mudawi Ibrahim Adam
was arrested on 7 December 2016 and is being detained for
May 24
PAKISTANexecutions
Pak hangs 2 terrorists involved in Peshawar school massacre
Pakistan today hanged 2 hard core Taliban terrorists convicted by the military
courts of their involvement in the 2014 Peshawar school massacre which left
over 150 people dead, mostly students.
May 23
GAZA:
EU condemns latest Hamas death sentencesEU, Norway condemn 3 death
sentences against killers of senior Hamas terrorist Mazen Faqha.
The European Union (EU) Heads of Mission and the Head of Mission of Norway in
Jerusalem and Ramallah on Monday condemned the 3 death
May 22
CHINA:
6 Japanese being held in China over 'illegal activities'
Chinese authorities have put 6 Japanese men into detention since March, Chief
Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga confirmed Monday amid growing speculation they
are being held for suspected espionage.
"We were
May 21
GAZA:
peedy Trials Achieve Neither Justice Nor Rule of Law
Al-Maydan Military Court in Gaza issued today, 21 May 2017, death sentences
against 3 Palestinians charged with collaboration with foreign entities, murder
and engagement in the murder of Mazen Foqaha', 1 of Hamas
May 20
SOMALIA:
Somalia military court executes Al-Shabaab militant
Somalia's military court on Thursday executed Al-Shabaab militant who was found
guilty for carrying out a terror attack in Waberi district in November last
year.
The car bomb attack, which was carried out on
May 19
SINGAPORE:
2 Penang men charged with drug trafficking, face death penalty
2 men were charged with 5 counts of drug trafficking in 2 separate cases at the
magistrate's court here today.
Unemployed Tan Swee Hin, 51, was charged for trafficking 13.9kg of heroin, 20kg
of
May 18
UNITED KINGDOM:
Tory aide: 'I was hired as an execution consultant to teach US prison staff how
to hang people'Tony Homewood, Conservative election agent for Wakefield
candidate Antony Calvert, revealed he was an "execution consultant" and had
been "instrumental" in the
May 17
BANGLADESH:
6 get death penalty for killing city AL leader, his driver
A court here on Tuesday sentenced 6 people to death and 2 others to life term
imprisonment for killing an Awami League leader and his driver in 2011.
The condemned convicts are-Raihan Khokon, Mohammad
May 16
GAZA:
Trial of 'Israeli agent' in Gaza beginsHamas claims man accused of killing
senior terrorist commander worked for the Shin Bet.
The military court in Gaza began hearing the case against Ashraf Abu Laila, the
man accused of carrying out the assassination of Hamas
May 15
INDIA:
Should the 'collective conscience' override the spirit of the Constitution? The
principle of justice demands that law cannot rely on or be influenced by any
delusionary sense or mood of the people
There are times when the actions of human beings are so grotesque and
May 14
BANGLADESH:
Top court adjourns hearing on review pleas of war criminal Sayedee and
government
The Appellate Division has started hearing 2 review petitions filed over war
crimes convict Delwar Hossain Sayedee's verdict, which commuted his death
sentence to prison until death.
May 13
INDIA:
Thane: 2 get death for 2012 gangrape and murderPolice officers recall how
probe into case began with just an unidentified body.
The death penalty Thursday awarded by a Thane sessions court to 2 persons for
raping 2 women and killing 1 of them has marked the end of
May 12
GAZA:
Hamas sentences drug dealers to death by firing squadThe accused were
convicted earlier this year of smuggling tramadol, marijuana, and opium from
Egypt via tunnels.
A military court in the besieged Gaza Strip on Thursday sentenced 2 Palestinian
men, identified by
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