Oct. 26
GHANA:
Death penalty sentence should be maintained - Kofi Bentil
Policy Think Tank, IMANI Ghana says it is opposed to calls for the death
penalty to be abolished.
Even though Ghana has not recorded any incidence of execution by death penalty
since 1993, the number of death
Oct. 25
IRANexecutions
5 Prisoners Executed on Drug ChargesIranian authorities hang 5 prisoners
early Tuesday morning for alleged drug related offenses, but Iranian official
sources are silent about these executions.
5 prisoners were reportedly hanged early morning on
Oct. 24
PAKISTAN:
Schizophrenia and our Supreme Court
The recent furore which followed the Supreme Court judgment regarding
schizophrenia is not without cause: The Court has concluded that since
schizophrenia is "not a permanent mental disorder', it is "therefore, a
recoverable
Oct. 24
INDIA:
Heavy workload possible reason for 'serious mistakes' in Soumya case: Markandey
Katju
Former SC judge Markandey Katju on Monday said the apex court had made some
"serious mistakes" in the Soumya case by commuting the death sentence of the
accused to life, and
Oct. 23
SAUDI ARABIA:
Execution of Saudi prince brings praise for the monarchy
Saudi Arabia's rulers are not as popular as they used to be in the kingdom.
With low global oil prices, officials have been forced to cut spending
dramatically in a nation where most people depend on the
Oct. 22
CHINA:
'Shocking' sentence: Hebei man who killed village chief after house demolition
to be executed
A Chinese man who killed a village chief who arranged for his house to be
demolished will be executed in the coming days. The ruling against 30-year-old
Jia Jinglong was
Oct. 21
PAKISTAN:
More Action Needed! - Stop Execution of Man With Mental Disability (Pakistan:
UA 222/16)
Imdad Ali, a death row prisoner with a mental disability, is at imminent risk
of execution. Pakistan's Supreme Court rejected on 20 October his latest appeal
to halt the
Oct. 21
BARBADOS:
Look again at death penalty
And she believes this is the opportune time to do so.
Ramsay told attendees at a lecture hosted by the Criminal Justice Research Unit
on Wednesday night, that the country continues to face pressure from donor
countries over the retention
Oct. 20
EGYPT:
Egypt court overturns 14 Muslim Brotherhood death sentencesCourt of
Cassation upholds death sentences of 8 other defendants in the case pertaining
to an attack on a police station in Kerdasa during anti-coup protests in July
2013.
Egypt's top court on Wednesday
Oct. 19
BELARUS:
Belarus Death Penalty Resumes After 2-Year Break
The Belarus death penalty has now resumed operations following an absence of 2
years from the nation. The 2-year pause ceased to exist following 8 months
after European Union foreign ministers had opted to pardon asset
Oct. 18
INDIA:
SC summons Katju over remarks in Soumya case
In an unusual decision, the Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to its former
judge Justice Markandey Katju for his personal appearance for saying that the
apex court "grievously erred" by setting aside the death penalty of
Oct. 17
GAZA:
Gazan accused of spying for Israel sentenced to deathHamas-run court says
54-year-old man will be hanged for allegedly providing Jewish state with
information since 1987
Courts in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip handed down 3 death sentences on Monday,
including 1 for
October 17
TANZANIA:
Court of Appeal Orders Fresh Hearing of Death Penalty
Procedural irregularities have served a resident of Mtwara Region, Khalifa
Museven, from being hanged to death for allegedly killing his colleague,
Mohamed Rashid, alias Wayaga, after suspecting him of
Oct. 16
NEPAL/SRI LANKA:
Nepal requests Sri Lanka to reconsider death penalty
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who is presently in Goa in course of
attending the BRICS- BIMSTEC Outreach Summit, today called on Sri Lankan
President Maithiripala Sirisena.
On the occasion, matters
Oct. 16
IRAQ:
Islamic State foils planned revolt in Mosul, executes 58
The Islamic State (ISIS) militant group has put down a planned revolt against
their rule in Mosul after one of their own commanders attempted to mutiny and
support the Iraqi military's upcoming offensive.
Reuters
Oct. 14
BELARUS:
Europe's last dictatorship brings back the death penaltyBelarus has resumed
sentencing people to death, just 8 months after the EU dropped sanctions, a
study has found.
The last European country to retain capital punishment has resumed sentencing
people to death
Oct. 13
PALESTINE:
PCHR: 20 Years Against Death Penalty; Facts on Death Penalty in Palestine and
PCHR's Position
"On the World Day against Death Penalty, we stress that our struggle will
continue on all levels to abolish this penalty ... We believe, as everybody
else do, the purpose
Oct. 13
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO:
Congo warlord surrenders 5 years after escape from prison
A wanted warlord in southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo has surrendered,
5 years after he escaped from prison following his conviction for crimes
against humanity, the provincial
Oct. 12
GAZA:
Gaza Strip executions need to stop, argues European Union
Hamas must stop meting out death penalties in violation of Palestinian law,
argued the European Union Tuesday as it sharply criticized the latest death
sentence issued by the de facto government of the Gaza
Oct. 11
EGYPT:
Muslim Brotherhood: Death Penalty and World Conscience
On the International Day Against the Death Penalty, the world rose up against
loss of life outside the law, and to save the lives of innocent people
wrongfully sentenced to death.
Meanwhile, the Egyptian people
Oct. 11
INDIA:
Marathas set 14 December deadline for Maharashtra govt to accept demandsThe
9 demands put forth by the Marathas include death penalty for the culprits in
the Kopardi rape case and a 16% quota in government education and jobs
Maratha organizations holding protest
Oct. 10
EGYPT:
Statement by "Stop Executions in Egypt" Campaign
The approaching 10th of October marks the 14th anniversary of the World Day
Against the Death Penalty.Egypt recorded record highs in the death
penalty;unprecedented in the history of Egyptian judiciary, rather, in the
Oct. 10
IRAN:
International call to save the life of a 22-year-old woman from execution
The Women's Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran urges all
international human rights and women's rights organizations and agencies to
take urgent action to save the life of
Oct. 10
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO:
Banish the death penalty, say Catholics..."the prophetic voice of the
Church must be heard"
On the occasion of World Day Against The Death Penalty, observed today, the
Catholic Commission for Social Justice (CCSJ) has reminded Trinidad and Tobago
of
Oct. 9
GLOBAL:
World Day Against the Death Penalty
On October 10, 2016, the 14th World Day Against the Death Penalty is raising
awareness around the application of death penalty for terrorism-related
offences, to reduce its use.
Running against the abolitionist worldwide movement,
Oct. 8
JAPAN:
Japanese lawyers urge country to abolish death penalty
Japanese bar associations have formally adopted a policy against the death
penalty for the first time, demanding the government abolish execution by 2020
when Japan hosts the Olympics and an international
Oct. 7
NIGERIA:
Prescribe death penalty for kidnappers, NUT urges N'Assembly
The National Union of Teachers (NUT) has urged the National Assembly to passed
into law the bill prescribing death penalty for kidnappers.
This was stated by the NUT National President, Michael
Oct. 7
UNITED KINGDOM:
Muslim preacher who endorses beheading of gay men gives lectures in
LondonHe also suggested burning gay people to death, throwing them off a
cliff, and crushing them under a falling wall
Islamic cleric Shaykh Hamza Sodagar who has previously called for the
Oct. 6
VIETMAN:
3 Vietnamese face death for trafficking meth
Vietnam's tough laws have not managed to stop drug trafficking crimes from
getting rampant. Photo by Vietnam Plus
The ring mailed 5 kilos from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City using an express courier
in April 2015.
A court in
Oct. 6
INDONESIA:
Pakistani convict Zulfiqar Ali is innocent, must be released soon: Komnas HAM
The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) is calling for President
Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to pardon Pakistani death row inmate Zulfiqar Ali, saying
he is innocent and should be
Oct. 5
INDIA:
Murderer-cum-serial killer finally reconciles to the noose
On October 3, the Supreme Court dismissed a petition against the death penalty
handed down to Umesh Reddy, a former constable. That name still sends shivers
down the spines of those who know about his case. A
Oct. 5
ZIMBABWE:
Artistes call for death penalty abolishment
Playwright Getrude Vimbayi Munhamo yesterday urged government to urgently
consider the abolishment of the death penalty as it was an archaic mode of
punishment in modern civilisations.
Munhamo told NewsDay ahead of a
Oct. 4
IRAN:
Iran, Which Executed Nearly 1,000 Last Year, Considers Cutting Back
Iran, which puts more people to death every year than any other country in the
world but China, is debating a measure that could significantly cut the number
of executions, local news outlets reported on
Oct. 4
INDONESIA:
Death row prisoners in limbo in Indonesia after unexplained stay of execution
A condemned Pakistani man has spoken of his suffering as his life remains in
limbo more than 2 months after he was mysteriously spared from an Indonesian
firing squad.
Garment trader
Oct. 3
PAKISTAN:
Pakistani Christian mother Asia Bibi's death sentence sparks protest in
Australia
The death sentence handed to Pakistani Christian mother Asia Bibi over a
blasphemy charge has sparked a protest in Australia calling on the government
to intervene in the case and help
Oct. 3
IRAN:
Iran Judiciary Chief Statement Sparks Fears of New Wave of Mass Executions of
Drug Offenders in Iran
Iran's head of Judiciary, Sadegh Amoli Larijani, recently said that the
Judiciary has no plans to abolish the death penalty and called on Iranian
judicial officials to
Oct. 2
INDIA:
2 to be hanged for Hoshiarpur boy's murder
Punjab's Department of Prisons will execute the death penalty awarded to Vikram
Singh Walia and Jasvir Singh for the kidnap and murder of Hoshiarpur boy Abhi
Verma. Their plea for a lighter sentence was turned down by the
Sept. 30
INDONESIA:
Death sentences a warning for drug offenders in West Jakarta
Indonesian President Joko Widodo's tough on drugs stance and his resolve to
push ahead with the execution of convicted drug smugglers is filtering down to
the courts.
The West Jakarta District Court is
Sept. 30
GHANA:
Rationalising Lucas Agboyie's libido propelled act?
"Therefore, if any man is dangerous to the community and is subverting it by
some sin, the treatment to be commended is his execution in order to preserve
the common good ... therefore, to kill a man who retains his
Sept. 29
AUSTRALIA/PAKISTAN:
Australian Government urged to intervene on behalf of Asia Bibi
Government of Australia implored to intervene on behalf of Asia Bibi, a
Pakistani Christian woman on death row. Her appeal case is scheduled to be
heard by the Supreme Court of Pakistan in
Sept. 29
CHINA:
Death penalty upheld for bus arsonist
The Higher People's Court of northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region on
Wednesday rejected the appeal of an arsonist who was sentenced to death by
Yinchuan Municipal Intermediate People's Court on July 3.
The court
Sept. 28
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES:
Pakistani brothers in Dubai get death penalty for murder
2 Pakistani brothers were sentenced to death on Wednesday as the Court of First
Instance convicted them of the premeditated murder of their brother-in-law for
marrying their sister without their
Sept. 27
IRANmass execution
Mass Execution: 17 Prisoners Hanged at Vakilabad Prison
17 prisoners sentenced to death on drug related charges were reportedly hanged
at Mashhad's Vakilabad Prison (Razavi Khorasan province, northwestern Iran) on
Sunday September 11, 2016.
"There
Sept. 26
IRANexecutions
4 Prisoners Executed on Drug Charges
4 prisoners on death row for drug related offenses were reportedly executed at
Tabriz Central Prison early morning on Saturday September 24.
According to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network, the names of the prisoners
Sept. 25
ZIMBABWE:
Death Penalty Violates Human Rights
Capital punishment has been a contentious issue in Zimbabwe for many years.
While the new Constitution must be hailed for giving reprieve to women and men
aged under 21 or over 70 years of age at the time of committing the
Sept. 24
INDIA:
SC sets free death row convict
A death row convict was today set free by the Supreme Court saying the
prosecution has not proved the charge against him of murdering his wife and
five daughters on the basis of evidence on record.
\Justices Ranjan Gogoi and U U Lalit
Sept. 23
CANADA:
Feb. 3, 1953: Last hanging at Hamilton's Barton Jail Harry Lee, last man
to hang in Hamilton, was convicted of murdering Mary Rosenblatt.
The last person sentenced to the death penalty in Hamilton and hanged at the
Barton Jail was a man named Harry Lee, a
Sept. 22
JAPAN:
Lawyers to campaign for abolition of capital punishment in Japan
The Japan Federation of Bar Associations will launch a campaign next month for
the abolition of capital punishment, arguing that even the worst offenders
stand a chance of reintegration in society.
It
Sept. 21
TOGO:
Statement by the Spokesperson on Togo's accession to the Second Optional
Protocol to the ICCPR aiming at the abolition of the death penalty
Togo's official accession to the 1989 Second Optional Protocol to the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on
Sept. 20
SUDAN:
Christian pastors face death penalty if convicted in Sudan
Last December, 2 evangelical pastors from the Church of Christ in Sudan were
taken from their churches and thrown into jail. Last month, the Rev.
Abdulraheem Kodi and the Rev. Kuwa Shamal Abu Zumam were
Sept. 20
IRAN:
"Hands Off Cain" urges Italy to raise the issue of death penalty in Iran at UN
Human Rights Council in Geneva
In an open letter to Italian Foreign Minister on September 14, the "Hands Off
Cain" community has asked Paolo Gentiloni to raise the issue of death penalty
in
Sept. 19
PAKISTAN:
Supreme Court delays hanging of mentally-ill man
Supreme Court on Monday delayed for 1 week the execution of a man who had been
declared insane by government doctors, after rights groups urged the government
to halt the hanging.
"A mentally ill prisoner who was
Sept. 19
PAKISTAN:
Mentally ill death row inmate Imdad Ali to be executed tomorrow
Pakistan must not hang a mentally ill man suffering from paranoid
schizophrenia, a rights group said, after a court issued a warrant for his
execution next week.
Death row prisoner, Imdad Ali, who is
Sept. 19
EUROPEAN UNION/PHILIPPINES:
EU joins call for halt to killings in drug war
The European Union has joined the global call on the Philippine government to
"put an end to the current wave of extrajudicial executions and killings" of
drug suspects.
Alarmed at the rising death
Sept. 18
INDIA:
Left goes against its grain, wants noose for killer
A day after the Supreme Court commuted the death penalty of Govindachami, the
sole convict in the Soumya murder case, the Left in Kerala has found itself
caught in an ideological war of its own making.
On one
Sept. 17
SIERRA LEONE:
Sierra Leone to reintroduce death penalty as violent crimes spike
Sierra Leone's Minister of Internal Affairs has said the government would start
implementing the death penalty to crack down on recent increase in gang-related
killings in the country.
"We will
Sept. 16
PAKISTAN:
Rights group urges Pakistan not to hang mentally ill man
Pakistan must not hang a mentally ill man suffering from paranoid
schizophrenia, a rights group said today, after a court issued a warrant for
his execution next week.
Death row prisoner, Imdad Ali, who is
Sept. 16
MALAYSIA:
South African engineer faces death
A South African electrical engineer found behaving suspiciously at the airport
and later allegedly excreted capsules containing cocaine at the Penang
Hospital, has been charged with drug trafficking.
Brits Shaun, 30, was
Sept. 15
INDIA:
Soumya murder: SC scraps Govindachamy's death penalty
The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside death sentence given to convict
Govindachamy in Soumya murder case.
The apex court, however, held him guilty of rape.Soumya, an employee of a
shopping mall in Kochi, was
Sept. 15
UNITED KINGDOM:
Priti Patel finally changes her mind on the death penalty
5 years ago Priti Patel was a strong supporter of the death penalty, arguing on
TV that it would "act as a deterrent". Even if innocent people were killed.
More recently, the Tory MP has wriggled out
Sept. 14
PHILIPPINES:
VP, Senators appeal to save Mary Jane Veloso
VICE President Leni Robredo on Wednesday appealed to President Rodrigo Duterte
to exhaust all available remedies and steps to save Filipina drug convict Mary
Jane Veloso from Indonesian death row.
"Mary Jane's case
Sept. 14
ZIMBABWE:
Death penalty challenged
People's Democratic Party leader and lawyer Tendai Biti is challenging the
constitutionality of capital punishment several months after he appeared before
the same court arguing for sentences of death row inmates to be commuted to
life in
Sept. 13
ETHIOPIA:
UN Human Rights Chief 'Deeply Concerned' Over Ethiopia Abuses
The UN's human rights chief has used a meeting of the UN Human Rights Council
to criticise Ethiopia for a recent crackdown on opposition which has included
the kidnapping and sentencing to death of a
Sept. 13
JAPAN:
Death sentence upheld for killer of 5 in rural Japan
The Hiroshima High Court on Tuesday upheld the death penalty for a 66-year-old
man convicted of killing 5 neighbors and setting fire to 2 of their homes in a
remote community in Yamaguchi Prefecture in 2013.
In
Sept. 12
PHILIPPINES:
Congress pressed on death penalty
Amid criticism of his administration's ruthless anti-drug campaign, President
Duterte pressed Congress yesterday to restore the death penalty "to instill
fear of violating the law."
Duterte lamented that previous leaders
Sept. 12
CHINA:
Death penalty used on very small number of criminals: ChinaHuman rights
groups say death sentences are often issued after unfair trials and that too
much weight is given to confessions that are often obtained through torture.
China, which is believed to execute
Sept. 11
IRAN:
Request from UN to prosecute Iran regime for 1988 massacre
A number of families of the prisoners executed in 1988 massacre have sent a
letter to Mr. Ahmad Shahid (Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights
in Iran) asking him to get involved in regime's horrific
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Sept. 8
JAPAN:
Final appeal relating to Tokyo subway sarin attack dismissed by Japan's High
Court
It has been 21 years since 5 men released the deadly nerve
Sept. 8
IRAN:
Christian executed in Iran spoke of meeting Jesus before his death
The moving last words of a man executed in prison in Iran a few days ago were
of his profound faith in Jesus Christ.
The brother of Alireza Asadi, 1 of 12 people executed near Tehran at the end of
Sept. 7
TURKEY:
Minister: No talks on death penalty in Turkish parliament
Reinstating the death penalty in Turkey hasn't been put up for consideration by
the country's parliament, the TRT Haber news channel quoted Turkey's Minister
for the EU Affairs Omer Celik as saying Sept.7.
Sept. 7
UNITED KINGDOM/ETHIOPIA:
Government sued by daughter of man on Ethiopia's death row
The 9-year-old daughter of a British activist facing execution in Ethiopia is
suing the British government for failing to press for her father's
release.Menabe Tsege's case against the Foreign
Sept. 6
CYPRUS:
Constitutional changes over death penalty part of House shake-up
Plenary sessions of the parliament will be moved from Thursday afternoons to
Friday mornings, House president Demetris Syllouris announced on Monday after a
meeting with party leaders.
Syllouris said
Sept. 5
INDIA:
Jigisha: HC issues production warrant to death row convicts
HC today issued production warrants to two death row convicts in the 2009
Jigisha Ghosh murder case on trial court reference for confirmation of capital
punishment given to them.
A bench of justices Gita
Sept. 4
GHANA:
Amnesty International quotes 137 inmates on death rowMr Lawrence Amesu, the
Director of Amnesty International Ghana, said a lot had been achieved towards
ensuring that Ghana gained the status as abolitionist in practice.
He said Ghana had not executed anyone over
Sept. 2
BANGLADESH:
Bangladesh death-row Islamist tycoon set to hang
A wealthy tycoon who was a chief financier for Bangladesh's largest Islamist
party refused Friday to seek presidential clemency against his death sentence,
an official said, paving the way for his imminent execution
Sept. 2
GHANA:
Ghana Has 137 Death Row Inmates - Amnesty International
Mr Lawrence Amesu, the Director of Amnesty International Ghana, said a lot had
been achieved towards ensuring that Ghana gained the status as abolitionist in
practice.
He said Ghana had not executed anyone over
Sept. 1
INDONESIA/PHILIPPINES:
Death Penalty Hangs Over Duterte's Indonesia VisitThe case of Mary Jane
Veloso puts the Philippine president in an awkward position.
Recent weeks have seen speculation regarding the specifics of Philippine
President Rodrigo Duterte's 1st visit
Sept. 1
GLOBAL:
Mapped: The 58 countries that still have the death penalty
ur recent round-up of interesting facts about Belarus - published to coincide
with the 25th anniversary of independence from the Soviet Union - unearthed
some remarkable things. The country is the booziest on
Aug. 31
CHINA:
3 Pinoys in China death row
At least 3 Filipinos are awaiting their death execution in China over
drug-related offenses, Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay Jr. said
yesterday.
At yesterday's House Committee on Appropriations briefing on the DFA's proposed
Aug. 30
NORTH KOREAexecutions
Kim Jong-un reportedly orders 2 officials to be executed by anti-aircraft
guns1 challenged Kim's leadership while the other dozed off in a meeting.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ordered the executions of 2 senior officials
with an
Aug. 29
IRANexecutions
Iran regime mass executes 30 prisoners in 3 days
The mullahs' regime has stepped up a spate of mass executions in recent days,
hanging at least 18 people last Thursday alone.
On Thursday, August 25, 7 prisoners, including a woman, were executed en masse
in
Aug. 28
IRAN:
UN rights expert urges Iran to halt execution of 12 drug offenders
The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, Ahmed
Shaheed, on Friday urged Iran to halt the execution of Alireza Madadpour and 11
other individuals convicted on drug related
Aug. 27
IRAN:
Death penalty failing to deter drug trafficking in Iran -official
The death penalty has failed to reduce drug trafficking in Iran, a senior
Iranian judiciary official said on Saturday shortly before the scheduled
execution of 12 people for narcotics-related offences.
Aug. 26
INDIA:
Jigisha Ghosh murder case: Court awards death penalty to accused Ravi Kapoor
A court here in New Delhi on Friday convicted Ravi Kapoor, awarded death
penalty in IT executive Jigisha Ghosh's murder case, in another murder case of
a taxi driver in January 2009.
August 25
IRAN:
Iran's executions continue as West prioritizes nuclear deal
Earlier this month Iran executed at least two dozen political prisoners on
various charges of activities against the regime or membership in extremist
groups. Though there was nothing new either with the
Aug. 24
IRANexecutions
2 Prisoners Executed in Southern Iran
A prisoner on death row for drug related charges was reportedly hanged at
Sirjan Prison (Kerman province, southcentral Iran), and 1 prisoner was
reportedly hanged at Bandar Abbas Prison (Hormozgan province, southern
Aug. 23
CHINA:
Organ harvesting rumors "insult" to transplant professionals: Chinese expert
Wild speculation that 100,000 transplants were performed per year using organs
from executed prisoners is an insult to the intelligence of transplant
professionals and to the sacrifice of the
Aug. 22
BANGLADESH:
Mir Quasem's review plea hearing Wednesday
The Supreme Court is set to hear on Wednesday a petition filed by condemned war
criminal Mir Quasem Ali seeking review of its earlier verdict upholding his
death penalty for crimes against humanity during the
Aug. 22
BANGLADESH:
Son gets death penalty, mother life term in murder case
As a sequel to previous land dispute, bank official was murdered by his
neighbours in his house at Chandanaish upazila on June 10, 2005.
A Chittagong court on Monday has sentenced a man to death and his
Aug. 21
IRAQexecutions
Iraq hangs 36 over 2014 massacre of army recruits
Iraq on Sunday hanged 36 men convicted over the 2014 massacre by the Islamic
State and allied militants of hundreds of military recruits, officials said.
They had be en found guilty of involvement in the
Aug. 20
IRANexecutions
Northern Iran: 2 Prisoners Hanged on Drug Charges
On Sunday August 14 2 prisoners were reportedly hanged in northern Iran, one at
Gorgan Central Prison (Golestan province) and the other at Salmas Prison (West
Azerbaijan province).
According to a report by
Aug. 20
SINGAPORE:
85 suspected drug offenders caught in latest CNB operation
A 4-day drug bust by the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB), which ended on Friday
(Aug 19) morning, resulted in the arrests of 85 suspected drug offenders.
Around 196g of heroin, 47g of 'Ice' and other
Aug. 19
CANADA:
5 reasons to fear that the death penalty isn't, well, dead
Here in Canada, the death penalty was abolished by Parliament in July, 1976 -
exactly 40 years ago this summer. Then-Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's speech
helped push through the close vote, at a time when
Aug. 19
INDIA:
President Pranab Mukherjee rejects mercy petitions of 3 more death-row
convicts, taking his tally of rejections to 37
President Pranab Mukherjee rejected on August 7 mercy petitions from three
death-row convicts, Shabnam, Jasvir Singh and Vikram Singh. The information
Aug. 17
MALAYSIA:
Pain for mom of drug mule son on death row
As a young South African woman prepares for her 1st court appearance in
Thailand for drug trafficking, a mother, whose son faces the death penalty in
Malaysia for the same crime, has appealed to parents to warn their
Aug. 16
TURKEY:
Turkey PM steps back from calls for death penalty
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Tuesday (Aug 16) a fair trial
would represent a harsher punishment for suspected coup plotters than the death
penalty - an apparent step back from threats to re-introduce
Aug. 15
VIETNAM:
Large drug hauls seized in Vietnam
Vietnamese police are cooperating with Lao counterpart to look for a Vietnamese
national who has been accused of sending nearly 10kg of cannabis to his wife
for reselling in Vietnam.
The case was detected on August 11 when police
Aug. 15
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES:
Accused in Obaida's murder case sentenced to death The bench also ruled
that 48-year-old Jordanian defendant, Nidal Abdullah, should pay Dh 21,000 in
civil damages.
The court bench, looking into the case in which a man is accused of kidnapping
and
Aug. 14
IRAQ:
Iraq ratifies death penalty for convicts in Speicher massacreLast week, an
Iraqi court sentenced 36 people to death in connection with the mass killings
Iraqi President Fuad Masum on Sunday ratified the death sentences of 36 people
in connection with the 2014 mass
Aug. 14
SAUDI ARABIA:
Import kolanut, get death sentence - Saudi govt tells pilgrims
The Saudi Arabia authority has slammed a death penalty for any pilgrim who
travels to the holy land with kolanuts, hard drugs and other contraband.
Hence, the Lagos State government yesterday warned
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