August 8
JAPAN:
Justice Minister Yoko Kamikawa orders all Aum doomsday cult's trial records to
be permanently preserved
Authorities have decided to permanently preserve trial records of criminal
cases involving the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult as part of efforts to prevent a
repeat
August 7
UNITED KINGDOM:
'JIHADI JOHN'S MY FRIEND' -- ISIS 'Beatles' smirk as they defend Brit
executioner who beheaded captives David Haines and Alan HenningAlleged
'Beatles' members El Shafee Elsheikh and Alexanda Kotey are calling for their
trial to take place in Britain in an
August 6
PHILIPPINES:
Pacquiao interprets Bible differently in pushing death penalty: CBCP
An official of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines-Commission
on Prison Pastoral Care (CBCP-CPPC) said Senator Manny Pacquiao has a different
understanding of the Bible.
August 5
VIETNAM:
2 Vietnamese drug transporters prosecuted
2 young men from Vietnam's northern Dien Bien province have been detained and
prosecuted for transporting over 14 kg of heroin, according to police of Hanoi
capital on Saturday.
Lau A Chu, 23, and Lau A Chia, 19, were
August 4
IRANexecution
Prisoner Hanged in Zahedan
A prisoner was executed at Zahedan Central Prison on murder charges.
According to a close source, on the morning of Thursday, August 2, a prisoner
was hanged at Zahedan Central Prison. The prisoner, sentenced to death on
murder
Aug. 3
GLOBAL:
Reversing Catholic Doctrine, Pope Francis Declares Death Penalty 'Inadmissable'
in All Cases"I eagerly await the new, forceful, and reversed positions on
the death penalty from all the Catholic politicians who regularly explain their
anti-abortion stance as 'the
Aug. 2
VATICAN CITY/GLOBAL:
Pope Declares Death Penalty Inadmissible in All Cases
Pope Francis has declared the death penalty inadmissible in all cases "because
it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person," the Vatican
announced on Thursday, in a shift in Roman
Aug. 1
IRAN:
IHR Provides Evidence Against Iranian Cyber Police's Denial of Death Sentence
to a Prisoner for his Cyber Activities
The chief of Isfahan Cyber Police denied Mohammad Hossein Maleki's death
sentence, which was reported previously by Iran Human Rights. The Police Chief
July 31
NEW ZEALAND:
The 2nd to last man to be executed in New Zealand
[Tina Shaw reviews Fiona Kidman's powerful and haunting new novel based on the
short life and brutal death of Albert Black, hanged at Mt Eden jail in 1955.]
Fiona Kidman is adept at casting her imagination into
July 30
INDIA:
State to drop its law on death penalty for child rapists
The Haryana Government has decided not to pursue a Bill that the Assembly
passed 3 months ago and that provides for death penalty to those guilty of
raping girls aged 12 years or less. Instead, the government
July 29
NIGERIA:
Don't execute 2, 359 inmates, CURE-Nigeria urges FG
A group, Citizens United for the Rehabilitation of Errants (CURE-Nigeria), has
appealed to the Federal Government against execution of 2, 359 prison inmates
on death row in different prisons across the country.
July 28
INDIA:
After 5-day trial, MP man gets death penalty for raping minor
A Katni court sentenced a man to death Friday for raping a minor, following a
trial that lasted just 5 days.
A special court of Additional Sessions Judge Madhuri Raj Lal convicted Rajkumar
Kol (34), an
July 27
UNITED KINGDOM:
Home Office suspends cooperation over US death penalty threat for Isis
pairTemporary concession comes after mother's legal challenge seeking to
quash Sajid Javid's decision
The Home Office has bowed to pressure over 2 British-raised jihadis facing the
July 26
JAPANexecutions
Japan sends last 6 Aum death-row inmates to the gallows
The 6 remaining Aum Shinrikyo cult members on death row were executed Thursday
morning, the Justice Ministry said, with all 13 of the cult members sentenced
to death now having been hanged over the
July 25
IRANexecutions
A Prisoner Hanged in Rasht
A prisoner was executed at Rasht Central Prison on murder charges.
According to a close source, on the morning of Saturday, July 21, a prisoner
was executed at Rasht Central Prison. The prisoner, sentenced to death on
murder
July 24
IRANexecutions
5 Prisoners Hanged in Kermanshah Prison
On Friday, July 20, 5 prisoners were executed at Dizel Abad Prison in
Kermanshah.
Iran Human Rights sources identified 1 of the prisoners as Alireza Ashouri, 57.
The names of the 4 other prisoners will be announced
July 23
KENYA:
Death penalty is inhumane and degrading
Suba North Member of Parliament Millie Odhiambo has termed the death sentence
as degrading and inhumane.
Her comments come barely days after Miss Lang'ata Prison 2016 beauty pageant
winner Ruth Kamande was sentenced to death
July 22
IRANexecutions
Iran hangs 5 prisoners collectively in Kermanshah Prison
At least 5 prisoners were hanged on Junly at Dizelabad Prison in Kermanshah,
west of Iran. One of the victims is identified as Alireza Ashuri, 57. All the 5
were found guilty of murder.
In yet
July 21
SRI LANKA:
President insists will go ahead with death penalty despite objections
President Maithripala Sirisena today insisted that he will go ahead with
implementing the death penalty on serious offenders on death row for drug
trafficking.
Speaking at an event in
July 20
INDIA:
Let child rapists be sent to gallows
The Criminal Law Amendment Ordinance, 2018, had addressed the collective cry
for justice.
The ordinance may provide for a speedy investigation within 2 months and a
speedy trial within 6 months. But the rigmarole of appeals in
July 19
FRANCE:
Who Buys a Guillotine? Someone Who Wants an 'Amusing Acquisition'
Christophe Fevrier, a businessman and father of 4 from the small town of
Chateau-Gontier in northwest France, decided in 2014 that there was something
he must have: a guillotine.
He had seen one
July 18
SAUDI ARABIAexecutions
Saudi Arabia executes 7 people in 1 dayDeath row inmates had been convicted
of murder and drug trafficking, according to state media
Saudi Arabia on Tuesday executed 7 death row inmates who had been convicted of
murder and drug trafficking,
July 18
BANGLADESH:
Death penalty for 4 war criminalsTribunal convicts them of committing
genocide in Moulvibazar in 1971
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday found four Moulvibazar men guilty
of committing genocide during the Liberation War and handed down death
July 17
TURKEY:
Child tragedies reignite death penalty calls in Turkey
A string of cases in which missing children were found dead has reignited calls
to reinstate the death penalty in Turkey, but some see political motives behind
the outcry.
The Turkish media in recent weeks has
July 17
CANADA:
Mass murder and capital punishment
Recent mass shootings in the United States have tended to confirm Canadians'
sense that such events can't happen here. Similar events in Canada are not
numerous, but those that have occurred are not well known. In particular, the
July 16
THAILAND:
Man gets death penalty for series of ambushes in Pattani
The provincial court has sentenced a man to death for the slaying of 7 people
and injuries to 8 others in a series of ambushes in the southern border
province about 5 years ago.
The court judged capital
July 15
SRI LANKA:
Execute them, says the Archbishop: Hang the lot, says Bodu Bala
popePresident Sirisena declares death to drug dealers in jail but does he
have the power to play judge and hangman
Coming from President Sirisena, well known for his rhetorical flourishes
July 14
IRAN:
Website Manager Sentenced to Death
Mohammad Hossein Maleki, the manager of Asre-Javan website and its Telegram
channel, was sentenced to death on the charge of "corruption on earth."
According to a close source, Mohammad Hossein Maleki, 47, from Shahin Shahr in
July 13
GERMANY:
German firm probed over suspected illegal shipment of euthanasia drug to US
A German medical firm is suspected of illegally shipping several tons of a
solution that is used to euthanize animals to the United States. The solution
contains an ingredient also used to
July 12
SRI LANKA:
Sri Lanka to reinstate death penalty in anti-drug war 'inspired' by
Philippines' Duterte
Sri Lanka is going to reinstate capital punishment for drug dealers who
coordinate criminal activities from behind bars, as it draws inspiration from
the brutal anti-drug
July 11
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO:
Archbishop: Do all to end death penalty
While this country still has the death penalty on its statute books, the head
of TT's RC flock, the Archbishop of Port of Spain, Jason Gordon, says more must
be done to ensure it is scrapped as the ultimate form of
July 10
ISRAEL:
'Japan also executes terrorists'Yisrael Beytenu MK pushes bill mandating
death sentence for terrorists, points out human rights organizations'
hypocrisy.
Yisrael Beytenu MK Robert Ilatov demanded that the Knesset advance the bill
mandating the death penalty
July 9
IRANexecution
Afghan Prisoner Executed in Iran
An Afghan prisoner was hanged at Zahedan Central Prison on murder charges.
According to HRANA news agency, on the morning of Saturday, July 7, a prisoner
was hanged at Zahedan Central Prison on murder charges.
The Afghan
July 8
INDIA:
Madhya Pradesh court pronounces death penalty to man who raped 9-year-old
girlThe trial in the case was completed within 46 days in a local court in
Rehli block and the accused convicted for the crime. The police investigation
into the case too was completed in
July 7
JAPAN:
Japan's death row executes inmates without any warning
7 members of a brainwashed doomsday cult were hanged yesterday in a sterile
Japanese execution chamber for carrying out a deadly gas attack in 1995.
The Asian country is 1 of only 2 first world democracies in
July 7
BARBADOS:
Catholic Church wants Govt to abolish the death penalty
The Catholic Church is calling on the Mia Mottley-led Government to abolish the
death penalty, arguing it is not justified under any circumstance.
In a statement of support for a ruling by the Caribbean Court
July 6
JAPANexecutions
Japan Executes Leader of Doomsday CultAum Shinrikyo head Chizuo Matsumoto,
also known as Shoko Asahara, had been on death row since 2004
The head of a Japanese doomsday cult and 6 of his followers convicted for
deadly gas attacks in the 1990s were
July 5
TURKEY:
Erdogan talks death penalty for pedophiles in Turkey
The introduction of the death penalty in Turkey is not such an easy issue,
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, when commenting on the issue of the
possibility of instituting death penalty on pedophiles, Turkish
July 4
INDONESIA/SAUDI ARABIA:
Indonesian freed from death penalty in Saudi returns to Indonesia
Nurkoyah, an Indonesian female worker from Rengasdengklok, Karawang, West Java
Province, awarded death penalty by the Saudi Court for the death of the child
of her employer, was
July 3
NEW ZEALAND:
NZ will intervene if Nikki Kaye's brother sentenced to death - Winston Peters
Acting Prime Minister Winston Peters says he'll personally contact the Governor
of California if MP Nikki Kaye's step-brother is sentenced to death.
Clinton Thinn has been convicted of
July 2
MALAYSIA:
Don't axe death penalty just for Sirul, says MP
Bukit Gelugor MP Ramkarpal Singh today questioned the government???s
announcement that it was considering abolishing the death penalty, asking if
this was merely for the purpose of extraditing Sirul Azhar Umar from
news postings to this list will resume July 2
June 29
MALAYSIA:
165 on death row escaped the gallows from 2007 to 2017
The pardons board of various states reduced the sentence of 165 people who were
sentenced to death from 2007 to 2017, said the Prisons Department.
During
June 28
SINGAPORE:
Man to hang for 'brutal' murder of wife's ex-lover
A 58-year-old businessman was yesterday sentenced to the gallows for the
"bloody and brutal" murder of his wife's former lover.
Chia Kee Chen was originally given life imprisonment by the High Court after
being
June 27
INDIA:
Shakti mills: Union government defends death penalty to 3 repeat offenders
The Union government has defended the death penalty handed down to 3 persons
for raping a photojournalist and another woman at the defunct Shakti Mills
compound in 2013.
"Rape is a heinous
June 26
CHINA:
5 drug traffickers get death penalty in China
A Chinese court has sentenced to death 5 drug traffickers and 14 others to life
imprisonment, according to a media report today. Another 6 persons were also
sentenced to death but with a 2 year reprieve, the state-run
June 25
CHINAexecutions
10 people executed in China
A court in China found 10 people guilty of illegal drug-related offenses and
sentenced them to death, reported Rosbalt news agency of Russia.
Once the verdict was handed down, the convicts were taken to the place of
June 24
PAKISTAN:
Petition in LHC seeks public execution of Zainab's murderer
The father of Zainab Amin, a 6-year-old child whose rape and murder by Imran
Ali in January 2018 had sparked national outrage, has filed a petition in the
Lahore High Court (LHC) demanding that his
June 23
THAILAND:
General Poll: Majority want to keep death sentence
An overwhelming majority of Thais support execution as a penalty for abominable
crimes, according to an opinion survey.
Superpoll conducted a survey of 1,123 people from June 19-22. It asked
questions about
June 22
INDONESIA:
Indonesia hands death sentence to Islamic State-linked cleric for militant
attacks
An Indonesian court on Friday sentenced to death a cleric linked to Islamic
State, for masterminding from his jail cell a string of deadly militant attacks
across the world's
June 21
GHANA:
J.B Danquah's 'killer' mentally unstable - Lawyer
Lawyer Yaw Obuor, counsel for Daniel Asiedu one of the suspects standing trial
in the murder of the former MP for Abuakwa North Constituency, Joseph Boakye
Danquah Adu, has said the suspect is a minor and is mentally
June 20
RUSSIA:
Almost 80% of Russians want death penalty to fight corruption, Twitter poll
shows
Some 79 % of Russians want their country to use Chinese means to fight
corruption, with the death penalty for large-scale bribery, according to a
Twitter poll conducted by the head of
June 19
SAUDI ARABIA:
Do not execute protesters
Urgent - executions in Saudi Arabia can happen at any time, with no warning.
Take action now!
18 young people could be beheaded at any time for the 'crime' of protesting
against the Saudi government. Some were sentenced to death
June 19
TRINIDAD:
Time to carry out death penalty swiftly
As of June 13 - we have a documented murder toll of 249. We have more murders
than days in the year at this juncture. The murder rate per capita in Trinidad,
reported by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), is 31
June 18
JAPAN:
Prosecutors seek death penalty for alleged killer of Vietnamese girl in Chiba
Prosecutors on Monday demanded the death penalty for the former parents'
association chief accused of murdering a 9-year-old Vietnamese girl in Chiba
Prefecture last year.
Yasumasa
June 17
IRAN:
Prisoners riot to save Kurdish man on death row in Iran
Kurdish prisoner Ramin Hossein Panahi was injured in a fight in the Sanandaj
jail where he is being held, awaiting execution.
The brawl broke out when a group of prisoners tried to prevent guards from
taking
June 16
BELARUS:
Unprecedented Supreme Court decision to suspend death sentences
Responding to the news that the Supreme Court of Belarus has in an
unprecedented move decided to suspend and review the death sentences of Ihar
Hershankou and Siamion Berazhnoy while their appeals are
June 15
IRAN:
70 Iranian lawmakers hope to amend pardon law, reduce death penalty
70 Iranian lawmakers have signed a bill to apply for collective pardons for
political crimes and political prisoners who were served with harsh sentences.
"Collective pardons are within the authority
June 14
AUSTRALIA:
'It's abhorrent': MP Steve Irons calls for death penalty for paedophiles
Federal MP Steve Irons has called for the introduction of the death penalty for
paedophiles and "people who continually abuse children".
Mr Irons made the call during a debate in federal
June 13
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO:
Death for murderers sends strong message
THE EDITOR: Roman Catholic priest Fr Ian Taylor made a bold declaration
approximately 1 year ago. He called for the death penalty to be reinstated to
kill murderers. This was condemned almost immediately by then
June 12
IRAN:
Iranian Kurdish Dissident Facing Execution Suffers Legal Blow
A lawyer for an Iranian Kurdish man sentenced to death for belonging to a
Kurdish nationalist group says his client has suffered a major legal setback in
a bid to escape execution.
Speaking to VOA Persian
June 11
IRAN:
Iran Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentences for Daesh Members
Iran's Supreme Court has upheld death sentence rulings for 8 members of the
Daesh (ISIL or ISIS) terrorist group that followed their conviction on charges
of having a role in June 2017 terrorist attacks in
June 10
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY:
PCHR: Accession to abolition of death penalty "step in right direction"
On Wednesday, 06 June 2018, the Palestinian President Mahmoud 'Abbas signed
instrument of State of Palestine's accession to 7 international convention and
treaties, including the
June 8
TAIWAN:
Father of murdered 'Little Light Bulb' tired of apologies, wants death penalty
The father of a 4-year-old girl who was brutally decapitated in broad daylight
on the streets of Taipei two years ago, has had enough of apologies from the
suspect and wants the judges to
June 6
MALAYSIA:
Brothers to hang for drugs
2 brothers were sentenced to death by the High Court in Kota Kinabalu for
trafficking 293.04gm of syabu.
Judge Datuk Nurchaya Hj Arshad held that from the testimony of the
investigating officer, it was apparent that Section 39B(2A)(d)
June 5
INDONESIA:
Indonesian prosecutor seeks death for Taiwanese drug smugglers
An Indonesian prosecutor is to seek the death penalty for 4 Taiwanese nationals
involved in a crystal methamphetamine smuggling case that took place in
Indonesian waters in February, the Jakarta Post
June 4
QATAR:
Qatar court sentences Nepali man to death for murdering Qatari national
Jun 4, 2018-A court in Qatar has sentenced death penalty to a Nepali man by a
firing squad for murdering a Qatari national Umair Mohammed Umair Al Ramzani
Al-Nauimi.
A joint bench of Primary
June 3
SURINAME:
Guyanese suspect charged in high seas mass murder
Using a special clause in Guyanese law allowing prosecutors to indict someone
for a piracy attack in another country, local police have charged a fisherman
with murder committed in the neighboring Caribbean Community
June 2
KENYA:
Death penalty only way to rid Kenya of corruption, says Maanzo
Makueni MP Daniel Maanzo has proposed a death penalty for state officers found
guilty of corruption.
He said the proposal should go through a referendum since the Supreme Court has
made death sentence
June 1
BURKINA FASOdeath penalty abolished
Burkina Faso abolishes death penalty in new penal code
Burkina Faso's parliament has abolished the death penalty by adopting a new
penal code that strikes it as a possible sentence.
Justice Minister Rene Bagoro said Thursday that the
May 30
PHILIPPINES:
Duterte Threatens Summary Execution of Drug Suspects. Again.Philippine
President Warns Cebu Detainees to ???Stay in Jail???
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has issued a fresh reminder as to why his
murderous "drug war" has earned United Nations and
May 28
INDIA:
Death For Child Rape? 371 Indians On Death Row, Only 4 Executed In 13 Years
On April 21, 2018, the Indian government passed an ordinance allowing death
penalty for the rape of children younger than 12 years. But is capital
punishment an effective deterrent?
Human
May 27
INDIA:
SC stays death for child rapistBhagwani says he was rendered ineffective
legal assistance in lower courts
The Supreme Court has stayed the execution of the death sentence of a child
rapist and murderer after he pleaded in appeal that he was rendered ineffective
May 25
SUDAN:
Global Campaign Seeks to Overturn Death Penalty for Sudanese Teen Who Killed
Her Rapist
Lawyers are trying to save the life of a Sudanese teenager sentenced to death
for killing her husband while he tried to rape her. As the defense team
appealed the court verdict on
May 24
YEMEN:
Court sentences killer of college dean to capital punishment
A court in Aden sentenced today the killer of the dean of the Faculty of
Science and University and her son and grandchild in Aden early this month to
capital punishment.
The temporary capital has witnessed
May 23
INDIA:
Nirbhaya rapists to hang: Supreme Court has ordered death sentence to the 4
convicts
Finally. Today humanity has won its combat. The apex court has ordered to hang
4 out of 6 convicts of Nirbhaya rape case. This heinous crime was executed by 6
people in 2012, and the
May 22
PHILIPPINES:
Home Legislative New Philippines Corrections Chief Wants Death Penalty for All
Drug Offenses
The New Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) chief in the Philippines, Director
General Ronald dela Rosa, is taking an extreme stand against drugs - extreme
even by the
May 21
INDONESIA:
How new antiterrorism law will change Indonesia's war on terror
Indonesia will soon have a new antiterrorism law to replace the current law,
which is widely seen as weak, with deliberations on the antiterrorism bill
expected to conclude this May or June.
Speaking
May 20
INDONESIA:
Komnas HAM: Death Sentence to Aman Abdurrahman Detrimental
The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) is disappointed with the
death sentence charged to the terrorist convict Aman Abdurrahman. The
Commission considers the death sentence is detrimental to the
May 19
IRAQ:
In Iraq, the Russians subjected to the death penalty because of the involvement
of the IG*
The Russian was found guilty of participation in criminal activities of the
terrorist group "Islamic state."* This information was unveiled today, may 18,
the Iraqi information
May 18
INDIA:
Death sentence for 19-yr-old man in rape, murder case
A court in Dhar district today awarded death sentence to a 19-year-old man for
rape and murder of a 4-year-old girl in December last year.
"Girls are the blessings of God and a criminal who mutilates them into
May 17
CUBA:
Cuba without Condemned to Death and against its Application
Cuba expressed today in the context of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of
human rights its rejection of the death penalty and the disposition to
eliminate from its legislation that sanction that has not
May 16
UNITED KINGDOM:
Collection of items from the career of Britain's most famous executioner
discovered
A MACABRE collection of items from the career of Britain's most famous
executioner has been discovered. The archive belonging to Albert Pierrepoint
includes logbooks he kept
May 15
BELARUS:
The secret executions in Europe's 'last dictatorship'
When the guards come, these inmates never know if it is for the last time. On
death row in Belarus, the only country in Europe that still uses the death
penalty, they are never told when they will be executed.
May 14
PAKISTAN:
Murder convict gets death penalty
A sessions court awarded death sentence to an accused for his involvement in a
murder case in Jampur. The judgment was announced by Additional Sessions Judge
Muhammad Rizwan Arif.
The prosecution told the court that accused Pervez
May 13
VIETNAM:
2 Vietnamese arrested for transporting 120 kg of heroin
Police of Vietnam's northern Lao Cai province said on Saturday that they had
arrested 2 men for transporting 120 kg of heroin.
The 2 men from central Nghe An province were arrested on Friday when they were
May 12
IRAN:
Lawyer: Dervish Bus Driver Could be Executed in "3 or 4 Days" Despite Innocence
Plea
Mohammad Salas, a Sufi bus driver convicted in Iran of running over 3 policemen
in the capital city of Tehran, could be hanged in a "few days" despite arguing
that he caused the deaths
May 11
VIETNAM:
Vietnam arrests oil refinery officials as investigation into banking graft case
widensOfficials from a PetroVietnam subsidiary allegedly accepted $840,000
in excessive interest payments from OceanBank.
Police in Vietnam arrested two oil officials on Thursday for
May 10
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO:
Europe urges Trinidad and Tobago to abolish death penalty
Europe on Tuesday urged Trinidad and Tobago to follow other Commonwealth
Caribbean countries and do away with a mandatory death penalty.
"We don't think that's the right answer. That's not for us to
May 9
IRAN:
Iranian Dervish Protester in Imminent Danger of Execution
A close source told Iran Human Rights that Yavar Mohammad Salas, who is
sentenced to imprisonment and execution on murder charges and whose sentence
has been approved by the Supreme Court, is in imminent danger of
May 8
INDONESIA:
3 Taiwanese get death for smuggling 1 ton of crystal meth
3 Taiwanese get death for smuggling 1 ton of crystal meth Taiwanese defendants
sit in a hearing in South Jakarta District Court on April 26 for alleged drug
smuggling. 3 of them have been found guilty and
May 7
WALES:
60 years since last man hanged in Wales
On the night of Friday 15 November 1957, 24-year-old Vivian Teed broke into the
sub-post office in Fforestfach, Swansea.
He did not expect to be disturbed, but was almost immediately accosted by the
postmaster, 73-year-old William
May 5
PAKISTAN:
Army chief ratifies death sentences for 11 terror convicts: ISPR
Chief of Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa ratified death sentences handed down
to 11 militants and prison sentences given to 3 others, an Inter-Services
Public Relations (ISPR) press release said on
May 4
MALAWI:
Catholic priest among 11 charged for killing man with albinism in Malawi
A Catholic priest, police officer, and a medical officer are among 11 people
facing charges for the murder of a man living with albinism in Malawi, police
spokesman James Kadadzera said.
The
May 3
INDIA:
Rediscovering NooseThe gruesome incident in Kathua in which a minor was
kidnapped and brutally gang-raped has pushed the government to issue an
ordinance that makes capital punishment mandatory in the rape of U-12 minors.
In this backdrop, Masood Hussain tries to trace
May 2
VANUATU:
Parents of 6-year-old murder victim call for death penalty
There are calls for capital punishment in Vanuatu after the brutal killing of a
6-year-old girl 2 weeks ago.
Police are still investigating but a man has been charged over the incident and
remanded in
May 1
BAHRAIN:
UN rights experts condemn military court conviction
UN human rights experts* have called for the retrial of 4 men sentenced to
death by a Bahraini military court in a collective trial that breached fair
trial and due process guarantees and confessions obtained under
April 30
INDONESIA:
How lies, arrogance and cockiness earned Bali 9 kingpins the death sentence
Bali 9 kingpins Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran's lies, arrogance and
shameless cockiness with Indonesians earned them the death penalty they could
have avoided, a new book claims.
After
April 29
RUSSIA:
60 Russian Women Wait Trial in Iraq over ISIS Membership
At least 60 Russian women are awaiting trial in Iraq over illegal entry,
membership in the ISIS Takfiri terrorist group and involvement in acts of
terror across the war-ravaged Arab country.
Ziyad Sabsabi, a
April 28
INDIA:
Tamil Nadu: 5 get death penalty for Polur hooch tragedy
The District Sessions Court in Tiruvannamalai on Friday awarded death penalty
to 5 persons on the charge of mixing poison in arrack which resulted in the
death of 13 people in Polur on May 23, 2000. According to
April 27
BAHRAIN:
Bahrain commutes death sentences handed down by military court
Bahrain's king has commuted death sentences handed down to 4 men by a military
court to life in prison, state news agency BNA reported on Thursday.
The death sentences were the 1st to be issued by a
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