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Delhi rape case convicts get death sentenceIndia's Supreme Court today (May 5) has upheld the death sentence awarded to four convicts in a landmark judgment in Delhi Nirbhaya gangrape case by a Delhi fast-track court in 2013. Akshay Thakur, Pawan Gu More… |
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Delhi rape case convicts get death sentenceIndia's Supreme Court today (May 5) has upheld the death sentence awarded to four convicts in a landmark judgment in Delhi Nirbhaya gangrape case by a Delhi fast-track court in 2013. Akshay Thakur, Pawan Gu More… |
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Iran sentences billionaire to death in graft caseA court in Iran sentenced to death Iranian businessman Babak Zanjani and two accomplices for embezzlement, the judiciary said, in a case widely watched due to Zanjani's prominent role in helping the government evade oil sanctions. More… |
Saudi advertises for 8 executionersSaudi Arabia is advertising for eight new executioners, recruiting extra staff to carry out an increasing number of death sentences, usually done by public beheading. No special qualifications are needed for the jobs whose main ro More… |
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Iran ‘must call off death for Facebook posts’Iran’s judiciary should vacate the death sentence of a 30-year-old man who faces imminent execution for Facebook posts linked to his account, Human Rights Watch, the international non-governmental organisation said today (December 2). More… |
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VERDICT: 529 Brotherhood members sentenced to deathAn Egyptian court sentenced 529 members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to death for murder and other offences on Monday, in a sharp escalation of a crackdown on the movement. Family members stood outside the courthouse screami More… |
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14 sentenced to death over Sinai attacksAn Egyptian court on Monday sentenced 14 militant Islamists to death by hanging and four to life imprisonment over attacks on army and police forces in the Sinai Peninsula last year. The men, members of a militant group called Taw More… |
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Fugitive Iraqi VP sentenced to deathAn Iraqi court on Sunday sentenced fugitive Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi to death by hanging after a trial on charges he ran death squads, Abdul-Sattar al-Birqdar, a spokesman for the judiciary council said. "The high crim More… |
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15 face death sentence over expat killingFifteen men accused of brutally murdering a Pakistani in the Manama suq area of Bahrain are likely to face the death penalty. A verdict will be given on June 27. Abdul Malik Ghulam Rasool was reportedly dragged from his home and attacked w More… |
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Bahrain court upholds 2 death sentencesA Bahrain emergency appeals court upheld death sentences on Sunday for two men found guilty of killing police officers during the recent unrest. Two other death sentences were commuted to life imprisonment, the state news agency said. More… |
