Death penalty has ‘no place in 21st century:’ UN chief
UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for an end to the death penalty Tuesday,… Read More
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Iran parliament softens drug death penalty laws
TEHRAN: Iran's parliament passed a long-awaited amendment to its drug trafficking laws on Sunday, raising… Read More
7 years ago
India’s top court upholds death penalty in Delhi gang rape case
NEW DELHI: India's top court on Friday upheld death sentences against four men who fatally gang… Read More
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Man hanged over judge’s murder in Adiyala Jail
RAWALPINDI: A death row prisoner was executed in Adiyala Jail on Tuesday morning over murdering… Read More
8 years ago
Turkish prosecutors demand two life terms for Gulen
ISTANBUL: Turkish prosecutors on Tuesday demanded two life sentences and an additional 1,900 years in… Read More
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Saudi Arabia executes four convicted of murder
RIYADH: Saudi authorities executed four citizens on Sunday convicted of killing six members of their tribe,… Read More
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Iraq seeks to speed up death penalty implementation
BAGHDAD: Iraq's prime minister is seeking to speed up the implementation of death sentences, his office… Read More
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Pakistani citizen executed in Saudi Arabia as figure nears 100
RIYADH: A Pakistani national was among two men executed by Saudi authorities on Tuesday, bringing to… Read More
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Erdogan says Turkey will consider reinstating death penalty
ISTANBUL: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that Turkey would consider reinstating the death… Read More
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Three more convicts hanged to death in country
MULTAN: Three more convicted murderers were hanged on Wednesday, the same day Amnesty International criticised… Read More
8 years ago
Texas executes triple child killer
HOUSTON: Texas executed Wednesday a death-row inmate who killed three children in a fire at… Read More
9 years ago
HRCP urges government to suspend death penalty, take notice of surrounding issues
LAHORE: Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Friday called upon the federal government to… Read More
9 years ago
COAS confirms death penalty to nine 'hard core' terrorists
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif today endorsed the death sentences of… Read More
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Military courts award death sentence to six militants behind APS attack
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Army on Thursday announced the death penalty for six militants linked to an… Read More
9 years ago
#DeathPenaltyForChildAbuse trends on Twitter
KARACHI: Twitter users in Pakistan are demanding capital punishment for the criminals involved in the… Read More
9 years ago
Four death row convicts executed across Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Four death row convicts were executed in different Pakistani jails on early Tuesday morning,… Read More
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Twelve hanged to death across Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: A total of 12 death row convicts were hanged to death across Pakistan on… Read More
10 years ago
Murder, rape convicts to be hanged on March 17
MULTAN: Two inmates convicted of murder and rape at Multan Central Jail are set to… Read More
10 years ago
Govt lifts death penalty moratorium completely
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has lifted its moratorium on the death penalty in all capital cases, officials… Read More
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Two death row convicts executed in Azad Kashmir
MIRPUR: Two death row convicts were hanged to death in Mirpur jail in Azad Kashmir… Read More
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