death penalty
- Middle East
Israeli parliament approves first reading of death penalty law for Palestinian prisoners
Tel Aviv: Israel’s parliament (Knesset) has approved in a first reading a controversial bill that would allow the execution of Palestinian prisoners convicted of killing Israeli citizens, sparking condemnation from human rights…
- Andhra Pradesh
Chittoor Mayor, husband murder case: AP court hands out death penalty for 5 people
Chittoor: A sessions court here on Friday handed out capital punishment to five persons accused of murdering Chittoor Mayor Katari Anuradha and her husband inside Municipal Corporation Office a decade ago, a…
- Middle East
Watch: Turkish protesters hang Netanyahu effigy with ‘death penalty’ sign
Istanbul: A protest in Turkey featuring an effigy of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hanging from a crane has drawn condemnation from Israel and renewed scrutiny of strained ties between Ankara and…
- India
Security of women is govt’s top priority: PM Modi
Navsari: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that in the last 10 years, his government has given top priority to women’s security, and amended laws to introduce capital punishment for heinous…
- India
RG Kar case: CBI moves Calcutta HC seeking death penalty for Sanjay Roy
Kolkata: The CBI on Friday filed an appeal before the Calcutta High Court, seeking death penalty for RG Kar hospital rape-murder case convict Sanjay Roy. A division bench, presided by Justice Debangsu…
- India
RG Kar case: HC to hear today govt’s plea seeking death penalty for convict
Kolkata: A division bench of the Calcutta High Court will hear on Wednesday the plea by the West Bengal government challenging the verdict of a special court in Kolkata in the rape…
- Middle East
Iranian popular singer Tataloo sentenced to death for blasphemy
The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Supreme Court has sentenced popular singer Amir Hossein Maghsoudloo to death for alleged blasphemy, local media reported on Sunday, January 19. In a significant decision, the court…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia executes at least 101 foreigners including Indians in 2024
The authorities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) have executed at least 101 foreigners since the beginning of 2024, according to an AFP tally. Foreigners executed this year include 21 from Pakistan, 20 from Yemen,…
- Telangana
Man held for raping a minor in Asifabad; residents demand death penalty
Hyderabad: Police apprehended a 28-year-old man for allegedly raping a minor girl in Burguda village in Asifabad mandal of Kumurambheem Asifabad district. The accused has been identified as Bomenna Sagar. According to…
- Kolkata
Mamata govt to table bill seeking death penalty for rape convicts in Assembly
Kolkata: The West Bengal Government will on Tuesday move the ‘Aparajita Woman and Child (West Bengal Criminal Laws Amendment) Bill’ on the floor of the Assembly to seek the death penalty for…
- India
Yasin Malik death penalty plea: HC judge recuses himself
New Delhi: Delhi High Court judge Amit Sharma on Thursday recused himself from hearing a plea by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) seeking the death penalty for separatist leader Yasin Malik in…
- World
Global use of death penalty at highest level since 2015: Amnesty
Berlin: The use of the death penalty has reached its highest level worldwide since 2015, London-based human rights group Amnesty International said on Wednesday. Some 1,153 people were executed in 2023 across…
- Telangana
Telangana: Man gets death penalty in 9 yr old boy’s kidnap, murder case
Hyderabad: A court in Mahabubabad district on Friday sentenced a 22-year-old man to death for kidnapping a nine-year-old boy for ransom and murdering him in October 2020. The district sessions court judge…
- India
Godhra train burning case: Gujarat govt seeks death penalty for 11 in SC
New Delhi: The Gujarat government on Monday told the Supreme Court that it will press for the death penalty to 11 convicts in the 2002 Godhra train burning case, as it was…
- India
SC stays execution of death penalty in rape-cum-murder case of minor
New Delhi: In a relief to a death row convict, the Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the execution of a watchman who was convicted of killing a minor girl after sexually assaulting her…
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