Tag: death penalty
Man sentenced to death for Indian holy city bombings
Nearly 500 people are on death row in India, and capital sentences for murder and terrorism convictions are common, but executions are rare
Amnesty International highlights ‘worrying rise’ in global executions
At least 579 executions were carried out across 18 countries in 2021 -- a 20 percent increase on 2020
Singapore executes mentally disabled man despite outcry
Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam was arrested in 2009 for trafficking a small amount of heroin into the city-state
Singaporeans hold vigil for Malaysians facing execution
The demonstrators held electric candles, torches, and signs reading "Abolish the death penalty" and "End oppression, not life"
Four sentenced to hang in Bangladesh over celebrated writer’s murder
The men brutally maimed award-winning author and language professor Humayun Azad outside a book fair in 2004
Singaporeans protest the death penalty in rare demonstration
Organizers said about 400 people joined the demonstration at "Speakers' Corner," the only place in the city-state where protests are allowed
Bangladesh to hang four over atheist blogger’s murder
Death sentences are common in Bangladesh with more than 2,000 people currently on death row
Singapore court dismisses death sentence appeal of Malaysian national
Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam was arrested in 2009 for trafficking a small amount of heroin into the city-state
Philippine vice president says reimposing death penalty will not lower crime...
The vice president said data from around the world show that reimposing the death penalty will not lower crime rates considerably
Singapore court rejects appeals by three men on death row
The city-state has some of the world's toughest anti-narcotics laws and insists capital punishment remains a deterrent against crime
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