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Saudi Arabia has admitted Jamal Khashoggi was killed inside its consulate in the Turkish city of Istanbul. Image shows Jamal Khashoggi and his fiancee, Hatice Cengiz Khashoggi was a Saudi writer, US resident, and Washington Post columnist. He entered the building on October 2 to obtain documentation certifying he had divorced his ex-wife so he…
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…When hanging was the sentence, on conviction, for crimes – in these days termed offences – which are no punished by imprisonment, some judges from meting out the sentence of death almost indiscriminately came to be known as “hanging judges.” Justice Page was one of them. When he was decrepit he perpetrated a joke against…
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Death sentences for terrorism are often handed down after unfair trials by special courts that disrespect human rights and the rule of law, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Monday in remarks commemorating World Day Against the Death Penalty. Image shows the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. According to a report from The Associated Press,…
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An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced six people, including two Al-Jazeera employees, to death for allegedly passing documents related to national security to Qatar and the Doha-based TV network during the rule of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi. Image: Former Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi. Morsi, the top defendant, and two of his aides were sentenced to…
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The year 2014 has a mixed record on death penalty. Executions declined globally from 2013 to 2014 is a sign as well as a positive result from public opposition that has continued to build up around the world against capital punishment. Yet, a few countries that continue to impose the death penalty handed down more such sentences.…
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Horrific pictures from homophobic ISIS fighters have emerged online showing an execution where a man alleged to be a homosexual is thrown off a building.
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