"The Norwegian Nobel Committee is deeply concerned by today's brutal arrest of Narges Mohammadi alongside a number of other activists. Ms. Mohammadi - the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize laureate - is a staunch defender of human rights, freedom of expression and democratic participation in Iran," the
The Washington Post reported that the upgraded charges of first degree murder, instead of the initial charges of assault, raise the possibility for the suspected attacker to face death penalty in the case.
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday admitted the appeal moved by Former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar. He has challenged his conviction and life sentences in the 1984 Anti Sikh riots case. He was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in a case linked to the killing of two persons in the S
Further questioning the legitimacy of the interim government in Bangladesh, he alleged that the current administration has "no authority, a people's mandate, or jurisdiction."
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Monday said that he does not believe in death penalty and that former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina having been given death sentence by International Crimes Tribunal in Bangladesh was "a very troubling development".
The Delhi High Court has listed January 28 as the date for arguments in the National Investigation Agency's (NIA) appeal seeking the death penalty for Jammu & Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik, who is currently serving a life sentence in a 2017 terror-funding case.
The convicted spy had been found guilty of moharebeh (waging war against God) and corruption on earth, charges that carry the death penalty under Iranian law. The man was hanged on Saturday in the holy city of Qom, south of Tehran.
He cited government records and said over "150 bottles of cough syrup have been sold in one month" and demanded the death penalty for the owner of the drug company.