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Won't extradite Assange where he could face death penalty: UK Minister
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], July 16 (ANI): WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange would not be extradited to any country where he could face capital punishment, UK Minister of State for Europe and the Americas Alan Ducan has reaffirmed.
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Cabinet approves amendments to POCSO Act, includes death penalty for sexua
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 10 (ANI) The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved amendments to Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act 2012 that provides for the death penalty for sexual offences against children.
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Sri Lanka: 10 fundamental rights petitions filed in SC against death penal
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 1 (ANI): Ten fundamental rights petitions have been filed in the Supreme Court here against the Sri Lankan government's decision to implement death penalty in the nation.
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Implementing death penalty in SL will protect future generations from drug
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Jun 29 (ANI): President Maithripala Sirisena called United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday and said protecting the nation and its future generations from the prolific risk of drug trafficking is the reason why he decided to implement the death pena
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Aligarh murder case: UP Women Commission calls for hearing in fast track c
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jun 7 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh State Commission for Women Chairperson Vimla Batham on Friday called for a fast-track court hearing in the case of the murder of a two-and-half-year-old girl in Aligarh.
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Bombay HC upholds constitutional validity of legal provision providing dea
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra)[India], Jun 3 (ANI): The Bombay High Court on Monday upheld the constitutional validity of section 376E of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) which provides death penalty or life imprisonment to a repeated rape offender.
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Brunei rules out capital punishment for gay sex, adultery
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Bandar Seri Begawan [Brunei], May 6 (ANI): Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei on Sunday said that the country will not impose death penalty on those convicted of gay sex and adultery in an apparent bid to temper global backlash following its rollout of strict new Islamic laws last month. Read More
Khashoggi's son denies settlement with Saudi govt over father's murder
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], Apr 11 (ANI): The family of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi on Wednesday (local time) rejected reports that a settlement was made between his family and the Saudi Arabian government over the scribe's murder.
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SC stays death penalty of man in child rape and murder case
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 18 (ANI): The Supreme Court has stayed the death penalty imposed on a man convicted for rape and murder of a three-month old girl.
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SC commutes death sentence to man in rape and murder case of 5-year-old gi
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 12 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday commuted the death sentence of a man held guilty of rape and murder of a five-year-old girl in 2015.
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Poems written by murder convict saved him from death sentence
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 2 (ANI): The Supreme Court commuted death penalty of a murder convict into life imprisonment after taking note of the poems he wrote while serving his term in jail.
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China 'not worried' about others' reactions on death penalty of Canadian d
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], Jan 16 (ANI): China on Wednesday stated that it was 'absolutely not worried' about foreign countries' reactions on the announcement of the death penalty for the Canadian man convicted under drug trafficking charges on January 14.
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