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Murder convicts out on COVID-19 parole move SC challenging Maha govt's ord
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 18 (ANI): A number of murder prisoners have moved the Supreme Court challenging a notification issued by the Maharashtra government directing all prisoners, who were released in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, to report back to jails for serving the remaining part
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UN experts alarmed over Myanmar junta's decision to enforce death sentence
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 11 (ANI): The Myanmar junta's announced decision to enforce death sentences against four individuals, including two prominent activists, marks the start of what could be a spate of death pronouncements, two UN experts have warned.
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Pakistani jailed for sloganeering against Shehbaz Sharif at Masjid-e-Nabwi
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 10 (ANI): In the Masjid-e-Nabwi mosque incident where pilgrims raised derogatory slogans against Pakistani Prime Minister Shebaz Sharif and his delegation in Medina, Saudi Arabia, a Saudi court has sentenced a Pakistani to three years in prison.
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Intense fighting continues in Ukraine's Severodonetsk
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kyiv [Ukraine], June 10 (ANI): Fierce fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces continued on Thursday in Severodonetsk.
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Malaysia government agrees to abolish mandatory death penalty
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], June 10 (ANI): Malaysia has agreed to abolish the mandatory death penalty and agreed on a substitute sentence that will be imposed at the discretion of the courts.
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Assam court sentences 6 years of imprisonment to teacher for sexually abus
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Chirang (Assam) [India], June 10 (ANI): A local court in Assam's Chirang district has sentenced a teacher to six years of imprisonment for sexually abusing a minor girl last year.
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Truss condemns sentencing of UK citizens in Donbas
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], June 9 (ANI/Sputnik): UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss on Thursday condemned the sentencing of two citizens of the United Kingdom, who fought for Ukraine, in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and said that the decision has "no legitimacy."
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Myanmar: Junta vows to enforce death sentences
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], June 8 (ANI): Myanmar's military junta announced on June 3, that it would execute four people whose appeals were rejected following grossly unjust closed-door trials, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said.
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China: Former Communist party official sentenced to death over bribery, in
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Shenzhen [China], June 7 (ANI): Tong Daochi, a former Communist party official of south China's Hainan Province, was recently sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve by a Chinese court for bribery and insider trading.
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Man gets death sentence in Sakinaka rape-murder case
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 2 (ANI): Dindoshi sessions court here on Thursday gave the death sentence to a man convicted in connection with the rape of a 30-year-old woman in Sakinaka in September 2021.
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Hong Kong: 3 jailed for 44 months over rioting during 2019 unrest
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 1 (ANI): Three people have been sentenced to up to 44 months in jail for rioting in Hong Kong during the 2019 protests.
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Death penalty cases soar in Myanmar after coup
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], May 31 (ANI): Raising an alarm over the rights situation in Myanmar, Amnesty International has said the death penalty increased at an alarming rate under military rule, with nearly 90 people sentenced to death by military tribunals since the coup last year.
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