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UN Human Rights Council urged to act against apostasy and blasphemy executionsA global rights group, Jubilee Campaign, has urged nations to abolish death penalty laws for apostasy and blasphemy, citing violations of f...- This day in history, May 30: From Joan of Arc's execution to the first Indy 500, women's pro baseball league debut and Mariner 9's launch to MarsThis day in history, May 30, has witnessed some of the world's most significant political, military, scientific and cultural developments. ...
- Tuesday Motivation by Angela Davis: 'I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I...' - Iconic voice for civil rights, social justice, and prison abolitionActivist Angela Davis champions personal responsibility, urging individuals to transform unjust conditions rather than adapt to them. Her l...
- South Korean court hands life sentence to ex‑President Yoon for imposing martial lawFormer President Yoon Suk Yeol received a life sentence for imposing martial law. He was found guilty of rebellion for attempting to seize ...
- Supreme Court to hear in January plea concerning execution of death row convicts by hangingThe Supreme Court will hear arguments on January 21 regarding a plea to remove hanging as the execution method for death row convicts. The ...
- New Zealand police ‘defund’ claims: Green MP in tuffle after funding organization for prisonersWith an aim to fight against tough policing, a Green MP from Wellington, is facing the heat after being involved with activists calling for...
- The pacifist politician hoping to change RussiaYekaterina Duntsova, a mother of three, was completely unknown in November 2023 when she announced she wanted to run for president with the...
- How one beheading 50 years ago led France to end the death penaltyRoger Bontems, 36, was beheaded for being an accessory to the brutal murder of a nurse and a guard during a break-out attempt at a prison i...
- 3/4th death row convicts socio-economically backward: ReportThe report also states that more than 80% of the death row inmates are subjected to 'inhuman, degrading and extreme forms of physical and m...
- Three in four death row convicts from vulnerable sections: ReportThe ‘Death Penalty India Report’, released in Delhi on Friday, does not allege direct discrimination against prisoners from such background.
- Supreme Court: If we end death penalty, shouldn't life term be till death?But it has been reluctant to completely do away with award of death penalty , saying there were certain cases where, as long as the extreme.
- UN experts call for abolition of death penalty in IndiaThe Indian Law Commission issued its report, concluding that the death penalty does not serve as a deterrent and recommended its abolition.
- Being jailed 'big punishment' in itself, says Kerala CM Oommen Chandy, opposes death penaltyYakub Memon, the lone 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict whose death sentence was upheld by Supreme Court, was hanged to death on July 30.
- Put an end to spate of executions: Amnesty tells PakistanA top human rights group has appealed to Pakistan to put an end to the spate of executions in the country after a moratorium on death penal...
- M Karunanidhi welcomes Supreme Court's order on Rajiv Gandhi assassination caseM Karunanidhi today welcomed the Supreme Court verdict in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case and sought immediate release of the convicts.
- Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: Supreme Court commutes A G Perarivalan's death penalty, mother hopes for his releaseElated over SC's decision to commute her son's death penalty to life sentence, A G Perarivalan's mother thanked the court for the "historic...
- Commute death sentence of 3 convicts in Rajiv case: DMK to PMDMK MPs asked the PM to recommend to the Prez commutation of the death sentence of the three convicts in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.
- Supreme Court firm on death penalty for terror acts, rape-murder casesIt also had also shown no leniency, with few aberrations, to those convicted in rape-murder cases, especially involving minors and mentally...
- Mani Shankar Aiyar against hanging Rajiv Gandhi killersCongress Rajya Sabha MP Mani Shankar Aiyar on Saturday said the three death row convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case should not ...
- Gyanendra, Paras involved in 2001 royal massacre: ReportDeposed king Gyanendra & his son Paras in 2001 palace massacre.
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