Egypt sentences Brotherhood leader Badie to death

The Cairo Criminal Court yesterday sentenced leader of Muslim Brotherhood Mohammad Badie, his deputy Khairat El-Shater and four other senior members of the group to death, the Safa News Agency reported. At the same time, the court acquitted former speaker of the parliament Saad El-Katatni, Mohamed Beltagy, Issam Al-Aryan and three others. The court also […]

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Man gets death penalty for series of ambushes in Pattani

PATTANI: The provincial court has sentenced a man to death for the slaying of seven people and injuries to eight others in a series of ambushes in the southern border province about five years ago. The court judged capital punishment appropriate for Ibrohem Sungaibaru, 28, of Yarang district, Col Thanawee Suwannarat, deputy spokesman of the […]

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Prayut: Death penalty necessary for peace

Capital punishment must remain to deal with severe crime and ensure national peace and most people agree with it, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said Tuesday. He was responding to critics of the execution on Monday of a 26-year-old man convicted of a brutal crime. Full story: Bangkok Post AEKARACH SATTABURUTH, KING-OUA LAOHONG AND ONLINE REPORTERS […]

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