Tag: Death Penalty
Indonesian Court Condemns 8 Taiwanese to Death for Drug Smuggling
A Jakarta court sentenced eight Taiwanese to death Thursday on charges of trying to smuggle in about 1,000 kilograms (2,200 pounds) of crystal methamphetamine last [Read More…]
Indian Authorities Approve Death Penalty for Rape of Children Below 12 – Reports
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Indian government on Saturday approved an ordinance to amend the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act to introduce the [Read More…]
Death penalty soon to end ‘in practice’
Thailand will be one step closer to becoming a country that is no longer considered to have capital punishment next year, according to a definition [Read More…]
Child Rapist, Murderer Sentenced to Death in Myanmar
A court in Myanmar’s Mandalay district sentenced a child rapist and murderer to death on Friday in one of the latest in a growing number [Read More…]
Pakistan court sentences man to death penalty, life imprisonment to five others for Mashal Khan lynching incident
On Wednesday, an anti-terrorism court in the Pakistani city of Haripur sentenced one man to death, and five others to life imprisonment, for killing 23-year-old [Read More…]
Family appeals against death penalty over Italian slaying in Phuket
PHUKET: An Italian Senator has appealed to the Government of Thailand to stave off the death penalty for Denis Cavatassi, who stands convicted of hiring [Read More…]
Thailand moves toward abolishing death penalty
AS MANY as 447 convicts are now on death row in Thailand, which is reviewing the use of death penalty. “We have started with the [Read More…]
8 Years Since Last Thai Execution, Future of Death Penalty Uncertain
BANGKOK — Those campaigning for the abolition of the death penalty may take solace in the fact that no one has been executed for eight [Read More…]
