Mr. Al Ghamdi was arrested by the Saudi security services on 11 June 2022 and charged with criminal offences for opinions he expressed on social media platforms X and YouTube. The charges included “betrayal of his religion, country, and rulers;” “spreading false rumours with intent to disrupt public order and destabilise security;” and “supporting terrorist…
Yasin Malik, file photo The Indian Investigation Agency approached the High Court to get the death penalty for Yasin Malik. According to Kashmir Media Service, the Indian investigation agency has the nefarious intention of getting the death penalty for Hurriyat leader Yasin Malik. The All-Party Hurriyat Conference condemned the action of the Indian Investigation Agency…
Yasin Malik has been sentenced to life imprisonment in a false case: Photo: File New Delhi: The Indian agency approached the Delhi High Court to get the death penalty for Kashmiri leader Yasin Malik. According to Kashmir Media Service, the hearing on the petition filed by India’s notorious National Investigation Agency (NIA) against Jammu and…
An Indian court sentenced a man to death for the murder of a 6-year-old girl. According to Indian media, the District and Sessions Court of Gujarat sentenced a 34-year-old man to death on the charge of murdering his relative’s 6-year-old girl after raping her. According to the prosecution, the accused raped his 6-year-old relative girl…
More than 10 people are put to death each week in Iran, High Commissioner Türk said, making the country “one of the world’s highest executors”, with at least 209 people executed since the beginning of the year according to sources quoted by the UN rights office (OHCHR), in a press release. Incompatible with international norms…
They strongly condemned the execution this week of Tangaraju s/o Suppiah, who was convicted of conspiring to traffic cannabis from Malaysia to the country in 2013. Fair trial concerns Mr. Suppiah, a 46-year-old Tamil from Singapore, was hanged on Tuesday despite claims that he had not been provided with adequate interpretation during police interrogations. “The…
The approved amendments will apply to 34 crimes currently punishable by death, including murder and drug trafficking. A law to abolish the death penalty and limit life imprisonment to 30 to 40 years was passed in Malaysia. Executions have been banned in Malaysia since 2018. The Malaysian Parliament has approved reforms to abolish the mandatory…
The biennial panel’s theme is human rights violations relating to the use of the death penalty, in particular with respect to limiting the practice to only the most serious crimes. Promise of the Charter Volker Türk said this is ultimately about the United Nations Charter’s promise of the highest standards of protection of all human…
