SAUDI ARABIA. MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER

20 March 2007 :

Saudi Arabia executed a convicted murderer. Salem bin Jumaian bin Khalif al-Shummari stabbed and killed Fares bin Mufdhi bin Ammash al-Shummari during a fight, an Interior Ministry statement carried by the state news agency said.
 
(Sources: Reuters, 20/03/2007)

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PAKISTAN: SUPREME COURT ACQUITS FATHER ACCUSED OF POISONING SON, OVERTURNS DEATH SENTENCE

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The Supreme Court of Pakistan has acquitted a man who was sentenced to death for allegedly poisoning his young son, declaring the decisions of the High Court and Trial Court null and void, Dunya News reported on March 9, 2026.

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Can now seek compensation from the state

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IRAN - Hengaw report on violations of women’s rights

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URGENT APPEAL BY HANDS OFF CAIN TO AVOID THE ERASING EVIDENCE OF 1980S EXECUTIONS BY DESTROYING BEHESHT-E-ZAHRA SECTION 41 IN IRAN

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