UAE. PAKISTANI MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SHARJAH

09 March 2007 :

the United Arab Emirates Appeal Court upheld the death sentence against a 22 year old Pakistani man, S.K., for killing a 19-year-old newly-wed UAE national woman.
 
(Sources: Gulf News, 07/03/2007)

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IRAN - Ehsan Afrashteh executed in Ghezel-Hesar on May 13

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IRAN - Identification of 30 Women Arrested in Recent Months

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INDIA: DEATH PENALTY AWARDED TO YOUTH IN RAPE AND MURDER OF 9-YEAR-OLD GIRL IN PUDUCHERRY

13 May 2026

Fast Track Special Court Judge M. D. Sumati on May 8, 2026 awarded death penalty by hanging to Kaka alias Karnas in the sexual assault and murder of a nine-year-old girl in March 2024.

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ISRAEL: KNESSET PASSES LAW ESTABLISHING MILITARY TRIBUNAL TO TRY OCTOBER 7 PERPETRATORS

12 May 2026

The Knesset on May 11, 2026 night passed a law to establish a special military tribunal to try Palestinian terrorists accused of committing atrocities during the October 7, 2023, invasion, with 93 votes in favor and none opposed.

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INDIA: CHHATTISGARH HC COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT IN 2022 RAPE-MURDER CASE

12 May 2026

The Chhattisgarh High Court, in a judgment delivered on May 1, 2026, commuted the death sentence of a 25-yr-old man to imprisonment for the remainder of his natural life.

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USA - Mississippi. Death penalty approved for the rape of a child under 12

12 May 2026

SB 2821 directly conflicts with the case law of the U.S. Supreme Court

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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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