Shagufta Kiran, a 40-year-old Pakistani Christian woman, was found guilty of blasphemy and sentenced to death under Article 295-C of the Penal Code for defaming the Prophet Muhammad through a message on the social media WhatsApp, Agenzia Fides reported on September 20, 2024.
Read everythingTaiwan's constitutional court ruled on September 20, 2024 that the death penalty is constitutional but only for the most serious crimes with the most rigorous legal scrutiny, after considering a petition brought by 37 people who are on death row.
Read everythingShangla District and sessions judge on September 21, 2024 handed down death sentence to four ‘contract killers’ and life imprisonment to five others for killing three brothers and their father over property dispute in Bagyar area of Puran in 2021.
Read everythingHands off Cain appeals to Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations, Volker Türk, High Commissioner for human rights, and Antonio Tajani, Minister for foreign affairs of Italy, to intervene to avoid Mr Behrouz Ehsani’s and Mr. Mehdi Hassani’s execution.
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