An Egyptian citizen and his accomplice on 26 November 2019 were sentenced to death by the Tangier Court of Appeal for murdering a Moroccan man, mutilating and cremating his remains, Arabic-language newspaper Al Ahdath reports.
Read everythingThe African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights has ordered the government of Tanzania to remove from its statute books the mandatory death sentence imposed on persons convicted of murder, the Daily News reported on 29 November 2019.
Read everythingA South Korean court on 27 November 2019 handed down a death sentence to a schizophrenic man who killed five people and injured 17 others in an arson and murder case in the southern part of the country early this year.
Read everythingThe Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) on 28 November 2019, announced that its human rights award for 2019 goes to the four Iranian lawyers Abdolfattah Soltani, Amirsalar Davoudi, Mohammad Najafi and Nasrin Sotoudeh.
Read everythingTwo al Shabaab members on 24 November 2019 were sentenced to death in Somalia for being members of the terror organization as well as for conspiracy to assassinate leaders of Sufi-sect in Guri-El town.
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