Sunday, 31 October 2021 (YJC)_ Iranian Attorney General of the Supreme Court announced that the country has commuted the sentences of 100 prisoners awaiting death to long-term imprisonment.
TEHRAN, Jun 8 - Amnesty International is calling for the Saudi Arabian authorities to rule out the use of the death penalty against a teenager arrested at the age of 13 for participating in anti-government protests.
TEHRAN, September 05 - A state prosecutor in Saudi Arabia has reportedly sought the death penalty for Salman al-Odah, a prominent Sunni scholar facing accusations of terrorism stemming from tweets deemed dangerous to the Saudi state.
Britain’s interior minister has indicated London would not object to Washington seeking the death penalty against two British Islamic State militants if they are extradited to the United States, the Daily Telegraph reported on Monday.
TEHRAN, July 16 - The Sri Lanka government this month announced it would execute drug dealers to "replicate the success" of the Philippines war on drugs.
TEHRAN, July 2, YJC - An Egyptian court has upheld the death penalty for 20 people over their alleged roles in killing of 13 policemen in the violence that followed the military's ousting of former president Mohamed Morsi in 2013, while sentencing many others to hefty jail terms.
TEHRAN, June 12, YJC - An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has handed down deathsentence to a Shia Muslim activist who allegedly committed blasphemy by posting anti-Wahhabi and Saudi contents on social media.