Malaysia government agrees to abolish mandatory death penalty

Jun 10, 2022

Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], June 10 : Malaysia has agreed to abolish the mandatory death penalty and agreed on a substitute sentence that will be...

UN welcomes Zambia's pledge to abolish death penalty

May 28, 2022

Geneva [Switzerland], May 29 : Zambia's plan to abolish the death penalty adds to the growing global chorus against the practice, the UN Human...

Pakistan refuses to abolish death penalty for GSP+

Jul 01, 2022

Islamabad [Pakistan], July 1 : Pakistan has refused to ratify the European Union (EU) conditions including the abolition of the death penalty for the...

EU calls on Syria to abolish death penalty

Oct 23, 2021

Brussels [Belgium], October 23 (ANI/Sputnik): The European Union on Saturday condemned the practice of death penalty in Syria and called on Damascus to abolish...

Kazakhstan ratifies international protocol to abolish death penalty

Jan 02, 2021

Nur-Sultan [Kazakhstan], January 2 (ANI/Sputnik): Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has signed a law ratifying the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil...

Hubballi murder: Victim's father demands 'death penalty' for accused

Apr 24, 2024

Niranjan Hiremath, the father of the girl who was stabbed to death in Hubballi, has demanded the death penalty for the accused.