Death Penalty

Death Penalty

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee speaks during the State Assembly session in Kolkata on 3 September. Photo: Collected

West Bengal Assembly passes bill seeking death penalty for rape convicts

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee, who has been seeking death sentence for perpetrators of the August 9 rape-murder amid continuing mass protests and demands for her resignation, called the bill ...

FILE PHOTO: A Taiwanese sailor aboard a Taiwan Navy vessel looks towards a Chinese warship while navigating on waters off Taiwan's western coast, in this handout image released May 23, 2024. Taiwan Defence Ministry/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

China threatens death penalty for 'diehard' Taiwan separatists

Rights groups urge Bangladesh to abolish death penalty following drug trafficking case involving Botswana national

Rights groups urge Bangladesh to abolish death penalty following drug trafficking case involving Botswana national

All the convicts are currently on hiding except for Kafil Uddin, who has been sentenced to life imprisonment. Kafil was produced in court today (12 May). Photo: TBS

9 to die for killing Jubo League leader in Cumilla

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Two get death penalty for killing friend in Narayanganj

File photo of the High Court division building of the Supreme Court in Dhaka. Photo: Collected

HC asks why 'death penalty' sans general guidelines not unconstitutional

File photo of the High Court division building of the Supreme Court in Dhaka. Photo: Collected

HC questions validity of death penalty without clear guidelines

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Death penalty challenged in Bangladesh High Court

3 get death penalty, 2 life imprisonment for smuggling gold in Jashore

3 get death penalty, 2 life imprisonment for smuggling gold in Jashore

Two convicts in the murder of a school boy in Chuadanga held by police. Photo: Courtesy

Killing of schoolboy: Chuadanga court sentences one to death, two others to 14 years of imprisonment

Flowers and other items have been left as memorials outside the Tree of Life synagogue following last Saturday's shooting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US, November 3, 2018/ Reuters

US shooter sentenced to death for 2018 synagogue massacre

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5 get death penalty over Lakshmipur Jubo League leader murder

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni speaks during a Reuters interview at his farm in Kisozi settlement of Gomba district, in the Central Region of Uganda, January 16, 2022. REUTERS/Abubaker Lubowa/File Photo

Uganda enacts harsh anti-LGBTQ law including death penalty