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UN says Myanmar sentenced 7 students to death

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 03 04:20 PM

The Myanmar junta handed out at least seven more death sentences this week, taking the tally of those on death row to 139, according to the United Nations. Read more »

UN Security Council condemns Myanmar executions

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 28 02:15 PM

The Security Council condemned the executions and called for the immediate release of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Read more »

Indonesian teacher sentenced to death for raping 12 students

Kyodo News
Posted at Apr 05 04:33 PM

An Indonesian court has sentenced an Islamic boarding school principal to death for raping 12 female students for 5 years and impregnating 8 of them. Read more »

Singapore conducts first execution since 2019

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 30 04:33 PM

A Singaporean drug trafficker was hanged in the city-state's first execution since 2019, campaigners said, despite appeals for clemency. Read more »

Singapore court junks mentally disabled man's death sentence appeal

Martin Abbugao, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 29 12:12 PM

Singapore's top court dismissed a mentally disabled Malaysian man's last-ditch appeal against a death sentence. Read more »

6 get death for masterminding riot at Indonesian detention center

Kyodo News
Posted at Apr 22 01:55 PM

An Indonesian court has sentenced 6 people to death for masterminding a riot inside a detention center at the headquarters of an elite Indonesian police unit near Jakarta in 2018, killing 5 police officers. Read more »

Saudi scraps death sentences over Khashoggi murder, jails 8

Anuj Chopra, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 08 01:18 PM

A Saudi court on Monday overturned five death sentences over journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder, in a final ruling that was condemned by his fiancee and slammed by a UN expert as a "parody of justice".   Read more »

China sentences Canadian to death over drug charge

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 06 05:19 PM

A Chinese court sentenced a Canadian national to death on Thursday in a ruling that could further inflame tensions between China and Canada. Read more »

Boston marathon bomber’s death sentence thrown out by court

Ellen Barry, The New York Times
Posted at Aug 01 01:37 PM

BOSTON — A federal appeals court Friday overturned the death sentence of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who was convicted of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, and ordered a new penalty-phase trial.   Read more »

Lagman: Reviving death penalty will affect PH negotiations for OFWs on death row

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 01 02:48 AM

If the Philippines revives the death penalty, the country will lose its "moral ascendancy" in negotiations involving Filipinos facing capital punishment overseas. Read more »

Iran says to execute man convicted of spying on Soleimani for CIA

Parisa Hafezi, Reuters
Posted at Jun 09 08:48 PM

On Jan. 3, a US drone strike in Iraq killed Soleimani, leader of the Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force. Washington blamed Soleimani for masterminding attacks by Iran-aligned militias on US forces in the region. Read more »

Man sentenced to death in Singapore via Zoom call

Reuters
Posted at May 20 01:51 PM

A man has been sentenced to death in Singapore via a Zoom video-call for his role in a drug deal, the city-state's first case where capital punishment has been delivered remotely. Read more »

Chinese man sentenced to death for virus checkpoint killing

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 02 02:27 PM

A Chinese court has sentenced a man to death for fatally stabbing 2 officials at a checkpoint set up to control the spread of the new coronavirus outbreak.  Read more »