Sentencing terrorists to death penalty not feasible in Russia - Klishas
Current Russian legislation does not provide for the death penalty for terrorists, chairman of the Committee on Constitutional Legislation and …
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Death penalty may be banned in Uzbekistan
The death penalty may be abolished in Uzbekistan, the corresponding proposal was introduced in the draft law on amendments and additions to the Constitution, which was published in the parliamentary newspaper Narodnoye Slovo. "The …
Kremlin: lifting of freeze from death penalty not on agenda
The question of lifting the freeze from the death penalty is not on Russia’s agenda, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the media on Thursday. "The Kremlin has not changed its mind on this score," Peskov said in …
Iran to execute Swedish-Iranian on spying charges - report
A Swedish-Iranian national sentenced to death in Iran on charges of spying for Israel is to be executed this month, Iran's ISNA news agency said on Wednesday, as the trial of a former Iranian official suspected of war crimes ended in …
Kazakhstan Abolishes Death Penalty. There Will Be No Exceptions
Kazakhstan’s parliament has passed a bill that would abolish the death penalty, a measure that, if signed by the country’s president, would mark a significant policy change for Central Asia’s largest country, …
U.S. executes first woman in nearly 70 years
A Kansas woman was executed Wednesday for strangling an expectant mother in Missouri and cutting the baby from her womb, the first time in nearly seven decades that the U.S. government has put to death a female inmate. Lisa Montgomery, …
Kazakhstan abolishes death penalty
The Permanent Representative of Kazakhstan to the UN Kairat Umarov signed the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, the Kazakh Foreign Ministry …
Iran executes man convicted of spying on Soleimani for U.S.
Iran executed a man convicted of providing information to the United States and Israel about prominent Revolutionary Guard general Qassem Soleimani later killed by a U.S. drone strike, state TV reported on Monday. The report said …
Federal executions in U.S. restart in July
Four death-row inmates, including a white supremacist, have been scheduled for execution by the U.S. Justice Department, and will be the first prisoners to be put to death since 2003. The Justice Department set new dates for …
Iranian judiciary hands death sentence to CIA spy
An individual accused of spying for the CIA in Iran has been sentenced to death, Iran's judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Ismaili said. He added that the Supreme Court has upheld the capital punishment for the U.S. …
Kazakhstan starts procedures to abolish death penalty
President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev at the session of the National Council of Public Trust ordered to start procedures on joining of the country the international protocol on abolishment of death penalty, …
Pervez Musharraf sentenced to death in Pakistan
A Pakistani court sentenced former military ruler Pervez Musharraf to death on charges of high treason and subverting the constitution, government officials said. "Pervez Musharraf has been found guilty of …
Israel ends death penalty practice?
This week, Israel voted in favor of a United Nations resolution calling for a global moratorium on death penalty in an effort to abolish the practice altogether. Jerusalem on November 13 was one 123 countries that supported Resolution …
Erdogan on death penalty: killers must pay price for committing atrocities
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that capital punishment could be restored in the country if a corresponding law is adopted by the Turkish parliament. "You know that we are very sensitive on …
Alabama approves new method of execution
Alabama lawmakers voted to allow the use of nitrogen gas to execute death row inmates, a method that has so far not been used to carry out a death sentence. A spokesman for Gov. Kay Ivey said the governor will review the bill before …
Iran limits death penalty for drug traffickers
The Iranian parliament approved a bill on Sunday to limit death penalty for drug offenders. 182 out of 245 MPs present in the parliament voted in favor of the bill. The bill will be turned into a law when it is studied by …
Angela Merkel rules out Turkish vote on death penalty in Germany
German Chancellor Angela Merkel ruled out any participation on German soil in a potential Turkish referendum about bringing back the death penalty. She said Berlin would not make it possible for the 1.4 million Turkish …
Austria to support Germany in barring Turks from participating in death penalty referendum
Austria would bar Turks from participating in a referendum on the death penalty if Turkey decides on such a vote, Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz said, Kurier reports. German government spokesman …
Germany rules out voting in Turkish death penalty referendum
Germans won't allow Turks living in Germany to vote in a possible referendum on reviving the death penalty in Turkey, the Government spokesman Steffen Seibert said. He said that letting such a referendum go ahead in …
Will Turkey reinstate the death penalty
At one time, its cancellation was one of the results of Ankara's plans on accession to the EU
