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Tunisia authorities make arrests in hotel attack
Tunisian Interior Minister Najem Gharsalli announced Monday that authorities had arrested a group of individuals suspected to have supported a Friday attack that killed 39 at a beach resort. The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attac (More) |
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Supreme Court allows use of alternative lethal injection drug
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled 5-4 in Glossip v. Gross that Oklahoma's use of the sedative midazolam as part of its lethal injection protocol does not violate the Eighth Amendment ban on cruel and unusual punishment . The issue came before (More) |
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Indonesia court rejects French citizen's death sentence appeal
The State Administrative Court of Jakarta on Monday denied the clemency appeal of a French citizen sentenced to death on a drug trafficking charge. The appeal of Serge Atlaoui was an effort to reverse the original clemency denial made by President (More) |
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Supreme Court rules state court unreasonably denied man on death row mental capacity hearing
The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Thursday in Brumfield v. Cain that a man who was convicted in 1993 for killing a police officer in Louisiana is entitled to have a new hearing to determine if he is mentally disabled, making him ineligible for the d (More) |
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UN rights chief, EU urge Pakistan death penalty moratorium
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein and a spokesperson for the EU on Thursday demanded that the government of Pakistan reinstate its death penalty moratorium. The EU also called on the Pakistani government to uphold their ob (More) |
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UN rights advocate cites Belarus for continued imprisonment of opponents
UN Special Rapporteur Miklós Haraszti on Thursday warned that Belarus continues to sentence and imprison political opponents of the government. Haraszti cited examples from April and May where existing prisoners we given extended sentences or place (More) |
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Egypt criminal court sentences 11 to death over soccer riots
An Egyptian criminal court on Tuesday sentenced 11 individuals to death for their involvement in a 2012 soccer riot. The riots, which occurred in Port Said, killed more than 70 and injured about 1,000 others crushed by crowds attempting to leave the (More) |
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Saudi Court upholds 10 year prison sentence, 1,000 lashes for blogger
A Saudi court on Sunday upheld blogger Raif Badawi's sentence of 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes for "insulting Islam through electronic channels." The blogger ran The Liberal Saudi Network for 4 years before being arrested by Saudi authorities. (More) |
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California reaches settlement that could allow executions to resume
The government of California on Wednesday agreed to a settlement that may lead to the state reinstating the use of its death chamber. Under the terms of the settlement the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) will provide (More) |
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UN rights expert presses Somalia government for further protections
The UN Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia, Bahame Tom Mukirya Nyanduga, on Monday urged the government of Somalia to continue working to increase human rights protections . Bahame Nyanduga stressed the importance of protec (More) |
Sirhan convicted of assassinating RFK
On April 17, 1969, Sirhan Sirhan was convicted of assassinating Senator Robert F. Kennedy and sentenced to death. The sentence was later commuted to life in prison after the Supreme Court of California overturned the death penalty in the state.
