Palestinians In West Bank Protest Against Israeli Death Penalty Law
PALESTINIANS shops and public institutions, including universities, across the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem were closed as people took to the streets.
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Saudi Sets New Death Penalty Record After Executing 340 In 2025
SAUDI Arabia has broken its own record for executions carried out in a single year, according to an AFP tally, after authorities said.
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Senate Recommends Death Penalty For Kidnappers
THE Senate has passed a resolution classifying kidnapping as an act of terrorism, stipulating that an amendment to the Terrorism Act be made.
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Prosecutor Seeks Death Penalty For Ex-Congo President, Kabila In Treason Trial
A MILITARY prosecutor on Friday demanded the death penalty for DR Congo’s former president Joseph Kabila, who is on trial in absentia on.
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Kebbi Governor Proposes Death Penalty For Bandit Informants
FOLLOWING renewed attacks by armed bandits in parts of Kebbi, the state government has announced plans to review existing laws to impose the.
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Death Penalty Awaits Kidnappers In Edo, Okpebholo Declares
EDO State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, said kidnappers caught in the state will face the death penalty, specifically by hanging, expressing readiness to.
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Edo Assembly Approves Death Penalty For Kidnappers
THE Edo State House of Assembly has passed a bill amending the Kidnapping Prohibition Amendment Law of 2013 and addressing related matters during.
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NAFDAC Boss Wants Death Penalty For Fake Drug Dealers
THE National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has proposed the death penalty for drug peddlers. According to the Director-General.
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Senate Approves Death Penalty For Drug Traffickers
THE Senate has approved the death sentence as a penalty for drug traffickers in the country, as it passes through the third reading,.
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DR Congo Restores Death Penalty For Banditry, Treason After 20 Years
THE Democratic Republic of Congo has restored capital punishment, particularly for treason and “banditry”, as it deals with increased rebel attacks in the.
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Zimbabwe’s Cabinet Backs Abolition Of Death Penalty
ZIMBABWE’s’s cabinet has supported proposed legislation to end the death penalty, marking a pivotal point in abolishing capital punishment in the southern African.
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Ghana Parliament Votes To Abolish Death Penalty
GHANA’s parliament has voted to abolish the death penalty, joining a long list of African countries that have done so in recent years..