Why I oppose death for rapists Flavia Agnes, legal scholar and women’s rights activist, on the Shakti Mills verdict This ought to have been a moment of great jubilation for us at Majlis since we have been closely following up… Continue Reading →
Pranab Mukherjee Rejected 16 Mercy Petitions in 9 Months NEW DELHI | APR 12, 2013, outlook There was a long delay in deciding mercy pleas by the Presidents, which was also highlighted by the Supreme Court today, but the situation changed… Continue Reading →
Rajeev Dhavan – India Today TAGS: Afzal Guru | Death penalty | Congress |Sushilkumar Shinde | BJP |Veerappan Afzal Guru When people kill it is homicide. When the State hangs, it is legicide. When terrorists kill, it is collective murder.When terrorists are killed, it is justified as counter-terrorism. When… Continue Reading →
V. VENKATESAN, Frontline, Volume 29 – Issue 22 :: Nov. 03-16, 2012 It took four long years to sentence Ajmal Kasab to death for his role in the 26/11 terrorist attack. But this delay is no evidence in itself… Continue Reading →
Futile penalty USHA RAMANATHAN, Frontline Anti-terrorism laws create cultures of impunity, making it a route fraught with peril for the imposition of the extreme penalty of death. RAJEEV BHATT Representatives of the Sikh community meet UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi on February… Continue Reading →
PTI | Apr 27, 2013, NEW DELHI: Rape cases will come down if people shun non-vegetarian food and alcohol, activist Swami Agnivesh said on Saturday. “We cannot stop a crime like rape by policing only…. I think rapes will come down significanlty if people stop eating… Continue Reading →
By RAJEEV DHAVAN PUBLISHED: 20:47 GMT, 21 April 2013 The quality of mercy varies from person to situation, but it is for all: the preferred rich and the unpreferred poor. Dispensing mercy is a compassionate art with which India is out… Continue Reading →
Justice Shah talks to AmnestyDeath Penalty in India: “One hardly finds a rich or affluent person going to the gallows” In November 2012, Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving gunman from the 2008 Mumbai attacks, was hanged in the country’s first… Continue Reading →
Committe for Release of Political Prisoners That the conviction of Davinder Pal Singh Bhullar was solely based on a confession statement attributed to him which he had denied in the court makes the decision even more regressive thus exposing even… Continue Reading →
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=OsfkoE3-uK0] Inconsistency: Three people, Harban, Kashmira and Jeeta were sentenced to death for a crime in which they played similar roles. But they met different fates. Kashmira Singh’s petition to the Supreme Court was accepted and his sentence commuted to… Continue Reading →
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