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LONDON – A British foreign office minister on Tuesday told Sikhs that UK will ask India to drop the death penalty against Davinderpal Singh Bhullar. Hugo Swire — Britain’s minister for India in the foreign office — met Sikh representatives… Continue Reading →
Such a reinstatement of capital punishment is rare, with about 150 countries having already either abolished the death penalty or stopped administering it Reuters Islamabad: Pakistan‘s new government, striving to appear determined to rein in escalating crime and militancy, has… Continue Reading →
Press Trust of India | Updated: June 14, 2013 08:21 IST United Nations: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has hailed the growing momentum against capital punishment, while voicing concern that a some countries continue to impose the death penalty, often in… Continue Reading →
Didier Burkhalter (left) with his Spanish counterpart, José Manuel García-Margallo y Marfil (Keystone) June 12, 2013 – 21:38 Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter has highlighted Switzerland’s commitment to the abolition of capital punishment at the opening of the Fifth World… Continue Reading →
March 12, 2013 ,http://www.srai.org According to Amnesty International, 140 countries have abolished the death penalty. In 2012, only one country, Latvia, abolished the death penalty for all crimes. In 2011, 21 countries around the world were known to… Continue Reading →
USA – States Without the #DeathPenalty Have Had Consistently Lower Murder Rates #mustread #mustshare
Year 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Murder Rate inDeath PenaltyStates* 9.5 9.94 9.51 9.69 9.23 8.59 7.72 7.09 6.51 5.86 5.70 5.82 5.82 5.91… Continue Reading →
December 23, 2012 MUMBAI Paromita Vohra, Mid-Day I wonder if all those who are demanding capital punishment for rape, will stop evading their taxes if tax evasion is made punishable by death. Demanding capital punishment, especially in the case of a… Continue Reading →
Dec 21, Kamayani Bali Mahabal Shame on you TOI. Take down the Advertisement the Poll and apologize. And you have kept barabaric options of bobbitization and chemical castration ? TIMES OF INDIA YOU,YOU ALL HAVE LOST IT “RAPE” IS NOT DEATH… Continue Reading →
Irfan Engineer, Dec 1, 2012:Deccan Herald The march of history has been from more brutal and violent societies to more humane, inclusive and less violent societies; and from authoritarian to democratic states. The objective of punishment… Continue Reading →
By Dhananjay Mahapatra, TNN | Dec 2, 2012, READ MORE Supreme Court|Section 31A NDPS Act|Narcotics And Psychotropic Substances Act|Mandatory Death Penalty Provisions In Law|Indian Harm Reduction Network On a PIL by a Delhi-based NGO challenging the constitutional validity of Section 31A of NDPS Act,… Continue Reading →