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11/5/2012 12:31:37 PM
Rights groups are recommending that South Sudan suspend executions of death penalties, claiming the states' current legal system doesn't guarantee "basic rights" of people sentenced to death
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5/23/2012 9:02:30 PM
A Tunisian military prosecutor requests a death penalty for ouster President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali who was tried in absentia as he sought exile in Saudi Arabia since last January
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5/15/2012 10:42:01 AM
Death penalty carried out on Iranian convicted of spying for Israel and killing a nuclear physicist
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5/5/2012 9:55:08 AM
Relatives of victims of the September 11 attacks express hope that the plot's perpetrators would get the death penalty at a Guantanamo tribunal on Saturday
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5/3/2012 4:14:14 PM
Lawmakers in Kuwait impose death penalty for blasphemy, citing a need to curtail the increase of the incident and to 'deter' it
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4/30/2012 4:14:08 PM
A Syrian court ordered the release of the anti-regime activist, Yara Shammas, who faces the death penalty for "belonging to a secret organisation" on bail
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4/17/2012 10:41:47 AM
Anders Behring Breivik's trial in Oslo is suspended because of comments made by a judge in which he calls for the defendant to be given the death penalty
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4/12/2012 2:09:04 PM
Amid mounting tension btwn Kuwait's Sunnis and Shiites, lawmakers approve legislation stipulating death penalty for blaspheming God, the Prophet or his wives
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3/29/2012 2:13:50 PM
March study on capital punishment by Amnesty International reports rise of executions in only some Middle Eastern countries; Ahram Online queries whether death sentences are a new regional tool to quell the Arab Spring
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3/13/2012 11:24:53 AM
US defense secretary says death penalty is possible for soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan villagers; Obama 'determined' to pull out troops on schedule
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3/7/2012 2:51:12 PM
The Supreme Military Court has ordered the death penalty on two civilians for killing a military officer
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Egypt
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2/24/2012 3:50:00 PM
A group of victims of the revolution are not satisfied with the trial against ousted president Mubarak, saying they will press charges for the many crimes he committed during his 30-year rule
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1/15/2012 1:52:24 PM
Iran upholds death penalty as an important means to maintain law and order
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1/14/2012 11:59:38 AM
Ban Ki-Moon says the UN against the death penalty opposes the execution of Hosni Mubarak
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Egypt
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1/7/2012 2:57:00 PM
Prosecution wraps up case against Mubarak, El-Adly and 6 interior ministry officials by calling for their execution
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World
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International
10/27/2011 7:23:12 PM
Hundreds demonstrate against capital punishment in Austin, Texas to deliver the message that killing can never be justified
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9/17/2011 11:39:09 AM
Four suspected Nigerians face death penalty over a U.N. headquarter bombing in Abuja that left 23 people killed
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World
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9/10/2011 12:01:40 PM
Two drug traffickers on a death sentence were hung on Saturday, putting their death penalty tally at 186, although rights groups say it is much higher
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Egypt
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5/14/2011 12:41:47 PM
Addressing in particular those who have fed sectarian strife, the ruling military council in Egypt promises maximum penalties against anyone undermining the stability and security of the state
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Egypt
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4/30/2011 3:10:20 PM
The Minister of justice says Mubarak may face the death penalty and the questioning of the former first lady Suzanne Mubarak will begin in a few days
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