Myanmar executes democracy activists in new turn against dissent

 Myanmar’s junta has executed four prisoners including a former lawmaker from Aung San Suu Kyi’s party, state media said Monday, in the country’s first use of capital punishment in decades.

ECHR requested Russia to prevent execution of Moroccan who fought for Ukraine

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) issued an urgent order Thursday to the Russian government to prevent the death penalty from being carried out against a foreigner who was fighting for Ukraine.  

Russia says UK should speak directly to DPR authorities over death sentences, they were mercenaries

Spokeswoman for Russia’s foreign ministry says the UK should speak directly to authorities in the DPR over the sentencing of two British citizens to death in the breakaway region of eastern Ukraine.

Chinese court upholds death sentence for Canadian Robert Schellenberg

 

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South Carolina high court blocks two electric chair executions | Al Jazeera

The top court in the US state of South Carolina has blocked two executions by electric chair set for this month under the state’s recently revised capital punishment law, as US states scramble to find alternatives to lethal injections amid a drug shortage.

Egypt upholds death penalty for 12 Brotherhood members | THE DAILY STAR

An Egyptian court on Monday upheld death sentences for 12 Muslim Brotherhood members, including two senior leaders of the outlawed Islamist movement, a judicial official said.

La Francia non farà giustiziare i jihadisti francesi

Il Ministro della giustizia della Francia Nicole Belloubet ha dichiarato che Parigi interverrà nel caso in Siria o in Iraq verranno condannati a morte dei cittadini francesi accusati di terrorismo.

Ethos Fr : Paris "interviendra" si des djihadistes français sont condamnés à mort en Irak ou en Syrie

Paris "interviendra" si des jihadistes français détenus en Irak ou en Syrie étaient condamnés à la peine de mort, a déclaré dimanche la ministre de la Justice Nicole Belloubet.

EU opposes Israel's 'terrorist' death penalty bill

The European Union's position on death penalty is universal and the bloc works actively to suppress it everywhere in all circumstances, EU spokesman said Thursday.

Israel approves preliminary death penalty bill for 'terrorists' with Netanyahu's blessing

Despite massive opposition from Israeli lawmakers, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was influential in the Knesset's decision to support a bill that would allow both military and civil courts to sentence terrorists to death.

Egyptian court confirm death sentences of 28 suspects over 2015 prosecutor killing

A Cairo criminal court on Saturday sentenced to death 28 people over the 2015 killing of Egypt's top prosecutor and handed 15 others jail sentences of 25 years each.

Turkish PM warns Juncker of ‘threatening statements’

Turkey responded to the head of the EU Commission Jean-Claude Juncker’s recent article published in a German weekly considering Turkey’s re-installation of the death penalty as a red line in Turkey’s bid to join the EU bloc.

Florida airport shooter charged with murder, motive unclear, could face life sentence or death penalty

The shooter who killed five at the Fort Lauderdale airport in the US state of Florida was officially charged with federal murder on Saturday.

Jordan condemns five ISIS members to death

Jordan's official news agency says the State Security Court has sentenced five alleged members of the Daesh terrorist group to death by hanging.

Saudi Court Sentences 15 to Death in Iran Spy Cell Trial

A court in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday sentenced 15 people to death and several others to prison terms in a case involving an alleged Iranian spy cell, a sign of the continuing tension between the two Mideast powers.

Erdogan tells EU he would sign death penalty law if parliament approves

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday warned the European Union he would sign a law bringing back the death penalty if it was approved by parliament.

Egypt court revokes death sentence for Morsi over prison break case

Egypt’s Court of Cassation has revoked on Tuesday a death sentence for ousted Islamist President Mohamed Morsi over a prison break case in 2011.

Germany's Seehofer says EU should suspend accession talks with Turkey

Horst Seehofer, the leader of the Christian Social Union (CSU) sister party to Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU), said Friday that the European Union should draw consequences from Turkey's crackdown on political opponents and its talk of reinstating the death penalty.

Turkey parliament to consider death penalty for coup plotters: Erdogan

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday said his government would ask parliament to consider reintroducing the death penalty as a punishment for the plotters behind the July coup bid.

Media: the head of the office of member of the political Bureau of Hamas arrested as Israeli agent

Published in the London newspaper «Al-Sharq al-Awsat reports, citing sources in the security service of the Gaza strip that the head of the office of member of the political Bureau of the Hamas movement arrested on suspicion of spying for Israel.