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Egypt court rejects appeal by Islamist militant over death sentence
Habara has been convicted in 2014 of killing 25 army conscripts in North Sinai in August 2013, near the border with Israel Middle East -
Turkey parliament to consider death penalty for coup plotters: Erdogan
Capital punishment was abolished in Turkey in 2004 as the nation sought accession to the EU Middle East -
Delaware court says state death penalty law unconstitutional
Delaware’s death penalty law is unconstitutional in light of a US Supreme Court ruling earlier this year, the state’s high court ruled World News -
Iraq PM seeks to speed up use of death penalty
Iraq has for years faced widespread criticism from diplomats, analysts and human rights groups World News -
Erdogan says Turks want coup ‘terrorists’ killed
Official papers would be filed within days to request the extradition of cleric Fethullah Gulen from the United States Middle East -
Indonesia: Death, castration for pedophiles
Tough new punishments approved after the brutal gang-rape and murder of a schoolgirl World News -
106 sentenced to death over clashes with Lebanon army
Judge Najat Abou Chakra convicted 73 Syrians, 32 Lebanese and one Palestinian of belonging to ‘terrorist organizations’ Middle East -
Pfizer says it’s blocking use of drugs for lethal injections
This means all federally approved drugmakers whose medications could be used for executions have now put them off limits Variety -
UAE court gives four death sentence for supporting ISIS
United Arab Emirates on Sunday sentenced four men to death in absentia for joining the militant ISIS group Middle East -
Iran confirms death penalty for Sunni preacher
The court issued the final verdict for Shahram Ahmadi, who was first charged in 2012, on Oct. 25 Middle East -
Egypt court sentences 12 ISIS supporters to death
Egypt court sentences 12 ISIS supporters to death for planning attacks against Egypt's police and soldiers Middle East -
Egypt’s Mursi appeals death sentence
Former president Mohamed Mursi files appeal on life imprisonment and death sentence Middle East -
Amal Clooney in last minute legal bid to save Qaddafi's son
Barrister and wife of Hollywood actor George Clooney, made an 11th-hour bid to save the lives of Saif Gadafi and former intelligence chief Abdullah Al-Senussi Middle East -
On Emirati laws, from imprisonment to the death penalty
Modern societies in the world are seeking to develop laws promoting social peace and making the state a home for all Middle East -
UAE woman gets death penalty for killing U.S. teacher
The ruling was made by the Federal Supreme Court in Abu Dhabi, which means it cannot be appealed Middle East -
Egypt’s Mursi sentenced to death in jail break case
Mursi was also sentenced to 25 years in prison in a case related to conspiring with foreign groups Middle East -
Algeria sentences 12 Islamists to death over 2008 bombing
Those given the death penalty are all on the run and were sentenced in absentia by Algiers criminal court Africa -
U.S. ‘concerned’ over Mursi death sentence
Former Egyptian president and 105 other members of the Muslim Brotherhood were trialed in connection with a mass jail break Middle East -
Egypt sentences former President Mursi to death
An Egyptian court transfers the case of former Islamist President Mohammad Mursi to the Grand Mufti Middle East -
Boston bomber Tsarnaev gets death sentence
The death penalty remains highly controversial in Massachusetts, which has not put anyone to death in almost 70 years World News -
Egypt court seeks death for 11 in soccer stadium case
An Egyptian court on Sunday took a step towards imposing the death penalty on 11 men Middle East -
Man charged with killing 3 Muslims to face death
Hicks, who remained handcuffed throughout the court proceedings, showed no visible emotion as the judge announced his decision News -
Indonesian court rejects last-ditch appeal by Australian death-row convicts
The Australians are among 10 drug convicts due to be executed by firing squad on the prison island of Nusakambangan Asia -
Executions in Iran on the rise, U.N. monitor finds
In addition to the increase of death penalties, authorities continue to crackdown on criticism or those, Ahmed Shaheed Middle East -
Utah to bring back firing squad if lethal injections unavailable
Several U.S. states have had to search for new drugs for their lethal injection cocktails World News -
Pakistan to restart executions for death row prisoners
There are more than 8,000 Pakistanis on death row Asia -
Tunisia: five sentenced to death for killing 11-year-old
Rabbi al-Naffeti was kidnapped, molested, raped, murdered then disposed in a plastic bag Africa -
U.S. slams mass sentencing of 230 Egyptians
Egypt is a key ally of the U.S. in counter-terrorism operations in the Sinai Middle East -
Tunisian activists take to the streets with art
A group of Tunisian activists use street arts to get their message across Features -
French far-right leader calls for death penalty in Paris shooting aftermath
Capital punishment was practiced in France from the middle ages until 1977 World News