RASHMEE ROSHAN LALL, 26 Jan, 2007 TIMES NEWS NETWORK LONDON: Sections of the South-Asian community and British MPs have called on President Kalam to prevent "injustice" to Mohammed Afzal Guru, who is facing a death sentence…

New Delhi, Nov 29: Twenty-three cases of mercy petitions involving 44 prisoners who have been sentenced to death, were pending with the government till October this year, the Rajya Sabha was informed today.Out of the…

Memorandum sent to President urging clemencyPALAKKAD: Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer, former Supreme Court Judge, in a statement here on Monday, has opposed the death sentence awarded to Mohammad Afzal in the Parliament attack case.Mr. Krishna…

BAGHDAD, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- The trial of Saddam Hussein missed an opportunity to set legal principles and the rule of law in Iraq, Amnesty International says.The human rights watchdog organization said it deplored the…

Mon Oct 30, 2006 NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Delhi High Court on Monday sentenced the son of a former police officer to death for the 1996 rape and murder of a law student in…

The Very Strange Story of the Attack on the Indian ParliamentARUNDHATI ROY, OutLook Magzine , October 2006Arundhathi Roy We know this much: On  December 13, 2001, the Indian Parliament was in its winter session. (The…

By Sam Rajappa, The Statesman, 27, Oct 2006“The most glaring weakness is that no matter how efficient and fair the death penalty may seem in theory, in actual practice, it is primarily inflicted upon the…

By Shubh Mathur, Open Democracy, 23 - 10 - 2006 The case of a Kashmiri Muslim convicted for terrorism raises serious questions about the operation of Indian democracy. On 4 August 2005, the supreme court…