Celebrating Execution is Uncivilized and Against Humanity: NCHRO New Delhi 20 March 2020: National Confederation of Human Rights Organizations(NCHRO) has condemned in no uncertain terms the celebration of the hanging of the four accused in…
Death Penalty : An Indian Hangman Speaks
Sujoy DharKOLKATA, Jan 31 (IPS) - In a tiny hovel on a narrow south Kolkata alley, 87-year-old Nata Mullick recalls with pride and placidity his chilling career as a hangman and his last job which…
Afzal finds support from UK-Asians, Labour MPs
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…
23 mercy petitions on capital punishment pending before…
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…
V.R. Krishna Iyer against death for Mohammad Afzal
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…
Amnesty and various Human Rights groups denounces Saddam…
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…
Santosh Singh gets death sentence in Priyadarshini Mattoo…
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…
Arundhathi Roy : 'And His Life Should Become…
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…
Clemency for Afzal : SC Ruling On Andhra…
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…