Death Penalty: Malaysia to Execute 3 Prisoners
Human rights organization Amnesty International has urged the government of Malaysia to stop the execution of prisoners due to be hanged on Friday. Amnesty reports that in addition to Gunasegar...
View ArticleUN Opposes Death Sentences in Bangladesh
The United Nations human rights office expressed Friday concern about the latest death sentences handed down against two leaders of an opposition party by the Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal....
View ArticleDying Latino Calls for Aid-in-Dying Laws
A young Latino man dying of brain cancer, Miguel Carrasquillo, has recorded a bilingual video for nonprofit organization Compassion & Choices to urge state lawmakers nationwide to pass laws to give...
View ArticleDeath Sentence for Apostasy on Mauritanian Blogger
The United Nations human rights office deplored Tuesday the confirmation of the death sentence for apostasy against a Mauritanian blogger, Mohammad Ould M’Kaitir, by the appellate court on 21 April....
View ArticleObama Confirms Death of Terrorist Mullah Mansur
President Barack Obama confirmed in a statement today the death of Taliban leader Akhtar Mohammad Mansur a.k.a. Mullah Mansur. Obama said that the terrorist’s death marks an important milestone in...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia: Mass Death Sentences in ‘Unfair Spy Trial’
The condemning of 15 people to death by the Specialized Criminal Court Tuesday after a “grossly unfair trial” is aThe post Saudi Arabia: Mass Death Sentences in ‘Unfair Spy Trial’ appeared first on...
View ArticleU.S. 2017: One Birth Every 8 Seconds and One Death Every 11 Seconds
The U.S. Census Bureau projected Thursday that the U.S. population will be 324,310,011 on Jan. 1, 2017. This represents anThe post U.S. 2017: One Birth Every 8 Seconds and One Death Every 11 Seconds...
View ArticleAmnesty India Hails Decision to Commute Death Sentences of Four Men
The India arm of human rights organization Amnesty International today welcomed the decision of President Pranab Mukherjee to commute theThe post Amnesty India Hails Decision to Commute Death Sentences...
View ArticleInvestigation Reveals the Reasons of Tragic Death of Dag Hammarskjöld
Mr. Mohamed Chande Othman, former Chief Justice of Tanzania, presented his report to the Secretary-General as Eminent Person in relationThe post Investigation Reveals the Reasons of Tragic Death of Dag...
View ArticleWhat Was the Reason of Dag Hammarskjöld’s Tragic Death?
The UN Secretary-General António Guterres sent Wednesday a report of the Eminent Person about the conditions and circumstances resulting inThe post What Was the Reason of Dag Hammarskjöld’s Tragic...
View ArticleMysterious Death of Journalist Maxim Borodin in Russia
The Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, asked Friday the authorities of the Russian Federation to investigate the death of reporterThe post Mysterious Death of Journalist Maxim Borodin in...
View ArticleState Mourning Declared on the Death of Atal Bihari Vajpayee
The Government of India announced Thursday the death of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, a former Prime Minister of India, on 16thThe post State Mourning Declared on the Death of Atal Bihari Vajpayee appeared...
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