news - 12 September 2024 - INDIA

INDIA: DEATH SENTENCES OF CONVICTS IN 2013 GANDHI MAIDAN BLASTS COMMUTED

The Patna high court on September 11, 2024 commuted the death penalty of four persons convicted for the 2013 blasts targeting Narendra Modi's poll rally in Patna to 30 years of imprisonment.

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news - 12 September 2024 - ETHIOPIA

ETHIOPIA PARDONS 178 DEFENSE FORCE MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH

Ethiopia’s Defense Force announced on September 10, 2024 that it has pardoned 178 ethnic Tigrayan members of the Ethiopian Defense Force, who were sentenced to death by court martial in connection with the November 2020 attack on the Northern Command in the Tigray region of Ethiopia.

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news - 12 September 2024 - IRAN

IRAN - Ali Danesh and Akbar Zandi executed in Shiraz on September 1

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IRAN Saber Jamali executed in Hamedan on September 1

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IRAN - Ahmad Nazerifar executed in Neyshabur on September 1

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IRAN - Meisam Hosseinkhani executed in Khorramabad on August 28

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IRAN - Sirwan Abubakri executed in Mahabad on August 29

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