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Japan Man Sentenced To Death For Killing 19 People At Care Home
A Japanese man was sentenced to death on Monday for the stabbing murder of 19 disabled people at a care home, in one of the country's worst mass killings.
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Egypt Sentences 75 To Death Over Clashes, Journalist Gets 5 Years
An Egyptian court on Saturday upheld death sentences against 75 people, in one of the largest mass trials since the 2011 uprising, and gave a five-year jail term to an award-winning photojournalist.
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President Commutes Death Sentence Of 4 Convicted For Mass Murder In Bihar
In a rare gesture, President Pranab Mukherjee has set aside Union Home Ministry's recommendation to reject mercy petitions of four persons convicted of killing of 34 upper caste people in Bihar and commuted their death sentences to life term.
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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon Concerned by Death Sentence for Mohamed Mursi
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is "deeply concerned" that deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi and more than 90 other people were sentenced to death today over a mass jail break during the country's 2011 uprising.
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Egypt Court Sentences Islamist President Mohamed Mursi to Death in 2011 Jail Break Case: Reports
An Egyptian court sentenced former Islamist President Mohamed Mursi to death today in a case related to a 2011 mass jail break.
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Egypt Postpones Final Ruling on Morsi Death Sentence
An Egyptian court today postponed its final ruling on ousted president Mohamed Morsi, who was sentenced to death along with dozens more over a mass jailbreak during the 2011 uprising.
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Egypt Postpones Final Ruling on Ousted President Mohamed Morsi's Death Sentence
An Egyptian court today postponed its final ruling on ousted president Mohamed Morsi, who was sentenced to death along with dozens more over a mass jailbreak during the 2011 uprising.
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Egypt Confirms Mass Death Sentences for Police Killings
An Egyptian court Monday confirmed death sentences against 183 men convicted of killing 13 policemen, in a verdict the European Union denounced as a violation of the country's human rights obligations.
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European Union Slams Egypt For Mass Death Sentences
A court in Egypt violated the country's international human rights obligations by sentencing 183 men to death on Monday for killing 13 policemen, the European Union said.
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Egypt Court Orders Retrial for 37 Brotherhood Members
An Egyptian court ordered a retrial for 37 Muslim Brotherhood members sentenced to death and 115 others sentenced to life in a mass trial last year, judicial sources said on Saturday.
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Nigerian Rights Group Urges UN to Stop Executions of Soldiers For Refusing to Fight Islamic Militants
A leading Nigerian human rights group is asking United Nations rapporteurs to help try to stop the mass executions of soldiers sentenced to death by firing squad for refusing to fight Islamic militants. Fifty-four troops received death sentences last week, 12 were condemned in September and 45 more soldiers, including a few officers, await their fa...
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Bangladesh Court Upholds Top Islamist's Death Sentence
Bangladesh's highest court on Monday upheld the death sentence against a leader of the largest Islamist party after he was convicted of committing war crimes, including mass murder, during the 1971 independence conflict.
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Chinese Court Upholds Death Sentences in Kunming Attack: Report
A Chinese appeals court on Friday upheld death sentences for three people convicted over a mass stabbing that killed 31 people earlier this year, state media reported.
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Egypt Death Penalties 'Obscene', Wrong to Jail Al Jazeera Journalists - United Nations
United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay said on Monday that Egypt's death penalty convictions and mass trials are "obscene and a complete travesty of justice".
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Egypt Court Confirms Death Sentences for Over 180
The Muslim Brotherhood's spiritual leader and over 180 others were sentenced to death Saturday by an Egyptian court in the latest mass trial following last year's overthrow of the country's Islamist president.
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Japan Man Sentenced To Death For Killing 19 People At Care Home
A Japanese man was sentenced to death on Monday for the stabbing murder of 19 disabled people at a care home, in one of the country's worst mass killings.
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Egypt Sentences 75 To Death Over Clashes, Journalist Gets 5 Years
An Egyptian court on Saturday upheld death sentences against 75 people, in one of the largest mass trials since the 2011 uprising, and gave a five-year jail term to an award-winning photojournalist.
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President Commutes Death Sentence Of 4 Convicted For Mass Murder In Bihar
In a rare gesture, President Pranab Mukherjee has set aside Union Home Ministry's recommendation to reject mercy petitions of four persons convicted of killing of 34 upper caste people in Bihar and commuted their death sentences to life term.
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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon Concerned by Death Sentence for Mohamed Mursi
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is "deeply concerned" that deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi and more than 90 other people were sentenced to death today over a mass jail break during the country's 2011 uprising.
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Egypt Court Sentences Islamist President Mohamed Mursi to Death in 2011 Jail Break Case: Reports
An Egyptian court sentenced former Islamist President Mohamed Mursi to death today in a case related to a 2011 mass jail break.
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Egypt Postpones Final Ruling on Morsi Death Sentence
An Egyptian court today postponed its final ruling on ousted president Mohamed Morsi, who was sentenced to death along with dozens more over a mass jailbreak during the 2011 uprising.
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Egypt Postpones Final Ruling on Ousted President Mohamed Morsi's Death Sentence
An Egyptian court today postponed its final ruling on ousted president Mohamed Morsi, who was sentenced to death along with dozens more over a mass jailbreak during the 2011 uprising.
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Egypt Confirms Mass Death Sentences for Police Killings
An Egyptian court Monday confirmed death sentences against 183 men convicted of killing 13 policemen, in a verdict the European Union denounced as a violation of the country's human rights obligations.
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European Union Slams Egypt For Mass Death Sentences
A court in Egypt violated the country's international human rights obligations by sentencing 183 men to death on Monday for killing 13 policemen, the European Union said.
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Egypt Court Orders Retrial for 37 Brotherhood Members
An Egyptian court ordered a retrial for 37 Muslim Brotherhood members sentenced to death and 115 others sentenced to life in a mass trial last year, judicial sources said on Saturday.
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Nigerian Rights Group Urges UN to Stop Executions of Soldiers For Refusing to Fight Islamic Militants
A leading Nigerian human rights group is asking United Nations rapporteurs to help try to stop the mass executions of soldiers sentenced to death by firing squad for refusing to fight Islamic militants. Fifty-four troops received death sentences last week, 12 were condemned in September and 45 more soldiers, including a few officers, await their fa...
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Bangladesh Court Upholds Top Islamist's Death Sentence
Bangladesh's highest court on Monday upheld the death sentence against a leader of the largest Islamist party after he was convicted of committing war crimes, including mass murder, during the 1971 independence conflict.
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Chinese Court Upholds Death Sentences in Kunming Attack: Report
A Chinese appeals court on Friday upheld death sentences for three people convicted over a mass stabbing that killed 31 people earlier this year, state media reported.
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Egypt Death Penalties 'Obscene', Wrong to Jail Al Jazeera Journalists - United Nations
United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay said on Monday that Egypt's death penalty convictions and mass trials are "obscene and a complete travesty of justice".
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Egypt Court Confirms Death Sentences for Over 180
The Muslim Brotherhood's spiritual leader and over 180 others were sentenced to death Saturday by an Egyptian court in the latest mass trial following last year's overthrow of the country's Islamist president.
