United Nations Death Penalty India

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  India Votes Against UN's Draft Resolution On Use Of Death Penalty

  India has voted against a UN General Assembly draft resolution on the use of death penalty, saying it goes against the statutory law of the country where an execution is carried out in the "rarest of rare" cases.

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  UN Experts Call for Abolition of Death Penalty in India

  UN human rights experts have welcomed recommendations made by India's Law Commission to abolish death penalty with the exception of terror offences and called on Indian authorities to move towards the complete abolition of capital punishment.

• Bill Proposing Death Penalty for Hijackers Ready for Cabinet

  A new bill that ramps up punishment for hijacking is now ready and is expected too be presented to Union Cabinet for approval soon, civil aviation minister Ashok Raju has told NDTV.

• United Nations to discuss abolition of death penalty by June end: Ban Ki-moon

  United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has hailed the growing momentum against capital punishment, while voicing concern that a some countries continue to impose the death penalty, often in violation of international standards.

• A day after Ajmal Kasab's execution, UN chief asks nations to abolish death penalty

  As India executed Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving gunman of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called upon nations to abolish the death penalty.

• A day before Kasab's hanging, India voted against abolition of death penalty at UN

  A record 110 countries backed a resolution voted every two years at a UN General Assembly committee calling for the abolition of the death penalty.