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Why are politicians calling for the foreign volunteers sentenced to death in the DPR to be treated as prisoners of war?
World

Why are politicians calling for the foreign volunteers sentenced to death in the DPR to be treated as prisoners of war?

The death sentences handed down Thursday by a court in the pro-Russian, self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) to three British and Moroccan…
Egypt objects to UN criticism of death sentence against top prosecutor assassins
Egypt

Egypt objects to UN criticism of death sentence against top prosecutor assassins

In a statement issued by the Foreign Ministry on Sunday, Egypt expressed total rejection to foreign intervention in its internal…
Death sentences of Shias point to limits of Saudi reforms
Middle East

Death sentences of Shias point to limits of Saudi reforms

Saudi Arabia’s new crown prince hopes to transform the kingdom and modernize society, but the planned execution of 14 Shia…
Police arrest 22 in Port Said riot protesting death sentences
Egypt

Police arrest 22 in Port Said riot protesting death sentences

Security officials say police have arrested 22 people after hundreds went on a rampage in Egypt's coastal city of Port…
Egyptian high court reverses 14 death sentences against Islamists
Egypt

Egyptian high court reverses 14 death sentences against Islamists

Egypt's highest court on Wednesday quashed death sentences imposed on 14 Islamists over an attack on a police station in…
Court sentences to death 26 suspects involved in Aswan massacre
Egypt

Court sentences to death 26 suspects involved in Aswan massacre

Qena Criminal Court has passed documents pertaining to the death sentence of 26 defendants from the "Aswan massacre" to the…
Enforcement of Brotherhood death sentences ‘unlikely’: Sisi
Egypt

Enforcement of Brotherhood death sentences ‘unlikely’: Sisi

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said it is unlikely mass death sentences handed down to members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood…
Egypt rejects criticism over Morsi’s death sentence
Egypt

Egypt rejects criticism over Morsi’s death sentence

The Egyptian government has fired back at critics of the death sentence issued against former president Mohamed Morsi on Saturday,…
Only 1 out of 602 executions carried out since Morsi’s ouster
Egypt

Only 1 out of 602 executions carried out since Morsi’s ouster

Only one death sentence out of a total of 602 has been been carried out in cases related to the…
UN seminar links surge in capital punishment with terrorism
Middle East

UN seminar links surge in capital punishment with terrorism

The United Nations has linked the rise in the implementation of capital punishment to a surge in terrorism, noting that…
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