by Caroline Akoum | Jun 10, 2017 | Middle East
Beirut – A rise in cold-blooded murders in Lebanon has been met with demands for re-enacting the death penalty which has been frozen since 2004. The latest crime was the killing of a 23-year-old man by a gunman north of Beirut earlier this week. The gunman...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 8, 2017 | Middle East
Algiers- Algerians have been under shock since the brutal killing of a 10-year-old boy in a town in al-Oued province this week. A farmer found the body of Bilal buried in an isolated place a week after his disappearance. The boy was last seen riding his bicycle near...
by Adel al-Salmi | Mar 10, 2017 | World
London – Iran Human Rights (IHR) – an Oslo-based non-profit, human rights organization with members inside and outside Iran – issued its annual report on the death penalty in Iran, showing that in 2016 at least 530 people were executed in the Persian Republic. The...
by Abdelsater Barakat | Aug 20, 2016 | World
Greek asylum authorities yesterday began to listen to the first of eight Turkish military officers who have applied for asylum in Athens after the failed coup attempt that took place on the 15th of July 15. Meanwhile, Ankara continues to put pressure on Greece to...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 8, 2016 | Middle East
Algeria- Some Algerians are recently calling for the activation of the death penalty which was deactivated by the government 23 years ago. These calls appear in the aftermath of a tragic incident of the kidnap and murder of a four-year old girl on 21 July. Amid rage...
