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The Number Of Executions Worldwide Soared In 2015. Three Countries Are The Reason.
At least 1,634 people were executed in 2015, according to Amnesty International annual figures, which were released Tuesday evening. This marked a rise of some 50 percent from the year before and the highest number recorded by the organization since 1989.
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Pakistan Hangs 9 as Death Row Convict's Mother Begs for Mercy
Pakistan hanged nine death row convicts today, media said, as the mother of a man charged as a child with murder and due to be hanged this week begged the president for mercy.
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Pakistan Hangs Terrorist, 20th Execution Since Moratorium Lifted
Pakistan today hanged a terrorist of a banned anti-Shiite outfit in Lahore after a court upheld the death penalty awarded to him, taking the number of executions in the country since the lifting of the moratorium on capital punishment to 20.
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Pakistan Executes Two More for Terrorism: Police Official
Pakistan on Wednesday hanged two men sentenced to death by an anti-terrorism court, taking the number of executions to nine since the country lifted a moratorium on capital punishment after last month's Taliban school massacre.
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United Nations Urges Pakistan to Halt Executions
UN chief Ban Ki-moon is pressing Pakistan to end capital punishment and restore a moratorium on the death penalty the government lifted in terror cases following a Taliban school massacre.
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Pakistan Hangs Four More Terrorists After School Attack
Pakistan on Sunday executed four more militants after ending a six-year old moratorium on the death penalty following a Taliban school attack that killed 149 people, officials said.
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Pakistan Executes Four More Terrorists on Death Row
Four Pakistani terror convicts on death row were reportedly executed at a jail in Faisalabad today, after the government ended a moratorium on the death penalty earlier this week.
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Pakistan Executes Two Terrorists After Lifting Moratorium on Death Penalty
Two terrorists were today hanged in Pakistan in the first executions since 2008, officials said, after the government ended a moratorium on the death penalty earlier this week.
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The Number Of Executions Worldwide Soared In 2015. Three Countries Are The Reason.
At least 1,634 people were executed in 2015, according to Amnesty International annual figures, which were released Tuesday evening. This marked a rise of some 50 percent from the year before and the highest number recorded by the organization since 1989.
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Pakistan Hangs 9 as Death Row Convict's Mother Begs for Mercy
Pakistan hanged nine death row convicts today, media said, as the mother of a man charged as a child with murder and due to be hanged this week begged the president for mercy.
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Pakistan Hangs Terrorist, 20th Execution Since Moratorium Lifted
Pakistan today hanged a terrorist of a banned anti-Shiite outfit in Lahore after a court upheld the death penalty awarded to him, taking the number of executions in the country since the lifting of the moratorium on capital punishment to 20.
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Pakistan Executes Two More for Terrorism: Police Official
Pakistan on Wednesday hanged two men sentenced to death by an anti-terrorism court, taking the number of executions to nine since the country lifted a moratorium on capital punishment after last month's Taliban school massacre.
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United Nations Urges Pakistan to Halt Executions
UN chief Ban Ki-moon is pressing Pakistan to end capital punishment and restore a moratorium on the death penalty the government lifted in terror cases following a Taliban school massacre.
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Pakistan Hangs Four More Terrorists After School Attack
Pakistan on Sunday executed four more militants after ending a six-year old moratorium on the death penalty following a Taliban school attack that killed 149 people, officials said.
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Pakistan Executes Four More Terrorists on Death Row
Four Pakistani terror convicts on death row were reportedly executed at a jail in Faisalabad today, after the government ended a moratorium on the death penalty earlier this week.
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Pakistan Executes Two Terrorists After Lifting Moratorium on Death Penalty
Two terrorists were today hanged in Pakistan in the first executions since 2008, officials said, after the government ended a moratorium on the death penalty earlier this week.
