Sentancing

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  Tibet Official Gets Suspended Death Sentence Over $50-Million Bribe Case

  The former Communist Party head of Tibet was handed a suspended death sentence on Wednesday for taking bribes worth almost $50 million, a court in China said.

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  Saudi Man Gets Death for Role in Al-Qaeda Cell

  A Saudi court on Wednesday sentenced one man to death and imprisoned several others for involvement in an Al-Qaeda cell that targeted foreigners, official media said.

• Egypt Court Condemns 188 to Death for Police Killings

  An Egyptian court Tuesday condemned 188 people to death for murdering 13 policemen in August after security forces dispersed sit-ins by supporters of deposed Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, a judicial source said.

• Egypt's Top Activist Sentenced to Month in Prison

  A prominent Egyptian activist who came to fame during the country's 2011 uprising was sentenced to one month in prison on charges of insulting the police, a court official said Thursday.

• Bangladesh's Supreme Court Commutes Islamist Leader's Death Sentence

  Bangladesh's Supreme Court on Wednesday commuted to life imprisonment a death sentence handed to a top Islamist leader convicted of war crimes during the country's war of liberation in 1971, the prosecution said.

• Chinese Rail Official Gets Death Sentence in Corruption Case

  A Beijing court on Wednesday sentenced a former railway official to death for corruption, but promised a reprieve after two years of good behaviour, state media reported, in the latest graft case to hit China's sprawling rail network.

• UN-Backed Tribunal in Cambodia Jails Khmer Rouge Duo for Life

  A UN-backed tribunal in Cambodia sentenced the top two surviving cadres of the 1970s Khmer Rouge regime to life in jail on Thursday, delivering a semblance of justice for one of the darkest and bloodiest chapters of the twentieth century.

• Two Critics of Swaziland Government Sentenced

  Two government critics in Swaziland have been sentenced to two years in prison after being found guilty of contempt of court for publishing articles lamenting alleged threats to judicial independence in the southern African kingdom.

• 10-Year Sentence for Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin

  Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin entered City Hall as a cool and confident self-styled reformer, won fame there as a passionate, if profane, critic of the federal response to Hurricane Katrina and exited under suspicion.

• Indian-American Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 33 Months in Jail

  A 34-year-old Indian-American has been sentenced to 33 months in jail and ordered to forfeit nearly USD 500,000 for distributing designer drugs in the US state of Pennsylvania.

• Australian Man Sentenced to Death in Vietnam

  State-controlled media say a court in southern Vietnam has sentenced an Australian citizen to death for possessing more than 4 kilograms (8.8 pounds) of heroin.

• Egypt Sentences 43 Islamists to Prison for Attacks

  A court in Egypt has sentenced 28 supporters of deposed Islamist President Mohammed Morsi to life sentences in absentia, and 15 others to three years in prison, over violence during demonstrations.

• Bahrain Sentences Four to Life in Prison for Bomb Explosion

  A court in the Arab Gulf country of Bahrain has sentenced four people to life in prison and a fifth to 10 years imprisonment on charges related to an explosion in the capital's financial district last year.

• Iran Opposition Activist Free After Serving Term

  A semi-official Iranian news agency says a prominent opposition figure has left prison after serving his five-year sentence.

• Indian national pleads guilty to Singapore rioting

  A 33-year-old Indian national today pleaded guilty of rioting and committing mischief during Singapore's worst street violence in 40 years.