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Kathua Rape-Murder Highlights: 3 Guilty Sentenced To Life Imprisonment
A court on Monday sentenced three men to life imprisonment for the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district last year, a lawyer for the defence said, in a case that sparked outrage across the country. Three other men also convicted in the case were given a five-year prison sentence, lawyer Vinod Mahajan told ...
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Kerala's Soumya Died After Rape On Tracks. Attacker Won't Hang, Says Court
In 2011, 23-year-old Soumya was allegedly pushed off a train in Kerala by a man who jumped after her, hit her with a stone and then raped her in her wounded state. The attacker, Govindachamy, will not hang, the Supreme Court ruled today, reducing his sentence to 14 years in jail.
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Saudis Commute Maid's Stoning Death Sentence: Sri Lanka
A Saudi Arabian court has commuted the death-by-stoning sentence passed on a Sri Lankan maid convicted of adultery, the government in Colombo said on today.
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Sri Lanka Pleads Poor Maid Sentenced To Death By Stoning
Colombo has expressed concern to Saudi Arabia after a Sri Lankan housemaid working in the country was sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, an official said today.
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Young woman sentenced to death by stoning in Sudan
A Sudanese woman, believed to be around 20, has been sentenced to be stoned to death for adultery, and is being held near Khartoum, shackled in prison with her baby son, rights groups and lawyers said on Thursday.
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Jewish court sentences dog to death by stoning
A Jerusalem rabbinical court condemned to death by stoning a dog it suspects is the reincarnation of a secular lawyer who insulted the court's judges 20 years ago, Ynet website has reported.According to Ynet, the large dog made its way into the Monetary Affairs Court in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish neighbourhood of Mea Shearim in Jerusalem, frightenin...
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TV address by woman sentenced to death by stoning
Iranian state television has broadcast a purported statement by an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery in which she calls herself a sinner and describes the support of human rights group, campaigning for her release, as "useless." The stoning sentence against the 43-year-old Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani has been put on hold and i...
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Kathua Rape-Murder Highlights: 3 Guilty Sentenced To Life Imprisonment
A court on Monday sentenced three men to life imprisonment for the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district last year, a lawyer for the defence said, in a case that sparked outrage across the country. Three other men also convicted in the case were given a five-year prison sentence, lawyer Vinod Mahajan told ...
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Kerala's Soumya Died After Rape On Tracks. Attacker Won't Hang, Says Court
In 2011, 23-year-old Soumya was allegedly pushed off a train in Kerala by a man who jumped after her, hit her with a stone and then raped her in her wounded state. The attacker, Govindachamy, will not hang, the Supreme Court ruled today, reducing his sentence to 14 years in jail.
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Saudis Commute Maid's Stoning Death Sentence: Sri Lanka
A Saudi Arabian court has commuted the death-by-stoning sentence passed on a Sri Lankan maid convicted of adultery, the government in Colombo said on today.
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Sri Lanka Pleads Poor Maid Sentenced To Death By Stoning
Colombo has expressed concern to Saudi Arabia after a Sri Lankan housemaid working in the country was sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, an official said today.
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Young woman sentenced to death by stoning in Sudan
A Sudanese woman, believed to be around 20, has been sentenced to be stoned to death for adultery, and is being held near Khartoum, shackled in prison with her baby son, rights groups and lawyers said on Thursday.
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Jewish court sentences dog to death by stoning
A Jerusalem rabbinical court condemned to death by stoning a dog it suspects is the reincarnation of a secular lawyer who insulted the court's judges 20 years ago, Ynet website has reported.According to Ynet, the large dog made its way into the Monetary Affairs Court in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish neighbourhood of Mea Shearim in Jerusalem, frightenin...
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TV address by woman sentenced to death by stoning
Iranian state television has broadcast a purported statement by an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery in which she calls herself a sinner and describes the support of human rights group, campaigning for her release, as "useless." The stoning sentence against the 43-year-old Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani has been put on hold and i...
