HC Rejects Petition Against Bhai Balwant Singh Rajoana’s Death Sentence on Technical Ground

November 8, 2017

Punjab and Haryana High Court yesterday rejected a petition against death sentence announced to Sikh Political Prisoner Bhai Balwant Singh Rajoana on technical grounds.

Institutional reforms, not death penalty, needed to end sexual violence: says Amnesty International India

May 6, 2017

In response to the Supreme Court’s verdict today in the 2012 Delhi bus gang-rape case, Amnesty International India said Institutional reforms, not death penalty, needed to end sexual violence.

Institutional reforms, not death penalty, needed to end sexual violence: says Amnesty International India

May 6, 2017

In response to the Supreme Court’s verdict today in the 2012 Delhi bus gang-rape case, Amnesty International India said Institutional reforms, not death penalty, needed to end sexual violence.

Yasin Bhatkal, Four Others Awarded Death Penalty in Hyderabad Blast Case

December 20, 2016

A special court of NIA has reportedly sentenced Yasin Bhatkal and four others to death sentence punishment on Monday in a case related to twin blasts in Hyderabad in which 19 people were killed and 130 had sustained injuries.

Yasin Bhatkal, Four Others Awarded Death Penalty in Hyderabad Blast Case

December 20, 2016

SGPC Seeks Appointment from Indian President on Bhai Rajoana’s Death Sentence

December 12, 2016

The Shiromani Gurdwara Prabhandak Committee (SGPC) has written a letter to the Indian President- Pranab Mukharjee, seeking appointment to make his a request against the death sentence granted by Indian Courts to Sikh political prisoner Bhai Balwant Singh Rajoana.

World Day against the Death Penalty: 11 countries execute for drug-related crimes

October 10, 2015

The death penalty continues to be used as a tool in the so-called “war on drugs”, with an alarming number of states across the globe executing people convicted on drug-related charges, in clear violation of international law, Amnesty International said ahead of the World Day against the Death Penalty.

Hanging of Yakub Memon and Afzal Guru were politically motivated, says Justice AP Shah (retd)

September 4, 2015

Former Delhi High Court chief justice, Justice AP Shah, who recently retired as the chairman of the Law Commission, has said that the hanging of Afzal Guru and Yakub Memon were politically motivated.

Law Commission report must lead to abolition of death penalty in India: Amnesty

September 1, 2015

On 31 August, the Law Commission of India submitted a report to the Ministry of Law and Justice, in which it said that the administration of the death penalty in India is fallible, vulnerable to misapplication, and disproportionately used against socially and economically marginalized people.

Balwant Singh Rajoana writes to Indian President; Questions delay in deciding his execution

August 23, 2015

Sikh political prisoners Bhai Balwant Singh Rajoana who is facing death penalty in former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh assassination case has written a letter to the President of India.

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