Last Updated: Friday, March 1, 2013, 14:40
China executed a Myanmarese drug lord, along with three other accomplices from Thailand and Laos, for murdering 13 Chinese sailors on the Mekong River in 2011.
Last Updated: Friday, March 1, 2013, 12:09
Violence continued unabated in Bangladesh on Friday as at least 46 people were killed in clashes that erupted after a top leader of fundamentalist Jamaat-e- Islami was handed down death penalty for "crimes against humanity" during the 1971 liberation war.
Last Updated: Monday, February 18, 2013, 20:33
A landmark amendment will allow the prosecution to try and punish any individuals and organisations for the 1971 war crimes.
Last Updated: Sunday, February 17, 2013, 19:45
The Bangladesh Parliament amended the war crimes law to allow the prosecution to try and punish any organisation, including the Jamaat-e-Islami.
Last Updated: Sunday, February 17, 2013, 17:52
Demanding abolition of capital punishment, the CPI today said the four aides of sandalwood smuggler Veerappan who are on death row should be released as they have been in jail for 20 years.
Last Updated: Saturday, February 16, 2013, 20:22
As Dhaka remained jammed for nearly two weeks because of protests by students and youth who are demanding capital punishment for the "traitors" of the 1971 Liberation War, Salman Khurshid expressed admiration for the protestors.
Last Updated: Friday, February 15, 2013, 19:13
At least three persons were killed and several others injured as fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami activists turned violent in southeastern Cox`s Bazar.
Last Updated: Thursday, February 14, 2013, 19:26
Charging the UPA Government of playing politics of appeasement amid decisions on the various mercy petitions pending since years, the Bharatiya Janata Party sought clarification behind these hurriedly taken steps.
Last Updated: Monday, February 11, 2013, 16:49
Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said that the family of 2001 Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru was informed in prior as per the rules.
Last Updated: Monday, February 11, 2013, 14:31
Two days after Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru was hanged in the Tihar jail, his family on Monday received an official letter informing it about his execution.
Last Updated: Saturday, February 9, 2013, 21:34
The Tihar Jail, the largest prison of India, witnessed a hanging Saturday after 24 years, when the 2001 parliament attack convict Afzal Guru was executed early morning, an official said.
Last Updated: Saturday, February 9, 2013, 19:55
The Union Home Ministry has issued an advisory to all state police forces to keep a tight vigil and remain alert in view of the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru here on Saturday.
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