(file photo) A spate of deaths of women in northwestern Pakistan has put the spotlight on so-called honor committed in the name of honor" as a specific crime with stiffer penalties than homicide, including the death high-profile cases in Pakistan in recent years, a tribal council in Kolai-Palas in 2011 ordered the deaths Muhammad Waseem was found guilty of strangling to death Qandeel Baloch, a controversial social media

Image: KCNA (May 26, 2022) North Korean authorities have threatened severe punishment — including the death especially severe violations of this decree will be subject to harsh punishment up to and including the death Reports previously emerged in summer 2019 of a similar notice warning the death penalty would be used

The Government of Malaysia should investigate deaths in immigration detention centers without delay and “A single death in immigration custody is unacceptable. More than 100 deaths is completely inexcusable,” said Amy Smith, Executive Director of Fortify Rights SUHAKAM reported 83 deaths in 2015 and another 35 deaths up to December 20, 2016. “These deaths can’t be swept under the rug,” said Amy Smith.

the Shanzu Law Courts in Mombasa on January 18, 2024 [AFP] Paul Mackenzie and 94 others charged over deaths A Kenyan court has charged cult leader Paul Mackenzie with “terrorism”-related crimes over the deaths The self-proclaimed pastor was charged along with 94 others on Thursday over the deaths of followers group (which) engaged in organised criminal activities thereby endangering lives and leading to the death The cult leader had been arrested before in 2019, also in relation to the deaths of children, but was

A jury has decided the gunman will receive the death penalty for killing 11 people at the Tree of Life who opened fire on a Pittsburgh synagogue, killing 11 and wounding seven others, will be sentenced to death District Court Judge Robert Colville, who is bound to impose the death penalty against the gunman. Jurors had to reach a unanimous decision to impose the death penalty or else the gunman would have received The panel had also deemed him to be eligible for the death penalty.

Authorities in Guinea must investigate the deaths of at least four people in detention and end a wave while being held in prisons that are notorious for squalid, abusive conditions that often result in death “By refusing to thoroughly investigate these deaths and authorizing the release or hospitalization of The Guinean authorities must shed light on the circumstances of these deaths in detention and urgently When I went again to the prison, I was informed of his death,” the relative told Amnesty International

United Nations welcomes ceasefire after 176 soldiers killed in two days of fighting, which each side blames on the other. Armenia and Azerbaijan have repeatedly traded blame for the fighting this week [File: Umit Bektas/Reuters] 15 Sep 2022 Azerbaijan says 71 of its troops have been killed this week during border clashes with Armenia, which marked the worst fighting between the rival neighbours since their 2020 war over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. Armenia said 105 of its soldiers died in the violence, which each side blames on the other. The flare-up threatened to drag Turkey, Azerbaijan’s key backer, and Armenia’s ally Russia into a wider conflict at a time of already high geopolitical tensions. A senior Armenian official said the two sides had negotiated a ceasefire, which took effect at 8pm local time (16:00 GMT) on Wednesday. The United Nations welcomed the ceasefire on Thursday. UN Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenca said: “The international community must remain fully committed to a peaceful settlement between Armenia and Azerbaijan and spare no effort to de-escalate the current tensions, bring the parties back to the negotiation table and help them achieve peace and stability in the region.” Armenia’s defence ministry said the situation along the shared border was quiet following the deal, and that no ceasefire violations were reported. There was no immediate comment from Azerbaijan on the reported agreement. A previous ceasefire brokered by Russia on Tuesday quickly failed . Armenia and Azerbaijan have repeatedly traded blame for the fighting this week, which first broke out in the early hours of Tuesday morning and has taken place in areas away from Nagorno-Karabakh, an enclave that lies inside Azerbaijan but is mainly populated by ethnic Armenians. Armenian authorities have accused Baku of unleashing a number of unprovoked cross-border attacks, while Azerbaijani officials claim their forces responded to initial Armenian “provocations”. Al Jazeera was unable to independently verify the battlefield accounts from either side. Tensions simmer The recent fighting has sparked fears of another full-fledged war between the ex-Soviet states, which have been locked in a decades-old conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh. The two countries fought a war over the contested region in late 2020 that killed more than 6,500 people in little more than six weeks. The conflict saw Azerbaijan successfully win back swathes of territory in and around Nagorno-Karabakh that had been controlled by ethnic Armenian forces backed by Yerevan since an earlier war in the area ended in 1994. Russia, a regional power broker, oversaw a ceasefire deal in November 2020 to end the fighting and deployed nearly 2,000 peacekeepers to the region as part of the agreement. Armenia has appealed to Moscow for assistance again this week following the latest clashes. Meanwhile, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has signalled that his government is ready to recognise Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity in a future peace treaty, provided that it relinquishes control of areas in Armenia its forces have seized. “We want to sign a document, for which many people will criticise and denounce us and call us traitors, and they may even decide to remove us from office, but we would be grateful if Armenia gets a lasting peace and security as a result of it,” Pashinyan told Armenian legislators on Wednesday. But some in the opposition saw the statement as a sign of the prime minister’s readiness to cave in to Azerbaijani demands and recognise Azerbaijan’s sovereignty over Nagorno-Karabakh. Thousands of angry protesters quickly descended on the government’s headquarters, accusing Pashinyan of treason and demanding he step down. Protests were also held in other Armenian cities. SOURCE: AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES

Twenty-one more between the ages of 13 and 17 would die at local hospitals over the next few days.

At least 19 civilians have been killed in the restive eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo at the neighbouring Ituri region, ADF fighters attacked the village of Bukaka late on Saturday and killed 10 civilians

It can validate human existence — an identity marker ensuring that if violent death comes, it does not The constant threat of a sudden, brutal death has left many Afghans with a sense of despair and fatalism “When you lose people you know, you feel that you are next, and you feel death coming closer to you,” Shortly before his death, Mr. “The angel of death is flying over Afghanistan.”

votes to 23 (with two abstentions) early Thursday morning, also bans the use of terms such as "Polish death governments have been trying to persuade journalists and politicians to stop using the phrase 'Polish death In 2012, then US President Barack Obama used the phrase "Polish death camp" during a Medal of Freedom "When someone says 'Polish death camps,' it is as if there were no Nazis, no German responsibility, as The phrase "Polish death camp" is also often used in news reports about Auschwitz and other camps that

Nikki Haley denounced Myanmar's government Tuesday for continuing to make life for Rohingya Muslims "a death state. https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2018-02-13/us-says-myanmar-makes-life-for-rohingya-a-death-sentence