Afghanistan

AFGHANISTAN. PAPER FEARS CHILD DRUG SMUGGLERS FACE HANGING IN IRAN

16 Afghan children were arrested by Iranian border forces on the Islam Qala-

UAE: TAXI DRIVER'S DEATH PENALTY COMMUTED TO 5 YEARS IN JAIL

a taxi driver death's sentence was commuted to five years by the Appeal Court of the United Arab Emirates.

IRAN HANGS TWO FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING

Iran hanged two men convicted of drug trafficking in the southern town of Roodan in Hormozgan province, according to the student ISNA news agency.

IRAN HANGS MEN CONVICTED OF MURDER

Iran hanged two men convicted of murder in Evin, Teheran’s main prison.

The 2004 Afghan Constitution, in article 23 asserts the right to life...

The 2004 Afghan Constitution, in article 23 asserts the right to life...

IRAN. THREE AFGHANS PUBLICLY HANGED FOR RAPE

Iran publicly hanged three Afghan men convicted of rape. Gholam Hazrat, Shah Mir and Nour Ahmad were executed in the town of Rafsanjan, southern Kerman province.

SAUDI ARABIA. MEN BEHEADED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING

Saudi Arabia beheaded two foreign nationals on charges they smuggled heroin and cocaine into the country, the Interior Ministry said.

SAUDI ARABIA. AFGHANI BEHEADED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING

AFGHANISTAN. MAN PUBLICLY EXECUTED IN HELMAND

the Taliban publicly executed a man for his alleged involvement in a murder case in the Garmsir district of southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province.

AFGHANISTAN. UN RIGHTS EXPERT DEPLORES REPORTED PUBLIC EXECUTION BY TALIBAN

United Nations Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Leandro Despouy, condemned “in very strong terms” the reported public execution by Afghanistan’s ousted Taliban regime of an alleged murderer in Daikundi province.

IRAN. AFGHAN PRISONER HANGED IN CENTRAL IRAN

an Afghan man was hanged in central Iran in the early hours of the day, Iran’s official news agency reported.

AFGHANISTAN. THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN KANDAHAR FOR ABDUCTION AND MURDER

a court in Afghanistan awarded capital punishment to three people convicted of abducting and later killing a child in the southern province of Kandahar. Abdul Shakoor, 20, hailing from Farha, Baryalai Almas, 19, from Parwan and Musa Khan, 19, from Kunar w

AFGHANISTAN. ISLAMIC LEGAL EXPERT DEFENDS DEATH PENALTY FOR APOSTASY

Sher Ali Zarifi, head of religious jurisprudence in Afghanistan’s Science Academy of leading intellectuals, defended the death penalty for Muslims who converted to other religions, as debate continued over the case of a Christian convert who fled to Italy

LEBANON. DEATH PENALTY DROPPED AGAINST PLO HEAD

a Lebanese military court dropped a death penalty against the head of the Palestine Liberation Organisation in the country.

AFGHANISTAN. CHRISTIAN CONVERT GRANTED ASYLUM IN ITALY

Abdur Rahman, an Afghan Christian convert who had faced the death penalty for abandoning Islam, arrived in Italy and was granted asylum.

AFGHANISTAN. CHRISTIAN CONVERT FACING DEATH TO BE RELEASED, US SAYS

Afghanistan will free Abdur Rahman, a man who faced the death penalty for converting to Christianity, following Western pressure for his release, US State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said. Rahman, 40, was jailed this month for rejecting Islam and

AFGHANISTAN. COURT DROPS TRIAL OF CHRISTIAN AMID DOUBTS OVER HIS MENTAL STATE

an Afghan court dropped its case against Abdul Rahman, a Christian who faced execution for converting from Islam, referring the matter to Kabul's top prosecutor for a final decision, court spokesman Wakil Omari said.

AFGHANISTAN. POPE CALLS ON KARZAI TO SPARE AFGHAN CHRISTIAN CONVERT

Pope Benedict XVI asked Afghan President Hamid Karzai to pardon Abdul Rahman, an Afghan man facing execution for converting to Christianity.

AFGHANISTAN. CLERICS URGE EXECUTION OF CONVERT

senior Muslim clerics demanded that Abdul Rahman, an Afghan man on trial for converting from Islam to Christianity, be executed, warning that if the government caved in to Western pressure and freed him, they would incite people to "pull him into pieces."

AFGHANISTAN. KARZAI SAYS CONVERT WILL NOT BE EXECUTED – CANADA

Afghan President Hamid Karzai assured Canada that Abdur Rahman, a man facing possible execution for converting to Christianity, would not be put to death, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said.

AFGHANISTAN. GOVERNMENT SAYS COURT TO DECIDE FATE OF CONVERT

under mounting international pressure over the case of Abdur Rahman, a man facing the death penalty for converting to Christianity, Afghanistan said that its judiciary alone would decide the case.

AFGHANISTAN. ITALY CONCERNED FOR AFGHAN CHRISTIAN CONVERT FACING EXECUTION

Italy added its voice to concerns for a man facing death in Afghanistan for converting to Christianity, as Foreign Minister Gianfranco Fini summoned the Afghan ambassador over the affair.

AFGHANISTAN. MAN RISKS DEATH FOR CONVERTING TO CHRISTIANITY

Afghan police detained a man for converting from Islam to Christianity, Supreme Court judge Ansarullah Mawlavizada said, adding the man could face the death penalty if he refused to become a Muslim again.

AFGHANISTAN. TRIAL OF AFGHAN EX-INTELLIGENCE CHIEF FLAWED: RIGHTS GROUP

the death sentence passed in Kabul on former Afghan intelligence chief Asadullah Sarwari followed a trial that violated basic standards of due process, Human Rights Watch said.

AFGHANISTAN. COURT SENTENCES FORMER SPY CHIEF TO DEATH

an Afghan court sentenced former spy chief Assadullah Sarwari to death for killing hundreds of people during communist rule, the first such punishment for war crimes after decades of conflict in the country.

AFGHANISTAN. SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING OF JOURNALISTS

Afghanistan's Supreme Court upheld the death sentence handed to Mohammad Reza for his involvement in the death of four journalists in 2001.

The 2004 Afghan Constitution, in article 23 asserts the right to life...

The 2004 Afghan Constitution, in article 23 asserts the right to life...