Supreme Court judge Athar Minallah, in his dissenting opinion, has stated that individuals of law enforcement agencies involved in extra-judicial killings, enforced disappearances and custodial torture deserve the severest punishment under the law. “Enforced disappearances, extra-judicial killings, custodial torture and murders, and excessive use of force are the most intolerable crimes in a democratic society […]
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Iran says 8 killed in Evin prison fire
PARIS: Eight Iranian inmates were killed in a fire that raged through Tehran’s notorious Evin prison, the judiciary said Monday, doubling the official toll from the blaze that further stoked tensions one month into protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini. Authorities in the Islamic republic have blamed the fire late Saturday on “riots […]
One killed, two wounded in Karachi incidents
One killed, two wounded in Karachi incidents: The firing incidents that took place in Karachi claimed the life of a man and caused wounds to two others, including a traffic constable, on Sunday. A man was killed when two motorcyclists opened fire in the Awami Markaz neighborhood of the city. The deceased’s companion, who was […]
Muslims reject sectarian label for killings in New Mexico
Muslims reject sectarian label for killings in New Mexico. National Muslim groups have linked the killings of four Muslim men in New Mexico over the past year to sectarianism, but Muslims who knew the victims and suspected gunman point to revenge and personal feuds as possible motives. A suspect in the fatal shootings of four […]
COVID-19 claims seven lives, 353 new cases surface
ISLAMABAD: The coronavirus has killed seven more people in Pakistan during the last 24 hours, taking the overall deaths number to 28,905. According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), 353 more people were infected with the COVID-19. A total of 48,148 samples were tested in the past 24 hours, out of which 353 […]
Journalists killed on the job in Europe
The murder of prominent Dutch crime reporter Peter R. de Vries, who was shot in Amsterdam last week, adds to the toll of journalists killed in Europe over the past few years. However, the region remains the safest for the profession. Many of the killings take place in Russia and surrounding countries, which have not […]
Amnesty urges UN probe of ‘systematic’ Philippine drug war killings
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s narcotics crackdown has become a “systematic” campaign of abuses, Amnesty International alleged on Monday, urging the United Nations to launch a probe into thousands of killings. The drug war is Duterte’s signature initiative and is heavily supported by many Filipinos, however the nightly killings by police have provoked international condemnation. In […]
New Zealand terrorist pleads not guilty in mosque killings, shows little emotion
The man accused of killing 51 people at two Christchurch mosques on Friday pleaded not guilty to all the charges filed against him. Brenton Tarrant smirked as his lawyer, Shane Tait, entered the not guilty pleas, but otherwise showed little emotion during the hearing at the Christchurch High Court. The 28-year-old Australian appeared via video […]
Leaders of white supremacist prison gang charged in killings
Leaders of the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang were charged Thursday with directing killings and drug smuggling from within California’s most secure prisons, US prosecutors said. The charges detail five slayings and accuse an attorney of helping smuggle drugs and cellphones to aid the white supremacist gang. Sixteen Aryan Brotherhood members and associates are accused of […]
‘Bring it on,’ Philippines’ drug war commander invites probes into killings
The top enforcer of a brutal war on drugs in the Philippines on Friday dared prosecutors to go after him for the deaths of thousands of people, after activists warned that his election to the Senate could insulate him from legal action. Ronald dela Rosa, President Rodrigo Duterte’s top lieutenant in a crackdown that alarmed […]