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A Sudanese court sentenced four Islamists to death for a second time on Monday for the murder of a US diplomat and his driver in Khartoum last year.
The sentencing came a day after a court prosecutor read out a letter by mother of John Granville, who..
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Norah Niland, the United...
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Legal experts and human rights activists are criticizing Egypt for an abrupt spike in death sentences in recent months, accusing the country’s courts of trying to...
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