Tag: death sentence

• Monday, December 23rd 2019 - 10:20 UTC

  Five get death sentences in Saudi Arabia over Khashoggi's assassination

  

  Five people have been sentenced to die by Saudi Arabia's judiciary system while the other three were handed down jail terms for the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Chief Prosecutor Shalaan al-Shalaan announced Monday.

• Friday, October 5th 2018 - 08:25 UTC

  Fujimori pleads for his life: a return to prison means a “death sentence”

  

  Peru's ex-president Alberto Fujimori said from his hospital bed on Thursday that a return to prison would be a “death sentence,” the day after a court revoked a pardon for crimes against humanity. Fujimori, 80, addressed a plea to Peru's President Martin Vizcarra and the country's judiciary in a video recorded at his bedside.