Ethiopian Opposition Figures Get Life Terms in Widely Faulted Case
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KIGALI, Rwanda, July 16 -- An Ethiopian judge handed life sentences  instead of the death penalty to 30 of the country's top political opposition leaders Monday in a trial  the prisoners have called a sham.
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Two Syrians have been sentenced to  death and another two to life in prison for their part in an  April attack and gunbattle that killed four people in Damascus,  one of their lawyers said on Thursday.
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Ethiopia on Friday released 38 opposition figures, days after sparking an international outcry by slapping them with heavy jail terms over incidents that followed disputed 2005 polls.
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Former Indian cabinet minister Shibu Soren is given a life term for murdering his aide.
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DALLAS, Sept. 18--Defense attorneys Tuesday accused the government of trying to convict five leaders of what was once the nation's largest Islamic charity based on the men's sympathy for Palestinian fighters.
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Ethiopia freed 38 opposition members and activists on Friday, four days after they were given jail terms for trying to overthrow the government in a case they say was politically motivated.
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A Syrian security court sentenced two Syrians to death and another two to life in prison for their involvement in an April bomb attack and gunbattle in Damascus, a lawyer said on Thursday.
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DALLAS, Sept. 18--Defense attorneys today accused the government of trying to convict five leaders of what was once the nation's largest Islamic charity based on the men's sympathy for Palestinian fighters.
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Scores of supporters of Zimbabwe&#39;s opposition leader gathered outside the high court on Friday to hear the verdict in his treason trial, which could see him sentenced to death.
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A court is expected to deliver its verdict on the killing of four associates of the country's first president Mujibur Rahman.
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A Yemeni court on Saturday sentenced one militant to death and 14 others to prison terms of three to 10 years on terror charges, according to local reports.
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Two Syrians have been sentenced to death and another two to life in prison for their part in an April attack and gunbattle that killed four people in Damascus, one of their lawyers said on Thursday.
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Ethiopia on Friday freed 38 opposition members jailed this week for inciting violence, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said, in a case critics say was politically motivated.
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The United States expressed surprise Monday by an Ethiopian prosecutor&#39;s push for the death penalty for 38 opposition figures convicted of plotting to overthrow Prime Minister Meles Zenawi.
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Dozens of opposition activists were ordered to return to court Wednesday, while the country's main opposition leader remained hospitalized for injuries his lawyer said were the result of savage police beatings.
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A Mauritanian court hands life sentences to soldiers accused of plotting to overthrow the president three times.
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YANGON: Four officials from Aung San Suu Kyiâs pro-democracy party in Myanmar have lost appeals against seven-year jail terms and remain behind bars after missing out on a release programme for 9,248 inmates, their lawyer said on Thursday.