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According to Jalal Rahim Jahan Abadi, the chairman of the Parliamentary Legal and Judicial Commission, alternative to death sentences for drugs cases is in working agenda of the Commission, and...

Capital punishment will be removed for all drug-related offenses with the exception of 3 cases, vice-chairman of Parliament’s Judiciary Committee told Mehrnews Agency on Sunday.

The public flogging of jailed blogger Raif Badawi is now “sure” to resume after Saudi Arabia’s Supreme Court upheld his sentence at the weekend, his wife has told The Independent.