In Afghanistan, for the first time since the return to power of the Taliban, a person has been publicly executed.
BBC New reports that the person executed was a resident of the province of Herat named Tajmir, who killed a man and took his motorcycle and mobile phone. The death sentence was executed by the father of the murdered.
The execution itself took place at a stadium in Farah province in the presence of thousands of people, as well as dozens of Taliban officials, including the head of the country’s supreme court, Abdul Hakim Haqqani.
In mid-November, Taliban leader Emir Akhundzada ordered the judges to use Sharia law during sentencing.
They provide for punishment in the form of execution, amputation, public beating with a whip or stoning, in particular for theft, apostasy, adultery or murder.
The Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in August 2021, shortly after US troops were withdrawn from the country.
On December 7, the Belarusian deputies adopted in the first reading the draft law “On Amending the Codes on Criminal Liability”, which amends the sanction of Part 2 of Art. 356 of the Criminal Code of Belarus. Consequently, the country may introduce the death penalty for treason against the state, committed by an official holding a public position, or by a person in respect of whom the status of a military man applies.
The bill also proposes to introduce liability for the dissemination of deliberately false information that discredits the armed forces.
Now Belarus is the only country in Europe where the death penalty is a punishment at the legislative level. The European Union has repeatedly called on Belarus to abolish the death penalty.
Source: Racurs
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