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India:Thousands support anti-death penalty campaign by Amnesty International India By Parmjit Singh http://www.sikhsiyasat.net/2013/09/20/indiathousands-support-anti-death-penalty-campaign-by-amnesty-international-india/ New Delhi, India (September 20, 2013): According to a press...

When I check around the web many sites report that Sikhs oppose the death penalty, under most or all circumstances. How accurate is that view? Where do you stand on this controversial issue? Please share your views.

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Singapore: Singapore today said it would cite the "heartbreaking case" of the 23-year-old Delhi gang- rape victim as an example to reject demands for abolition of death penalty in the city state. In a Facebook post, Singapore's Minister for Law and Foreign Affairs K Shanmugam said people...

Chandigarh/Patiala, Punjab (February 14, 2012): As per media reports “Black Warrants” for the execusion of Bhai Balwant Singh Rajoana, who has been sentenced death penalty in former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh’s assassination case, reached Patiala Central Jail authorities on February 13...

Abolish death penalty, EU tells India Death sentences for many Indian fugitives hang in balance as EU supports abolition of death penalty Iftikhar Gilani - New Delhi - 10 October 2011 The issues of the execution of Devender Pal Singh Bhullar and charging Abu Salem, a close associate of...

by Amrik Singh, Sacramento Peace and Freedom Party Examiner Stockton's historical Landmark 'Pacific Coast Khalsa Diwan Society' hosted a press conference on July 10, 2011 to campaign against death penalty to Professor Davinderpal Singh Bhullar. Sikh religious societies and human rights...

May 9, 2011 Indian court urges death penalty for 'Honour Killings' AFP - May 9, 2011 7:02 Photo: An Indian woman feeds the pigeons in front of The Gateway of India in Mumbai. Photograph by: Sajjad Hussain, AFP/Getty Images NEW DELHI - India's top court said Monday the death penalty should...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday said that death sentence should be awarded in dowry death and bride burning cases as they fall under the "rarest of rarest" category while observing the Indian society has become totally sick and commercial. A bench of Justices Markandeya Katju and...

Death penalty for honour killing? NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet is scheduled to consider a bill that proposes introduction of an additional definition of "murder" under the Indian Penal Code proposing stringent measures to deter elders from taking part in decisions of khap panchayats...

UNITED SIKHS Urges You to Attend Protest Tomorrow against Death Penalty in London Where: Prime Minister’s Residence, Downing Street, London When: Sunday, May 16th, from 1pm-4pm London, UK -Sikhs from around the UK are expected to gather at this protest to oppose the death penalty and...

The death penalty is a mystery in our midst. Europe has done away with it, and that does not seem to have hurt the continent. The United States is retentionist, and the execution of under-aged, and mentally handicapped, convicts has given it a...

What do sikhs think of death penalty?

I was watching the Scott Peterson murder trial on the news. And, Scott Peterson was convicted of murdering his wife and unborn son, he can be put to death by the jury. I am against the death penalty because, we would be doing the same thing to Scott by killing him. What does Gurbani tell...