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On Jan. 17, Pakistan’s National Assembly unanimously voted to expand the country’s laws on blasphemy, which already carried the death penalty for insulting the prophet Muhammad. Now anyone in Pakistan deemed to have insulted the prophet’s companions, which could include thousands of early Muslims, can face life imprisonment.

Former president granted clemency to drug offenders during his White House term

A Tory minister was blasted for sitting through 'another round of musical chairs' on BBC Question Time following the controversy over Lee Anderson's appointment to a senior role

There were moral and practical considerations to ending the barbarity of state executions in Britain. They are still relevant today, says writer and former Guardian crime correspondent Duncan Campbell

The outspoken Ashfield MP has just been made deputy Conservative Party chairman

The new deputy chairman of the Conservatives has defended his view that there are some instances where capital punishment is appropriate

The new Tory deputy party chair, Lee Anderson, made headlines this morning for his views on the death penalty and after clashing with a BBC radio presenter over accusations of dishonesty. But it was the decision taken off-stage by a fellow red wall MP that tells us far more about…

In an open letter to MI6 chief Richard Moore, Gurpreet Singh Johal says “with your help, maybe one day soon, he’ll be walking back through our front door in Dumbarton, instead of fearing the death penalty in Delhi”.

The death penalty is illegal in the UK and nobody has been executed here for nearly 60 years