{"id":31866,"date":"2014-01-23T10:37:26","date_gmt":"2014-01-23T05:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=31866"},"modified":"2014-01-23T10:37:39","modified_gmt":"2014-01-23T05:07:39","slug":"amnesty-welcomes-sc-death-row-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/amnesty-welcomes-sc-death-row-decision","title":{"rendered":"Amnesty welcomes SC death row decision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/amnesty-welcomes-sc-death-row-decision\/aa-36\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31867\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"31867\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/amnesty-welcomes-sc-death-row-decision\/aa-36\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/aa15.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"259,194\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"aa\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/aa15.jpg?fit=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/aa15.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-31867 alignright\" alt=\"aa\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/aa15-150x112.jpg?resize=150%2C112&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/aa15.jpg?resize=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/aa15.jpg?w=259&amp;ssl=1 259w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>The Supreme Court&#8217;s decision to commute the death sentences of 15 convicts was a positive step for human rights in India, Amnesty International said Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Amnesty in a statement termed the apex court&#8217;s decision &#8220;historic&#8221; and also welcomed the setting down of guidelines to safeguard the rights of prisoners on death row and their families.<\/p>\n<p>The apex court Tuesday commuted the death sentences of 15 prisoners on the ground of delay in the disposal of their mercy petitions by the president. It also commuted the death sentences of two people on the ground that they suffer from mental illness.<\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 260px;\" align=\"right\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&#8220;While acknowledging the need to strike a balance between the rights of the accused as well as the victims, this momentous decision reaffirms the rights guaranteed to death row prisoners under the Constitution of India and international law and standards,&#8221; said G. 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Political parties in Tamil Nadu as well as the elated families have now demanded the trio's release.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":33156,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/amnesty-international-demands-release-journalists-myanmar","url_meta":{"origin":31866,"position":3},"title":"Amnesty International demands release of journalists in Myanmar","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"May 5, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Amnesty International (AI) has asked the Myanmar authorities to release at least six journalists arrested this year and described as being prisoners of conscience. 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