Tag: FLOGGING
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2 suspects in police custody for allegedly flogging student to death
T wo suspects who allegedly flogged a student to death over absenteeism were arrested and detained by the Police Command in Kaduna State. The acting Police Public Relations Officer Kaduna, ASP Mansur Hassan, named the school as
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Anambra Govt. shuts school over flogging of 2-yr-old pupil
The Anambra State government has announced the immediate closure of Blessed Wisdom Model School at Ide Drive, Federal Housing Estate, Onitsha, over the flogging of a two-year-old pupil. Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, the state Commissioner for Education, made the
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Saudi Arabia abolishes flogging as penalty
Saudi Arabia has abolished flogging as a punishment, the supreme court announced, hailing the latest in a series of “human rights advances” made by the king and his powerful son. Court-ordered floggings in Saudi Arabia — sometimes extending to hundreds of lashes — have long drawn condemnation from human rights groups. But they say the…