The parliament of Tunisia approved legislation allowing the death penalty for those convicted of terrorism offences, The Guardian reports.

Death penalty is caused by the fact that dozens of foreign visitors were killed by terrorists in the past few months . For example, in June ISIS killed 38 tourists in Tunisia while in March gunmen killed 21 foreigners in the country.

On Saturday the bill was approved by a margin of 174-0 with 10 abstentions after three days of debate. The source notes that Human Rights Watch had criticised the bill.

The organization said: “It would open the way to prosecuting political dissent as terrorism, give judges overly broad powers and curtail lawyers’ ability to provide an effective defence”.

The Guardian explained that the new law against terrorism and money laundering permits the death penalty for terrorism-related offences such as killings of foreign visitors or of someone enjoying international protection - See more at: http://www.exlinklodge.com/2015/07/death-penalty-for-terrorists-in-tunisia.html#sthash.4RZ0IiVh.dpuf







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AustineE1:7:52am
Some times i wish Nigerian version of Islam would be as liberal and understanding as their peers elsewhere. We had bomb blast in Cameroun,Chad and Niger,the muslims in those countries rised to the occassion and demanded a ban on face veil in other to curtail the act of hiding bombs with veils by muslim women but this can never happen in Nigeria,where religion has been politicised and our muslims seems to be more islamic than the Arabs.This is why Nigeria is a fertile ground for Islamic extremism. I stand with Tunisia on death sentence for Terrorists and i hope our 'partisan' politicians will adapt same.