Nov. 3
IRAN----execution
Spurned fiancé hanged in Iran for murder
A man convicted of killing 3 relatives of the woman he wanted marry because
they rejected his proposal was hanged on Thursday in Iran, the official IRNA
news agency reported.
The man, identified by his initials ZK, was executed in the town of Nourabad in
western Iran.
He was found guilty of killing the mother, brother and sister of the woman
after they turned down his wedding offer around 2 months ago.
His hanging brings to 235 the number of executions in Iran so far this year,
according to an AFP tally based on media and official reports.
Human Rights Watch counted 388 executions in Iran in 2010, while Amnesty
International put the figure at 252, ranking the Islamic republic 2nd only to
China in the number of people put to death last year.
Tehran says the death penalty is essential to maintain law and order, and that
it is applied only after exhaustive judicial proceedings.
Murder, rape, armed robbery, drug trafficking and adultery are among the crimes
punishable by death in Iran.
(source: News 24)
INDIA:
Campaign for abolition of death penalty
Political parties and human rights organisations, championing the cause of
Eelam Tamils, will demand abolition of the death penalty and repealing death
sentence against three assassins of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi at a
one-day conference here on November 6.
Being organised under banner of Peoples' Movement against Genocide in Sri
Lanka, it will be attended among others by Tamil National Movement leader P
Nedumaran, MDMK General Secertary, Vaiko, CPI National Secretary and MP, D Raja
and Arputham Ammal, mother of Perarivalan, one of the three awarded death
sentence.
Convenor of the movement's state unit, Gana Kurinji told reporters here that
the focus is to carry the message the world over and to draw the attention of
all concerned, for immediate action on the matter.
Besides demand for abolition of death sentence, the convention would seek
Internatioinal intervention to demand justice against 'war crimes' and alleged
crimes against humanity committed against Tamils in Sri Lanka, she said.
The conference also would demand ensuring immediate relief, rehabilitation and
resolution for the suffering Tamils in camps in the Island Nation, he said.
This would be taken up as a national campaign, focussing on strengthening the
movement against death penalty and promoting self determination of the
struggling people in South Asia, he said.
"The convention is significant, particularly in the backdrop of the ongoing
debate and litigations following the rejection of the mercy petitions filed by
the assassins, Peravivalan, Santhan and Murugan," Kurinji said.
(source: ZEE News)
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