Sept. 6
GAZA:
EU Missions in Jerusalem and Ramallah Condemn Death Sentence Issued in Gaza on
27 August
The EU Missions in Jerusalem and Ramallah condemn in a press release, the death
sentence issued by a Gaza Military Court on 27 August.
As in their most recent statement on 13 August, the EU Missions in Jerusalem
and Ramallah recall the EU's firm opposition under all circumstances to the use
of capital punishment. The EU considers that abolition of the death penalty
contributes to the enhancement of human dignity and the progressive development
of human rights. It considers capital punishment to be cruel and inhuman,
failing to provide deterrence to criminal behaviour, and representing an
unacceptable denial of human dignity and integrity.
The de facto authorities in Gaza must refrain from carrying out any executions
of prisoners and comply with the de facto moratorium on executions put in place
by the Palestinian Authority, pending abolition of the death penalty in line
with the global trend.
(source: Palestine News Network)
INDONESIA:
Sympathy expressed for commando executors
A former Indonesian intelligence chief says a group of commandos who stormed a
prison and executed 4 inmates in March made the community safer.
A military court on Thursday found the 3 soldiers guilty and imposed sentences
of between 6 and 11 years in prison.
The ABC reports the military adnmits the killings were in revenge for the
murder of a commando in a pub brawl. A special forces unit broke into the
Cebongan prison near Yogyakarta and executed 4 inmates there.
A dozen men were involved in the raid.
The maximum penalty could have been the death sentence, but the ABC reports the
prosecutors took the view that the killings of were for the good of the
community.
Hendropriyono, the former head of Indonesia's military intelligence, said the
prison raid was wrong but understandable, because the men who died were feared
gangsters.
"I never say that I justify this killings, but we have to understand why this
thing happened," he said, adding .that the raid had made the community happier
and safer.
Other members of the unit will be sentenced on Friday.
(source: Radio New Zealand)
CHINA:
China Arsonist Gets Death Penalty For Killing 14
A disgruntled garment factory worker in China was sentenced to death on Friday
for setting fire to his factory in which 14 of his colleagues were killed,
official media reported.
A court in the Guangdong province handed down the capital punishment to Liu
Shuangyun on being found guilty of torching the undergarments factory to vent
his anger over a labor dispute in December 2012. 30 workers were in the factory
at the time and 14 of them perished in the fire.
Liu told the court that his boss always docked his wages, so he sought revenge
by setting fire to the factory. The loss was estimated at $373,000, the Xinhua
news agency said.
(source: RTT News)
SAUDI ARABIA----executions
Convicted murderers beheaded in Saudi Arabia
Saudi authorities beheaded two citizens in Riyadh on Thursday after they were
convicted of separate murders, the interior ministry announced.
Hashan al-Nutayfat shot dead fellow citizen Mohammed al-Dosari in a dispute,
said the statement published by the official SPA news agency.
Another murderer, Mohammed al-Qahtani, was executed after he stabbed a fellow
Saudi to death, SPA reported.
The beheadings bring to 65 the number of people executed in Saudi Arabia so far
this year, according to an AFP count.
In 2012, the conservative Muslim kingdom carried out 76 executions, according
to a tally based on official figures. Human Rights Watch has put the number at
69.
Rape, murder, apostasy, armed robbery and drug trafficking are all punishable
by death under the oil-rich Gulf state's strict version of sharia, or Islamic
law.
(source: Agence France-Presse)
IRAQ----executions
Iraq executes 3 terrorist elements
The Iraqi Ministry of Justice on Wednesday (September 4th) announced that 3 men
convicted of terrorism crimes have been executed.
The men were executed after their death sentences were approved by the
presidency, the ministry said in a statement.
The sentences were handed down in accordance with article 4 of Iraq's
anti-terrorism law, it said.
(source: Al-Shorfa)
IRAN:
Sunni prisoners were released and 5 sentenced to death
16 Sunni prisoners in Rajaie Shahr prison have been released as they spent all
of their imprisonment verdict and 5 priosners have been sentenced to death.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), The
Sunni prisoners who were arrested mostly in groups and in mosques have been
released after spending their imprisonment verdicts.
A Sunni prisoner told HRANA reporter that "these 16 prisoners spent all of
their verdicts and as they were arrested in groups and mosques some people
mislead the story and pretend that the prisoners have been released according
to a conditional forgiveness but the reality is that the authorities were
against the earlier releasing of even one of them. As well the imprisonment
verdict of about 10-12 more Sunni prisoners will end in the next few days."
"At the same time five Sunni prisoners have been sentenced to death and in
total 25 of us is in danger of execution. Also 2 Sunni brothers who are in the
same ward that we are, have been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment in total."
The following names are the prisoners who have been released:
Seyyed Taha Karimi imprisoned for 20 months
Jafar Pouya imprisoned for 24 months
Masoud Abdollahi imprisoned for 22 months
Naser Pirkherzri imprisoned for 18 months
Mohammad Shafie Rahmanpour imprisoned for 20 months
Ayoub Ebrahimzadeh imprisoned for 20 months
Abdolwahab Maroofzadeh imprisoned for 20 months
Kaveh Rasoulpoor imprisoned for 18 months
Yousef Feizi imprisoned for 20 months
Nemat Azadkhah imprisoned for 20 months
Sherkooh Ghamarivand imprisoned for 20 months
Hadi Moloodi imprisoned for 20 months
Mohammad Najjari imprisoned for 18 months
Hassan Abdollahi imprisoned for 24 months
The websites with trends to regime reported their releasing as a conditional
release.
(source: HRANA)
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