June 30
EGYPT:
UN experts urge Egypt to overturn largest confirmed mass death verdict
A group of United Nations human rights experts on Monday called on the Egyptian
government to impose a moratorium on the death penalty, and to offer new and
fair trials for 183 people whose death sentences have been confirmed.
(source: APP news)
ISRAEL:
Hevron Council Head Calls for Death Penalty for Teens' Murderers----Head of the
Hevron Hills Council says terrorists who murdered 3 Israeli teens - and those
who helped them - must be punished severely.
Yohai Damai, head of the Hevron Hills Regional Council, emotionally decried the
murders of Israeli teens Eyal Yifrah (19), Naftali Frenkel (16), and Gilad
Sha'ar (16). The 3 were found in the area of Halhoul, located in the
jurisdiction of the regional council.
"They murdered our sons," Damai said. "We cannot remain silent. These murderers
must be the first ones to pay with their own lives for these murders. They must
be brought to justice, alive or dead.
"The 3 teens were murdered in order to force us to leave our land," Damai
said." We have to do the opposite - add homes, add towns, add lives. We must
impose sovereignty on the Judea region. Only thus will they learn that their
behavior doesn't pay.
"And in the area where these murdered boys were found, the relatives and
friends of these monsters have no guilt, and riot, even at this moment. The
entire area must be locked down immediately," he added.
In a tragic end to an intensive search by the IDF, intelligence services and
police, it has been released for publication this evening (Monday) that IDF
forces have discovered the bodies of the 3 teenagers abducted 18 days ago as
they hitchhiked home near the town of Alon Shvut in the Gush Etzion region. The
3 teens went missing on June 12th, and officials soon identified Hamas as the
culprits. Their bodies were found near Hevron, where the search operation for
them - dubbed Operation Brother's Keeper - had been focused.
(source: Israel National News)
OMAN:
State Council backs death penalty for drug trafficking in Oman
Proposals to introduce death penalty for drug dealers trafficking narcotics
into Oman have received the backing of the State Council, according to a
member.
In a move to combat drug trafficking more aggressively, the State Council has
called for death penalty to drug traffickers. The suggestion has been welcomed
by many on social media with many saying there must be an end to the drugs
trade in the Sultanate.
Welcoming the move, Khalid Hamdan, a psychologist working in Sultan Qaboos
University, said that death penalty would indeed deter drug traffickers.
"This will lead to a significant drop in drug trafficking cases as well as drug
abuse cases in the Sultanate," he said.
The State Council approved the amendment to include the proposal of death
penalty in the drugs law, in the session chaired by Dr Yahya bin Mahfoudh Al
Mantheri, chairman of the State Council. This proposal still needs to be
discussed at a higher level before becoming a law.
"A number of the State Council members focused in their discussions on how to
tighten the penalties on drugs trading or abusing," said a member, while adding
that most of them called for death penalty for drug traffickers.
"Due to trafficking of drugs, the number of victims jumped five times between
2009 and 2013, therefore, there must be heftier penalties for drug traders,"
said the member.
While in 2009, the number of drugs trafficking cases was 66, it reached 290 in
2013.
The number of cases registered in the Central Register were 4,150 until the end
of 2013, an increase of 215 cases over 2012.
The State Council session discussed the report of the Social Committee on the
amendments to the drugs law and psychotropic substances No. (17/99).
"The State Council made changes to the Articles No. 1.6.43.56.61 and inserted 2
new ones," said the member.
The State Council also suggested a proposal to develop a comprehensive national
strategy to combat drugs and psychotropic substances, the member added.
Meanwhile, an official at the Directorate- General for Combating Narcotic and
Psychotropic Substances told the Times of Oman that seas and oceans that
surround the Arab countries turn them into an easy transit route between the
drug-producing areas in Asia and the areas where drugs are consumed in Europe
and the Middle East.
About the drug menace in the Sultanate, the official said that the issue is
very pertinent, particularly because drugs target the youth segment, both men
and women, and more efforts need to be made to combat it.
The Sultanate, with its 3,165km coastline, is exposed to drug smuggling, the
official added. According to the official, heroin was the main drug seized by
the ROP in 2013. The number of drug addicts reached more than 1,400 in 2013,
compared to 1,258 in 2012.
(source: Times of Oman)
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