Oct. 18
NIGERIA:
Abuja Prostitutes Given 48 hours to Vacate the City, Death Penalty for Patrons
Prostitutes in the city of Abuja have been given a 48-hour ultimatum to vacate
the city or face the full wrath of the law while men and women who patronise
them will be punished with a death sentence.
These strict measures were laid out by the Secretary for Social Development,
Mrs. Blessing Onuh shortly after an official visit to several locations known
to witness heavy activity of prostitutes and their patrons in the Federal
Capital Territory.
Mrs Onuh added that several other severe measures had been lined up after
security agencies combed several red-light districts and made several arrests.
She noted that experiencing a decline in the scourge, the secretary noted that
prostitution has metamorphosed from the conventional sedentary practice in
local brothels to a sophisticated cartel of "runs babes" and the corporate
realm.
She revealed that the 'executive' type now holds in many luxury hotels in the
Abuja metropolis and the exquisite homes of the super-rich adding that
notorious spots include Port Harcourt Crescent, off Gimbiya Street, Garki;
Adetokunbo Ademola Crescent and Sheraton Junction in Wuse II; and virtually all
the discotheques; even in poor neighbourhoods like Nyanyan, Mararaba and
Gwagwa, little girls have joined the illicit trade.
"They parade a horde of half-unclad girls and women of various ages and sizes
brazenly exposing themselves, while openly and desperately beckoning on
motorists and passers-by to pick them for the night. They insult, poke rude
jokes and pour vituperation on those who look at them scornfully or ignore
them.Indeed, for Abuja's affluent and powerful men, it has become commonplace
to place order for these women on the street or import them from other states
and even from far-flung countries in the Caribbean and Asian countries.
High-society social, political functions are incomplete without a harem of
these shadowy women. The import of these is that the upsurge requires a
holistic framework to be able to deal with this seemingly intractable scourge."
(source: Nigerian Bulletin)
India:
2 get death penalty for killing 4
A Godavarikhani court on Friday awarded death penalty and Rs 3,000 fine to a
daily labourer and a fisherman after convicting the duo for killing a woman,
in-laws including a 4-year-old girl by smothering and stabbing at Pothana
Colony in VIII Incline Colony of the town 4 years back.
The district is witnessing a capital punishment after a gap of 40 years. 2
naxalites were awarded death penalty by a court in 1974.
(source: Deccan Chronicle)
PAKISTAN:
Bishop of Pune: The Asia Bibi death sentence is an affront to the dignity of us
all----Msgr. Thomas Dabre comments on the ruling of the High Court of
Islamabad, which confirmed the death penalty. The blasphemy laws are "contrary
to the human spirit" and "reveal a medieval and obsolete mentality." The
prelate calls for the intervention of the international community.
I was greatly shocked and deeply saddened when the judges decided to uphold the
capital punishment to ..hapless Christian woman, Asia Bibi. In my view it is
against all norms of both humans and international laws, dignity and all laws.
Anycase everybody should be able to follow his/her religion there should be
religious freedom and this in my view is a grave violation of the freedom to
practice one's own religion but one may not be able to see the connection. I
totally condemn this sentence because in my view it is against all human
dignity against all laws not only international laws but all laws, human
rights. It is a violation of human rights.
It is my deep conviction that these laws are hopelessly against the human
spirit and it is betrays a medieval and obsolete mindset it is an abuse of
power and authority to award such sentences and any case such laws are always
open to misinterpretation and abuse on various grounds.
Pakistan being a Muslim majority nation, where Christians and those of other
religions are a tiny miniscule minorities, it is all the more incumbent on them
to be vary of such accusations of blasphemy. The Pakistan government there
should be very careful in applying such laws and the International community
should hold the government of Pakistan accountable. The Pakistan government
cannot disown responsibility of this death sentence and should overturn
immediately the death sentence of innocent Christian woman Asia Bibi.
I would expect international authorities and bodies to make the Pakistan
government withdraw this punishment as well as these draconian Blasphemy laws,
which betrays a mindset that are against present day affirmation of human
rights.
Providentially the universal church will observe mission Sunday on 19th which
is intended to promote Jesus and his values. Jesus mission was to impart to
fullness of life in all liberties to all humanity, therefore such an sentence
of capital punishment, on the dubious grounds of the application of blasphemy
law is contrary to the vision and mission of Jesus Christ.
(source: Thomas Pune, Bishop of Pune (with the collaboration of Nirmala
Carvalho)----Asia News)
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