April 26
PAKISTAN:
Grant Clemency to Abdul Basit (UA 96/16)
A Pakistani man convicted and sentenced to death for murder in 2009, Abdul
Basit, is at risk of execution. His execution has been stayed 3 times, all at
the last minute, in July, September and November 2015. He became paralysed in
2010 due to the inhumane conditions in which he was kept in Central Jail
Faisalabad.
see:
http://www.amnestyusa.org/get-involved/take-action-now/pakistan-grant-clemency-to-abdul-basit-ua-9616
(source: Amnesty International USA)
SUDAN:
Darfur rebel group warns against executing one of its commanders
The rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) has warned the Sudanese
government against the consequences of carrying out the death sentence issued
against its leading figure El-Tom Hamid Tutu since 5 years ago.
Tutu was held captive by the Sudanese army during a joint attack launched by
the JEM and the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) against
army position in Al-Tayes area in South Kordofan.
On 28 August 2011, the Kadougli general court sentenced Tutu to death by
hanging and the ruling was upheld by the Supreme Court in March 2012.
In a statement extended to Sudan Tribune on Wednesday, JEM spokesperson Gibril
Adam Bilal said the proceedings of the execution of the death penalty have
already begun on Tuesday morning at the maximum-security Kober prison in
Khartoum.
"The Kober prison administration transferred on Tuesday morning JEM's leading
figure and prisoner of war El-Tom Hamid Tutu from the death cells to the death
arena following the recitation of the death sentence in preparation for its
implementation" read the statement.
Bilal called on the rights groups to urgently intervene to prevent the
execution of the death sentence against Tutu and the rest of the movement's
hostages and to seek to secure their release.
He denounced the government move and described it as an arbitrary ruling
against a prisoner of war.
The statement further expressed JEM's full readiness to defend its prisoners by
all possible and not possible means.
"JEM reminds the government that the execution of the prisoners of war wouldn't
be tolerated as other kinds of crimes [committed by the government] and we
won't respond at a later time [but immediately]" Bilal said.
Tutu was handed the death sentence after he was found guilty under articles
(50), (51), (60) and (62) of the 1991 Criminal Code relating to waging war
against the state, undermining the constitutional order and wearing military
uniform.
(source: Sudan Tribune)
SAUDI ARABIA----execution
Saudi officials admit - executed prisoner was a juvenile
In interviews with Al Arabiya, unearthed and translated by Vice News, several
Saudi security officials speak of arresting a group of people they knew to be
juveniles. The group appears to include Mustafa Abkar, who was killed as part
of a mass execution in January this year despite having been 13, it's thought,
at the time of his arrest. In the interviews, the officials describe the young
people they have arrested as 'vulnerable'; General Said al-Qahtani, Director of
Police for Mecca, says 'one of them hadn't reached 14 years old', while Special
Forces General Major Sultan al-Maliki says 'some we arrested thought the matter
was over and they would return to their families.'
The comments have emerged amid concerns over the use of the death penalty
against juveniles in Saudi Arabia. After January's mass execution of 47 people,
it emerged that several juveniles were among those killed - including Mustafa,
and Ali al-Ribh, who was in school when he was arrested in 2012, in relation to
political protests.
There are also fears that 3 more juveniles could soon be executed for an
alleged role in political protests. Ali al-Nimr, Abdullah al-Zaher and Dawood
al-Marhoon were all children when they were arrested in 2012; all 3 were
tortured into 'confessions' that were used to sentence them to death.
(source: publicnow.com)
MALAYSIA:
Lorry driver charged with murder of wife, daughter----Court fixes May 30 for
mention of Rawang murder case
A lorry driver was charged at the Selayang Magistrate Court here today with the
murder of his wife and baby daughter 2 weeks ago.
No plea was recorded from the accused who only nodded his head when the charge
was read separately in front of Magistrate Iriane Isabelo.
Satvender Singh Pirthpar Singh, 30, was charged with the murder of his wife D
Kamaljit, 34 and 7 month old Ishlyn Kaur Sandhu at No 31, Jalan RP 10/9, Taman
Rawang Perdana 2, Rawang, at 3.55am and 4.15am last April 14.
The court fixed May 30 for mention following submission of the chemistry report
and the post-mortem results.
Earlier, lawyer Y Sheelan, who appeared on behalf of Satvender Singh, requested
for his client to be allowed access to treatment and to lodge a police report
as he alleged he had been injured in police custody.
Magistrate Iriane said she would have to refer to the Prisons Department to
ascertain the proper procedure before giving her decision.
Satvender Singh was charged under Section 302 of the Penal Code for murder
which carries the death penalty upon conviction.
(source: bernama)
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