September 24
AUSTRALIA:
Guilty Screening for World Day Against the Death PenaltyThe film recreates
the last 72 hours of Myuran Sukumaran's life.
On Wednesday October 10, the 16th World Day Against the Death Penalty, Guilty,
the film recreating the final 72 hours in the life of Bali 9 member Myuran
Sukumaran, will screen in cinemas across Australia.
Sukumaran, who grew up in the western suburbs of Sydney, was executed by firing
squad in Indonesia in 2015 alongside fellow Australian Andrew Chan after both
were convicted of drug trafficking - and despite international public outcry.
In the lead up to his death, Sukumaran became an accomplished artist under the
tutorship of Ben Quilty; the film mixes archival and dramatic material from the
final 3 days of his life to capture his talent and the tragedy of his death.
Reprieve Australia campaigns for an end to the death penalty and arranges
volunteer legal and humanitarian assistance for some of the more than 20,000
people worldwide on deathrow.
The organisation will receive 10 % of the ticket sales from Guilty screenings
in cinemas in the ACT, NSW, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and
Western Australia. Watch the trailer at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fG9LsQRCv4.
Melbourne screenings:
Cinema Nova, Carlton - 7pm
Village Cinemas Southland, Cheltenham - 7pm
Village Cinemas Karingal, Frankston - 7pm Hoyts Cinema Melbourne Central,
Melbourne CBD - 6.30pm
(source: broadsheet.com.au)
PHILIPPINES:
Dela Rosa pushes death penalty for drug lords
Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) chief Director General Ronald dela Rosa
reiterated his call for the return and expansion of the death penalty for
people convicted of illegal drugs charges.
In a visit to Baguio City to meet with students of the National Institute for
Information Technology (NIIT) on the sustainable programs against illegal drugs
and peace promotion, the corrections chief said it does not matter whether the
guilty just possessed illegal drugs or managed a drug empire, they should go
straight to their death beds.
"Prior to my assignment as corrections chief, the apprehensions done against
those involved in illegal drugs outside the corrections bureau were coming from
inside the corrections facility, so what we did was to segregate 160 Chinese
personalities from their Filipino counterpart to stop the transactions they
were conducting," Dela Rosa said.
In his stint as corrections chief, Dela Rosa noted the presence of marijuana
transactions between the Chinese and Filipinos but still indicated shabu as the
leading drug of choice.
"Not so much on marijuana but more on shabu because of the return of investment
between the 2 illegal drugs, most likely if there were transactions of
marijuana, it may have likely came from the Cordillera region," the corrections
chief stated.
At present, a controversial House bill already approved on 3rd and final
reading allows death penalty only for drug convicts of 7 particular offenses.
When asked on what he would pursue once he reaches the senate, Dela Rosa said
aside from the death penalty, he would look into returning the training of PNP
personnel to the organization and the strict regulation on the acquisition of
SIM cards.
"I will also focus on a bill returning the training of police personnel to the
PNP since this is very important for the discipline of our police force, aside
from the use of post paid SIM cards instead of prepaid so that it would be easy
to monitor criminal elements involved in illegal activities," Dela Rosa added.
During his incumbency as PNP Chief, Dela Rosa was the face of the Duterte
administration's anti-illegal drug campaign.
(source: sunstar.com.ph)
IRANexecutions
31 Executions Including 9 Political Prisoners Within 20 Days
On Saturday, September 22, the falling regime of mullahs executed 9 prisoners
collectively in Adelabad prison in Shiraz. The criminal head of the "Justice"
of Fars province had already reiterated that he will deal seriously with those
who disturb the order and security of the society.
Thus, the number of executions in the past 20 days amounted to at least 31,
most of them young individuals. 9 of them were Kurdish and Balouch political
prisoners who were hanged in Gohardasht prison in Karaj, Zahedan and Orumieh
for the fabricated charge of "Moharebeh" [waging war against God] and
disturbing the security of the regime. In Gohardasht Prison in Karaj, 8 other
prisoners were executed collectively on September 5. 1 prisoner was hanged
publicly in Marvdasht.
The hated system of the Velayat-e faqih, being engulfed with domestic and
international crises, and incapable of confronting the growing popular
protests, has resorted to a new wave of executions and oppression in a bid to
escalate the atmosphere of terror and intimidation.
The Iranian Resistance calls on all international human rights
