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2016-08-03 Thread Rick Halperin
NOTE postings to this listserve will resume on August 14 INDONESIA: Indonesia will not abolish death penalty, Wiranto says Coordinating Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Minister Wiranto has stressed that the government would not consider abolishing the death penalty, and

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2016-08-02 Thread Rick Halperin
Aug. 2 TURKEY: A step back from the death penaltyTentatively, cautiously, we can say that Turkey is dropping talk of reinstating capital punishment There are very few aspects of the 15 July coup attempt in Turkey that did not cause alarm abroad, but one that resonated more than

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2016-08-01 Thread Rick Halperin
Aug. 1 SCOTLAND/PAKISTAN: Scottish lawyer fight for the rights of the innocents on death row in Pakistan Becoming interested in Pakistan as a student, lawyer Isabel Buchanan moved to the country those condemned to death row. When Isabel Buchanan was a student in Glasgow, she had a

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2016-08-01 Thread Rick Halperin
Aug. 1 UNITED KINGDOM/SAUDI ARABIA: Ministers urged to correct claims over Saudi juveniles executions International human rights organization Reprieve is urging the UK Government to correct inaccurate statements it has made about three juveniles facing beheading in Saudi Arabia.

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2016-07-31 Thread Rick Halperin
July 31 UNITED NATIONS: UN chief bucks capital punishment The United Nations human rights chief is opposing the imposition of capital punishment in all circumstances, saying death penalty is "not an effective deterrent" to crime and does not protect people from drug abuse. UN High

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2016-07-30 Thread Rick Halperin
July 30 CHINA: Corruption and the Death Penalty in China On Monday, July 4, 2016, Ling Jihua was sentenced to life imprisonment by the No. 1 Intermediate People's Court of Tianjin after a closed-door trial. He was convicted of taking bribes, illegally obtaining state secrets and

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2016-07-29 Thread Rick Halperin
July 29 INDONESIA: After executions, Indonesia says it will review death penaltyThe government's statement comes just hours after it executed 4 drug convicts including 3 foreigners It looks as if international and local pressure on the Indonesian government to abolish the death

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2016-07-29 Thread Rick Halperin
July 29 INDIA: Govt not in favour of abolishing death penalty: Kiren Rijiju Government today said in Rajya Sabha that it is "not in favour" of abolishing the capital punishment considering the "prevailing circumstances" in the country. "The prevailing circumstances in which we are

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2016-07-28 Thread Rick Halperin
July 28 INDONESIAexecutions Indonesia executes 4 drug traffickers The Indonesian government on Friday said it had executed 4 drug traffickers, giving a reprieve of uncertain duration to 10 others it had said would also be put to death. Deputy Attorney-General Noor Rachmad said 1

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2016-07-28 Thread Rick Halperin
July 28 INDONESIAimpending executions Jokowi called on to stop imminent executions President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo should commute the death sentences of at least 14 people who face imminent executions for drug trafficking, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Wednesday. The

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2016-07-28 Thread Rick Halperin
July 28 BOTSWANA: Death row inmates make one last plea 2 convicted hit men on death row have made one last plea to the Court of Appeal (CoA) bench in an attempt to have their lives spared. On Monday the duo, Daniel Semi and Gaolatlhe Thusang, made a brief final appearance before the

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2016-07-27 Thread Rick Halperin
July 27 INDONESIA: Injustice victims may be executed Indonesia is running a serious risk of executing innocent persons if it insists on going ahead with the executions of 14 death row convicts, expected on Friday. The convicts, who have received official notification letters of

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2016-07-27 Thread Rick Halperin
July 27 PHILIPPINES: Solons file 1st house bill seeking to restore death penalty Members of the House of Representatives will deliberate on the re-imposition of the death penalty on its 2nd day of regular session for the 17th Congress on Tuesday. House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez and

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2016-07-26 Thread Rick Halperin
July 26 INDONESIA: Indonesian woman appeals for clemency A last-minute clemency appeal has been launched for an Indonesian woman believed to be facing the firing squad in the country's next round of executions, feared to be imminent. The woman, known as MU or Merry Utami, was a poor

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2016-07-25 Thread Rick Halperin
July 25 INDIA: Majority of 1st time offenders get death sentence - Survey report Death Penalty India recently conducted a survey which revealed that 60% of the criminals belong to uneducated poor families who have been given death sentence. There 241 criminals out of 385 who

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2016-07-24 Thread Rick Halperin
July 24 PHILIPPINES: Mistaken executions seen with death penalty revival Owing to an error-prone judiciary, many convicts would be wrongfully executed once Congress revives the death penalty, a pro-life lawmaker warned on Sunday. "We're afraid the rate of wrongful executions could

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2016-07-23 Thread Rick Halperin
July 23 IRAQ: Stalled death sentences spur debate in Iraq The Karrada blast, which killed about 300 Iraqis on July 3, brought attention to the thorny issue of the convicted terrorists who have spent years on death row awaiting execution. Amid popular discontent, the Iraqi government

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2016-07-22 Thread Rick Halperin
July 22 TURKEY: Turkey rebuffs EU on death penalty, as Erdogan calls for 'new blood' in army Turkey rebuffed the European Union on Friday over the death penalty, while President Tayyip Erdogan vowed to restructure the military and give it "fresh blood", signalling the scope of a

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2016-07-22 Thread Rick Halperin
July 22 SINGAPORE: Geylang murder suspect is charged in death of coffeeshop helper A 64-year-old man was charged on Friday (Jul 22) with the murder of 52-year-old Goh Eng Thiam, who was found dead in Geylang 2 weeks ago. Toh Sia Guan was accused of killing Goh between 7.30am and

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2016-07-21 Thread Rick Halperin
July 21 IRANexecutions 10 Prisoners Executed at Rajai Shahr Prison in 1 DayThe execution spree of the Iranian authorities continues with 10 executions carried out on Wednesday July 20 at Rajai Shahr Prison. About 38 executions have been reported in Iran in the past week. A

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2016-07-21 Thread Rick Halperin
July 21 TURKEY: Experts: Restoring death penalty in Turkey would be risky Rights groups and legal experts said Wednesday that Turkey would be abandoning international rights conventions, and reverting to relics of military dictatorships if it reinstates the death penalty, which was

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2016-07-20 Thread Rick Halperin
July 20 GLOBAL: Death penalty executions at a 25 year high, Amnesty reports The number of people executed around the world has reached a sobering new record. New figures released by Amnesty International show a 50 % rise in executions in 2015. More than 1634 people were condemned to

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2016-07-19 Thread Rick Halperin
July 19 BANGLADESH: 3 get death penalty for 1971 war crimes A special tribunal in Bangladesh has sentenced 3 members of a militia group to death for their role in killings and other serious crimes committed during the country's independence war against Pakistan 35 years ago. 5 other

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2016-07-19 Thread Rick Halperin
July 19 VIETNAM: Court upholds death sentence for accomplice in Binh Phuoc massacre The Supreme Court Monday rejected an appeal against the death sentence by a man who, together with an accomplice, killed 6 members of a family in the southern province of Binh Phuoc last year.

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2016-07-18 Thread Rick Halperin
July 18 IRAN: 10 Prisoners in Rajai Shahr Prison Scheduled for Execution About 10 prisoners in Karaj's Rajai Shahr Prison (Alborz Province, northern Iran) were transferred to solitary confinement in preparation for their executions scheduled for Wednesday July 20. According to close

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2016-07-18 Thread Rick Halperin
July 18 IRANexecutions 16 prisoners including a woman hanged in 1 day, 2 in public 30 prisoners executed in less than a week in cities across the country In a new wave of executions, the Iranian regime executed 30 prisoners in various cities from July 11 to 17. 16 were

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2016-07-17 Thread Rick Halperin
July 17 EGYPT: Egypt court hands death sentences to 6 Brotherhood members over 2013 violenceThe 9 Muslim Brotherhood members were sentenced in absentia meaning that if they turn themselves into the authorities a retrial will be granted A Cairo criminal court handed death and

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2016-07-17 Thread Rick Halperin
July 17 PAKISTAN: Isabel Buchanan: 'In Pakistan, law was literally a matter of life and death'The Scottish lawyer talks about her book recalling her time as a 23-year-old working on death-row cases in Pakistan Pakistan has around 8,000 people on death row. What kinds of crimes

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2016-07-16 Thread Rick Halperin
July 16 NIGERIA: Lawyers advocate capital punishment for kidnappingThe lawyers decried the increasing cases of kidnapping cases in the country, saying that death sentence would serve as a deterrent to those who want to venture into the crime Some Abuja-based lawyers have called

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2016-07-15 Thread Rick Halperin
July 15 LEBANON: Lebanon charges 3 over suicide bombings Lebanon's military prosecutor has charged 3 people, including 1 Syrians, with links to the Islamic State group and involvement in suicide bombings in a village on the Syrian border. A judicial source told AFP on Thursday that

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2016-07-15 Thread Rick Halperin
July 15 RUSSIA: Politician demands terrorists get death penalty in the wake of Nice attack Leader of the Just Russia political party Sergey Mironov has reiterated the need to impose capital punishment on terrorists and their accomplices in the wake of the truck rampage in Nice.

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2016-07-14 Thread Rick Halperin
July 14 GHANA: 2 death sentences in TamaleGhana is considered to be a democratic country that leads in human rights but unfortunately the entrenched clause in the constitution that allows the death penalty has become rampant, a human rights activist says. The Tamale High Court

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2016-07-14 Thread Rick Halperin
July 14 IRAQ: Iraqi President approves decision to carry out death penalty Iraqi President Fuad Masoum has approved a decision to carry out death sentences for a number of prisoners convicted of serious terrorism offenses which "claimed the lives of innocent citizens," according to a

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2016-07-13 Thread Rick Halperin
July 13 IRANexecutions Iran regime hangs nine collectively Iran's fundamentalist regime hanged 9 prisoners collectively on Wednesday in Gohardasht Prison in Karaj, north-west of Tehran. 3 of the executed prisoners were identified as Seyyed Mohammad Taheri, Amir Khadem Rezaiyan

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2016-07-13 Thread Rick Halperin
July 13 MALAYSIA: Stop shifting the goal post on abolishing the death penalty A parliamentary reply dated May 20 to my question on the breakdown of nationalities on the death row in Malaysia and if the government is ready to abolish the mandatory death penalty, stated that 1,042

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2016-07-12 Thread Rick Halperin
July 12 IRAN: A Prisoner Scheduled to Be Executed Within 3 Days Mehdi Pakgoftar, from Ilam is scheduled to be executed on drug related charges within 3 days. His elderly parents have sit in front of the Head of Judiciary's Office since 2 months ago and insist on their son's

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2016-07-11 Thread Rick Halperin
July 11 BOTSWANA: Death row 'hit men' plead for justice 2 death row inmates have pleaded with the Court of Appeal (CoA) to overturn their fate with their maker arguing that they were never the masterminds behind the killing of an innocent old man in 2008. In an emotionally

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2016-07-10 Thread Rick Halperin
July 10 CANADA: Americans To Support Death Penalty: Poll Canadians are more forward-thinking than Americans on a vast range of social issues - with 1 surprising exception, a new poll suggests. Abortion, pornography, and sex-same relationships are significantly more accepted in Canada

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2016-07-08 Thread Rick Halperin
July 8 PHILIPPINES: Senators split on lowering age of criminal liability to 9 Is the Philippines ready to put to death a 9-year old? Senator Paolo "Bam" Aquino IV posed this challenge to critics of the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act and those calling for the lowering of age of

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2016-07-08 Thread Rick Halperin
July 8 IRAQexecutions Isis has executed 5 Sunni tribesman and beheaded 6 of their own militants for spyingThe extremists are becoming increasingly paranoid as the borders of their self-proclaimed caliphate shrinks. The Islamic State (Isis) militant group has executed 6 of

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2016-07-07 Thread Rick Halperin
July 7 NIGERIA: When Will NIgeria Abolish the Death Penalty? Ugo Aliogo writes that there is a clarion call on Nigeria by Amnesty International to abolish the death penalty. Solomon Prosper was 25 years old, he was arrested for an alleged case of murder of his cousin, a crime he

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2016-07-06 Thread Rick Halperin
July 6 IRAN: Shahram Ahmadi in Imminent Danger of Execution after Request for Retrial Rejected Shahram Ahmadi is in imminent danger of execution after his lawyer's request for a retrial was rejected by Iranian authorities. Iran's Supreme Court has reportedly rejected a request for

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2016-07-06 Thread Rick Halperin
July 6 GHANA: Human rights lawyer calls for death sentence to be expunged A leading human rights activist explained that even though the basis for the death sentence was for a culprit to receive equal measure of punishment of what he meted out to a victim, many culprits are found

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2016-07-03 Thread Rick Halperin
July 3 MALAWI: Malawian president drafts new law to deal with Albino killersMalawi President, Peter Mutharika, Friday announced that he will introduce a new law to deal with "evil-minded" people involved in the killings of persons with albinism in the country. Muntharika

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2016-07-02 Thread Rick Halperin
July 2 PHILIPPINES: Manila lawmaker files bill reviving death penalty A member of the House of Representatives from Metro Manila filed the first bill for the revival of the controversial death penalty in support of the vow of President Rodrigo "Rody" Duterte to stamp out corruption

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2016-06-28 Thread Rick Halperin
my postings to this list will resume on July 2 June 28 TANZANIA: 'Penalise Albino Killers' Dline Goes Here The Tanzania Albino Society (TAS) has reiterated its call to the government to execute the death penalty pronounced over 19 people who were found guilty of murdering people

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2016-06-28 Thread Rick Halperin
June 28 BOTSWANA: Will Death Row Hit Men Escape The Hangman's Noose? Among cases to watch during the July Court of Appeal (CoA) session are of death row inmates, Daniel Semi (30) and Gaolatlhe Thusang (35) who are seeking to convince the bench to rescue them from the noose. The

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2016-06-27 Thread Rick Halperin
June 27 LIBYA: Kadhafi son's new lawyers urge ICC to drop case New lawyers representing the son of slain Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi announced Monday they will ask the International Criminal Court to quash the case against him as he has now been tried and convicted by a Libyan

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2016-06-27 Thread Rick Halperin
June 27 SUDAN: 'Death Penalty for Student a Crime' - Darfur Bar Association In a statement on Friday, the Darfur Bar Association (DBA) strongly objected to the death sentence handed-down by the Khartoum Bahri Criminal Court on student Mohamed Abdallah Baggari. On 29 April last year,

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2016-06-26 Thread Rick Halperin
June 26 BANGLADESH: Youth to die for killing couple in Mymensingh A Mymensingh court yesterday sentenced a youth to death for killing a couple in the town in 2014. The death penalty awardee is Golam Mustafa Mithu, 25, son of Abu Zafar of Chhoykhada village under Kotchandpur upazila

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2016-06-26 Thread Rick Halperin
June 26 KENYA: Kenyans to give views on death penalty from Monday A debate seeking public views on the administration of capital punishment and management of capital offences will kick off on Monday in Kisii County. The power of mercy and advisory committee and national crime

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2016-06-25 Thread Rick Halperin
June 25 PHILIPPINES: Church, activists fear reimposition of death penalty Reintroduction will see many innocent and poor people executed in the Philippines, they say Church leaders and human rights advocates marked the anniversary of the abolition of the death penalty in the

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2016-06-24 Thread Rick Halperin
June 24 SRI LANKA: Foreign Minister Calls on Leaders to Have Courage to Abolish Death Penalty According to Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera Legislators and jurors in Asian states including Sri Lanka, where the death penalty is yet to be abolished are unwilling to take the necessary

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2016-06-23 Thread Rick Halperin
June 23 IRAN: Iranian stars campaign to save lives of convicts on death row Celebrities in Iran have joined a campaign to save the lives of convicts on death row, encouraging forgiveness in a country that has one of the world's highest records of executions. Public figures including

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2016-06-23 Thread Rick Halperin
June 23 INDIA: Prez rejects mercy plea of 2 convicts of Jharkhand massacre The mercy plea of 2 convicts, who killed 8 members of a family including a physically disabled youth in Jharkhand nearly 9 years ago, has been rejected by President Pranab Mukherjee. The President has

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2016-06-23 Thread Rick Halperin
June 23 CANADA: Marking the 40th anniversary of the end of the death penalty Wednesday marks the 40th anniversary of the House of Commons vote to abolish the death penalty in Canada. The final execution in Halifax took place in 1935. Daniel Sampson was arrested and charged with the

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2016-06-22 Thread Rick Halperin
June 22 TAIWAN: Taiwan 'moving toward' abolishing death penalty The Ministry of Justice yesterday responded to EU calls to abolish capital punishment by saying that Taiwan's justice system is moving toward that goal in the long term, adding that a high percentage of Taiwanese still

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2016-06-22 Thread Rick Halperin
June 22 JAPAN: Suspect in fatal stabbing spree hopes to get death penalty A man stabbed 4 women, killing 1, at a shopping mall in this northern city June 21, and told police he hoped to be hanged for the crime. The suspect, Nobuyuki Matsuhashi, 33, was overpowered by a security guard

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2016-06-21 Thread Rick Halperin
June 21 VATICAN CITY: Death penalty fosters revenge, not justice, pope says Use of the death penalty is an unacceptable practice that sows vengeance and does not bring justice to the victims of crime, Pope Francis said. No matter how serious the crime, to kill a convicted person is

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2016-06-21 Thread Rick Halperin
June 21 BANGLADESH: Man to die for killing wife for dowry in Mymensingh A Mymensingh court yesterday sentenced a man to death for killing his wife for dowry in Muktagachha upazila in 2012. The death penalty awardee is Ashraful Islam, 28, son of Nowsher Ali of Gandappur village in

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2016-06-20 Thread Rick Halperin
June 20 PHILIPPINES: Church: shun culture of death The incoming Duterte administration has promised a bloodbath in the war on drugs and criminality - but not if the Catholic Church can help it. Led by Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Tagle, the Church released yesterday an "oratio

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2016-06-19 Thread Rick Halperin
June 19 PHILIPPINES: Alternative to death penalty proposed A bill defining a new mode of life imprisonment for serious offenders will be filed by Buhay party-list Rep. Jose "Lito" Atienza when the 17th Congress opens. Atienza said his proposal is an alternative to death by hanging

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2016-06-18 Thread Rick Halperin
June 18 BANGLADESH: Family meets Quasem at Kashimpur jail Family members of condemned war crimes convict Jamaat leader Mir Quasem Ali met with him at Kashimpur jail in Gazipur this afternoon. 9 family members including his wife, son and daughter-in-law reached the jail gate around

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2016-06-17 Thread Rick Halperin
June 17 VIETNAM: 2 Lao men arrested for trafficking 35 kilos of opium into Vietnam Vietnamese border guards and Laos authorities conducted a joint operation on Wednesday and arrested 2 Lao men who were trafficking 35 kilograms of opium into Vietnam. Bua Thoong, 38, and Bua May, 35,

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2016-06-16 Thread Rick Halperin
June 16 JAPAN: Death penalty to stand for man over 2010 murder as minor A death sentence given to a man convicted of murdering 2 women and seriously injuring another man in 2010 when he was 18 is set to be finalized after the Supreme Court on Thursday upheld lower court rulings.

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2016-06-16 Thread Rick Halperin
June 16 PHILIPPINES: 'Alcatraz' for drug lords pushed Of the country's 7,107 islands, 1 can have a special purpose. Sen. Vicente Sotto III said he would start his stint in the 17th Congress by reviving his proposal to have an "Alcatraz-style" prison island for convicted drug

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2016-06-15 Thread Rick Halperin
June 15 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Dubai's Attorney General calls for death penalty for Obaida's killer The Attorney General of Dubai has called for the death penalty against the alleged killer of eight-year-old Obaida Al Aqrabawi, who was kidnapped, strangled and then murdered last

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2016-06-15 Thread Rick Halperin
June 15 PAKISTAN: Shahid Hamid murder case: Non-bailable arrest warrants issued for Altaf Hussain and 3 other MQM leaders An anti-terrorism court has issued non-bailable warrants for Muttahida Qaumi Movement supremo Altaf Hussain and 3 other senior MQM leaders Nadeem Nusrat in the

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2016-06-14 Thread Rick Halperin
June 14 IRAN: 7 Sunni Prisoners Sentenced to Death by the Revolutionary Court On May 25, 2016, the death sentences of 7 Sunni prisoners in Rajai Shahr prison was notified to them. This verdict was issued by Branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court headed by judge Moghiseh. According to

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2016-06-14 Thread Rick Halperin
June 14 INDONESIA: Stall attendant faces death penalty for rape, murder The trial of a general goods kiosk attendant accused of raping and killing a 9-year-old girl in October last year began at the West Jakarta District Court on Monday. The defendant, Agus Dermawan, alias Agus

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2016-06-13 Thread Rick Halperin
June 13 KURDISTAN: Death sentences, life imprisonment for Ainkawa suicide car bombers The Erbil Criminal Court today handed down death sentences and life imprisonment for those responsible for a suicide car bombing in Ainkawa in April 2015 that killed 2 and wounded many others.

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2016-06-12 Thread Rick Halperin
June 12 INDIA: German Bakery blast: State to file appeal in Supreme Court against Baig's acquittal The state government is all set to file an appeal in the Supreme Court against Bombay High Court's order acquitting the lone convict Mirza Himayat Baig in the 2010 German Bakery blast

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2016-06-11 Thread Rick Halperin
June 11 BANGLADESH: Death-row war crimes convict Mir Quasem Ali to seek review of top court verdict Convicted war criminal and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mir Quasem Ali will file a petition for reviewing the Supreme Court's verdict upholding his death sentence. Mir Quasem's lawyers met

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2016-06-10 Thread Rick Halperin
June 10 INDONESIA: Gulberg massacre case: Court defers quantum of punishment till MondayEarlier on Monday, prosecution had sought death penalty for all the 24 people convicted for the gruesome killings. The special SIT court hearing the 2002 Gulberg Society massacre is expected

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2016-06-10 Thread Rick Halperin
June 10 PHILIPPINES: Duterte eyeing 50 executions every month - lawmaker Incoming president Rodrigo Duterte wants 50 convicts executed every month by hanging once Congress re-imposes the death penalty, representative-elect Danilo Suarez of Quezon said yesterday. "He feels that if

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2016-06-09 Thread Rick Halperin
June 9 PHILIPPINES: DUTERTE EYES 50 EXECUTIONS A MONTH Pro-death penalty bill could be passed in 3 to 4 months A bill calling for the revival of the death penalty may be passed by the House of Representatives within the year, after President-elect Rodrigo Duterte, its staunch

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2016-06-08 Thread Rick Halperin
June 8 INDONESIA: The Cogs of Indonesia's Death MachineIndonesia's executions for drug-related crimes are based on political expedience, not necessity. 12 months following the Indonesian government's execution of 8 people, some of whom were foreign citizens, all on charges of

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2016-06-08 Thread Rick Halperin
June 8 MALAWI: No death sentence for albino murderers - Mutharika Coming hot on the heels of yet another angry outburst from Mulanje South legislator Bon Winiko Kaalindo that he will walk naked if the people who are murdering people with albinism are not given a death sentence when

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2016-06-07 Thread Rick Halperin
June 7 PAKISTAN: Hundreds hanged as Pakistan rushes to clear death-row backlog Pakistan has executed more than 400 people since lifting its moratorium on the death penalty 18 months ago, with a surge of hangings that has alarmed rights groups. At least 325 people were hanged last

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2016-06-07 Thread Rick Halperin
June 7 BANGLADESH: Death warrant read out to war criminal Mir Quasem Ali Authorities at the Dhaka Central Jail- 2 in Gazipur's Kashimpur read it out to the senior Jamaat-e-Islami leader. "He said that he will file a plea for a review of the verdict after consulting his lawyers and

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2016-06-06 Thread Rick Halperin
June 6 INDONESIA: Govt should use human trafficking angle in Rita's defense The government should use the human-trafficking angle in its defense strategy against the death penalty handed down by a Malaysian court to Rita Krisdianti, an Indonesian migrant worker, even though it would

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2016-06-05 Thread Rick Halperin
June 5 PHILIPPINES: UK envoy to PH: No to death penalty BRITISH Ambassador to the Philippines Asif Ahmid said his government will not extradite convicted Filipinos from the United Kingdom even under an existing treaty if the Philippines revives the death penalty as espoused by

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2016-06-05 Thread Rick Halperin
June 5 INDONESIA: 3 Arrested on Charges of Carrying 150 Kg of Hashish Police have detained 3 people on charges of transporting 150 kilograms of hashish from Aceh province to North Sumatra province. Hashish is an extract of cannabis/marijuana plant, containing concentrations of the

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2016-06-04 Thread Rick Halperin
June 4 JAMAICA: Give ruthless killers their just reward THE EDITOR, Sir: On Sunday, May 29, 2016, Pastor Al Miller gave a spirited piece on the death penalty titled 'Sovereignty, death penalty and justice', in which he took us on a trip down memory lane. Recently, the national

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2016-06-03 Thread Rick Halperin
June 3 SINGAPORE: 111 drug offenders nabbed, 2kg cannabis seized in islandwide raids The Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) arrested 111 suspected drug offenders and seized drugs worth more than $88,000 in multiple operations throughout Singapore. A drug syndicate that distributes

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2016-06-03 Thread Rick Halperin
June 3 KENYA: Kenya to abolish death penalty The death penalty in Kenya could be abolished by 2019. Chief State Counsel Emily Chweya has said the government is set to undertake public awareness on the need to abolish death penalty before implementation in 2019. Chweya said this

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2016-06-03 Thread Rick Halperin
June 3 IRANexecutions Iran hangs man and woman in prison Iran's fundamentalist regime has hanged a man and a woman in a prison in Qazvin, north-west of Tehran. The woman was not named, but the office of the regime's prosecutor-general in Qazvin Province said that she had been

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2016-06-02 Thread Rick Halperin
June 2 PHILIPPINES: Int'l group of jurists tells Duterte, reinstating death penalty is a huge setback An international organization of judges has written an open letter addressed to President-elect Rodrigo Duterte to express their concern over his plan to reinstate death penalty.

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2016-06-01 Thread Rick Halperin
June 1 IRAN: Man Charged with Corruption on Earth to Be Hanged in Public Tomorrow An unidentified man charged with "Corruption on earth" is reportedly scheduld to be executed in public in the city of Shiraz (Fars province, southern Iran) early morning on Thursday June 2. The public

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2016-06-01 Thread Rick Halperin
June 1 MALAYSIA: Man Faces Death Penalty For Weed Charge in Malaysia A federal contractor has been sentenced to death in Malaysia for allegedly trafficking several dozens of pounds of cannabis. Dickson Levy Maria George, 29, was handed down his sentence from High Court Judge Datuk Dr

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2016-06-01 Thread Rick Halperin
June 1 SAUDI ARABIA: Saudi Arabia on course to execute more than 100 people in first 6 months of 2016 as use of death penalty rises The rate of executions so far this year has been higher than 2015, which set a 21-year record Saudi Arabia could be on course to put more than 100

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2016-05-31 Thread Rick Halperin
May 31 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Family disowns Obaidah's killer, seeks death penalty for the accusedMan has criminal record in his home country The Jordanian national accused of killing 9-year-old Sharjah boy Obaidah has a criminal record in his home country, reported Emarat Al

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2016-05-31 Thread Rick Halperin
May 31 BANGLADESH: Death penalty for killing Barguna minor Rabiul A Barguna court on Tuesday awarded death penalty to the lone accused in the minor Rabiul murder case. The additional district and sessions judge, Mohammad Abu Taher, handed down the verdict in presence of Miraz

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2016-05-30 Thread Rick Halperin
May 30 GAZA: In the Case of Gay Gaza Commander Executed for 'Moral Crimes,' New York Times Editorialists Are MIA A brief news article in the New York Times last week reported that Hamas has called for resuming the death penalty in Gaza. According to the report, capital punishment

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2016-05-30 Thread Rick Halperin
may 30 SUDAN: Sudan to charge detained Pastor with death penalty A pastor could face the death penalty after his attorney told International Christian Concern that the Sudanese government is planning to charge him with espionage and other crimes against the state. Last December,

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2016-05-29 Thread Rick Halperin
May 29 SYRIA: Inmates in Syria's Hama prison capture regime officialsPrison chief among 11 snatched by prisoners in Hama's central prison, after inmates handed death penalty. Prisoners inside Syria's Hama central prison have captured several government officers, including a

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2016-05-28 Thread Rick Halperin
May 28 IRANexecutions Hangings continue in Iran this week 14prisoners were executed at prisons in the Iranian city of Karaj this week. 11 were executed on Wednesday 25 May in Gohardasht Prison; one of whom is believed to have been a minor at the time of his alleged offence. A

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2016-05-27 Thread Rick Halperin
May 27 MALAYSIA: Penang police seize drugs worth RM30,000 in raid---ACP Mior Faridalatrash Wahid said the police have detained 2 friends aged 18 and 16 suspected of being drug dealers and seized drugs worth about RM30,000 during a press conference at the northeast district police,

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2016-05-27 Thread Rick Halperin
May 27 INDONESIA: Indonesia cyanide death penalty 'possible'Despite assuring the Australian Federal Police the death penalty would not be sought, Jakarta prosecutors are publicly refusing to rule it out. Jakarta prosecutors have refused to publicly rule out the death penalty in

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2016-05-26 Thread Rick Halperin
May 26 SUDAN: Sudan pastor faces death penalty A Christian human rights group is concerned that a Sudanese pastor could soon be facing the death penalty. In December of last year, the African country of Sudan began a crackdown of church leaders and pastors which included several

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