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2015-12-16 Thread Rick Halperin
Dec. 16 BAHRAIN: Rights groups condemn death penalty sentence of Mohammed Ramadan and Husain Ali Moosa The undersigned organisations condemn the practice of capital punishment in Bahrain and urge the Government of Bahrain to commute any and all death sentences issued by its courts.

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2015-12-15 Thread Rick Halperin
Dec. 14 MALDIVES: Maldives prosecutors file final appeal in death sentence over lawyer's murder Prosecutors on Tuesday filed the final appeal of the death sentence handed to Ahmed Murrath over the murder of prominent lawyer Ahmed Najeeb. Regulations on death penalty that came into

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2015-12-15 Thread Rick Halperin
Dec. 14 BANGLADESH: Amnesty criticises use of death penalty in Bangladesh Amnesty International has condemned what it said was "relentless use of the death penalty as the highest form of punishment in Bangladesh". In a statement yesterday, it noted that since November 2015 alone, at

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2015-12-14 Thread Rick Halperin
Dec. 14 IRAN: At Least 7 Prisoners Set to be Executed Wednesday According to confirmed reports, at least 7 prisoners in Karaj's Rajai Shahr Prison have been transferred to solitary confinement in preparation for their executions. Close sources to IHR say the prisoners are accused of

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2015-12-13 Thread Rick Halperin
Dec. 13 MALDIVES: Maldives re-introducing death penalty 'biggest mistake', says UN rapporteur One of the biggest mistakes Maldives can make is to re-introduce the death penalty, a Maldives-born top official at the United Nations said Saturday. Dr Ahmed Shaheed on Twitter labelled the

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2015-12-12 Thread Rick Halperin
Dec. 12 MALAYSIA: The inevitability of errorThe writer says the decision by the Government to abolish the mandatory death sentence for drugs offences is a clear recognition that the mandatory death regime does not act as a deterrent. Many have forgotten the wrongful conviction

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2015-12-11 Thread Rick Halperin
Dec. 11 INDONESIA: Leading Human Rights Activists Argue End to Death Penalty Human rights activists have joined forces to condemn the use of the death penalty in Indonesia for major crimes, such as drug trafficking. "We keep wondering what makes death penalty so popular here. What

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2015-12-11 Thread Rick Halperin
Dec. 11 UNITED NATIONS: UN expert warns UN drug agency over executions A UN human rights expert has warned the UN's drugs agency that it is not doing enough to prevent a global surge in the death penalty for drugs offences. In a letter dated 7 December, Dainius Puras - the UN Special

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2015-12-10 Thread Rick Halperin
Dec. 10 ST KITTS-NEVIS: Consensus needed before changes to law on death penalty, says St Kitts-Nevis AG Capital punishment remains on the books in St Kitts and Nevis and any change in the policy must be preceded by a robust and comprehensive debate, attorney general, Vincent Byron,

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2015-12-09 Thread Rick Halperin
Dec. 9 MONGOLIA: Mongolia praised for scrapping death penalty The United Nations' top human rights official praised Mongolia on Wednesday for abolishing the death penalty. A new criminal code eliminating executions was passed by the State Great Hural, the parliament, last week

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2015-12-09 Thread Rick Halperin
Dec. 9 BANGLADESH: Supreme Court commutes 'top terrorist' Joseph???s death penalty to life in jail The Supreme Court has reduced the death sentence of Tofayel Ahmed Joseph, a 'top-listed terrorist' of the 1990s, to life imprisonment. The Appellate Division bench led by Chief Justice

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2015-12-09 Thread Rick Halperin
Dec. 9 INDONESIA: Jokowi's human rights promotion disappoints: Survey The President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo administration has failed to deliver on its campaign promise of human rights protection in its first year, a study has revealed. The Setara Institute for Democracy and Peace

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2015-12-08 Thread Rick Halperin
Dec. 8 IRANexecutions 3 Men and 1 Woman Hanged in 1 Day On Sunday December 6, 3 men with alleged murder charges were reportedly hanged to death at Zahedan Central Prison and also 1 woman was reportedly hanged in Ghazvin Central Prison for allegedly murdering her husband.

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2015-12-08 Thread Rick Halperin
Dec. 8 GUYANA: Why does the EU want us to get rid of capital punishment so badly? Dear Editor, There are few things that rattle my feathers, shock me or make me mad. But when I read the Chronicle of December 3 that the "EU pledges cash if Guyana abolishes death penalty," I was

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2015-12-07 Thread Rick Halperin
Dec. 7 PAKISTAN: SC stays execution of 2 convicts, summons military courts' record Lawyer says decisions of military courts can't be implemented on past crimes The Supreme Court on Monday ordered a stay of the execution of 2 terrorists convicted by military courts. A 2 member

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2015-12-07 Thread Rick Halperin
Dec. 7 SAUDI ARABIAexecution Saudi executes man convicted of killing wife Saudi Arabia on Monday executed a man convicted of killing his wife, adding to a toll which rights group Amnesty International says is the kingdom's highest in 2 decades. Hawas al-Shammry, a Saudi, was

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2015-12-05 Thread Rick Halperin
Dec. 5 THAILAND: Australian man Antonio Bagnato arrested following murder of ex-Hells Angel in Thailand A key Australian suspect in the murder of former Sydney Hells Angel bikie and underworld figure Wayne Schneider will be extradited from Cambodia to Thailand where he could face a

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2015-12-04 Thread Rick Halperin
Dec. 4 MONGOLIA: Historic vote abolishes death penalty Mongolia's parliament became the latest to consign the death penalty to the history books, in a major victory for human rights in the country, said Amnesty International today. On Thursday, lawmakers voted in favour of a new

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2015-12-04 Thread Rick Halperin
Dec. 4 SINGAPORE: Kovan murders: Iskandar Rahmat found guilty of murder, sentenced to death Former cop Iskandar Rahmat was sentenced to death today (Dec 4) for committing the Kovan double murder that shocked the nation more than 2 years ago. Iskandar, 36, was convicted under Section

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2015-12-03 Thread Rick Halperin
Dec. 3 SAUDI ARABIA: Saudi Arabia uses terrorism as an excuse for human rights abusesThe kingdom is ramping up executions of Shias, with the tacit approval of the United States Reports emerged last week that Saudi Arabia intends to imminently execute more than 50 people on a

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2015-12-03 Thread Rick Halperin
Dec. 3 INDONESIA: Police seize 219 kilograms of marijuana, arrest 1 suspect Jakarta Police have seized 219 kilograms of marijuana from Aceh that were intended to be distributed in the capital city for consumption during New Year's Eve parties. "We seized the 219 kilograms of

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2015-12-02 Thread Rick Halperin
Dec. 2 PAKISTANexecutions Pakistan hangs 4 suspected Taliban members over school massacre Pakistani security officials say authorities have hanged 4 militants who were sentenced to death over a Taliban attack on an army-run school last year that killed more than 150 people, mostly

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2015-12-02 Thread Rick Halperin
Dec. 2 GLOBAL: Global cities light up at night to highlight the campaign to end the death penalty The Colosseum in Rome and thousands of monuments around the world were illuminated at dusk on Monday as symbols of the campaign to stop the death penalty. Cities for Life Day is held

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2015-12-01 Thread Rick Halperin
Dec. 1 INDONESIA: Medan Prosecutors Seek Death for Drug Dealers Prosecutors plan to appeal for the death sentence after North Sumatra's Medan district court sentenced four drug dealers to 20 years in prison on Monday. Abdul Jabar, 40; Abdullah Ibrahim, 38; Sukri Ismail, 38; and

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2015-11-30 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 29 SUDAN: Minnawi in Geneva! Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM -MM) leader, Mini Minnawi denounced the death penalty to 18 of its members and warned Khartoum against carrying it out. The defendants were arrested following the capture of Baashim area, north-west of Mellit in North

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2015-11-30 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 30 IRAN: FACING EXECUTION AFTER HASTY, UNFAIR TRIAL Shahram Ahmadi, a Sunni Muslim man from Iran’s Kurdish minority, is at imminent risk of execution. He was sentenced to death for “enmity against God” after a grossly unfair trial, and his death sentence has been upheld by the

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2015-11-30 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 30 PAKISTAN: In pictures: Artworks by death row inmates, underprivileged kids seek to build bridges in PakistanA travelling art exhibition aims to understand difference and diversity, and to broaden the boundaries of what society has labeled as art. A 1st-of-its-kind project

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2015-11-29 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 30 BANGLADESH: HC urged to uphold death penalty of 152 BDR mutiny convicts Attorney General Mahbubey Alam today prayed to the High Court to uphold the lower court verdict that sentenced 152 convicts for killing 74 people including 57 army officials in the 2009 Pilkhana mutiny.

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2015-11-27 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 27 Court reserves decision on formation of JIT in Musharraf treason case A special court in Islamabad on Saturday reserved its decision regarding formation of joint investigation team and timeframe of probe in the treason case against former military ruler Pervez Musharraf,

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2015-11-26 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 26 PHILIPPINES: 'Weekly' executions under Duterte - Dino Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte will reimpose the death penalty and implement it weekly if he is elected president, erstwhile PDP-Laban presidential bet Martin Di???o said Wednesday. Di???o, the current chairman of

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2015-11-26 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 26 BANGLADESH: Bangladesh Executions Over War Crimes Trigger Mixed Reactions Sunday's executions in Bangladesh of two opposition leaders, accused of committing crimes during the country's 1971 war of independence from Pakistan, have sparked mixed reactions in the country and

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2015-11-25 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 25 INDONESIA: Luhut Backtracks on Death Penalty Moratorium A senior Indonesian official reported earlier this month as saying there would be a moratorium on the death penalty has denied making any such statement. Luhut Pandjaitan, the chief security minister, told reporters at

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2015-11-24 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 24 SOUTH AFRICA: MPLs debate death penalty referendum KwaZulu-Natal Transport, Community Safety and Liaison MEC Willies Mchunu on Tuesday dismissed calls for the death penalty to be reinstated. Mchunu, who was responding to demands in the provincial legislature by the National

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2015-11-24 Thread Rick Halperin
SAUDI ARABIA: POET FACES DEATH FOR APOSTASY IN SAUDI ARABIA Ashraf Fayadh, a Palestinian poet and artist, has been sentenced by a court in Saudi Arabia to death for the “crime” of apostasy. He was denied access to a lawyer throughout his detention and trial. He is a prisoner of

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2015-11-24 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 24 GUYANA: EU team to lobby gov't, judiciary on abolishing death penalty A team from the European Union (EU) Delegation in Guyana will tomorrow be meeting with government and the judiciary to discuss Guyana's need to join with other countries worldwide in abolishing the death

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2015-11-23 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 23 PHILIPPINES: Manila seeks death for foreign 'drug lords' A powerful committee in the House of Representatives has approved a bill imposing the death penalty on foreign "drug lords" arrested in the country to stem the alarming increase in the number of illegal drug users

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2015-11-23 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 23 INDIA: 5 get death penalty for rape and murder of Odisha minor A local court in Odisha's Keonjhar district today pronounced death sentence to 5 accused in the rape and murder of a minor girl in Beklundi village in the district in 2012. Pronouncing the quantum of sentence,

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2015-11-22 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 22 TRINIDAD: Religion is the problem What if a church group started murdering homosexuals, adulterers, and atheists? Nearly everyone would say that these church members were not true Christians. Yet the killers could readily cite Biblical authority to justify their executions:

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2015-11-21 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 21 BELARUSnew death sentence Belarusian Man Sentenced To Death On Murder Charges Belarusian court has sentenced a man to death for 2 fatal robberies, the 2nd death sentence this year to be handed down in the only country in Europe that still uses it. Judges in the court in

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2015-11-20 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 20 BANGLADESH: Call For Bangladesh To Halt Imminent War Crimes Executions The Bangladeshi government should halt the imminent executions of 2 men convicted of war crimes, Human Rights Watch said Thursday. The authorities should immediately suspend the death sentences of Ali Ahsan

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2015-11-20 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 20 BELARUS: Statement by the Spokesperson on a death sentence in Belarus "A death sentence was handed down on 20 November to Ivan Kulesh by the Hrodna Regional Court of the Republic of Belarus. The European Union expects that Mr Kulesh's right to appeal will be fully guaranteed.

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2015-11-19 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 19 PAKISTAN: Pakistani PM urges president not to pardon 4 sentenced to death over Peshawar school attack Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has asked the country's president to reject a petition for pardon for 4 suspected militants sentenced to death over the Peshawar school

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2015-11-19 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 19 RUSSIA: Take no prisoners: Head of Russian region urges tougher stance in war against terror The head of the Russian republic of Ingushetia told reporters a public debate would be unnecessary if special services were simply allowed to kill terrorists on the spot. "Upper

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2015-11-19 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 19 KENYA: Students aim to use Innocence Project to help young KenyanBen-Hadad Kimani was convicted of murder, but many believe he is innocent When Griffith College dean of law and founding director of the Irish Innocence Project David Langwallner was teaching Liz Harpur

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2015-11-18 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 18 NIGERIA: Ekiti Assembly to Pass Law Prescribing Death Penalty for Kidnappers Members of the Ekiti State House of Assembly have moved to pass a bill to make kidnappers die by hanging in the state. Expressing serious views over the twin menace of kidnapping and terrorism in

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2015-11-18 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 18 JAPAN: Survey offers insights into Japan's death-row inmates' thoughts, feelings and fears For death-row inmates in Japan, contact with the outside world through visits and the exchange of letters makes life worth living, if only for another day, as they reflect on their

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2015-11-18 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 18 KENYA: Kenya officially throws out 'Stone The Gays' billBill proposed lifetime imprisonment or death by stoning for both gay Kenyan and foreign people Kenya's parliament has officially thrown out a proposal that would have punished homosexuality with death by stoning.

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2015-11-17 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 17 PAKISTAN: Over 300 executed in Pakistan since December The government of Pakistan has executed at least 300 people in the past 11 months, it's emerged. In a rare admission, an anonymous Interior Ministry official said yesterday that Pakistan's total for hangings "now stands at

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2015-11-16 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 16 INDONESIA: Police arrest 8 for selling illegal guns The Jakarta Police have arrested 8 men suspected of selling illegal firearms in areas across the city.Jakarta Police general crime director Sr. Comr. Krishna Murti said that officers had arrested the 8 in 5 separate spots

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2015-11-16 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 16 EGYPT: Egypt sentenced nearly 600 to death last year The Egyptian government has sentenced nearly 600 people to death in the last year, with the vast majority of death sentences handed down in relation to political protest, human rights organization Reprieve has found. Data

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2015-11-15 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 14 IRAN: "Pope Francis should call for a moratorium on Iranian death penalty"A day before the Pope is due to meet Hassan Rohani, human rights organisations are circulating facts and figures about the excessive use of the death penalty It is a "deadly injustice". The

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2015-11-14 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 14 BANGLADESH: Shudhangshu Murder Coffin procession demands death penalty for killers With the coffin of slain Shudhangshu Boshak, agitating locals brought out a procession in Pabna town yesterday demanding death penalty for his killers. The demonstrators started marching

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2015-11-13 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 13 AUSTRALIA: Readers disagree with death penalty for terrorists After Moggill MP Dr Christian Rowan said he believed terrorists should face the death penalty, Sunshine Coast Daily readers have voiced their opinions on the issue. A poll on the Daily website had 52% of people in

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2015-11-13 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 13 BANGLADESH: A case for clemency If ever there was an appropriate case for judicial leniency or presidential clemency it is in the tragic case of Oishee, recently convicted of murdering her parents and sentenced to death as a result. We are not questioning the verdict nor the

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2015-11-12 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 12 BANGLADESH: Oishee Rahman given death sentence for murder of parents The verdict delivered by Judge Sayed Ahmed of Dhaka's Third Speedy Trial Tribunal found the teenage girl's friend Mizanur Rahman Rony guilty of abetment and handed him a sentence of 2 years' rigorous

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2015-11-09 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 9 BAHAMAS: DNA: A Tragic National Milestone With less than 2 months left in the year, the Bahamas has surpassed the highest number of murders ever recorded in our nation's history. As the country marks this tragic milestone we are reminded of the hundreds of young men and women

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2015-11-09 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 9 CHINA: Chinese state firm boss accused of stashing tonne of stolen gold, silver at his home has death sentence overturned The former head of a state-owned gold and silver refinery in China, who allegedly had more than a tonne of stolen precious metals stashed at his home, has

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2015-11-08 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 8 GLOBAL: Women Around the World Are Being Stoned to Death; Under Islamic Penal Code Stoning [Rajm in Arabic] to death is a barbaric act from a primitive societies in the world,women have become victims of honor killing in the world. Recently, an Afghan woman, identified as

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2015-11-07 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 7 SINGAPORE: Murderer granted stay of execution on 11th-hour motion Yesterday, a 5-judge Court of Appeal allowed the 11th-hour motion to give his newly appointed lawyer more time to prepare his case. Kho, a 31-year-old from Sarawak, had been due to go to the gallows today for the

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2015-11-06 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 6 MALAYSIA/SINGAPORE: Death penalty? Allow vigilantes instead Why waste taxpayers' money in executions when citizens can do the job themselves (and take greater pleasure in personally exacting revenge too)? Sarawakian Kho Jabing, 31, was to have been executed in Singapore today

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2015-11-06 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 6 EGYPT: Exiled Morsi aide takes on Egypt diplomat over mass death sentences An Egyptian political activist sentenced to death clashed with a member of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's delegation to London on Thursday during a televised talk show. Sondos Asem, former

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2015-11-05 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 5 BAHAMAS: Death Penalty To Be Sought For Killers Of US Sailor 3 men could be sentenced to death if a Supreme Court judge grants a request for the imposition of that penalty for the May 2013 murder of Kyle Bruner, an American sailor who was shot just feet away from the Paradise

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2015-11-05 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 5 INDIA: When India's 'Jack the Ripper' terrorised Mumbai Nearly 50 years after Raman Raghav terrorised Mumbai (then Bombay) by murdering 41 people, there's renewed interest in the serial killer - a film made for television in 1991 had its first public screening a fortnight ago

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2015-11-04 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 4 SAUDI ARABIA: Saudi Arabia Is Set to Crucify Pro-democracy Teenage Protester Ali Mohammed Baqir al-Nimr, a 17 year old Saudi Arabian, was arrested in February 2012, and is slated to be executed by crucifixion at the hands of the Saudi Arabian government, who disregarded any

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2015-11-04 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 4 IRAQ: Iraq hands 2 Saudis death, 3 on the list Iraq's Central Criminal Court has sentenced 2 Saudis to death by hanging after finding them guilty on terrorism charges, with 3 others likely to share the same fate, according to a report in a local publication on Tuesday.

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2015-11-03 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 3 AFGHANISTANfemale stoned to death Afghan woman stoned to death for 'adultery' A young Afghan woman was stoned to death after being accused of adultery, officials said Tuesday, a medieval punishment apparently recorded in a video that harks back to the dark days of Taliban

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2015-11-02 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 2 INDIA: Maharashtra: Kolhapur serial rapist to be hanged, President Pranab Mukherjee rejects mercy plea President Pranab Mukherjee has rejected the mercy petition of a serial rapist, convicted for raping 4 minor girls and brutally killing 2 - aged 5 and 10 years. Kolhapur

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2015-11-02 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 2 PAKISTAN: Pakistan court orders blasphemy law reforms The effectiveness of a Supreme Court of Pakistan ruling that blasphemy laws be reformed to discourage false allegations hinges on the government's response to the order, a leader of the International Christian Concern

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2015-11-01 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 1 INDIA: Death penalty for techie murderer in Mumbai The porter raped Esther Anuhya before smashing her head with a stone and strangling her. A Special women's court on Friday sentenced a 29-year-old porter to death for raping and murdering a young woman techie from

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2015-11-01 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 1 BANGLADESH: SC to hear review pleas of Mojaheed, SQ Chy tomorrow The Supreme Court is set to hold hearings tomorrow on the review petitions by 2 condemned war criminals--Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed and Salauddin Quader Chowdhury -- against its verdicts that upheld their death

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2015-10-30 Thread Rick Halperin
Oct. 30 SINGAPORE: Killer's final appeal turned down Convicted killer Kho Jabing has failed in his final bid to be spared the gallows, after his appeal for clemency was turned down by President Tony Tan Keng Yam on the Cabinet's advice. Kho, 31, was informed of the rejection last

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2015-10-30 Thread Rick Halperin
Oct. 30 ENGLAND: Recording of electric chair death features in Lincoln art exhibition A recording of officials carrying out a man's death by electric chair is being used to challenge feelings about the death penalty. The Collection and Usher Gallery are showing Freedom Lies, which

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2015-10-29 Thread Rick Halperin
Oct. 29 CHINA: Chinese criminal law amendments to take effect November 1 as death penalty scaled back New amendments to the criminal law in China, which abolished the death penalty for 9 crimes and criminalised behaviour such as spreading false rumours on the internet, will take

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2015-10-29 Thread Rick Halperin
Oct. 29 SINGAPORE: Halt imminent execution of Malaysian national The Singaporean authorities must immediately halt the imminent execution of 31-year-old Malaysian national Kho Jabing amid concerns his death sentence was re-imposed at the last stage and on the basis of a disputed

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2015-10-29 Thread Rick Halperin
Oct. 29 SAUDI ARABIA: Death sentence for Saudi Shia cleric 'will spark unrest' Sectarian tensions will boil over into anger if Sheikh Nimr's death sentence is carried out, writes Daniel Wickham. Sheikh Nimr Baqir al-Nimr has been a thorn in the side of the Saudi authorities for

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2015-10-28 Thread Rick Halperin
Oct. 28 SINGAPORE: President rejects clemency plea of Malaysian in unique case President Tony Tan has rejected the clemency appeal of Malaysian Kho Jabing to be spared the death sentence. The 31-year old from Sarawak, along with an accomplice, Galing Kujat, were arrested in 2008 for

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2015-10-28 Thread Rick Halperin
Oct. 28 AUSTRALIA: Barrister named Vic Australian of the Year The Bali 9 duo's lawyer Julian McMahon has been named Victorian Australian of the Year. Leading up to the execution of Bali 9 ringleaders Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, their lawyer Julian McMahon solely focused on

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2015-10-27 Thread Rick Halperin
Oct. 27 NIGERIA: Lawyer advocates death sentence for corruption A Rivers-based lawyer, Mr Abdulkareem Dauda, has said that an amendment to the law governing corruption to impose death penalty on convicted corrupt government officials and others was justifiable and desirable. Dauda

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2015-10-26 Thread Rick Halperin
Oct. 26 VIETNAM: Last Minute Appeal in Disputed Death Penalty Case in Vietnam A group of lawyers have petitioned President Truong Tan Sang for the reprieve of a death row inmate, who was acquitted twice on appeal, but is now scheduled to die on Sunday. The lawyers said that Le Van

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2015-10-25 Thread Rick Halperin
Oct. 25 SAUDI ARABIA: Saudi Supreme Court approves Sheikh Nimr death penalty Saudi Arabia's Supreme Court has approved the death penalty for prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, his brother says. Mohammad al-Nimr, the prominent cleric's brother, said in a message on social

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2015-10-24 Thread Rick Halperin
Oct. 24 INDIA: Should discuss death penalty,timeframe for execution: Maharashtra CM Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday said with around 300 persons on the death row, we must ponder whether the capital punishment should be retained, and if yes, must determine a

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2015-10-23 Thread Rick Halperin
Oct. 23 ENGLAND: Muslim woman 'backs death penalty for homosexuality' on live radio This was the moment a Muslim woman branded homosexuality an "abomination" and appeared to back use of the death penalty to punish it. In a shocking tirade on live radio, a caller named Zainab also

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2015-10-22 Thread Rick Halperin
Oct. 22 SAUDI ARABIA: 72% of Saudi death sentences handed down for non-violent crimes - report The vast majority of people facing execution in Saudi Arabia were convicted for non-violent crimes including political protest and drugs offences, according to new research from the human

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2015-10-21 Thread Rick Halperin
Oct. 21 SAUDI ARABIA: Saudi protester's crucifixion could happen 'at any moment' The father of a Saudi man sentenced to crucifixion for alleged crimes in connection with the Arab Spring protests when he was a teenager fears he will only find out about his son's death when it is

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2015-10-21 Thread Rick Halperin
Oct. 21 JAMAICA: Privy Council shocker!UK Court made offer to sit in Jamaica The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council had, 5 years ago, signalled its willingness to travel to Jamaica to hear cases, the Jamaica Observer has learnt. The London-based court made the offer to then

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2015-10-20 Thread Rick Halperin
Oct. 20 PHILIPPINES/GLOBAL: Philippines joins call for worldwide abolition of death penalty The Philippines has joined 18 other countries in calling for the worldwide abolition of the death penalty. According to statement from the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday

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2015-10-20 Thread Rick Halperin
Oct. 20 SAUDI ARABIA: Saudi youth activist 'will not be beheaded and crucified', says Philip HammondForeign Secretary tells Parliament he "expects" Saudi authorities will not carry out sentence on Ali Mohammed al-Nimr, who was sentenced for protests when he was 17 An activist

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2015-10-19 Thread Rick Halperin
Oct. 19 IRAN: UN rights experts condemn Iran execution of juvenile offenders UN human rights experts on Friday condemned Iran's execution of a juvenile offender convicted of murdering her husband whom she was forced to marry at the age of 16. Fatemeh Salbehi was executed on Tuesday

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2015-10-19 Thread Rick Halperin
Oct. 19 PAKISTAN: Pakistan Isolates Asia Bibi after Security Fears Asia Bibi, the Pakistani Christian woman on death row for alleged blasphemy, has been put in isolation over fears of attacks by vigilantes enraged over a high-profile ruling in another blasphemy case that moderates

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2015-10-18 Thread Rick Halperin
Oct. 18 GLOBAL: Innocent people around the world are on death row after being tricked by organised drug gangs. Mary Jane Veloso is not alone as a victim of unscrupulous smuggling racketeers. In recent times heartless and well-organised criminal groups have been targeting vulnerable

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2015-10-16 Thread Rick Halperin
Oct. 16 IRAN: UN experts slam execution of minors in Iran United Nations human rights experts expressed "outrage and profound sadness" Friday at Iran's execution of 2 juvenile offenders, urging the country to "stop killing children." Fatemeh Salbehi was hanged on Tuesday after

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2015-10-16 Thread Rick Halperin
Oct. 16 RUSSIA: No plans to return death penalty for terrorism - Russian lawmaker The State Duma is not considering overturning the death penalty moratorium, a member of the Lower House law committee has said in a television interview. "At the present moment the issue of introducing

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2015-10-15 Thread Rick Halperin
Oct. 15 JAMAICA: Kingston man, woman plead guilty to shopkeeper's murder 29-year-old Troy Smith of Arnett Gardens and 23-year-old Precious Williams of a Kingston address, today pleaded guilty to murder. Smith and Williams have been in custody since 2012 when they were charged with the

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2015-10-15 Thread Rick Halperin
Oct. 15 SAUDI ARABIA: JUVENILE OFFENDERS RISK EXECUTION Two Saudi Arabian Shi’a activists, arrested when they were under 18 years old, risk being executed as soon as the King ratifies their death sentences. They were moved to solitary confinement on 5 October and have been held

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2015-10-14 Thread Rick Halperin
Oct. 14 INDIA: TN contractor sentenced to death for setting ablaze 3 workers A local court today sentenced a contractor from Tamil Nadu to death for killing 6 of his workers by setting them on fire in their room here 6 years ago, holding that it would fall in the category of "rarest

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2015-10-14 Thread Rick Halperin
Oct. 14 SAUDI ARABIA: How the kingdom treats the people it is going to execute Prisoners who have been sentenced to death can spend years kept in communal cells alongside other inmates Saudi Arabia’s justice system is notoriously brutal and the country has one of the highest

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2015-10-13 Thread Rick Halperin
Oct. 13 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: AG: We will apply hanging law Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi yesterday signaled Government’s intention to introduce measures to apply the death penalty in relation to convicted murderers. During the Budget debate, as he gave an overview of plans for his

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2015-10-13 Thread Rick Halperin
Oct. 13 MALAYSIA: Prisoner trades execution appeal for witness statement on unsolved murders The Court of Appeal was scheduled to hear an appeal against a death sentence for a firearms offence yesterday, but the odd-job labourer withdrew his appeal and instead requested that a

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2015-10-09 Thread Rick Halperin
Oct. 9 BANGLADESH: Mojaheed hopes 'justice' in verdict review: Family Condemned war criminal Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojaheed hoped that he will get "justice" after he seeks review of the Supreme Court ruling that upheld his death penalty. Tamanna-e-Jahan, wife of Mojaheed, told this to

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2015-10-09 Thread Rick Halperin
Oct. 9 INDONESIA: Groups want abolition of death penalty In conjunction with the 13th World Day Against the Death Penalty, local rights groups have renewed their call for the government to abolish the death penalty, especially for drug convicts, as the penalty has failed to offer any

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