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A number of international organizations have expressed concern about the state of human rights in Indonesia following the guilty verdict and two-year jail term handed down to Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama for blasphemy on Tuesday.The European Union Delegation to Indonesia and Brunei Darussalam, for instance, has issued a
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It's almost two years to the day since the Federal Police Commissioner stood before us all and gave us fair warning: there is no guarantee that a Bali Nine scenario won't happen again.We need to talk about the death penalty. Again. Indeed, as we mark the two-year anniversary of the executions of10
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President Donald TrumpPresident Donald Trump, making his first moves to fill more than 120 vacancies on the federal bench, reportedly will make 10 nominations for federal judgeships on Monday, giving him a rare opportunity to fill a key pipeline for Supreme Court nominees with reliable09
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Opposition MHP calls on AKP gov't to swiftly reinstate death penaltyNationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahceli has issued a strong call to the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) to swiftly reinstitute the death penalty amid warnings from the European Union."Once again I09
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Bernie SandersSanders received the award for being the first presidential candidate in nearly 30 years to declare his opposition to the death penalty.BEVERLY HILLS, CA — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders was honored for his opposition to the death penalty in Beverly Hills on Sunday, one day after09
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Basuki "Ahok" TjahajaJAKARTA, Indonesia — An Indonesian court found the Christian governor of Jakarta guilty of blasphemy against Islam on Tuesday, sentencing him to two years in prison in a case widely seen as a test of religious tolerance and free speech.The governor, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, was
BOISE – Inside the Old Idaho State Penitentiary, you can tour the state’s former death row.“The Old Pen executed a total of 10 inmates, one was a federal execution and none of them were state executions,” Meghan Anderson, interpretive specialist for the Old Idaho State Penitentiary, said.Idaho05
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The German government says it won't allow Turks living in Germany to vote in a possible referendum on reviving the death penalty in Turkey. President Erdogan is contemplating reviving capital punishment.Government spokesman Steffen Seibert told reporters in Berlin on Friday that letting such a
Texas death row, Polunsky Unit, Livingston,I was three weeks into life on death row when a killing came calling. Over the course of my twelve years there, I’d eventually see the state kill more than three hundred and fifty men. The first was Warren Bridge, known then
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Oklahoma's death chamberMost Oklahomans believe the devil is real.State Rep. Mike Ritze thinks that's why they overwhelmingly support capital punishment, despite highly publicized problems with lethal-injection drugs that prompted state officials to put a temporary moratorium on executions in04
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The mother of a British primary school teacher murdered in Qatar 4 years ago has spoken of her relief after the killer had his death sentence upheld.Badr Hashim Khamis Abdullah Al-Jabar was found guilty by a court in Doha in 2014 of killing Lauren Patterson, 24, in the Gulf state
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Egyptian authorities execute man convicted of raping and murdering 5-year-old girl in Minya governorateEgyptian prison authorities executed Wednesday a 22-year-old man convicted of raping and murdering a 5-year-old girl in Upper Egypt's Minya governorate in March 2014.Investigations in the case
Egypt's highest court for the first time has upheld the death penalty against a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, prompting fears that it won't be the last time.The Court of Cassation ruling April 24 prompted objections from human rights groups and politicians.Since July 2013, when current09
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Germany's Angela Merkel with Turkey's Recep Tayyip ErdoganMerkel has said Turks won't be able to vote on German soil on an issue that it "absolutely rejects." Bringing back the death penalty in Turkey would effectively end any pretense over Turkey's troubled EU bid.Turkish citizens
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MONTGOMERY — A judge on Monday dismissed a death row inmate’s claim that Alabama improperly allows “unaccountable bureaucrats” to decide how executions are carried out in the state.The ruling came as lawyers for Tommy Arthur urged another judge to force the state to release prison records from
A person who commits a fatal act of terrorism using radioactive material or nuclear explosive devices will face the mandatory death penalty under new laws passed in Parliament on Monday (May 8).The legislation paves the way for Singapore's ratification of the United Nations' (UN) International06
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Syarhey Vostrykau in a defendant's cage in May 2016Belarus is believed to have carried out its first execution of the year.Homel resident Syarhey Vostrykau, who was found guilty of rapes and murders involving extreme brutality, was most likely executed last month on either
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BERLIN — The Dutch government says it will look into ways of preventing people from voting in the Netherlands in a possible Turkish referendum on reintroducing the death penalty.Dirk-Jan Vermeij, a spokesman for Foreign Affairs Minister Bert Koenders, says the Dutch Cabinet “does not want this and
Akshay Thakur, Vinay Sharma, Pawan Gupta and MukeshIndia's Supreme Court has upheld the death sentences of four men convicted of the gang rape and murder of a student in Delhi.Akshay Thakur, Vinay Sharma, Pawan Gupta and Mukesh were given the death penalty by a
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Raymond Riles, on Texas death row since February 1976For some Texas death row inmates, being condemned can feel like a life sentence.Roughly 13 percent (30 of 238) of the inmates awaiting execution in the Lone Star State have been on death row for 25 years or more.That length of
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Arkansas' recent spate of executions of prisoners on death row, conducted with the use of nearly expired and improperly obtained drugs, was marred by reports that the drugs used were ineffective and caused the inmates to suffer. But uncertainty about what happened to inmates in the death chamber
Pahang Pardons Board plans to adopt Islamic law of “diyat” or blood money.Human rights body says 'diyat' inconsistent with international human rights laws and is discriminatory as it puts the poor at a disadvantage.ETALING JAYA: Amnesty International Malaysia says
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Al-Shabaab militantsMogadishu — SOMALIA is under criticism following the execution of some children suspected to be members of the Al-Shabaab terror group.Five boys, aged between 14 and 17, have been [executed] in the northeastern Puntland region for their alleged role in the killing of three10
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House lawmakers voted Tuesday to reinstate Delaware's death penalty amid an outcry over the killing of a correctional officer during a prison riot in February and the fatal shooting of a state trooper two weeks ago.The bill passed the Delaware House on a 24-16 bipartisan vote and now goes to the
Okalhoma Governor Mary FallinIt has been a hard year for law enforcement in Oklahoma."In the state of Oklahoma this year alone we've had 4 officers die in the line of duty, 2 of which have been murdered by suspects in the last 90 days. 2 of them have been
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Gujarat riots victim Bilkis Bano, with her husband Rakub Rasool.Justice, not revenge, was what she had sought, said Bilkis Bano, the remarkable woman who single-handedly fought the legal system to secure the first-ever conviction of rape accused in a communal riot“Mujhe mera
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Judge Wendell GriffenArkansas had initially planned to execute eight men over 11 days during the month of April, but several of the executions were blocked by the courts.One of the judges who blocked the state’s efforts is now facing calls to be impeached.On April 14, state Judge Wendell Griffen06
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Arkansas put 4 men to death in April, but the debate on whether it should continue execution sentences carries on.Prior to April, Arkansas hadn't executed a prisoner since 2005.Now that the state's supply of midazolam, 1 of 3 drugs it uses in an approved lethal injection cocktail, has expired05
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Vladimir Putin andRamzan Kadyrov (right)Chechen police have told parents of gay men to 'sort it out' or the state will interveneA gay teen was pushed off a 9th floor balcony by his uncle after he outed to his family in Chechnya.The 17-year-old boy, who we will
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In early April 1976, Potter Stewart, Lewis Powell, and John Paul Stevens met for lunch at the Monocle, a venerable Washington steakhouse, and decided the future of the American death penalty. The three U.S. Supreme Court justices were in a bind. Each harbored substantial misgivings about capital04
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Prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty for Patrick Schroeder, the inmate facing murder charges in the strangling death of his cellmate last month.After a brief hearing Wednesday, Schroeder was whisked away and headed back to the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution north of town.In04
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Executions for drug crimes, rising religious intolerance, and the repression of activists and journalists in Papua were some major criticisms lodged against Indonesia's human rights record at the nation's Universal Periodic Review in Geneva on Wednesday.The delegations from around 100 countries04
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MINSK, 3 May (BelTA) - Death penalty issues were discussed in the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus on 3 May.Attending the meeting were MPs and foreign experts, BelTA has learned. Andrei Naumovich, Chairman of the Human Rights, National Relations, and Mass Media04
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Ali Maleki (Photo: Iran Human Rights)Iran Human Rights (MAY 4 2017): On Wednesday May 3, eight prisoners, including two unidentified women, were reportedly hanged at Karaj's Rajai Shahr Prison. According to close sources, the majority of these prisoners were executed on murder charges. Five other