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Rodrigo Duterte, left, and Joko Widodo, right.Jakarta. Vice President Jusuf Kalla is convinced that Philippine President Rodrigo Roa Duterte's state visit to Indonesia on Friday (09/09) was not related to drug convict Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso.Veloso, who is a Philippine citizen, was sentenced to death
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"The Walls" Unit, Huntsville, where Texas carries out its executions.Death penalty foes say Texas grown sensitive to flaws in systemOne of the easiest ways to end up on Texas' death row is to kill a cop.Stickup artist Robert Jennings did just that,
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The highest volumes ever recorded and the highest ever conviction rate.The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is prosecuting and convicting more cases of rape, domestic abuse, sexual offences and child abuse cases than ever before, a report published this week has shown.The Crown Prosecution08
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A special Mumbai court sentenced on Thursday a 25-year-old man to death for hurling acid at a woman, which resulted in her death 3 years ago.Delhi resident Ankur Panwar followed his neighbour from the Capital, 23-year-old Preeti Rathi, to Mumbai and attacked her outside the Bandra Terminus on May08
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The Indonesian justice system often fails to protect the rights of foreign defendants, particularly the right to be accompanied by an interpreter during legal processes, an activist has said.The absence of interpreters is a serious matter, particularly for defendants accused of committing serious07
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Dylann RoofProsecutors in the federal trial against accused Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof asked the court to prevent the defendant from introducing a "mercy instruction or related argument" at trial.If Roof is found guilty of murder in connection with the June 2015 shooting deaths of 907
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Columbus - Ohioans to Stop Executions releases its new report on the status of Ohio’s death penalty this week.The report, A Relic of the Past: Ohio’s Dwindling Death Penalty, details a continuing decline in executions and new death sentences in Ohio while highlighting the disparities between06
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#RightsNotGames is an online action starting on 7 September and going on throughout 8 September.The online day begins on the evening of 7 September to coincide with the Paralympic opening ceremony at 9.30pm and will go on till half past midnight UK time.DPAC, Disabled People Against Cuts, is
Jessica Kumala WongsoThe courtroom drama over the premeditated murder of Wayan Mirna Salihin implicating Jessica Kumala Wongso has taken an unexpected turn as an expert witness with the defense team delivered a contrasting testimony saying that Mirna had not shown any indications of cyanide05
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Decisive action against sexism, discrimination and violence against women and girls, for example.Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn and challenger Owen Smith MP have both committed to the “ground-breaking” promises they were asked to consider in order to improve the representation of women in05
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Iwao Hakamada and his sisterThe Japan Federation of Bar Associations for the 1st time will clearly call for abolishing the death sentence in light of global trends against capital punishment and wrongful convictions of death-row inmates.The federation until now has taken measures to spur public
Mr Lawrence Amesu, the Director of Amnesty International Ghana, said a lot had been achieved towards ensuring that Ghana gained the status as abolitionist in practice.He said Ghana had not executed anyone over the past 23 years even though the courts continued to sentence people to death, and "we09
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It is time to stop fighting violence with violence, to stop investing trillions in war and pennies in peace.It’s time to #MoveTheMoney.According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), in 2015 global military expenditure was USD1.6 trillion.But gender equality and08
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Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull and Indonesian President Joko WidodoIndonesian President Joko Widodo has flagged he will visit Australia in November in a powerful indication of the warmth between the leaders of the two countries.Mr Joko and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull cemented08
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Herman Jumat MasanHerman Jumat Masan, a former priest at Larantuka Catholic diocese, Sikka District, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), will soon face death penalty after failed appeal bid."There are 2 death row inmates who will soon face death penalty," the General Criminal Conduct Assistant, NTT High07
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A rich resource of examples of the approaches unions have taken and their successes.The TUC’s Equality Audit for 2016 comes at a time when unions face an unpredictable and challenging climate for bargaining on equality.The economic recovery has been weak and uneven, with many of TUC members
The scrapping of a constitutional provision allowing for legislation to impose the death penalty for certain crimes will be put to a plenary vote on Friday, House legal affairs committee chairman Yiorgos Georgiou announced on Wednesday.Article 7.2 of the constitution of Cyprus states that "no07
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San Quentin State Prison's brand new death chamberCalifornia voters face two capital punishment choices on the November ballot: End the death penalty or speed the way for execution.On death row, inmates are conflicted on the prospects of one-shot appeals, mandated lawyer assignments and simplified06
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Pregnant women and new mothers are mistreated at work and how five things need to change.The first legislation protecting women from unfair dismissal because of pregnancy was introduced 40 years ago.Since then, successive legislation has strengthened maternity rights. Women are now protected06
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Radical preacher Anjem ChoudaryRadical London preacher Anjem Choudary, who previously called for gay people to be stoned to death, has been jailed for five years on terror charges after allegedly encouraging support for ISIS.The hardline Islamic preacher is the former UK head of the Islamist group05
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TUC report: one in eight people are too ill or disabled to work to state pension age.Around one in eight (12 per cent) men and women are forced to stop working before state pension age due to ill-health or disability, according to TUC research published today.A TUC report, ‘Postponing the05
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Former French Foreign Minister Bernard KouchnerNCRI - Former French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner has called for the formation of an international tribunal to prosecute officials of the mullahs’ regime for carrying out the massacre of over 30,000 political prisoners in Iran in the summer of
Bangladesh authorities on Saturday executed a top Islamist party leader convicted of war crimes involving the nation's 1971 independence war against Pakistan, officials said.Proshanto Kumar Bonik, a senior jail superintendent, said Mir Quasem Ali, a leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, was hanged08
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There are the equivalent of four fires a day in schools and other educational establishments every year.Proposed changes to guidance governing how schools are built would alarmingly undermine efforts to reduce the risk of fire, the Association of British Insurers (ABI) has warned.The08
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The Walls Unit, Huntsville, where Texas carries out its executionsOfficials down at Texas' once-proud and prolific death chamber must be beginning to wonder if they'll ever execute another inmate. The state hasn't executed anyone since Pablo Vasquez on April 6 and has
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The aftermath of the 1995 Tokyo Subway sarin gas attack that killed 12It has been 21 years since 5 men released the deadly nerve agent in carriages of crowded commuter trains during Tokyo's morning rush-hour.Twelve people died, 50 people
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‘If we can no longer look to Europe to progress women’s rights then we must do it for ourselves’.Ten organisations have come together to challenge the government to make the UK the best place in the world to be a woman.Led by gender equality campaigning charity, the Fawcett Society, the ‘FaceAs the state collects Kenyans' views on the death penalty and life imprisonment, the fact that no one has been executed since 1987, capital offences are increasing and prisons are congested, raises more questions than answers. Should the 2 punishments be abolished and replaced with alternative07
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Is the death penalty in America gradually dying? There have been just 2 executions since May 1 and the total for 2016 probably will hit a 25-year low.Execution drug shortages, sometimes grotesque errors in death chambers and legal challenges to sentences imposed by judges have contributed to a06
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Death wish: 1,800+ drugs-related killings since Duterte took officePresident Rody Duterte will be in office as head of state and head of government from 2016 to June 30, 2022, or for a period of 6 years. Within that span of time, 12 out
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Mary Jane VelosoDAVAO CITY, Philippines – President Duterte yesterday said he would plead for mercy on behalf of Filipina Mary Jane Veloso when he meets with Indonesian President Joko Widodo this week.Veloso, who was sentenced to death in Indonesia for drug trafficking, was scheduled to be05
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The man accused of killing a security screener and wounding three others in a 2013 shooting at Los Angeles International Airport has agreed to plead guilty in a deal with prosecutors that would spare him the death penalty, according to court documents filed on Thursday.Murder of a federal Leggi05
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Mary Jane Veloso"I know you have a good heart. You are a parent as well. Even if my family is poor, I will not be involved in illegal drugs. Even if they put me behind bars. I cannot accept these accusations because I am innocent. I am innocent. I
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A group of Latino legislators passed a resolution demanding the end of the death penalty in the United States because it disproportionately affects people of color of all ages.The National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators said there is disproportionate punishment for Latinos, Black Americans