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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 favor the death penalty for certain crimes.Taiwan, China, Japan and the US were among the
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Pablo IbarThe Spaniard of Basque descent has already spent 16 years on death row, after a conviction in the 1990s for a triple-homicideThe State of Florida has announced its decision to ask for capital punishment for Pablo Ibar, despite the Florida Supreme Court having vacated a death penalty
Meth bust by Indonesian police (file photo)The Medan District Court on Wednesday decided on capital punishment for 4 Indonesians convicted of smuggling 270 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine from Malaysia to North Sumatra.The 4 defendants are businessmen Ayau and Daud, alias Athiam, from23
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Chinese police officers rehearsing execution procedures(CNN) A new report claims that China is still engaged in the widespread and systematic harvesting of organs from prisoners, and says that people whose views conflict with the ruling Chinese Communist Party are being murdered for their22
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Indonesian President Joko Widodo with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.For people convicted of drug crimes on Indonesia's death row, the Islamic Holy Month of Ramadan has added significance this year. After moving 15 prisoners to "Execution Island" last month and announcing that their deaths Leggi
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has sent a video message to the participants in the Sixth World Conference Against the Death Penalty, taking place this week in Oslo, Norway.The Holy Father put his message in the key of the Year of Mercy, saying, “The Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy is an auspicious
The UN Secretary-General must use a meeting with the Deputy Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia tomorrow to call for the release of three Saudi juveniles who face beheading after allegedly attending protests, human rights organization Reprieve has said.Prince Mohammed bin Salman will tomorrow (22nd) meet
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Monday failed to advance four separate measures aimed at curbing gun sales, the latest display of congressional inaction after a mass shooting.Eight days after a gunman claiming allegiance to the Islamic State killed 49 people in an Orlando, Fla., nightclub, the Senate20
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At least three prisoners were reportedly hanged in one day on drug charges.Iran Human Rights (June 18 2016): At leaast three prisoners with drug related charges were reportedly hanged at Bandar Abbas Central Prison (in the Hormozgan province, southern Iran) on the morning of Thursday June 16.The
Three Mexican brothers sentenced to death in Malaysia for drug trafficking in 2012While the study on whether to keep the death penalty is ongoing, the Government is open to proposals on the matter.Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Nancy
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Speaking out.By feministkilljoys.Colleagues and killjoys,I have received such overwhelming support and solidarity since I posted about my decision to resign from my post. I just want to thank all of you who have commented and sent me messages.Resigning was a difficult decision. Sharing19
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San Quentin's brand new death chamberA measure to abolish the death penalty has made it to the November ballot to compete with a measure aiming to increase execution rates.An initiative that would repeal the death penalty and replace it with life imprisonment without possibility of parole Leggi23
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Texas death row, Polusnky Unit, Livingston, TXAttorneys for death row inmate Rodney Reed have filed a supplement to the Feb. 2015 brief seeking a retrial on his death penalty case, arguing that new evidence has come their way that further indicates that Reed is not
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Rodrigo DuterteThe Catholic Church in the Philippines will petition the new president against reintroducing the death penalty in the country, according to Fides.The president of the Episcopal Conference of the Philippines, Archbishop Socrates Villegas of Lingayen-Dagupan, said he will seek a23
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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 rejected the plea of the convicts-- Mofil Khan and Mobarak Khan, officials said today.The duo had22
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Louisiana death rowNEW ORLEANS—U.S. District Judge Brian Jackson questions why the state has spent more than $1 million fighting to prevent air conditioning from being installed at Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola.In 2013, three death row inmates with medical problems filed a lawsuit against21
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Bereaved families, victims and Liberty call for Deepcut public inquiry.The human rights organisation Liberty has written to Defence Secretary Michael Fallon to request a public inquiry into physical and sexual abuse at the Deepcut barracks in Surrey.The call comes in the wake of the inquest
A senior Iranian regime judiciary official has issued the final confirmation of the death penalty for three Ahwazi rights activists, with another four sentenced to between 25 and 35 years in prison, as well as exile.Gholam-Hossein Mohsen Eie'I, the First Deputy Head of the Iranian regime's20
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We can, we must and we are fighting back against the tide of division.By Rachel Robinson.Today, 20 June 2016, is World Refugee Day.To mark it, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) launched a petition. It demands that national governments ensure every refugee child gets an education, every refugee20
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A looming Arkansas Supreme Court decision over whether information about execution drugs should be kept secret could reveal whether the state's death penalty system is truly "broken," as Arkansas' last top attorney once claimed. It's the 1st major test for a court whose sharp divisions last year20
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Medieval punishments: Public flogging in Iran (file photo)The inhumane mullahs' regime is continuing its use of mass executions, barbaric punishments, floggings and widespread arrests during the holy month of Ramadan, which is considered amongst Muslims in Iran and all other Islamic countries as a20
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NUS Women’s Campaign has published the results of the #StandByMe consultation.In March this year the UUKtaskforce on violence against women, harassment and hate crime affecting university students agreed to review the Zellick guidelines.The rejection of the Zellick guidelines by the higher
Cairo, EgyptCourt upholds death sentences against 6 other defendants for supplying Qatar with classified state documents under Mursi's ruleAn Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced toppled Islamist president Mohammad Mursi to a total of 40 years in prison after convicting him of jeopardising23
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Oklahoma death chamberJurors on Wednesday chose the death penalty as punishment for an Oklahoma City man convicted of raping his girlfriend and her friend before fatally beating the friend.The Oklahoma County jury deliberated less than an hour.Last week, the jurors found Albert Ray Johnson, 49
Watching a public execution in Iran (file photo)On Wednesday, June 22, coinciding with a visit by the Iranian regime's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to France and the Netherlands, and simultaneous with the global conference against the death penalty with the participation of more Leggi
For the 4th time in 2 months, the United States Supreme Court today overturned an Alabama death penalty case in which EJI challenged the conviction and sentence affirmed by state courts. This time, the Court reversed because of concerns about racial bias in jury selection.Christopher Floyd was22
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Meth bust in MalaysiaMalaysia may amend the death sentence mandatory for 12 criminal offences after government-backed studies showed that the capital punishment had not led to the desired effects.“There are positive signs in Malaysia and a steady momentum towards possible change in the death21
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Review of domestic abuse evidence required for access to legal aid in private family cases.The Ministry of Justice is currently reviewing the domestic abuse evidence requirements for accessing legal aid in private family cases.The Ministry has issued a survey aiming ‘to capture the views of21
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Gaborone, BotswanaCurrently, South African law prohibits the extradition of criminal suspects to all countries that still use capital punishment.The South African government have proposed amendments to the Treaty on Extradition allowing for the deportation of criminal suspects to Botswana where20
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Typical death-row cell, Osaka PrisonTOKYO — The head of the Japanese bar association on Friday criticized news organizations that reported the name of a man sentenced to death for a double murder committed when he was a juvenile.“It is regrettable that the news reports violated the juvenile20
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Maximum-security Northern Correctional Institution in SomersEveryday life for Maryland's death-row inmates barely changed in 2014 when Gov. Martin O'Malley commuted their sentences to life in prison without the chance of parole."They were already housed in general population," Gerard M. Shields, a20
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If you’re blaming a scapegoat you’re not blaming the people with the real power…On the morning of 16 June 2016, just a few hours before Labour MP Jo Cox was brutally murdered, Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn gave a speech at the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre
Georgia's death chamberIt's Georgia's new death penalty paradox: the state is executing inmates at a record clip, but prosecutors almost never seek the death penalty anymore, and juries refuse to impose it when they do.During each of the past 2 years, Georgia executed 5 inmates. If, as expected19
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Nie Shubin, wrongfully executed at age 20"Invisible forces" in police have delayed a retrial for Nie Shubin after fresh evidence, suggesting his innocence, emerged, says former journalistMore than 2 decades after a young man in the northern province of Hebei was executed for the alleged
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