Public execution in Saudi Arabia (file photo)Fahd Houssawi was put to death for murder of police officer as human rights groups raise concern over surge in executionsSaudi authorities have executed a Nigerian man after convicting him of murdering a police officer.It was the 95th execution
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Cairo, Egypt12 others sentenced to life in prison, 6 others to 15 years and 2 were acquittedThe West Cairo Military Court upheld on Sunday death sentences for 8 civilians and sentenced 12 others to life in prison in the case publicly known as the "specialised intelligence committee" case.627
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‘Air pollution causes an unacceptable number of deaths every year.’When the World Health Organisation (WHO) released its findings on international urban air quality earlier this month it had found that more than 80 per cent of people in monitored areas are breathing in air of such poor quality27
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A medieval theocracy, barbaric punishments: Shiraz, Iran, May 26, 2016Iran's fundamentalist regime on Thursday publicly hanged a man in the southern city of Shiraz.The regime's judiciary in Fars Province, southern Iran, in a May 26 statement identified the victim only as Hamid
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The Connecticut Supreme Court on Thursday again said that it would be unconstitutional to execute inmates on the state's death row, upholding a decision from the same court last year effectively banning the death penalty in the state.In a decision in August, the state's justices ruled that26
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Expressing concern about possible imminent executions in Gaza, the United Nations human rights office today urged the authorities in Gaza to uphold their obligations to respect the rights to life and to a fair trial and not carry out death penalty."We also urge the Palestinian President to26
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New campaign aims to help fight against pregnancy and maternity discrimination at work.The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has just launched #PowertotheBump, a digital campaign to help young expectant and new mothers know their rights at work – and have the confidence to stand up25
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Training to recognize the symptoms of nitrogen hypoxiaTucked inside last week's scathing Multicounty Grand Jury report was a recommendation the state begin moving away from lethal injection. Instead jurors suggested the state hire experts to take a look at moving to nitrogen hypoxia; a suggestion25
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ISIS: Stoned to death for being gayThe Islamic State (ISIS) extremists have stoned to death a teenage boy accused of homosexuality in the Mayadin city of Deir ez-Zor province.Jamal Nassir al-Oujan, 15, was arrested on charges of being gay on Saturday.The Sharia Court accused him of
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Abdullah, the Sudanese fatherManama: A Saudi father has turned down SR225,000 (Dh220,353) given to him in blood money following the death of his son.The son died in a car accident caused by a stray camel on a highway in Sakakah, in northwestern Saudi Arabia.The blood money was
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Nebraska: Gathering signatures against the death penalty repealSeveral arguments were advanced on Monday morning by state Sen. Colby Coash of Lincoln and state Sen. Mike Gloor of Grand Island in urging Nebraska voters to uphold the action of the Legislature in doing away with
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Retrospective will explore themes that run throughout Knights’ oeuvre including women’s independence.Dulwich Picture Gallery is to present the first major retrospective of work by Winifred Knights, 1899-1947, an award-winning Slade School artist and the first British woman to win the Prix de28
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President Maithripala Sirisena has commuted 187 death sentences to life imprisonment on recommendations by an expert committee headed by retired Supreme Court judge Nimal E. Dissanayake.The decision has been announced in the wake of protests demanding the implementation of the death penalty on the27
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Major excitement as ‘Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise’ to make its UK debut at film festival.The stories of women feature heavily across the film, alternate realities, talks and sessions and doc/fest exchange programme at this year’s Sheffield Doc/Fest; some are ordinary, some extraordinary, some27
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Jessica WongsoDespite 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 the case of a woman accused of murdering her friend with a26
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Police boats patrol the strait between Cilacap and Nusakambangan IslandAmid the government's preparations for the next round of executions, convicted drug kingpin Freddy Budiman has filed a case review to overturn his death sentence.On Wednesday, he and his team of lawyers attended
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Dylann RoofWhite-on-black murders rarely result in a death sentence. Roof might be an exception.Federal prosecutors have announced that they will seek a death sentence for Dylann Roof, meaning he will face two death penalty trials.Though Dylann Roof’s case is in its earliest stages, he is likely25
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Hillary ClintonIn 1977, 2 years after he was convicted of robbing a shoe store and stabbing a clerk to death, 22-year-old Henry Giles sat on death row at Arkansas' Cummins Prison Farm, awaiting his execution by electric chair.Psychologists had termed Giles "grossly retarded." With an IQ of just
Amnesty International has said that recent trials resulting in death sentences have been 'grossly unfair'Iraq has executed 22 people over the past month who were convicted of terrorism and other crimes, the justice minister announced on Monday.The ministry "carried out death sentences against 2225
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“It is difficult to overstate the significance of EU law in protecting against sex discrimination.”Voting to leave the European Union – or for Brexit – in the referendum on 23 June would mean risking “turning the clock back decades” on women’s rights, according to a new report published by the25
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CRIME MAY. 25, 2016 - 06:49AM JST ( 25 ) TOKYO — The Japanese Diet on Tuesday enacted a law to make a series of changes to criminal proceedings, including obligating police and prosecutors to record interrogations of suspects and expanding the scope of wiretapping by investigators.But questions24
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More than 9 years after the murder of their daughter, the parents of Jodi Sanderholm are speaking out to KSN News, as the execution of the man convicted in her murder, remains very much in doubt.Jodi Sanderholm was 19 years old when she was murdered in Ark City, Kansas."I'm sure she, Jodi24
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Dylann RoofFederal prosecutors will seek a death sentence for Dylann Roof, the man accused of killing nine parishioners in a Charleston, S.C., church last year.“Following the department’s rigorous review process to thoroughly consider all relevant factual and legal issues, I have determined that
Charles FloresCharles Flores, a Texas death row inmate who was scheduled to be executed next week June 2, was granted a stay of execution late Friday afternoon.The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals stayed Flores’ execution date and sent his case back to the trial court for a hearing based on Leggi27
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Public execution in Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia will have put to death more than 100 people in the first 6 months of this year if it continues to carry out executions at its current pace, said Amnesty International today. At least 94 people have been executed so far
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‘Automatic enrolment success at risk from pension regulation weaknesses.’The Work and Pensions Committee report released on 16 May 2016 said that while the process of automatic enrolment (AE) into employer pension schemes is a “success story”, major concerns have arisen over where those funds26
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Tuesday's 7-1 Supreme Court decision in Foster v. Chatman was a huge victory for Timothy Foster, a 49-year-old Black man who has been on Georgia's death row for 29 years. The ruling also reflects a systemic problem with the death penalty: prosecutors' repeated, deliberate use of race to choose
Execution of alleged "collaborators" with Israel by Hamas militants in Aug. 2014GAZA CITY — Hamas, the militant Islamist group that rules Gaza, called on Wednesday for the resumption of the death penalty for certain crimes. Several Palestinians
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Bernie SandersThe senator sticks with his principles.The Justice Department announced on Tuesday it would seek the death penalty in the case of accused South Carolina mass murderer Dylann Roof.Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) opposes the Justice Department's decision to seek the death penalty in the
President WidodoPresident Joko Widodo on Wednesday (May 25) signed a government regulation in lieu of the law approving the death penalty as a maximum sentence for sexual crimes against children.According to the regulation, offenders could face chemical castration and be monitored with an25
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Two-day strike at UK universities over pay, pay gaps, and insecure contracts.The University and College Union’s planned two-day national strike at UK universities is going ahead – is going on now – as part of a now long-running dispute over various aspects of staff pay.University and College25
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Public execution in Iran (file photo)NCRI – Iran’s fundamentalist regime mass executed on Wednesday 11 prisoners in their twenties, including at least one who is believed to have been a minor at the time of his alleged offence. Another three prisoners were executed on Tuesday.The 11
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Hamas members prepare to execute Palestinians for allegedly spying for Israelin August 2014.The Palestinian militant group Hamas is to carry out a string of public executions in the Gaza strip, the patch of territory it controls.The executions were
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Setsuko was thirteen when the US dropped a nuclear bomb on Hiroshima in Japan.By Michelle Thomson MP.We were honoured to receive a visit in Parliament recently from a survivor of one of the most horrific events of the 20th century, the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima.Setsuko Thurlow, aged 84