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Syria: Two gay men stoned to death by ISIS militants and supportersIslamic State (ISIS) militants and their supporters stoned to death two men accused of being gay in
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Shahrul Izani Bin SuparamanShahrul Izani was sentenced to death in Malaysia in 2003 for possessing 622 grams of cannabis. He was 19 years old. It was his first criminal offense.After spending more than six years in detention awaiting trial, Shahrul Izani was convicted of drug trafficking and
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 media on Sunday that the Saudi Supreme Court and an appellate court had approved the execution25
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The story of Abdul Basit echoes the abysmalstate of Pakistan's criminal justice system.The headlines of newspapers scream that we have reached a 'shameful milestone'. We have made people march to the gallows-more than we want to count and believe that we have. Pakistan has executed more than 250
Indonesia Attorney General M. PrasetyoIndonesia Attorney General M. Prasetyo said on Thursday that the Attorney General's Office (AGO) would not carry out a 3rd round of executions of inmates until the country gets out of the current economic slowdown.Prasetyo said that another round of executions23
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Public caning for committing immoral acts in Aceh, Indonesia'The law is to safeguard human dignity'LGBTI people caught having sex in Indonesia’s Aceh province will be punished by 100 lashes of the cane from today.Anal sex between men and ‘the rubbing of body
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The first all-digital, online conference organised by and featuring women of colour from around the world is on Sunday.The 2015 Women’s Freedom Conference, the first all-digital, online conference organised by and featuring women of colour from around the world, will take place on 25 October22
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The original guillotine that was used to decapitate Hans Vollenweider.in 1940. It is now on display in the Lucerne History Museum.Exactly 75 years after the last peacetime execution in Switzerland,
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Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts: a death penalty obsessionBecause Nebraska lacks lethal injection drugs, the state remains unable to carry out an execution even though a voter petition drive has successfully postponed the recent repeal of the death penalty.Gov. Pete Ricketts said Wednesday his21
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A Pakistani mason was sentenced to death in absentia by a UAE court for setting 2 co-workers on fire which killed 1 of them.According to the records, on February 9, while AA and SA were busy in the store of a building under construction in Jebel Ali, the accused DA, 32, who
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Mark Anthony GonzalesSAN ANTONIO (AP) - A man has been sentenced to death by lethal injection for the random 2011 ambush slaying of a deputy stopped at a traffic light in San Antonio.A Bexar (BEAR) County jury deliberated about 17 hours before recommending death for Mark Anthony Gonzalez for the20
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When states ran out of execution drugs, they started paying tens of thousands of dollars to Chris Harris, a salesman in India with no pharmaceutical background.Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts had a problem. In a few days, the state legislature would vote on repealing the death penalty in his state
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 [was] scheduled to die on Sunday.The lawyers said that Le Van Manh appeared to have been a scapegoat in a case in which the proper legal
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Virginia's Death ChamberHis crimes were horrific and there was no hint of innocence or remorse. Alfredo Prieto had been denied clemency and his appeals turned down before his last words Oct. 1 at at 9:08 p.m.: "Get this over with."The commonwealth of Virginia complied and Prieto was pronounced24
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States are locked in legal battle with the federal government after regulators intercepted illegally imported anesthetics to be used in lethal injectionsDeath penalty states are locked in a legal battle with the federal government after regulators intercepted shipments of illegally imported23
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A pro-Snowden James Bond and the spectre of the Snoopers’ Charter.By Katie Bamber.This was the week we learnt that James Bond’s latest incarnation is “sexily pro-Snowden”. As always, 007’s timing is impeccable – because this was also the week that saw the spectre of the Snoopers’ Charter23
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Join Amnesty Action on 23 October for the No Amnesty for Pimps global day of action.Amnesty Action is a coalition of women’s group and individuals opposed to Amnesty International’s policy of full decriminalisation of the sex industry.Campaigners firmly believe – and agree with Amnesty22
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The crime that brought down Nixon has been ruled legal in the UK. But why?By Maggie Chapman.There was once a scandal so big that every abuse of political power since has been named after it. It led to the indictments of 69 people and the only ever resignation of an American president.At the
A legislative committee has launched a discussion about whether the death penalty should be eliminated in Utah, less than a year since lawmakers passed a bill bringing back the firing squad.At a hearing Wednesday, the Utah State Legislature's Interim Judiciary Committee broached the subject of21
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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 rights organization Reprieve.The report includes data gathered by Reprieve on 171 of the prisoners currently
Ali Mohammed al-NimrThe 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 announced on television.Mohammed al-Nimr says the family is "extremely worried"21
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin ScaliaMINNEAPOLIS -- Referencing rulings to restrict capital punishment and changing sentiment within the Supreme Court, Justice Antonin Scalia said Tuesday he wouldn't be surprised if the nation's highest court invalidates the death penalty.Scalia addressed20
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At least 10 death row convicts were sent to the gallows on early Tuesday morning in different jails of Punjab, Dunya News reported.According to details, death row prisoner Muhammad Farooq was hanged in District Jail Sargodha. Farooq had killed his rival over an old enmity in 2003.2 murderers were26
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The Iranian regime as the foremost executioner of children in the world sentenced to death four young prisoners in Sanandaj Prison who were juveniles at the time of their crimes.The Iranian Resistance calls on all international human rights agencies, especially the UN Secretary-General, the High25
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George T. Wilkerson, Resisting Stereotypes(humanity isn’t black and white) 2014, graphite andcolor pencil on paper, 10 7/8“ x 8 1/2“ Ndume Olatushani jokes that he "couldn't even draw a crooked line straight" when he arrived on death row almost 30 years ago.He had plenty of time to learn23
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Arizona paid $27,000 for a shipment of sodium thiopental, but the FDA seized the drug from a British Airways flight.A shipment of an illegally imported lethal injection drug bought by the state of Arizona has been stopped at Phoenix airport, according to documents.Arizona paid nearly $27,000 for23
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‘With our government aiding and abetting genocide, what else could we do but disarm the weapons ourselves?’In January 1996, three women broke into a British Aerospace factory in Lancashire and used household hammers to disarm a Hawk warplane bound for Indonesia.They were arrested, charged23
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Florida's electric chairTALLAHASSEE — For the first time in nearly two decades, a Florida prison inmate is demanding that he be put to death in the antiquated electric chair and not by a lethal injection method that has been repeatedly challenged in court.Wayne Doty, 42, of Plant City has Leggi22
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One Year in Power: Bali Nine and Death Row Inmate ExecutionsWithin a few months of taking office, President Joko Widodo drew huge international condemnation for executing foreign drug convicts.Source: The Jakarta Globe, October 22, 2015Julie Bishop arrives in Indonesia for first visit
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If just two MLAs change their minds, the discrimination can end.When it comes to gay rights, Northern Ireland has been left behind: it is the only part of the UK where same-sex couples are denied the right to get married.But on 2 November the Northern Ireland Assembly will be holding a vote21
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Ohio's decision to delay executions another full year while it hunts for lethal injection drugs highlights an ongoing dilemma faced by the remaining death penalty states.Although support for capital punishment continues, states are struggling to find a legal means to carry it out, and that has
LAHORE (Dunya News) – Four death row prisoners were hanged on early Wednesday morning in the jails of Lahore, Bahawalpur, Toba Tek Singh and Dera Ghazi Khan while execution of two convicts was postponed. The dead bodies of the prisoners were handed over to their families.According to details20
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The State Supreme Court on Tuesday delayed indefinitely the scheduled executions of eight prisoners who challenged a law that kept secret some information about lethal injection drugs.In a ruling that indicated disagreement among the justices, the court said the inmates had raised “bona fide20
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Ali al-NimrIn response to questions in Parliament over the case of a Saudi protestor sentenced to death as a child, the British Foreign Secretary has today said that he “do[es] not expect” him to be executed.Philip Hammond was responding to a question from Andy Slaughter MP regarding the cases of