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Andrew Chan, Myuran SukumaranBali: Australian drug smugglers Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan have lodged handwritten letters to Indonesia's president appealing for mercy as part of an application to have their death sentences reviewed.In their letters written in Indonesian, Chan admits he deserves to be in jail but says he can be
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Twelve Australians – including two grandmothers – are facing possible execution overseas, far more than previously known. The imperiled dozen are in addition to three Australians already sentenced to death – Pham Trung Dung in Vietnam, and Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan in Bali.Sukumaran andThe Indonesian authorities executed six people by firing squad on 18 January. Nine more people are at risk of execution.Rani Andriani alias Melisa Aprilia (Indonesian), Daniel Enemuo (Nigerian), Ang Kiem Soei (Dutch), Tran Thi Bich Hanh (Vietnamese), Namaona Denis (Nigerian) and Marco Archer
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A judicial review into the condemned Bali Nine members filed on Friday would not stop executions proceeding, according to a spokesman for Indonesian Attorney-General H.M Prasetyo.Tony Spontana accused lawyers for Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran of trying to delay the executions by filing out an
Robert LaddRobert Ladd's lethal injection to come days after Georgia's execution of another intellectually disabled man; lawyer condemns policy based on fictionTexas is hours away from executing the second intellectually disabled prisoner in the US this week, in what lawyers say is a clear29
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‘Each of the three sectors will identify approaches for addressing gender inequality’.UN Women, the United Nations entity dedicated to achieving gender equality and women’s empowerment, has unveiled a pilot initiative to galvanise momentum in advancing gender equality and women’s28
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Surinder Koli Koli was found guilty of kidnapping, murder and attempted rape in multiple casesA notorious Indian child-murderer convicted in a case dubbed "the house of horrors" has had his death penalty commuted to life in prison.The Allahabad High Court ruled Surinder Koli had waited too long28
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The very purpose of Page 3 is clearly to ‘humiliate, chasten and bully women’.Last week The Sun, in its infinite wisdom, published a picture of a topless woman on its page 3 after widespread rumours that it had ‘quietly’ abolished the sexist tradition.It is impossible, as Sarah Ditum pointed27
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A bipartisan group of state lawmakers introduced a bill today that would replace the death penalty in Washington state with a sentence of life in prison without parole.House Bill 1739, sponsored by Rep. Reuven Carlyle (D-Seattle) and co-sponsored by Reps. Maureen Walsh (R-Walla Walla), Tina Orwall26
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A teacher convicted of sex crimes in Saudi Arabia was publicly beheaded on Monday in the port city of Jeddah, according to official media."Mousa bin Saeed Ali al-Zahrani lured several underage girls and kidnapped them. He also threatened them and their relatives and physically assaulted them in26
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D. Tsarnaev in courtAs the quest for a jury in the Boston Marathon bombing trial approaches its 4th week, some of the area's 2 million Roman Catholics are growing frustrated with criteria that effectively disqualify followers of church teachings.Potential jurors in bombing suspect Dzhokhar
ST. LOUIS --The execution scheduled for next week for a Missouri inmate has been called off by the Missouri Supreme Court.The court on Thursday withdrew the execution warrant for 45-year-old Marcellus Williams, who had been set for execution at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday. A court spokeswoman declined to
Raef BadawiDubai: Saudi Arabia postponed Friday for a third week in a row the flogging of a blogger sentenced to 1,000 lashes for insulting Islam, his wife said.Raef Badawi “was not flogged” on Friday, his wife Ensaf Haidar said, adding that the reason was unclear.The 30-year-old received the
Indonesian prosecutors have confirmed they will press charges carrying the death penalty against a New Zealand man caught with crystal meth at Bali's airport.Antony de Malmanche, 52, says he thought he was going on his 1st overseas trip to meet a woman he met online.Instead he says he found
Andrew Chan and Myuran SukumaranLawyers for Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, the two Bali Nine members on death row in Kerobokan prison, successfully lodged an application for a second review of their cases on Friday, in a final bid to save the pair from the firing
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The Philippines is trying to prevent the execution of a female citizen, who faces death by firing squad in Indonesia for drug smuggling, the foreign ministry said Thursday.Manila's revelation that a Filipina is on death row, comes after recently-elected Indonesian leader Joko Widodo's government
Texas's top criminal court has halted Wednesday's execution of a prisoner linked to 5 killings in Houston.The Texas court of criminal appeals issued a reprieve on Tuesday to death row inmate Garcia White. Prosecutors and defence attorneys say the court did not immediately explain its28
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Citing overwhelming public support for capital punishment, Justice Minister Yoko Kamikawa pledged Jan. 27 to continue to authorize executions by hanging.Kamikawa, 61, also made clear that she does not intend to review the policy in the near-term, although she touched on the possible introduction27
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Hanging in Gaza City, October 2013PCHR Calls for Immediate Moratorium on the Use of the Death Penalty as a Form of Punishment in the occupied Palestinian territories.The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) renews its demand for the abolishment of the death penalty in the occupiedAndrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran(Reuters) - Indonesian President Joko Widodo has indicated two Australians convicted of drug offences will not receive a reprieve from execution, a refusal to pardon that is likely to strain already fragile ties between the two neighbours.Australian Prime Minister
Scott Pruitt, Oklahoma’s attorney general, said Monday he was asking the U.S. Supreme Court to postpone three upcoming executions in the state.There are three executions scheduled in Oklahoma over the next six weeks, with the first currently taking place Thursday. But last week, the Supreme Court26
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Andrew Chan (left) and Myuran Sukumaran (right)Indonesian President Joko Widodo's decision to refuse clemency to death row prisoners in drug cases and the following execution of five foreigners and one Indonesian raises once again the nation's use of the death penalty.Now Australians Myuran
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide a case on the constitutionality of the new combinations of drugs that some states are using to execute prisoners and that critics say cause intense suffering.The court will hear a challenge to Oklahoma’s choice of drugs even though the30
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Pasir Putih Prison on Nusakambangan Island,Central Java, IndonesiaThe police are making assurances that the prison island of Nusakambangan in Cilacap, Central Java, is ready for the executions of death row convicts, including the Bali 9 duo.Cilacap Police Chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Ulung Sampurna Jaya30
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The relatives of a man set to be wrongfully executed in Pakistan have been given an official notice of his hanging next week – and told to bring a shroud and a gurney to dispose of his body. Shoaib Sarwar was convicted of murder in Pakistan 17 years ago, following a trial process
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Robert LaddHUNTSVILLE, Texas — A Texas man convicted of killing a 38-year-old woman nearly two decades ago while he was on parole for a triple slaying years earlier was executed Thursday evening. He was pronounced dead at 7:02 p.m.Robert Ladd, 57, received lethal injection after the U.S. Supreme29
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Indonesia, a country of 250 million, is notorious for its severe drug policy. Most often drug traffickers are executed or imprisoned for life.On January 18, Indonesia executed 5 people convicted on drug trafficking charges; 4 of them were foreign nationals from Brazil, Malawi, Nigeria, and the28
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A Pakistani Court has ordered the first execution of a prisoner who was neither charged with terrorism offences nor tried in a terrorism court, indicating that the authorities may have abandoned their claim that they will hang only alleged ‘terrorists.’Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s Government28
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Qatar court tells US family to decide on executionThe family of an American schoolteacher murdered in Qatar has told a court they do not want her alleged killer to be executed as they are "not cruel".A judge in Qatar ruled on Sunday that the Pennsylvania-based family of Jennifer Brown could27
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Public beheading in Saudi Arabia (file photo)Saudi Arabia on Tuesday beheaded 2 more of its citizens and a Pakistani, continuing the strictest punishment under new King Salman.Omar bin Yahya bin Ibrahim al-Barkati was tried and convicted of incest, the interior ministry said in a statement carried27
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An alleged rapist was executed Monday but many Saudis believe the case against him was shakyA Saudi man accused of raping young girls was beheaded on Monday in the 1st execution under the administration of Saudi Arabia's new King Salman.Teacher Moussa al-Zahrani, 45, was beheaded in the western26
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Richard GlossipAttorneys representing Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip, who is scheduled to die Thursday, plan to file a request to stay his execution in light of the recent news that the U.S. Supreme Court will review his case.Dale Baitch, the public defender representing Glossip26
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Calling upon all Twitter users to send a complaint; tweet the hashtag #FreeWomenonWeb.Twitter has disabled the link to the Women on Web website and made it impossible to tweet a link to the website.Women on Web was founded by Women on Waves in 2005, to respond to the urgent request for help
Deon Cornelius was found carrying 2 kilos of drugs after arriving at Penang International Airport in 2013.A South African security guard has been sentenced to death by a High Court in Malaysia after being found guilty of drug trafficking.Deon Cornelius was found to be carrying 2 kilograms of