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Public flogging in Iran. The Iranian regime's judiciary in city of Isfahan has condemned another man to have his eyes gouged, state-run news agency ISNA reported. The man has been convicted of deliberately pouring acid on the face of a woman named Massoumeh Ataei which caused her to lose eyesight. The Iranian regime's judiciary officials have... Public flogging in Iran. The Iranian regime's judiciary in city of Isfahan has condemned another man to have his eyes gouged, state-run news agency ISNA reported. The man has been convicted of deliberately pouring acid on the face of a woman named Massoumeh Ataei which caused her to lose eyesight. The Iranian regime's judiciary officials have
Oklahoma officials on Friday said the state had obtained manufactured pharmaceuticals from a secret supplier for use in the executions of two men later this month, avoiding concerns over the use of compounded drugs but leaving unanswered questions about how it obtained them. In a letter11
Apr
2014
D. Tsarnaev A federal judge granted a request Wednesday from defense attorneys for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to have more time to prepare challenges to evidence they expect to be brought against him. US District Court Judge George A. O'Toole Jr., who11
Apr
2014
Wang Haibo, an unofficial representatives to the world on China’s organ transplant policies, recently told a well-known German journalist that the Chinese regime had no intention of announcing a schedule for weaning itself off the use of organs from executed prisoners. Wang11
Apr
2014
Anita, the new documentary from Oscar-winner Freida Lee Mock about Anita Hill. Our regular cross-post from Bitchflicks. By Ren Jender. Women and girl characters in film (and the plays and works of literature films are based on) lie a lot. I don’t mean that they tell an10
Apr
2014
‘Women’s access to justice – From reporting to sentencing’ report now out. Women’s Aid, together with the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Domestic and Sexual Violence, a cross-party group of MPs and peers working to combat domestic and sexual
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Senate has voted to allow the state to electrocute death row inmates if lethal injection drugs cannot be obtained. The measure sponsored by Sen. Ken Yager passed on a 23-3 vote on Wednesday. The Harriman Republican said current law allows the state to use10
Apr
2014
Labour MP calls for the Labour party to support the No More Page 3 campaign. The Welsh National Assembly added its voice to the campaign for No More Page 3 and called upon the Sun newspaper to drop the feature in July last year, in an Individual Members Debate (IMD). The debate was put09
Apr
2014
April 9, 2014: the National Executive Council has given the green light for work to proceed in establishing necessary policies to enable the implementation of the death penalty through lethal injection. On 7 March 2014, a government committee had recommended that lethal injections be the09
Apr
2014
NCRI - The Iranian regime hanged a prisoner in a prison on Monday in northwestern city of Ardebil , state-run Fars News Agency reported. The Iranian regime's judiciary in the city did not identify the victim who had been imprisoned on drug related charges. The rate of hangings has09
Apr
2014
Make 2016 a European Year to End Violence against Women and Girls. Although seven women die every day from domestic violence in the EU, to date, the European Union (EU) has no binding legislation regarding violence against women. This is critical, as violence affects approximately 45 per08
Apr
2014
Kim Jong-un Tokyo: A North Korean official has been executed with a flame-thrower, South Korean media has reported. He is one of up to 11 senior party officials with close ties to Jang Song-taek — Kim Jong-un’s recently purged uncle — who have been
The United States has once again violated international law, with its execution of Mexican citizen Ramiro Hernandez, who was denied the consular attention included in a Vienna convention, the United Nations charged today. "Mr. Hernandez did not have consular access, established in Article
The Vietnamese Ministry of Justice has suggested that the government consider limiting the scope of capital punishment, reducing charges subject to jail term sentences and expanding the application of non-custodial reforms. The proposal is included in a recent report submitted by the
Kaduna — Governor Idris Wada of Kogi State has granted amnesty to Mr Lasisi Yusuf, a 67-year-old convict, who has been on death row in Kaduna prison for nearly 18 years. This followed intensive advocacy efforts by Avocats Sans Frontieres France, ASF, France. Lasisi, a Kogi State11
Apr
2014
Anita, the new documentary from Oscar-winner Freida Lee Mock about Anita Hill. Our regular cross-post from Bitchflicks. By Ren Jender. Women and girl characters in film (and the plays and works of literature films are based on) lie a lot. I don’t mean that they tell an10
Apr
2014
Murderers in Ohio could not face the death penalty unless the prosecution has DNA or biological evidence, a videotaped confession or another video recording that “conclusively links the defendant to the murder,” under recommendations the Ohio Supreme Court Death Penalty Task
Attorneys for James Holmes, the man charged with killing 12 people and injuring 70 in an Aurora, Colo. movie theater, have officially asked a judge to move the trial, saying potential jurors have been exposed to prejudicial news coverage and carry emotional burdens from the massacre. In09
Apr
2014
Ramiro Hernandez-Llanas A man who escaped prison while serving a murder sentence in Mexico was executed Wednesday by the US state of Texas for a separate 1997 killing. Ramiro Hernandez-Llanas, 44, was in the US illegally when he killed a university professor who had hired
Tennesse Death Chamber Tennessee wants to execute death row’s longest-standing resident. Donald Wayne Strouth, 55, has been on death row since 1978 for the murder of a second-hand store owner in Kingsport. He’s accused of knocking out and slashing the throat of09
Apr
2014
Need ‘to make gender equality mainstream through all other goals’. Held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 10-21 March 2014, the 58th edition of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) once again gathered together a large number of civil society organisations
Edward Snowden The US has spied on the staff of prominent human rights organisations, Edward Snowden has told the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, Europe's top human rights body. Giving evidence via a videolink from Moscow, Snowden said the National Security Agency &ndash
WASHINGTON — As states scramble to find drugs needed to carry out executions, the Supreme Court won't decide for now whether condemned prisoners deserve to know how they will die. The justices denied a hearing Monday to a Louisiana inmate who asked that state officials tell him what12
Apr
2014
Defense attorneys requesting extension to 21-day deadline. Attorneys with the state Attorney General's Office and convicted murderer Hank Skinner's defense team say they have received copies of the court transcripts from Skinner's evidentiary hearing in Gray County on Feb. 3 and 4.
Denpasar. French national Francois Jacques Giuily, 49 was charged with drug trafficking by a Bali court on Thursday and could face the death penalty if found guilty. Giuily was allegedly caught with 3 kilos of crystal methamphetamine, worth some Rp 6.1 billion ($506,300), on arrival atKaduna — Governor Idris Wada of Kogi State has granted amnesty to Mr Lasisi Yusuf, a 67-year-old convict, who has been on death row in Kaduna prison for nearly 18 years. This followed intensive advocacy efforts by Avocats Sans Frontieres France, ASF, France. Lasisi, a Kogi State11
Apr
2014
Ex-Radio 1 presenter claims as a woman she was seen as an interloper. Liz Kershaw is a bit of an anomaly in the British media industry – a female radio DJ with a 30-year career and a regional accent. In her autobiography ‘The Bird and The Beeb’, released last month, she10
Apr
2014
Artist contradicts and questions power, creating dual identities through size and material. Titled ‘dock’, very specifically with a lower-case d, the inspiration for Phyllida Barlow’s latest work came from the River Thames running outside the Tate Britain. And what10
Apr
2014
The death penalty remains in many parts of the globe, while around the world people are imprisoned for decades at a time. While trials, sentences and executions often make the headlines, other features of the death penalty and life imprisonment are largely unknown. The focus could be09
Apr
2014
April 8, 2014: In 2013, non-governmental organisation Penal Reform International commissioned a detailed survey of public opinion about crime, punishment and the death penalty in Belarus. Market researchers, Satio, conducted the survey, interviewing 1,000 participants. The results show09
Apr
2014
Chinese police officers rehearsinglethal injection procedures GUIGANG, Guangxi, April 9 (Xinhua) -- A court on Wednesday rejected the appeal of a former policeman who was given a death sentence for shooting a pregnant woman dead in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous09
Apr
2014
Here are some dates for your diary of woman-centric events going on around the UK this week. Glasgow: Until 21 April: A Feminist Chorus: Lucy Reynolds and Map at Glasgow Women’s Library, 23 Landressy Street, Glasgow. Part of the world-renowned Glasgow International, a biennial08
Apr
2014
Texas Death Chamber Overturning a death sentence is generally understood to be harder than preventing that sentence from being issued in the first place. For post-conviction lawyers, the looming threat of execution makes every client’s need for representation08
Apr
2014
A Christian couple have been sentenced to death in Pakistan for allegedly sending a text message considered insulting to the Prophet Mohamed. Shafqat Emmanuel and Shagufta Kausar, from the eastern town of Gojra, were found guilty of sending the text to the imam of their local mosque, who