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Farzaneh (Razieh) Moradi (26) was hanged in the prison of Isfahan this morning- She was convicted of murdering her husband, to whom she had been married to at the age of 15. Farzaneh’s daughter is 10 year old and has not seen her mother since she was arrested six years ago. Iran Human Rights, March 4, 2014: Farzaneh Moradi, 26 year old woman... Farzaneh (Razieh) Moradi (26) was hanged in the prison of Isfahan this morning- She was convicted of murdering her husband, to whom she had been married to at the age of 15. Farzaneh’s daughter is 10 year old and has not seen her mother since she was arrested six years ago. Iran Human Rights, March 4, 2014: Farzaneh Moradi, 26 year old woman whose scheduled execution
2 Libyan politicians on trial over a cartoon said to be offensive to Islam on Sunday had charges that could have led to the death penalty dismissed, their lawyer said. "The court gave its verdict. It decided on a dismissal of the 3 main charges" which carried a possible death penalty in04
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2014
Review addressing who might be asking for food aid help, as well as how and why they do so, released. The report of a research project looking at available evidence on what ‘food aid’ is available to households in the UK, who takes it up and why has just been released03
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2014
Dinesh Pillai Raja Retnam is the third person to escape the gallows under the revised Misuse of Drugs Act, but the first to have his death penalty lifted on grounds of mental disability. On Monday the High Court found that Dinesh Pillai had only played the role of a courier. The03
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2014
Call for legislated consistency in policing prostitution to protect street sex workers. In 2006, the Merseyside Police declared crimes against street sex workers hate crimes. To date, they are the only police force in the UK to treat crimes against street sex workers in this way. Liverpool02
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2014
The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole board has denied a convicted murderer's request to commute his death sentence to life in prison. The board voted 4-1 on Friday to deny clemency for 38-year-old Clayton Lockett, who refused to appear at the hearing. Lockett is scheduled to be executed
Jakarta. Three people have been arrested in the Greater Jakarta area after more than half a ton of marijuana was found in trucks en route from from Aceh to Java, police said. “The prohibited items would then be distributed to some islands and regions in Indonesia,” Brig. Gen28
Feb
2014
The Willingham's house afterthe blaze that killed 3 children In the 10 years since Texas executed Cameron Todd Willingham after convicting him on charges of setting his house on fire and murdering his three young daughters, family members and death penalty opponents have28
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2014
Our regular cross-post from Bitchflicks. By Megan Kearns. [Trigger warning for rape] | Spoilers ahead. West Side Story is one of my absolute favorite musicals. I adore the catchy lyrics, the breathtakingly exquisite choreography and cinematography, the heartbreaking love story. A27
Feb
2014
An Egyptian court has sentenced 26 people to death for conspiring to attack ships transiting the Suez Canal. The defendants were accused and found guilty of “founding and leading a terror group that aimed to attack peoples freedom, damage national unity and attack the Suez Canal27
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Details of two more interesting events celebrating IWD. Cambridge: EVENT: Book Launch The Meaning of Success: Insights from Women at Cambridge, hosted by Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge. The26
Feb
2014
Two pharmaceutical companies, one of which describes itself as “one of the biggest…in the UK,” are facing urgent calls to put in place new controls on drugs which could be used in executions. Akorn, headquartered in Illinois, produces midazolam, a sedative which is04
Mar
2014
Hundreds in Downing Street protest at racist attack on Polish biker. Last week hundreds of UK-based Eastern Europeans and their supporters staged a protest in Downing Street following a racially motivated attack on a Polish motorcyclist in East London. The demonstrators are concerned that04
Mar
2014
Public flogging in Iran NCRI - The highest court in clerical regime ruling Iran has approved the sentence of a young man to have his eyes gouged and his right ear and nose cutoff, state-run daily Shraq reported. The man identified by his first name Jamshid was convicted03
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2014
NCRI - The Iranian regime hanged four prisoners on Sunday in southern city of Bandar-Abbas, state-run Mehr news agency reported. The prisoners identified by their initials as M.R.,H.A., A.B., Y.A., were hanged for drug related charges. Also on the same day, the Iranian regime henchmen03
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2014
Here are some dates for your diary of woman-centric events going on around the UK and Republic of Ireland this week. Belfast: 3 – 7 March: Ulster Hall Lecture and Workshop Series. A series of lunch time events at 1pm, fronted by academics and well-known women’s sector figures02
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Iran Human Rights, March 2, 2014: Four prisoners were hanged in Bandar Abbas (Capital of the province of Hormozgan, Southern Iran) early this morning, reported the Iranian state media.edam-ImageHandler According to the official website of the Iranian Judiciary in Hormozgan, the four prisoners
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Iran Human Rights, February 27 2014: One prisoner was hanged in the prison of Salmas (Northwestern Iran) today. According to the Iranian State Broadcasting the prisoner who was not identified by name was convicted of trafficking 5 kilograms of opium and 600 gram of heroin, said the report.28
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Thatcher’s policies condemned for causing “unjust premature death” of many British citizens. Public health experts from Durham University have denounced the impact of Margaret Thatcher’s policies on the wellbeing of the British public in new research which examines28
Feb
2014
New projects challenge manufactured images of womanly perfection. Photographers, cancer survivors and mothers are producing a growing library of images cataloguing the visual effects of life on women’s bodies. The images are often confrontational, with subjects looking directly at the27
Feb
2014
Reports reveal Crisis Pregnancy Centres are misleading women seeking impartial counselling. Reports published this month say that false information about abortion is being given to women seeking impartial pregnancy counselling at independent Crisis Pregnancy Centres (CPCs) in the UK27
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2014
The number of women in work is at its highest since records began 43 years ago. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the rate of female employment hit 67.2 per cent last year, which means that women now make up a record-breaking 46 per cent of the UK workforce. Over 190,00026
Feb
2014
This year there is a great programme of events. Kicking off with a Reclaim the Night March, all events are free, and everyone is welcome. Details below. RECLAIM THE NIGHT:Meet outside Coventry City Council House. COVENTRY UNIVERSITY: WARWICK04
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2014
Protest against the damaging and destructive austerity policies of the Coalition government. A demonstration and rally in York has been called by the Yorkshire and Humber TUC to coincide with the Liberal Democrat’sSpring Conference, which is being held there. The demo and rally will be03
Mar
2014
We must persuade the public that they’re wrong about welfare. By Sue Marsh. Who says magic can’t happen on a Monday morning? From now until the election we have to do just one thing. We must persuade the public that they’re wrong about welfare. Just that one thing. If
A 34-year-old Iranian man is in imminent danger of hanging for allegedly "insulting the Prophet" in a recorded private joke that security forces found on his personal computer. Rouhollah Tavana was arrested by Mashhad Intelligence officers at his home in October 2011, and the03
Mar
2014
Major attempt to raise money for street children – and get into the Guinness Book of Records. In March, ahead of the FIFA World Cup, the second-ever Street Child World Cup (SCWC) – like the World Cup proper – will take place in Rio de Janeiro. SCWC will unite teams of02
Mar
2014
WASHINGTON -- When the request came to testify this week to a Senate committee about solitary confinement, Damon Thibodeaux said he decided it was a great opportunity to share information -- though painful -- with people who "can actually make things better." Thibodeaux, now 39, was28
Feb
2014
Scott Rush “IF I had my way, I would have been dead at 25. I just didn’t want to be executed in front of the entire world.” So declares Bali Nine drug mule Scott Rush, now 28, in utter despair. Recalling the day in 2011 when his death sentence was commuted28
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2014
The condemned man breaks freeof his restraints and attempts to escape Iran leads the world in per capita executions, and is one of the few countries which continues to publicly hang condemned individuals, creating a spectacle of terror in the street. These executions27
Feb
2014
Two Oklahoma death row inmates are challenging the constitutionality of the law allowing the state to keep secret its source of lethal injection drugs. According to the lawsuit filed Wednesday in Oklahoma County District Court, Clayton Lockett and Charles Warner have reason to believe
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2014
Lean In is trying to dispel gendered stereotypes such as ‘the harried mum’. The Getty Images/Lean In stock photos reveal more about our gender ideals than anything else. Facebook’s Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg is on a mission: her Lean In campaign wants women to27
Feb
2014
Paul Howell STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A drug trafficker who placed a pipe bomb in a gift-wrapped microwave oven in a plot to kill two potential murder witnesses was executed Wednesday for the 1992 death of a Florida highway trooper who became the unintended victim. Paul26
Feb
2014
‘She should be championing women getting involved in sport, not repeating lazy stereotypes.’ The UK’s Sports Minister Helen Grant has denied saying that girls should try cheerleading if they do not want to play “unfeminine” sports. Grant was criticised after she