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Doha: A Doha court on Thursday sentenced a Qatari national to death for the murder last year of 24-year-old British teacher Lauren Patterson, a judicial source said. A second Qatari, Mohammad Hassan Abdul Aziz, was given three years in prison for aiding the first convict, Badr Khamis Abdullah Hashim, in “burning the body of Lauren Patterson... Doha: A Doha court on Thursday sentenced a Qatari national to death for the murder last year of 24-year-old British teacher Lauren Patterson, a judicial source said. A second Qatari, Mohammad Hassan Abdul Aziz, was given three years in prison for aiding the first convict, Badr Khamis Abdullah Hashim, in “burning the body of Lauren Patterson and erasing evidence&rdquo
Despite a long-term decline in the number of countries practicing capital punishment, publicly disclosed executions jumped nearly 15 percent in 2013 compared with a year earlier, largely because of “virtual killing sprees” carried out by the authorities in Iran and Iraq, Amnesty
An Oklahoma judge ruled on Wednesday that the state could not keep secret the identities of the suppliers of lethal-injection drugs, raising doubts about the executions of two prisoners next month and fueling a growing legal battle in several states over secrecy in methods of execution.27
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Women: participate in the European elections in May for a chance to see real change to gender equality. On 2 March 2009, the European Parliament and the Commission published the results of a survey on women and the European elections. The survey revealed that women did not consider their26
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The Supreme People's Court in Ho Chi Minh City on Monday upheld the death penalty for a young man who chopped off the lower part of a woman's arm to steal her Honda SH scooter in late 2012. The youth, 21-year-old Ho Duy Truc, was sentenced to death by the HCMC People's Court in December26
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Jeffrey Ferguson BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — A death-row inmate convicted of kidnapping, raping and killing a 17-year-old girl in suburban St. Louis was executed early Wednesday in Missouri, marking the state's fifth execution in as many months. Jeffrey Ferguson abducted25
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A report has called for the construction industry to employ more women. The report was recently produced by the Smith Institute, an independent think tank that promotes policies for a fairer society. It reveals that women account for just eleven per cent of the construction workforce and a24
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Jakarta. Time is running out for Satinah Binti Jumadi Ahmad, an Indonesian domestic worker sentenced to death for murdering her employer in Saudi Arabia. Satinah, 41, of Ungaran, Central Java, is scheduled for beheading on April 4 if the Indonesian government fails to fork over the24
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Report shows sad chronicle of missed opportunities to help the UK’s homeless women. In 2013, women made up slightly more than a quarter of the people who accessed homelessness services, a percentage that translates into approximately 10,000 individuals. A charity helping homeless24
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Here are some dates for your diary of woman-centric events going on around the UK this week. Brighton: 29/30 March: Witch: The Queen at The Marlborough Theatre, 4 Prince’s Street, Brighton, from 8pm. This is the final installment of a Spring season, each play can be enjoyed23
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Ohio said Friday it was denying a condemned child killer's request to donate organs to his family members, saying he didn't have enough time to undergo the surgery and recuperate for his summer execution. Organ donation surgery would have to have been completed by this coming Sunday to23
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Tennessee Death Chamber The state of Tennessee doesn't want you to know how it will kill the condemned. It doesn't want you to know who will flip the switch, sending a lethal dose of pentobarbital through the veins of death row inmates. And it doesn't want you to know how27
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Arizona Death Chamber The Arizona Attorney General's Office announced this morning that it will change the drugs used to execute persons condemned to death. The new drugs, a cocktail of a Valium-like drug called Midazolam and a morphine derivative called Hydromorphone, will27
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Iwao Hakamada TOKYO (AP) — The world's longest-serving death row inmate was freed Thursday by a Japanese court that found investigators had likely fabricated evidence in the murder case that put the former pro boxer behind bars for nearly half a century. The26
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UK government to match donations to new appeal and help young women trapped in a cycle of poverty. In many parts of the world, if you are born poor and female you don’t have much of a chance – and 70 per cent of the poorest people in the world are female. Too often, young26
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March 23, 2014: A Saudi man convicted of shooting dead a compatriot in a dispute was beheaded by the sword, the interior ministry said. Mohammed bin Khamees al-Hantushi al-Enzi was found guilty of killing Ibrahim bin Marfu al-Enzi, the ministry said in a statement carried by the SPA state26
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New data shows that reports of domestic violence have risen, but fewer are leading to successful prosecution. In Warwickshire, 7,434 incidents of domestic violence or rape were reported in 2012-13. Only 217 cases ended with a conviction. This example marks the worst conviction rate (2.92 per25
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We need to look at how humour supports sexism in our society. In early March, comedian Jenny Collier was booked to perform at a comedy venue in Haslemere, Surrey as part of a multi-comedian show. That was until she received the following email: “I’m really sorry but the venue24
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Washington State Death Chamber Though capital punishment has always been a part of the United States’ history, its use was suspended from 1972 to 1976, when the Supreme Court found the death penalty was bordering on unconstitutional and qualified as cruelAn appeals court in Abu Dhabi upheld a previous verdict and sentenced an Asian man to death after he was convicted of raping an Asian school girl. Witnesses had testified in court that the defendant had raped the child inside the school kitchen despite his denial of the charges. Defence
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New website challenges mumsy culture of parenting titles. With the wealth of magazines, websites and forums out there aimed at mothers – from Mother & Baby magazine to the mighty Mumsnet – you’d (almost) be forgiven for assuming that childcare is very much still the
Death Chamber at TokyoDetention Center In July 2010, then-Justice Minister Keiko Chiba signed execution orders for two convicted murderers. At the time, she had just lost her Upper House seat but approved the hangings before the election, though that wasn't what confused21
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‘Ending violence against women has been called the ‘missing MDG’; its inclusion is vital.’ On the occasion of the 58th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), on 11 March the Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations, Ambassador
AUSTIN - Two condemned killers, including a onetime drifter who once claimed he killed 70 people in a cross-country crime spree spanning 19 years, sued state officials on Wednesday to force them to disclose details about the execution drugs that will be used to end their lives. In a27
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Venus Nights – a musical extravaganza celebrating women in music and raising money for charities. Outstanding female musicians are donating their time to create a one-night event at the Hippodrome Casino, one of London’s few remaining Victorian music halls and the jewel-box of26
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UN Women launches new campaign to involve men in gender equality. Finally. In a campaign called He for She, men are explicitly being asked to take part in winning the fight for gender equality for women. With half the global population still constricted in its ability to contribute equally
Indonesia calls for clemency Jakarta called Monday for a Saudi family to accept a substantial payment and halt the impending execution of an Indonesian maid on death row in the kingdom for murder. Officials in Jakarta expect Ahmad, sentenced to death in 2011 for murdering her25
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Declaration reaffirms sexual and reproductive rights of all women and endorses sex education for adolescents. The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) has approved a UN document promoting equality for women. The final declaration reaffirms the sexual and reproductive rights of all women24
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On the campaign trail gubernatorial candidates have touched on the state's biggest issues like prison reform and Medicaid expansion, but Sunday at their 1st debate they went far beyond that. All 6 republican candidates came together in Broken Bow Sunday for their 1st debate. There they
(Reuters) - An Egyptian court sentenced 529 members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to death for murder and other offences on Monday, in a sharp escalation of a crackdown on the movement that is likely to fuel instability. Family members stood outside the courthouse screaming after the24
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Shocking diary entry attacked two of the BBC’s Newsnight guests on the basis of their gender and race. Last week the Daily Mail’s Ephraim Hardcastle (aka Peter Mackay) wrote: ‘Newsnight’s Guardian-trained editor, Ian Katz, is keen on diversity. ‘So, two women23
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The Matsue branch of the Hiroshima High Court upheld on Thursday capital punishment for a woman convicted of killing two men in 2009, based mainly on circumstantial evidence. Presiding Judge Ihei Tsukamoto concurred with the lower court's ruling in 2012 that questioned the authenticity ofMarch 19, 2014: Egypt's Grand Mufti, the country's top Islamic jurist, ratified a Cairo criminal court ruling sentencing 26 people to death for terrorism offences. One of the defendants, younger than 18, did not receive a death sentence, but 15 years in prison. The defendants were tried21
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Capital punishment is legal in Pakistan, also 1 of the 8 countries in the world where people under the age of 18 can face execution for committing certain crimes. Although other ways of carrying out the death penalty are considered legal, in practice hanging is method of execution most