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Dhaka: A Bangladeshi court on Wednesday granted a last minute reprieve to senior Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdul Quader Mollah, staying his execution shortly before he was to be hanged for genocide during the country's 1971 liberation war. "The Chamber judge of the Appellate Division (of the Supreme Court), Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain, ordered... Dhaka: A Bangladeshi court on Wednesday granted a last minute reprieve to senior Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdul Quader Mollah, staying his execution shortly before he was to be hanged for genocide during the country's 1971 liberation war. "The Chamber judge of the Appellate Division (of the Supreme Court), Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain, ordered suspension of the execution of the death11
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Ronald Clinton Lott An Oklahoma man convicted of raping and then brutally murdering two elderly women in the 1980s was executed tonight. Ronald Clinton Lott, 53, received a lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, making him the state's fifth death10
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Please take part – and pass the link on to any friends or colleagues. Domestic violence may happen behind closed doors but it has far reaching consequences and is known to have an impact on the working lives of those living with an abusive partner. On 25 November 2013, the Scottish
(AFP) Dhaka — A Bangladeshi Islamist leader Abdul Quader Molla, convicted of mass murder and rape during the country's 1971 independence war against Pakistan will be hanged just after midnight Tuesday, officials said. "He will be executed after 12.01pm (1801 GMT) tonight as all10
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Getting men to acknowledge and speak out against violence against women is important. The National Federation of Women’s Institutes-Wales (NFWI-Wales) and Joyce Watson, Assembly Member for Mid and West Wales, have been working together to recruit male ambassadors to pledge their support09
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WNN Breaking (WNN/UN) United Nations, Kabul, AFGHANISTAN, SOUTHERN ASIA: As Afghan women increasingly act to report violence against themselves to security authorities in the region, prosecution and convictions remain low. A new annual report just released by the United Nations Mission in
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Liz Ford – Guardian – Monday, 09 December 2013 (originally published 03 Dec) Since Women for Women International (WFWI) was founded 20 years ago, more than 380,000 women in war-torn countries have received practical and emotional support from the charity, with training courses in a
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Nelson Mandela (1918-2013) The Israeli Foreign Ministry tried to convince South Africa's apartheid regime not to seek the death penalty in Nelson Mandela's 1964 trial, newly released documents reveal. According to the documents, which were declassified by the Israel State
A Missouri execution postponed last month amid debate over the state's choice of execution drug is set to take place Wednesday. Allen Nicklasson was convicted in the 1994 slaying of Excelsior Springs businessman Richard Drummond, who stopped to help when a car used by Nicklasson and 2
A Pakistani man, identified as Mohammed Zayer Khan Qol, was beheaded on Sunday after he was found guilty of smuggling drugs into the Gulf state by the Saudi authorities. The accused was convicted of smuggling a large amount of heroin into the country. According to a tally basedBangladesh's Supreme Court today cleared the way for the execution of a senior leader of the fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami, 3 months after it overturned a tribunal's ruling that sentenced him to life for genocide during the 1971 war. The apex court headed by Chief Justice M Muzammel07
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On facing the death penalty, Nelson Mandela spoke from the dock at the culmination of the Rivonia Trial in April 1964: "During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have
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Katherine Robinson – WNN SOAPBOX (WNN) Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA: Sixteen Days of Activism against gender violence ends this Tuesday at a poignant time: on International Human Rights Day, the same day South Africa will hold the official memorial service for one of the world’s most
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(Reuters) - In 13 countries around the world, all of them Muslim, people who openly espouse atheism or reject the official state religion of Islam face execution under the law, according to a detailed study issued on Tuesday. And beyond the Islamic nations, even some of the West's10
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Al Jazeera – Tuesday, 10 December 2013 (originally published 07 Dec) Egyptian authorities have released 21 women and girls convicted for staging a street protest after an appeal court reduced their harsh penalties, including prison terms of 11 years, to suspended sentences. The initial
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Authorities in Europe need to address rape seriously in terms of access to justice, prevention and support to victims. Rape continues to be one of the most devastating forms of violence against women, yet it is too often a taboo subject and remains shrouded in silence. To mark the
VIP e-cigarette company facing public backlash. Electronic cigarette company VIP are facing a backlash over their cringe-inducing, sexist, TV advertising campaign. ‘I want you to get it out’, purrs a woman wearing a black cocktail dress: ‘I want to seeDHAKA, Dec 8: A Bangladesh court Sunday ordered prison authorities to hang an Islamist leader months after he was sentenced to death, raising fears of a new wave of clashes in the unrest-plagued nation. Abdul Quader Molla, a key leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, was given the death09
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Here are some woman-centric events going on around the UK this week for your diary. Belfast: 9 December: Women in Parliament at Greenway Women’s Centre, 19 Greenway, Cregagh Estate, Belfast. Greenway Women’s Centre is hosting Clare Mullin from the Houses of Parliament08
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The state of Oklahoma is scheduled to execute 2 convicted killers this month. Ronald Clinton Lott is to be put to death Tuesday for the deaths of 2 elderly women in the 1980s while Johnny Dale Black is set for execution on Dec. 17 for the stabbing death of man in Ringling. The 2 men will
Nelson Mandela (1918-2013) In its 1st major decision, South Africa's recently created supreme court abolished the death penalty today, ending a decades-old practice of executing criminals convicted of serious crimes that had once given the country one of the world's highest07
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ISLAMABAD: In a written statement to the Senate on Friday, the Foreign Ministry said that Pakistan's case for greater access to European markets would be substantially weaker if it does not abolish the death penalty. In the written response, the Foreign Ministry said that the case ofEmma Batha for Thomson Reuters Foundation – WNN Improve It (WNN/TRF) London, UNITED KINGDOM, WESTERN EUROPE: Syria’s civil war has caused a big increase in ‘honor killings’ and child marriages and the breakdown of the healthcare system, a British-Syrian doctor said on
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Sixteen reasons to extend the 1967 Abortion Act to Northern Ireland. Now. “Silence was a natural modus operandi for most women in Northern Ireland. Speaking out didn’t just endanger your life and your situation, it endangered any of your close friends and your family. So there is10
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Kunduz, Afghanistan: Police in a remote northern Afghan village rescued a woman from being stoned to death after she was condemned by the Taliban for allegedly cheating on her husband, officials said on Tuesday. Taliban militants, who often run informal justice systems in rural10
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WNN Improve It (WNN/OCHA) Cebu Island, PHILIPPINES, SOUTH-EASTERN ASIA: Children have started going back to school, markets are again being loaded with fresh fruits and the smell of construction hovers above the cities. As shredded trees are beginning to sprout new leaves, people are slowly
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Stella Paul – WNN SOAPBOX (WNN) Madhya Pradesh, INDIA, SOUTH ASIA: Recently, I met Jyoti Bairagi – a 20 year old woman living in a remote village in India’s Madhya Pradesh state. The village, perched on a rocky hill, had no motorable road and no running water. Everyone there
Sex sells to women but only when it’s dressed up to tout some pricey bling. Link sex to a cheap vodka drink and the mix won’t get us running to the nearest Bargain Booze store; but marry sex with a big bottle of bubbly and we’re off to Waitrose in a jiffy, new research09
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Migrant workers make up a third (8 million) of the population and over half the workforce in Saudi Arabia. They are mainly unskilled labourers and domestic workers (jobs the Saudis don’t want to do), are inadequately protected by labour laws and are vulnerable to exploitation and abuse09
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Separate but equal; where have we heard that before? Universities UK, the representative organisation for the UK’s universities, apparently believes that gender segregation is acceptable at British universities. It has claimed that segregation should be permitted in talks by externalIn 1964, when Nelson Mandela and others were facing the death penalty, one newspaper, the Observer, kept the issue before the world's eyes, and effectively saved the ANC leadership Writing in the 20-page Mandela supplement inside today's paper, author Jeremy Lewis, who is currently
A circuit court judge who halted lethal injections in 2010 has declined to lift that injunction, ruling yesterday that a lawsuit brought by death row inmates over Kentucky's execution procedures has some unresolved issues. Franklin County Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd denied a motion by
The 1,800 prisoners of Qezel Hessar Prison who had gone on hunger strike against the death penalty ended their strike after authorities made a series of promises. HRANA reports that on Wednesday morning, judicial and prison officials visited prisoners in ward 2 of Qezel Hessar and assured06
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WNN Breaking (WNN/NWI) Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA, AMERICAS: The women of Sudan are facing a crisis of sexual violence with no end in sight. This is the finding of a new report released today by The International Campaign to Stop Rape & Gender Violence in Conflict that documents the