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An Egyptian court sentenced 21 people to death Saturday on charges related to one of the world's deadliest incidents of soccer violence, touching off an attempted jailbreak and a riot that killed 16 in the Mediterranean port city that is home to most of the defendants.The verdict follows deadly clashes between police and demonstrators on Friday,...Read more http://deathpenaltynews.blogspot.com/2013/01/court-orders-death-penalty-for-egypt.html
Germany's Bundesbank said it will exclude Chinese and Vietnamese central bank officials from anti- counterfeiting seminars over concerns about the countries' use of the death penalty for serious cases of forgery."The Bundesbank wants to make sure it doesn't give advice on the subject of25
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The international condemnation of Rizana Nafeek's unjust execution has not elicited a positive response from Saudi authorities. There have been no promises for reform or pledges to reexamine the justice system's flawed management of migrant workers.Instead, Saudi Arabia has adopted a defensive25
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Iran Human Rights, January 25: One prisoner was hanged in the prison of Ilam yesterday morning reported the state run Iranian news agency Fars.The prisoner who was not identified by name was convicted of murder and sentenced to Qesas (retribution).According to the official Iranian sources at
Iran Human Rights, January 24: Two prisoners were hanged in two different Iranian prisons, reported the Iranian state media today.One of the prisoners was convicted of murdering a security officer in Khoramdareh (Province of Lorestan, western Iran), reported the daily Kayhan newspaper. The24
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A 23 year-old Nigerian student of a private college in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia was sentenced to death by hanging after he was found guilty of trafficking in 16,936gm of cannabis 2 years ago.As reported by NewStraitsTimes, the Judicial Commissioner Mohd Zaki Abdul Wahab ruled that the prosecution24
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Iran Human Rights, January 23: Three prisoners were hanged in Qazvin Prison (west of Tehran) today.Fars, a state-run Iranian news agency reported that three prisoners, identified as "K Kh." (28), "A. N." (34) and "A. H." (41), were convicted of possession and trafficking of narcotic drugs. They22
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Documents obtained from the Ministry of Justice reveal details of executions carried out in recent years—including cases of lengthy delays and clerical errors—but fail to shed light on certain key steps of the execution process.Under a freedom-of-information request, The Asahi Shimbun obtained20
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Iran Human Rights, January 20: Two young men were hanged publicly in Tehran early this morning. The young men are identified as "Alireza Mafiha" and "Mohammad Ali Sarvari" (20 years old). They were arrested after mugging a man on a Tehran street on December 1st. A video of the episode was spread17
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The execution by sword brings number of beheadings this year to five.Riyadh: Saudi Arabia beheaded one of its nationals on Thursday after he was convicted of murdering a fellow citizen, the interior ministry announced.Saeed Al Qah’tani shot dead Khazma Al Qah’tani, a woman apparently from his own16
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Calling the death penalty expensive and ineffective in reducing violent crime, Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley said Tuesday that he would push to make his state the latest to do away with capital punishment."The death penalty does not work in terms of preventing violent crime and the taking of human15
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January 14, 2013: A Sri Lankan has been sentenced to death by a court in Qatar after he was found guilty of killing an Indian.Wengadasalm Sudeshkar (22) was charged with stabbing and killing an Indian expatriate. The incident occurred in 2011.Sudeshkar came to Qatar in 2010. The case is in appeal
Iran Human Rights, January 26: According to the official Iranian media a man was hanged in the public early this morning in Kerman (southeastern Iran).According to the state run Iranian news agency Fars the man was identified as "Yaser K." (age not mentioned) and convicted of rape.The execution25
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Firing squads are out. Injections are in. But who'll supply the poison?Like many of its Communist brethren, Vietnam enforces the death penalty. The European Union abhors it.This is a dilemma for Hanoi, which wants to use lethal injection drugs on its 500-plus prisoners on death row. Germany is a
Imprisoned in Mexico since December 2005, Florence Cassez was finally released Wednesday, Jan. 23 following a decision by the Supreme Court. This happy outcome should give hope to many French prisoners in the world, much of whom claim to be innocent. According to a statement from the Ministry of
Shiraz public amputationJanuary 24, 2013Iran Human Rights, January 24: Iranian authorities’ campaign of public medieval punishments continues. According to the state run Iranian news agencies amputation verdict of a prisoner was carried out in public in the city of Shiraz (southern
Kerobokan cellDrug syndicates are using Westerners to smuggle drugs into Bali in new tactics, Indonesian authorities said Wednesday as a British grandmother became the latest to face the firing squad for trafficking.Lindsay Sandiford, 56, was sentenced to death Tuesday after being caught with 4.7923
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Firing squad executionin VietnamVietnam says it is to begin producing home-grown poisons to be used in the execution of prisoners.The move comes after overseas producers refused to export the drugs which are legally required for lethal injections.More than 500 people are on death row in Vietnam22
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(CNN) -- A 56-year-old British grandmother caught smuggling blocks of cocaine in her suitcase has been sentenced to death in Indonesia.Prosecutors in Bali had asked for a 15-year sentence for Lindsay June Sandiford, who was arrested last May carrying what officials said was cocaine worth anBangladesh’s central bank plans to drop a proposal seeking death penalty for currency forgers after Germany’s Bundesbank shelved an anti-counterfeiting partnership with the South Asian nation citing the punishment.The venture was originally scheduled to begin in February, the Bundesbank said. It17
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Robert Gleason Jr.Robert Gleason, 42, was executed at 9:08 pm local time (0308 GMT) after a year on death row, said Larry Traylor, a spokesman for the Department of Corrections in the state of Virginia.Gleason was serving a life sentence for a 2007 murder when he strangled a 63-year-old prisoner16
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Iran Human Rights, January 16: Four prisoners were hanged in two different Iranian prisons reported the official Iranian media today.Two of the prisoners were hanged in the Rajai Shahr prison of Karaj (west of Tehran). According to the state run Iranian news agency Mehr, one of the prisoners was a14
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Around 50 foreign maids are being held on death row in Saudi Arabia, and there is growing alarm at the kingdom's treatment of its foreign workforce.The issue has captured international attention in the wake of growing revulsion at the beheading of Sri Lankan domestic worker Rizana Nafeek.Nafeek26
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CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian security officials say the military is being deployed to the Mediterranean city of Port Said after eight people were killed in riots outside the main prison following a controversial verdict related to one of the world's deadliest incidents of soccer violence.A Cairo judge25
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The parents of Rizana Nafeek, the Sri Lankan maid beheaded in Saudi Arabia, say they have forgiven those responsible for her death but want her body returned home.The Saudi authorities, however, have said no, according to Nafeek's mother.Rafeena Nafeek told BBC reporter Azzam Ameen: "Even our24
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January 23, 2013: Tareq Aziz, the late Saddam Hussein's ailing former deputy premier now on death row, is suffering from depression and plans to ask the Pope to call for his speedy execution, his lawyer said.Badie Aref said Aziz, a Christian, believed he was being treated well in prison, but was24
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Kerobokan prisonBritish woman Lindsay Sandiford can now look forward to sleeping for a very long time on a mat on the floor, dormitory-style, in a hot, smelly and dank Bali prison cell.There will no beds and nice bedding, no western toilets and no creature comforts. Her sleeping partners and cell24
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Chinese death-row inmatesbeing lead to execution groundsA Chinese woman who stabbed her husband to death after suffering months of sustained domestic violence should not be executed, Amnesty International said today.Li Yan a 41-year-old woman, from Sichuan province in South West China, could be
NEW DELHI — A government panel reviewing India's sex crime laws after the fatal gang-rape of a student in New Delhi proposed tougher jail terms on Wednesday but stopped short of calling for the death sentence.Gopal Subramanium, a member of the Justice J.S. Verma Commission, said the maximum21
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A Saudi court sentenced a local man to death and ordered his crucifixion for two hours after he was convicted of raping and murdering a six-year-old boy.The appeals court in the northern province of Jouf upheld a previous verdict against the 35-year-old Saudi, who confessed to the murder of the17
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FRANKFURT, Germany – Germany's central bank is shelving plans to help fight currency counterfeiting in Bangladesh because of reports the country is planning to include execution among the possible punishments for violators.The Bundesbank said it wouldn't move ahead with its offer of consultation
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia beheaded a Pakistani man in the eastern Khubar province on Wednesday after he was convicted of drug trafficking, the interior ministry announced.Arshad Mohammad was arrested for smuggling heroin and hashish into the kingdom, the ministry was quoted as saying by the official15
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India's president has rejected a mercy petition from Saibanna Ningappa Natikar, though 14 former judges have told him they believe the death sentence was wrongly imposed. Saibanna is at imminent risk of execution.Saibanna Ningapappa Natikar had petitioned the president for mercy, but the presidentSAUDI ARABIA/ SRI LANKA: UK Foreign Office and France condemn killing of Rizana Nafeek in Saudi ArabiaBoth the United Kingdom Foreign Office and France issued statements condemning the killing of Rizana Nafeek.However, the Sri Lankan government which expressed sadness about the killing did not