The European Parliament has criticised Pakistan's human rights record, and squarely reminded Islamabad that it has grossly erred in handing down capital punishment for those allegedly violating the nation's blasphemy law, in the excessive of military courts and in denying India consular access to former naval officer Kulbhushan Jadhav on multiple occasions. Leggi Tutto
One June day in 1983, a California professor drove over to a neighbor's house to pick up his 11-year-old son from a sleepover. Nobody answered the door, so the professor peered through a window - and saw a ghastly panorama of blood.The professor found his son stabbed to death, along with the
Washington D.C., Jun 19, 2017 / 03:26 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that a defendant has a right to a mental health evaluation independent of the prosecution, which could have wide-ranging implications for the justice system.“This is a very important decision,” Robert
mother and baby homes, Northern Ireland, call for inquiry, Detail Data, abuseStormont has ignored calls for an inquiry into mother and baby homes for years.Women who were forced to give birth in Mother and Baby Homes in Northern Ireland, and children who were born in the homes, have called for a public inquiry into abuses they say they suffered there.Their call comes
Ha’im Al Matin Sharif (AKA Charles Robins)A Nevada man was released from death row last week after nearly 29 years in prison for a murder evidence now shows he did not commit.Ha’im Al Matin Sharif (AKA Charles Robins) was convicted in 1988 and sentenced to death for the murder of his Leggi Tutto
Health Minister Ahmed Emad al-Din said on Tuesday that the Parliament has approved the draft law introduced from his ministry that aims to stricken punitive measures against human organ traffickers.The new law will enforce strict punitive measures against human organ traffickers, including
Letter, Theresa May, no trade-off, women's rights, access to abortion, DUPAbortion is one element of the concerns being raised about the government working with the DUP.Representatives of women’s organisations, campaign groups, Trade Unions and writers have sent a strongly-worded letter to Prime Minister Theresa May asking for assurance that she will not allow
Five ways, be an ally, abortion, Northern Ireland, London Irish Abortion Rights CampaignFive ways to be an ally for women in Northern Ireland.By Claire McGowran.As the post-election dust fails to settle, and details of potential concessions from the Tory and DUP talks emerge, those living elsewhere in the UK have been reading up on the Northern Irish party that may be key in
Security was not fooled by a woman stopped at Bali's airport last Thursday with nearly 10,000 pills in her hand luggage.East Java woman, Stefani Anindia Hadi, tried to say she was carrying medicine for headaches when officers in the airport's domestic terminal pulled out the suspicious quantity of
Kuwait court overturns death sentence for father and mother who tortured their child to deathManama | Kuwait’s Court of Appeals has overturned the death sentence for father and a mother who tortured their four-year-old daughter to death and kept her body in a freezer.The court in its new ruling
EWL, Observatory on Vioence against women and girls, conference, demonstration, Gloria Steinem, Istanbul Convention‘Violence against women and girls is not accidental, it is structural.’Violence against women and girls remains invisible or is normalised.How much more evidence do decision-makers need to take action?How many more women should be beaten, raped, killed, prostituted, harassed
Iran: Medieval and barbaric punishmentsIran: Medieval and barbaric punishmentsOne of the most serious crimes in the Islamic Republic of Iran is the crime of “waging war against God,” or moharebeh. In 2016 at least 44 people were executed on this charge, most of them accused of being “rebels” or of “spreading Leggi Tutto
The Saudi Arabian authorities have tried to distract from their illegal use of the death penalty by publicising the brief visit of Ali al-Nimr, a young man sentenced to death for attending a protest when he was just 17, to see his father in hospital.Ali's father Mohammad was shot in the leg
India Honor KillingsNashik, Jun 19 (PTI) A Nashik court today sentenced a 47 -year-old man to death for killing his daughter four years ago for marrying a man outside their caste.District and Sessions Judge Suchitra Ghodake awarded death penalty to Eknath Kisan Kumbharkar for committing the penal offence of murder
National Standards of Peer Support in HIV, UK, launched, HIV figures, A benchmark for good practice in peer support.The first ever National Standards of Peer Support in HIV in the UK have just been launched.The standards were produced by Positively UK in partnership with the community of people living with HIV, clinical groups including the National HIV Nurses
East Jakarta's Cipinang Prison, IndonesiaEast Jakarta's Cipinang Prison, IndonesiaYesterday’s announcement by the National Narcotic Agency (BNN) that they had uncovered a “luxury cell” at East Jakarta’s Cipinang Prison, complete with AC, wifi and even an aquarium, received a wide range of reactions, with many — including some of our
According to Iran Human Rights' (IHR) annual report on the death penalty in Iran at least 530 people were executed in 2016. With 296 executions Drug offences accounted for the majority of executions in 2016. In 2016, the Iranian Judiciary’s High Council of Human Rights stated in a report that
EVAW coalition, letter, Theresa May, manifesto pledges, women's rights, finance refuges, GE2017We hope to see Conservative manifesto promises given necessary time in Parliament.The End Violence Against Women Coalition (EVAW) has written to ask the Prime Minister, Theresa May, and her Cabinet colleagues to ensure that election pledges the Conservatives made, aimed at improving support and
KAFA, report, prostitution behaviour, male buyers, sexual acts, Lebanon, Syrian refugees, trafficking, East European women, What male buyers say about their motives, practices and perceptions.Lebanon has long been known as a sex tourism capital in the Middle East, but it is now – also – an industry which is exploiting Syrian refugees.The results of a study examining the prostitution behaviour of male buyers of
Responding to an Anti-Terrorism court's decision to convict and sentence to death a man for allegedly posting content on Facebook deemed to be 'blasphemous', Amnesty International's Pakistan campaigner, Nadia Rahman, said:"Convicting and sentencing someone to death for allegedly posting
Bali's Kerobokan PrisonBali's Kerobokan PrisonMATTHEW Norman was just 18 years old when he agreed to act as a drug mule in exchange for $15,000.The Sydney teen hoped to buy a new car with the money he would earn, but instead his life changed forever after he and eight other Australians were Leggi Tutto
labour behind the label, transparency in shoe-making, step up, petition, women homeworkers, poverty, environmental damageDo you know where and how your shoes were made?You’ve probably heard about low wages and poor safety standards in the clothing industry – but did you know that people make your shoes in some of the most toxic workplaces in the world?And that the women who hand-stitch your leather shoes have
The legal reasoning behind the continued use of the death penaltyAMERICA is one of only a few countries in the Western world that still puts criminals to death. Even there, executions are on the wane: just 20 were carried out in 2016, down from a peak of 98 in 1999. Popular support Leggi Tutto
Ivan CantuIvan CantuThe U.S. Supreme Court declined to review an appeal from a Dallas man who shot and killed his cousin in a botched 2000 robbery and is now on death row.Ivan Cantu, 44, had argued that his legal help during his 2001 trial was ineffective and didn't present evidence that Leggi Tutto
Andrew Chan (left) with Myuran SukumaranAndrew Chan (left) with Myuran SukumaranAN Australian producer is planning to use Queensland as a location to shoot a movie about the Bali Nine, focusing on the hidden faith journey of one of the drug traffickers who was executed.“Our story is based around the remarkable transformation Leggi Tutto
International Domestic Workers Day, ratify ILO treaty, ask your MPThe UK has not yet ratified the Convention on Decent Work for Domestic Workers.Domestic work remains one of the most undervalued and least regulated forms of employment.Many of the world’s domestic workers are excluded from protection in their country’s labour laws.In many countries
Johann Reichhart was born into a family of executioners.Johann Reichhart (center) was born into a family of executioners.The young girl moved impassively into the shadow of the guillotine which would end her life. It was 5pm on February 22, 1943, and darkness was already falling outside.In the death chamber at Munich’s Leggi Tutto
Bali's Kerobokan PrisonBali's Kerobokan PrisonBali’s Kerobokan Prison has earned infamy over the years, housing criminals who’ve made the international headlines like the Bali Suitcase Murder pair, the Bali bombers, Schapelle Corby who just got released after parole, and of course, members of the Bali Nine.Located
Indiana's death chamberIndiana's death chamberThe death penalty in Indiana cannot be carried out as of June 1. That’s the day a Court of Appeals panel declared the lethal injection cocktail adopted by the Department of Correction “void and without effect” because the agency enacted its execution protocol without hearings
Capital punishment is unfair, ineffective and hurts the states that continue the practice.I've always viewed it a sign of wisdom to demonstrate the ability to change your mind - that goes double if you're an elected official. As New Mexico's governor in 2009, I changed my mind regarding the death
Inmates Donnie Russell Row and Ricky DuboseInmates Donnie Russell Row and Ricky DuboseTwo prison officers were shot and killed during an escape on Tuesday morning in the US state of Georgia.Inmates Donnie Russell Row and Ricky Dubose are suspected of overpowering the guards while being transported by bus to a work Leggi Tutto
Arizona's death chamberArizona's death chamberPHOENIX (AP) — Lawyers for a group of condemned prisoners who sued over how Arizona conducts executions told a federal judge Monday that they have reached a tentative settlement with the state.The agreement between the state and the prisoners contains a series of provisions
Clinton Lee Young‘I never professed to be an angel, but I didn’t kill anybody…’ - Clinton Young, 2013Clinton Lee Young (born July 19, 1983) was convicted of murder and is currently awaiting execution in the state of Texas.On June 6, 2017, his execution was assigned to take place on October 26
Currently there are 37 convicted death row female prisoners. The only known execution of a woman in this region took place in 1937 in SylhetSince independence, Bangladesh has not carried out the death sentence of any woman convict, prisons officials say.Even if a woman is sentenced to death, her