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Indonesian President Joko Widodo with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.For people convicted of drug crimes on Indonesia's death row, the Islamic Holy Month of Ramadan has added significance this year. After moving 15 prisoners to "Execution Island" last month and announcing that their deaths
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Louisiana death rowNEW ORLEANS—U.S. District Judge Brian Jackson questions why the state has spent more than $1 million fighting to prevent air conditioning from being installed at Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola.In 2013, three death row inmates with medical problems filed a lawsuit against
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Bereaved families, victims and Liberty call for Deepcut public inquiry.The human rights organisation Liberty has written to Defence Secretary Michael Fallon to request a public inquiry into physical and sexual abuse at the Deepcut barracks in Surrey.The call comes in the wake of the inquest
A senior Iranian regime judiciary official has issued the final confirmation of the death penalty for three Ahwazi rights activists, with another four sentenced to between 25 and 35 years in prison, as well as exile.Gholam-Hossein Mohsen Eie'I, the First Deputy Head of the Iranian regime's
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We can, we must and we are fighting back against the tide of division.By Rachel Robinson.Today, 20 June 2016, is World Refugee Day.To mark it, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) launched a petition. It demands that national governments ensure every refugee child gets an education, every refugee
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A looming Arkansas Supreme Court decision over whether information about execution drugs should be kept secret could reveal whether the state's death penalty system is truly "broken," as Arkansas' last top attorney once claimed. It's the 1st major test for a court whose sharp divisions last year
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Medieval punishments: Public flogging in Iran (file photo)The inhumane mullahs' regime is continuing its use of mass executions, barbaric punishments, floggings and widespread arrests during the holy month of Ramadan, which is considered amongst Muslims in Iran and all other Islamic countries as a
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NUS Women’s Campaign has published the results of the #StandByMe consultation.In March this year the UUKtaskforce on violence against women, harassment and hate crime affecting university students agreed to review the Zellick guidelines.The rejection of the Zellick guidelines by the higher
Cairo, EgyptCourt upholds death sentences against 6 other defendants for supplying Qatar with classified state documents under Mursi's ruleAn Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced toppled Islamist president Mohammad Mursi to a total of 40 years in prison after convicting him of jeopardising
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Gilbert RubioA notorious killer on San Quentin's death row died after being found unconscious in his cell early Thursday, prison officials said.The Marin County coroner will now work to determine how 55-year-old Gilbert Rubio died after correctional officers found him unresponsive during a
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California death rowCalifornia voters will be asked this fall whether to repeal the state's 38-year-old death penalty, as elections officials announced Friday that an initiative to abolish the law has earned a spot on the Nov. 8 ballot.Backers of the initiative gathered almost 405,000 voter
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Louisiana Death RowThe state has done "little if anything" to keep the sweltering heat on Louisiana's death row below 88°F (31,1°C) degrees, a Baton Rouge federal judge said Wednesday while warning he won't shy away from making a "tough and unpopular" decision to protect the health and safety
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Meth bust in MalaysiaMalaysia may amend the death sentence mandatory for 12 criminal offences after government-backed studies showed that the capital punishment had not led to the desired effects.“There are positive signs in Malaysia and a steady momentum towards possible change in the death
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Review of domestic abuse evidence required for access to legal aid in private family cases.The Ministry of Justice is currently reviewing the domestic abuse evidence requirements for accessing legal aid in private family cases.The Ministry has issued a survey aiming ‘to capture the views of
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Gaborone, BotswanaCurrently, South African law prohibits the extradition of criminal suspects to all countries that still use capital punishment.The South African government have proposed amendments to the Treaty on Extradition allowing for the deportation of criminal suspects to Botswana where
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Typical death-row cell, Osaka PrisonTOKYO — The head of the Japanese bar association on Friday criticized news organizations that reported the name of a man sentenced to death for a double murder committed when he was a juvenile.“It is regrettable that the news reports violated the juvenile
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Maximum-security Northern Correctional Institution in SomersEveryday life for Maryland's death-row inmates barely changed in 2014 when Gov. Martin O'Malley commuted their sentences to life in prison without the chance of parole."They were already housed in general population," Gerard M. Shields, a
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If you’re blaming a scapegoat you’re not blaming the people with the real power…On the morning of 16 June 2016, just a few hours before Labour MP Jo Cox was brutally murdered, Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn gave a speech at the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre
Georgia's death chamberIt's Georgia's new death penalty paradox: the state is executing inmates at a record clip, but prosecutors almost never seek the death penalty anymore, and juries refuse to impose it when they do.During each of the past 2 years, Georgia executed 5 inmates. If, as expected
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Nie Shubin, wrongfully executed at age 20"Invisible forces" in police have delayed a retrial for Nie Shubin after fresh evidence, suggesting his innocence, emerged, says former journalistMore than 2 decades after a young man in the northern province of Hebei was executed for the alleged
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Islamist terrorism in TunisiaThe leader of a group of Takfiri Salafists has been sentenced to death for his part in the killing of a guard at a Sufi shrine in the country's southeast.Others within the group received sentences varying from life imprisonment to five years for their part
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Judge Elsa AlcalaA judge on the state’s highest criminal court, which has the last word on Texas death penalty cases, believes it’s time to reassess whether capital punishment should be allowed to continue in the nation’s most prolific state for executions.Judge Elsa Alcala, a five-year member of
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Rodrigo DuterteIN 2007, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a "moratorium on the use of the death penalty" in member countries around the world. The resolution proposed a moratorium on executions, with a view to abolishing the death penalty in the future. It was passed by a vote of 104
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has sent a video message to the participants in the Sixth World Conference Against the Death Penalty, taking place this week in Oslo, Norway.The Holy Father put his message in the key of the Year of Mercy, saying, “The Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy is an auspicious
The UN Secretary-General must use a meeting with the Deputy Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia tomorrow to call for the release of three Saudi juveniles who face beheading after allegedly attending protests, human rights organization Reprieve has said.Prince Mohammed bin Salman will tomorrow (22nd) meet
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Monday failed to advance four separate measures aimed at curbing gun sales, the latest display of congressional inaction after a mass shooting.Eight days after a gunman claiming allegiance to the Islamic State killed 49 people in an Orlando, Fla., nightclub, the Senate
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At least three prisoners were reportedly hanged in one day on drug charges.Iran Human Rights (June 18 2016): At leaast three prisoners with drug related charges were reportedly hanged at Bandar Abbas Central Prison (in the Hormozgan province, southern Iran) on the morning of Thursday June 16.The
Three Mexican brothers sentenced to death in Malaysia for drug trafficking in 2012While the study on whether to keep the death penalty is ongoing, the Government is open to proposals on the matter.Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Nancy
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Speaking out.By feministkilljoys.Colleagues and killjoys,I have received such overwhelming support and solidarity since I posted about my decision to resign from my post. I just want to thank all of you who have commented and sent me messages.Resigning was a difficult decision. Sharing
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San Quentin's brand new death chamberA measure to abolish the death penalty has made it to the November ballot to compete with a measure aiming to increase execution rates.An initiative that would repeal the death penalty and replace it with life imprisonment without possibility of parole Leggi
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Steven HayesNEW HAVEN >> Superior Court Judge Jon C. Blue scolded Steven Hayes for “the depravity of your character” Wednesday as he vacated the death sentence originally imposed in the Cheshire triple-homicide and resentenced him to six consecutive life terms in prison with no chance of
An Alabama appeals court on Friday ordered a Jefferson County judge to vacate her rulings earlier this year that declared the state's capital punishment sentencing scheme unconstitutional.In its order the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals says the state's capital sentencing scheme is
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Survivors frequently report that opportunities to help them were missed in their local community.Women’s Aid, the national domestic abuse charity in England, in partnership with Welsh Women’s Aid, has launched a new pilot scheme to look at changing approaches to domestic abuse.The ‘Ask Me’
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New Bilibid Prison in MuntinlupaOf the country's 7,107 islands, 1 can have a special purpose.Sen. Vicente Sotto III said he would start his stint in the 17th Congress by reviving his proposal to have an "Alcatraz-style" prison island for convicted drug traffickers, who could allegedly still run