The Foreign Ministry will submit an appeal to the Penang High Court in Malaysia regarding Indonesian migrant worker Rita Krisdianti, who was sentenced to the death penalty on Monday for her alleged involvement in drug smuggling.Taufiq Rodhi, general consul at the Indonesian Consulate General in Penang, said Indonesian officials had instructed an
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A local leader of Indonesia's biggest Islamic organization has called on the Attorney General's Office (AGO) not to carry out the anticipated execution of several drug convicts during the fasting month of Ramadhan, which begins on July 6.KH. Maslahuddin, the chairman of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) in30
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Julian McMahon, defence lawyer for Sukumaran and Chan,President of Reprieve Australia.It has been a year since Indonesia executed Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan, the leaders of the Bali Nine drug smuggling ring.Barrister Julian McMahon (LLM 1998) worked as a defence lawyer for Sukumaran and30
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The Shot at Dawn memorial at The National Memorial Arboretum in StaffordshireThe soldier believed to be the inspiration behind the television drama The Monocled Mutineer is to be commemorated nearly 100 years after he was shot at dawn for mutiny.
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Iran: A medieval theocracy, barbaric and nightmarish punishmentsNCRI - At least five prisoners in Iran’s notorious Gohardasht (Rajai-Shahr) Prison in Karaj are awaiting sentences which would see them be blinded or made deaf with acid under the Iranian regime’s fundamentalist law of retribution
Cairo, Egypt12 others sentenced to life in prison, 6 others to 15 years and 2 were acquittedThe West Cairo Military Court upheld on Sunday death sentences for 8 civilians and sentenced 12 others to life in prison in the case publicly known as the "specialised intelligence committee" case.627
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‘Air pollution causes an unacceptable number of deaths every year.’When the World Health Organisation (WHO) released its findings on international urban air quality earlier this month it had found that more than 80 per cent of people in monitored areas are breathing in air of such poor quality27
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A medieval theocracy, barbaric punishments: Shiraz, Iran, May 26, 2016Iran's fundamentalist regime on Thursday publicly hanged a man in the southern city of Shiraz.The regime's judiciary in Fars Province, southern Iran, in a May 26 statement identified the victim only as Hamid
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The Connecticut Supreme Court on Thursday again said that it would be unconstitutional to execute inmates on the state's death row, upholding a decision from the same court last year effectively banning the death penalty in the state.In a decision in August, the state's justices ruled that26
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Expressing concern about possible imminent executions in Gaza, the United Nations human rights office today urged the authorities in Gaza to uphold their obligations to respect the rights to life and to a fair trial and not carry out death penalty."We also urge the Palestinian President to26
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New campaign aims to help fight against pregnancy and maternity discrimination at work.The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has just launched #PowertotheBump, a digital campaign to help young expectant and new mothers know their rights at work – and have the confidence to stand up25
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Training to recognize the symptoms of nitrogen hypoxiaTucked inside last week's scathing Multicounty Grand Jury report was a recommendation the state begin moving away from lethal injection. Instead jurors suggested the state hire experts to take a look at moving to nitrogen hypoxia; a suggestion
Triple execution in Kuwait on April 1, 2013Kuwait's supreme court today upheld the death sentence handed down to the main convict in the Islamic State group bombing of a Shiite mosque that killed 26 people.The court confirmed the sentence of capital punishment passed on
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Iran: A medieval theocracy, barbaric and nightmarish punishmentsNCRI - At least five prisoners in Iran’s notorious Gohardasht (Rajai-Shahr) Prison in Karaj are awaiting sentences which would see them be blinded or made deaf with acid under the Iranian regime’s fundamentalist law of retribution29
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Scott Panetti, Randall Mays and Robert RobersonRandall Mays is on death row for killing two sheriff's deputies. Scott Panetti was sentenced to die for killing his estranged wife's parents. And a jury condemned Robert Roberson for killing his 2-year-old daughter.Beyond being on Texas’ death row29
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Isaiah SweetIOWA CITY — Juveniles who commit even the most heinous murders must someday have the chance to earn their release from prison, a divided Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday.The court banned judges from imposing sentences of life without parole on offenders who are under 18 when they commit28
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President Maithripala Sirisena has commuted 187 death sentences to life imprisonment on recommendations by an expert committee headed by retired Supreme Court judge Nimal E. Dissanayake.The decision has been announced in the wake of protests demanding the implementation of the death penalty on the27
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Major excitement as ‘Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise’ to make its UK debut at film festival.The stories of women feature heavily across the film, alternate realities, talks and sessions and doc/fest exchange programme at this year’s Sheffield Doc/Fest; some are ordinary, some extraordinary, some27
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Jessica WongsoDespite assuring the Australian Federal Police the death penalty would not be sought, Jakarta prosecutors are publicly refusing to rule it out.Jakarta prosecutors have refused to publicly rule out the death penalty in the case of a woman accused of murdering her friend with a26
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Police boats patrol the strait between Cilacap and Nusakambangan IslandAmid the government's preparations for the next round of executions, convicted drug kingpin Freddy Budiman has filed a case review to overturn his death sentence.On Wednesday, he and his team of lawyers attended
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Dylann RoofWhite-on-black murders rarely result in a death sentence. Roof might be an exception.Federal prosecutors have announced that they will seek a death sentence for Dylann Roof, meaning he will face two death penalty trials.Though Dylann Roof’s case is in its earliest stages, he is likely25
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Hillary ClintonIn 1977, 2 years after he was convicted of robbing a shoe store and stabbing a clerk to death, 22-year-old Henry Giles sat on death row at Arkansas' Cummins Prison Farm, awaiting his execution by electric chair.Psychologists had termed Giles "grossly retarded." With an IQ of just
Amnesty International has said that recent trials resulting in death sentences have been 'grossly unfair'Iraq has executed 22 people over the past month who were convicted of terrorism and other crimes, the justice minister announced on Monday.The ministry "carried out death sentences against 2230
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Jakarta: Australia insists an Australian permanent resident charged with murdering her friend with cyanide-laced coffee will not face the death penalty in Indonesia if found guilty, despite police now claiming it is up to the judges.Jessica Kumala Wongso, a former Ambulance NSW employee, has been
Taiwanese nationals Yu Tsai Chen (44) and Hsiao Tzu Hung (30) allegedlysmuggled 70 kilos of crystal methamphetamine into Indonesia. (JG)Denpasar. Police and immigration officers arrested two Taiwanese nationals who allegedly smuggled
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Jakarta. Opposition is growing to the government's decision to impose tougher punishment, including chemical castration, on child sex offenders, a move observers have warned would fail to suppress such crimes and instead undermine human rights.A government regulation in lieu of law, signed by
Public execution in Saudi Arabia (file photo)Fahd Houssawi was put to death for murder of police officer as human rights groups raise concern over surge in executionsSaudi authorities have executed a Nigerian man after convicting him of murdering a police officer.It was the 95th execution Leggi
Charles FloresCharles Flores, a Texas death row inmate who was scheduled to be executed next week June 2, was granted a stay of execution late Friday afternoon.The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals stayed Flores’ execution date and sent his case back to the trial court for a hearing based on Leggi27
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Public execution in Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia will have put to death more than 100 people in the first 6 months of this year if it continues to carry out executions at its current pace, said Amnesty International today. At least 94 people have been executed so far
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‘Automatic enrolment success at risk from pension regulation weaknesses.’The Work and Pensions Committee report released on 16 May 2016 said that while the process of automatic enrolment (AE) into employer pension schemes is a “success story”, major concerns have arisen over where those funds26
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Tuesday's 7-1 Supreme Court decision in Foster v. Chatman was a huge victory for Timothy Foster, a 49-year-old Black man who has been on Georgia's death row for 29 years. The ruling also reflects a systemic problem with the death penalty: prosecutors' repeated, deliberate use of race to choose
Execution of alleged "collaborators" with Israel by Hamas militants in Aug. 2014GAZA CITY — Hamas, the militant Islamist group that rules Gaza, called on Wednesday for the resumption of the death penalty for certain crimes. Several Palestinians
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Bernie SandersThe senator sticks with his principles.The Justice Department announced on Tuesday it would seek the death penalty in the case of accused South Carolina mass murderer Dylann Roof.Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) opposes the Justice Department's decision to seek the death penalty in the
President WidodoPresident Joko Widodo on Wednesday (May 25) signed a government regulation in lieu of the law approving the death penalty as a maximum sentence for sexual crimes against children.According to the regulation, offenders could face chemical castration and be monitored with an