Islamic State's self-declared police force in western Syria decapitated 4 men after accusing them of blasphemy, a rights group monitoring the Syrian conflict said on Saturday.The men were beheaded in the countryside east of the city of Homs by the militant group's "Islamic Police", the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.The Observatory,
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Kalynda Davis and Peter GardnerKiwi builder Peter Gardner's chances of avoiding the death penalty in China have rapidly deteriorated with local customs officials revealing that they believe he was the owner of 2 pieces of luggage stuffed with 30 kilograms of methamphetamine.Today marks D-Day for
The name of the compounding pharmacy supplying lethal injection drugs for Texas executions must be released because it is public information, a judge ruled late Thursday.State District Judge Darlene Byrne granted summary judgment in favor of three lawyers who often work for death row inmates in12
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A 51-year-old Australian woman could face the death penalty in Malaysia after she was detained for drug trafficking.The Australian woman has been remanded in custody in the Malaysian capital after she was allegedly found to be carrying 1.5 kilograms of methamphetamine, or ice, while in transit at12
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A nationwide debate on the execution of mentally ill death row prisoners erupted across the country after a federal appeals court last week granted a last-minute stay of execution to convicted murderer and diagnosed schizophrenic Scott Panetti in Texas.Could a similar situation happen in Kentucky12
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There is new support available. Domestic violence protection orders (DVPOs) are now in force across England and Wales following the successful conclusion of a 1-year pilot in the West Mercia, Wiltshire and Greater Manchester police force areas. DVPOs are a new power available to police officers
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Iran Human Rights, December 10, 2014: A female prisoner was hanged in the prison of Qazvin (Western Iran) early this morning, reported the Iranian state media.According to the state run Iranian news agency ISCA, a woman identified as “F. Gh.” was arrested for trafficking of 2 kilograms of heroin11
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It is in the interest of all European citizens to have a socially and economically sustainable society where all people have equal rights. The European Women’s Lobby has been urging EU Ministers to push forward the Maternity Leave, Women on Boards and EU Equal Treatment Directives The Council of
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Paris, Antananarivo, 10 December 2014 – Today, on the occasion of the World Human Rights Day, the National Assembly of Madagascar adopted a bill that abolishes the death penalty in Madagascar .In Antananarivo on the 10th of October, the World Day against the Death Penalty, during a workshop aimed10
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The murder took place in an area of northern Iraqcontrolled by the Islamic State of Iraq and the LevantPhotographs of a man believed to have been gay being thrown off a building and stoned to death have been posted by the Islamic State group.The photos were posted on Tuesday, and were
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Paul GoodwinA Missouri inmate has been executed for fatally beating a 63-year-old woman with a hammer in 1998, a record 10th lethal injection of 2014 for the state. It now matches Texas for the highest number of executions in the US this year.Paul Goodwin, 48, sexually assaulted Joan Crotts in St
It's not legal, humane, or fair to execute a person after torturing him.Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-confessed mastermind behind the September 11 attacks, should not have to face the death penalty, his lawyer said Tuesday, following revelations of torture in a scathing US Senate report."It's15
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Craftivism is, very simply, political action that uses crafts and other creativity to express views. The use of art and crafts for political comment is not new, and the Craftivism Collective stumbled across this slow, methodical activism process at a stage where many of us are a bit burnt out from
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3 prisoners were hanged in the Rajaishahr Prison of Karaj (west of Tehran) yesterday, reported the Iranian media.According to the Iranian daily newspaper Shargh, 2 of the prisoners, identified as "Morteza" and "Mansour", were convicted of sexual abuse and rape of 2 young boys. They were scheduled12
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President JokoSome time soon, 5 men will be taken before dawn from their isolation cells to secret locations. White aprons will be hung carefully around their necks, with red targets positioned over their chests. They will be offered blindfolds, and asked if they would like to stand, sit or lie12
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James E. Holmes and attorneyA judge overseeing the Colorado movie theater massacre case said on Wednesday he will not delay the trial of gunman James Holmes again, rejecting a request by the defense for more time to study the results of a 2nd court-ordered sanity exam.Jury selection in the trial11
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Ohio lawmakers on Wednesday removed a measure from a death penalty bill that doctors and drugmakers warned could have led to shortages of a key drug and set anesthesiology back 20 years.At issue was a requirement that would have told drugmakers they couldn't restrict distribution of drugs that11
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Denpasar. Custom officials at Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali have arrested a Russian woman for attempting to smuggle 2.1 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine into Indonesia.Alexandra Magnaeva, 26, was arrested on Sunday shortly after disembarking her flight from Hong Kong. Police said10
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Self-portrait by Myuran SukumaranMyuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan, from Sydney, are on death row. They have lost all appeals against their death sentences in BaliBali Nine inmates Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan will be killed by firing squad after Indonesia's new president Joko Widodo ruled out10
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday further stayed the execution of Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, lone death row convict in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, and sought responses from Maharashtra Special Task Force and CBI on his plea seeking review of death penalty awarded to him.In an open court10
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The Iranian Resistance calls for saving the lives of 31 prisoners on the death row in the Ghezel Hesar Prison who have been transferred to an undisclosed location.It also hails over 500 prisoners who have staged a strike in Ward 2 of Ghezel Hesar Prison and urges all international human rights
Gallows, Department of Corrections, Smyrna, Delaware,1991. Delaware tore down its gallows in 2003.Delaware Repeal Project rallies support to end capital punishmentJohn Breckinridge, a retired police officer from Manchester, N.H., hasn't always been against the death penalty.In the months and
San Quentin death chamberMichael Lee Elliot, who has been on death row at San Quentin State Prison for a 1994 Orangevale murder, died while in custody Monday.The cause of the death is unknown, pending an autopsy, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials said. Elliot, 5515
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British democracy and women’s right to live free from violence. By Sarah Green. As the general election approaches in May 2015, women’s organisations in the UK have issued the Women’s Safety Manifesto. Politicians ignore it at their peril when it comes to the vote. The last few weeks have seen some
Saudi Arabian authorities on Thursday [Dec. 11] beheaded Pakistani national Mohammad Fayad Mohammad Azam on charge of smuggling heroin into the country.A statement issued by the interior ministry of Saudi Arabia said, the kingdom was battling narcotics because "drugs cause great harm to12
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Fed up with the gender pay gap? It’s time to do something about it. Next week, Grazia and Unite are taking Grazia’s Mind The Pay Gap campaign – set up to stamp out the gender pay gap – to the Houses of Parliament. And they need you to help them. On 16 December, MPs will […]
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Execution rehearsal in ChinaChina has sentenced the head of a state-owned company to death for corruption involving nearly 400 million yuan ($64.8 million), state media reported, in a rare instance of an official being condemned to die.Communist Party authorities have waged a much-publicised11
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On Sunday, December 7, four prisoners are reported to have been executed in the Central Prison in the city of Zahedan, capital of the Sistan Baluchestan province in southeastern Iran.The news of these executions have not been published by the regime.Reports from Iran also indicate that another11
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Sexual harassment is a daily reality for many girls and young women in Britain, according to 2014 survey. The Girls’ Attitudes Survey 2014 was carried out by Girlguiding UK and surveying 1,400 girls and young women between the ages of 11 and 21. It revealed that almost 60 per cent of the
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Accountability for torture todayis critical for stopping it tomorrowFor over a decade, the American people have demanded to know about post-9/11 torture conducted in our names. Now we finally have some answers. The Senate just released its summary report detailing widespread and illegal CIA10
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The Indonesian government has signaled it will provide no clemency for the 68 inmates on death row for drug-related charges as it prepares to execute 5 prisoners this month."The instructions came directly from the president [Joko Widodo]," Justice Minister Yasonna Laoly said on Monday.The Justice10
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Although the UK government said it would ratify the Istanbul Convention, it – still – hasn’t. Campaigners Rebecca Bunce and Robyn Boosey have set up a petition asking the UK government to keep its promise to take action to end violence against women and girls by ratifying the European Convention on
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D. TsarnaevFederal prosecutors and lawyers for accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev sparred in legal filings on Monday over jury selection in the highly anticipated trial, which could bring the death penalty.In 1 filing in federal court in Boston, prosecutors opposed a defense request10
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Robert Wayne HolseyAfter a 3-hour delay as Georgia prison officials waited for the United States Supreme Court to rule on last-ditch appeals, Robert Wayne Holsey was executed by lethal injection on Tuesday night.Earlier on Tuesday, the Georgia Supreme Court rejected the argument by Mr. Holsey's