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ISLAMABAD: Any move by the government to lift the moratorium on the death penalty is not likely to adversely affect Pakistan’s nine-month-old duty free access to European markets, as the Generalised System of Preference plus (GSP plus) is not conditioned on capital punishment.The ban on death penalty is not legally binding on Pakistan,
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Nurse Jackson Namunya Tali was not the first person Christine Atieno approached when she sought help to end an unwanted pregnancy in Kenya.Tali says that Atieno asked for assistance after undergoing a botched abortion, in a country where the procedure is illegal.Last week, the high court in30
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Tell your local Disney Store that housework is not just girl’s work. As a mum with a 6 month-old son I am very aware that many toys and children’s clothes are gendered. There are already brilliant campaigns out there fighting to get this changed, such as Let Toys Be Toys and Pink Stinks which try
Pennsylvania can't find the drugs necessary to execute a convicted murderer who's ready to die, but officials in Pennsylvania aren't ready to look at alternatives to lethal injection for the 184 inmates who sit on death row.Some states have proposed returning to methods such as firing squads as29
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“Complicit No More” is acollection of essays curated by Yasmin Gunaratnam. It tackles the crosscutting facets of complicity as they play out within our relationships to our bodies, each other, our communities, to media representations and to mobilisation. In “Toxic Wars” vs. Conscientious Feminism
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Execution chamber at Tokyo Detention CenterThe Japanese government does not believe that the death penalty is in need of any immediate reform, the country's new Justice Minister Midori Matsushima said.Matsushima, who took up the portfolio in early September, reaffirmed her stance on capital
Indonesian customs said Saturday they have arrested a German man for allegedly trafficking cocaine onto the resort island of Bali.Hans Peter Naumann, 48, had flown from Bangkok to Bali on an Air Asia flight before he was caught around midday Friday, officials said.He could be charged with drug27
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A man from south China's Guangdong Province was pronounced innocent by a local court after being sentenced to death for murder 13 years ago, Xinhua reported Friday.Xu Hui, a resident of Zhuhai city in Guangdong, was given the death penalty with a 2-year reprieve for raping and killing a
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Mohsen Amir AslaniNCRI - The Iranian Resistance calls on the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Human Rights Council, as well as all international human rights organizations to strongly condemn the execution of prisoner of conscience Mr Mohsen Amir Aslani on charges of “corruption on
The Louisiana Legislature is looking into the cost associated with carrying out the death penalty in the state.State Sen. JP Morrell, D-New Orleans, is heading up a new Capital Punishment Fiscal Impact Commission. The group's first meeting was Wednesday morning.Louisiana doesn't have a
BOSTON — A federal judge ruled yesterday that the trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who is accused of planting two bombs at the 2013 Boston Marathon, will remain in Boston but be delayed for two months.U.S. District Court Judge George A. O’Toole rejected an argument by Tsarnaev’s attorneys that the25
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Campaign targets media sexism in the run-up to the 2015 General Election. Girlguiding is calling for change. A leading charities for girls and young women, Girlguiding has created an eight-point report outlining the need for young women to be respected and to have their voices heard. The report
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The hope is that the carefully-worded code will ensure unity in the Church in Wales. One year after it was agreed that women could be ordained as bishops, the Church in Wales has published guidelines detailing their role. The historic legislation to include allow female bishops passed last year but
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A 70-year-old Briton suffering from paranoid schizophrenia is facing a death sentence in Pakistan. This is no jokeIt is part of my job description to be offensive. I can, if I wish, make a joke hoping that Alex Salmond, now he is at the end of his political life, lays 20,000 fish eggs
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A 39-year-old man who has been on death row for 5 years for knifing an elderly housewife more than 110 times in 2005 was on Monday denied the chance to escape the gallows.Muhammad Kadar is the 1st convicted murderer to have his bid for re-sentencing rejected by the Court of Appeal since laws29
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Since the election in 2010 there have beenmore than 400 domestic violence murders. By Claire Moore. Women are not alone in experiencing domestic violence, but we are the majority of victims – and when we are it rarely makes headline news. Why? Because it is commonplace. And when it is covered by
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai signed death penalty for Kabul rape convicts.Aimal Faizi, spokesman for President Karzai said the death penalty for the perpetrators of Paghman gang rape was signed by the President on Saturday."President Karzai signed off today on the order for execution of 527
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Mogadishu: A Somali woman has been stoned to death in an Islamist Al Shabab-controlled part of the country for secretly marrying several husbands, officials and witnesses said on Saturday.Witnesses said the woman was buried up to her neck and pelted with rocks and stones by hooded men in front of
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Prince Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein urged all states to put an end to death penalty, which he said is the very example of human vengeance at its worst.In remarks at the high-level event, Moving Away from the Death Penalty: National Leadership, held on the Leggi25
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Florida Gov. Rick ScottGov. Rick Scott on Monday signed the death warrant for Chadwick Banks, who murdered his wife, Cassandra Banks, then raped and murdered his 10-year-old stepdaughter, Melody Cooper, on Sept. 24, 1992 in Gadsden County. Banks shot both victims in the head. He is to be executed25
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Not ‘just’ useful tools and tips for combatting sexual harassment. By Julie Tomlin, co-founder of Digital Women UK. A recent survey prompted headlines claiming that men are more likely to be harassed online than women, and gave rise to claims that women were wrong to think that they are abused
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“What we want is simple: real and realistic abortion access in Ireland.” Dublin city centre is set to rumble to the sound of hundreds of wheelie suitcases on 27 September during the 3rd annual March for Choice, as campaigners bring their hand-luggage to the streets to symbolise the thousands of
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(file photo)Iran Human Rights, September 24, 2014: Five prisoners were hanged in three different Iranian cities, reported Iranian state media.According to the state run Iranian news agency Fars, one man was hanged in the prison of Noshahr (Northern Iran) early this morning Wednesday September30
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Jodi AriasJodi Arias’ guilt has been determined. The only thing that remains to be decided is whether she dies for killing her ex-boyfriend.More than six years after the death of Travis Alexander, and more than a year after Arias was convicted of murder, a second penalty phase to determine her29
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September 26, 2014: In its report, “India: Death Without the Right to Appeal”, Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) stated that India was not complying with the “United Nations safeguards guaranteeing protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty” which provide that “Anyone sentenced29
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A court in China's far west has sentenced to death 2 teenagers for the killing of the head of the country's biggest mosque, state media reported, in a case that highlighted divisions in the violence-wracked Xinjiang region.The Kashgar Intermediate People's Court on Sunday handed down the death29
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Has just asking the question lifted the lid on Scottish women’s voices? The arguments for and against Scottish independence seemed in the end to focus largely on the financial implications of independence and the viability of financial independence, but a larger story unfolded in the last ten days
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A Vietnam court has sentenced the former general director of Finance Leasing Company No. 2 (ACL II), Vu Quoc Hao, 59, to death for embezzling VND78 billion (nearly $3.7 million) in a corruption case.Corruption whistleblowers may be rewarded with up to $236,000 in VietnamHao received the sentence
The Supreme Court Friday stayed execution of the death sentence of 1993 Mumbai bomb blast convict Yakub Abdul Razak Memon as it issued notice to Maharashtra government on his petition seeking an open court hearing of his plea for the review of the apex court's verdict upholding his death27
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Last week, news of a London pop-up restaurant called Death Row Dinners (tagline: “Eat like it’s your last meal on earth”) went viral. The dinners were presented by anonymous organizers who identified only as Dirty Dishes. A flashy Web site displayed black-and-white mug shots of inmates wearing25
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William Sessions, former head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, recently pointed to cases of defendants who were executed based in part on faulty hair and fiber analysis in calling for changes in the use of forensic evidence.In an op-ed in the Washington Times, Sessions told the story of25
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The Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) seized 6.5kg of heroin - the single largest haul of heroin this year - on Tuesday (Sep 23) in an operation to dismantle a local drug syndicate.The operation also saw 1.3kg of cannabis seized, along with other drugs such as Ice, ecstasy, Erimin-5 tablets, CNB said25
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‘A message to both victims and criminals about how seriously we are taking these types of offences’. The CPS and ACPO have agreed on a protocol for better victim support in cases of stalking as CPS figures show an increase in prosecutions under new harassment laws. The figures come as the Crown
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A restaurant which planned to offer "culinary twists" on the last meals of prisoners has been cancelled even before it opened its doors following criticism and threats against the owner.Death Row Dinners, a pop-up which was due to open in Hoxton, east London, experienced a huge amount of backlash