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- Asia:
Death Penalty Lessons from Asia
Concerns about the concentration of state
power and its misuse are as prominent a
theme in anti-death penalty rhetoric in
Asia as they are in the West, and the most
important feature of Asian nations that
predicts their level of execution is not
culture or crime rate but rather the nature
of the political regime. Only authoritarian
governments execute with any frequency
in Asia.
(10/19/09, DPIC Update)
- China: Execution of Drug-Smuggling Briton
Condemned
The British government condemned China's
execution of a British national Tuesday
on drug smuggling charges. "I ...
am appalled and disappointed that our persistent
requests for clemency have not been granted," Prime
Minister Gordon Brown said. "I am
particularly concerned that no mental health
assessment was undertaken." (12/29/09,
CNN.com)
- Europe: The Status of the Death Penalty
The OSCE (Organization for Security and
Cooperation in Europe), the world's largest
regional security organization comprised
of 56 States including the U.S., recently
published a 2009 Background Paper on The
Death Penalty in the OSCE Area. ... The
2009 paper highlights the changes in
status of the death penalty in participating
OSCE states. Of the 56 countries, only
the U.S. and Belarus retain an active
death penalty.
(11/2/09, DPIC Update)
- Iran:
Worldwide Protests Against Execution
of Adultress
Hundreds of protesters will gather worldwide
Saturday to rally against the imprisonment
and possible execution of an Iranian
woman convicted of adultery. The case
of Sakineh Mohammedie Ashtiani has drawn
international attention. She was convicted
of adultery in 2006 and faces the possibility
of execution. Ashtiani was originally
sentenced to death by stoning, but it
was put on hold earlier this month after
an international outcry. (7/24/10, CNN.com)
- Iran
Denying Adulteress Will Be Executed by
Stoning
Iran's government is denying reports that
an Iranian woman convicted of adultery will
be executed by stoning, though her death
sentence may still be carried out by some
other method.
(7/9/10, CNN.com)
- Mongolia: President Calls for Moratorium
on Death Penalty
On January 14, President Tsakhia Elbegdorj
called for a moratorium on all executions
in Mongolia. President Elbegdorj told the
Mongolian parliament, "The majority
of the world's countries have chosen to
abolish the death penalty. We should follow
this path." He vowed to pardon those
on death row and suggested commuting the
death sentences to a 30-year prison term.
(1/25/10, DPIC Update)
- North Korea:
Finance Chief Executed for Botched Currency
Reform
North Korea has executed a senior official
blamed for currency reforms that damaged
the already ailing economy and potentially
affected the succession, a news agency in
South Korea reported today. Pak Nam-gi was
killed by firing squad last week (3/18/10,
The Guardian)
- Saudi Arabia: TV Presenter Gets Death
Sentence for "Sorcery"
(CNN) -- Amnesty International is calling
on Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah to stop the
execution of a Lebanese man sentenced to
death for "sorcery." ... Ali Hussain
Sibat, is the former host of a popular call-in
show that aired on Sheherazade, a Beirut
based satellite TV channel. According to
his lawyer, Sibat, who is 48 and has five
children, would predict the future on his
show and give out advice to his audience.
(3/20/10, CNN.com)
- Taiwan Justice Minister Resigns Rather
Than Sign Death Warrants
Taiwan's Minister of Justice, Wang
Ching-feng, recently resigned from her post
after expressing her strong opposition to
the country's death penalty. Since
her position was essential to her beliefs
but incompatible with those of Taiwan's President
Ma Ying-jeou and some members of her own
political party, she decided not to continue
in office. "I would rather step down
than sign any death warrant," she said. "If
these convicts can have an opportunity to
rehabilitate themselves, I would be very
happy to be executed ... in their stead."
(3/15/10, DPIC Update)
- World: The Death Penalty for Drug Offences
- Global Overview 2010
The International Harm Reduction Association
(IHRA) recently published a report on the
use of the death penalty for drug crimes
around the world. The report distinguishes
between countries that have legislation allowing
a death sentence for drug offenses and those
that actually apply it in practice.
(6/14/10, DPIC Update)
- World:
Amnesty International Publishes 2009
Global Death Sentences Report
Amnesty International recently released
its annual global report on the death penalty,
covering executions and death sentences
worldwide in 2009. The report states that
more than 700 people were executed in 18
countries in 2009, and at least 2,000 people
were sentenced to death. One hundred and
seventy-nine (179) countries had no executions
last year.
(4/5/10, DPIC Update)
- World:
Post-Genocide Countries Ban Executions
to End Revenge
A Rome-based organization that promotes
international relations founded on human
rights and North-South interdependence,
noted that Cambodia, Rwanda, and Burundi
have all abolished the death penalty: "only
without the death penalty can a reconciliation
process be started in their societies.
Otherwise revenge, and the thirst for revenge,
will never end." It’s about
time that other countries - like
the United States - figure out what
Cambodia, Rwanda, and Burundi have clearly
established: justice and vengeance don’t
go hand in hand.
(2/25/10, Running Chicken)
- World:
Fourth World Congress on the Death Penalty
Meets In Geneva
Over 1,000 human rights activists from
over 100 countries gathered in Geneva,
Switzerland, for the 4th World Congress
Against the Death Penalty. Many participants
hope to achieve a moratorium on the imposition
and execution of the death penalty around
the world. At present, 56 states and territories
still have the death penalty, including
China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, North Korea
and the United States. In 2007, the UN
General Assembly adopted a resolution calling
for a moratorium on the death penalty. (3/1/10, DPIC Update)
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