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- China Executes Three Filipinos for Drug Smuggling
Three Philippine nationals convicted of drug trafficking in China were executed by lethal injection on Wednesday. ... Days before the executions, Philippine officials made last-ditch efforts, asking that the three Filipinos be spared. President Benigno Aquino Jr. wrote his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao to ask for clemency. (3/31/11, CNN.com)
- Denmark: Sole Producer of U.S. Execution Drug Moves to Block Use, Calling It Unsafe
Lundbeck Inc., a Danish pharmaceutical company that is the sole manufacturer of injectable pentobarbital used in the U.S., recently announced that it will impose tougher conditions on distributors in an effort to prevent the drug's use in executions.
(6/13/11, DPIC Update)
- Denmark: Manufacturer of Drug Says No More Use in State Executions
Lundbeck Inc., a company based in Denmark and the sole U.S. manufacturer of pentobarbital, a new drug selected by Ohio and Oklahoma for their lethal injection protocols, has requested that states not use the drug to execute inmates. The company recently announced that their drug was never intended to be used in executions. A spokeswoman for the company said, "This goes against everything we're in business to do. We like to develop and make available therapies that improve people's lives. That's the focus of our business."
(2/7/11, DPIC Update)
- European Union High Representative Calls for Clemency for Troy Davis
A new declaration issued by Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy, expressed deep concerns about the possible execution of Troy Anthony Davis, a death row inmate in Georgia.
(6/13/11, DPIC Update)
- Iran Stoning: Woman To Be Executed For Adultery
Authorities in Iran said Sunday they are again moving ahead with plans to execute a woman sentenced to death by stoning on an adultery conviction in a case that sparked an international outcry, but are considering whether to carry out the punishment by hanging instead. (12/25/11, The Huffington Post)
- Iran: Hangs Dutch-Iranian Woman for Drug Smuggling
The Netherlands froze all ties with Iran Sunday after Tehran hanged a Dutch-Iranian woman a day earlier, calling the execution a "shocking act by a barbaric regime." ... the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran suggested the drug charges were only a pretext to execute her. The campaign said Bahrami was originally charged with security offenses in the wake of widespread protests against the government over a controversial presidential election in June 2009. (1/30/11, CNN.com)
- Saudi Woman Beheaded for Witchcraft and Sorcery
A woman was beheaded in Saudi Arabia for practicing witchcraft and sorcery, the kingdom's Interior Ministry said, prompting Amnesty International to call for a halt in executions there. ... "While we don't know the details of the acts which the authorities accused Amina of committing, the charge of sorcery has often been used in Saudi Arabia to punish people, generally after unfair trials, for exercising their right to freedom of speech or religion." (12/14/11, CNN.com)
- Singapore: Hanging Drug Mules in Singapore
He scrunches up his tear-streaked face, uses the back of his hand to rub his eyes. His anguish is palpable. "Please help. Please." Cheong is living a parent's worst nightmare. His 28-year-old son, Chun Yin, sits on death row in Singapore, convicted in 2010 of smuggling 2.7 kg of heroin into the country. It's a harsh punishment for a first offender. But under Singapore's laws, judges have little choice but to impose a mandatory death penalty.
(4/26/11, Death Penalty News Blog)
- USA: Podcast Explores the Impact of International Law and Opinion on the U.S. Death Penalty
The podcast includes discussions about the role of international pharmaceutical companies in lethal injections being carried out in the United States, and the consideration of international opinion by the U.S. Supreme Court in rulings related to the death penalty.
(12/5/11, DPIC Update)
- USA: U.S. Broke International Law by Executing Mexican National, Says U.N.
The United States breached international law by executing a Mexican national without having granted him consular access, the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights said Friday. Navi Pillay, in a statement, said she deeply regrets the execution of Humberto Leal Garcia, after a 5-4 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court denied him a stay of execution Thursday night. (7/8/11, CNN.com)
- USA: Legislation Introduced to Help Enforce Treaty Protecting Those Arrested Outside Their Own Country
Senator Patrick Leahy introduced the Consular Notification Compliance Act. This bill would establish enforcement mechanisms for U.S. compliance with the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, a key treaty that provides the right to consult with your consulate for citizens detained outside their home country. The U.S. has signed and ratified this treaty, but has not always abided by its terms. Among other provisions, the act will give jurisdiction to federal courts to review cases of foreign nationals currently on death row in the U.S. who did not receive consular access as required under the treaty. (6/20/11, DPIC Update)
- USA: Military and Diplomatic Leaders Urge Reprieve for Foreign National Facing Texas Execution
A clemency petition was filed with the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles requesting a halt to the July-7 execution of Humberto Leal, a Mexican citizen who was not advised of his consular rights upon arrest for a murder in San Antonio in 1994. The petition was accompanied by letters from former U.S. diplomats, retired military leaders, former prosecutors and judges, and assocations of Americans living abroad calling for a stay of execution until Congress can pass legislation to guarantee proper notification in such cases. The U.S. is a party to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations that requires officials to inform foreign nationals of their right to contact their consulate when arrested.
(6/13/11, DPIC Update)
- USA: Former Bush Official Urges Basic Review of Death Sentences Given Foreign Nationals to Protect Americans Abroad
A former State Department official in the Bush administration is urging Congress to help the U.S. comply with a ruling from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) regarding the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations as a way of protecting U.S. citizens traveling abroad. ... Bellinger wrote, "U.S. compliance with the Vienna Convention is vital. [U.S.] lawmakers cannot expect other countries to comply with their treaty obligations to us unless the United States observes its treaty obligations to them." (3/7/11, DPIC Update)
- USA: Urges Iran to Halt Executions after Tehran Hangs Woman
The United States is urging the Iranian government to halt executions after Tehran hanged a Dutch-Iranian woman, saying she was a drug smuggler. The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has said the drug charges were only a pretext to execute Zahra Bahrami, and the Netherlands froze all ties with Iran on Sunday, a day after the hanging. (2/1/11, CNN.com)
- World: New Database for International Death Penalty
Northwestern University School of Law, in conjunction with the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, has compiled a new resource on the use of the death penalty in every country around the world. This searchable database, www.deathpenaltyworldwide.org, contains information on each country's death penalty status, methods of execution, number of executions, and crimes punishable by the death penalty. (4/25/11, DPIC Update)
- World: Amnesty International Report Finds Global Trend Away from Death Penalty
A new report issued by Amnesty International, Death Sentences and Executions 2010, shows a global trend away from the use of the death penalty. According to the report, only four countries in the G20 (representing the world's major economies) carried out executions in 2010 (China, Japan, Saudi Arabia and the U.S.), 36 of the 53 African Union member states are abolitionist in law or in practice, and only 21 of the 192 UN member states carried out executions in 2010. The report stated, "At the end of 2010 the global trend towards abolition of the death penalty could not have been clearer.
(4/4/11, DPIC Update)
- World: The Death Penalty from an International Perspective
A recent book by Sanaz Alasti, "Cruel and Unusual Punishment: Comparative Perspective in International Conventions, the United States and Iran," explores the question of what constitutes cruel and unusual punishment on an international level. ...
Punishments are particularly examined in light of the universal declaration of human rights. (3/28/11, DPIC Update)
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