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Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Gaza Strip ( UN rights chief Navi Pillay on Wednesday urged the Gaza Strip's rulers to halt executions )
UN rights chief Navi Pillay on Wednesday urged the Gaza Strip's Islamist rulers Hamas to halt a string of executions planned after the end of the Muslim Eid al-Fitr holiday.
"I am deeply concerned at the possibility that executions might be carried out over the course of the next weeks in Gaza and urgently appeal to the de facto authorities there not to implement any death sentences," Pillay said in a statement.
Eid al-Fitr, which marks the close of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, ended last Sunday.
During Ramadan itself, Hamas authorities had said that executions would take place after the holiday but have given no specific date.
Pillay described the judicial process in Gaza as deeply flawed.
"I am concerned about the process by which death sentences are imposed by military and civilian courts in the Gaza Strip," she said.
"Serious concerns have also been raised about ill-treatment and torture during interrogations of persons later sentenced to death."
According to Amnesty International, those sentenced to death include a 27-year-old who confessed under torture to the rape and murder of a six-year-old boy, committed when he was under 18.
Another man on death row, aged 23, was sentenced for "collaboration" with Israel, Amnesty said.
Pillay said international human rights law requires rigorous fair trial standards in cases where death sentences are applied.
"One absolute requirement is that the death penalty can only be imposed after a fair trial. This is currently not possible in Gaza, neither legally nor practically," she said.
Under Palestinian law, collaboration with Israel, murder and drug trafficking are all capital offences.
Mexico ( Youtube plays video of young " Kidnapped " man and woman - Later found Murdered ) ????
(Why does Youtube " promote violence " for Gangsters in Mexico ? )
Zacatecas, Zacatecas. - The Attorney General of the State, and announced that the two individuals were identified during the early hours of Sunday, were hung from the bridge of the colony CTM.
The now deceased, both 19 years old, were identified as; Jhonatan Eduardo Espinoza Esquivel, who lived in the colony Gavilanes and Karla San Juana Guadalupe Acuña Villasana, of the colony Tres Cruces de Zacatecas.
For his part, Governor Miguel Alonso Reyes, said these people were identified by their families and that the case could be linked to the rivalry between two gangs of organized crime.
Iran ( Christian man gets 1 yr in prison for passing out bibles etc,..- 2 yrs exile to a remote town ? )
Monday, 19 August 2013
The report adds, "Books (Bibles), and other means of evangelism taken from him, including his personal computer, which were used to commit this 'crime' will be seized in favor of the government and destroyed."
In a follow up session in the Revolutionary Court in Robat-Karim, Ebrahim Firouzi was sentenced to one year in prison and two years exile to a remote border town.
According to the Iranian Christian News agency, Mohabat News, the Revolutionary Court in Robat-Karim finalized Ebrahim Firouzi's case. The court sentenced him to one year of imprisonment and two years exile to a remote border town for his Christian faith.
The Court's decision, issued on July 15, 2013, reads, "According to the court's decision, evangelism activities of the accused, Ebrahim Firouzi, are considered to be in opposition to the regime of the Republic Islamic of Iran, and thus the court condemns him to one year of imprisonment including the days already served in prison."
Another part of the two-page court report, a copy of which was made available to Mohabat News, states that, "According to article 19 of the Islamic Penal Code, and supplementary article 23 of the Islamic Penal Code passed in 1392 (Persian Year), the above named person is condemned to spend two years in exile in the border town of Sarbaz in Sistan and Baluchestan province."
(Court's Ruling against Ebrahim Firouzi)
Ali Babaei, the judge handling the case, also accused Mr. Firouzi of "propagating against the Islamic regime, starting and directing an evangelism group, contact with opponents of the Islamic Revolution and anti-Islamic regime networks in foreign countries". He then stated, the subject person has also started a Christian website related to his activities, distributed evangelical books and Bibles which were smuggled into the country, and so maintained his position as an anti-Islamic Revolution agent inside the country. He also attended illegal house-churches in order to promote evangelical Christianity."
In another part of the ruling, Mr. Babaei described holding house church services as a criminal act which spreads profligacy among youth and creates doubts in their minds about Islamic principles.
The Christian young man has not been able to afford to hire a lawyer and the court's decision was delivered directly to him last week.
It is worth mentioning that the tendency of young Iranians towards Christianity, especially in the past few years, has made conversion to Christianity a troubling issue among Iranian authorities. As many Farsi-speaking churches have been closed down in Tehran and other cities across the country and pressure on Christian converts is increasing, and due to security concerns, many of Christian converts prefer to gather in their own houses (house churches) in small groups to worship and learn Christian teachings.
Earlier Mr. Firouzi had been tried on July 6, 2013, in Branch 2 of the Revolutionary Court in Robat-Karim where his charges were officially announced to him.
Ebrahim Firouzi is a Christian convert resident of Robat-Karim, a town 40 KM south-west of Tehran. He had been arrested on March 7, 2013, when four plainclothes security officers raided his workplace. Then he was transferred to the infamous ward 209 of Evin prison where he was subjected to intense interrogation for 10 consecutive days. After 53 days in prison, he was temporarily released on a 30 million Tomans bail.
Having served 53 days in prison, which will be included as part of his official prison term, he must serve the rest of his one year sentence after which he will receive a summons letter from prison authorities. According to the ruling, after his time in prison, he will then be exiled to a town near the Iran-Pakistan border in Sistan and Baluchestan province for two more years.
The town of his exile, Sarbaz, has a 70% Sunni Muslim population.
According to the report, Mr. Firouzi has 20 days to file an appeal of his sentence and ask an appeal court to review this ruling.
Mr. Firouzi had been arrested on January 11, 2011 as well. On that occasion he had been interrogated and transferred to Ghezel-Hessar prison in Karaj where he spent 154 days in custody and released conditionally.
Monday, August 19, 2013
Japan ( Underwear thief caught - after husband chased after panties bandit )
Crime ( 31 )
CHIBA —
According to police, the 32-year-old husband tied a fishing line and two bells to his wife’s underwear to discover who had been stealing it from their balcony, Fuji TV reported. When the alleged thief returned at around 10:30 p.m. on Saturday, the woman’s husband chased him outside and jumped onto the roof of his car. The suspect, who has been identified as 53-year-old Hiroshi Ishikawa, attempted to flee the scene and drove 2.5 kilometers with the man clinging to his roof.
Police said the man sustained a minor injury to his leg after he fell off the car roof, following which he immediately reported the incident to the police with a description of the car and license plate.
Police said they have arrested Ishikawa on a robbery charge. During questioning, Ishikawa was quoted by police as saying he kept driving because he was scared.
Iran ( Human rights reporter in prison granted medical furlough - He is dying from Cancer )
19 August 2013
Keywords : Political Prisoners
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Committee of Human Rights Reporters – Asghar Ghatan, 60-year old cancer stricken political prisoner who was first denied furlough, has been granted medical release on bail.
This political prisoner who suffers from several ailments including hyperlipidemia, kidney disease and heart failure was often incapacitated in prison. His physician state would deteriorate to the extent that often he was not able to even move. Due to his various illnesses he takes about 30 pills a day to survive. Despite his dire physical condition authorities had refused a hospital transfer but he was finally granted medical furlough on August 19.
Asghar Ghatan, political prisoner who was arrested in the 1980’s when thousands of activists were arrested and massacred by the regime, served 6 years in prison before being released in 1991. When he was detained again he was handed a 5.5-year prison sentence and has been serving his term behind bars in Evin prison since 2010.
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