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Ethiopia is prepared to start a genocide against its LGBT citizens, according to a religious group affiliated with the government of the African nation. Details follow. According to GayStarNews: Government officials, religious leaders, leading heath professionals, charities and members of … read more »
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Capital punishment, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Game Show Network, Homosexuality, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, LGBT, Religious denomination
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A lack of qualified swordsmen may relegate the barbaric Saudi practice of public beheadings to the historical ash heap, although such a change is unlikely to slow down the swelling numbers of people being put to death in the Saudi … read more »
Posted in Article, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Global Issues, Kenya, Middle East, Nigeria
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Tagged al-Beshi, Capital punishment, Decapitation, Execution by firing squad, IndepthAfrica, Muhammad Saad al-Beshi, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Sharia
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By: Arab News, Khalid Alnowaiser I realize that this is another very sensitive subject, but I would like to make two important points in order to dispel any confusion or misunderstanding. When I discuss a matter having religious implications, I … read more »
(Reuters) – Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh has placed a moratorium on the execution of the remaining 38 prisoners on death row in the west African state following appeals from regional leaders, the government said in a statement late on Friday. … read more »
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Tagged AIDS, Capital punishment, Death row, Gambia, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jammeh, Reuters, Yahya Jammeh
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By Elizabeth Ashamu and David Deng When the Republic of South Sudan declared independence in July 2011, it joined the ranks of a small handful of African countries that continue to carry out judicial executions. On August 21, two men … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, News, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Capital punishment, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Salva Kiir Mayardit, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Supreme Court, Supreme Court of the United States
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Amnesty International yesterday said that Gambia had executed nine death row prisoners, after President Yahya Jammeh vowed to carry out all death sentences by mid-September. “Amnesty International has received credible reports that nine persons were executed last night (Thursday) in … read more »
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A Tunisian military prosecutor demanded on Wednesday that the death penalty be imposed in absentia on ousted president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali over his alleged role in the deaths of protesters in the towns where the Arab Spring began. Ben … read more »
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Tagged Arab Spring, Ben Ali, Capital punishment, IndepthAfrica, Kairouan, Kasserine, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
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I’d like to offer a simple proposal that, if enacted, could generate a great deal of a most precious resource: moral clarity. It concerns the death penalty. Opponents of capital punishment for murderers argue that the state has no right … read more »
By Dominic Ogbonna “Are blacks (African Americans) genetically predisposed to addiction to narcotics? How is that once they start taking drugs, it spirals out of control- while many White celebs are still able to do drugs and “function.”?” Well, before … read more »
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Kampala – A Ugandan lawmaker behind a proposed draconian anti-gay bill that sparked an international outcry said Friday he wanted to drop clauses that would see the death penalty introduced for certain homosexual acts. “There will be no death penalty … read more »
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Tagged Barack Obama, Capital punishment, David Bahati, Homosexuality, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kampala, Legislator, Uganda
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Kampala – A lawmaker in Uganda is re-introducing an anti-gay bill that received wide condemnation, including from President Barack Obama. The bill was re-introduced on Tuesday by David Bahati, the bill’s primary backer. It was originally introduced in 2009 but … read more »
Posted in East Africa, News, Uganda
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Tagged Barack Obama, Capital punishment, David Bahati, Homosexuality, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kampala, Politics of Uganda, Uganda
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Mr Mubarak’s accusers had no evidence he ordered troops to open fire on protesters during the demonstrations against his rule early last year, the lawyer, Farid el-Deeb, said. With Mr Mubarak, 83, strapped to a hospital bed in court listening, … read more »
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Tagged Alaa, Alaa Mubarak, Capital punishment, Egypt, Gamal Mubarak, Habib Ibrahim El Adly, Hosni Mubarak, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, mubarak
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Cairo – The murder trial in Egypt of ousted leader Hosni Mubarak is politically charged but legally weak, lawyers say, predicting a verdict before the anniversary of the uprising that overthrew him in order to placate the public. The historic … read more »
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Tagged Capital punishment, Egypt, Habib Ibrahim El Adly, Hosni Mubarak, IndepthAfrica, Mohammed Abdel Wahab, mubarak, Politics, prosecutor
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Cairo – The chief prosecutor in Hosni Mubarak’s trial on Thursday demanded the death sentence for the fallen Egyptian dictator, arguing that he had ordered the killings of anti-regime demonstrators. “The law foresees the death penalty for premeditated murder,” Mustafa … read more »
Cairo – The prosecution in the Hosni Mubarak trial says it has concluded that Egypt’s ousted president, his security chief and six top police officers were the “actual instigators” of the killing of more than 800 protesters during last year’s … read more »
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Tagged Cairo, Capital punishment, Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, mubarak, Police officer, prosecutor
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A woman who was to be stoned to death in Iran on an adultery conviction could be hanged instead. Authorities said today they were moving ahead with plans to execute the woman but are reconsidering what punishment to carry out. … read more »
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Tagged adultery, Capital punishment, East Azarbaijan Province, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Iran, Islam, Sadeq Larijani, Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, Stoning
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Pretoria – There is no credible evidence to prove that re-introducing the death penalty in South Africa will reduce crime, President Jacob Zuma said on Thursday. “I do not think there is justice in killing another human being,” he said … read more »
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Tagged African National Congress, Capital punishment, Execution chamber, Gallows, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jacob Zuma, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, Pretoria, South Africa
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Cape Town – A South African woman has been executed in China for smuggling drugs into that country, eNews reported on Monday. Janice Bronwyn Linden, 35, was executed by lethal injection. She was caught carrying 3kg of crystal methamphetamine … read more »
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Tagged Cape Town, Capital punishment, China, Democratic Alliance, Desmond Tutu, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jacob Zuma, South Africa, Stevens Mokgalapa
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November 10, 2011 by benim
Mukono – A Ugandan court has sentenced a man to 30 years in prison for killing a gay rights activist. A high court judge on Thursday handed down the sentence to 22-year-old Sidney Nsubuga Enoch, who admitted that he bludgeoned … read more »
Posted in East Africa, News, Uganda
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Johannesburg – Zimbabwean legal experts and some religious leaders have called for the scrapping of the death penalty, Zimbabwe’s Herald Online reported on Thursday. This comes at a time when 55 murderers, one of whom was convicted 13-years-ago, are in … read more »
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Kampala – Prisoners in Uganda are subjected to hard labour under conditions resembling slavery and face routine abuse and exploitation by officials, Human Rights Watch said in a report on Thursday. Detainees, including pregnant women and the disabled, are often … read more »
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Johannesburg – Amnesty International on Saturday called on Senegal to prevent the return of former Chadian president Hissene Habre to his home country, where he faces the death penalty. Senegal and Chad said this week the former president would be … read more »
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An Egyptian court on Saturday suspended its order to remove the names of former President Hosni Mubarak and his wife Suzanne from public institutions. Officials seeking to win presidential favour routinely named streets, schools, military installations and remote rural clinics … read more »
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CANBERRA, Australia – Police have increased security around Papua New Guinea’s acting prime minister for fear of a traditional revenge attack after his 21-year-old son was accused of murdering a woman at the family home, an official said Friday. A … read more »
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Muslim leaders in Kenya have called on the government to introduce the death penalty for homosexuals and to boycott their businesses, media reports said Monday. “Death is the only punishment prescribed by Islam for such people as done in … read more »
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The Ethiopian government withdrew death sentences for over 23 senior officials from the Derg military regime that ran the East African country from . Ethiopian President, Girma Woldegiorgis, on Wednesday announced the clemency at an occasion held in the National … read more »
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Ethiopia said on Wednesday it had commuted the death sentences of 23 of former dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam’s henchmen convicted of genocide in 2008, reducing the penalties to life imprisonment after an appeal. Mengistu and dozens of others were sentenced … read more »
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Kampala – Uganda’s parliament on Friday shelved an anti-gay bill that would have imposed the death penalty for certain homosexual acts after the United States slammed the proposed legislation as “odious”. Lawmakers had been due to debate the legislation calling … read more »
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Kampala – A Ugandan parliament committee has held a second day of hearings on a controversial anti-gay bill that attracted international condemnation for its harsh penalties. Lawmakers indicated the bill could be voted on this week. The bill was first … read more »
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KAMPALA, Uganda – The Ugandan parliamentarian behind an anti-gay bill that attracted worldwide condemnation said the most controversial part of the legislation — the death penalty provision — is likely to be dropped from the bill. David Bahati said if … read more »
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