Posts Tagged ‘penalty’

Iran frees anti-death penalty activist after more than 8 years in prison

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President Trump Wants A ‘Fast Trial & The Death Penalty’ If Wounded LA Officers Die

President Trump wants a ‘fast trial’ and the ‘death penalty’ for the gunman who shot two LA deputies, if they die. The deputies, a 31-year-old woman and a 24-year-old man, were shot in their car near a metro station in the city of Compton on Saturday night. Video footage shared by the sheriff’s department shows […]

India Approves Death Penalty For Rapists Of Girls Under 12 Years Old

India’s government has approved the death penalty for people convicted of raping girls under 12 years old The government approved an ordinance to amend the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act to introduce the death penalty for the pedophiles. The order was approved by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi who held an emergency […]

India approves death penalty for rape of children under 12 amid national uproar

Headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Union Cabinet passed an executive order to amend the criminal code during an emergency meeting on Saturday. Those convicted of molesting children under 12 will face the death penalty, and offenders who rape children under the age of 16 will also face stricter punishment. The minimum sentence will […]

Trump proposes death penalty for opioid traffickers

     President Donald Trump will soon lay out a plan that seeks the death penalty for drug traffickers, a White House official has announced. Earlier, an official hinted that petty dealers would receive less severe sentences. “The Department of Justice will seek the death penalty against drug traffickers when it’s appropriate under current law,” Domestic […]

Israeli defense minister vows death penalty for Palestinian after soldiers killed

Maureen Clare Murphy Rights and Accountability 17 March 2018 Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman has vowed to sentence to death a Palestinian who was arrested after his car hit a group of Israeli soldiers, killing two, in the northern occupied West Bank on Friday. Two more soldiers were seriously injured. “We will seek the death […]

Trump’s Flawed Belief That The Death Penalty Can Win The Drug War

March 1, 2018 By Brian Saady This week, Axios released a story revealing that President Trump privately supports the theory that imposing the death penalty upon drug traffickers will help reduce the demand for illegal drugs. This belief is flawed in several ways, but it was apparently presented to him by […]

Israel advances death penalty legislation for those carrying out ‘terrorist operations’

Welcome to the monthly Jewish Voice for Peace Health and Human Rights Media Watch. Members of the Health Advisory Council monitor relevant organizations and websites and compile a list of important news and issues which are summarized here. These newsletters will be posted on their website and archived as a resource.  If you wish to join […]

Israel Introduce Death Penalty For ‘Fake News’ Publishers

Israel are introducing new legislation that will make publishing so-called ‘fake news’ a criminal offence – punishable by the death penalty. The harsh new law, proposed by Communications Minister Minister Ayoub Kara, could see reporters and journalists who criticize the Israeli government over their treatment of Palestinians face prison or execution. Haaretz.com reports: An Israeli minister […]

How They Do It– ‘The death penalty contradicts Judaism’

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Israel approves first reading of death penalty bill for Palestinian prisoners

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Israel approves first reading of death penalty for Palestinian prisoners

The Israeli Knesset approved on Wednesday first reading of death penalty bill, which would allow Israel to execute Palestinian prisoners accused of taking part in “operations against Israeli target.” Right-wing leader of the Jewish Home party Naftali Bennet proposed the bill, which was approved by a vote of 52 to 49 but needs a second […]

Israel approves first reading of death penalty for Palestinian prisoners

WATCH: In Louisiana, The Poor Face The Death Penalty Without a Lawyer

It has become an annual ritual in Louisiana: Nearly every winter, the state’s public defenders run out of money. Last year, 33 of the state’s 42 local indigent defense offices cut staff or placed thousands of poor defendants on a wait list. The New Orleans public defender’s office began refusing clients, leaving hundreds to sit […]

Texas Cop Faces Death Penalty For Hiring Hit Man to Kill Mistress Who Wouldn’t Abort Baby

Texas prosecutors announced last week that an Austin police officer will face the death penalty for hiring a hit man to kill his mistress after she refused to abort their baby. Prior to her death, 29-year-old Samantha Dean told colleagues and wrote in her diary that if she were found dead, Austin cop VonTrey Clark […]

Porn star to run against Putin in Russian elections, vows to bring death penalty for sexual harassment in the wake of Weinstein scandal

     An ex-Russian porn star is the latest woman to announce she’ll be standing against President Putin in next year’s presidential elections. Busty brunette Elena Berkova from the city of Murmansk in northwest Russia, who also stood for mayor of Sochi, posted a video on Instagram outlining her plans. The 32-year-old mum-of-two, who will be […]

Hillary Clinton Could Face Death Penalty Over Uranium One Deal

Hillary Clinton could be tried for treason and face the death penalty over the Uranium One scandal, according to Trump’s former deputy assistant.   Speaking with Fox News anchor Sean Hannity on Thursday, Sebastian Gorka claimed that evidence proving that Clinton took bribes from Russia in exchange for approving the controversial Uranium One deal could ultimately result […]

UN Resolution Condemns Use Of Death Penalty To Target LGBTQ People

Above Photo: AP PHOTO/BEBETO MATTHEWS Google is blocking our site. Please use the social media sharing buttons (upper left) to share this on your social media and help us breakthrough. So far, no explanation has been given. The United Nations approved a resolution Friday condemning the use of the death penalty in a discriminatory fashion, including its […]

US Rejects UN Resolution Condemning Use Of Death Penalty To Target LGBTQ People

Above Photo: AP PHOTO/BEBETO MATTHEWS So far, no explanation has been given. The United Nations approved a resolution Friday condemning the use of the death penalty in a discriminatory fashion, including its use to punish “apostasy, blasphemy, adultery, and consensual same-sex relations.” But the United States joined a minority of states who voted against it. ILGA, the International […]

New poll shows 2/3 of Jewish Israelis want death penalty for Palestinian attackers

There’s a big noise in Israel these days – once again, the discussion of the death penalty for Palestinian ‘terrorists’ has come to the fore. One has to put that word, ‘terrorists’, in quotation marks, because the Israeli Peace Index survey published yesterday, asked the question not only concerning applying the death penalty for Palestinians […]

North Korea to impose death penalty on “everyone” involved in Park’s plots to assassinate Kim

nsnbc : The leadership of the Democratic people’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) announced Wednesday that it will impose the death penalty on anyone involved […]

Donald Trump: Pedophiles Will Get The Death Penalty

Donald Trump has vowed to tackle the child abduction crisis in the United States by giving pedophiles and fast trial resulting in the death penalty. The President-elect tweeted that there are “too many incidents” and something “must be done about these perverts”. With Elite pedophilia rife in Washinton D.C., could this be what Trump was referring […]

ExxonMobil Hit With $20 Million Penalty For Polluting Air With Hazardous Chemicals

Exxon Mobil’s Billings Refinery in Billings, Mont. (AP/Matthew Brown) In a huge win for environmental groups, a federal judge has ordered ExxonMobil to pay nearly $20 million for spewing millions of pounds of excess air pollution from its Houston-area industrial facilities. The Sierra Club and Environment Texas sued the energy giant in 2010, alleging that […]

Twitter goes wild over reported death penalty for ‘atheism’ in Saudi Arabia

On Tuesday, a Saudi Arabian court dismissed an appeal from Ahmad Al Shamri, who had spent three years in prison over charges of “atheism and blasphemy,” the Exmuslim website reports. READ MORE: UN Watch outraged as Saudi Arabia takes place on UN Women’s Right Commission Al Shamri was in his early 20s and lived the city […]

Colombia’s Truckers Strike – US Issues Travel Advisory

nsnbc : Colombia’s truckers declared a strike for the 13th time in 15 years. Truckers complain among others about foreign companies that have flooded the Colombian market. Following the government’s unwillingness to negotiate and police violence, the trucker’s union vowed to block the roads around Bogota. The US issued a travel advisory. The patience of […]

WikiLeaks suffers ‘sustained attack’ after announcing megaleak of Turkey govt docs

“Our infrastructure is under sustained attack,” WikiLeaks said on Twitter. “We are unsure of the true origin of the attack. The timing suggests a Turkish state power faction or its allies.” We are unsure of the true origin of the attack. The timing suggests a Turkish state power faction or its allies. We will prevail […]

Larijani holds phone conversation with Turkish speaker

Tehran, July 18, IRNA – Majlis (parliament) Speaker Ali Larijani in a telephone conversation with his Turkish Speaker Ismail Kahraman said on Monday that time of militarism and coup in the region is over. Larijani told Kahraman that Iran condemned the mistaken act in the early hours of coup attempt and supported government and nation […]

John Kerry: Despite Brexit, EU-US Ties Remain ‘Unbreakable’

John Kerry  has said that the United States and the European Union will continue their “unbreakable” partnership in the light of Britain’s departure from the bloc and the security challenges that face Europe. During a joint press conference on Monday with EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini in Brussels, the US Secretary of State said […]

Los Angeles Teen Activists Push To Disarm School Police Of Military Weapons, And Win!

If you’re one of those citizens who feels as though activism and protest is irrelevantly ineffective, check this out. Recently, after pushing hard for change, a coalition of activists and teenagers were able to largely demilitarize a police department. Two years of work culminated in the victory, claimed in times ripe with conversation of top-down […]

These Americans Are Preparing For War With Their Own Government

During the Oregon standoff, where a group of US citizens calling themselves the Citizens for Constitutional Freedom, seized control of a federal wildlife refuge in protest of harsh sentences being given to members of a ranching family for allegedly allowing fires set on their property to spread on to federal land, Ron Paul […]

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