[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide'

[Rick Halperin]

next postings will be on Sunday




Sept. 5



IRAN----executions

2 Public Executions in Northern Iran


2 prisoners were hanged in the public in 2 different Iranian towns in the 
Mazanderan province (Northern Iran), reported the Iranian state media.

One of the prisoners was a man identified as "Mohsen D." charged with a murder 
in 2008, according to the official website of Mazanderan Judiciary. The 
execution was scheduled to take place in the town of Mahmoodabad on Monday 
September 1. But due to protests by the people it was interrupted and carried 
out on Tuesday September 2, under heavy security measures.

The other prisoner identified as "A. A." was convicted of a murder in 2004. The 
execution was carried out publicly in the town of Savadkooh reported Bloghnews. 
Since the beginning of August 2014 at least 90 people have been executed in 
Iran. 17 of the executions have been carried out in the public.

(source: NCR-Iran)

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Public hanging of prisoners continues unabated


The Iranian regime's henchmen continue public hanging of prisoners in cities 
across Iran. At least 6 prisoners have been hanged in public in less than 3 
weeks.

1 prisoner was hanged in public on Wednesday (September 3) in city of Savadkuh 
in northern Iran.

A young prisoner was hanged in public in city of Mahmoudabad on Tuesday 
(September 2) in northern Iran. In another northern city, Sari, 2 inmates were 
hanged in public on August 24.

On August 21, 1 prisoner was publicly hanged in Qazvin. And on August 19, 
another prisoner was publicly hanged in Khoy.

In past 2 weeks over 45 prisoners have been hanged including 2 women.

(source: Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran)






INDIA----impending execution

India 'serial killer' to be executed Koli was found guilty of kidnapping, 
murder and attempted rape in multiple cases


An Indian man sentenced to death for murdering a girl in a case dubbed "the 
house of horrors" will be executed next week, officials say.

In 2009, Surinder Koli and his businessman employer Moninder Singh Pandher were 
convicted of murdering 14-year-old Rimpa Haldar. Pandher was later freed by a 
higher court.

They were held in 2007 after body parts were found near their home near Delhi.

The crime shocked the country, with many accusing the police of negligence.

Police say at least 19 young women and children were raped, killed and 
dismembered in a house where Koli worked as a servant for the owner in the 
suburb of Noida near Delhi.

The children, remains of whom were found hidden in bags, were allegedly lured 
to their deaths by Koli, who offered them sweets and chocolate. He confessed in 
court to cannibalism and necrophilia.

Koli has been found guilty of kidnapping, murder and attempted rape in at least 
5 cases involving children.

Local residents said that police failed to act because many of those reported 
missing came from poor families.

A court said the crime called for the death sentence as it was the "rarest of 
rare" cases.

"The hanging [of Surinder Koli] will be carried out on 12 September... all the 
rules and procedures will be followed", SHM Rizvi, chief of the main prison in 
Meerut in Uttar Pradesh state, was quoted as telling reporters by the Press 
Trust of India news agency.

Executions are rarely carried out, but in the last 2 years there have been 2 
hangings in India.

Mohammed Ajmal Qasab, the sole surviving attacker from the 2008 Mumbai attacks, 
was executed in November 2012 in a prison in the western city of Pune.

And in February 2013, a Kashmiri man, Afzal Guru, was hanged in Delhi's Tihar 
jail for the 2001 attack on India's parliament.

(source: BBC news)






SAUDI ARABIA----executions

Saudi Arabia beheads Iranian national


Saudi Arabia has executed an Iranian and 3 Syrians after being handed down the 
death penalty for drug trafficking.

The convicts, sentenced to death for trying to import hashish into the Saudi 
kingdom, were decapitated by sword in northern and eastern Saudi Arabia on 
Tuesday.

The Iranian convict was identified as Raza Abbas Fadhil Aderisawi, who was 
beheaded in the east of the country.

The Syrian nationals, who were executed in the northern region of al-Jawf, were 
identified as Hamoud Fayez Hassoun, Hassan Taha Musalamani, and Youssef 
Abdullah al-Halqi.

Tuesday's executions raise the number of people decapitated by sword in Saudi 
Arabia over the past four weeks alone to 30.

At least 45 people have been sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia this year. The 
Saudi regime carries out capital punishments mostly by beheading.

Saudi Arabia, with one of the highest rates of executions in the world, has 
frequently been criticized by human rights organizations.

"Any execution is appalling, but executions for crimes such as drug smuggling 
or sorcery that result in no loss of life are particularly egregious," said 
Sarah Leah Whitson of Human Rights Watch.

Saudi Arabia, ruled by a hereditary royal system, enjoys full support of its 
close ally the United States.

In July, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay censured Saudi 
Arabia for harassing human rights activists under a failed judicial system.

(source: Press TV)