[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

[Rick Halperin]

Aug. 11



IRAN----female execution

Iran regime hangs 39-year-old mother while telling her cellmates she was taken 
to infirmary


Iran's fundamentalist regime on Monday hanged a young Iranian mother in a 
notorious prison in Karaj, north-west of the capital Tehran. Fatemeh Haddadi, 
39, had been imprisoned in the notorious Qarchak Prison for Women in Varamin, 
south-east of Tehran.

On Sunday (August 9) wardens took Ms. Haddadi from Hall 6 of Qarchak Prison 
under the guise of transferring her to the medical center. She was transferred 
to solitary confinement in Gohardasht (Rajaishahr) Prison in Karaj and was 
executed there the following day, according to the website of the People's 
Mojahedin Organization of Iran, PMOI (Mujahedin-e Khalq, MEK).

Ms. Haddadi who had a daughter had been imprisoned for the past 8 years.

There are unconfirmed reports that 9 other men were hanged with Ms. Haddadi on 
Monday in Gohardasht.

Qarchak Prison, also referred to as 'Qarchak Death Camp', was used by the 
regime in Iran as a place to brutally torture and rape those arrested during 
the 2009 anti-regime popular protests. The deaths of at least 4 young 
protesters under torture in Qarchak turned into a scandal for the Iranian 
regime.

Iran's regime hanged 2 other women at the end of July.

One of the women, identified as Pari-Dokht Molai-Far, was hanged in the 
notorious Qezelhesar Prison on July 29. The mother of one had been imprisoned 
in Qarchak Prison for the past three years and was transferred to Qezelhesar to 
face execution.

Another woman was hanged in Kerman's Shahab Prison, southeast Iran, on July 30.

"Iran has reportedly executed more than 600 individuals so far this year. Last 
year, at least 753 people were executed in the country," UN High Commissioner 
for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein said on Wednesday.

(source: NCR-Iran)






NIGERIA:

Nigerian Drug Baron Duped Models Into Being Drug Mules----Elusive Nigerian drug 
baron, who pretended to be a pro footballer, duped innocent girls with model 
looks into being drug mules exposing them to risk of death penalty in Asian 
countries where laws on drug trafficking are tough.


Russian Maria Dapirka, Colombian Juliana Lopez and Akzharkyn Turlybay from 
Kazakhstan allegedly have been duped into being drug mules by the same Nigerian 
drug baron who pretended to be a pro footballer. What started as a beautiful 
love story for these innocent girls with model looks ended up into a nightmare 
on the death row on drug-trafficking charges.

All these beautiful girls have been duped into being drug mules by an elusive 
Nigerian drug baron, who pretended to be a professional footballer or a pro 
from the fashion industry. He seduced the girls promising to marry them and 
establishing intimate relationships with his victims, but little did they know 
what they have been chosen for.

After worming himself into their confidence, this Nigerian drug dealer arranged 
trips to some Asian countries for these girls, giving them suitcases with a 
double bottom, stuffed with cocaine and heroin.

They were unaware of the fact that their luggage contained enough of drugs to 
get a death sentence or a long term up to life in prison for drug smuggling in 
such countries as China, Indonesia, or Vietnam.

Akzharkyn Turlybay insists she is not guilty.

Elusive Nigerian drug baron, who acted under different names every time, 
remains at large, while 1 of his victims, Akzharkyn Turlybay, a 20-year-old 
model from Kazakhstan, was sentenced to life imprisonment in China for alleged 
drug smuggling. The girl insists she was duped into drug trafficking by a 
Nigerian drug baron, who pretended to be a professional in the fashion 
industry.

Maria Dapirka is believed to be the victim of the same Nigerian drug baron.

To date there are several more young female victims of Nigerian drug smugglers. 
Among them - young Russian girl Maria Dapirka, who was arrested last year in 
Vietnam with cocaine hidden in her luggage - and that luggage was given by the 
Nigerian suspect who appears to be the same person which landed in trouble 
other girls.

In 2012 Zhibek Sakeeva received 12 years in prison in Indonesia after the same 
elusive Nigerian drug dealer gave her a suitcase containing drug in its walls 
she was unaware of. In total more than 30 people have got long jail terms after 
being duped by him into drug trafficking.

Now the relatives of these victims who have been landed in trouble by a 2-faced 
Nigerian drug smuggler desperately ask the general public to help them identify 
the criminal and bring him to justice to get their loved ones out of jails.

Juliana Lopez has become one of the latest victims of drug smugglers: she faces 
from life imprisonment to death sentence in China

The latest victim who has been landed in trouble in the same way is 22-year-old 
Colombian - Juliana Lopez. She is a university student and a model. Besides 
that she hosts a TV show in Colombia and plays football in the female football 
team Divas del Futbol.

Lopez was arrested in China with a notebook containing drugs inside. She 
insists that she was unaware of that fact. It's not known yet whether the same 
Nigerian drug smuggler is involved in this case. But the law enforcement 
agencies fighting drug trafficking worldwide warn about new dangerous trend 
among drug smugglers to dupe innocent naive beautiful girls into being drug 
mules what they're usually not even aware of.

Judge Charles R. Norgle, who is investigating Buruji Kashamu's drug trafficking 
charges in the United States, says that Kashamu acted on the similar scheme in 
the US. He insists he has an extensive evidence base against Kashamu including 
his accomplices??? testimony referring to Kashamu as the mastermind of drug 
smuggling cartel.

One of the drug couriers, Ellen Wolters, allegedly had a romance with Kashamu, 
documented by law enforcement bodies along with details of smuggling 
operations.

(source: naij.com)






INDONESIA:

Jobless man given death for drug trafficking


A jobless man appeared calm yesterday when given the death sentence by a High 
Court judge who found him guilty of trafficking 754.99gramme of Methamphetamine 
3 years ago.

Judge Datuk Yew Jen Kie handed down the sentence on Chiong Swee Ling after 
ruling that his defence had failed to raise reasonable doubts against the 
prosecution's case.

In the judgement, Yew said the defence by the accused was merely a denial.

Chiong was charged under Section 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drug Act 1952 and 
punishable under Section 39B(2) of the same act.

The 46-year-old was found guilty of committing the offence in the compound of 
an apartment at MJC Batu Kawa at 5.40pm on July 17, 2013.

The event unfolded when Chiong attempted to evade police when being approached 
and a subsequent inspection found a black plastic bag containing the drug on 
him.

In the same court room, a couple was ordered to enter their defence on 3 drug 
charges framed against them.

Justice Yew ruled that the prosecution had successfully proved their case on 
Chong Joo Hong, 33, and his girlfriend Lucy Jemat, 23, and fixed the defence 
call to be held on Sept 19 and 20 this year.

A total of 79.79grammes of Nimetazepam, 302.49 Ketamine and 68.82grammes of 
MDMA were seized from their rented house in Kota Sentosa during a police raid 
on March 26, 2013.

Lucy was 7-month pregnant when the arrest was made and gave birth in prison.

They are facing a mandatory death penalty under Section 39B(1)(a) of the 
Dangerous Drug Act 1952.

Defence counsel Anthony Tai represented all the accused while DPP DPP Noor 
Fadzilla Ishak and DPP Mirza Mohammad prosecuted.

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3 charged with causing man's death


3 persons, including a woman, were charged in a magistrates' court here 
yesterday for allegedly causing the death of a man in Kota Samarahan last 
month.

No plea was taken from the accused, Percy Wong Kiet, 40, from Jalan Mendu, Lim 
Kim Chong, 29, a taxi driver from Jalan Stutong and Chin Tze Thing, 40, from 
Taman Riveria.

Magistrate Zulhairil Sulaiman ordered the 3 to be further remanded in prison as 
the offence was non-bailable and fixed Sept 10 for further mention of the case.

All of them face the mandatory death penalty under Section 302 of the Penal 
Code read together with Section 34 of the same Code upon conviction.

They allegedly committed the offence between 7pm and 11.50pm on July 27 on the 
ground floor of a shop house in Taman Riveria, (Phase 3) here.

Initially, 5 suspects including 2 women were arrested in connection with the 
case.

However, another woman and man were released without charge and turned key 
witnesses for the prosecution.

Defence counsels Shankar Ram, Roger Chin and Lim Lian Kee represented the 3 
accused.

(source for both: theborneopost.com)






BANGLADESH:

Siraj to hang, Akram gets imprisonment until death


A war tribunal in Dhaka has awarded death penalty to Bagerhat Razakar Sheikh 
Sirajul Haque alias Siraj Master and imprisonment until death to Khan Akram 
Hossain.

International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) 1 pronounced the judgement on Tuesday 
afternoon.

Siraj Master was sentenced to death in 5 charges while got acquittal in 1 
charge. 3 charges were brought against Akram Hossain. Among those, he was found 
guilty in 1 charge.

In its observation, the tribunal said no punishment other than death can be 
proper for Siraj Master's horrific crimes committed during the 1971 Liberation 
War.

The 3-member panel of ICT 1 headed by its Chairman Justice M Enayetur Rahim 
started reading the 133-page verdict against the Razakar duo around 11am 
Tuesday. The war criminals were brought to the tribunal around 9am.

They were indicted on November 5 last year on 8 charges of crimes against 
humanity including genocide, murder, abduction and forceful conversion of 
Hindus into Islam in Bagerhat during the 1971 Liberation War.

The other accused in the case is Khan Akram Hossain. The court earlier abated 
the 3rd accused, Abdul Latif Talukder, from the charges as he died at Dhaka 
Medical College Hospital on July 28.

The trio were indicted on November 5 last year on 8 charges of crimes against 
humanity including genocide, murder, abduction and forceful conversion of 
Hindus into Islam.

Siraj Master was known as Siraj Kosai during the war because of his brutality. 
He used to slit throats of the victims, after they had been shot by the 
razakars, to confirm their deaths. He was also a key associate of razakar 
founder AKM Yusuf during the war.

Of the charges, Siraj Kosai was indicted on 4 charges - for the killing of 
600-700 Hindus in Rampal; 50 Hindus in Ranjitpur; abduction and killing of 19 
people at Besargati and Kandapara; and the killing of 7 people at Chulkathi.

2 common charges were brought against all of them - for the killing of 47 
people while 1 each against Khan Akram and Latif.

(source: Dhaka Tribune)