[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

[Rick Halperin]

June 5



BANGLADESH:

Oishee's death penalty commuted to life term


The High Court on Monday commuted the death sentence awarded to Oishee Rahman 
to life term imprisonment for killing her parents in 2013, reports UNB.

An HC bench of Justice Jahangir Hossain Selim and Justice M Jahangir Hossain 
passed the order this morning.

The court, earlier on Sunday, set Monday as the date to deliver its verdict on 
the death reference, and appeal of Oishee Rahman against the death penalty 
awarded to her.

Earlier on 7 May, the bench kept the death reference and appeal in the case 
waiting for verdict after concluding the hearing that started on 12 March.

On 12 November 2015, judge Syed Ahmed of the Speedy Trial Tribunal-3 sentenced 
Oishee Rahman to death for killing her parents. The tribunal also fined her Tk 
20,000.

Besides, the tribunal sentenced Mizanur Rahman Rony, a friend of Oishee, to 2 
years' imprisonment and fined him Tk 5,000, in default, 1 month's jail and 
acquitted Asaduzzaman Johny.

Police, on 16 August 2013, recovered the bodies of Special Branch (SB) 
inspector Mahfuzur Rahman and his wife Swapna Rahman from their Chamelibagh 
residence in the capital.

Later, Oishee surrendered to police confessing to her involvement in the 
killing.

On 6 December 2015, condemned convict Oishee filed an appeal with the High 
Court against the tribunal verdict.

(source: prothom-alo.com)






PHILIPPINES:

Hang in public ASG supporter Nobleza? Duterte can't do that----The President's 
threat is mere 'hyperbole' to dramatize his public statements, says Chief 
Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo


President Rodrigo Duterte's own chief legal counsel said Superintendent Maria 
Cristina Nobleza can???t be hanged in public for reportedly aiding terrorist 
groups in Mindanao.

"That is not the penalty imposed by the Constitution," said Chief Presidential 
Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo told Palace reporters on Monday, June 5, after 
being asked why Nobleza cannot be executed by public hanging.

"What [President Duterte] is saying is that this Nobleza has to be given the 
severest penalty imposed by law but that is not hanging, definitely not 
hanging," he said.

Duterte, a lawyer, made the threat during a media interview on Saturday, June 
3, in Cagayan De Oro. "The President, as we have known him by this time, he is 
fond of hyperbole because he wants some drama in some statements, to dramatize 
anything that he says, to get the attention of the people," weighed in Panelo.

On Saturday, Duterte said he would order the public hanging of Nobleza for 
betraying the country.

"She should be executed by public hanging). And I will not hesitate to do it if 
it comes to that. I will hang every traitor here in government," said Duterte.

Nobleza is the police official who was arrested for an alleged attempt to 
rescue a terrorist involved in the foiled Bohol terror attack.

A police investigation revealed that Nobleza was romantically involved with 
Renierlo Dongon, brother-in-law of several terror leaders in Mindanao.

Duterte claimed Nobleza accepted money from the Islamic State or ISIS in the 
Middle East and channeled the funds to terror groups in the Philippines.

"We looked at the remittances. The name always surfacing is that of the woman, 
Nobleza, the police woman who was being sent funds by 1 of the terror groups 
fighting in the Middle East. She is really the lady that is a traitor to her 
country," said the President on Saturday.

Aside from public hanging not being in the Constitution, Congress has not yet 
passed any law reviving death penalty in the country.

In the death penalty revival bill passed by the House of Representatives, House 
Bill Number 4727, hanging is 1 of the allowed methods of execution, aside from 
firing squad and lethal injection.

(sourcec: rappler.com)






CHINA:

China's New Cybersecurity Law Carries Death Penalty For Some Offenses


China's latest cybersecurity law came into force last week and the sky did not 
fall and companies have not shuttered.

After months of haranguing by foreign chambers of commerce, symposiums about 
draft versions of the law, and many news stories, the Cybersecurity Law went 
into effect. The law lists the death penalty as one of the worst penalties 
related to the state secrets provision in the law.

The law also requires critical information infrastructure operators to protect 
"important information", though the law does dot clearly delineate what 
information is important. The consensus is this important information refers to 
state secrets, intellectual property, and consumers' personal information.

The most significant change is that Chinese citizens' "personal information" 
and "important data" must now be stored on servers within China. Any companies 
claiming an exception that is "truly necessary" must undergo a security 
assessment before information can be released.

So this will affect marketing companies and those whose databases may contain 
Chinese users' domestic information. For example, if a marketing company has a 
global database of dentists, and 20% of that database contains records of 
dentists inside China, then those Chinese dentists' records must ostensibly be 
placed on servers inside China and not transmitted outside of China unless the 
company undergoes a security assessment.

Especially in cloud computing environments, where data may easily flow from a 
server in one national jurisdiction to another, this law will impact how 
businesses do business. If a small business in Shanghai wants to backup its 
servers and data offsite to a data center in Singapore or Seoul, the law now 
prohibits this type of data transfer.

But it can also affect Chinese companies who wish to expand overseas. If a 
company has a distributed application with a content distribution network 
service that assists the application to run faster for users around the world, 
the use of the CDN on offshore services appears to be prohibited by the new 
law. So how can Chinese companies legally now serve data from their base in 
Beijing to a user in Germany? It is still unclear and still a sign that 
technology is outpacing even the newest laws and regulations.

(source: chinatechnews.com)