[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

[Rick Halperin]

August 28



EGYPT:

6 sentenced to death over attacking police ambush


Aside from their involvement in terror-related crimes, the attack on the 
ambush, which is located in Al-Khasos city in Qaluybia governorate, resulted in 
the death of a police officer and also left others injured.

The court also sentenced 2 defendants to life in prison (25 years), a minor to 
15 years of intensive imprisonment and another defendant to 5 years in the same 
case that is known in the media as "Khosous Ambush."

Back in 2017, there were initially 12 accused of the crime; however, those 
facing death penalty are Islam Mohamed, Mohamed Sabri, Mohamed Nasar, Ibrahim 
Abd El-Daher, Abd ElRahman Mostafa and Mohamed Mahmoud Hesham.

According to the investigations, the 1st defendant in 2016 established and lead 
a terrorist group contrary to the provisions of the law that was aimed at 
disrupting and preventing state institutions and public authorities from 
fulfilling their duties.

This group also aimed to change the regime by force, by attacking police 
authorities and armed forces. The other defendants also joined this terrorist 
group and they were taught how to use firearms to assassinate policemen.

The investigations revealed that the defendants, from 1st to 5th, 9th, 11th and 
12th provided the group with the necessary funds, firearms and explosives so 
that they can carry out terrorist attacks.

With respect to the crime of assassinating a police officer at a special police 
unit, the defendants all participated in the assassination of Moustafa Mohammed 
Amin, a police sergeant, as he was at the special police unit when the incident 
occured. The 3rd defendant also took footage of the assassination as it 
happened.

In June, the court presided by Judge Shaaban Al-Shamy, referred the case to 
Grand Mufti, Egypt's top religious body authorized to issue Islamic rulings on 
the execution of the 6 convicted.

(source: egypttoday.com)






IRAN----execution

Man Hanged in Ardabil


A prisoner was executed at Ardabil Central Prison on murder charges.

According to a close source, on the morning of Sunday, August 26, a prisoner 
was executed at Ardabil central prison. The prisoner, sentenced to death on 
murder charges, was identified as Shahram Mohammadi, 37.

Shahram Mohammadi had been in prison for three years and 10 months.

HRANA reported that the prisoner was transferred to the solitary confinement on 
Saturday.

A close source told IHR, "His family was supposed to win the consent of the 
plaintiffs who had promised to give their consent several times but they 
changed their mind. Finally, Shahram was executed at Ardabil Prison on 
Saturday."

The execution of this prisoner has not been announced by the state-run media so 
far.

According to Iran Human Rights annual report on the death penalty, 240 of the 
517 execution sentences in 2017 were implemented due to murder charges. There 
is a lack of a classification of murder by degree in Iran which results in 
issuing a death sentence for any kind of murder regardless of intensity and 
intent.

(source: Iran Human Rights)






TURKEY:

Turkish leaders agree to bring back death penalty


Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the leader of his far-right junior 
coalition partner, Devlet Bahceli, have agreed to a proposal that could see the 
death penalty restored in Turkey, Cumhuriyet newspaper said on Tuesday.

The 2 leaders want to see the death penalty restored for terrorism offences and 
the murder of women and children, having discussed the issue at a meeting held 
at the end of July, the newspaper said.

An amnesty for other crimes is also on the agenda, Cumhuriyet said. Bahceli has 
long advocated such an idea and his Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) recently 
produced draft legislation relating to the issue.

Both the reinstatement of the death penalty and the proposed amnesty would 
require amending Turkey's constitution. This requires support from at least 360 
of parliament's 600 members. The MHP and Erdogan's Justice and Development 
Party together won around 20 seats less than this in June's parliamentary 
elections.

Turkey abolished the death penalty in 2004, though no executions have taken 
place since 1984. Restoring the death penalty would put an end to Turkey's 
already dormant bid to join the European Union.

(source: ahvalnews.com)






VIETNAM:

Lao man arrested for smuggling drug to Vietnam


A Lao man was detained by the border guard force of Vietnam's central Quang Tri 
province on Tuesday when he was transporting 65,800 pills of methamphetamine 
from Laos to Vietnam.

The 19-year-old detainee confessed that he had been hired to transport the 
synthetic drug by a 27-year-old man from Vietnam's northern Bac Giang province, 
and a 19-year-old woman from northern Tuyen Quang province, the border guard 
force said, adding that relevant Vietnamese agencies arrested the duo for 
further investigation.

According to Vietnamese law, those convicted of smuggling over 600 grams of 
heroin or more than 2.5 km of methamphetamine are punishable by death. Making 
or trading 100 grams of heroin or 300 grams of other illegal drugs also faces 
death penalty.

(source: xinhuanet.com)