Stades de mort : la FIFA alertée

<div style="text-align: justify;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRTb7QujpT-nSsULV7vc9Mh8HcugnaTbpcYC3hwEziid5loXIFVqg9N1gLH4CePDKrjfKja4KOfwRq1uHJ1Kn0YQfG63gJGv4r8TyE-PaI6g95eo1iRCKAlkO7VNoVhsyBicXDlMj5PnU/s1600/Public+execution+in+Iran.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRTb7QujpT-nSsULV7vc9Mh8HcugnaTbpcYC3hwEziid5loXIFVqg9N1gLH4CePDKrjfKja4KOfwRq1uHJ1Kn0YQfG63gJGv4r8TyE-PaI6g95eo1iRCKAlkO7VNoVhsyBicXDlMj5PnU/s400/Public+execution+in+Iran.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Si j'étais joueur, je ne pourrais jouer là où un homme a été décapité ou pendu."</td></tr></tbody></table>[<a href="https://translate.google.com/?hl=en&tab=wT#fr/en/http%3A%2F%2Fdeathpenaltynews.blogspot.com%2F2017%2F01%2Fstades-de-mort-la-fifa-alertee.html" target="_blank">Click here to Google translate this article into your own language.</a> Choose the target language in the right-hand box and then click on Translate. Alternatively, you can use the Google translation tool at the top of this page's right sidebar.]<br /><br />En 2017, dans certains coins de la planète, on exécute toujours publiquement des gens dans des stades de foot. La FIFA, qui a récemment ajouté à ses statuts un article qui l'engage à respecter les droits de l'homme et à promouvoir leur protection, promet d'aborder la question avec la fédération iranienne.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ce matin du 22 septembre 2016, à Neyriz, ils sont quelques dizaines à s'être rendus dans le petit stade de foot de cette ville de 45 000 habitants, située dans la province de Fars, dans l'ouest iranien. Pourtant, aucun match n'est programmé ce jour-là. Installé sur un semblant de tribune, séparé du terrain par un grillage, le public, majoritairement masculin, est venu assister à une exécution. Celle de Saeed T., condamné à la peine capitale pour viol et meurtre. Exposé sur la plate-forme arrière d'un camion, le visage recouvert d'un linge noir, l'homme sera pendu en public, tracté de bas en haut par une grue. Une pratique qui n'a rien d'exceptionnel en <a href="http://www.sofoot.com/iran.html" target="_blank">Iran</a>, où une interprétation particulière de la charia fait office de code pénal. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">En 2015, sur 969 exécutions, 57 se sont déroulées dans l'espace public (selon les chiffres officiels communiqués par l'État iranien, probablement en deçà de la réalité). Cette barbarie, l'ONG française Ensemble contre la peine de mort (ECPM) ne l'accepte pas. Et elle a décidé de le faire savoir à la FIFA, en adressant fin septembre un courrier à son président, Gianni Infantino. « Exécuter dans un stade, ce n'est pas anodin, explique Raphaël Chenuil-Hazan, le directeur d'ECPM. C'est dans ce sens que nous tentons d'alerter Infantino. La FIFA ne peut pas dire que cela ne la regarde pas. Si j'étais joueur, ce serait impossible de jouer là où un homme a été décapité ou pendu. »</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: justify;">Une barbarie sans limite</h3><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Avec l'Arabie saoudite, la <a href="http://www.sofoot.com/coree-du-nord.html" target="_blank">Corée du Nord</a> et les territoires contrôlés par Daesh, l'<a href="http://www.sofoot.com/iran.html" target="_blank">Iran</a> est l'un des derniers pays à pratiquer l'exécution publique, que ce soit sur des places ou dans des stades. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">La <a href="http://www.sofoot.com/chine.html" target="_blank">Chine</a> et l'<a href="http://www.sofoot.com/afghanistan.html">Afghanistan</a> – qui s'y adonnait à l'époque des talibans – ont récemment abandonné. « C'est la théâtralisation de la mise à mort, dans le seul but de faire peur à la population, pose Chenuil-Hazan. Le stade est ouvert. Hommes, femmes, enfants, vieillards, tout le monde est incité par la police à venir assister au "spectacle". </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">En <a href="http://www.sofoot.com/iran.html" target="_blank">Iran</a>, la peine de mort a toujours été un outil politique. La majorité des condamnés à mort sont coupables de trafic de drogue ou d'homosexualité, et sont souvent issus de minorités ethniques ou religieuses. C'est un message adressé aux Kurdes et aux Afghans, qui représentent le prolétariat local. Ils exécutent même des mineurs. Leur code pénal, c'est la charia. Et ils s'y tiennent. » </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Pour rendre le « spectacle » le plus macabre possible, les autorités iraniennes, qui exécutent essentiellement par pendaison, ont décidé de mettre en place une graduation de l'horreur. Selon la sentence, la peine capitale peut s'effectuer sous deux formes différentes. La première consiste à « lâcher » le pendu. Dans sa chute, sa nuque se brise et le pauvre bougre décède rapidement. La seconde prouve que la barbarie ne connaît aucune limite. C'est celle qu'a subie Saeed T. à Neyriz. Le condamné est pendu par traction, accroché à une grue qui s'élève jusqu'à ce que ses pieds ne touche plus le sol. La mort par suffocation est alors beaucoup plus lente et douloureuse. Contacté par ECPM, le fabricant japonais de ces grues a accepté de demander à l’État iranien d'arrêter d'utiliser son matériel pour ce type d'activité. Visiblement sans succès.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: justify;">La FIFA répond enfin</h3><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Le 6 décembre dernier, non sans quelques relances, la FIFA a enfin répondu au courrier d'ECPM. Et c'est Fatma Samoura, la secrétaire générale, qui s'y est collée. En anglais, elle indique à Raphaël Chenuil-Hazan qu'elle a bien pris note de « l'incident » qui a eu lieu à Neyriz, et que « la FIFA condamne ce type d'action, qui par sa nature, viole fondamentalement la dignité inhérente à chaque être humain » . Et par conséquent, elle ne manquera pas d'aborder le sujet « lors de ses futurs échanges avec la Fédération iranienne de football » . Enfin, la Sénégalaise conclut en signalant au directeur d'ECPM que, comme l'exige le nouvel article 3 de ses statuts, « la FIFA s'engage à respecter les droits de l'homme internationalement reconnus, et s'efforce de promouvoir leur protection. Cet engagement implique des efforts pour prévenir et atténuer les impacts négatifs sur les droits de l'homme de tiers en relation directe avec nos opérations. Dans le cadre de ces activités, nous cherchons de plus en plus à collaborer avec nos associations membres, pour les aider à mettre en place des mécanismes adéquats, afin qu'ils respectent les droits de l'homme. » </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">À la lecture du courrier venu de <a href="http://www.sofoot.com/suisse.html" target="_blank">Suisse</a>, Chenuil-Hazan se dit « satisfait que cet article 3 donne à la FIFA le pouvoir d'agir, satisfait que la FIFA ait prévu d'engager des échanges avec la fédération iranienne. Maintenant, nous attendons que la FIFA donne des suites concrètes en sanctionnant l'<a href="http://www.sofoot.com/iran.html">Iran</a>, pourquoi pas en l'excluant de compétitions internationales, puisque ses nouveaux statuts lui en donnent le droit » . En avril 2013, l'instance mondiale avait déjà mis en garde l'<a href="http://www.sofoot.com/iran.html">Iran</a> au sujet de ses exécutions sur des terrains de foot. Évidemment sans conséquence pour cette « association membre » .</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Source: <a href="http://www.sofoot.com/stades-de-shoot-437334.html" target="_blank">so foot</a>, Mathias Edwards, January 10, 2017<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">⚑ | Report an error, an omission; suggest a story or a new angle to an existing story; submit a piece; recommend a resource; contact the webmaster, contact us: <a href="mailto:deathpenaltynews@gmail.com">deathpenaltynews@gmail.com</a>.</div><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="4" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px solid rgb(255, 204, 0); color: black; text-align: center; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr> <td><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/WebDPN/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL4sspwgGptzvuHVklum5TwxKppRN-lIC5TN8RLZFq_B4ZOtBrX1ssXPNKQ6XpSyQFRJRtVQN45HMkpt3VX0JtOW0TovwxZAurG-AV6gh98IAXo7Ip6QlpkZr9WrM3_m943Mwy-gGxBAY/s1600/Find+us+Facebook.jpg" /></a></div></td> <td><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://twitter.com/WebDPN" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiULIPEaT_P6oIauxAZd17XRRxljesDLS7iIjdQXT7Xct99uHeohx4IYmiAB6S044gTjMDGSy50sL2vDzOyPZ-3vJj9zwcYQ2rgzJh9v1-QDiunKAQtLLLqJ83s38qN3HABxGIC8GsIOD0/s1600/Find+us+twitter.jpg" /></a><span id="goog_1427852018"></span><span id="goog_1427852019"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><b>Opposed to Capital Punishment? 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Stades de mort : la FIFA alertée

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Florida airport shooting suspect will face charges that could bring the death penalty

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIBbSnJE-yVBbX_IvAuBwVFfxjNZnhmPjOQjOq0ainJiAP8tZPNOz32mW-fSag5y08BeEK-20nAmZZ6-twEvXT8gLtk4svT_HonXBDLpgXtuOI-Q_fScfbbXqvIdRsXzf6pp6v6i6zVBA/s1600/Esteban+Ruiz+Santiago+FA_USA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Esteban Ruiz Santiago" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIBbSnJE-yVBbX_IvAuBwVFfxjNZnhmPjOQjOq0ainJiAP8tZPNOz32mW-fSag5y08BeEK-20nAmZZ6-twEvXT8gLtk4svT_HonXBDLpgXtuOI-Q_fScfbbXqvIdRsXzf6pp6v6i6zVBA/s320/Esteban+Ruiz+Santiago+FA_USA.jpg" title="Esteban Ruiz Santiago" width="265" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Esteban Ruiz Santiago</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">Investigators say Florida airport shooting suspect Esteban Santiago told them he planned the carnage and purchased a one-way ticket to Fort Lauderdale to carry it out.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">But it is still unclear why South Florida was targeted.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Federal prosecutors filed court documents Saturday detailing airport violence, gun and murder allegations against Santiago. If convicted, he could face the death penalty or life in federal prison, they said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Santiago fired approximately 10 to 15 rounds of ammunition from his firearm, aiming at his victims' heads. He was described as walking while shooting in a methodical manner," FBI Agent Michael Ferlazzo wrote in court records.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Five people died and six more suffered gunshot injuries.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"At one point, he exited the Terminal 2 baggage area [and went] onto the sidewalk and then re-entered, still carrying the handgun," agents wrote.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Moments later, a Broward County sheriff's deputy approached Santiago, who "dropped the handgun on the ground, in lock-back [mode], meaning that all the ammunition had been fired, and [he] dropped to the floor," investigators wrote.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">They say Santiago told them he checked baggage that contained a Walther 9mm semiautomatic handgun and two magazines of ammunition. After claiming his baggage, he said he took it into a stall in the men's restroom, removed the gun, loaded it and put it in his waistband, authorities said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"He then left the men's restroom and shot the first people he encountered," agents wrote. "Santiago emptied his first magazine, then reloaded and shot until the second magazine, too, was out of bullets. He believes he shot approximately 15 rounds before his arrest."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The shootings were apparently recorded by security video, which agents said corroborated Santiago's confession and witnesses' statements.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Santiago, 26, of Anchorage, is due to make his first appearance at 11 a.m. Monday in federal court in Fort Lauderdale.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He traveled nearly 5,000 miles from Alaska to Fort Lauderdale. But after interviewing Santiago for hours, investigators said they had no clear answer to the question: Why did he come to Fort Lauderdale?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"The early indication is that there was no specific reason why he chose Fort Lauderdale International Airport," said George L. Piro, the special agent in charge of the FBI in South Florida.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Indications are he came here to carry out this horrific attack. We have not identified any triggers that would have caused this attack, but again it's very early in the investigation," Piro said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It could be several days, or weeks, before formal charges are filed. Prosecutors will most likely seek an indictment by presenting their evidence to a federal grand jury in Fort Lauderdale.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">At the initial hearing Monday in federal court, U.S. Magistrate Judge Alicia Valle will explain the allegations to Santiago. She will probably also appoint the Federal Public Defender's Office to represent Santiago, if he does not hire a private attorney.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Though state prosecutors in Florida frequently seek the death penalty, it is uncommon for federal prosecutors to pursue it.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Federal judges and jurors in Florida have only sentenced two men to federal death row since Congress reinstated the death penalty in 1988.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">State prosecutors in Broward County could seek to file murder charges against Santiago separately because the shooting deaths occurred there.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Broward State Attorney's Office is cooperating with federal prosecutors, and no decision on that has yet been made, a spokesman said Saturday.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Federal authorities say they are still investigating the motive for the attack and have not yet ruled out terrorism. They say Santiago was acting alone.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">An Iraqi war veteran, Santiago sought out the FBI in Anchorage in November and was hospitalized for mental health treatment after what agents said was “erratic behavior," authorities said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Anchorage police and the FBI confirmed Saturday that Santiago went to the FBI office in Anchorage seeking help Nov. 7. He was hospitalized for a mental health evaluation and a firearm he had left in his vehicle outside the office was temporarily taken from him.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The gun, which investigators said may or may not be the one used in the mass shooting at the airport in Fort Lauderdale, was returned to him by law enforcement on Dec. 8.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Despite reportedly being disturbed and delusional and having had incidents of reported domestic violence, Santiago was not on the government list of people prohibited from flying that was set up after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"During our initial investigation we found no ties to terrorism," said Marlin Ritzman, the agent in charge of the FBI's office in Anchorage. "He broke no laws when he came into our office making comments about mind control."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The FBI contacted the Anchorage Police Department, which transported Santiago to a mental health facility. The department took his weapon and "logged it into evidence for safekeeping," Police Chief Christopher Tolley said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Mr. Santiago had arrived at the FBI building asking for help," Tolley said. "Santiago was having terroristic thoughts and believed he was being influenced by ISIS,” an acronym for the Islamic State extremist group in the Middle East.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The FBI closed its assessment of Santiago after conducting database reviews and interagency checks.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"He was a walk-in complaint," Ritzman said. "This is something that happens at FBI offices around the country every day."　</div><br /><b><a href="http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-florida-airport-shooting-20170107-story.html" target="_blank">Click here to read the full article</a></b><br /><br />Source: Los Angeles Times, Paula McMahon, Megan O'Matz, Deborah Ramirez, January 8, 2017<br /><br /><br /><h2>Florida airport gunman charged, US seeks death penalty</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAst1MqCI2r6TLhRuerCF8PoT90t8hM3U5_DGXXYCFD3O3UXQ2_NvvZBuQTWJy3YH4XLI9G1J4OPztUpbhb-GcWmB3NxVyi4qJ7yvX2ot8qz_XrWA60IuqPgoGfg5CdubQk3MV5mQSdkE/s1600/another+day.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAst1MqCI2r6TLhRuerCF8PoT90t8hM3U5_DGXXYCFD3O3UXQ2_NvvZBuQTWJy3YH4XLI9G1J4OPztUpbhb-GcWmB3NxVyi4qJ7yvX2ot8qz_XrWA60IuqPgoGfg5CdubQk3MV5mQSdkE/s400/another+day.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>The Iraq war veteran accused of killing five travelers and wounding six others at a busy international airport in Florida was charged Saturday and could face the death penalty if convicted.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Esteban Santiago, 26, told investigators that he planned the attack, buying a one-way ticket to the Fort Lauderdale airport, a federal complaint said. Authorities don't know why he chose his target and have not ruled out terrorism.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Santiago was charged with an act of violence at an international airport resulting in death — which carries a maximum punishment of execution — and weapons charges.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Today's charges represent the gravity of the situation and reflect the commitment of federal, state and local law enforcement personnel to continually protect the community and prosecute those who target our residents and visitors," US Attorney Wifredo Ferrer said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Authorities said during a news conference that they had interviewed roughly 175 people, including a lengthy interrogation with the cooperative suspect, a former National Guard soldier from Alaska. Flights had resumed at the Fort Lauderdale airport after the bloodshed, though the terminal where the shooting happened remained closed.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Santiago spoke to investigators for several hours after he opened fire with a Walther 9mm semi-automatic handgun that he appears to have legally checked on a flight from Alaska. He had two magazines with him and emptied both of them, firing about 15 rounds, before he was arrested, the complaint said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"We have not identified any triggers that would have caused this attack. We're pursuing all angles on what prompted him to carry out this horrific attack," FBI Agent George Piro said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Investigators are combing through social media and other information to determine Santiago's motive, and it's too early to say whether terrorism played a role, Piro said. In November, Santiago had walked into an FBI field office in Alaska saying the US government was controlling his mind and forcing him to watch Islamic State group videos, authorities said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"He was a walk-in complaint. This is something that happens at FBI offices around the country every day," FBI agent Marlin Ritzman said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On that day, Santiago had a loaded magazine on him, but had left a gun in his vehicle, along with his newborn child, authorities said. Officers seized the weapon and local officers took him to get a mental health evaluation. His girlfriend picked up the child.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On Dec. 8, the gun was returned to Santiago. Authorities wouldn't say if it was the same gun used in the airport attack.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Santiago had not been placed on the US no-fly list and appears to have acted alone, authorities said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The attack sent panicked witnesses running out of the terminal and spilling onto the tarmac, baggage in hand. Others hid in bathroom stalls or crouched behind cars or anything else they could find as police and paramedics rushed in to help the wounded and establish whether there were any other gunmen.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Over the course of about 45 seconds, the shooter reloaded twice, he said. When he was out of bullets, he walked away, dropped the gun and lay face down, spread eagle on the floor, Lea said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">By that time, a deputy had arrived and grabbed the shooter. Lea put his foot on the gun to secure it.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Santiago had been discharged from the National Guard last year after being demoted for unsatisfactory performance. Bryan Santiago said Saturday that his brother had requested psychological help but received little assistance. Esteban Santiago said in August that he was hearing voices.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"How is it possible that the federal government knows, they hospitalize him for only four days, and then give him his weapon back?" Bryan Santiago said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">His mother declined to comment as she stood inside the screen door of the family home in Puerto Rico, wiping tears from her eyes. The only thing she said was that Esteban Santiago had been tremendously affected by seeing a bomb explode next to two of his friends when he was around 18 years old while serving in Iraq.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Santiago will make his first court appearance Monday.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It is legal for airline passengers to travel with guns and ammunition as long as the firearms are put in a checked bag — not a carry-on — and are unloaded and locked in a hard-sided container. Guns must be declared to the airline at check-in.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Despite his mental evaluation, US Attorney Karen Loeffler said Santiago would have been able to legally possess a gun because he had not been judged mentally ill, which is a high standard.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Santiago arrived in Fort Lauderdale after taking off from Anchorage aboard a Delta flight Thursday night, checking only one piece of luggage — his gun.</div><br />Source: The Associated Press, January 8, 2017<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">⚑ | Report an error, an omission; suggest a story or a new angle to an existing story; submit a piece; recommend a resource; contact the webmaster, contact us: <a href="mailto:deathpenaltynews@gmail.com">deathpenaltynews@gmail.com</a>.</div><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="4" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px solid rgb(255, 204, 0); color: black; text-align: center; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr> <td><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/WebDPN/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL4sspwgGptzvuHVklum5TwxKppRN-lIC5TN8RLZFq_B4ZOtBrX1ssXPNKQ6XpSyQFRJRtVQN45HMkpt3VX0JtOW0TovwxZAurG-AV6gh98IAXo7Ip6QlpkZr9WrM3_m943Mwy-gGxBAY/s1600/Find+us+Facebook.jpg" /></a></div></td> <td><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://twitter.com/WebDPN" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiULIPEaT_P6oIauxAZd17XRRxljesDLS7iIjdQXT7Xct99uHeohx4IYmiAB6S044gTjMDGSy50sL2vDzOyPZ-3vJj9zwcYQ2rgzJh9v1-QDiunKAQtLLLqJ83s38qN3HABxGIC8GsIOD0/s1600/Find+us+twitter.jpg" /></a><span id="goog_1427852018"></span><span id="goog_1427852019"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><b>Opposed to Capital Punishment? 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Jordan: Five ISIS militants, four drug traffickers sentenced to death

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGaoZq7QNEnAnhKYsUEkPyY5wp-9pq2pzeXualAPariFsq3o0hwiPmidpqhLjiE_KNibnxC3ozRfHx7j4G-CxbomzvK92gc-A-sPPISlnndNhJifJxFG4ZYShIlLkYI0smRR4xUYvHtzo/s1600/Jordanian_Police_Officers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Jordanian police officers" border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGaoZq7QNEnAnhKYsUEkPyY5wp-9pq2pzeXualAPariFsq3o0hwiPmidpqhLjiE_KNibnxC3ozRfHx7j4G-CxbomzvK92gc-A-sPPISlnndNhJifJxFG4ZYShIlLkYI0smRR4xUYvHtzo/s400/Jordanian_Police_Officers.jpg" title="Jordanian police officers" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">December 28, 2016: A Jordanian court sentenced five members of an ISIL cell to death by hanging for acts of terrorism. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The state security court in Amman also handed jail terms of between three and 15 years to another 16 Jordanians in the same case. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">They were found guilty of deadly "acts of terrorism", the manufacture of explosives and "possession of weapons and ammunition for use in terrorist acts" and recruiting people for "terrorist organisations". </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The group of 21 were members of an ISIL cell that was broken up in March during a large-scale security operation in the northern town of Irbid, near the border with Syria. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Seven suspected militants and a member of the Jordanian security forces were killed during the operation. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The authorities announced later that they had foiled ISIL attacks in the kingdom, which had already been hit by deadly attacks over the past year. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ten people were killed in a shooting rampage on December 18 in the popular tourist destination of Karak. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The attack was claimed by ISIL and marked the first time the group had targeted civilians in Jordan. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Two days later, the authorities arrested a man suspected of funding the attack in a raid on a house in Karak province.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">December 26, 2016: A state security court sentenced four Jordanians to death for murdering a member of the security forces involved in the fight against drugs trafficking, a judicial source said. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Speaking to AFP on condition of anonymity, the source said the four were sentenced to die by hanging for killing the policeman in September in Aqaba province some 300 kilometres (180 miles) south of Amman. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The four were also convicted of "possession of automatic weapons... leading to the death of a person", the source added. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A fifth defendant in the same case was sentenced to 18 months in jail for possessing an unlicensed firearm. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The policeman had been taking part in an operation to arrest a person accused of drugs possession when he was fired on by gunmen in two cars. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In August, the authorities said more than six tonnes of illegal drugs had been seized and more than 13,000 people suspected of smuggling, possessing or using drugs were arrested during the first half of the year. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The interior ministry says 85 percent of drugs seized in Jordan are destined to be smuggled abroad. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Source: Agence France-Presse, December 26-28, 2016<br /><br /><br /><h2 style="text-align: left;">Security Court hands down death sentence for killer of slain writer Nahed Hattar</h2><br />December 20, 2016: Jordan's Deputy Director General of the State Security Court sentenced the killer of writer Nahed Hattar to death by hanging, al-Ghad newspaper reported. <br /><br />Military judge Ziad al-Adwan added in a statement that the court had also investigated a second defendant who sold the weapon to the murderer, and a third defendant who acted as a middle-man in buying the weapon. Each were sentenced to one year in jail and fines. <br /><br />Riad Ismail Abdullah, the primary suspect in Hattar's murder was convicted on charges of carrying out acts of terrorism, murder, and carrying and possession of a firearm without a license. <br /><br />Hattar was gunned down on September 25 on the steps of the supreme court, and Abdullah was arrested immediately after committing the crime. <br /><br />The prosecutor general of the State Security Court concluded its investigation on October 18 and referred the case file to the court for sentencing.<br /><br />Source: albawaba.com, December 20, 2016</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">⚑ | Report an error, an omission; suggest a story or a new angle to an existing story; submit a piece; recommend a resource; contact the webmaster, contact us: <a href="mailto:deathpenaltynews@gmail.com">deathpenaltynews@gmail.com</a>.</div><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="4" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px solid rgb(255, 204, 0); color: black; text-align: center; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr> <td><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/WebDPN/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL4sspwgGptzvuHVklum5TwxKppRN-lIC5TN8RLZFq_B4ZOtBrX1ssXPNKQ6XpSyQFRJRtVQN45HMkpt3VX0JtOW0TovwxZAurG-AV6gh98IAXo7Ip6QlpkZr9WrM3_m943Mwy-gGxBAY/s1600/Find+us+Facebook.jpg" /></a></div></td> <td><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://twitter.com/WebDPN" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiULIPEaT_P6oIauxAZd17XRRxljesDLS7iIjdQXT7Xct99uHeohx4IYmiAB6S044gTjMDGSy50sL2vDzOyPZ-3vJj9zwcYQ2rgzJh9v1-QDiunKAQtLLLqJ83s38qN3HABxGIC8GsIOD0/s1600/Find+us+twitter.jpg" /></a><span id="goog_1427852018"></span><span id="goog_1427852019"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><b>Opposed to Capital Punishment? 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Jordan: Five ISIS militants, four drug traffickers sentenced to death

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Attempt to remove UN’s LGBT rights expert defeated in narrow vote; still 10 nations where the penalty for gay sex is death

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgridpsJh9oYU0WYmeFPog-OJLQQtRJSfnRhHidba3v60Tuyyfwq21sEO5_MQgx1e3tEg_9oW-sdddrUCmTFqEvzSYrwaQOfK_8u3DjG9Z7_pU9qtOEk4911Qa4aBP1nb6ad3NBZueajow/s1600/UN_Headquarters_NYC_USA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="UN building NYC" border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgridpsJh9oYU0WYmeFPog-OJLQQtRJSfnRhHidba3v60Tuyyfwq21sEO5_MQgx1e3tEg_9oW-sdddrUCmTFqEvzSYrwaQOfK_8u3DjG9Z7_pU9qtOEk4911Qa4aBP1nb6ad3NBZueajow/s400/UN_Headquarters_NYC_USA.jpg" title="UN building NYC" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ten nations with large Muslim populations have laws providing for the death penalty for same-sex activity. Only a few actually impose the death sentence. Exactly how many is a difficult question.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Another attempt to remove the United Nations expert on LGBT rights has been defeated.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2016/06/30/united-nations-votes-to-create-first-ever-lgbt-rights-watchdog/" target="_blank">The United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council voted in June</a> to appoint an independent LGBT expert for the first time to monitor “violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity” around the world.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2016/11/05/the-uns-new-lgbt-expert-watchdog-may-lose-his-job/" target="_blank">Thai professor Vitit Muntarbhorn took up the role</a>, beginning to investigate abuse that the global LGBT community suffer.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">However a number of challenges have been brought by homophobic countries attempting to revoke his position – with a plot to axe the role <a href="http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2016/11/22/un-vote-to-keep-first-expert-on-lgbt-rights/" target="_blank">thwarted by a narrow margin last month.</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This week, the block of countries bitterly opposed to the role – including Russia, China and a number of African states – pushed a surprise amendment to the Human Rights Council’s annual report that would have indefinitely halted the work of the LGBT rights expert.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The amendment was voted down by a narrow margin, with 77 countries voting in favour and 84 against, with 16 abstentions.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">870 human rights organisations from 157 countries around the world had signed an <a href="https://www.ishr.ch/sites/default/files/article/files/joint_sogi_letter_listofsignatories12152016.pdf" target="_blank">open letter</a> urging the governments represented in the General Assembly to continue the expert’s work.</div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The result has been welcomed by the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Vpfk1nqxbb4Y_m4W4c9d7hZ7CybfEO0jGgZqsL25Z8uhPvTJXyiiftlhgnZ8Ho7KaDcY8QC0b41zIIbv-KBcJ_M__F16Y6Rtgmq8ihl9sOATlzXYNqT6KOweXm5-3-VmdQ1AySdfdi8/s1600/Vitit+Muntarbhorn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Vitit Muntarbhorn" border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Vpfk1nqxbb4Y_m4W4c9d7hZ7CybfEO0jGgZqsL25Z8uhPvTJXyiiftlhgnZ8Ho7KaDcY8QC0b41zIIbv-KBcJ_M__F16Y6Rtgmq8ihl9sOATlzXYNqT6KOweXm5-3-VmdQ1AySdfdi8/s400/Vitit+Muntarbhorn.jpg" title="Vitit Muntarbhorn" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Professor Vitit Muntarbhorn</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">ILGA’s co-Secretaries General Helen Kennedy and Ruth Baldacchino said: “ILGA is delighted that the mandate has once again been safeguarded.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“Once more, States have reaffirmed the importance of monitoring human rights violations against people on the basis of their sexual orientation and gender identity, a crucial leap towards a world where all are treated free and equal.”</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">André du Plessis, UN Programme and Advocacy Manager at ILGA explained: “We commend what human rights defenders from all over the world were able to do by highlighting the need for states to respect the authority of the Human Rights Council.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“This outcome is important not only because it shows that States believe that violence and discrimination faced by LGBT persons around the world deserve attention, but also because it confirms the authority of the UN Human Rights Council, the leading human rights body in the world.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“Never before had a country or group of countries attempted to challenge a special procedures mandate by the Human Rights Council with a fully functioning mandate holder.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“If the General Assembly would have reopened the Council’s annual report to block or defer resolutions with a selective approach, it would have fundamentally undermined the authority granted to the Council by the General Assembly, setting a dangerous precedent for the whole human rights framework.”</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Renato Sabbadini, Executive Director at ILGA said: “We are confident that the SOGI Independent Expert will work to build bridges, rather than to widen the gaps between our communities and those who think that we are seeking ‘special rights’.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“Now more than ever, our communities need allies to ensure that ‘All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights,’ as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights clearly states, is a reality and not only a dream.”</div><br />Source: <a href="http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2016/12/19/attempt-to-remove-uns-lgbt-rights-expert-defeated-in-narrow-vote/" target="_blank">Pink News</a>, Nick Duffy, December 19, 2016<br /><br /><h2>10 nations where the penalty for gay sex is death</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Ten nations with large Muslim populations have laws providing for the death penalty for same-sex activity.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Only a few actually impose the death sentence. Exactly how many is a difficult question.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The <a href="http://ilga.org/downloads/02_ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2016_ENG_WEB_150516.pdf" target="_blank">2016 State-Sponsored Homophobia report</a> from ILGA, the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association, lists 13-14 places that threaten the death penalty for homosexuality, including the basic 10 plus several specific variations:</div></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li>One where executions occur — and go unpunished — despite the fact that there is no death-penalty law (Iraq);</li><li>One that has approved a death-penalty provision but has not yet incorporated it into the nation’s laws (Brunei);</li><li>One that conducts executions but is not recognized as a nation (the Islamic State, also known as Daesh, ISIS and ISIL);</li><li>One where, in theory, a particular interpretation of its laws would provide for the death penalty but, in practice, no executions have been reported (United Arab Emirates)</li></ul></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The ILGA list is quite similar to this blog’s list of those 14 countries, printed below:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A best-information-available list of countries/regions where executions for homosexual activity are carried out or are provided by current or future law:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: justify;">Nations with such laws on the books; executions have been carried out</h3><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://76crimes.com/tag/saudi-arabia/" target="_blank">1. Iran</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://76crimes.com/tag/saudi-arabia/" target="_blank">2. Saudi Arabia</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: justify;">Nations with such laws on the books; no recent executions reported</h3><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://76crimes.com/tag/sudan/" target="_blank">3. Sudan</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://76crimes.com/tag/yemen/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">4. Yemen</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: justify;">Nations with such laws on the books in part of the country; no verified executions for homosexual activity</h3><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://76crimes.com/tag/nigeria/" target="_blank">5. Nigeria</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://76crimes.com/tag/somalia/" target="_blank">6. Somalia</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: justify;">Nations with such laws on the books; no executions reported</h3><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://76crimes.com/tag/mauritania/" target="_blank">7. Afghanistan</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://76crimes.com/tag/mauritania/" target="_blank">8. Mauritania</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://76crimes.com/tag/pakistan/" target="_blank">9. Pakistan</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://76crimes.com/tag/qatar/" target="_blank">10. Qatar</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Those are the “ten nations with large Muslim populations” mentioned in this article’s first paragraph.” In addition, executions and possible executions are an issue in four other places:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: justify;">Nation with no such a law on the books; executions are carried out by militias and others</h3><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://76crimes.com/tag/iraq/" target="_blank">11. Iraq</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: justify;">Not recognized as a nation; carries out executions</h3><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">12. Daesh/the <a href="https://76crimes.com/tag/islamic-state/" target="_blank">Islamic State</a> (ISIS/ISIL)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: justify;">Nation where such a law was scheduled to take effect in 2016 (but might not)</h3><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://76crimes.com/tag/brunei/" target="_blank">13. Brunei Darussalam</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: justify;">Nation where some interpretations of existing law would provide for the death penalty, but no executions have been reported</h3><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://76crimes.com/tag/united-arab-emirates/" target="_blank">14. United Arab Emirates</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">News coverage in all of those nations is unreliable at best, so specific evidence of executions for same-sex intimacy is rare. What’s known about some specific countries is cited below.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In Somalia, <a href="http://deathpenaltynews.blogspot.com/2013/03/gay-teen-stoned-to-death-in-somalia.html" target="_blank">a gay teenager was reportedly stoned to death</a> in 2013, but those reports have not been verified.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In Nigeria, <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6940061.stm" target="_blank">the BBC reported in 2007</a>, “More than a dozen Nigerian Muslims have been sentenced to death by stoning and for sexual offences ranging from adultery and homosexuality. But none of these death sentences has actually been carried out as they were either thrown out on appeal or commuted to prison terms as a result of pressure from human rights groups.”</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibMZHK-o0UzZoXtkw3L9fnIiAHYqJ0vLmH5MgICH7pLc8Td43JlTdjsTRUi-x64eSmOSnJbcmtaSJxRjxxe2RokmuW-rNkX6LT0wEVLSrVkt3oaVjV3yOdsz21sKDn-FLKVxP3MUxgR8A/s1600/Homophobe+Bar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibMZHK-o0UzZoXtkw3L9fnIiAHYqJ0vLmH5MgICH7pLc8Td43JlTdjsTRUi-x64eSmOSnJbcmtaSJxRjxxe2RokmuW-rNkX6LT0wEVLSrVkt3oaVjV3yOdsz21sKDn-FLKVxP3MUxgR8A/s400/Homophobe+Bar.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In Sudan, the death penalty is in frequent use, but there are no recent reports of executions for same-sex intimacy. In 2014, Sudan ranked at No. 6 worldwide in number of executions (23+) for various offenses, just below the United States, with 35, <a href="https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/act50/0001/2015/en/" target="_blank">according to Amnesty International</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Similarly, Yemen is No. 7 in frequency of executions overall, but the death penalty apparently has not been imposed recently for homosexual activity. <a href="http://www.refworld.org/docid/41501c7615.html" target="_blank">Researchers for Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Board reported</a> more than 10 years ago, “Information on whether such sentences have been carried out was not found.” More recently <a href="http://www.thetower.org/article/will-yemens-gay-community-survive-the-iran-backed-militias-trying-to-take-over/" target="_blank">an article on Yemen’s gay community</a> in The Tower magazine stated, “Traditionally, that death penalty is not enforced, but citizens have been imprisoned for their sexual orientation.”</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Saudi Arabia is No. 3 among the world’s most avid executioners, with 90+ in 2014. At least in the past, beheadings were imposed for homosexual behavior, including <a href="http://www.refworld.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/rwmain?docid=3f7d4e1238" target="_blank">three men in 2002</a>. Imprisonment and lashings are <a href="http://wikiislam.net/wiki/Persecution_of_Homosexuals_%28Saudi_Arabia%29" target="_blank">a more common punishment for same-sex activity</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Iran is No. 2 in the world for frequency of executions, behind China. Those include executions for homosexual activity, although the facts are often unclear or misrepresented in such cases. (See, for example, <a href="https://76crimes.com/2015/07/20/bogus-hanging-in-iran-bogus-tweets-in-egypt/" target="_blank">“Bogus hanging in Iran, bogus tweets in Egypt”</a> and <a href="https://76crimes.com/2014/08/11/series-of-public-hangings-in-iran-including-2-for-sodomy/" target="_blank">“Series of public hangings in Iran, including 2 for sodomy.”)</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Evidence is a bit clearer about two war-torn areas — <a href="https://76crimes.com/tag/iraq/" target="_blank">Iraq</a> and the territory controlled by Daesh/the <a href="https://76crimes.com/tag/islamic-state/" target="_blank">Islamic State</a> (ISIS/ISIL). The ILGA report of 2015 noted that “Iraq, although [the death penalty is] not in the civil code, clearly has judges and militias throughout the country that issue the death sentence for same-sex sexual behaviours. … We are also aware that in the Daesh(ISIS/ISIL)-held areas the death penalty is implemented (although a non-State actor, it is listed in the report). ” For examples, see:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><a href="https://76crimes.com/2012/09/28/iraq-has-become-a-death-trap-for-gay-men/" target="_blank">Iraq has become a death trap for gay men</a> (September 2012)</li><li><a href="https://76crimes.com/2015/05/07/islamic-state-has-reported-15-lgbti-executions/" target="_blank">‘Islamic State’ has reported 15 LGBTI executions</a> (May 2015)</li></ul></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In some nations, the death penalty is on the books but is not imposed. ILGA in 2015 stated:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Brunei Darussalam is <a href="https://76crimes.com/tag/brunei/" target="_blank">due to activate the death penalty for same-sex sexual acts in 2016</a>, but it seems likely that like <a href="https://76crimes.com/tag/pakistan/" target="_blank">Pakistan</a>, <a href="https://76crimes.com/tag/afghanistan/" target="_blank">Afghanistan</a> and <a href="https://76crimes.com/tag/qatar/" target="_blank">Qatar</a> although it is on the statute, it will not be implemented.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">ILGA reported in 2016 about Brunei: “there is no sign that the threatened death penalty is to be implemented.”</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">According to the U.S. Department of State, Mauritania belongs in this category too. A <a href="https://cablegatesearch.wikileaks.org/cable.php?id=09NOUAKCHOTT815" target="_blank">U.S. Department of State cable from 2009, released by WikiLeaks in 2011,</a>indicated that Mauritania has never imposed the death penalty for homosexual activity or any other crime.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">ILGA reported in 2016 that “although is understood that the United Arab Emirates has not implemented [the death penalty] under the Sharia code, it remains a possibility under interpretations current in the Emirates.”</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For more information:</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2014/02/24/here-are-the-10-countries-where-homosexuality-may-be-punished-by-death/" target="_blank">Here are the 10 countries where homosexuality may be punished by death</a> (Washington Post)</li><li><a href="http://old.ilga.org/Statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2015.pdf" target="_blank">State-Sponsored Homophobia — 2015</a> (pdf) (ILGA)</li><li><a href="http://ilga.org/downloads/02_ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2016_ENG_WEB_150516.pdf" target="_blank">State-Sponsored Homophobia — 2016</a> (pdf) (ILGA)</li><li><a href="https://76crimes.com/2016/02/16/report-somalia-too-risky-for-lgbt-people/" target="_blank">Report: Somalia too risky for LGBT people</a> (February 2016, 76crimes.com)</li></ul></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Source: <a href="https://76crimes.com/10-nations-where-the-penalty-for-gay-sex-is-death/" target="_blank">76Crimes.com</a>, Colin Stewart, December 2016 (?)</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">⚑ | Report an error, an omission; suggest a story or a new angle to an existing story; submit a piece; recommend a resource; contact the webmaster, contact us: <a href="mailto:deathpenaltynews@gmail.com">deathpenaltynews@gmail.com</a>.</div><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="4" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px solid rgb(255, 204, 0); color: black; text-align: center; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr> <td><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/WebDPN/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL4sspwgGptzvuHVklum5TwxKppRN-lIC5TN8RLZFq_B4ZOtBrX1ssXPNKQ6XpSyQFRJRtVQN45HMkpt3VX0JtOW0TovwxZAurG-AV6gh98IAXo7Ip6QlpkZr9WrM3_m943Mwy-gGxBAY/s1600/Find+us+Facebook.jpg" /></a></div></td> <td><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://twitter.com/WebDPN" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiULIPEaT_P6oIauxAZd17XRRxljesDLS7iIjdQXT7Xct99uHeohx4IYmiAB6S044gTjMDGSy50sL2vDzOyPZ-3vJj9zwcYQ2rgzJh9v1-QDiunKAQtLLLqJ83s38qN3HABxGIC8GsIOD0/s1600/Find+us+twitter.jpg" /></a><span id="goog_1427852018"></span><span id="goog_1427852019"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><b>Opposed to Capital Punishment? 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Attempt to remove UN’s LGBT rights expert defeated in narrow vote; still 10 nations where the penalty for gay sex is death

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Egypt Executes ISIS Leader Abel Habara Amid Vengeance Threats

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUNxzpjNw13nQBz8lwUsk_9DPN5I4abjDgc_9a3Rm4eg7Ven_laT68N4ZWY7bgJ01VtkYrK0ZoObhqqoflpKcg0Bagq_htpC-2VjvEy38f0A7mg-z_hmmg_OhEgXcZYCfEe2Tcf49i14E/s1600/The+6th+October+Bridge+in+central+Cairo%252C+Egypt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Cairo, Egypt" border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUNxzpjNw13nQBz8lwUsk_9DPN5I4abjDgc_9a3Rm4eg7Ven_laT68N4ZWY7bgJ01VtkYrK0ZoObhqqoflpKcg0Bagq_htpC-2VjvEy38f0A7mg-z_hmmg_OhEgXcZYCfEe2Tcf49i14E/s400/The+6th+October+Bridge+in+central+Cairo%252C+Egypt.jpg" title="Cairo, Egypt" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cairo, Egypt</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">Egyptian authorities executed a death sentence against Abel Habara, the leader of the ISIS-affiliated Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (ABM) group, for his role in the "2nd Rafah Massacre" that killed 25 soldiers in an ambush in North Sinai in August 2013.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Habara was executed after Egyptian president Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi ratified the death warrant according to the law.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Earlier, Habara was taken from his cell at the secured Scorpion jail in Cairo to the Court of Cassation. Habara was hanged in the presence of judicial officials.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">However, Egyptian authorities fear a wave of revenge threats could ignite in retaliation of Habara's execution.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Mohammed Noureddine, the former assistant to the minister of interior told Asharq Al-Awsat: "Executing the death penalty should eventually be followed by strict security measures and preventive strikes against the organization in north Sinai, to prevent the organization or the family of the terrorist from launching any terrorist acts."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A security source told Asharq Al-Awsat that Egypt placed a high-alert security status in all establishments, particularly following last week's explosion that targeted a chapel linked to the Coptic Christian cathedral, leaving several people killed and at least 49 injured, mostly women and children.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Habara received several death penalties in different cases. The most prominent case is related to the "2nd Rafah massacre" of 2013, when Habara was involved in the killing of 25 police recruits in an ambush on a police convoy in the Abu Tawila region.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In June 2014, Habara attempted to escape detention while in a transportation vehicle from the police academy to prison.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Separately, Egypt's Ministry of Civil Aviation announced on Thursday that traces of explosives were found on the remains of the victims of the EgyptAir MS804 plane that crashed on May 19, killing the 66 passengers on board.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A forensic investigation conducted in Egypt issued a report on Thursday concerning the victims of the plane crash. It said traces of explosives were found on some of the victims' body parts. 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Egypt Executes ISIS Leader Abel Habara Amid Vengeance Threats

Cairo, Egypt Egyptian authorities executed a death sentence against Abel Habara, the leader of the ISIS-affiliated Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (ABM...

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