Kuwait sentences parents to death for torturing, killing toddler

<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/AVvXsEjx89fF1zts_zgFoCq0pn4_P22nnNixx4mekekli8d27LFWRQE6Q8048mNRIfnAJwFjeiFJ8GJCHan6nXisshBVLabRyHuRW7OlKbL2UnEfuoVLkhDP5B077Pum3UwUFUrv0z8MsoYhewc/s1600/Kuwait+execution+April+1%252C+2013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Triple execution in Kuwait on April 1, 2013" border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx89fF1zts_zgFoCq0pn4_P22nnNixx4mekekli8d27LFWRQE6Q8048mNRIfnAJwFjeiFJ8GJCHan6nXisshBVLabRyHuRW7OlKbL2UnEfuoVLkhDP5B077Pum3UwUFUrv0z8MsoYhewc/s400/Kuwait+execution+April+1%252C+2013.jpg" title="Triple execution in Kuwait on April 1, 2013" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Triple execution in Kuwait on April 1, 2013</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Kuwait's interior ministry says the parents were drug addicts</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A court in Kuwait on Monday, January 2, sentenced a couple to death after finding them guilty of torturing their 3-year-old daughter until she died, it said in a statement.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The parents, both Kuwaitis, were arrested in May and accused of beating and torturing the girl until she died and then keeping her body in a freezer for a week.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The court statement only gave the verdict but, according to media reports at the time of their arrest, they had been annoyed by their daughter's constant crying.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The father, 26-year-old Salem Buhan, and mother, 23-year-old Amira Hussein, were charged with murder after police found burn marks on the shoulders and legs of the toddler's body, according to the interior ministry.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The ministry also said they were drug addicts.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The verdict is not final as it must be reviewed by the appeals and supreme courts.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Executions in Kuwait are carried out by hanging.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Barring the execution of 5 men in mid-2013, the Gulf emirate has stopped executing people since 2007 although dozens of men and women are on death row.</div><br />Source: rappler.com, January 2, 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? Help us keep this blog up and running! <a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=JBVXEBZLP3WKW" target="_blank">DONATE!</a></b></div><form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post" target="_blank"><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/fr_FR/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" /></div></form><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div>

Kuwait sentences parents to death for torturing, killing toddler

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