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)
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