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Hungary prosecutors charge accused Nazi with war crimes
June 18, 2013 by Theresa Donovan
Hungarian prosecutors on Tuesday charged Laszlo Csatary, a 98-year-old Hungarian man, with the unlawful execution and torture of people in connection with the Holocaust. Slovakian authorities began the investigation of Csatary in September after he was arrested on allegations of abusing and.... [more]
Federal court rules Arizona sheriff violated Latinos' constitutional rights
May 27, 2013 by Benjamin Minegar
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Arizona ruled Friday that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his department engaged in unconstitutional racial profiling during the execution of immigration patrols. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) originally gave the Maricopa.... [more]
HRW: Centrial African Republic rebels have committed rights violations
May 10, 2013 by Daniel Mullen
Members of the Seleka rebel coalition, which ousted President Francois Bozize of the Central African Republic (CAR) in March, committed atrocities against civilians, including pillage, summary execution, rape and torture, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Friday. Daniel Bekele, Africa director at.... [more]
Federal appeals court lifts stay of execution for Georgia death row inmate
April 23, 2013 by Jaclyn Belczyk
The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on Monday lifted a stay of execution for Georgia death row inmate Warren Hill. The appeals court halted the execution in February to allow time to consider whether a federal court can reconsider Hill's case. In a 2-1 decision, the appeals court.... [more]
UN rights chief condemns Iraq execution practices
April 19, 2013 by Samuel Franklin
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Friday condemned Iraq's execution of 21 prisoners this week, urging the country's compliance with international human rights obligations. Pillay expressed dismay with the numbers of executions carried out in Iraq, noting that the country's.... [more]
India Supreme Court upholds death penalty for convicted terrorist
April 14, 2013 by Jaimie Cremeans
The Supreme Court of India on Sunday upheld a death penalty sentence against Devinderpal Singh Bhullar, a convicted terrorist. This ruling allows the Indian government to continue a trend toward use of execution that began in November after a de facto moratorium on its use since 2004. The.... [more]
Rights group criticizes Kuwait over executions
April 1, 2013 by Elizabeth LaForgia
Amnesty International (AI) criticized the government of Kuwait on Monday for executing three men convicted of murder. The three men, a Saudi national, a Pakistani national and a stateless Bidun man, were convicted on separate murder charges before being hanged outside the Central Prison on Monday..... [more]
UN rights expert urges Indonesia to restrict use of death penalty
March 28, 2013 by Elizabeth LaForgia
The UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial executions Christof Heyns on Monday urged the Indonesian government to restrict the use of capital punishment to comply with their international human rights obligations. On March 14, Malawian national Adami Wilson was executed by firing squad after being.... [more]
Georgia's Cruel and Unusual Standard for Proving Mental Retardation [comment]
March 5, 2013 by Stephanie Kogut
JURIST Guest Columnist Terrica Ganzy, Staff Attorney for the Southern Center for Human Rights, argues that Georgia's "beyond a reasonable doubt standard" for finding mental retardation in capital offenses is a nearly insurmountable standard...The US Supreme Court has held that the Eighth Amendment'.... [more]
HRW urges Yemen to stop executing juvenile offenders
March 4, 2013 by Alison Sacriponte
Yemen's government should stop seeking and carrying out the death penalty for child offenders, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report on Monday. The report found that since 2007 Yemen executed at least 15 men and women who were under 18 at the time of their offense. HRW urged President Abdu.... [more]
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