Human Rights tableau, France
This months Death Penalty report is now available thanks to group member Lesley for putting it together. Two cases in particular are noted and links to those can be found below. Note that China executes more of its citizens than the rest of the world put together but details are a state secret.
Tree featuring Human Rights Defenders
We attach this months DP report thanks to group member Lesley for compiling it. It is full report this month with a wide range of countries to report on.
The British media is understandably filled with the effects of the pandemic on people’s lives in the UK at present and there are many who are suffering from its effects. Being in lockdown whilst living in cramped flat with no garden is extremely difficult and distressing. Those who are in insecure employement in the gig economy are also suffering financial stress. Care home and medical staff with insufficient or no PPE are daily risking their lives. Recession is inevitable the effects of which will hurt the poorest the hardest.
While there are many in the country who are suffering these things, there are those in other countries who are suffering more. In particular the Rohingya. They suffered cruelly under the Burmese military regime and had their villages burned down and were subjected to mass rape and murder at the hands of the Burmese. Hundreds of thousands fled to neighbouring Bangladesh and live in one of the largest refugee camps in the world.
There are now reports of boatloads of refugees refused entry into Burma because the Covid-19. Amnesty has received information concerning up to five boats thought to be carrying Rohingya refugees seen off the coasts of Malaysia and southern Thailand in recent days, with hundreds of people believed to be on board the vessels. Those in the boats are likely to be fleeing persecution in Myanmar or from overcrowded refugee camps in Bangladesh.
An Amnesty press release said:
On Wednesday, the Bangladesh Coast Guard rescued 396 Rohingya people from a large boat which had been turned back by the Malaysian authorities and is believed to have been at sea for two months. According to early reports, 32 people on the boat died at sea, but the figure is now thought to be almost double that. UNHCR – the UN refugee agency – has said that the survivors are severely malnourished and dehydrated.
On 5 April, another boat carrying 202 Rohingya people was intercepted by the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency. Its passengers were brought to safety and are now in COVID-19 quarantine. 18 April 2020
Human Rights Watch noted:
Over 800,000 Rohingya Muslims are currently living in overcrowded camps in Bangladesh, the bulk of whom were driven out of Myanmar by a military campaign of ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity that began in August 2017. As a result of that campaign, the Myanmar government and military now face accusations of genocide before the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The estimated 600,000 Rohingya who remain in Rakhine State in Myanmar are subject to government persecution and violence, confined to camps and villages without freedom of movement, and cut off from access to adequate food, health care, education, and livelihoods. 18 April 2020
The genocidal policies by the Burmese have already inflicted misery on these people. Added to that, they are now subjected to further stress and misery as a result of the pandemic.
Sources: Amnesty; Human Rights Watch; The Burma Campaign; Arakan Project; Guardian
The latest death penalty report is now available thanks to group member Lesley for compiling it. It contains information on death penalty matters in Bangladesh, Turkey, USA and other countries. The report, as ever, is unable to include any information about China where details of executions are a state secret. It is believed to be the world’s largest executioner.
August – September Report 2019
Attached is the latest monthly death penalty report thanks to group member Lesley for the work in compiling it. It is a little longer than usual as there seems to be a lot of activity on the DP front. Please note that there is no reporting from China which executes more of its citizens than the rest of the world combined but the details are a state secret.
In our links at the bottom of the site page, we have just added Human Rights Connected https://humanrightsconnected.org/ a Washington DC based organisation
This is the latest monthly death penalty report compiled by group member Lesley
Don’t forget the links at the bottom of this page to various sites relevant to the abolition of the death penalty. We have just added the Death Penalty Project.
We are pleased to attach the latest death penalty report thanks to group member Lesley for the work in putting it together. Note that China executes more of its citizens than the rest of the world put together but details are a state secret.
There is an action taking place in Salisbury on 1 September between 9:00 and noon. It will be in the Cheese market or in the Library passage. Details are in the above report.
Potential new members are invited to come along and make themselves known during this event.
Attached is the current death penalty report thanks to group member Lesley for the work in compiling it. Grim news on several fronts with Sri Lanka thinking of re-using the penalty. China leads the world it is believed in the use of the penalty although details are a state secret.
On the issue of China, readers may like to read the website of the Chinese Human Rights Defenders which charts the systematic denial of human rights freedoms by the Chinese government. Links to many human rights sites can be found at the bottom of this site.
The monthly death penalty report is now available thanks to group member Lesley for her hard work on this. Discusses USA; India; Egypt among other countries. China remains the world’s largest executioner of its own citizens but information is regarded as a state secret.
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Since this item was posted we have received notification that Californian Dept. of Corrections and Rehabilitation has extended its written public comment period to 15 May. Full details can be found on another post.
The death penalty report for March/April 2016 is now available thanks to group member Lesley for compiling it. It has been a grim period with rises in executions in Iran and Pakistan and several executions in USA following dubious trials. Iran is coming under increasing scrutiny worldwide for its practice of executing people who were juveniles at the time of their alleged offences.
China continues to lead the world with more executions than all other countries put together.
