http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/taxonomy/term/5761/all en http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/2015/09/05/inquiry-to-review-australia-s-diplomatic-response-against-the-death-penalty <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> </p> <p><strong>Australia Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, has commissioned a parliamentary inquiry to review Australia’s diplomatic efforts against the death penalty, following the executions last April of drug traffickers, Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan in Bali.</strong></p> <p>A parliamentary human rights subcommittee, chaired by former attorney-general Philip Ruddock, will examine Australia’s current engagement on capital punishment, and will recommend further steps the government can take on the world stage.</p> <p> </p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Geography:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/global/international">Global/International</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Keywords:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/death-penalty">death penalty</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/capital-punishment">capital punishment</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/australian-politics">Australian politics</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/executions">executions</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/death-penalty-abolition">death penalty abolition</a></div></div></div> Sat, 05 Sep 2015 06:37:47 +0000 ACADP 16727 at http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/2015/07/01/death-penalty-execution-methods-in-usa <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><strong>  </strong></p> <p><strong>With the guidance of medical experts, the following explains how prisoners are executed in the USA.</strong></p> <p><strong>In the U.S, lethal injection is by far the most common method of execution and because it is the most frequently used, it is the most 'botched'. </strong></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Geography:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/global/international">Global/International</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Keywords:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/death-penalty">death penalty</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/capital-punishment">capital punishment</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/methods-of-execution">methods of execution</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/lethal-injection">lethal injection</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/electrocution">electrocution</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/firing-squad">firing squad</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/gas-chamber">gas chamber</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/hanging">Hanging</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/human-rights">human rights</a></div></div></div> Wed, 01 Jul 2015 02:32:29 +0000 ACADP 16567 at http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/2015/05/25/irans-execution-frenzy <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>Since the beginning of 2015, at least 400 prisoners have been executed in Iran. </strong></p> <p>The execution frenzy in Iran (most taking place in public streets where hundreds gather to watch and cheer) continues at an alarming rate. This barbaric brutality is ignored by world political leaders and almost never published in the media.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Geography:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/global/international">Global/International</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Keywords:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/human-rights-abuses-in-iran">human rights abuses in Iran</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/death-penalty">death penalty</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/capital-punishment">capital punishment</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/floggings-in-iran">floggings in Iran.</a></div></div></div> Mon, 25 May 2015 00:59:26 +0000 ACADP 16404 at http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/2015/03/31/people-power-the-fight-against-death-penalty <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> </p> <p>Time for a reality check! For all of Tony Abbott and Julie Bishop’s lecturing of the Indonesian government over the planned execution of two Australian citizens, it is worth recalling that, as late as the 1960s, Liberal state governments in Victoria, South Australia and Western Australian were still carrying out ghastly executions by hanging.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Geography:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/australia">Australia</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Keywords:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/death-penalty">death penalty</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/capital-punishment">capital punishment</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/last-hanging-in-australia">last hanging in Australia</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/ronald-ryan">ronald ryan</a></div></div></div> Tue, 31 Mar 2015 08:20:21 +0000 ACADP 15798 at http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/2015/03/17/death-penalty-what-you-need-to-know <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>  </p> <p><strong>The death penalty law is a legalised discriminative ‘Government Program’. </strong></p> <p><strong>Sadly, the many arguments against the death penalty will not lead to abolition.</strong></p> <p>Political leaders use the death penalty as a ‘populist tool’ to prove they are ‘tough on crime’. Politicians play with people’s lives for political advantage. Very often political rivalries between Governments play a major role in executions.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Geography:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/global/international">Global/International</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Keywords:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/death-penalty">death penalty</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/capital-punishment">capital punishment</a></div></div></div> Tue, 17 Mar 2015 07:54:00 +0000 ACADP 15714 at http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/2015/02/12/it-is-the-war-on-drugs-which-deserves-the-death-penalty <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>It is thoroughly sickening to behold the tragedy unfolding before us in Indonesia. Our entire nation is standing around befuddled, letting another nation commit atrocities against our citizens. And not just our citizens, but dozens of individuals from all around the world who have been caught by violent, murderous extremists in various banana republics and quasi-democratic totalitarian regimes.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Geography:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/global/international">Global/International</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/australia">Australia</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-4 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Promotion:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/features">Feature</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Keywords:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/death-penalty">death penalty</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/murder">murder</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/war-on-drugs">war on drugs</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/totalitarianism">totalitarianism</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/fascism">fascism</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/joko-widodo">Joko Widodo</a></div></div></div> Thu, 12 Feb 2015 09:41:13 +0000 Anonymous 14616 at http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/2015/02/08/indonesia-death-by-firing-squad <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> Execution by firing squad is the common capital punishment method used in Indonesia for a number of crimes including drug trafficking. The barbaric and cruel method has remained unchanged since 1964. Most prisoners on death row in Indonesia have been waiting more than ten years for execution.</p> <p>The condemned prisoners are notified only 72 hours before their pending execution by firing squad. The prisoners are then transfered to a remote island location. In the middle of the night they They are and taken to an undisclosed isolated location to be executed by firing squad. </p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Geography:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/global/international">Global/International</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Keywords:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/indonesia">indonesia</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/firing-squad">firing squad</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/bali-nine">Bali Nine</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/death-penalty">death penalty</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/capital-punishment">capital punishment</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/death-by-firing-squad">death by firing squad</a></div></div></div> Sun, 08 Feb 2015 08:35:51 +0000 ACADP 14605 at http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/2015/01/06/australian-politicians-speak-out-against-worldwide-state-santioned-killing <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> The death penalty around the world has two faces - one is in the international spotlight and the other is hidden from view. </p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Geography:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/global/international">Global/International</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Keywords:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/death-penalty">death penalty</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/capital-punishment">capital punishment</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/bali-nine">Bali Nine</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/firing-squad">firing squad</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/hanging">Hanging</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/australian-politics-on-capital-punishment">Australian politics on capital punishment</a></div></div></div> Tue, 06 Jan 2015 05:53:47 +0000 ACADP 14505 at http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/2014/12/27/president-joko-widodo-indonesia-s-newest-mass-murderer <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>  </p> <p><strong>President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo insists the state willl push through with the execution of 64 inmates on death row, most of them convicted of drug offenses. </strong></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>DRUG TRAFFICKING - "AN EXTRAORDINARY CRIME" ??? </strong></p> <p> </p> <p>According to President Jokowi and Vice President Jusuf Kalla, drug trafficking leads to thousands of fatalities every year. It is therefore an “extraordinary crime” for which the only appropriate penalty is death by firing squad.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Geography:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/global/international">Global/International</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Keywords:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/capital-punishment">capital punishment</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/death-penalty">death penalty</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/indonesia-death-penalty">Indonesia death penalty</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/drug-trafficking-indonesia">drug trafficking Indonesia</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/firing-squad-indonesia">firing squad Indonesia</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/president-joko-widodo">President Joko Widodo</a></div></div></div> Sat, 27 Dec 2014 03:56:43 +0000 ACADP 14482 at http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/2014/12/13/indonesia-mixed-messages-on-fate-of-drug-traffickers-on-death-row <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Some time soon in Indonesia, five men will be taken before dawn from their isolation cells to secret locations. White aprons will be hung carefully around their necks, with red targets positioned over their chests. They will be offered blindfolds, and asked if they would like to stand, sit or lie down. </p> <p>Then their hearts will be riddled with judicially sanctioned bullets until they are dead.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Geography:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/global/international">Global/International</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Keywords:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/death-penalty">death penalty</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/capital-punishment">capital punishment</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/indonesia-firing-squad">Indonesia firing squad</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/australians-on-death-row">Australians on death row</a></div></div></div> Sat, 13 Dec 2014 08:43:58 +0000 ACADP 14417 at http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/2014/12/05/indonesia-president-orders-execution-of-drug-traffickers <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>The new Indonesian President Joko Widodo, appears to have dashed the hopes of human rights activists by endorsing the execution by firing squad of five prisoners on death row. Indonesia will execute five drug traffickers on death row this month (December) after their requests for presidential clemency were rejected. 'The president ordered authorities to carry out the legal process accordingly,' the co-ordinating minister for political, legal and security affairs, Tedjo Edi Purdjianto, was quoted on Thursday as saying on the Cabinet Secretariat's website.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Geography:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/global/international">Global/International</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Keywords:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/death-penalty">death penalty</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/capital-punishment">capital punishment</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/indonesia">indonesia</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/firing-squad">firing squad</a></div></div></div> Thu, 04 Dec 2014 23:12:58 +0000 ACADP 14380 at http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/2014/11/29/texas-the-bestial-state-of-usa <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>The State of Texas (aka the Bestial state of the USA) continues to execute people at an alarming rate - ignoring and violating International Human Rights Laws and Standards.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Geography:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/global/international">Global/International</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Keywords:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/death-penalty">death penalty</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/capital-punishment">capital punishment</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/texas-executions">texas executions</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/execution-of-mentally-ill">execution of mentally ill</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/scott-panetti">scott panetti</a></div></div></div> Sat, 29 Nov 2014 01:24:38 +0000 ACADP 14355 at http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/2014/11/17/iran-human-rights-abuses <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>IRAN:</p> <p>Article 220 of the Iranian Criminal Code states; “If a father – or his male ancestors – kill their children, they will not be prosecuted for murder.&quot;</p> <p>Likewise, article 1179 of the Civil Code states; “Parents have the right to punish their children within the limits prescribed by law.”</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Geography:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/global/international">Global/International</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Keywords:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/death-penalty">death penalty</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/capital-punishment">capital punishment</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/iran">Iran</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/human-rights-abuses-in-iran">human rights abuses in Iran</a></div></div></div> Mon, 17 Nov 2014 00:07:01 +0000 ACADP 14276 at http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/2014/08/27/beheadings-in-saudi-arabia-a-public-sport <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> Public beheadings are taking place twice daily in Saudi Arabia. A total of 45 beheadings have been carried out in the desert kingdom this year, according to an AFP tally. </p> <p>Human Rights Watch expressed alarm at the surge in the number of executions in Saudi Arabia, where some 19 people were beheaded between August 4 and 20 alone. HRW said eight of those executed had been convicted of non-violent offences such as drug trafficking and 'sorcery', and described the use of the death penalty in their cases as 'particularly egregious'. </p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Geography:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/global/international">Global/International</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Keywords:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/human-rights">human rights</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/death-penalty">death penalty</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/capital-punishment">capital punishment</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/saudi-arabia">Saudi Arabia</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/beheading">beheading</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/public-executions">public executions</a></div></div></div> Wed, 27 Aug 2014 02:10:05 +0000 ACADP 14019 at http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/2014/07/22/singapore-the-necropolis-city-of-hangings <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> Singapore hanged two prisoners on July 18, 2014. Foong Chee Peng, 48, and Tang Hai Liang, 36, were hanged at dawn inside Singapore's Changi Prison. </p> <p><strong>The hangings were reported by the Singapore media and all worldwide media - excluding Australia (in the slight chance Australia would be seen to upset the tiny island nation of five million people).</strong></p> <p>Both men were convicted of drug-trafficking. 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