death Penalty 2005 Amnesty report & Guantanamo List & 911.

international | rights, freedoms and repression | news report

Thursday April 20, 2006 20:29

by iosaf

Amnesty International's annual report on the use of the Death Penalty has been published today, and serves a reminder that China, Iran and the USA continue to execute the most of their prisoners.

In 2005 over 2,148 people were executed in 22 countries, of whom 1770 were in China, 94 in Iran and 60 in the USA. 94% of those killed were in China, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the USA. An additional 5,186 people were sentenced to death

so far in 2006, 8 children have been executed in Iran, they join the statistics of underage offenders executed since 2000, the complete figure being 26, the majority of whom were executed in the USA.
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Our global western project of liberty it appears is led by the state that has executed the most kids.

the report :-
http://web.amnesty.org/pages/deathpenalty-stats2005-eng

the USA has also issued a list of those held (without charge or due process of law) at the Gulag camp of Guantanamo Bay, an island ceded to the USA by Cuba.
This was in response to a law suit by the Associated Press under "freedom of information" legislation in the USA.

There are (according to the list) 558 people detained at the camp.

"The largest number of detainees on the list came from Saudi Arabia, with 132, followed by Afghanistan with 125 and Yemen with 107. The prisoners came from 40 countries and the West Bank. Only 10 of the detainees at the US naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have been charged, and not one of the trials has been completed."
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/3A87E2B3-3B55-42...5.htm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/guantanamo/story/0,,1757618,0....html

Only one person has ever been charged with the terrorist event of September 11 in the USA: The case against him relied heavily on evidence from France and Germany who both honouring their comitments under international law (as signatories to the Council of Europe's declaration of human rights and the UN international declaration of Human Rights), have withdrawn their evidence in protest at the expected death sentance which will be passed against Zacarias Moussaoui. Moussaui is currently facing his death penalty trial. His defence have now taken the stand.

http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=180106248&p...x6954
http://www.zaman.com/?bl=hotnews&alt=&trh=20060420&hn=32279

if you're interested in being executed, its really not difficult. All you need really is, a lower than average IQ, live in either Texas or Tehran, & get caught doing something. It doesn't even have to be "something too bad". You could as in Texas just commit a crime you are incapable of understanding the significance of. Or as in Tehran just use your tongue on someone with the same genitalia as you. Once you're executed, you will be buried, unless of course you're in China, then the useful bits of you (not your genitalia) will be sold to the highest bidder for organ transplants. Its a delightful world.