Palestinian rights groups condemn Gaza executions

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Palestinian human rights organizations have condemned Saturday’s execution of three men in the Gaza Strip.

One was hanged after being found guilty by a Hamas court of “collaboration” with Israel. The other two were convicted on charges that included murder and homosexuality with a minor.

Hamas did not release the names of any of the three, who were executed early Saturday at a Hamas-run security installation in Gaza City.

The Hamas Interior Ministry, which oversees the work of the security forces in the Gaza Strip, said in a statement that that the executions had been aimed at “protecting the safety of the public.” The three had been sentenced to death by hanging by a Palestinian military court, the ministry said.

The ministry added that in accordance with the law and traditions, the families of the victims were asked at the last minute whether they were willing to forgive the convicts. The families declined, paving the way for the executions.

Hamas authorities did not provide further details about the charges against the man charged with “collaboration.”

The Palestinian Center for Human Rights condemned the executions, saying they were in violation of the law and constitution.

It pointed out that executions require the approval of the PA president – something that was not made available in this case. It also said it was opposed in principle to the death penalty because it was inhuman and in violation of human rights.

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Gaza's Hamas rulers on Saturday executed a Palestinian convicted of collaborating with Israel and two others deemed complicit in murder, an interior ministry statement said.

In March, a military court in Gaza condemned to death a 27-year-old Palestinian convicted of "treason" for allegedly cooperating with Israel, but did not publish his name.

Since the start of this year, the authorities in Gaza have announced two other death sentences, one against a man convicted of collaborating with Israel and the other found guilty of killing his brother.

It was not clear if either or both of those were hanged on Saturday.

Under Palestinian law, collaboration with Israel, murder and drug trafficking are all punishable by death.

All execution orders must be approved by the Palestinian president before they can be carried out, but Hamas no longer recognises the legitimacy of Mahmud Abbas, whose four-year term ended in 2009.

In recent months, Hamas has arrested several alleged collaborators, and warned it would prosecute any "traitor" working for the Jewish state.

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Gang law is the rule of Arabics. I laugh at all the people crying about Israel not wanting the Palestinians there. Frankly, I think they show great restraint by not booting every last one of them out of their midst.

 

[Jos]

There were 37 executions in the United States in 2008,[2] the lowest number since 1994[3] (largely due to lethal injection litigation revolving around a now resolved constitutional question).[4][5] There were 46 executions in 2010, 44 by lethal injection, one by electric chair (in Virginia), and one by firing squad (in Utah).[6] In 2010, 12 states executed 46 inmates — 28 white, 13 black and 5 Hispanic prisoners; in 2009, 52 people were executed

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