AMMAN — Al Dameer Foundation for Human Rights expressed its
deep concern over the ongoing issuance of death sentences by Hamas in the Gaza
Strip.
اضافة اعلان
In its statement, the foundation reiterated its demands for
the abolition of the death penalty, emphasizing that this does not exempt
criminals from accountability and punishment.
Furthermore, the foundation stressed the importance of
adopting alternative and deterrent punishments, as well as fulfilling the
obligations of joining the Second Optional Protocol to the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which aims to abolish the death
penalty.
In its statement, the foundation called upon Palestinian
official authorities to comply with international obligations outlined in the
international human rights agreements that Palestine has joined, particularly
the Second Protocol appended to the International Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights of 1989.
The foundation also urged the relevant authorities in Gaza
to halt the death penalty and replace it with alternative punishments, while
enacting modern laws in line with international agreements and treaties on
human rights.
Lastly, Al-Dameer called on the courts in Gaza to cease
issuing death sentences and instead impose alternative and deterrent penalties.
May 23
On Tuesday, May 23, the High Criminal Court unanimously
issued a death sentence by hanging to a defendant convicted of intentional
murder based on the provisions of the law.
The High Criminal Court in Gaza convicted the detained
defendant (M.G.), a 46-year-old resident of Gaza, Al-Zaytoun, of the charges
related to the murder of the citizen Saliba Khalil Musa Abu Nusaira, a
64-year-old.
The defendant deliberately stabbed the victim multiple times
in the chest and body, leading to his immediate death, as stated in the autopsy
report. This act was committed with intent and unlawfully, in violation of the
law.
The number of death sentences issued by the courts in the
Gaza Strip since the beginning of the year has now reached two sentences from
the Supreme Judiciary Council and three sentences from the Military Judiciary.
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