James Mwape and Philip Mubiana, both 22, have been charged with four counts of committing “unnatural” sexual acts. Zambia is a socially conservative country and homosexual acts carry a jail sentence of up to 14 years. The government has resisted pressure from campaign groups and Western governments to scrap the law. Amnesty International called for […]
Bangladesh Jamaat leader, Mohammad Kamaruzzaman, sentenced to death
9 May 2013 by
Bangladesh Jamaat leader sentenced to death – Central & South Asia – Al Jazeera English.
DNA available, testing denied, execution set for today
7 May 2013 by
Convicted double murderer Willie Jerome Manning, who has been on death row for nearly two decades, is set to be executed Tuesday, after being denied a DNA test that could save him from the execution chamber, the New York Times reports. In a 5-to-4 decision in April, the Mississippi Supreme Court ruled that there was […]
Not in my backyard
5 May 2013 by
“I keep bringing up the point of Lee Harvey Oswald, Timothy McVeigh or Ted Bundy. Somebody had to do those, too.” A funeral home director was scrambling to find a cemetery that would bury a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, ignoring protesters gathered outside his business and saying everybody deserves a dignified burial service […]
White bashing?
5 May 2013 by
In a case being backed by a leading anti-racism group, a trial began in France on Friday in which the defendant stands accused of a racially-motivated attack on a white man in a Paris metro station. The trial of a 29-year-old accused of a racially motivated attack on a white man in a Paris metro […]
Residents of Makoko, a Nigerian “water” slum, fight for survival
5 May 2013 by
Authorities destroyed shacks, displacing hundreds, eight months ago. Of all Africa’s slums, Makoko in Nigeria known for its colour, canoes and poverty is one of the more unusual. It’s built on water. For generations the fishing community in Makoko built its homes over water. Makoko’s shacks on stilts are home to an estimated 250,000 people. […]