Dutch citizens sentenced to death abroad

Death sentences since 1994
Johannes van Damme, Singapore. Executed 23 September 1994. Convicted of smuggling heroin, had 4.32 kilograms in his suitcase. All efforts made to commute sentence, including a letter from Queen Beatrix to Singapore’s then President Ong Teng Cheong, were to no avail.

Pedro Ruyzing was sentenced to death in Thailand in 1995 for smuggling heroin. Sentence was commuted to life, and he has in the meantime returned to The Netherlands.

Ang Kiem Soei was sentenced to death in Indonesia in 2003 for involvement in production of XTC. He is on death row on Nusa Kambangan.

Edy Tang and Li Yang, Chinese-born, Dutch citizens, were sentenced to death in Thailand in 2003. Sentence was commuted to life.

Roel Goosen, sentenced to death in 2004 in Zambia for murder. Sentence was commuted to life in prison.

Dick Nicolaas was sentenced to death in Indonesia in 2006 for setting up an XTC factory on Java. Held on death row in a prison on the island of Nusa Kambangan.

Mesfin Aman is not a Dutch citizen, but he was studying in Haarlem. Sentenced to death in Ethiopia in 2009. He fled his native country in 2006, having been served jail time for opposition activities.

Zahrah Bahrami, an Iranian-born Dutchwoman, was arrested on a visit to Iran and sentenced to death in 2011 on charges of possession of drugs.

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The Hague is Bahrami’s last hope | Radio Netherlands Worldwide

The Hague is Bahrami’s last hope | Radio Netherlands Worldwide: "“Too little, too late.” That is how one human rights activist describes the Dutch government’s offer to help Iranian-born Dutch citizen Zahra Bahrami. Ms Bahrami has been sentenced to death by a court in Iran on charges of the possession and sale of drugs. The only remaining hope for Bahrami is in the hands of the Dutch Foreign Ministry."

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Little time left for Paraguay's biggest prison - Fox News Latino

Little time left for Paraguay's biggest prison - Fox News Latino: "This capital's Tacumbu prison, Paraguay's biggest and one of the most overcrowded in Latin America, has little time left following an announcement that it will soon be closed and its population of more than 3,000 inmates moved to other penal facilities.

Tacumbu, frequently denounced for prisoner abuse and subhuman conditions, will become no more than a sinister part of the nation's history when the expansion of the Emboscada jail, 65 kilometers (40 miles) north of Asuncion, is completed.

'We're stepping up our project of penitentiary reforms in 2011 with works that will put an end to the sadly notorious operations at Tacumbu,' Justice Minister Humberto Blasco said Monday.

Blasco spoke of the reforms upon leaving an meeting with President Fernando Lugo, where it was decided to close down the obsolete jail once and for all."

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DRUGS ARE THE PRINCIPAL ENEMY OF MALAYSIA

Various tactics are used in the drug syndicate to get away from the inspection authority.

Goods traded the most profit for the drug business in Malaysia, but eventually bring consequences, including the Mandatory death penalty. But many are not afraid to die because of want to get a lucrative profit.

Reported to be the latest tactic in the Kota Kinabalu International Airport - hiding drugs in the yards of cloth embroidered flowers brought by a person (not a citizen) 27 years-old who came from neighboring countries.

Incident occurred on Thursday (December 30, 2010) successfully dismantled by the Royal Customs Department, Malaysia (JKDM) in Sabah at 12.30 pm.

Director JKDM Sabah, Mohd. Kassim Ismail said, the suspects believed on the way to Kuala Lumpur held a team monitoring units JKDM Sabah and further assessment found of 2.7 grams drugs. Its believed 'ketamine'.

"All the drugs were found hidden in a flower pattern embroidered on the sheet 10-yard pieces of cloth are put together with another yard," he said in a press conference held at the office of JKDM Sabah yesterday.

According to him, the suspects are believed to transit from Singapore arrived in Kota Kinabalu before proceeding to Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA).

He told, the check in suspects baggage managed to find 45 yards of fabric pieces, including 10 pieces used to conceal drugs.

"The case is being investigated under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 which, if convicted may be sentenced to death. Drugs will be sent to the Chemistry Department for approval of drugs. Suspect remanded for seven days pending further investigation.

"Based on preliminary investigations JKDM believe the suspect is involved in international drug trafficking syndicates," he said.

Mohd. Kassim said, during the years of 2010 JKDM Sabah has successfully detected four cases of drug trafficking involving the examination at the airport in Kota Kinabalu.

"The three previous cases have been brought to court and the suspects involved were sentenced to death," he said.

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Russia defends justice of former oil tycoon's conviction

Russia defends justice of former oil tycoon's conviction: "Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday defended again the convictions of former oil tycoons Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev.

Lavrov said the judiciary system is completely independent from outside influences.

'They (the courts) are independent from Russian and other foreign governments,' Lavrov said, adding that 'opinions from abroad should not and can not impact the depictions adopted by judicial bodies.'

'If anyone is extremely concerned over the verdict, then I would like to remind them that anyone who is sentenced has the right to an appeal according to law, which, according to reports from the media, Khodorkovsky and Lebedev's lawyers have already made,' he said.

On Tuesday, the foreign ministry criticized the attempts of several Western countries to exert pressure on criminal cases concerning former tycoons, saying the attempts were 'unacceptable.'

Also Friday, local media reported that the lawyers of the two tycoons had sent a short appeal to the Khamovnichesky Court."

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Attorneys Want Somalis' Piracy Convictions Tossed : NPR

Attorneys Want Somalis' Piracy Convictions Tossed : NPR: "Attorneys for five Somali men convicted of attacking a U.S. Navy ship off Africa are asking a judge to reconsider the piracy conviction.

The attorneys in December asked a federal judge to look at defense claims that the men who attacked the USS Nicholas on April 1 did not commit piracy because they did not board or rob the frigate.

An attorney cited a report by the Congressional Research Service suggesting the 1819 definition of piracy may limit the ability of the government to charge individuals as pirates as merchant vessels come under increasing attack globally.

The Nov. 24 piracy conviction was the first successful prosecution of piracy in a U.S. court in nearly 200 years.

The government said that in response that international law defines the men's actions as piracy."

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Mentally ill killers will be released from Irish prisons | Irish News | IrishCentral

Mentally ill killers will be released from Irish prisons | Irish News | IrishCentral: "New Irish laws signed by President Mary McAleese last will allow criminals with mental illnesses to be released back in to the community.

They will be released from the Criminal Mental Hospital under strict conditions.

The Irish insanity laws were amended on December 22 after complaints from the Mental Health (Criminal Law) Review Board. They believe that a small number of patients are suitable for release.

The amendment to the law may made in 2006 means that the board will now have power to enforce conditions on the patients such as taking their medication after their release. Those patients being reviewed are people who were found not guilty due to insanity."

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New report alleges systematic torture in Indonesian prisons « The Lift – Legal Issues in the Fight against Terrorism

New report alleges systematic torture in Indonesian prisons « The Lift – Legal Issues in the Fight against Terrorism: "Beatings, intimidation, burnings and rape are so commonplace that they are considered the norm, with few victims ever bothering to lodge complaints, said Restaria Hutabarat of the Jakarta-based Legal Aid Foundation.
The torture findings, published this week, were based on yearlong interviews with 1,154 suspects and prison inmates in the capital, Jakarta, and four other major cities in 2009 and 2010. Questionnaires also were given to 419 police, prosecutors, judges, wardens and rights activists who accompanied suspects during the legal process."

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the paddy fields view: Drugs charge British mother is victim of Malaysian husband, say family

the paddy fields view: Drugs charge British mother is victim of Malaysian husband, say family: "In Malaysia having 15 grams of heroin gets you the death sentence. This couple ran a guest house and are addicts. When they were raided they had a huge stash of various drugs and loads of cash.
While I am totally against the Death Penalty for any crime they did live there in the country and must have known what the consequences were if they were ever caught. I can support her family in hoping to get the death penalty dropped but I really think that they all got rose tinted specs at Xmas if they believe that she was not involved."

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Hundreds of Indonesians overseas jailed for drugs | The Jakarta Post

Hundreds of Indonesians overseas jailed for drugs | The Jakarta Post: "More than 400 Indonesians overseas were arrested for drug smuggling in 2010, with 305 arrested in Malaysia alone, a year-end report by the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) said.
Indonesian drug smugglers were arrested in 21 countries, including China, where 33 Indonesians were arrested, Japan (13 arrests), Hong Kong (10 arrests) and Australia (five arrests).
Eight Indonesians were also arrested on drug charges in various countries in Central and South America. The BNN said 35 of the Indonesians arrested this year were sentenced to death.
At home, the BNN arrested 64 Indonesians and 24 foreigners on drug charges, while 58 drug offenders received the death sentence in 2010, 41 of them foreigners.
Most of the foreigners sentenced to death are Nigerian, Chinese, Dutch, Australian and Pakistani nationals.
The BNN added that it was still hunting for 23 suspects still at large.
The National Police said there were 24,417 narcotics cases between January and October 2010.
The police added that in the same period, 32,551 Indonesian suspects and 183 foreign suspects were arrested."

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British mother Shivaun Orton facing drug charge death panalty 'victim of Malaysian husband' | Mail Online

British mother Shivaun Orton facing drug charge death panalty 'victim of Malaysian husband' | Mail Online: "At first glance, it is hard to feel much sympathy for Shivaun Orton.

After all, when Malaysian police raided the backpacker hostel run by the British mother and her husband, they found bundles of cash and their largest drugs haul for three years.

And despite caring for sons Jacob, 16, and Isaac, 14, Shivaun and her Malaysian husband Abdul Harris Fadilah are self-confessed heroin users in a country where possession of just 15 grams carries the death sentence."

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