Indonesia planning mass executions after Ramadan

<div style="text-align: justify;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWj-6GKRMlVvG8ZWQApuxeuMl_xEoGoyUjWjk4nSy5x2zak6JncMxkMtlu3KAVGiEMlh92MRRn0PHlZsmbQzAV5adEZiJlBYPkV8LFImApB6BZQJDQkzmRr33fToxX504GIzJqpvepYPM/s1600/Indonesian+police+personnel+getting+ready+ahead+of+the+execution+of+eight+death+row+inmates+in+April+2015.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Indonesia: Getting ready for a new wave of executions" border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWj-6GKRMlVvG8ZWQApuxeuMl_xEoGoyUjWjk4nSy5x2zak6JncMxkMtlu3KAVGiEMlh92MRRn0PHlZsmbQzAV5adEZiJlBYPkV8LFImApB6BZQJDQkzmRr33fToxX504GIzJqpvepYPM/s400/Indonesian+police+personnel+getting+ready+ahead+of+the+execution+of+eight+death+row+inmates+in+April+2015.jpg" title="Indonesia: Getting ready for a new wave of executions" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Indonesia: Getting ready for a new wave of executions</td></tr></tbody></table><i>Spokesman for attorney-general confirms that executions are set to resume after a hiatus</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Indonesia plans to put 16 convicts to death after next month’s Muslim Eid holiday, an official said Tuesday, confirming executions were set to resume after a hiatus.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The death row convicts will be executed “immediately after” the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, Mohammad Rum, a spokesman for the attorney-general’s office, told AFP, but he did not give a precise date.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ramadan ends with the Eid al-Fitr holiday, which falls in Indonesia on 6 and 7 July.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Rum did not say who would face the firing squad, but Indonesia has been waging a campaign against narcotics and in 2015 executed 14 drug convicts, mostly foreigners, sparking international outrage.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">There have been no executions since April last year, with Indonesia saying it was pausing capital punishment to focus on fixing its slowing economy.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“We could not do it earlier because the government was trying to improve our economy, but now we will take some action after Eid,” Rum said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Rum said the convicts would likely be put to death by firing squad on the prison island of Nusakambangan, off Java, where executions are usually carried out.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">There are scores of drug convicts on death row in Indonesia, among them foreigners including Frenchman Serge Atlaoui and Filipina Mary Jane Veloso, who were both pulled from the last round of executions.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">British grandmother Lindsay Sandiford is on death row in Bali after she was caught smuggling a huge stash of cocaine into the resort island.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">President Joko Widodo declared a war on drugs when he took office in 2014, saying that the country was facing an emergency due to rising narcotics use and traffickers should be severely punished.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">There were two rounds of executions last year. The second round in April, which saw two Australians, a Brazilian and four Nigerians put to death, caused the most serious diplomatic backlash.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Following the executions of the Australian drug smugglers, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, Canberra temporarily recalled its ambassador from Jakarta.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Source: Agence France-Presse, June 14, 2016</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">British pair may face firing squad during new 'wave' of executions in Indonesia</span></b></div><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDOaW5JUQsu30n5z7r-FvpIqqZz3PDX-OpkhAP4DgzyY9HfHM2pZrFWSoPInaH89qtEMg3B9-sJRwRplXaQRZOQwL4P7HpLwalV6l4SQoQyQaNdyDWrNGqW06cE7uUF7Samhgu0FAJtlc/s1600/British+grandmother+Lindsay+Sandiford+%2528centre%2529+on+Death+Row+in+Bali+for+smuggling+cocaine+has+set+up+a+knitting+venture+behind+bars+to+provide+desperately+needed+funds+for+a+final+appeal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Lindsay Sandiford (center) and Kerobokan prison inmates" border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDOaW5JUQsu30n5z7r-FvpIqqZz3PDX-OpkhAP4DgzyY9HfHM2pZrFWSoPInaH89qtEMg3B9-sJRwRplXaQRZOQwL4P7HpLwalV6l4SQoQyQaNdyDWrNGqW06cE7uUF7Samhgu0FAJtlc/s400/British+grandmother+Lindsay+Sandiford+%2528centre%2529+on+Death+Row+in+Bali+for+smuggling+cocaine+has+set+up+a+knitting+venture+behind+bars+to+provide+desperately+needed+funds+for+a+final+appeal.jpg" title="Lindsay Sandiford (center) and Kerobokan prison inmates" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lindsay Sandiford (center) knitting with other Kerobokan prison inmates.</td></tr></tbody></table><i>A grandmother and a father may be among 16 executed after Ramadan ends</i><br /><br />Indonesia is to perform a wave of executions after the end of Ramadan, meaning two British people on death row may face the firing squad sooner than expected.<br /><br />The country’s government announced it plans to put 16 convicted prisoners to death after Eid holiday in early July, the first executions since the start of a hiatus in April last year.<br /><br />Lindsay Sandiford, a grandmother from Teeside convicted of trafficking cocaine with a street value of £1.6 million, was given the death penalty in August 2013 and remains on death row.<br /><br />Gareth Cashmore from Yorkshire was convicted for smuggling crystal meth in the country and has been in custody since September 2012.<br /><br />It is not yet clear whether Ms Sandiford or Mr Cashmore will be among the group of prisoners executed next month.<br /><br />Mohammad Rum, spokesman for the Indonesian attorney-general, told AFP the executions would take place soon but refused to specify who would face the firing squad or on what date.<br /><br />“We could not do it earlier because the government was trying to improve our economy, but now we will take some action after Eid,” he said.<br /><br />Executions were temporarily halted in the spring last year after the ‘Bali Nine’ drug-traffickers including two Australians were killed by firing squad in April, a case which caused international outrage and criticism of the Indonesian government.<br /><br />Indonesia claimed at the time the country’s economic troubles had forced the suspension of executions, although many argued the true motivation was political.<br /><br />Twelve foreigners were executed in 2015 in total, all on drugs charges.<br /><br />Ms Sandiford, 59, has repeatedly insisted she was manipulated and used as a mule to transport the cocaine as a means to protect her sons, aged 22 and 24.<br /><br />She launched an appeal to have her sentence reduced but it was rejected, as the majority of appeals for drug offences are.<br /><br />Despite the attempted intervention of prime minister David Cameron during a visit to Jakarta in 2014, Ms Sandiford’s position remains unchanged.<br /><br />Prosecutors said Mr Cashmore was attempting to transport crystal meth worth up to £800,000 when he was arrested at Soekarno-Hatta Airport. <br /><br />Rum confirmed the executions would take place on the island of Nusakambangan near Java, where they are typically carried out.<br /><br />Indonesian president Joko Widodo says the policy of executing drug smugglers is "necessary" because of the mounting problem with substance abuse in the country.<br /><br />The Independent has contacted the Foreign & Commonwealth Office for comment.<br /><br />Source: The Independent, June 14, 2016<br /><br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">Indonesia to execute 16 inmates after Ramadan</span></b><br /><br />16 people are set to face a firing squad in Indonesia this year, with the Attorney General saying they have the budget to execute another 30 in 2017.<br /><br />Attorney General Office Spokesman Muhammad Rum has told AAP the exact timing of the executions will be decided after Indonesia's Eid al-Fitr July national holiday, Lebaran (Ramadan).Mr Rum says drug offenders will be a 'priority' but this still needs to be confirmed.<br /><br />He says the most likely site for the executions is Nusakambangan - the notorious island prison where Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran were shot by firing squads in April last year. Under the state budget a further 30 people are scheduled to face the death penalty next year, Mr Rum said.<br /><br />But, Mr Rum said, the location also still needs to be confirmed.<br /><br />'One thing for sure, it's after Lebaran, 16 people. That's all,' he added.Speaking after a hearing into the budget in parliament on Monday, Attorney General HM Prasetyo told Metro TV: 'We will not stop the execution ... The budget is ready'.<br /><br />'We still have 58 death convicts of drugs cases and 152 for all kinds of crimes - murder and there's also terrorism. All we will (execute).'<br /><br />Security Minister Luhut Panjaitan has previously said he did not want to see a repeat of the 'drama' or 'soap opera' such as that which occurred in the lead up to the Australians' executions, where Indonesia faced intense diplomatic pressure, as well as strident international appeals and pleas from family members.<br /><br />Indonesian law stipulates authorities only need to give 3 days' notice of an execution taking place.<br /><br />Speaking during the anniversary of Chan and Sukumaran's death this year, their Indonesian lawyer and long time anti-death penalty campaigner Dr Todung Mulya Lubis said while he could not see the abolition of the death penalty in the country happening 'any time soon', he hopes a bill tabled before parliament might provide a middle way.<br /><br />Under the proposed changes, if people show they have rehabilitated themselves, they could see their execution commuted to a life sentence.<br /><br />Source: Sky News, June 14, 2016<br /><br /><br /><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">21 Nigerians are among the 121 prisoners on death row in Indonesia.</span></b><br /><br />30 of the prisoners will be executed before the end of 2017. 18 of them will be executed after July 6, the Eid el-Fitr Muslim holiday, which ends the holy month of Ramadan.<br /><br />Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Senior Special Assistant on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora to President Muhammadu Buhari, disclosed this to Independent on Monday.<br /><br />Bambang Waluyo, Indonesian Deputy Attorney General, announced the execution schedule during a parliamentary hearing in Jakarta. The Justice Ministry said those on death row in Indonesia are mostly convicted of drug-related crimes and that at least 35 of them are foreigners.<br /><br />In 2015, Indonesia had equally executed 14 convicts, all but 2 of them foreigners, in a move that drew international condemnation. Dabiri-Erewa noted that one Nigerian was executed in the last batch of execution. Under Indonesian law, each convict would face a squad of 10 gunmen.<br /><br />Dabiri-Erewa, who was chairman, House of Representatives' Committee on Diaspora before her present appointment, noted that when a Nigerian delegation visited Indonesia in 2010 to plead for Nigerians on death row, that the Indonesian government made it clear that the death penalty is the law.<br /><br />"As the world keeps appealing to Indonesia not to kill them, we must also admonish our citizens to avoid crime and be good ambassadors wherever they find themselves", she said.<br /><br />Indonesian President Joko Widodo, who took office in 2014, has taken a tough stance against drug trafficking, saying that the country is facing a drug emergency.<br /><br />Source: nigeriatoday.ng, June 14, 2016<br /><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">- Report an error, an omission:<a href="mailto:deathpenaltynews@gmail.com" target="_blank"> deathpenaltynews@gmail.com</a></span> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span> <span style="font-size: small;"> - Follow us on <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Death-Penalty-News-206848499362906/" target="_blank">Facebook</a> </b>and <b><a href="https://twitter.com/WebDPN" target="_blank">Twitter</a></b></span></div></div>

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2016 Report: Death penalty for gay sex in 10 to 14 nations

<div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_e24siI8vgepd4DKW4IRcXaqsv-eORFKVKQMlt95PcD373FWZcTxeX0nM3lh7sgxDWrqEPjAXwD8mpaZAfVjVTeZpVtURxtuaB5jOFcqD_uZGp0VvfMfD0inB0y2yopol4Ufd-c14Sx8/s1600/Executed+for+being+gay.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_e24siI8vgepd4DKW4IRcXaqsv-eORFKVKQMlt95PcD373FWZcTxeX0nM3lh7sgxDWrqEPjAXwD8mpaZAfVjVTeZpVtURxtuaB5jOFcqD_uZGp0VvfMfD0inB0y2yopol4Ufd-c14Sx8/s400/Executed+for+being+gay.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>10 nations with large Muslim populations have laws providing for the death penalty for same-sex activity.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Only a few actually impose the death sentence. Exactly how many is a difficult question.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The <a href="http://ilga.org/downloads/02_ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2016_ENG_WEB_150516.pdf" target="_blank">2016 State-Sponsored Homophobia report</a> from ILGA, the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association, lists 13-14 places that threaten the death penalty for homosexuality, including the basic 10 plus several specific variations:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">One where executions occur - and go unpunished - despite the fact that there is no death-penalty law (<b>Iraq</b>);</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">One that has approved a death-penalty provision but has not yet incorporated it into the nation's laws (<b>Brunei</b>);</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">One that conducts executions but is not recognized as a nation (the Islamic State, also known as <b>Daesh</b>, <b>ISIS</b> and <b>ISIL</b>);</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">One where, in theory, a particular interpretation of its laws would provide for the death penalty but, in practice, no executions have been reported (United Arab Emirates)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The ILGA list is quite similar to this blog's list of those 14 countries, printed below:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A best-information-available list of countries/regions where executions for homosexual activity are carried out or are provided by current or future law:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Nations with such laws on the books; executions have been carried out</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">1. Iran</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">2. Saudi Arabia</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Nations with such laws on the books; no recent executions reported</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">3. Sudan</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">4. Yemen</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Nations with such laws on the books in part of the country; no verified executions for homosexual activity</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">5. Nigeria</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">6. Somalia</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Nations with such laws on the books; no executions reported</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">7. Afghanistan</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">8. Mauritania</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">9. Pakistan</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">10. Qatar</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Those are the "10 nations with large Muslim populations" mentioned in this article's 1st paragraph." In addition, executions and possible executions are an issue in 4 other places:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Nation with no such a law on the books; executions are carried out by militias and others</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">11. Iraq</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Not recognized as a nation; carries out executions</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">12. Daesh/the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Nation where such a law was scheduled to take effect in 2016 (but might not)</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">13. Brunei Darussalam</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Nation where some interpretations of existing law would provide for the death penalty, but no executions have been reported</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">14. United Arab Emirates</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">News coverage in all of those nations is unreliable at best, so specific evidence of executions for same-sex intimacy is rare. What's known about some specific countries is cited below.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In <b>Somalia</b>, a <a href="http://deathpenaltynews.blogspot.com/2013/03/gay-teen-stoned-to-death-in-somalia.html" target="_blank">gay teenager was reportedly stoned to death in 2013</a>, but those reports have not been verified.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In <b>Nigeria</b>,<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6940061.stm" target="_blank"> the BBC reported in 2007</a>, "More than a dozen Nigerian Muslims have been sentenced to death by stoning and for sexual offences ranging from adultery and homosexuality. But none of these death sentences have actually been carried out as they were either thrown out on appeal or commuted to prison terms as a result of pressure from human rights groups."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj85KMAwcQSWQ6aveguS1j5gJ4RUjyxxT5m6Ak7fKvfjyonv-tIcWiRfykQogXubTj1y2-ASaW6Hp9ZWJ5En6UIU3wImh7-KdKIxakySuFWqEh2wim-nVJ37CJxbDH3wJ62L_0yiuN9wxc/s1600/Executed+for+being+gay.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj85KMAwcQSWQ6aveguS1j5gJ4RUjyxxT5m6Ak7fKvfjyonv-tIcWiRfykQogXubTj1y2-ASaW6Hp9ZWJ5En6UIU3wImh7-KdKIxakySuFWqEh2wim-nVJ37CJxbDH3wJ62L_0yiuN9wxc/s320/Executed+for+being+gay.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>In <b>Sudan</b>, the death penalty is in frequent use, but there are no recent reports of executions for same-sex intimacy. In 2014, Sudan ranked at No. 6 worldwide in number of executions (23+) for various offenses, just below the United States, with 35, <a href="https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/act50/0001/2015/en/" target="_blank">according to Amnesty International</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Similarly, <b>Yemen </b>is No. 7 in frequency of executions overall, but the death penalty apparently has not been imposed recently for homosexual activity. <a href="http://www.refworld.org/docid/41501c7615.html" target="_blank">Researchers for Canada's Immigration and Refugee Board reported</a> more than 10 years ago, "Information on whether such sentences have been carried out was not found." More recently <a href="http://www.thetower.org/article/will-yemens-gay-community-survive-the-iran-backed-militias-trying-to-take-over/" target="_blank">an article on Yemen's gay community</a> in The Tower magazine stated, "Traditionally, that death penalty is not enforced, but citizens have been imprisoned for their sexual orientation."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Saudi Arabia</b> is No. 3 among the world's most avid executioners, with 90+ in 2014. At least in the past, beheadings were imposed for homosexual behavior, including <a href="http://www.refworld.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/rwmain?docid=3f7d4e1238" target="_blank">3 men in 2002</a>. Imprisonment and lashings are <a href="http://wikiislam.net/wiki/Persecution_of_Homosexuals_%28Saudi_Arabia%29" target="_blank">a more common punishment for same-sex activity</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Iran </b>is No. 2 in the world for frequency of executions, behind China. Those include executions for homosexual activity, although the facts are often unclear or misrepresented in such cases. (See, for example, "<a href="https://76crimes.com/2015/07/20/bogus-hanging-in-iran-bogus-tweets-in-egypt/" target="_blank">Bogus hanging in Iran, bogus tweets in Egypt</a>" and "<a href="https://76crimes.com/2014/08/11/series-of-public-hangings-in-iran-including-2-for-sodomy/" target="_blank">Series of public hangings in Iran, including 2 for sodomy.</a>")</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Evidence is a bit clearer about 2 war-torn areas - <b>Iraq </b>and the territory controlled by <b>Daesh/the Islamic State</b> (ISIS/ISIL). The ILGA report of 2015 noted that "Iraq, although [the death penalty is] not in the civil code, clearly has judges and militias throughout the country that issue the death sentence for same-sex sexual behaviours. ... We are also aware that in the Daesh (ISIS/ISIL)-held areas the death penalty is implemented (although a non-State actor, it is listed in the report)." For examples, see:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://76crimes.com/2012/09/28/iraq-has-become-a-death-trap-for-gay-men/" target="_blank">Iraq has become a death trap for gay men</a> (September 2012)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://76crimes.com/2015/05/07/islamic-state-has-reported-15-lgbti-executions/" target="_blank">Islamic State' has reported 15 LGBTI executions</a> (May 2015)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In some nations, the death penalty is on the books but is not imposed. ILGA in 2015 stated:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Brunei Darussalam</b> is due to activate t<a href="https://76crimes.com/tag/brunei/" target="_blank">he death penalty for same-sex sexual acts in 2016</a>, but it seems likely that like <b>Pakistan</b>, <b>Afghanistan</b> and <b>Qatar </b>although it is on the statute, it will not be implemented.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">ILGA reported in 2016 about Brunei: "there is no sign that the threatened death penalty is to be implemented."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">According to the U.S. Department of State, Mauritania belongs in this category too. <a href="https://cablegatesearch.wikileaks.org/cable.php?id=09NOUAKCHOTT815" target="_blank">A U.S. Department of State cable from 2009, released by WikiLeaks in 2011</a>, indicated that Mauritania has never imposed the death penalty for homosexual activity or any other crime.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">ILGA reported in 2016 that "although is understood that the <b>United Arab Emirates</b> has not implemented [the death penalty] under the Sharia code, it remains a possibility under interpretations current in the Emirates."</div><i></i><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><i>This blog post is a reprint of the newly updated version of this blog’s page about countries that threaten the death penalty for homosexuality, incorporating newly released information from the <a href="http://ilga.org/downloads/02_ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2016_ENG_WEB_150516.pdf" target="_blank">2016 State-Sponsored Homophobia report</a> from ILGA, the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association.</i></i><br /><i><i><br /></i></i></div><br /><b>For more information:</b><br /><br /><ul><li><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2014/02/24/here-are-the-10-countries-where-homosexuality-may-be-punished-by-death/" target="_blank">Here are the 10 countries where homosexuality may be punished by death</a> (Washington Post)</li><li><a href="http://old.ilga.org/Statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2015.pdf" target="_blank">State-Sponsored Homophobia — 2015</a> (pdf) (ILGA)</li><li><a href="http://ilga.org/downloads/02_ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2016_ENG_WEB_150516.pdf" target="_blank">State-Sponsored Homophobia — 2016</a> (pdf) (ILGA)</li><li><a href="https://76crimes.com/2016/02/16/report-somalia-too-risky-for-lgbt-people/" target="_blank">Report: Somalia too risky for LGBT people</a> (February 2016, 76crimes.com)</li></ul><br /><ul><li><b>Find related content on DPN <a href="http://deathpenaltynews.blogspot.fr/search/label/Executed%20for%20being%20gay" target="_blank">here</a></b></li></ul><br />Source: <a href="https://76crimes.com/2016/06/08/death-penalty-for-gay-sex-in-10-to-14-nations-update/" target="_blank">76crimes.com</a>, June 9, 2016<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">- Report an error, an omission:<a href="mailto:deathpenaltynews@gmail.com" target="_blank"> deathpenaltynews@gmail.com</a></span> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span> <span style="font-size: small;"> - Follow us on <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Death-Penalty-News-206848499362906/" target="_blank">Facebook</a> </b>and <b><a href="https://twitter.com/WebDPN" target="_blank">Twitter</a></b></span></div></div>

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