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CUBA: 3,522 PRISONERS PARDONED AHEAD OF POPE FRANCIS VISIT

September 11, 2015: The Cuban government said it plans to pardon 3,522 prisoners over the next 72 hours as a "humanitarian" gesture ahead of Pope Francis's visit to the island beginning next week.
But the announcement appeared to rule out pardons for at least some of the dozens of inmates that rights groups consider political prisoners. Convicts serving time for crimes against "national security" would not be eligible for release, said the statement in the Communist Party newspaper Granma.
Those receiving pardons will include inmates over age 60 or under 20 with no prior convictions and prisoners whose terms are nearing an end, as well as women, the infirm and foreigners whose countries will accept their repatriation.
The amnesty, ordered by the State Council, the Cuban government's supreme body, will not extend to those serving time for homicide, rape, drug trafficking and other serious offenses in Cuba such as "cattle rustling," according to Granma.
The government issued similar amnesties prior to previous papal visits. Nearly 3,000 inmates received pardons before Pope Benedict XVIā€™s arrival in 2012, and Pope John Paul IIā€™s visit in 1998 prompted the release of several hundred others. (Sources: Washington Post, 11/09/2015)

SOMALIA: SEVEN SOLDIERS EXECUTED FOR ā€˜MURDERING CIVILIANSā€™
EGYPT: TWO YEARS OF TERROR, 1,695 DEATH SENTENCES SINCE 2013
DR CONGO: MILITARY COURT COMMUTES OFFICER'S DEATH SENTENCE FOR ACTIVIST MURDER
TEXAS (USA): NO DEATH SENTENCES IN THE LAST 9 MONTHS
IRAN: PRISONER EXECUTED IN SANANDAJ
KENYA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
PAKISTAN: THREE MURDER CONVICTS HANGED IN DIFFERENT JAILS, ANOTHER ESCAPES THE NOOSE
OKLAHOMA (USA): COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS HALTED THE EXECUTION OF GLOSSIP
EGYPT: 8 BROTHERHOOD MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
IRAN: SEVEN PRISONERS HANGED IN BIRJAND AND TABRIZ PRISONS
KUWAIT: SEVEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SHIITE MOSQUE BOMBING
INDONESIA: MALAYSIAN GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
IRAN: AT LEAST 4 PRISONERS HANGED IN GHEZELHESAR PRISON IN KARAJ
IRAN: TWO PRISONERS HANGED IN GILAN FOR DRUG POSSESSION
EGYPT: COURT RATIFIES 'ISIS' DEATH SENTENCES
AFGHANISTAN: COUPLE STONED TO DEATH BY TALIBAN ON ADULTERY CHARGES
SAUDI ARABIA: IRAQI EXECUTED FOR MURDER
PAKISTAN: FOUR DEATH ROW PRISONERS HANGED
SAUDI ARABIA: KENYAN GIRL SENTENCED TO HANG
INDIA: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT TO MAN FOR MURDER OF MINOR
PAKISTAN: FOUR MORE DEATH ROW CONVICTS HANGED
TAIWAN: DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD FOR MURDERS
INDONESIA: DEATH PENALTY NO LONGER A PRIORITY
IRAN: TWO HANGED IN BANDAR ABBAS FOR DRUG RELATED CHARGES
EGYPT: 9 MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
IRAN: 11 PRISONERS EXECUTED FOR DRUG OFFENCES
PAKISTAN: ONE MORE MURDER CONVICT HANGED IN SAHIWAL
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OKLAHOMA (USA): DEATH PENALTY OPPONENTS URGE GOVERNOR TO DELAY GLOSSIPā€™S EXECUTION
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