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GAZA: HIGH MILITARY COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE
February 2, 2012: the High Military Court upheld a death sentence by hanging issued on 29 March 2011 by the Permanent Military Court against W. K. J., 27, from al-Boreij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. The man was convicted of treason and involvement in murder in accordance with the Palestinian Revolutionary Penal Code of 1979.
According to PCHR's documentation, this is the third death sentence to be issued in 2012. Thus, the total number of death sentences issued by the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) has risen to 124 sentences since 1994, of which 25 have been issued in the West Bank and 99 in the Gaza Strip. (Sources: PCHR, 02/02/2012)
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