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GAZA: DEATH SENTENCE ISSUED FOR MURDER
July 11, 2019: The First Instance Court on 9 July 2019 issued a death sentence by hanging against J. M. (69), from Jabalia after convicting him with the murder of (A. A.) on 15 February 2018.
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns the ongoing use of death penalty in the Gaza Strip and calls upon the authorities to respect Palestine’s international obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights’ Second Optional Protocol, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty (Acceded in June 2018).
Since the beginning of 2019, three death sentences were issued in Palestinian Authority (PA) controlled areas. (Sources: imemc.org, 10/07/2019)
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