Iran: Annual report on the death penalty 2019

Iran: Annual report on the death penalty 2019
© Iran Human Rights

Portugal to treat migrants as residents during coronavirus crisis

Welcome !!!!!
 
Portugal to treat migrants as residents during coronavirus crisis
 
All foreigners in Portugal, including asylum seekers, with pending applications will be treated as permanent residents from Monday until at least July 1.
© Reuters

US: Coronavirus Pandemic Halts Executions, Perhaps for the Foreseeable Future

Coronavirus Pandemic Halts Executions, Perhaps for the Foreseeable Future
© Death Penalty Information Center

Greece: Urgently protect refugees from COVID-19

sign & share !!!!!
 
Greece: Urgently protect refugees from COVID-19
© Amnesty International

it’s Voninha ♥♥ Birthday

here it goes one of your favourites songs …

wherever you are on a magic star,
Happy Birthday, aunt Voninha ♫

 ♥♥♥ Love youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu ♥♥♥
yours Bézinha 

Elis Regina & Tom Jobim - "Aguas de Março" - 1974

Tom Jobim: Águas de Março (english translation)
© Interglacial

Death penalty abolished in Colorado

Colorado becomes 22nd US state to abolish death penalty !!!!
 
Death penalty abolished in Colorado
© TheHill

Colorado Death Penalty Abolished, Polis Commutes Sentences Of Death Row Inmates
© Colorado Public Radio

Witness: Beaten, Electrocuted, Tortured – Life for Boys in Egypt’s Prisons

Witness: Beaten, Electrocuted, Tortured – Life for Boys in Egypt’s Prisons
© Human Rights Watch

The Art of Avogado6

on top - Evaporation
below - Consumption 


Avogado6, Japanese illustrator and animator


Avogado6 doesn't offer much of a self description,
saying only that "I'm an ordinary person who likes chemistry.
I create video works".


your illustrations are truly fantastic
& right for this time !!!!!
thank youuuuuuuuuu, Avogado6 ♥

Avogado6

Mysterious Illustrations, Deep Meanings, Quite Dark by Avogado6
© Drawingpencil.net

Syria: Assad issues general amnesty, reduces sentences

Syria: Assad issues amnesty, reduces sentences
© ZAMAN ALWSL

This Japanese man spent almost five decades on death row. He could go back

Iwao Hakamada
 
This Japanese man spent almost five decades on death row. He could go back
© CNN

wash your hands, spring !!!!

wash your hands, wash your hands ...
there is people who can neither wash their children !!!!
 
wash your hands, spring
& you are welcome !!!!!

Hanging of Nirbhaya convicts a 'dark stain' on India's human rights record: Amnesty

Hanging of Nirbhaya convicts a 'dark stain' on India's human rights record: Amnesty
© Times of India

At least 720 executions in India since 1947
© Outlook India

USA » Jan/March 2020 - State Killings, commutations & stays

January/March - 2020
 
March  
5 - Nathaniel Woods - murdered by Alabama gov. & Scotus
terrible !!!!!
Alabama Set to Execute Nathaniel Woods Despite Claims of Innocence, Police Misconduct
© Death Penalty Information Center » pub. Feb. 28
Nathaniel Woods executed as accomplice in 2004 police murders
© Montgomery Advertiser
12 - Gregory Lott - Ohio - postponed
new date set May 27, 2021
DeWine Pushes Back Dates For Three More Executions
© WOSU Radio » pub. Jan. 31
18 - John Hummel - Texas - stayed
Coronavirus results in Texas court stop John Hummel's execution
© The Texas Tribune » pub. March 16
25 - Tracy Beatty - Texas - stayed Texas court stops Tracy Beatty's execution over coronavirus
© The Texas Tribune » pub. March 19

* serious dates

as of March 19

for scheduled executions, check ►
Rick Halperin page, thanks !!!!!

Take Action for All at ► Catholic Mobilizing Network

Recent State Killings, commutations & stays ►

February
6 - Abel Ochoa - murdered by Texas
Texas executes Abel Ochoa, who killed five family members in Dallas shooting 
© The Texas Tribune
20 - Nicholas Sutton - murdered by Gov. Lee & Tennessee
Corrections Personnel, Victims’ Families, Jurors Urge Clemency for Tennessee Death-Row “Lifesaver”
© Death Penalty Information Center » pub. Jan. 22
Nicholas Todd Sutton executed by electric chair
© The Tennessean

January
15 - John Gardner - murdered by Texas !!!
Gardner becomes the first prisoner murdered by US this year.
Texas inmate executed for killing wife in 2005
© The San Diego Union-Tribune
Texas carries out nation's first execution of 2020 for domestic violence slaying in Collin County
© The Texas Tribune 
16 - Jimmy Meders - Georgia - commuted !!!!!
Parole Board Grants Clemency to Jimmy Fletcher Meders
© Cordele Dispatch » pub. Jan. 16
Georgia parole board spares life of condemned man
© Associated Press » pub. Jan. 16
29 - Donnie Cleveland Lance - murdered by Georgia !!!
Georgia man put to death for the 1997 killings of 2 people
© WSB Atlanta


Oct/December 2019

Kill Death Penalty NOW !!!!!

info by Rick Halperin and i ... thanks, my friend !!!!!

Music, Maestro !!!!!
what we want is music, lots of music !!!!!

may you sing, pleeeeeeeease ???

Portugal declares state of emergency

well, here we go ...
Portugal declares state of emergency !!!!

effective measures to be announced tomorrow
but not expected to be very restrictive
as most of us are on self-quarantine for days.

All the Best to the World !!!!!

lu

Portugal declares state of emergency over coronavirus
© POLITICO

Iran: Two Men Executed Amid Coronavirus Outbreak

Iran: Two Men Executed Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
© Iran Human Rights

Inside the Most Secret Place at Guantánamo Bay

Inside the Most Secret Place at Guantánamo Bay
© The New York Times

Heartwarming Moments Quarantined Italians Sing Together from Balconies

 

                    ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥


Maurizio Marchini, tenor

Quarantined Italian tenor passionately sings 'Nessun Dorma' from his Florence balcony
© Classic FM

here we are on state of alert ...

Bahrain pardons hundreds of prisoners as coronavirus fears spread

Bahrain pardons hundreds of prisoners as coronavirus fears spread
© Al-Monitor

Iran Temporarily Releases 70,000 Prisoners as Coronavirus Cases Surge

Iran Temporarily Releases 70,000 Prisoners as Coronavirus Cases Surge
© Reuters » pub. March 9

On Mahmoud Darwish ♥ 79th Birthday

♥♥♥


❝ Here, at the mercy of time,
on these foothills at sunset
near ripped-up orchards stripped of their shadows,
we do what prisoners do,
we do what the unemployed do:
we cultivate hope.

 
❝ We are alone. We are alone to the point
of drunkenness with our own aloneness,
with the occasional rainbow visiting.

- Mahmoud Darwish -

March 13, 1941 - August 9, 2008

The Poet of Palestinian People

Mahmoud Darwish

An accessible look at Darwish's life and work, at long last 
© The Electronic Intifada

Exile Is So Strong Within Me, I May Bring It To the Land 
A Landmark 1996 Interview with Mahmoud Darwish
© The Palestine Project

106 of the most beloved Street Art photos – 2019

106 of the most beloved Street Art photos and videos – Year 2019
© Street Art Utopia

as always, a must !!!!!

Int. Women's Day 2020 in pictures

International Women's Day 2020 around the world - in pictures
© The Guardian

sad in Kabul ...
 
International Women's Day: Marchers around the world call for equality
© BBC News

I Will Fly by Elena Ospina

International Women's Day: I Will Fly
© Cartoon Movement

Elena Ospina,
Colombian illustrator and cartoonist,
born in 1963

Elena Ospina

truly poetic & full of Hope,
gracias, thank youuuuu, Elena ♥

did u say Women's day ???

Women's day is Everyday !!!!!

anyway, 2 great causes to support ►  

Female genital mutilation | World Health Organization

Petition · End Female Genital Mutilation in India
Change.org

Child marriage | Plan International

Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit

Live 1959 [Reelin' In The Years Archives]

After Alabama Executes Nathaniel Woods, Ayanna Pressley Leads Fresh Calls for US to Abolish Death Penalty

After Alabama Executes Nathaniel Woods, Ayanna Pressley Leads Fresh Calls for US to Abolish Death Penalty
© Common Dreams

Nate Woods lynched by Alabama gov. & Scotus

i have no other words ...
this is a Lynching, gov. Kay Ivey & Scotus !!!!!

Nathaniel Woods executed as accomplice in 2004 police murders
© Montgomery Advertiser 

Nathaniel Woods executed for 2004 slayings of 3 Birmingham police officers
© al.com

Nathaniel Woods execution sparks outrage against death penalty, many seek abolition of 'modern-day lynching'
© MEAWW

previews news ►

Alabama Prepares To Execute A Man Whose Case Is Haunted By Claims Of Police Misconduct
© The Appeal » pub. Feb. 24
When violence robs us of reason: the Nate Woods case
© al.com » pub. Feb. 28
Alabama Set to Execute Nathaniel Woods Despite Claims of Innocence, Police Misconduct
© Death Penalty Information Center » pub. Feb. 28
Federal court rules against convicted cop-killer days before scheduled execution
© al.com » pub. March 3
Martin Luther King Jr's son asks Alabama to stay Nathaniel Woods execution
© Montgomery Advertiser » pub. March 3
An Alabama prisoner is set to die. Activists say his case was mishandled.
© NBCNews » pub. March 4
Alabama inmate says Woods is '100% innocent'
© CNN » pub. March 5 
MLK Jr's Son Among Justice Advocates Urging Alabama Governor to Halt Execution of Nathaniel Woods
© Common Dreams » pub. March 5

Egypt sentences 37 to death including top ISIL leader

post updated March 4

Egypt sentences 37 to death including top ISIL leader
© Al Jazeera

Egypt executes army officer-turned-militant Hisham al-Ashmawy
© Middle East Eye » pub. March 4

Oklahoma Prisoners Challenge New Execution Protocol in Federal Court

Oklahoma Prisoners Challenge New Execution Protocol in Federal Court
© Death Penalty Information Center

by Ahmad Shamlou

' A thousand laughing suns are in your eyes.
A thousand crying stars in mine.
 
' A thousand laughing suns in your footsteps,
a thousand weeping stars in my desire.

- Ahmad Shamlou -
Persian poet

December 12, 1925 - July 23, 2000
 
since i'm not sure which is correct, i post both ...

Mohammad Rasoulof wins Berlin Golden Bear

Banned Iranian director wins Berlin Golden Bear for death penalty film
 
Mohammad Rasoulof was prevented from attending the festival 
but won top award for his film There Is No Evil, about capital punishment in Iran.
© The Guardian