By Mel Frykberg
"RAMALLAH, Mar 31, 2010 (IPS) - Last November, Muhammad Al Saba, 36, from Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip was sentenced to death by hanging by a military court in Gaza for alleged acts of "treason and collaborating with hostile forces.".....
"Executing prisoners convicted in unfair trials would only undermine Abu Mazen’s [PA President Mahmoud Abbas’ nickname] attempt to bolster his ‘law and order’ credentials," says Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director of Human Rights Watch.
"To ensure the rule of law and security for Palestinians, the PA needs to establish an independent judiciary that respects due process," adds Whitson.
"On a practical level it is imperative that Abu Mazen refuse to ratify the death warrants as they can’t be carried out in the West Bank without his consent," Sarit Michaeli from Israeli rights group B’tselem told IPS.
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) in Gaza has repeatedly called upon the PA to announce a complete moratorium on the use of the death penalty, "which violates the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948), the Covenant of Civil and Political Rights (1986), and the UN Convention against Torture (1984)."......"
"RAMALLAH, Mar 31, 2010 (IPS) - Last November, Muhammad Al Saba, 36, from Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip was sentenced to death by hanging by a military court in Gaza for alleged acts of "treason and collaborating with hostile forces.".....
"Executing prisoners convicted in unfair trials would only undermine Abu Mazen’s [PA President Mahmoud Abbas’ nickname] attempt to bolster his ‘law and order’ credentials," says Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director of Human Rights Watch.
"To ensure the rule of law and security for Palestinians, the PA needs to establish an independent judiciary that respects due process," adds Whitson.
"On a practical level it is imperative that Abu Mazen refuse to ratify the death warrants as they can’t be carried out in the West Bank without his consent," Sarit Michaeli from Israeli rights group B’tselem told IPS.
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) in Gaza has repeatedly called upon the PA to announce a complete moratorium on the use of the death penalty, "which violates the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948), the Covenant of Civil and Political Rights (1986), and the UN Convention against Torture (1984)."......"
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