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Indonesia | 14 years on death row: Timeline of Mary Jane Veloso’s ordeal and fight for justice

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MANILA, Philippines — The case of Mary Jane Veloso, a Filipina on death row in Indonesia for drug trafficking, has spanned over a decade and remains one of the most high-profile legal battles involving an overseas Filipino worker. Veloso was arrested on April 25, 2010, at Adisucipto International Airport in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, after she was found in possession of more than 2.6 kilograms of heroin. She was sentenced to death in October – just six months after her arrest. Indonesia’s Supreme Court upheld the penalty in May 2011.

Iran : justice aveugle

Un Iranien qui a rendu aveugle une femme ayant refusé sa demande en mariage en lui jetant de l’acide au visage a été condamné par la justice au même châtiment : il devra à son tour être aveuglé des deux yeux par un jet d’acide.

Lire la suite de cet article sur le site de iran-resist.org. Attention : récit et images d'une très grande violence.

Source: iran-resist.org, 28 novembre 2008

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