Death Penalty News

Bali's notorious Kerobokan prison SCHAPELLE Corby. The Bali Nine. Peter Greste. They’re names synonymous with Australians who, at some stage or another, have found themselves banged up abroad. There are currently 391 Australians convicted and serving a jail sentence overseas, according to a new report by the Department of Foreign Affairs. That’s up from 371 in 2014—15 and 326 five years ago in 2011—12. While Corby is now on parole, two of the Bali Nine have been executed and Greste — who was imprisoned in Cairo, Eqypt for reporting which was “damaging to national security” — has been released, there are hundreds of other Australians still languishing in foreign jails. Some are there for serious crimes including drug trafficking, bribery and murder. Prison conditions and management are determined by local authorities and vary from country to country and prison to prison, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. In some notorious foreign ...

The special envoy for Bulgaria in Malaysia, Angel Orbetsov, will try to persuade local authorities for more leniency in the case of the 2 Bulgarians arrested on drug trafficking charges and sentenced by a Malaysian court to death by hanging. On May 18, 2011, Bulgarian nationals Georgi Georgiev, Ivan Kostov, and Georgi Bakalov were arrested at the Sultan Ismail International Airport in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, on drug trafficking charges. The 3 were charged with trying to smuggle 5.6 kg of amphetamines worth around USD 497 000 into Malaysia. The 3 Bulgarians were remanded into custody until May 25, 2012, while the investigation was underway, and were then moved to a jail in Johor, waiting for the witness examinations and the start of the trial. Due to the lack of evidence for his involvement into the crime, Georgi Georgiev was released and deported to Bulgaria. Kostov and Bakalov were sentenced to death last Tuesday. They insist they were unaware they were transport...

Death sentence should be introduced in Bulgaria when it comes to extremely violent murder cases, according to Volen Siderov, leader of the country's far-right Ataka (Attack) party. Siderov's proposal was provoked by the recent ethnic tensions in the country's village of Katunitsa that led to the tragic death of 2 youngsters. On Monday, he demanded that the Bulgarian Consultative National Security Council should be summoned by the President to discuss what he has named "Roma Crime – a Danger for National Security." The nationalist party has also come up with the idea of trying to call a special parliamentary sitting on which "crimes committed by Roma people" could be discussed. On Monday, Siderov tried to force his way into the country's presidential building and hand out a special declaration to President Georgi Parvanov concerning the recent ethnic tensions. The controversial nationalist leader tried to open the door of the Presidential building...