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After the September 2022 death in custody of Mahsa Amini and the subsequent protests, Iranian universities have also faced heightened repression and intensified control. The government's new "Population Growth" initiative, coupled with mandatory hijab laws, has transformed universities into enforcers of these policies, placing additional pressure on female students. Under the policy, universities offer academic grades and incentives for observing mandatory hijab, marrying, or having children, effectively turning these institutions into vehicles for promoting the Islamic Republic’s ideological goals.

CNN  —  A new draft law that would enshrine harsh punishments for women and girls who fail to wear a hijab in Iran could amount to “gender apartheid,” UN experts said in a statement on Friday. “The draft law could be described as a form of gender apartheid, as authorities appear to be governing through systemic discrimination with the intention of suppressing women and girls into total submission,” the experts said. The proposed legislation, which is currently under review by the Iranian parliament, would establish harsh penalties for women who refuse to wear the veil – including long jail sentences.

The death penalty for Wu Xieyu was upheld by the Fujian Province High People's Court on Tuesday. The death penalty for Wu Xieyu, an academically outstanding Peking University student who brutally killed his mother, was upheld by the High People's Court of Fujian Province on Tuesday. Wu, 28, was sentenced to death by the Fuzhou Intermediate People's Court for murder, fraud and buying others' ID cards in August 2021. Wu developed the evil intention of killing his mother out of his misperception. He meticulously planned the murder, committed the murder extremely cruelly, scammed money from relatives and friends and squandered it all during his run, showing no signs of confession or remorse, the high court said.

BROOMFIELD, Colorado, April 21 (Reuters) - Colorado-based Biofire Tech is taking orders for a smart gun enabled by facial-recognition technology, the latest development in personalized weapons that can only be fired by verified users. But in a sign of the long, challenging road that smart guns have faced, a prototype twice failed to fire when demonstrated for Reuters this week. Company founder and Chief Executive Kai Kloepfer said the software and electronics have been fully tested, and the failure was related to the mechanical gun which was made from pre-production and prototype parts.

The Spanish citizen has been on death row in the US for 16 years over a 1994 triple murder, and was recently retried due to serious flaws at the original trial In a new twist to the story of Pablo Ibar, who is on death row in the United States for a triple murder committed in 1994, a member of the jury that found him guilty at his retrial last week has apparently reconsidered his decision. Ibar, who is of Spanish descent on his father’s side, has been behind bars for 24 years, 16 of them on death row, for the brutal killing of a bar owner and two dancers inside the former’s house in Broward County, Florida. The case became known as the “Casey’s Nickelodeon murders,” in reference to the name of the male victim’s place of business. Ibar’s case history involves one mistrial, a trial that sent Ibar to death row despite a lack of physical evidence against him, and a victorious battle to secure a retrial. The story has been widely followed in Spain, where a Pablo Ibar Asso...

A US jury on Saturday unanimously found a Spaniard guilty of murdering a nightclub owner and 2 dancers after the accused's 3rd trial in 21 years. Pablo Ibar, 46, has already spent years on death row. One of his lawyers, Benjamin Waxman, confirmed the latest conviction in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and told AFP he would appeal. "We're very disappointed with the verdict," Waxman said. The trial began in October. Ibar was charged for the 1994 murders of the club manager and 2 female dancers during a robbery at the manager's home in Miramar, Florida. Ibar and another man were both charged that year but the co-accused, after an initial conviction, was ultimately acquitted and freed at a retrial. Ibar first went on trial in 1997 but the jury could not agree on a verdict. At a 2nd trial in 2000 he was convicted and sentenced to death. But in 2016, Florida's Supreme Court overturned the conviction and ordered a retrial, stating ...

Pablo Ibar in 2009 Nearly €1.1 million: that is how much Pablo Ibar, who has been behind bars in the United States for 23 years, needs to raise in order to retain a good lawyer who might prevent his execution for a triple murder that he denies having committed. Thanks to financial aid, donations and his family’s tireless work, the fundraising drive has already secured over €701,000. Now, the Pablo Ibar Association is launching a crowdfunding campaign to raise the remaining amount. Ibar, a US resident who is of Basque descent on his father’s side, was arrested in 1994 and accused of murdering a bar owner and two models at the former’s home in Broward County, Florida. During the trial, which extended to 2000, Ibar was defended by a court-appointed attorney who suffered from addiction problems and was himself later arrested. As a result of a weak defense, Ibar was sentenced to death. A series of endless appeals ensued. In the US, this requires a lot of money. Thanks...

Pablo Ibar Los abogados explican que se trata de una coincidencia parcial en una mancha milimétrica El caso de Pablo Ibar sigue avanzando por los derroteros de una telenovela. El último español condenado a muerte en el mundo fue acusado en 1994 de triple asesinato en la ciudad de Miramar, en Florida (EE UU). Desde ese año ha estado encerrado: primero en la cárcel y desde el año 2000, cuando fue sentenciado, en el corredor de la muerte. El pasado mes de febrero el juez aceptó, después de tres apelaciones, retirar la pena de muerte y repetir el juicio debido a “una defensa ineficaz” y “pruebas escasas y débiles”. Pablo Ibar, de 43 años y sobrino del fallecido boxeador José Manuel Urtain , fue condenado sin ninguna prueba científica en contra. Ni el ADN ni las huellas encontradas en la escena del triple asesinato cometido en junio de 1994 coincidían con las de Ibar. Para asegurarse, el Estado de Florida ha realizado cuatro análisis en los últimos 22 años. Y en los cuatro e...

Pablo Ibar, left, and defense lawyer Fred Haddad. A man who spent 16 years on Death Row for three murders he insists he did not commit went before a Broward judge Friday to ask for a bond so he can leave jail as he and his lawyers prepare for a retrial. Broward Circuit Judge Raag Singhal said he will need time to review volumes of material provided by both sides and will make a decision July 14 on whether Pablo Ibar, 44, should go free while he awaits trial. Ibar was sentenced to death in 2000 for the murders of Casimir "Butch Casey" Sucharski, the flashy former owner of the Casey's Nickelodeon nightclub, and Sharon Anderson and Marie Rogers, two women he brought home with him early on June 26, 1994, the same morning two men chose to rob Sucharski's Miramar house. The case has proved one of the most expensive and time consuming in Broward history, with prosecutors going after two co-defendants spanning four trials so far, taking up more than 20 months...

Pablo Ibar The Spaniard of Basque descent has already spent 16 years on death row, after a conviction in the 1990s for a triple-homicide The State of Florida has announced its decision to ask for capital punishment for Pablo Ibar, despite the Florida Supreme Court having vacated a death penalty sentence from the year 2000 and ordered a new trial. Ibar, a Spanish citizen of Basque descent, was convicted of a 1994 triple homicide of a nightclub owner and 2 models. He has already served 22 years in prison, 16 of them on death row. Andres Krakenberger, a spokesman for the Pablo Ibar Association Against the Death Penalty, told reporters at a news conference on Tuesday that the defense had received the state's notification. He said the decision was "predictable," though it has caused "profound disappointment," given that the prosecution is pressing charges against someone who has "clear proof of his innocence." Krakenberger said Ibar was...

Pablo Ibar Pablo Ibar, whose death sentence was overturned in February by the Florida Supreme Court, has been transferred to a regular prison The Florida Supreme Court vacated Ibar's sentence and ordered a new trial, citing several flaws in the state's arguments against him. 45-year-old Ibar, who is of Basque descent, will appear before Judge Jeffrey Levenson in a Fort Lauderdale court, in Broward County, on Friday. Levenson presided over his case in 2009, nearly 10 years after the Spaniard was sentenced to death for the triple murder of a nightclub owner and 2 models. Ibar, who has served 22 years in prison, 15 of them on death row, has always maintained his innocence. "Ibar is already listed as being transferred to a jail in Broward County," said Andres Krakenberger, a spokesman for the Pablo Ibar Association Against the Death Penalty. The Florida Supreme Court underscored one of the most important arguments used by the defense: the fact tha...

Pablo Ibar Kin of Spaniard on death row in U.S. cautious ahead of new trial Family and supporters of Pablo Ibar, a Spanish citizen sentenced to death in Florida for a 1994 triple-murder, said here Thursday that while they welcome a decision to grant him a new trial , they remain wary. Ibar's father and cousin and the spokesman for the Pablo Ibar Association Against the Death Penalty, Andres Krakenberger, met Thursday morning with the president of the Basque regional parliament, Bakartxo Tejeria, and other lawmakers. After the round of meetings, they told reporters they hope to convince the parliament to issue an institutional declaration in favor of Ibar. Krakenberger said the different parties have been favorable to supporting this cause "of evident injustice." In February, the Florida Supreme Court overturned the 2000 murder conviction of the 45-year-old Ibar, who has been imprisoned for almost 22 years, 15 of them on death row. The 4-3 deci...

Pablo Ibar in 2009 TALLAHASSEE — After 16 years on Florida's death row in connection with a triple murder in Broward County, Pablo Ibar has won a fight to have his sentence vacated and will receive a new trial . Ibar, 44, a former Hollywood resident, was convicted of killing three people in a home invasion robbery in Miramar in 1994 in what became known as the Casey's Nickelodeon murders. One of the murder victims, Casey Kucharski, operated a bar in Pembroke Park by that name and the killings took place in his home. The other two victims were Sharon Anderson and Marie Rogers. The Florida Supreme Court ordered Ibar's death sentence vacated in February, but the state asked for a hearing, and the court on Monday sealed Ibar's legal victory by denying that request in a 6-1 decision, with Justice Charles Canady the lone dissenter. In siding with Ibar's attorney, Benjamin Waxman of Miami, the Supreme Court cited numerous deficiencies by Ibar's attorne...

Pablo Ibar in 2009 Florida Supreme Court dismisses prosecution's appeal against retrial for 1994 triple murder The Florida Supreme Court has dismissed a prosecution appeal against the decision to order a new trial for a Spaniard who has been on death row for 15 years. Pablo Ibar, who has been behind bars for nearly 22 years at Rainford penitentiary in Starke, Florida, has always maintained his innocence in connection with a triple murder that took place in 1994. In February of this year, the high court ordered a retrial on the basis that mistakes were made during the first trial. With this new decision, 45-year-old Ibar could be transferred from death row “in 15 days at the outside,” according to the Association against the Death Penalty. Andrés Krakenberger, the association spokesman, expressed satisfaction at the decision on Basque public radio station Radio Euskadi. News of the court’s dismissal of the appeal was sent to Ibar’s lawyer, Benjamin Waxma...