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Pena de morte: Mais dois infratores da legislação antidrogas são sentenciados no Vietnã e um é executado na Arábia Saudita

by Martin Arangurí, June 13, 2007, 03:22pm

Os países do Sudeste Asiático e do Oriente Médio continuam impondo a pena de morte contra os infratores da legislação antidrogas, com duas pessoas sendo sentenciadas à morte e outra executada nesta semana.

No Vietnã, dois aldeões pertencentes a minorias étnicas foram sentenciados à morte por contrabandearem heroína na segunda-feira. Quatorze outros foram presos em um caso que envolvia o contrabando de 1,7 quilograma de heroína em um período de três meses no ano passado.

"Todos os 16 condenados eram da mesma aldeia e muitos deles eram parentes uns dos outros", disse Pham Van Nam, o presidente do tribunal. "Eram todos viciados".

Na Arábia Saudita, as autoridades decapitaram um cidadão saudita por contrabandear haxixe na quinta-feira. Jari al-Dossari foi preso enquanto recebia uma grande quantidade de haxixe e foi executado na província de al-Sulail de Riade.

Segundo a interpretação estrita da Arábia Saudita da lei islâmica, as pessoas condenadas por assassinato, estupro, assalto à mão armada e narcotráfico podem ser executadas. E os sauditas estão botando a mão na massa - 82 pessoas foram executadas até agora neste ano, muito à frente do passo no ano passado (38) e no ano anterior (82).

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