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                    [ArticleID] => 2063061
                    [Title] => Trump administration carries out another execution despite appeals, pandemic
                    [Summary] => More than 500,000 people had signed petitions urging Trump to commute Bernard's sentence to life in prison, citing his age at the time of the crime and his good behavior as an inmate.
                    [DatePublished] => 2020-12-11 11:32:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1806428
                    [AuthorName] => Charlotte Plantive
                    [SectionName] => World
                    [SectionUrl] => world
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2020/12/11/brandonbernard-1_2020-12-11_11-49-29_thumbnail.jpg
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                (
                    [ArticleID] => 1538516
                    [Title] => Saudi beheadings soar in 2015 under discretionary rulings
                    [Summary] => 

Saudi Arabia carried out at least 157 executions in 2015, with beheadings reaching their highest level in the kingdom in two decades, according to several advocacy groups that monitor the death penalty worldwide.

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-01 13:40:48 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1155328 [AuthorName] => Aya Batrawy [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20160102/execution-saudi.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1502139 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Martial law, after 43 years [Summary] =>

A center is being developed to preserve the stories of torture, rape, enforced disappearances and summary executions suffered by victims of martial law.

[DatePublished] => 2015-09-20 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/opinion/20150921/StarToon.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1491487 [Title] => Summary executions involving cops common, sources say [Summary] =>

Two policemen have claimed that summary executions involving police officers are still prevalent and come in different forms.

[DatePublished] => 2015-08-23 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096410 [AuthorName] => Aie Balagtas See [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1439840 [Title] => Report: Egypt, Nigeria led world in death sentences in 2014 [Summary] =>

Egypt and Nigeria accounted for well over 1,000 of the death sentences announced last year, more than a third of the world's total, Amnesty International says in its latest annual report on the death penalty.

[DatePublished] => 2015-03-31 18:38:39 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1212308 [AuthorName] => Cara Anna [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20150401/death-penalty-report.jpg ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1408453 [Title] => Saudi beheads 83 people in 2014, the most in years [Summary] =>

Saudi authorities beheaded a Pakistani man on yesterday convicted of smuggling "large quantities" of heroin, the kingdom's state news agency reported, bringing the number of publicly announced executions to its highest level in at least five years.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-01 04:24:57 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1202011 [Title] => Japan hangs murder convict; 6th execution of year [Summary] =>

Japan on Thursday hanged a 73-year-old man convicted of murder and robbery, the country's sixth execution of the year.

[DatePublished] => 2013-09-12 14:31:39 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 888955 [Title] => Taiwan executes 6 in 1st executions since 2011 [Summary] =>

Taiwan has executed six inmates in its first use of the death penalty in nearly two years as a heated debate rages over whether the island should abolish capital punishment.

[DatePublished] => 2012-12-22 15:05:34 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 802629 [Title] => MPD: Cops not involved in 'salvagings' [Summary] =>

The Manila Police District yesterday denied any hand in the spate of summary executions in the city even as MPD director Chief Superintendent Alejandro Gutierrez ordered his men to observe human rights and not get involved in illegal activities.

[DatePublished] => 2012-05-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097511 [AuthorName] => Ramil Bajo [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 795000 [Title] => Rights group: Syria troops executed civilians [Summary] =>

A leading international human rights group says Syrian forces have summarily executed more than 100 people, most of them civilians.

[DatePublished] => 2012-04-09 16:13:44 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) ) )
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