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RAMALLAH, April 7, 2012 (WAFA) – The Palestinian Authority (PA) and the Gaza-based Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) Saturday condemned Hamas execution of three Gaza residents, one convicted of collaboration with Israel and the other two for murder..
Hamas security executed early Saturday three Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, one on charges of treason and spying for Israel, while the other two were executed after they were convicted of murder, according to a Hamas report.
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PA Minister of Health Fathi Abu Moghli considered in a statement the executions “inhuman” and a violation of international law.
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He slammed the executions, stressing that they should not have happened because President Mahmoud Abbas has not authorized them as required by law.
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He said this act by Hamas in Gaza undermines efforts to gain membership in the United Nations “as we try to show the world that we are a civilized, modern, humanitarian and democratic state.”
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Abu Moghli praised Abbas for not ratifying any death sentence since he took office in 2005 and urged him to issue a presidential decree banning the death penalty or at least suspend it as called for by an October 15, 2007 United Nations General Assembly resolution calling on member states to suspend capital punishment until it is totally abolished.
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PCHR also stressed that executions should not be carried out without approval from the head of the PA as required by the Palestinian criminal law.
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It reiterated its opposition to capital punishment as a blatant violation of the fundamental human right to life.
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