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NEWS ARCHIVE·DEATH PENALTY·OCTOBER 12, 2011

The Permanent Military Court in Gaza sentenced Bilal Saad al-Masri, 22, from Beit Lahia housing

The Permanent Military Court in Gaza sentenced Bilal Saad al-Masri, 22, from Beit Lahia housing

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The Permanent Military Court in Gaza sentenced Bilal Saad al-Masri, 22, from Beit Lahia housing project, and Jihad Abdullah al-Sab', 23, from Sheikh Zayed housing town in the north of the Gaza Strip, to death by hanging after convicting them for “terrorism” in accordance with the Palestinian Revolutionary Penal Code of 1979. 
The defendants were convicted of blowing up an explosive near al-Waha Café in al-Remal neighborhood, west of Gaza City, killing Rami Jamil Ashour, 27, and wounding five other Palestinians.
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  • (Sources: Palestinian Centre for Human Rights-PCHR, 12/10/2011)