Amnesty calls for Gaza's ruling party to halt 'inhuman and degrading' executions it says will be carried out next week.
Hamas is planning to publicly execute two prisoners in Gaza as a "lesson" to others next week, according to the human rights organisation Amnesty International, which has described the move as deeply disturbing.
A 23-year-old man has been sentenced to death for "collaboration with an enemy entity". He told his lawyer he had been beaten during interrogation, Amnesty reported.
An appeal at a military court is scheduled for Wednesday but he will be at risk of imminent execution if it is unsuccessful.
The second man, aged 27, confessed to the rape and murder of a six-year-old boy in 2000. He was sentenced to death despite being a minor at the time. According to Amnesty, he was "apparently tortured to 'confess'" to the crime.
The death penalty is carried out by hanging and firing squad.
I don`t understand why more leftists don't speak out more against Hamas and other like-minded groups.
Reminder: The Canadian government considers Hamas as terrorist organization.
