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Visiting Rafah, the last hope for Gazans to escape war

STORY: Visiting Rafah, the last hope for Gazans to escape war SHOOTING TIME: March 30, 2024 DATELINE: April 1, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:54 LOCATION: RAFAH, Palestine CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of streets of Rafah in the Gaza Strip 2. STANDUP (English): SANAA KAMAL, Xinhua reporter 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): SAMIHA, Palestinian resident 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): HANI AL-SHAER, Palestinian resident 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): MOHAMMED, Palestinian resident STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): SANAA KAMAL, Xinhua reporter "Between life and death, more than two million Palestinian people in the isolated enclave are reeling in the Gaza Strip amid the continuing war between the Hamas movement and the Israeli army for the sixth month in a row, amid the absence of any signs of reaching a humanitarian ceasefire between Hamas and Israel shortly. Now we are standing in front of a home, a residential house that was bombed by Israeli warplanes that attacked over the heads of its residents, killing a number of them and wound

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AUM trial

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows two buses, each believed to be carrying a former senior member of the AUM Shinrikyo doomsday cult, entering the Tokyo District Court on Feb. 3, 2014. The court in a rare move summoned a death row inmate, Yoshihiro Inoue, as a witness in the trial of Makoto Hirata, following the questioning of another death row inmate in January.

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AUM trial

TOKYO, Japan - A police vehicle leads two buses, each believed to be carrying a former senior member of the AUM Shinrikyo doomsday cult, as the convoy heads to the Tokyo District Court on Feb. 3, 2014. The court in a rare move summoned a death row inmate, Yoshihiro Inoue, as a witness in the trial of Makoto Hirata, following the questioning of another death row inmate in January.

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Japan hangs 2 death-row inmates

TOKYO, Japan - Hideki Wakabayashi, secretary general of Amnesty International Japan, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 29, 2014, to criticize the executions of two death-row inmates earlier the same day. He said the Justice Ministry was motivated to proceed with the executions ahead of a planned Cabinet reshuffle.

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Japan hangs 2 inmates

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki holds a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 29, 2014, on the execution of two death row inmates he ordered earlier that day. Japan hanged two death row inmates in the 10th and 11th executions since the December 2012 launch of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's current government.

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AUM trial

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows two buses, each believed to be carrying a former senior member of the AUM Shinrikyo doomsday cult, with a police vehicle leading the convoy, leaving the Tokyo Detention House for the Tokyo District Court on Jan. 21, 2014. Heavy security was provided to transport Tomomasa Nakagawa, a death-row inmate, and Makoto Hirata, who turned himself in to police after nearly 17 years on the run. Nakagawa attended the trial of Hirata, charged with involvement in the abduction and confinement of a Tokyo notary public, as a witness.

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AUM trial

TOKYO, Japan - Two buses, each believed to be carrying a former senior member of the AUM Shinrikyo doomsday cult, enter the Tokyo District Court on Jan. 21, 2014. Heavy security was provided to transport Tomomasa Nakagawa, a death-row inmate, and Makoto Hirata, who turned himself in to police after nearly 17 years on the run, with riot police on standby along the streets and traffic lights changed to green to ensure a smooth procession during the convoy's nearly hour-long journey from the Tokyo Detention House. Nakagawa attended the trial of Hirata, charged with involvement in the abduction and confinement of a Tokyo notary public, as a witness.

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AUM trial

TOKYO, Japan - Two buses, each believed to be carrying a former senior member of the AUM Shinrikyo doomsday cult, enter the Tokyo District Court on Jan. 21, 2014. Heavy security was provided to transport Tomomasa Nakagawa, a death-row inmate, and Makoto Hirata, who turned himself in to police after nearly 17 years on the run, with riot police on standby along the streets and traffic lights changed to green to ensure a smooth procession during the convoy's nearly hour-long journey from the Tokyo Detention House. Nakagawa attended the trial of Hirata, charged with involvement in the abduction and confinement of a Tokyo notary public, as a witness.

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AUM trial

TOKYO, Japan - A police vehicle leads two buses, each believed to be carrying a former senior member of the AUM Shinrikyo doomsday cult, as the convoy heads for the Tokyo District Court on Jan. 21, 2014. Heavy security was provided to transport Tomomasa Nakagawa, a death-row inmate, and Makoto Hirata, who turned himself in to police after nearly 17 years on the run, with riot police on standby along the streets and traffic lights changed to green to ensure a smooth procession during the convoy's nearly hour-long journey from the Tokyo Detention House. Nakagawa attended the trial of Hirata, charged with involvement in the abduction and confinement of a Tokyo notary public, as a witness.

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Japan hangs 2 inmates

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Justice Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki speaks during a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on April 26, 2013. He announced Japan had hanged two death row inmates the same day in the second round of executions carried out under the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe launched in December 2012.

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Japan hangs 2 inmates

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Justice Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki speaks during a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on April 26, 2013. He announced Japan had hanged two death row inmates the same day in the second round of executions carried out under the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe launched in December 2012.

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Ex-death row inmate

NEW YORK, United States - Kirk Bloodsworth (C), an American who spent nearly nine years in prison and two years on death row for a crime he did not commit, speaks at the United Nations headquarters in New York on July 3, 2012.

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Japan hangs 2 death row inmates

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Keiko Chiba announced the executions of two death row inmates in a press conference at the Justice Ministry in Tokyo on July 28, 2010, in the first execution under the Democratic Party of Japan government launched in September 2009.

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Japan hangs 2 death row inmates

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Keiko Chiba announced the executions of two death row inmates in a press conference at the Justice Ministry in Tokyo on July 28, 2010, in the first execution under the Democratic Party of Japan government launched in September 2009.

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Japan hangs 2 more inmates, marking record-high executions per year

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Eisuke Mori speaks about the execution of two death-row inmates at a news conference at the Justice Ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 28. The executions brought the number of inmates hanged this year to 15, a record high for the number of inmates executed per year since 1999 when the government began announcing execution figures.

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Ex-judge not allowed to see death row inmate

TOKYO, Japan - Norimichi Kumamoto, a former judge at the Shizuoka District Court, looks dejected outside the Tokyo Detention House on July 2 after he was denied permission to visit a man he had sentenced to death for the 1966 murder of a family of four even though he believes the man was innocent. Kumamoto, 69, who presided over the trial of Iwao Hakamada, 71, went public in March and said he convicted the man as he was unable to persuade the two other judges in the trial of the defendant's innocence.

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Anti-death penalty campaigners criticize executions in Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Osamu Kishimoto, coordinator of Amnesty International Japan, speaks at a press conference in Osaka on Sept. 14 in protest of the executions earlier in the day of two death-row inmates, including Mamoru Takuma, 40, who murdered eight schoolchildren in Osaka Prefecture in 2001 in a school attack. ''The whole picture of the mass murder has not been fully clarified yet. The execution passed over the murder case in silence,'' the international human rights watchdog said.

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Japan hangs 3 death-row inmates in 1st executions in 2 yrs

Three death-row inmates were hanged Tuesday, the Ministry of Justice said, in Japan's first executions since December 2019 and first under the administration of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. The three were identified as Yasutaka Fujishiro, 65, who killed seven of his relatives in Hyogo Prefecture in 2004, and Tomoaki Takanezawa, 54, and Mitsunori Onogawa, 44, convicted of killing two employees at two separate pachinko parlors in Gunma Prefecture in 2003. Following Tuesday's executions, the number of inmates sitting on death row in Japan stands at 107. Japan's capital punishment system has drawn international criticism, with critics calling for greater transparency on the timing of executions given that death-row inmates are typically notified just hours before or, at times, not at all.

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Anti-death penalty campaigners criticize executions in Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Osamu Kishimoto, coordinator of Amnesty International Japan, speaks at a press conference in Osaka on Sept. 14 in protest of the executions earlier in the day of two death-row inmates, including Mamoru Takuma, 40, who murdered eight schoolchildren in Osaka Prefecture in 2001 in a school attack. ''The whole picture of the mass murder has not been fully clarified yet. The execution passed over the murder case in silence,'' the international human rights watchdog said. (Kyodo)

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Prison Break : Season 1 (2005)

Stacy Keach, Sarah Wayne Callies, Dominic Purcell, Wentworth Miller, Marshall Allman & Robin Tunney Characters: Warden Henry Pope,Dr. Sara Tancredi,Lincoln Burrows,Michael Scofield,LJ Burrows & Veronica Donovan Television: Prison Break : Season 1 (TV-Serie) Usa 2005-2009, / 1. Staffel, Season 1 29 August 2005 PRISON BREAK: Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller, fourth from L) is a desperate man with a plan to save the life of his brother, Lincoln Burrows (Dominic Purcell, third from L), who is on death row in PRISON BREAK in a special two-hour premiere Monday, Aug. 29 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) and will air in its regular time period begining Monday, Sept. 5 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.? L-R: Stacy Keach, Sarah Wayne Callies, Dominic Purcell, Wentworth Miller, Marshall Allman, Robin Tunne Date: 29 August 2005

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Prison Break : Season 1 (2005)

Wentworth Miller & Dominic Purcell Characters: Michael Scofield & Lincoln Burrows Television: Prison Break : Season 1 (TV-Serie) Usa 2005-2009, / 1. Staffel, Season 1 29 August 2005 PRISON BREAK: Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller, R) is a desperate man with a plan to save his brother's life, Lincoln Burrows (Dominic Purcell, L) who is on death row in PRISON BREAK in a special two-hour premier Monday, Aug. 29 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) and will air in its regular time period begining Monday, Sept. 5 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. Date: 29 August 2005

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Prison Break : Season 1 (2005)

Wentworth Miller Characters: Michael Scofield Television: Prison Break : Season 1 (TV-Serie) Usa 2005-2009, / 1. Staffel, Season 1 29 August 2005 PRISON BREAK: Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller) is a desperate man with a plan to save the life of his brother, who is on death row in PRISON BREAK, premiering with a special two-hour event Monday, Aug. 29 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) and airing in its regular time period begining Monday, Sept. 5 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FO Date: 29 August 2005

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Prison Break : Season 1 (2005)

Wentworth Miller Characters: Michael Scofield Television: Prison Break : Season 1 (TV-Serie) Usa 2005-2009, / 1. Staffel, Season 1 29 August 2005 PRISON BREAK: Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller) is a desperate man with a plan to save the life of his brother, who is on death row in PRISON BREAK, premiering with a special two-hour event Monday, Aug. 29 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) and airing in its regular time period begining Monday, Sept. 5 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.? Date: 29 August 2005

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Prison Break : Season 1 (2005)

Dominic Purcell & Wentworth Miller Characters: Lincoln Burrows & Michael Scofield Television: Prison Break : Season 1 (TV-Serie) Usa 2005-2009, / 1. Staffel, Season 1 29 August 2005 PRISON BREAK: Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller, R) is a desperate man with a plan to save his brother's life, Lincoln Burrows (Dominic Purcell, L) who is on death row in PRISON BREAK in a special two-hour premier Monday, Aug. 29 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) and will air in its regular time period begining Monday, Sept. 5 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FO Date: 29 August 2005

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Prison Break : Season 1 (2005)

Wentworth Miller Characters: Michael Scofield Television: Prison Break : Season 1 (TV-Serie) Usa 2005-2009, / 1. Staffel, Season 1 29 August 2005 PRISON BREAK: Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller) is a desperate man with a plan to save the life of his brother, who is on death row in PRISON BREAK, premiering with a special two-hour event Monday, Aug. 29 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) and airing in its regular time period begining Monday, Sept. 5 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.? Date: 29 August 2005

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Japan hangs 2 inmates, 16 executed since 2012 launch of Abe gov't

Undated photo shows Junko Yoshida, a former nurse who masterminded two murders for insurance money in 1998 and 1999 in Fukuoka Prefecture. Japan hanged her and another death-row inmate Yasutoshi Kamata on March 25, 2016, bringing the total number of people executed since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe returned to power in December 2012 to 16. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan hangs 2 death-row inmates

Justice Minister Mitsuhide Iwaki speaks at a press conference at his ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2015, after ordering the executions of two death-row inmates. It was his first order to put inmates to death since taking office in October. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan hangs 2 death-row inmates

Justice Minister Mitsuhide Iwaki speaks at a press conference at his ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2015, after ordering the executions of two death-row inmates. It was his first order to put inmates to death since taking office in October. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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High court upholds rejection of death-row inmate's retrial petition

Undated photo shows Shigeru Yagi, a death-row inmate convicted of killing two people for insurance money in Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo, in 1995 and 1999. The Tokyo High Court on July 31, 2015 upheld a lower court decision that turned down a petition for a retrial filed by the 65-year-old. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan hangs 1 death-row inmate

Justice Minister Yoko Kamikawa attends a press conference in Tokyo on June 25, 2015, to announce that a death-row inmate was hanged, in the 12th execution since the December 2012 launch of the government headed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. She ordered the execution of Tsukasa Kanda, who was convicted of killing a woman in 2007 in Nagoya, central Japan, after he and his two accomplices met via an Internet site for finding "crime partners." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lawyer speaks about stay of execution for U.S. death-row inmate in Oklahoma

A U.S. lawyer (C) for death-row inmate Richard Glossip speaks to reporters in McAlester, Oklahoma, on Sept. 16, 2015, after a state appeal court decision to grant a two-week stay of execution hours before he was scheduled to die. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan hangs 2 more inmates, marking record-high executions per ye

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Eisuke Mori speaks about the execution of two death-row inmates at a news conference at the Justice Ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 28. The executions brought the number of inmates hanged this year to 15, a record high for the number of inmates executed per year since 1999 when the government began announcing execution figures. (Kyodo)

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Japan hangs 2 death row inmates

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Keiko Chiba announced the executions of two death row inmates in a press conference at the Justice Ministry in Tokyo on July 28, 2010, in the first execution under the Democratic Party of Japan government launched in September 2009. (Kyodo)

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Japan hangs 2 death row inmates

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Keiko Chiba announced the executions of two death row inmates in a press conference at the Justice Ministry in Tokyo on July 28, 2010, in the first execution under the Democratic Party of Japan government launched in September 2009. (Kyodo)

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Japan hangs 3 death row inmates

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Yasutoshi Matsuda, a death row inmate. Matsuda, 44, was executed on March 29, 2012, along with two other death row inmates, in the first executions in 20 months in Japan, one of the few advanced countries to retain the death penalty. (Kyodo)

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Japan hangs 3 death row inmates

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Yasuaki Uwabe, a death row inmate. Uwabe, 48, was executed on March 29, 2012, along with two other death row inmates, in the first executions in 20 months in Japan, one of the few advanced countries to retain the death penalty. (Kyodo)

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Japan hangs 2 death-row inmates

TOKYO, Japan - Hideki Wakabayashi, secretary general of Amnesty International Japan, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 29, 2014, to criticize the executions of two death-row inmates earlier the same day. He said the Justice Ministry was motivated to proceed with the executions ahead of a planned Cabinet reshuffle. (Kyodo)

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Japan's execution of 2 death-row inmates

Japanese Justice Minister Takashi Yamashita speaks at a press conference at his ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 2, 2019, about the executions of two death-row inmates that took place earlier in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's execution of 2 death-row inmates

Japanese Justice Minister Takashi Yamashita speaks at a press conference at his ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 2, 2019, about the executions of two death-row inmates that took place earlier in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's execution of 2 death-row inmates

Japanese Justice Minister Takashi Yamashita speaks at a press conference at his ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 2, 2019, about the executions of two death-row inmates that took place earlier in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's execution of 2 death-row inmates

Japanese Justice Minister Takashi Yamashita speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2018, about the executions of two death row inmates that took place earlier in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's execution of 2 death-row inmates

Japanese Justice Minister Takashi Yamashita speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2018, about the executions of two death-row inmates that took place earlier in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's execution of 2 death-row inmates

Japanese Justice Minister Takashi Yamashita speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2018, about the executions of two death-row inmates that took place earlier in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's execution of 2 death-row inmates

Japanese Justice Minister Takashi Yamashita speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2018, about the executions of two death-row inmates that took place earlier in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's execution of 2 death-row inmates

Photo taken Dec. 27, 2018, shows the building which houses the Justice Ministry in Tokyo. Japan executed two death-row inmates the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan hangs 2 inmates, 20th, 21st executions under 2nd Abe gov't

Japanese Justice Minister Yoko Kamikawa speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2017. Japan hanged two death row inmates the same day in the 20th and 21st executions since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe returned to power in December 2012. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan hangs 2 inmates, including one seeking retrial

Japanese Justice Minister Katsutoshi Kaneda speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on July 13, 2017, in the wake of his order to execute the same day two death-row inmates by hanging, including a multiple murderer who had reportedly been seeking a retrial. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo