United Arab Emirates 2010
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News on United Arab Emirates in 2010
- DECEMBER 31, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: 17 INDIANS ON DEATH ROW IN UAE WIN REPRIEVE -REPORTS
seventeen Indians convicted of killing a Pakistani man had their death sentences overturned by Judge Abdullah Yousef al-Shamsi of the Sharjah Court of Appeals in United Arab Emirates after the victim's family agreed to pardon them in return for financial
- DECEMBER 16, 2010EgyptDEATH PENALTY
UAE: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY
Judge Moustapha Shinawi of the Appeals court in the United Arab Emirates upheld
- DECEMBER 12, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: DEATH ROW CONVICTS IN DUBAI LOSE SECOND PLEA
Presiding Judge Eisa Al Sharif of the Dubai Appeal Court rejected the appeal of Russian, S.A., 31, and Ukrainian, S.N., 35, against their death sentences in the United Arab Emirates.
- NOVEMBER 30, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: EXECUTION UPHELD FOR MURDER OF TEEN PHONE HARASSER
in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates, the Cassation Court approved the death
- NOVEMBER 8, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING FORMER WIFE
in the United Arab Emirates, the Fujairah Court of Appeals sentenced a man identified...
- OCTOBER 26, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST TWO FOREIGNERS UPHELD
in the United Arab Emirates, Presiding Judge Al Saeed Mohammad Barghout of the Dubai Court of First Instance dismissed the pleas made by Russian S.A., 31, and Ukrainian S.N., 35, to have their death sentences reduced to a year in jail because they had pai
- OCTOBER 20, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: MAN ACQUITTED OF DRUG PEDDLING, DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED
the Fujairah Federal Court of Appeal commuted the death sentence awarded to a man
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: COURT WAIVES DEATH PENALTY TO 3 PUNJAB YOUTHS
the Appeal Sharia Court in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, commuted the death sentences
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: MAN FACES DEATH TERM FOR KILLING HUSBAND OF MISTRESS
in the United Arab Emirates, Presiding Judge Mohammad Nabeel Riyadh of the Dubai Cassation Court rejected the appeal of Sri Lankan national Rowan Kumara Dichabria, 23, for murdering his mistress' husband J.P.
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: 17 INDIANS ON DEATH ROW SAY THEY WERE TORTURED FOR CONFESSION
seventeen Indian workers on death row in Sharjah, the United Arab Emirates, for the murder of a Pakistani man told an appeals court that the police extracted their confession after torturing them.
- AUGUST 29, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: DEATH SENTENCE FOR HEROIN SMUGGLER
in the United Arab Emirates, Afghan national MK, 22, was sentenced to death
- JULY 25, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY
in the United Arab Emirates, Bangladeshi man M.K., 26, unsuccessfully appealed his death sentence for murdering Indian man B.K. in 2005. M.K. was originally sentenced to death by the Sharjah Sharia Court of First Instance for fatally stabbing B.K. after a
- JULY 25, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
in the United Arab Emirates, a man had his death sentence commuted...
in the United Arab Emirates, a man had his death sentence commuted...
- JULY 14, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: CASE OF 17 INDIANS ON DEATH ROW IN UAE ADJOURNED TO SEPT 1
the hearing in the appeals for 17 Indians sentenced to death in the United Arab Emirates for killing a Pakistani man was adjourned for the third time by a Sharjah Court of Appeals, saying that it wanted an official interpreter for the convicts.
- JULY 12, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: THREE GET DEATH IN UAE FOR KILLING NRI FROM KERALA
three men from Kerala, India, M Sakkaria, K T Basheer and T K Anvar, were sentenced to death by a Sharia court in Sharjah, the United Arab Emirates, for murder.
- JULY 12, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: SHARJAH WORKER SENTENCED TO DEATH
in the United Arab Emirates, the Sharjah Sharia Court of First Instance sentenced Indian worker S.S. to death for beating an unidentified man to death who tried to rob him, a judicial official said.
- JULY 5, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: MAN ON DEATH ROW WINS PARDON FROM VICTIM'S FAMILY IN SHARJAH
in Sharjah, the United Arab Emirates, Indian national M.K., was pardoned after he paid blood money to the parents of a man he allegedly murdered a coworker in Sharjah's Al Saja'a area in a fight over Dh30.
- JUNE 30, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: CONVICT ON DEATH ROW OVER TWIN MURDER WITH CRICKET BAT
in the United Arab Emirates, the Sharjah Appeals Court upheld the death sentence
- JUNE 27, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: DEATH SENTENCE FOR COOK FOR KILLING PROSTITUTE
a 36-year-old Indian cook, AB, was sentenced to death by the Dubai Criminal Court in the United Arab Emirates. AB agreed with prostitute SY to have sex twice for Dh200, but after the first time she refused.
- JUNE 23, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
the Sharjah Appeal Court in the United Arab Emirates upheld the death sentence of Bangladeshi nationals
- JUNE 17, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: ON DEATH ROW IN DUBAI FOR 23 YRS, INDIAN’S MERCY PLEA
64-year-old carpenter Paul George Nadar from Tamil Nadu in India, who has been on death row in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, for the past 23 years is seeking his own quick execution.
- JUNE 17, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
DEATH SENTENCE APPEAL POSTPONED FOR INDIANS
the hearing on an appeal in the United Arab Emirates against a death sentence given to 17 Indians who were found guilty of killing a Pakistani man and injuring another four was adjourned by the Sharjah Court of Appeal to July 14, Gulf News has learnt.
- JUNE 15, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING COMPATRIOT
in the United Arab Emirates, Presiding Judge Al Saeed Mohammad Barghout of the Dubai Court of First Instance sentenced A.M. to death for murdering Egyptian national H.M. A.M. allegedly beat H.M. with a sharp tool repeatedly at the back of his head in his
- JUNE 14, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: COURT COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY OF 65-YEAR-OLD WOMAN’S RAPIST
in the United Arab Emirates, the Fujairah Court of Appeal commuted the death
- JUNE 13, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: MAN GETS DEATH FOR MURDERING WIFE
in the United Arab Emirates, presiding Judge of the Fujairah Criminal Court of First Instance Saeed Abdullah Masoud sentenced an UAE national to death for murdering his wife in 2009 in the Roll Dedna area.
- JUNE 8, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: FIVE FOREIGNERS SENTENCED TO DEATH ON DRUGS CHARGES
in the United Arab Emirates, an Abu Dhabi court sentenced five foreigners to death in two separate
- JUNE 7, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: DUBAI COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MOSQUE MURDERER
the death sentence against 30-year-old Emirati, Rashid Al Rashidi, was finalised
- MAY 18, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD FOR MURDER
in the United Arab Emirates, Dubai Appeals Court unanimously confirmed the death sentences of two Indian men convicted of murdering and robbing Indian sales executive Y.A.
- MAY 16, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: SIX FREED AFTER BANGLADESH PAYS BLOOD MONEY
six Bangladeshi workers sentenced to death in the United Arab Emirates three years ago returned home after the Bangladeshi government paid blood money to secure their release.
- MAY 3, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: DEATH PENALTY FOR MAN WHO KILLED LOVER'S HUSBAND
in the United Arab Emirates, the Sharia Court of First Instance sentenced R.B., a 27-year-old Indian man, to death for murdering his lover's husband with a club and burning his face with acid.