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- FEBRUARY 28, 2017ChinaDEATH PENALTY
COLOMBIA PROTESTS CHINA'S EXECUTION OF 72-YEAR-OLD DRUG MULE
Colombia's government is protesting China's execution of a retired journalist who was sentenced to death for smuggling cocaine into the Asian country.
- FEBRUARY 28, 2017PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTANI COURT FREES MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BLASPHEMY
A Pakistani court freed an Islamic preacher who was sentenced to death four years ago on charges of blasphemy, a defense lawyer said.
- FEBRUARY 28, 2017BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Bangladesh: 5 Islamist militants sentenced to death for killing Japanese researcher
28 February 2017: five members of a banned militant group were sentenced to death by a Bangladesh court Tuesday for involvement in the slaying of a Japanese agricultural researcher two years ago.
FEBRUARY 28, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO PRISONERS HANGED IN URMIA
Two inmates were hanged in Urmia Central Prison, southwest of Iran. Identified as Ali Valizadeh and Afshin Shokati, they both were found guilty of murder.
- FEBRUARY 27, 2017DEATH PENALTY
ARKANSAS SCHEDULES UNPRECEDENTED EIGHT EXECUTIONS IN TEN-DAY PERIOD
Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson (R) signed orders on February 27 for an unprecedented eight executions to be carried out over a period of ten days in April.
FEBRUARY 27, 2017AlgeriaDEATH PENALTYALGERIA: KILLER OF NATIONAL POLICE CHIEF SENTENCED TO DEATH
A former Algerian police colonel was sentenced to death for gunning down the national police chief Ali Tounsi during an office meeting in 2010, national news agency APS said.
- FEBRUARY 27, 2017NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: LAWYER FADIPE’S KILLER SENTENCED TO DEATH
A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja, has sentenced Oluwaseun Oladapo to death by hanging for the murder of Mr. Kunle Fadipe, a Lagos-based human rights lawyer.
FEBRUARY 27, 2017MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: DEATH ROW INMATE SPARED THE NOOSE THANKS TO ROYAL PARDON
A man who was sentenced to death for drug trafficking in 2009 has received a second chance at life after Selangor Ruler Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah granted him a pardon.
FEBRUARY 27, 2017MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: INDONESIAN TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A 33-year-old Indonesian man was sentenced to death by the High Court in Tawau for trafficking in 707 grams of syabu.
- FEBRUARY 27, 2017United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Supreme Court snubs challenge to death penalty constitutionality.
USA - Supreme Court snubs challenge to death penalty constitutionality.
- FEBRUARY 27, 2017ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arkansas. Unprecedented Eight Executions Scheduled in Ten-Day Period.
USA - Arkansas. Unprecedented Eight Executions Scheduled in Ten-Day Period.
FEBRUARY 27, 2017DEATH PENALTYUSA: SUPREME COURT SNUBS CHALLENGE TO DEATH PENALTY CONSTITUTIONALITY
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a direct challenge to the constitutionality of the death penalty as