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- NOVEMBER 3, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: EXECUTION PUT ON HOLD
the execution of a 21-year-old man for raping two young boys earlier and abandoned one of them to die in the desert in Hail, Saudi Arabia, was postponed.
- NOVEMBER 3, 2009Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
the Higher Military Court in Gaza sentenced Mohammed Ibrahim Isma’il “al-Sab’a”, 36, from Rafah, to
the Higher Military Court in Gaza sentenced Mohammed Ibrahim Isma’il “al-Sab’a”, 36, from Rafah, to
NOVEMBER 3, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: HIGH COURT UPHOLDS CRUCIFIXION IN CHILD MURDER CASE
a Saudi Arabian court upheld a sentence to behead and then crucify a 22-year-old man convicted of raping
NOVEMBER 3, 2009KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTYKYRGYZSTAN: PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE SENDS DRAFT LAW TO PARLIAMENT
the Parliamentary Committee sent the draft law on Kyrgyzstan's signature of the Second Optional Protocol
- NOVEMBER 2, 2009TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
TANZANIA: FOUR GET DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING ALBINOS
four Tanzanians were sentenced to death by hanging for killing Lyaku Willy, an albino man, in 2008.
NOVEMBER 2, 2009IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: FIRST PUBLIC EXECUTION SINCE SADDAM HUSSEIN’S RULE
the Iraqi Government will publicly execute Muhanned al-Aweni for the murder of Muntadher al-Mussewi, 11.
NOVEMBER 2, 2009IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: AL-MALIKI REJECTS STAYS OF EXECUTION FOR 1,000 PRISONERS
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki ruled out granting clemency to more than 1,000 Iraqi detainees
NOVEMBER 2, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: ABDOLHAMID RIGI EXECUTED IN ZAHEDAN
According to the Iranian Police news center, a member of the militant group "Jondollah", identified as Abdolhamid Rigi, was hanged in the prison of Zahedan.
NOVEMBER 2, 2009IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: FIVE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING HEAD OF SADDAM’S TRIBE
five men were sentenced to death in Iraq for murdering the head of Saddam Hussein’s Sunni tribe, the
- NOVEMBER 1, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MERCY FOR MAN ON DEATH ROW SINCE 1998
a man identified as Govindasami, who had been on death row in India since 1998, had his death sentence commuted to life imprisonment by President Pratibha Patil.
NOVEMBER 1, 2009IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: PARLIAMENT SPEAKER CALLS FOR DEATH PENALTY SUSPENSION
Iraq's parliament speaker called for a suspension of executions until after elections set for January, to ensure
- OCTOBER 31, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
in Sargodha, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Malik Ali Raza Awan awarded the death sentence to Shamshad and fined him Rs 200,000.