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- MAY 5, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: DEATH SENTENCE ON TIBETANS INHERENTLY FLAWED
expressing serious concern on the prospects of imminent execution of the two Tibetans sentenced to death without reprieve in Lhasa, China, on April 8, Human Rights Watch said that their trials and sentences suffered from a series of both substantive and p
- MAY 5, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: CENTRE SENDS FINAL OPINION TO PRESIDENT ON 27 MERCY PETITIONS
the Indian government sent its final opinion to the President on 27 of the 29 mercy petitions of death row convicts.
- MAY 5, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: SHC ACQUITS TWO IN SHERATON HOTEL BLAST CASE
the Sindh High Court (SHC) in Pakistan acquitted two men charged with a bomb blast outside the Karachi Sheraton Hotel in May 2002 that killed several people
MAY 5, 2009AlgeriaDEATH PENALTYALGERIA: 14 MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TERRORISM
fourteen men were sentenced to death in absentia for terrorism by Algerian authorities,
MAY 5, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN STONED TO DEATH FOR ADULTERY
iranian judiciary spokesman, Ali Reza Jamshidi, in response to a question regarding a man who had been stoned to death for adultery recently in Rasht (northern Iran) said, “Stoning was carried out during the Iranian month of Esfand,” which ended on March
- MAY 4, 2009AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN PUBLICLY EXECUTES THREE GOVT EMPLOYEES
Taliban fighters in Farah province...
- MAY 4, 2009QatarDEATH PENALTY
QATAR: DUO’S DEATH PENALTY COMMUTED
a Doha appeals court in Qatar commuted the death penalty given to two Bangladeshi men, one a minor, by a lower court to a life sentence and a 10-year imprisonment.
- MAY 4, 2009TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN: COURT COMMUTES FILIPINA’S DEATH SENTENCE TO LIFE TERM
the Taiwan High Court commuted the death sentence of handed down to Filipino citizen Cecilia Alcaraz, also known as Nemencia Armia, a 40 year, to life imprisonment.
- MAY 4, 2009NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: KIDNAPPERS TO FACE DEATH PENALTY IN IMO
the Imo State House of Assembly in Owerri, Nigeria, passed a bill into law prohibiting hostage-taking and other related offences.
- MAY 4, 2009NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: LAGOS PSN OPPOSES CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR FAKE DRUG OFFENDERS
the Lagos State branch of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, criticised a call for the introduction of capital punishment for fake drug dealers.
- MAY 4, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MAN EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
a prisoner was executed in the Ardabil Jail, Iran.
MAY 4, 2009BarbadosDEATH PENALTYBARBADOS GOVERNMENT ABOLISHING MANDATORY DEATH SENTENCE
Barbados Attorney General Freundel Stuart confirmed in an interview with the Sunday