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- APRIL 30, 2008CubaDEATH PENALTY
REACTIONS TO CUBA’S COMMUTATION OF DEATH PENALTY
Cuban President Raúl Castro’s announcement that virtually all death sentences would be commuted to terms of 30 years to life was welcomed by social sectors calling for the abolition of capital punishment.
- APRIL 30, 2008NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: ‘DRUG PEDDLERS SHOULD BE EXECUTED’
Muhammed JubrilAlhaji Muhammad Jibril, the commander of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) of Malam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) in Nigeria, said that he preferred the death penalty for drug trafficking to a jail sentence.
- APRIL 30, 2008IraqDEATH PENALTY
TIKRIT COURT SENTENCES AL-QAEDA-LINKED GROUP LEADER TO DEATH
the Criminal Court in Tikrit, Iraq, sentenced an al-Qaeda-linked group member to death, a police source said.
- APRIL 29, 2008UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
UZBEKISTAN. DEATH SENTENCES REVISED
with capital punishment in the country abolished, the Supreme Court of
- APRIL 29, 2008IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. SENTENCING JUDGE CONDEMNS HUSSEIN'S EXECUTION
the Iraqi judge who sentenced Saddam Hussein to death condemned the manner in which
- APRIL 29, 2008CubaDEATH PENALTY
CUBA. D'ELIA, COMMUTATION OF DEATH SENTENCES AN IMPORTANT HUMANITARIAN ACT
"we are happy that President Raul Castro has commuted almost all death sentences in Cuba," Sergio D'Elia, Hands Off Cain Secretary, said.
- APRIL 29, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. SC SEEKS AG’S EXPLANATION
a three member bench of the Pakistani Supreme Court directed the attorney general to report whether
- APRIL 29, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: SARABJIT’S EXECUTION PROCEDURALLY DELAYED BY 14-21 DAYS
the execution of Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh in Pakistan was procedurally delayed by 14 to 21 days, Dawn News reported.
- APRIL 29, 2008TexasDEATH PENALTY
Illegally withheld evidence probably
Illegally withheld evidence probably
- APRIL 29, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON'S AL-MANAR TV REPORTS SYRIAN PROTESTS OVER SAUDI EXECUTIONS
the families of Syrian prisoners and inmates being held in Saudi Arabia staged a sit-in in front of the Saudi Embassy in Damascus for the third time.
- APRIL 29, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH SENTENCE FOR DRUG SMUGGLING IN EAST CHINA
a man in east China was given a death sentence with a two-year stay for smuggling 3.8 tonnes of methaqualone pills, a potentially habit-forming drug used as a sedative and hypnotic.
- APRIL 28, 2008CubaDEATH PENALTY
CUBA'S RAUL CASTRO COMMUTES MOST DEATH SENTENCES
New Cuban President Raul Castro announced that all death sentences had been commuted to prison terms o