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- APRIL 21, 2008BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH ROW INMATES SEEK APPEAL COURT REPRIEVE
death row inmates, Michael Molefe of South Africa and Brandson Samson...
- APRIL 21, 2008AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
KARZAI REJECTS CALL TO END DEATH PENALTY BUT SAYS LIFE SENTENCING BETTER
Afghani President Hamid Karzai expressed reservations about imposing the death penalty but rejected calls to abolish capital punishment in his country.
- APRIL 21, 2008JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: DEATH UPHELD FOR EX-CONSTRUCTION FIRM HEAD FOR KILLING EMPLOYEES
in Japan, the Tokyo High Court upheld the death sentence for a former president of a bankrupt construction company for killing three employees in Yamanashi Prefecture in 1997 and 2000.
- APRIL 21, 2008NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: MURDER CONVICT TO DIE BY HANGING AFTER 18 YRS
a panel of five justices of the Lagos Supreme Court in Nigeria okayed death by hanging for Basil Akpa for slitting the throat of his guest, Ikechukwu Njoku, 18 years ago, in his shop located at Jibia in Katsina State before dismembering him in order to ma
- APRIL 21, 2008KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
KAZAKH MUSLIM BOARD IN FAVOUR OF DEATH PENALTY AGAINST PAEDOPHILIA
responding to discussions of toughening the penalties in the criminal code...
- APRIL 20, 2008AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
TALIBAN URGE UN TO BLOCK AFGHAN EXECUTIONS
Taliban insurgents urged the international community and right groups to stop Afghan President Hamid Karzai approving the execution of about 100 prisoners whose death sentences were approved by the Supreme Court.
- APRIL 19, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN TO COMMUTE DEATH SENTENCES TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT - OFFICIAL
the new Pakistani government will commute all death sentences to life imprisonment in line with the policy of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), Prime Minister's Adviser on Interior Rehman Malik said.
- APRIL 19, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTANI TALIBAN PUBLICLY EXECUTE THREE PEOPLE IN TRIBAL REGION
in the country's South Waziristan tribal region, the Pakistani Taliban publicly executed 3 people who were held responsible for the killing of a local tribesman.
- APRIL 18, 2008SyriaDEATH PENALTY
two Syrian men convicted of drug trafficking were beheaded by the sword in
two Syrian men convicted of drug trafficking were beheaded by the sword in
- APRIL 18, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. TWO SOLDIERS PUBLICLY EXECUTED FOR RAPE
authorities in Riyadh executed Abdul Rahman ibn Saeed Al-Zahrani and Abdul
- APRIL 18, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: RISING EXECUTION RATE WORRIES RIGHTS ACTIVIST
I.A. Rehman, director of the independent Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, commented on Pakistan’s 61 percent increase in executions in 2007.
- APRIL 18, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: DEATH SENTENCE APPEAL
in China, a Zhejiang business woman who received a death sentence for illegally raising funds appealed to the province's Supreme Court, a Beijing-based newspaper reported.