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- DECEMBER 9, 2007United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
the Appeal Court in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, upheld the death sentence against an American who murdered a German engineer last year, a legal source told Gulf News.
- DECEMBER 9, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
ALLEGED OUTLAW PUBLICLY EXECUTED IN BARA
Lashkar-i-Islam activists publicly executed an alleged outlaw in Bara, Pakistan.
DECEMBER 9, 2007PhilippinesDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT'S EMIR COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF FILIPINA MAID
Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah agreed to commute the death sentence on a Filipina maid
- DECEMBER 8, 2007AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
ALGERIAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR 1997 MASSACRE
an Algerian court passed the death sentence on a man involved in the brutal 1997 massacre of 12 teachers
- DECEMBER 8, 2007North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
5 PEOPLE PUBLICLY EXECUTED IN N KOREA
North Korea publicly executed five traders by firing squad before some 40 residents in Hamhung city on the North's east coast, South Korean aid group Good Friends said. The five were accused of drug trafficking, according to the group
- DECEMBER 8, 2007YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN: THREE OFFICERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING SHEIK
Judge Yahia al-Thari from the West Penal Court in Taiz, Yemen, sentenced three of the accused to death for the murder of Sheikh Abdu al-Salam al-Qaisi. Sheikhs and other prominent individuals from the Sharab district were united in demanding that the eigh
DECEMBER 8, 2007JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN. UN OFFICIAL URGES TOKYO TO REASSESS DEATH PENALTY APPROACH
the UN's top human rights official deplored the execution of three prisoners, including one aged over 75
DECEMBER 8, 2007DEATH PENALTYDEATH PENALTY. HANDS OFF CAIN CONFERENCE IN GABON FOR MORATORIUM ON EXECUTIONS
Hands Off Cain will hold a conference beginning December 10, the Global Day of Human Rights, in Libreville. The conference was organised by Hands Off Cain with the Government of Gabon, with thanks to the financial support of the Dutch Government.
- DECEMBER 7, 2007JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. THREE PRISONERS EXECUTED
Japan hanged three convicted murderers in the country's first executions in more than three months, but in
- DECEMBER 7, 2007TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
District Judge William H. Haynes Jr. in Nashville ordered a stay of the Dec. 12 execution of Pervis Payne
District Judge William H. Haynes Jr. in Nashville ordered a stay of the Dec. 12 execution of Pervis Payne
- DECEMBER 7, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTANI MAN CONVICTED OF DRUG SMUGGLING EXECUTED IN SAUDI ARABIA
SPA carried a Saudi Interior Ministry statement saying that the Court of Cassation upheld the death sentence against Pakistani national Muhammad Amir Shahzad who was convicted of the crime of smuggling a quantity heroin hidden in his entrails into Saudi A
- DECEMBER 6, 2007AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
Etowah County Circuit Judge Allen Millican has accepted the Oct. 24 jury's recommendation...
Etowah County Circuit Judge Allen Millican has accepted the Oct. 24 jury's recommendation...