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- JANUARY 8, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALIAN GOVERNMENT MUST GO AHEAD WITH MORATORIUM INITIATIVE, BONINO
“Pannella’s initiative, taken on by the government and by [Foreign] Minister D’Alema, must find a way to carry on,” said Emma Bonino, Italian Minister for European Policies and International Trade, commenting on the initiative for a universal moratorium o
- JANUARY 8, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTY
UK. BLAIR SAYS VIDEO OF SADDAM EXECUTION "DEPLORABLE"
Tony Blair has backed the Iraqi government's announcement of an inquiry into the circumstances of the execution of Saddam Hussein.
- JANUARY 8, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTY
SADDAM LAWYERS CLAIM HIS BODY WAS ABUSED, APPEAL TO UN
a member of Saddam Hussein's legal team said that she intends on suing the Iraqi government at the International Court of Justice over the taunting of the former leader by executioners on the gallows.
- JANUARY 8, 2007EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
the Federal High Court of Ethiopia sentenced Major Desta Awulachew to death.
the Federal High Court of Ethiopia sentenced Major Desta Awulachew to death.
- JANUARY 7, 2007JapanDEATH PENALTY
DEATH SENTENCES IN JAPAN IN 2006 HIT RECORD-HIGH 44
it was reported that forty-four death sentences were handed down by courts across Japan in 2006, a record high since 1980, when the Supreme Court began keeping records on such sentences.
- JANUARY 7, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTY
NEW U.N. CHIEF AGAIN URGES STAY OF IRAQI EXECUTIONS
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, dogged by charges he was softening UN opposition to capital punishment, weighed in again on the issue on January 6, urging a stay of executions in Iraq.
- JANUARY 7, 2007MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Ghazalee Kassim and two other unidentified men were convicted and sentenced to death for trafficking 50kg of cannabis.
- JANUARY 6, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. ROME COLOSSEUM IN LIGHTS TO PROTEST DEATH PENALTY
Rome lit up the arches of its ancient Colosseum at dusk to protest against the death penalty after Saddam Hussein's hanging, with the mayor calling it the city's symbol to the world for human rights.
- JANUARY 5, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN RIGHTS PANEL URGES END TO ALL EXECUTIONS IN IRAQ
the Council of Europe appealed to Iraq to immediately stop all executions, describing the death penalty as a human rights violation.
- JANUARY 5, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTY
GERMANY UNDERLINES EU OPPOSITION TO DEATH PENALTY BEFORE IRAQ EXECUTIONS
the European Union's current leader, Germany, stressed the EU's opposition to the death penalty before Iraq's planned execution of two of Saddam Hussein's co-defendants.
- JANUARY 5, 2007MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
MOROCCO CLOSE TO ABOLISHING EXECUTIONS, JUSTICE MINISTRY OFFICIAL
Morocco could soon decide to abolish the death penalty or suspend executions, a highly placed source in the justice ministry said.
- JANUARY 5, 2007St. Vincent & GrenadinesDEATH PENALTY
ST VINCENT. PM SUPPORTS RETENTION OF DEATH PENALTY
Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves said the death penalty should remain on statue books in St Vincent to be used as a sentencing option for certain types of murders.