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JANUARY 26, 2007NigeriaDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE EXECUTES MEN FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
Singapore has executed two African men for drug smuggling after rejecting appeals for clemency by Nigeria's president, the UN and rights groups. Iwuchukwu Amara Tochi, 21, of Nigeria, and 35-year-old Okeke Nelson Malachy, a stateless African, were hanged
- JANUARY 25, 2007North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
NORTH CAROLINA. JUDGE BLOCKS EXECUTIONS
Superior Court Judge Donald W. Stephens in Raleigh blocked two executions, creating a de facto moratorium on capital punishment in the state until it changes its lethal injection procedure.
- JANUARY 25, 2007AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
jurors sentenced David Riley to death.
jurors sentenced David Riley to death.
- JANUARY 25, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE COURT ORDERS DEATH PENALTY, JAIL TERMS FOR DRUG OFFENSES
a man surnamed Chen has been sentenced to death in southeast China's Fujian Province after being convicted of producing the illegal methamphetamine drug
- JANUARY 25, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
FIRST-EVER DEATH PENALTY AWARDED IN HISTORY OF RR DISTRICT COURTS
the death sentence of Chandrabhushan Upadhyay, for killing railway top official B.R.
- JANUARY 25, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
TWO HAVE DEATH PENALTIES COMMUTED IN SAUDI ARABIA
the governor of Mecca Province, Prince Makkah Abdelmageed bin Abdelaziz, who heads a committee for securing forgiveness for convicted murderers, helped spare two lives from death by the sword. The men were involved in two separate killings.
JANUARY 24, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTYTHE APPEAL BY THE MAYORS OF EUROPE FOR THE MORATORIUM ON THE DEATH PENALTY
so far, 18 Mayors of European capital cities have signed the Mayor of Rome’s appeal to get the International Community to establish a moratorium on the death penalty as soon as possible, with the ultimate goal being its complete abolition.
JANUARY 24, 2007United NationsDEATH PENALTYUN. BAN SAYS BACKS TREND TO PHASE OUT DEATH PENALTY
New U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he backed an international trend to phase out the death penalty. "Life is very precious and every human being has a right to live with dignity and life of human beings must be respected and protected," Ban said
JANUARY 24, 2007IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. FOUR IRANIAN ARABS EXECUTED
Iran publicly hanged four men convicted of taking part in deadly bombings in the south-western city of Ahwaz in 2005.
JANUARY 24, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTYDEATH PENALTY. THE RADICALS THANK MAYOR VELTRONI
Minister Emma Bonino, the directors of Hands Off Cain Marco Pannella, Sergio D'Elia and Elisabetta
JANUARY 24, 2007IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. KURDISH WOMAN CONDEMNED TO DEATH FOR EXTRA MARITAL SEXUAL RELATIONS
Ameneh Salam, a 21 year old Kurdish woman
- JANUARY 23, 2007PeruDEATH PENALTY
PERUVIANS MARCH FOR DEATH PENALTY
Thousands of Peruvians have joined a march in Lima supporting a proposal to introduce the death penalty for members of the Shining Path rebel group.