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- DECEMBER 30, 2006NepalDEATH PENALTY
NEPAL CONDEMNS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT, SADDAM EXECUTION
barely hours after the former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein was executed, Nepal’s government expressed its opposition to the death penalty, saying that capital punishment must be abolished worldwide.
- DECEMBER 29, 2006United StatesDEATH PENALTY
as 2006 draws to a close...
as 2006 draws to a close...
- DECEMBER 29, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE COURT SENTENCES 11 TO DEATH
a central Chinese court sentenced 11 people to death for their involvement in a range of gangster activities involving homicide and drug trading...
- DECEMBER 28, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
Iranian media reported that two men had been hanged.
Iranian media reported that two men had been hanged.
- DECEMBER 28, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
JAPANESE MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN CHINA ON DRUG SMUGGLING CHARGES
a court in China sentenced a Japanese man to death on drug smuggling charges...
- DECEMBER 28, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. FARMER EXECUTED FOR TEMPLE KILLINGS
China executed a farmer for killing 10 people in a temple, including the abbot whom he believed had flirted with his wife.
- DECEMBER 28, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA SENTENCES SEVEN TO DEATH FOR GANG CRIME
ninety-seven members of a criminal gang were sentenced to death or prison terms ranging from 12 months to life on charges including murder, causing injury and drug trafficking in central China's Hunan Province.
- DECEMBER 28, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
UN RIGHTS CHIEF CALLS FOR RESTRAINT IN SADDAM CASE
the UN human rights chief called for restraint by Iraqi authorities over Saddam Hussein's death sentence, saying there were concerns about the fairness of the original trial.
- DECEMBER 27, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
FIDH ASKS NOT TO EXECUTE SADDAM
the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) has asked Mr. Jalal Talabani, President of Iraq and the Iraqi Government not to ratify the Appeals Court’s decision to execute Saddam Hussein and requested a moratorium on the death penalty in Iraq.
- DECEMBER 27, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. CONVICT EXECUTED IN ADIALA JAIL
a man convicted of murder was hanged in the Adiala Central Jail in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
- DECEMBER 27, 2006ItalyDEATH PENALTY
INTINI CRITICISES SADDAM'S DEATH SENTENCE
Italy’s deputy foreign minister Ugo Intini stigmatised the news of Saddam Hussein's death sentence...
- DECEMBER 27, 2006ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. SADDAM: DEATH SENTENCE NEVER A SOLUTION, MASTELLA
"I express my firm and decisive 'no' to the death sentence, which can never be considered to be a solution...