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- DECEMBER 19, 2006BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
LIBYA. FOREIGN MEDICS SENTENCED TO DIE IN HIV CASE
a Libyan court sentenced five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor to death for deliberately infecting hundreds of children with the HIV virus that causes AIDS.
- DECEMBER 19, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. 13 CONVICTED CRIMINALS EXECUTED
Iraqi authorities executed 13 men by hanging after they were convicted of murder and kidnapping, lining them up in hoods and green jumpsuits with their hands bound behind their backs.
- DECEMBER 19, 2006MarylandDEATH PENALTY
MARYLAND (USA). COURT HALTS EXECUTIONS
an appeals court in Maryland ruled that state executions cannot proceed until a legislative panel reviews parts of the manual that spell out the protocol for lethal injections.
- DECEMBER 19, 2006LibyaDEATH PENALTY
EU DENOUNCED DEATH SENTENCES AGAINST BULGARIAN MEDICS
the President of the EU Commission José Manuel Barroso sharply condemned the death sentences against the Bulgarian nurses and the Palestine doctor confirmed today in Libya.
- DECEMBER 19, 2006ItalyDEATH PENALTY
HOC. NO TO RANSOM FOR MEDICS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN LIBYA
Secretary of Hands Off Cain Sergio D’Elia and Elisabetta Zamparutti, treasurer, made the following declaration in relation to the case of the five Bulgarian medics and the Palestinian doctor sentenced to death in Libya:
- DECEMBER 19, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS ARAB SEPARATISTS
Iran hanged three people for carrying out bombings in the oil rich Khuzestan province. The Tehran Emrooz daily newspaper said the men were hanged in the provincial capital Ahvaz, where in January 2006 they bombed a private bank and the office of the gover
- DECEMBER 19, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
DRUG KINGPIN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SOUTH CHINA
Chen Bingxi, a notorious drug kingpin in south China...
- DECEMBER 19, 2006NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA. DEATH SENTENCE FOR SEVEN CULT MEMBERS
a Lagos High Court in Nigeria convicted seven members of a cult group to death by hanging for the murder of an Islamic cleric.
- DECEMBER 19, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. DEATH PENALTY FOR KIDNAP COMMUTED
the Sindh High Court, Pakistan, dismissed the appeal of Syed Nayer Raza Zaidi for kidnapping but commuted his death sentence into life imprisonment.
- DECEMBER 19, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING 4 PEOPLE
Katsumi Morita was sentenced to death for murdering...
- DECEMBER 19, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER COMMUTED
a man identified as Umer had his appeal against a murder...
- DECEMBER 19, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
Iranian authorities hanged three men in the south-western city of Ahwaz.
Iranian authorities hanged three men in the south-western city of Ahwaz.