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- DECEMBER 3, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. SADDAM APPEALS CONTROVERSIAL DEATH SENTENCE
lawyers for Saddam Hussein and two former aides sentenced to death lodged appeals, the Iraqi prosecutor said, following a trial slammed by some rights experts as unfair and fundamentally flawed.
- DECEMBER 2, 2006KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
KYRGYZ JUSTICE MINISTER IN FAVOUR OF ABOLISHING DEATH PENALTY
“The abolition of the death penalty in Kyrgyzstan is fully in line with the mentality of the Kyrgyz people,” Kyrgyz Justice Minister Marat Kayypov said at a news conference.
- DECEMBER 2, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. SIX SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BRICK KILN MASSACRE
a Session Judge in Biharsharif in India’s Nalanda district...
- DECEMBER 1, 2006South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH AFRICA. SENTENCE COMMUTED FOR LAST DEATH ROW INMATE
South Africa's last death row inmate has had his sentence finally commuted to a jail term 11 years after capital punishment was declared unconstitutional, the country's highest court announced.
- DECEMBER 1, 2006CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
a 46-year-old death row inmate hanged himself in his cell at San Quentin State Prison.
a 46-year-old death row inmate hanged himself in his cell at San Quentin State Prison.
- DECEMBER 1, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. STATE EXECUTES MAN FOR MURDERS
Zhang Xianguang, 39, was executed immediately after a public trial in Shenyang...
- DECEMBER 1, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
MUSHARRAF APPROVES PAKISTAN RAPE LAW CHANGES
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf signed into law a bill amending the country's Islamic rape legislation, despite protests by religious parties.
- NOVEMBER 30, 2006EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT. STATE SECURITY COURT SENTENCES 3 MILITANTS TO DEATH
a state security court in Ismailiya, 75 miles east of Cairo, convicted and sentenced to death three Islamic militants for their role in a suicide attack that killed 34 people at tourist resorts in the Sinai town of Taba in 2004.
- NOVEMBER 30, 2006RussiaDEATH PENALTY
COUNCIL OF EUROPE URGES RUSSIA TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
the Council of Europe will insist that Russia ratify Protocol No. 6 to the European Convention on Human Rights, so as to abolish the death penalty in the country.
- NOVEMBER 30, 2006ItalyDEATH PENALTY
SAATCHI & SAATCHI AIDS HANDS OFF CAIN WITH ONLINE CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY
Saatchi & Saatchi has created a banner for the collection of signatures in favour of a UN moratorium on executions and for the “Hands Off Saddam” appeal.
- NOVEMBER 30, 2006ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ROME. PRESENTATION OF “AN EYE FOR AN EYE” BY SANDRO VERONESI
on Cities for Life Day the book “An Eye for An Eye” by Sandro Veronesi was presented in Rome at Hands Off Cain headquarters.
- NOVEMBER 30, 2006NepalDEATH PENALTY
QATAR. THREE FOREIGN NATIONALS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
a criminal court in Doha, capital of Qatar, sentenced two Nepalese and an Indian to death after they were found guilty of forcing an Indonesian maid into prostitution and killing her. A fourth man of Nepalese nationality was sentenced to imprisonment for