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DECEMBER 8, 2006RussiaDEATH PENALTYRUSSIAN LAWMAKERS MOVE TO EXTEND MORATORIUM ON DEATH PENALTY
Russia’s Parliament extended a 10-year moratorium on the death penalty to 2010, an extension of three years, by delaying the introduction of juries in court cases in the rebellious republic of Chechnya.
- DECEMBER 7, 2006AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
a death sentence was ordered for Jimmy Lamar Killingsworth Jr.
a death sentence was ordered for Jimmy Lamar Killingsworth Jr.
- DECEMBER 7, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRANIAN MAN HANGED FOR MURDERING GIRL
an Iranian man convicted of murdering a young girl was hanged at a prison in western Iran.
- DECEMBER 7, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN. FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER US SHIP ATTACK
a Jordanian military tribunal condemned to death three Syrian nationals and an Iraqi in connection with a rocket attack on US warships that killed a Jordanian soldier.
- DECEMBER 7, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE MAN GETS SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDERING JAPANESE
a court in Shenyang, northeastern China, sentenced 27-year-old Chinese national Zhou Bo to death for killing Japanese national Masahiko Sato in Fukuoka, south-western Japan, in May 2005.
- DECEMBER 7, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. APEX COURT DISMISSES APPEALS OF CONVICTED ARMY OFFICERS
the Pakistan Supreme Court dismissed appeals of six army officers and a civilian who were convicted by military courts for their involvement in assassination attempts against President Pervez Musharraf.
- DECEMBER 6, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. DEATH FOR WOMAN WHO STABBED LOVER TO DEATH
the shanghai No. 2 Intermediate People's Court sentenced Liao Yan...
- DECEMBER 6, 2006LibyaDEATH PENALTY
IRAQI COURT SENTENCES LIBYAN TO DEATH FOR TERRORISM
an Iraqi court sentenced a Libyan member of al-Qaida in Iraq to death after he admitted taking part in eight attacks on US-led coalition forces and Iraqi targets...
DECEMBER 6, 2006LibyaDEATH PENALTYLIBYA. NEW EVIDENCE MAY EXONERATE BULGARIA’S NURSES
Nature Magazine has published a report claiming that there is new evidence to the innocence of the five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor accused of causing a HIV pandemic in a Benghazi hospital.
DECEMBER 6, 2006SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA. OFFICIAL THREATENS BEHEADINGS FOR NOT PRAYING 5 TIMES DAILY
residents of a southern Somalia town who do not pray five times a day will be beheaded, an official said, adding that the edict will be implemented in three days.
DECEMBER 6, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINESE SECRETLY EXECUTED AFTER PROTEST
a court in southwestern China has secretly executed a man who took part in an environmental protest which turned into a riot, a lawyer and a family member said. Three others were jailed, one of them for life, they said.
DECEMBER 6, 2006Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA BEHEADS A PAKISTANI AND HIS DAUGHTER CONVICTED OF DRUG TRAFFICKING