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- 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.
DECEMBER 1, 2006South AfricaDEATH PENALTYSOUTH 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.
- NOVEMBER 30, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE COURT SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH IN FATAL COUNTERFEIT LIQUOR CASE
the Higher People's Court in China’s Guangdong Province sentenced 27-year-old Cheng Caiming to death in the last instance for a counterfeit liquor scandal that left 14 people dead and 41 others injured.
NOVEMBER 30, 2006ItalyDEATH PENALTYSAATCHI & 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, 2006QatarDEATH PENALTYQATAR. 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
NOVEMBER 30, 2006Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTYCOUNCIL 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
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, 2006EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT. 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 29, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN HANGED FOR KILLING WIFE
Ainal Haq, 30, was hanged in Mymensingh Central Jail, Bangladesh, at 12:01 am local time for killing his pregnant wife.
- NOVEMBER 29, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF SISTER
a man was sentenced to death for killing his minor sister following a quarrel with his mother at Pachoi village in Hajiganj, Bangladesh.
- NOVEMBER 29, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR HAMMER KILLINGS
the Shanghai No. 2 Intermediate People's Court sentenced Zhang Weiyi...