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- OCTOBER 30, 2006North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
REPORT ACCUSES NORTH KOREA OF CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY
North Korea has committed "crimes against humanity" against its own people according to an independent report published on October 30 that made a long-shot appeal for the UN Security Council to deal with the issue.
- OCTOBER 30, 2006United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
a firing squad executed a man who was sentenced to death for killing a Sharjah police officer.
a firing squad executed a man who was sentenced to death for killing a Sharjah police officer.
- OCTOBER 30, 2006YemenDEATH PENALTY
HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR JARALLAH’S MURDER
the High Court for Repeal in Yemen upheld the death sentence in the first instance on Ali Alsa’awani, murderer of Jarallah Omer, General Secretary of Yemeni Socialist Party.
OCTOBER 29, 2006AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA. MEN BEHEADED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
Saudi Arabia beheaded two foreign nationals on charges they smuggled heroin and cocaine into the country, the Interior Ministry said.
- OCTOBER 28, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Chen Bijun was sentenced to death for murder by the Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People's Court.
- OCTOBER 28, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
Nosratollah A. has been sentenced to death, in Iran...
Nosratollah A. has been sentenced to death, in Iran...
- OCTOBER 27, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. DELAYING HANGING OF INMATES MAY RESULT IN DISTRUST IN LAW: NAGASE
Justice Minister Jinen Nagase said that people could lose trust in the rule of law if the Japanese government continues to spend too much time beyond a legal limit to execute a death-row inmate after the verdict becomes final in the criminal trial.
OCTOBER 27, 2006MoroccoDEATH PENALTYMOROCCO. RABAT ‘HAS WILL’ TO SCRAP DEATH PENALTY
Morocco has the political will to abolish the death penalty, which has not been applied since 1993, the country’s justice minister told a newspaper.
- OCTOBER 26, 2006AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
AUSTRALIA. ABORIGINAL CHILD KILLER JAILED AFTER COURT REJECTS TRIBAL DEATH PENALTY
Terrence Dann, an Aboriginal man, was sentenced to life in prison for hanging his two young stepchildren after a court refused his plea to return home and face a tribal death penalty.
- OCTOBER 26, 2006FloridaDEATH PENALTY
William Coday, sentenced to death on July 26...
William Coday, sentenced to death on July 26, 2002 (see) for killing his ex-girlfriend, will have another chance at avoiding the death penalty.
- OCTOBER 26, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. FORMER CONSTABLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE, MURDER
the No.7 Fast Track court in Bangalore, India, sentenced former police constable Umesh Reddy to death for raping and murdering a woman identified as Jayashree, 37, on February 28, 1998.
OCTOBER 26, 2006ItalyDEATH PENALTYITALY. BELATED D’ALEMA CLARIFICATION SERIOUS, HANDS OFF CAIN
the foreign Commission of the Chamber of Deputies held an informal meeting between its Presidency and Foreign Minister Massimo D’Alema.