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- OCTOBER 11, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
the Speedy Trial Tribunal of Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Zalal Ahmed alias Zillu and Maksudur Rahman alias Biplob and awarded life imprisonment to Parash for the murder of Swapan Goshwami, a teacher at the Government Laboratory School of Dhanmon
- OCTOBER 11, 2006MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE. MALAYSIAN TO HANG FOR MURDER
a Singapore court sentenced Malaysian national Lee Chez Kee to hang for the 13-year-old murder of a university professor. Kee, 37, was found guilty of murdering Lee Kok Cheong while attempting to rob the Singapore professor at his home with two other acco
- OCTOBER 11, 2006NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA. "HERETIC" MUSLIM CLERIC SENTENCED TO DEATH
a high court in northern Nigeria's Adamawa state sentenced the leader of an unorthodox and militant Islamic sect on the run for 22 years to death by hanging, state-run Radio Nigeria Kaduna reported.
- OCTOBER 11, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. EX-CONSTRUCTION BOSS HANDED DEATH SENTENCE OVER YAMANASHI KILLINGS
former construction company boss Yoshihiro Asa, 57, accused of murder and injury resulting in death after three bodies were uncovered at a camp site in Yamanashi Prefecture in 2003, was sentenced to death in a ruling at the Kofu District Court, Japan.
- OCTOBER 11, 2006TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN. DEATH PENALTY TO BE PHASED OUT GRADUALLY: MINISTER
the death penalty will be phased out in a gradual manner, Taiwan’s Minister of Justice Shih Mao-lin said.
OCTOBER 11, 2006United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE. CALL TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
a prominent UAE human rights activist has called for the abolition of the death penalty in the UAE, on the fourth annual World Day Against the Death Penalty.
OCTOBER 11, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA. SUPREME COURT CLIPS PRESIDENT’S POWERS OF PARDON
India’s Supreme Court clipped the president’s power to pardon convicts on death row.
- OCTOBER 10, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. KOBAYASHI WITHDRAWS APPEAL OVER DEATH SENTENCE
Kaoru Kobayashi withdrew his appeal against his death sentence for kidnapping and killing a 7-year-old girl in Japan’s Nara Prefecture in 2004, his defence counsel said.
OCTOBER 10, 2006ItalyDEATH PENALTYITALY. RESOLUTION FOR UN MORATORIUM DEPOSITED AT CHAMBER
a resolution was deposited at the Chamber of Deputies’ Foreign Commission asking the government to “fully and immediately put into action” the motion established in Parliament last July 27 to present at the ongoing UN General Assembly a resolution for a U
OCTOBER 10, 2006ItalyDEATH PENALTYITALY. DEATH PENALTY ABOLISHED FROM THE CONSTITUTION IN FIRST READING
the Chamber of Deputies approved the first reading of the law repealing all references to the death penalty in Italy’s Constitution.
OCTOBER 10, 2006EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT. RIGHTS GROUP CALLS FOR END TO DEATH PENALTY
an Egyptian human rights organization has called for the abolition of capital punishment, on the fourth annual World Day against the death penalty.
OCTOBER 10, 2006ItalyDEATH PENALTYBRUSSELS. EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARIANS BACK UN MORATORIUM
a group of European Parliamentarians sent a letter to the European Council and to EU Ministers asking they support a moratorium on executions at the UN General Assembly.