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- SEPTEMBER 26, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR NARA SCHOOLGIRL MURDER
the Nara District Court in Japan handed down the death penalty to Kaoru Kobayashi, convicted of murdering 7-year-old schoolgirl Kaede Ariyama after kidnapping her on November 17, 2004. Kobayashi was handed the death penalty after being convicted of abduct
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. HIGH COURT OVERTURNS DEATH SENTENCE, GIVES LIFE TERM FOR FATAL ARSON
the Tokyo High Court, Japan, overturned a lower court's death sentence and gave Daizo Fukushima...
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. NEW GOVERNMENT LEAVES DOOR OPEN TO EXECUTIONS
Japan’s new justice minister left open the door to executions after his predecessor refused to authorize any hangings.
SEPTEMBER 26, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH. MUSLIM JOURNALIST FACES DEATH PENALTY FOR PRINTING PRO-ISRAEL ARTICLES
a court in Bangladesh was scheduled to try a Muslim journalist for writing articles favourable to Israel.
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MINOR’S RAPE AND MURDER IN BIHAR
a fast track court in Bihar, India, sentenced Munilal Sharma to death for raping and killing the four-year-old niece of his neighbour Dilip Kumar Sharma on April 29, 2004.
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2006TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
a Madison County jury sentenced 42-year-old David Lynn Jordan...
a Madison County jury sentenced 42-year-old David Lynn Jordan...
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS MUSHARRAF PLOT DEATH SENTENCES
Pakistan's Supreme Court upheld the death sentences handed down to 12 men convicted of taking part in two al Qaeda inspired assassination attempts on President Pervez Musharraf in December 2003.
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
Hamid Reza, known as Hamid Rashti, 35...
Hamid Reza, known as Hamid Rashti, 35...
SEPTEMBER 25, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYITALY-INDONESIA. HANDS OFF CAIN ADHERES TO CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY VIGIL
Hands Off Cain announced it would participate in today’s vigil, promoted by Christian Democratic party leader Pierferdinando Casini, outside the Indonesian embassy in Rome.
SEPTEMBER 24, 2006IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. THREE DRUG TRAFFICKERS HANGED IN PRISON
three Iranian men convicted of drug trafficking were hanged in a prison in the southeastern city of Zahedan. The men were identified as Ali Karimi, Gholam Koohkan and Khodamorad Lashkarzadeh.
SEPTEMBER 24, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN. JUSTICE MINISTER STILL REFUSES TO SIGN EXECUTION ORDERS
Justice Minister Seiken Sugiura has expressed his unwillingness to give the go-ahead for executions before he steps down on September 26 with the outgoing Cabinet of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, according to sources.
SEPTEMBER 23, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ. UN ENVOY URGES GOVERNMENT TO COMMUTE SENTENCES OF PEOPLE ON DEATH ROW
the United Nations urged Iraq to commute all sentences of capital punishment after the northern Kurdistan region executed 10 people earlier in the week.