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- SEPTEMBER 20, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TEENAGERS SENT TO THE GALLOWS
two teenage boys who had just turned 18 were taken to be hanged in the early morning for a crime they were alleged to have committed when they were under 18.
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO MEN EXECUTED IN EVIN PRISON FOR MURDER
a man identified only as Akbar, was executed in Iran for killing his wife in 2000 because he suspected he was not the father of their nine-month-old baby girl. Akbar set their house ablaze after strangling and stabbing his wife but firefighters succeeding
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
ITALY-INDONESIA. D'ALEMA TO WIRAJUDA: STOP EXECUTION OF CHRISTIANS
Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema made "a strong appeal" to his Indonesian counterpart Hassan Wirajuda to make Jakarta authorities stop the execution of the three Christians sentenced to death in Poso.
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2006North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
NORTH KOREA. PUBLIC EXECUTION VIDEO AIRED IN JAPAN
Asahi TV, a Japanese television channel, aired video footage of a public execution of a woman said to have taken place in Hamju, North Korea on July 10.
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2006South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA. DEATH PENALTY IMPOSED ON MAN WHO KILLED 13
convicted serial killer Chung Nam-kyu was sentenced to death by a district court in Seoul, South Korea.
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2006PeruDEATH PENALTY
President of Peru Alan Garcia sent a draft law to Congress...
President of Peru Alan Garcia sent a draft law to Congress...
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
an Afghan, identified only as Abdolghafoor...
an Afghan, identified only as Abdolghafoor...
SEPTEMBER 20, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN. FOUR MEMBERS OF A FAMILY HANGED IN BHAWALPUR JAIL
Pakistani authorities hanged four men from the same family who had been convicted of murdering local rivals over a small chunk of land, jail superintendent Tariq Babur Khan said.
SEPTEMBER 20, 2006DEATH PENALTYHOC. PRODI’S GOVERNMENT ALSO PREPARES TO BETRAY EFFORTS FOR A UN MORATORIUM ON CAPITAL EXECUTIONS
For Marco Pannella, President of Hands Off Cain, the organisation’s Secretary Sergio D’Elia and Treasurer Elisabetta Zamparutti, the statement, “We are against the death penalty”, contained in Prime Minster Romano Prodi’s speech at the UN General Assembly
SEPTEMBER 20, 2006FloridaDEATH PENALTYFLORIDA, USA. INMATE WHO HAD WON STAY IS EXECUTED
Clarence Hill, a convicted killer who argued that Florida's use of lethal injection amounted to cruel and unusual punishment, was put to death after the US Supreme Court narrowly denied him another stay. Hill, 48, was executed for the 1982 murder of a Pen
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2006AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. AFGHANI BEHEADED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT. PRESIDENT OF THE EPP-ED GROUP ASKS INDONESIA TO SPARE THREE CHRISTIANS FROM EXECUTION
Hans-Gert Pöttering, President of the EPP-ED Group at the European Parliament...