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- JUNE 25, 2006SyriaDEATH PENALTY
SYRIA. COURT COMMUTES MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD MEMBER'S DEATH SENTENCE
a Syrian court sentenced a member of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to death, but then commuted the verdict to a 12-year prison term, The National Organization for Human Rights in Syria said
- JUNE 25, 2006CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
the ashes of Stanley Tookie Williams were spread in a lake in Soweto...
the ashes of Stanley Tookie Williams were spread in a lake in Soweto, South Africa, in accordance with his will, friends and associates said today.
- JUNE 25, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as Hossein...
a man, identified only as Hossein...
- JUNE 24, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. PRESIDENT SIGNS LAW ABOLISHING DEATH PENALTY
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo signed a law abolishing the death penalty on the eve of her trip to the Vatican, but vowed she will not relent in battling terrorists and criminals.
- JUNE 24, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. ANTI-DRUG AGENCY HEAD CALLS FOR EXECUTION OF TRAFFICKERS
the head of Indonesia's anti-drug agency, I Made Mangku Pastika, called for the speedy execution of convicted drug traffickers on death row.
- JUNE 24, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
a political prisoner was hanged in Tehran after serving 10 years behind bars.
a political prisoner was hanged in Tehran after serving 10 years behind bars.
- JUNE 24, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
the mullahs’ judiciary hanged a young men aged 22 in Tehran, CNRI reported.
the mullahs’ judiciary hanged a young men aged 22 in Tehran, CNRI reported.
- JUNE 23, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. SADDAM SHOULDN'T BE EXECUTED, CARDINAL
a senior Vatican cardinal was quoted as saying that former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein should not be executed because all life is sacred.
- JUNE 23, 2006KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
KYRGYZSTAN. PRO-UIGHUR 'EXTREMIST' SENTENCED TO DEATH
Kyrgyzstan's Supreme Court sentenced to death Otabek Akhadov, an Uzbek citizen, after he was found guilty of several murders connected to what officials describe as an ethnic-Uighur extremist group active in neighbouring China, the man's lawyer Nina Zotov
- JUNE 23, 2006United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE. DEATH SENTENCE OVERRULED AS PROCEDURE LACKS PERMISSION
the Supreme Federal Court in Abu Dhabi, UAE, overruled a death penalty passed against an Asian expatriate convicted of selling 1/4kg of hashish to an undercover agent.
- JUNE 22, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. EIGHT MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KIDNAPPING
the Manila Regional Trial Court, the Philippines, imposed a death sentence on eight men after finding them guilty of kidnapping a 12-year-old Chinese-Filipino student and his maid on March 15, 1999.
- JUNE 22, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO MEN PUBLICLY HANGED
press reports said that two men convicted on charges including murder, organised crime and assault were hanged in public in Iran.