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- JUNE 20, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. COURT COMMUTES DEATH BY STONING SENTENCE
a United Arab Emirates appeal court commuted to imprisonment a sentence of death by stoning handed down by a lower court against a Bangladeshi convicted of adultery. The court ordered Shaheen Abdel Rahman jailed for a year and then deported to his home co
- JUNE 20, 2006Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
SIERRA LEONE. LAWCLA TO CHALLENGE GOVERNMENT AT SUPREME COURT
Oju Wilson, Coordinator of Training, Research and Advocacy of the Lawyers Center for Legal Assistance (LAWCLA) revealed that LAWCLA would soon file a motion at the Supreme Court in order for the government to repeal capital punishment in the country's law
- JUNE 20, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
an Iranian convicted of killing two civilians in a bombin...
an Iranian convicted of killing two civilians in a bombing and a policeman in a shooting has been hanged in the southeastern town of Zabol hard by the Afghan border, official media said.
- JUNE 20, 2006PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
the state Supreme Court ruled that Thomas Jeffrey Gorby...
the state Supreme Court ruled that Thomas Jeffrey Gorby...
- JUNE 20, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
a man was executed in Zabol Prison according to state-run news agency Irna.
a man was executed in Zabol Prison according to state-run news agency Irna.
- JUNE 19, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. PROSECUTORS SEEK DEATH FOR SADDAM
prosecutors demanded the death penalty for Saddam Hussein and three of his former aides for crimes against humanity following a 1982 crackdown on Shi'ites in which hundreds were killed and tortured after an attempt on the Iraqi leader's life in the villag
- JUNE 19, 2006ItalyDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. HANDS OFF CAIN, ''HANDS OFF SADDAM''
“Our Hands Off Cain is also valid for Saddam: thus, ‘hands off Saddam’, which does not equate to non-punishment, but physical wellbeing and human dignity”, stated Secretary and Treasurer of Hands Off Cain Sergio D’Elia and Elisabetta Zamparutti in comment
- JUNE 19, 2006CubaDEATH PENALTY
CUBA. DISSIDENTS ASK FOR AMNESTY FOR POLITICAL PRISONERS, MORATORIUM ON EXECUTIONS
dissident groups in Cuba asked Havana to grant a general amnesty to political prisoners and to introduce a legal moratorium on capital executions.
- JUNE 19, 2006ItalyDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. ‘NO TO THE DEATH PENALTY FOR SADDAM HUSSEIN’, CAPPATO
“The request put forward by prosecutors to sentence Saddam Hussein to death will not bring justice to the genocides, torture and to the atrocious crimes against the Iraqi population committed by the former Baghdad strongman”.
- JUNE 19, 2006MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
MOROCCO. CALL FOR ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY IN MOROCCO
the World Coalition against the death penalty held its general assembly in Casablanca on June 17-18. The special session was dedicated to the abolition of the death penalty in Morocco, North Africa and the Middle East.
- JUNE 19, 2006SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA. ISLAMIC COURT CARRIES OUT EXECUTION
the Islamic shari'ah Ifka Halan court executed Ilmi Ba Hasan Adow, convicted of murdering a man in Afgooye, southern Somalia.
- JUNE 19, 2006OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
the way Oklahoma executes killers by lethal injection is constitutional...
the way Oklahoma executes killers by lethal injection is constitutional, humane and effective, the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals said in a precedent-setting, unanimous decision.