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- JUNE 18, 2006EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT. 2 MEN HANGED FOR TAKING HOSTAGES
two brothers who led a gang that held more than 100 people hostage were hanged in Alexandria.
- JUNE 18, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
UAE. GARDENER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF WOMAN
the Sharjah Sharia Court of First Instance sentenced a Pakistani gardener to capital punishment for stabbing a newly-wed woman to death in Sharjah, UAE. The Sharjah Public Prosecution charged the 22-year-old, identified only as “S.K.”, with the premeditat
- JUNE 16, 2006VermontDEATH PENALTY
Donald Fell, 26, was formally sentenced to death...
Donald Fell, 26, was formally sentenced to death, Vermont’s 1st death sentence since 1957. Fell said what he did “was horrible and wrong” as he apologized before U.S. District Court Judge William Sessions III sentenced him.
- JUNE 16, 2006KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
KYRGYZSTAN. NO NEED TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY, MP
“Many people say that it is necessary to abolish death penalty. I do not think we need abolish it.
- JUNE 15, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. WOMAN AND A MAN HANGED IN SOUTHEASTERN PROVINCE
the Iranian regime hanged a woman and a man in Iranshahr, southeast Iran.
- JUNE 15, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. LAWYERS CALL FOR SUSPENSION OF EXECUTIONS
in a letter submitted to Justice Minister Seiken Sugiura, the Japan Federation of Bar Associations said executions should be suspended given the possibility that rulings could be mistaken, as had occurred in past cases where the death penalty had initiall
- JUNE 15, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY FOR CORRUPTION - OFFICIAL
"According to data collected over the past decade, it is not pragmatic to execute officials who are convicted of corruption," the Hunan Province provincial organization deputy director, Wang Minggao, said.
- JUNE 15, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. 34 DISMISSED, 24 AWARDED CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR FINANCIAL ANOMALIES IN POST OFFICES, NATIONAL ASSEMBLY TOLD
34 employees were dismissed and 24 others awarded capital punishment during the last two years for their involvement in 49 embezzlement cases and financial irregularities in the General Post Office (GPO) and other Post Offices.
- JUNE 15, 2006North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
EU. EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PASSES RESOLUTION ON N. KOREAN HUMAN RIGHTS
the European Parliament adopted a resolution urging North Korea to improve its human rights conditions in a plenary session held at the French city of Strasbourg.
- JUNE 15, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF 2 IN FUKUSHIMA
the Fukushima District Court's Koriyama branch sentenced 57-year-old Minoru Watanabe to death for the murder of two people in 2001 in Japan’s Fukushima Prefecture. The court said Watanabe played a leading role in the murders, dismissing his argument that
- JUNE 15, 2006NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Salisu Babuga was executed in Jos prison in Nigeria
Salisu Babuga was executed in Jos prison in Nigeria
- JUNE 14, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. DEATH PENALTY FOR SUNNI MILITANT
Mohammad Aslam, also known as Muawia, was sentenced to death by an anti-terrorism court in Pakistan after being found guilty of killing six Shia Muslims during an attack in 1995. He had pleaded not guilty.