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- JUNE 14, 2006ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. HANDS OFF CAIN WELCOMES FOREIGN MINISTER’S COMMITMENT IN ABOLISHMENT OF DEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain appreciates the announcement made today by Italy’s Foreign Minister Massimo D’Alema who, whilst expounding the guidelines for Italy’s foreign policy, reaffirmed Italy’s commitments for the abolition of the death penalty worldwide.
- JUNE 14, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. MAN HANGED FOR MURDER
Mohammad Khan was hanged in Faisalabad District Jail, Pakistan, in the morning hours.
- JUNE 14, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. FOUR ARABS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TERRORISM
four Arabs convicted of unrest in Iran's southeastern oil city of Ahwaz were sentenced to death.
- JUNE 14, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. EVANGELICALS TO ABANDON ARROYO OVER ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
a Catholic Church prelate said President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo may lose the support of the Philippine Council for Evangelical Churches (PCEC) and other religious groups and organizations in favour of capital punishment should she approve the abolition o
- JUNE 14, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. LAHORE HIGH COURT CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCE TO MURDER CONVICT
the Lahore High Court, Pakistan, confirmed the death sentence to Mohammad Hussain of Faisalabad...
- JUNE 14, 2006SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
AUSTRALIA. SINGAPORE PM STANDS FIRM ON DEATH PENALTY
the prime ministers of Singapore and Australia discussed their differences over Singapore's use of the death penalty.
- JUNE 14, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
UNITED NATIONS. UN BODY CONCERNED OVER JUVENILE EXECUTION IN IRAN
the representative of UNICEF, the United Nations Children's Fund, condemned the execution of juveniles in Iran.
- JUNE 13, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. FIVE HANGED FOR RAPE AND KIDNAPPING
five Iranian men convicted of kidnapping and rape were hanged in the southern cities of Kerman and Zahedan.
- JUNE 13, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD FOR MAN WHO KILLED 2 IN OSAKA WHILE ON PAROLE
Japan’s Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for Susumu Nakayama, a man who stabbed two people to death in Osaka Prefecture in 1998, seven years after he was released on parole while serving a life imprisonment sentence imposed for a separate murder an
- JUNE 13, 2006MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. COURT DISMISSES DEATH PENALTY APPEAL OF DECEASED MAN
the Malaysian Federal Court dismissed the appeal of businessman Alex Wong Teck Choy against his death sentence for murder. During the hearing, counsel Datuk Muhammad Shafee Abdullah informed the court that his client had died on May 8.
- JUNE 13, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. THREE PEOPLE TO BE HANGED WITHIN NEXT THREE DAYS
it was reported that three death row convicts were scheduled to be hanged in the following three days
- JUNE 13, 2006TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN. NO VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN IMPLEMENTATION OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT, MINISTRY OF JUSTICE
the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) said that Taiwan had not violated any human rights principles in its handling of capital punishment cases or in its treatment of death-row inmates, but it promised to refer to other countries' measures to refine the existing