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- MAY 20, 2006YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN. DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED
the death penalty handed down in Yemen to cleric Yahia Hussein al-Dailamiwas commuted into a term of imprisonment by President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
- MAY 19, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. FIVE PEOPLE EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD FOR HEROIN DEALING
five people convicted of heroin dealing were executed in southern Ho Chi Minh City. The five, including two women, were put to death by firing squad before dawn.
- MAY 19, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. TWO MEN HANGED FOR MURDER
two men were hanged till death in Faisalabad Jail in Pakistan.
- MAY 19, 2006BrazilDEATH PENALTY
BRAZIL. POLICE SUMMARILY EXECUTE GANG SUSPECTS
human rights groups voiced concern over summary executions as Brazilian police pressed on with a counter-attack against the First Capital Command, a powerful Sao Paulo gang, in a street war that had claimed at least 170 lives.
- MAY 19, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. PROSECUTORS DEMAND DEATH FOR ISLAMIC MILITANTS
prosecutors called for the death penalty for two militant leaders accused of waging a bloody campaign to impose Islamic law in Bangladesh.
- MAY 19, 2006SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE. MAN TO HANG FOR MURDER OF CHINESE GIRLFRIEND
a Singaporean man was sentenced to hang for murdering his Chinese girlfriend and chopping up her remains.
- MAY 19, 2006RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. MOSCOW TO SEEK RETURN OF DRUG DEALERS FACING EXECUTION IN CHINA
Russian parliamentarians will make every effort to achieve the return of two Russians arrested for drug dealing in China so they avoid the death penalty, said Konstantin Kosachev, chairman of the State Duma's international affairs committee.
- MAY 19, 2006Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
PAPUA NEW GUINEA. DEATH PENALTY COMMUTED FOR THREE CONVICTED OF MURDER
the Waigani Supreme Court, Papua New Guinea, commuted into life imprisonment the penalties of three men from the country’s West New Britain province.
- MAY 18, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. SIX PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE AND MURDER
a court in Bogra, Bangladesh, sentenced six men to death for murdering a teenage girl after raping her at Prannathpur village in Adamdighi.
- MAY 18, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
BRITAIN. BLAIR ASKS MUSHARRAF TO STOP BRITON BEING HANGED
Britain asked Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf to stop the hanging of Mirza Tahir Hussain, a British man convicted of shooting dead a taxi driver 18 years ago.
- MAY 18, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. THREE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ELECTION MURDERS
Hu Jialong, Chen Riwen and Chen Dedao were sentenced to death by the Wenzhou Intermediate People's Court, China, after convicting them of killing a candidate supporter in a local election.
- MAY 18, 2006SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA. MAN EXECUTED IN BELEDWEN FOR MURDER
Abdi kadir Shuriye was executed in Beledwen, central Somalia, after being convicted a few days previously of killing Ahmed Nur whilst attempting to steal his mobile phone.