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- FEBRUARY 13, 2006KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
KAZAKHSTAN. DEATH PENALTY MAY BE ABOLISHED - OMBUDSMAN
Kazakhstan may abolish the death penalty according to Human Rights Ombudsman Bolat Baykadamov.
- FEBRUARY 13, 2006BahrainDEATH PENALTY
BAHRAIN. CHILD RAPISTS TO FACE DEATH PENALTY UNDER NEW PROPOSALS
new laws were being brought in to protect children in Bahrain against rapists and pedophiles
- FEBRUARY 13, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE
the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal in Rajbari, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Shafiqul Islam, 26, after finding him guilty of killing his wife.
- FEBRUARY 13, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. DEATH SENTENCE FOR TERROR SUSPECT
Indonesian national Assep Djaja was sentenced to death for killing eight people in attacks in the Moluccas islands that sparked fears of sectarian bloodshed in the region.
- FEBRUARY 13, 2006DEATH PENALTY
a man on death row for killing his girlfriend's 8-year-old daughter should get a new sentencing hearing
a man on death row for killing his girlfriend's 8-year-old daughter should get a new sentencing hearing because of errors, Maryland's highest court ruled.
- FEBRUARY 12, 2006UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
CENTRAL ASIA. ACTIVISTS CAMPAIGN TO END DEATH PENALTY
human rights activists from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan met to plan a two-year campaign to abolish the death penalty in Central Asia.
- FEBRUARY 12, 2006SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE. 96% OF SINGAPOREANS BACK THE DEATH PENALTY
a survey of 425 Singaporeans and permanent residents, aged 20 and older, showed that 96 per cent supported the death penalty. Most also wanted it to remain mandatory for the crimes of murder, drug trafficking, the use of firearms, acts of treason and kidn
- FEBRUARY 11, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. IRANIAN RESISTANCE WARNS OF EXECUTION OF POLITICAL PRISONERS
the National Council of Resistance of Iran reported that a number of political prisoners, among them supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI), had disappeared, according to family members and other prisoners.
- FEBRUARY 10, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM CONSIDERS DROPPING DEATH PENALTY FOR NINE CRIMES
Vietnam is considering abolishing the death penalty for nine different crimes, including smuggling, fraud, counterfeiting and bribery, state-controlled media reported.
- FEBRUARY 10, 2006United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. PAKISTANI SPARED FROM DEATH FOLLOWING PARDON BY VICTIM’S FAMILY
Pakistani national Akthar Hussain, 70, on death row in the UAE, was to walk out a free man after receiving a pardon from the family of his Indian victim.
- FEBRUARY 9, 2006RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. PUTIN'S HUMAN RIGHTS ADVISOR URGES DEATH PENALTY ABOLITION
Russia should abolish the death penalty in the near future, presidential council for civil society and human rights development Chairman Ella Pamfilova said.
- FEBRUARY 9, 2006United States Armed ForcesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED STATES. BUSH’S OK SOUGHT FOR EXECUTIONS
President Bush has been asked to authorize the executions of two men who have been on the military’s death row at Fort Leavenworth for a combined 35 years.