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- MARCH 14, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY IN MUSHARRAF ATTACK CASE
the Lahore High Court, Pakistan, upheld the death sentence handed down to Mushtaq Ahmed by the Anti Terrorism Court for planning two suicide attacks on Pakistan President General Musharraf in December 2003.
MARCH 14, 2006JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN. MAN EXECUTED FOR KILLING WIFE AND BABY
Jordanian authorities executed Adnan Ismail, a man convicted for murdering his wife and seven-month-old son, marking Jordan's third execution in four days.
MARCH 14, 2006AlgeriaDEATH PENALTYALGERIA. PROPOSALS UNDERWAY FOR THE ABOLISHMENT OF THE DEATH PENALTY
Algeria, where no executions have taken place since 1993, intends to put an end to capital punishment
MARCH 14, 2006IranDEATH PENALTYHANDS OFF CAIN RESPONDS TO THE IRANIAN EMBASSY’S DENIAL OF THE EXECUTION OF MINORS IN IRAN
Hands Off Cain replies to a note sent it by the Iranian embassy in Rome in which it denyed the application of the death penalty to minors.
MARCH 14, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA. SIX MEMBERS OF DRUG RING SENTENCED TO DEATH IN GUIZHOU PROVINCE
four cardinal members of a notorious drug ring that was accused of trafficking 21 kilograms of heroin have been sentenced to death at first trial in southwest China's Guizhou Province.
- MARCH 13, 2006BahamasDEATH PENALTY
THE BAHAMAS. HANGINGS SINCE 1973 “UNLAWFUL”
the executions of 16 murder convicts in the Bahamas since 1973 could be viewed as "unlawful" killings at the hands of the state, given the March 8 ruling by the privy council, Progressive Liberal Party senator Damian Gomez said in a call for a full enquir
- MARCH 13, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. HIGH COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCES OF TWO MEN, MAINTAINS PENALTY FOR A THIRD IN TRIPLE MURDER CASE
the Sindh High Court in Karachi, Pakistan, commuted the sentence of two men facing death for triple murder but maintained the death sentence for a third accomplice.
- MARCH 13, 2006BahamasDEATH PENALTY
THE BAHAMAS. THE DEATH PENALTY WILL BE CARRIED OUT, ATTORNEY GENERAL
if judges hand down death sentences, the government would see to it that they are carried out, said Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson.
- MARCH 13, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
a court in Narsindi, Bangladesh, sentenced Abdul Hamid, 24, to death and Fazlu Mia, 28, to life imprisonment after convicting them of murder.
- MARCH 13, 2006GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
in Atlanta, the Senate defeated a proposal to study the use...
in Atlanta, the Senate defeated a proposal to study the use of the death penalty in Georgia
MARCH 13, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ. EX-SADDAM JUDGE: DEATH SENTENCES LEGAL
Awad al-Bandar a former judge from Saddam Hussein's regime, admitted to sentencing 148 Shiites to death in the 1980s, but maintained they received a fair trial and had confessed to trying to assassinate the former Iraqi leader.
MARCH 13, 2006South KoreaDEATH PENALTYSOUTH KOREA. CATHOLIC CHURCH PETITION AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
The Committee for the Abolition of Capital Punishment of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Korea (CBCK) has announced that it will present the government with a petition calling for the abolition of capital punishment in the country.