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JANUARY 19, 2006CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYCALIFORNIA, USA. CALIFORNIA DEATH PENALTY MORATORIUM BILL STALLS
state lawmakers blocked a bill that would bar the state from carrying out death sentences for two years.
- JANUARY 18, 2006ThailandDEATH PENALTY
UNITED KINGDOM. BRITAIN THANKS THAI POLICE BUT OPPOSES DEATH FOR TOURIST'S KILLERS
Britain's Foreign Office thanked the Thai authorities for finding the two fishermen who raped and murdered a British student, but insisted it opposed their death sentence
- JANUARY 18, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. LAW ENFORCERS ACCUSED OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLINGS
Bangladeshi security forces committed serious abuses in 2005 including extra-judicial killings and torture of detainees, Human Rights Watch said in its annual report.
- JANUARY 18, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH BLASTS CHINA OVER DISMAL RIGHTS RECORD
Human Rights Watch blasted China for its dismal rights record, saying it lead the world in executions.
- JANUARY 18, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. DEATH PENALTY ONLY IN RAREST OF RARE CASES, SUPREME COURT
the death penalty should be awarded in only the rarest of rare cases, India’s Supreme Court said, while asking the judiciary to consider aggravating and mitigating circumstances in awarding the extreme sentence.
- JANUARY 18, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as Varamin, has been hanged in public, in Iran.
a man, identified only as Varamin, has been hanged in public, in Iran.
- JANUARY 18, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
according to official Vietnamese Government sources...
according to official Vietnamese Government sources...
JANUARY 18, 2006IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. COUPLE HANGED FOR MURDERING BURGLARY VICTIMS
a young Iranian couple convicted of killing a mother and daughter during a burglary were hanged in Tehran's Evin prison.
- JANUARY 18, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. IRANIAN MAN HANGED FOR MURDER
a man was hanged in Tehran's notorious Evin prison for alleged murder charges. Death sentence for the man identified by his first name Esmail, was endorsed by the mullahs' supreme court.
JANUARY 18, 2006ThailandDEATH PENALTYTHAILAND. TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF BRITISH STUDENT
two Thai fishermen, Bualoi Posit, 23, and Wichai Somkhaoyai, 24, were sentenced to death for the rape and murder of student Katherine Horton after an unusually short trial and sustained political pressure.
- JANUARY 17, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. FOUR DRUG TRAFFICKERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
the Bac Giang People's Court, Vietnam, handed out death sentences to Than Nhan Lam, 37, Than Nhan Sang, 28, Do Van Hoa, 37, and Nguyen Quang Thang, 37, on charges of drug trafficking.
- JANUARY 17, 2006FloridaDEATH PENALTY
a 2005 study indicating condemned inmates may suffer pain when being put to death...
a 2005 study indicating condemned inmates may suffer pain when being put to death by lethal injection is inconclusive and no reason to delay the scheduled execution of Clarence Edward Hill, the Florida Supreme Court ruled.