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- DECEMBER 30, 2005VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. 8 PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
the People's Court of southern Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, handed down death penalties to eight local people involved in a transnational drug trafficking ring.
- DECEMBER 30, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. AIRMAN HANGED FOR KILLING SIX COLLEAGUES
Nasir Ali Bangash, a Pakistan air force technician, was hanged after being convicted of killing six colleagues more than three years ago.
- DECEMBER 30, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. GUANGZHOU MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR FRAUD
the Guangzhou Intermediate Court sentenced Wang Risheng to death with a two-year reprieve for fraud. The court said Wang was the mastermind behind a scam in which more than 2,000 people were swindled out of 110 million yuan (US$12.4 million).
- DECEMBER 30, 2005YemenDEATH PENALTY
Ahmed Ali Ahmed Nawas was executed in Central prison in Sana’a...
Ahmed Ali Ahmed Nawas was executed in Central prison in Sana’a...
- DECEMBER 29, 2005KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev
Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev
- DECEMBER 29, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. BOMBAY HIGH COURT SENTENCES DOCTOR TO DEATH FOR MURDER
the Mumbai High Court, India, sentenced a doctor to death for murdering two people after falsely promising to help them emigrate to the United States.
- DECEMBER 29, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
Eskandar Meraji,
Eskandar Meraji,
- DECEMBER 29, 2005EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
SWAZILAND. TWELVE OPPOSITION MEMBERS CHARGED WITH HIGH TREASON IN SWAZILAND
twelve opposition members in Swaziland were charged with high treason and could face the death penalty in connection with a spate of petrol-bomb attacks in the small southern African kingdom.
- DECEMBER 29, 2005JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. NO. OF DEATH ROW INMATES HITS 78, SIGN OF TOUGHENING PENALTIES
it was reported that the number of inmates in Japan whose death sentences had been finalized stood at 78, the largest in 37 years.
- DECEMBER 29, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. PETITION CHALLENGING DEATH SENTENCE IN GANG RAPE CASES ADJOURNED
the Shariat Appellate Bench of the Supreme Court, Islamabad, Pakistan, adjourned the hearing on a petition challenging the death sentences of four convicts for gang rape under Section 10 (4) of the Zina Ordinance.
- DECEMBER 28, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
two Iranians convicted of armed robbery were hanged
two Iranians convicted of armed robbery were hanged
- DECEMBER 28, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
Yarmohammad Samadi,
Yarmohammad Samadi,