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- AUGUST 26, 2005MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE. MALAYSIAN MAN SENTENCED TO HANG FOR CHINESE GIRL'S MURDER
Took Leng How, a 23-year-old Malaysian man, was sentenced to death by hanging after being found guilty of murdering an eight-year-old mainland Chinese girl in Singapore. Judge Lai Kew Chai in his verdict said the prosecution had proven its case that Took,
- AUGUST 25, 2005VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN HCM CITY FOR TRAFFICKING
the Ho Chi Minh City Appeal Court, Vietnam, upheld a death sentence to a convicted drug trafficker and raised from life imprisonment given to another to the death penalty.
- AUGUST 25, 2005South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA. COUNTRY’S DEATH ROW INMATES NUMBER 61
the number of death row inmates in South Korea increased to 61 after the Supreme Court sentenced a 36-year-old man to death for murder, court officials said. South Korea had not carried out an execution of a convicted criminal since December 1997 amid a f
- AUGUST 25, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. EXECUTION PLEA OVER IRAN YOUTHS
Amnesty International called on Iran to halt the execution of two teenagers following their convictions for murder.
- AUGUST 25, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. 5,000 RALLY FOR ALLEGED INDIAN SPY FACING DEATH IN PAKISTAN
nearly 5,000 people held a rally as shops and businesses shut down in the home town of Sarabjeet Singh, an Indian facing death by hanging in Pakistan, demanding clemency and his immediate return home. In New Delhi, India's External Affairs Minister Natwar
- AUGUST 24, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN TO DIE FOR KILLING WIFE IN BARISAL
qbal Hossain, 30, was convicted and condemned to death by a court Barisal, Bangladesh, for the murder of his wife.
- AUGUST 24, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. FOUR YOUNG IRANIANS HANGED PUBLICLY
four Iranian men convicted of robbery, kidnapping and rape -- at least one of whom was under the age of 18 -- were hanged publicly in the southern port of Bandar Abbas, the Kayhan newspaper said.
- AUGUST 24, 2005IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. ANOTHER EXECUTION DUE AS NEW DEATH SENTENCE PASSED
Abed Saleh al-Issawi, an Iraqi man convicted of murder, was sentenced to death in Iraq's fourth scheduled execution since authorities reinstated capital punishment.
- AUGUST 24, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
a seventeen-year-old musician in Iran is facing imminent execution in public
a seventeen-year-old musician in Iran is facing imminent execution in public after his death sentence was upheld by Iran’s Supreme Court, Etemaad daily reported.
- AUGUST 24, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Muhammad Asghar, Ahmad Sher and Falak Sher were hanged in Pakistan for murder.
Muhammad Asghar, Ahmad Sher and Falak Sher were hanged in Pakistan for murder.
- AUGUST 24, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Abdul Ghaffar was hanged in Pakistan for murder.
Abdul Ghaffar was hanged in Pakistan for murder.
- AUGUST 23, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. 43 HANGINGS AND DEATH SENTENCES SINCE AHMADINEJAD'S ELECTION
since the election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the mullahs' regime has resorted to a frenzied wave of public hangings and death decrees, the National Council of Resistance of Iran said in a statement.