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DECEMBER 31, 2007South KoreaDEATH PENALTYSOUTH KOREA PARDONS SIX ON DEATH ROW
in South Korea, six inmates on death row had their sentences commuted to life imprisonment
- DECEMBER 30, 2007South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA MARKS 10-YEAR MORATORIUM ON DEATH PENALTY
South Korea marked its 10-year moratorium on the death penalty as activists called for the
- DECEMBER 30, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR 8 MURDERS
a villager from northwest China's Gansu Province was sentenced to death for a series of murders that included six people in his village and a taxi driver and a prostitute elsewhere in the province.
- DECEMBER 30, 2007TunisiaDEATH PENALTY
TUNISIA COURT SENTENCES TWO TO DEATH FOR COUP BID
a Tunisian court sentenced two Islamists to death by firing squad after finding them guilty of trying to overthrow the government, defence lawyers and court officials said. Imed Ben Amer and Saber Ragoub were among 30 men put on trial after being arrested
- DECEMBER 29, 2007FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Florida did not execute any death-row inmates this year for the first time in 25 years...
Florida did not execute any death-row inmates this year for the first time in 25 years, the result of legal and ethical challenges to lethal injection that have temporarily halted executions nationwide.
DECEMBER 29, 2007DEATH PENALTYIRAN. SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR TEENAGE BOY
Iran’s Supreme Court has upheld a death sentence for a 17-year-old schoolboy over the murder of his younger friend.
- DECEMBER 28, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
FORMER EAST CHINA PROVINCE VICE-GOVERNOR SENTENCED TO DEATH WITH TWO-YEAR REPRIEVE
a local court of east China's Shandong Province handed down a death penalty with a two-year reprieve to He Minxu...
- DECEMBER 28, 2007NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: COURT SENTENCES THREE TO DEATH BY HANGING
the Kano state High Court in Nigeria sentenced three suspected murderers to death by hanging for conspiracy, robbery and the murder of a man named Manu Mariri.
- DECEMBER 27, 2007VietnamDEATH PENALTY
a court in Vietnam handed down eight death sentences...
a court in Vietnam handed down eight death sentences...
- DECEMBER 27, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MULTIPLE MURDER IN GUIZHOU
a man was sentenced to death for murdering a county head, four of his relatives and a nursemaid in southwest China's Guizhou Province.
- DECEMBER 27, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MOTHER, DAUGHTER AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER OF DOCTOR
at an ad hoc court in Pune, India, Additional Sessions Judge Vilas Patil sentenced a mother and daughter to death for kidnapping and murdering a doctor for a ransom of Rs 25 lakh
DECEMBER 27, 2007NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIAN STATE REFUTES AI'S SECRET EXECUTION CHARGE
authorities in the northern Nigerian state of Kano rejected Amnesty International's recent accusation
- DECEMBER 26, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA LAWS NOT CHANGED TO ALLOW DEATH PENALTY FOR DOWRY DEATH
the Law Commission in India concluded that Section 304-B on dowry death needs no amendment...
- DECEMBER 26, 2007North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
North Korean authorities sentenced three people involved in handling movies
North Korean authorities sentenced three people involved in handling movies
- DECEMBER 25, 2007JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: DEATH SENTENCES UPHELD FOR WOMAN AND SON IN FUKUOKA
at the Fukuoka High Court in Japan, Presiding Judge Katsuhiko Masaki upheld the death sentences of Mami Kitamura, 48, and her 23 year old son Takahiro for murdering four people in Omuta, Fukuoka Prefecture, in 2004. The Fukuoka District Court's Kurume bra
- DECEMBER 25, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN FOR DRUG DEALING
Iran hanged a convicted drug dealer in the northern town of Gorgan, the official news agency IRNA reported.
- DECEMBER 24, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN FOR MURDER IN PUBLIC
Iran publicly hanged a man found guilty of murdering his wife more than two years ago in the southern city of Kazeroun, a newspaper reported.
- DECEMBER 22, 2007RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA NOT PLANNING TO REINSTATE DEATH PENALTY – HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN
Russia, currently observing a moratorium on capital punishment, does not plan on reinstating the death penalty according to Human Rights Commissioner Vladimir Lukin.
- DECEMBER 21, 2007RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA: PACE PRESIDENT URGES DUMA TO RATIFY DEATH PENALTY BAN PROTOCOL
PACE president Rene van der Linden called upon the State Duma lower house of the Russian parliament to ratify Protocol # 6 (on death penalty ban) and Protocol # 14 (on procedures of the European court of human rights).
- DECEMBER 20, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA FOUR AWARDED DEATH IN ROHTAS
four people, charged with the kidnapping and subsequent killing of a minor boy...
- DECEMBER 20, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CORRUPT CHINA PROSECUTOR GETS SUSPENDED DEATH PENALTY
a Chinese court handed down a suspended death sentence to a former top prosecutor...
- DECEMBER 20, 2007BelarusDEATH PENALTY
BELARUS: EXECUTION OF ALYAKSANDR SYARHEYCHYK
Amnesty International and the Belarusian Helsinki Committee...
- DECEMBER 20, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH SENTENCE GETS SUSPENDED IN SHANGHAI CASE
in China, the former chairman of one of Shanghai's biggest industrial companies...
- DECEMBER 20, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Zhou Liji, who had served time for fraud and larceny, was executed in China for drug trafficking, the Shanghai Daily said.
- DECEMBER 20, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH SENTENCES AWARDED IN ROHTAS
sources said that a fast track court in Sasaram, Rohtas, India...
- DECEMBER 20, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY AWARDED FOR RAPE
the Supreme Court in Madras, India, commuted the death penalty imposed on a man charged...
- DECEMBER 20, 2007KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA AAGM: JUDGES UPHOLD DEATH SENTENCES FOR RAPE
in Kenya, three men will be executed for violently raping and robbing two women.
- DECEMBER 20, 2007AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHAN DEATH PENALTY RAISES CONCERNS
the resumption of the death penalty in Afghanistan sparked concern among many of the nations that provide military and financial aid.
- DECEMBER 20, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: REGARDING EXECUTIONS OF 3 CHILD OFFENDERS
Amnesty International urges Iranian authorities to prevent the execution...
- DECEMBER 20, 2007NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: STOP EXECUTIONS, ADOPT A MORATORIUM
Nigerian NGOs and Amnesty International express serious concerns about reports of the executions of several prisoners on death row in Nigerian prisons and call for an immediate moratorium.