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- SEPTEMBER 10, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTY
ANFAL DEATH SENTENCES DO NOT REQUIRE PRESIDENTIAL APPROVAL: IRAQI JUDGE
An Iraqi judge and spokesman for the Iraqi High Tribunal said at a Baghdad
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - MAN EXECUTED IN THE KURDISH CITY OF URMIYE
Islamic Republic authorities executed Mohammad Reza Shojai Niko in the Eastern Kurdish...
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2007CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
in San Francisco, en banc panel of 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated...
in San Francisco, en banc panel of 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated...
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2007North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
former death row inmate gets new sentence.
former death row inmate gets new sentence.
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2007IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA BALI BOMBER LOSES DEATH ROW APPEAL
the Indonesian Supreme Court rejected the final appeal of Amrozi bin Nurhasyim against his death sentence for his part in the 2002 Bali bombings, which killed 202 people.
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2007TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN: MOJ TO REVIEW CASES OF 25 INMATES FACING EXECUTION
the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) in Taiwan will carefully review cases involving 25 death row prisoners before deciding whether to execute them, a ministry official said
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2007UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: REPLACE DEATH PENALTY, SAYS AMERICAN JUDGE
a visiting American judge wants Ugandan judges to substitute the death penalty with lighter sentences for convicted capital offenders.
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
TWO WOMEN BEHEADED IN BANNU
two women, accused of having been involved in ‘immoral activities,’ were kidnapped and beheaded in the volatile Bannu district in Pakistan.
SEPTEMBER 7, 2007PortugalDEATH PENALTYDEATH PENALTY. PRODI, PORTUGUESE PREMIER DISCUSS MORATORIUM
Italian Premier Romano Prodi phoned Portuguese counterpart Jose' Socrates to discuss
SEPTEMBER 7, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ. TALABANI OPPOSES EXECUTION OF SADDAM AIDE
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said he would not sign the execution order of
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SERVANT TO BE HANGED FOR BURNING FIVE PEOPLE ALIVE
Ajay Pal, a domestic servant and resident of West Bengal, who killed five members of a Ranchi official's family four years ago was sentenced to be hanged on September 27 by the Jharkhand High Court in India.
SEPTEMBER 6, 2007IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. TWO EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran hanged two drug traffickers in its southern port city of Bandar Abbas
SEPTEMBER 6, 2007VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM. 6 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR HEROIN TRAFFICKING
a court in northern Vietnam sentenced six men to death and two others to life imprisonment
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
four offenders were put to death in the city of Shiraz, Iran, after being convicted
four offenders were put to death in the city of Shiraz, Iran, after being convicted
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. SENIOR LAWMAKER EXECUTED FOR CAR BOMBING MISTRESS
A senior lawmaker and his accomplice, a local policeman, were executed in Jinan for killing the official's young mistress with a car bomb.
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
Seventeen drug smugglers were executed in the iranian province of Khorasan Razavi, the Web site of state broadcaster IRIB said.
Seventeen drug smugglers were executed in the iranian province of Khorasan Razavi, the Web site of state broadcaster IRIB said.
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: CHEMICAL ALI EXECUTION "MUST HAVE PRESIDENTIAL DECREE", SAYS COUNCIL
Iraq's National Legal Consultation Council said that it was not legal to execute Saddam Hussein's close aides, including the dictator's cousin so-called 'Chemical Ali,' without a presidential decree.
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIAN CATHOLIC SEEKS ASYLUM IN ITALY TO ESCAPE DEATH SENTENCE
a Nigerian Catholic man who fled his native land to escape execution has appealed to the Italian government to allow him to remain there, the AKI news service reports.
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2007WashingtonDEATH PENALTY
William "Tippy" Wallace will not be put to death for the 1979 murders...
William "Tippy" Wallace will not be put to death for the 1979 murders...
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2007AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
LaSamuel Gamble, 29, no longer faces the death penalty for his role in the killing of two people...
LaSamuel Gamble, 29, no longer faces the death penalty for his role in the killing of two people...
SEPTEMBER 5, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTYUN FAULTS IRAQ FOR CONTINUED EXECUTIONS
a new United Nations report on human rights criticises the
SEPTEMBER 5, 2007TexasDEATH PENALTYTEXAS EXECUTES MAN FOR 1998 MURDER
Tony Roach, white, 30, was executed this evening in Texas. He was
SEPTEMBER 5, 2007DEATH PENALTYIRAN. 21 EXECUTED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING, BANDITRY
Iran hanged 21 convicted drug smugglers and other criminals, Iranian media said, the latest of a
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO AWARDED DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER OF FAMILY
two men were awarded the death penalty and fined Rs 400,000 each by the district and sessions court for killing four members of a family here.
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2007KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: HIGH COMMISIONER WANTS DEATH PENALTY SCRAPPED
British High Commissioner Mr Adam Wood has urged the Kenyan Government to scrap the death penalty, saying it was abolished in Britain and Rwanda.
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2007Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR DOUBLE MURDER ACCUSED
Colombo High Court Judge W.T.M.P.B. Warawewa sentenced Sahul Hameed Rajainudeen of Colombo 2 to death for the murders of Cader Mohideen alias Galle Face Nana of Java Lane...
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2007ThailandDEATH PENALTY
THAILAND: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER OF RUSSIAN TOURISTS
a 26 year old man was sentenced to death for the premeditated murder of two female Russian tourists at Pattaya's Jomtien Beach on February 24, 2007.
SEPTEMBER 4, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ. DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD FOR 'CHEMICAL ALI'
Iraq's top court said it has confirmed the death sentence on "Chemical Ali" and two other cohorts of
SEPTEMBER 4, 2007DEATH PENALTYCOMMENT ON PRESIDENT KAGAME
The unexpectedly violent tone of Nigrizia's statements shock us more than the content. This is not language that a man of the church should use.
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: IMMINENT HANGING OF BOY WHO COMMITTED A CRIME WHEN 15
the death sentence for a boy in Iran who had committed a crime when he was only 15 has shocked human rights organizations and activists.