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FEBRUARY 3, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTYDEATH PENALTY. CAPPATO, 'POSITIVE COMMITENT ON MORATORIUM TAKEN BY WORLD CONGRESS IN PARIS'
“The World Congress Against Death Penalty - in its 3-day Paris assembly which we attended as Hands Off Cain and Nonviolent Radial Party with Marco Pannella, Elisabetta Zamparutti, Marco Perduca, Antonio Stango and Max Rizzo - will end with a demonstration
FEBRUARY 3, 2007Vatican CityDEATH PENALTYVATICAN. POPE’S MESSAGE TO THE WORLD CONGRESS
The Third World Congress Against the Death Penalty in Paris concluded with a message from Pope
- FEBRUARY 2, 2007South DakotaDEATH PENALTY
a House committee has rejected a bill that would have repealed the death penalty.
a House committee has rejected a bill that would have repealed the death penalty.
- FEBRUARY 2, 2007TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
DEATH SENTENCE OF TAOYUAN CAB DRIVER APPROVED
the Taiwan Supreme Court approved the death sentence for Wang Hsiu-fang, who was convicted of murdering a woman and her daughter.
FEBRUARY 2, 2007IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. DEATH SENTENCE CONFIRMED FOR DELARA DARABI
an Iranian rights group said that a Tehran appeals court upheld a death sentence against Delara Darabi, 20, who allegedly killed a cousin three years ago when was minor.
- FEBRUARY 1, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA DEFENDS USE OF DEATH PENALTY
China defended its use of the death penalty amid an international campaign urging the country to abolish capital punishment ahead of the 2008 Olympics.
- FEBRUARY 1, 2007KenyaDEATH PENALTY
MAN, 23, TO HANG FOR KILLING HIS LOVER
aged only 23, John Ndunda Mwanika is to hang for killing his boss and burying her in a kiosk after being caught in a love triangle.
- FEBRUARY 1, 2007TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
Gov. Phil Bredesen postponed four executions...
Gov. Phil Bredesen postponed four executions so the state could review and better document its procedures for lethal injection.
- FEBRUARY 1, 2007NebraskaDEATH PENALTY
for the first time in nearly two decades...
for the first time in nearly two decades...
- FEBRUARY 1, 2007LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
Walter "Joey" Koon, 62, no longer is a convicted triple murderer.
Walter "Joey" Koon, 62, no longer is a convicted triple murderer.
- FEBRUARY 1, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
RANSOM KILLERS GET DEATH
a fast-track court sentenced four people to death for the murder of a lawyer's son for ransom in 2003 but acquitted two others.
- FEBRUARY 1, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
Judge Mohammad Ali Ebrahimkhani...
Judge Mohammad Ali Ebrahimkhani...
FEBRUARY 1, 2007North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA. TWO GUARDS TO BE EXECUTED FOR ASSISTING DEFECTORS
an officer and a sergeant from the border guard patrol in North Korea have been sentenced to execution for
FEBRUARY 1, 2007IranDEATH PENALTYISLAMIC COURT FREES IRANIAN TEEN FROM DEATH SENTENCE
after two years in prison, Iranian teen Nazanin Fatehi was released and spared from her original death sentence following an international campaign spearheaded by former Miss World Canada Nazanin Afshin-Jam.
FEBRUARY 1, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTYEP CALLS FOR UNIVERSAL MORATORIUM ON DEATH PENALTY
the European Parliament adopted a joint resolution in favour of a universal moratorium on the death penalty, with 591 votes in favour, 45 against and 31 abstentions.
FEBRUARY 1, 2007DenmarkDEATH PENALTYDENMARK. FOREIGN MINISTER: NOT OPPOSED TO DEATH PENALTY BAN
The foreign minister denies reports that Denmark opposed an Italian initiative to ban capital punishment
FEBRUARY 1, 2007MoroccoDEATH PENALTYMOROCCO TO ABOLISH CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Morocco will remove by the end of April the death penalty from its statute books, the president of the state
- JANUARY 31, 2007DEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. 3 EXECUTED FOR DRUGS, ROBBERY AND MURDER
Saudi Arabia executed two Saudis and a Pakistani man for drug smuggling, armed robbery and murder, local media reported.
- JANUARY 31, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed a Pakistani man for drug smuggling, local media reported.
Saudi Arabia executed a Pakistani man for drug smuggling, local media reported.
- JANUARY 31, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
FOUR MEN TO WALK GALLOWS FOR MURDER
three young men were sentenced to death and another to a life term for the murder of a neighbour at Sutrapur 18 months ago.
- JANUARY 31, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi nationals Salama Al Khelwi and Samir Al Mutairi were put to death in Madinah, Saudi Arabia, for a
Saudi nationals Salama Al Khelwi and Samir Al Mutairi were put to death in Madinah, Saudi Arabia, for a
- JANUARY 31, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTY
DEATH SENTENCES FOR NINE CONVICTED OF TERRORISM ANNOUNCED IN MOSUL
the Iraqi Central Criminal Court in the northern city of Mosul announced the death sentences of nine people convicted of terrorist offences...
- JANUARY 31, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
DEATH BY STONING CASE GOES TO UAE SUPREME COURT
the UAE Federal Supreme Court is looking into the case of a Pakistani man, identified as A., in his fifties, who was found guilty of having illicit affairs with his four stepdaughters and sentenced to death by stoning.
- JANUARY 31, 2007TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER APPROVED
after many appeals, the Supreme Court of Taiwan this month approved the High Court's death sentence for Wang Hsiu-fang, a taxi driver convicted of murdering a woman and her three year old daughter in 1996
JANUARY 31, 2007DEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA. 3 EXECUTED FOR DRUGS, ROBBERY AND MURDER
Saudi Arabia executed two Saudis and a Pakistani man for drug smuggling, armed robbery and murder, local media reported.
- JANUARY 30, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
FORMER TOBACCO OFFICIAL SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR EMBEZZLEMENT IN EAST CHINA
a provincial court upheld the death sentence of a tobacco official in east China's Fulian Province.
- JANUARY 30, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
MAN SENTENCED TO REPRIEVED DEATH FOR SWINDLING NEARLY 12 MILLION YUAN IN EAST CHINA
a fraudster was sentenced to death with two years' reprieve, for swindling millions of yuan from over 300 people, according to a spokesman with the Nanchang People's Intermediate Court in east China's Jiangxi Province.
- JANUARY 30, 2007Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
5 SENTECED TO DEATH IN QATAR
five Sri Lankan men were sentenced to death, including one in absentia, as they were found guilty of killing a compatriot in Doha last February.
- JANUARY 30, 2007MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA FEDERAL COURT REINSTATES DRUG TRAFFICKER’S DEATH SENTENCE
the Malaysian Federal Court reinstated the High Court's decision in imposing the death sentence on a construction worker, Saari Jusoh, who was found guilty for trafficking 12 years ago.
- JANUARY 30, 2007JordanDEATH PENALTY
MAN RECEIVES DEATH SENTENCE FOR DOUBLE MURDER
according to the Jordan Times, the Criminal Court sentenced a 38-year-old man to death for the premeditated murder of his ex-wife and a man in Amman in 2004.