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- JANUARY 10, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
ADVOCATES HOPE IRANIAN GIRL WILL AVOID EXECUTION
the trial of Nazanin Fatehi, an Iranian girl convicted of killing a man who attempted to rape her, concluded, according to a former Miss World Canada who had advocated on her behalf.
- JANUARY 10, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY LEADS CAMPAIGN AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
all Italian political parties are backing the decision "to campaign at the United Nations for a global ban on the death penalty" announced by Prime Minister Romano Prodi. "No crime can justify one person killing another," Prodi said.
- JANUARY 10, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS CONVICTED MURDERER IN PUBLIC
an Iranian man convicted of murder was publicly hanged
- JANUARY 10, 2007TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN CONSIDERS ABOLISHING THE DEATH PENALTY
the Taiwanese Ministry of Justice said that it will solicit views from all sectors of society on whether to abolish capital punishment.
- JANUARY 10, 2007PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
Research at Penn State Harrisburg...
Research at Penn State Harrisburg...
JANUARY 10, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ. PRESIDENT URGES DELAY SADDAM CASE EXECUTIONS
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said the government should delay the execution of two of Saddam Hussein’s
JANUARY 10, 2007TexasDEATH PENALTYTEXAS EXECUTES MAN CONVICTED OF MURDERING 3-YEAR-OLD
Carlos Granados, a man convicted of murdering his girlfriend's 3-year-old son, was put to death by lethal injection in Texas' first execution of the year.
JANUARY 10, 2007GreeceDEATH PENALTYMORATORIUM. SOCIALIST INTERNATIONAL BACKS ITALIAN INITIATIVE
main opposition Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) leader George Papandreou had a telephone
JANUARY 10, 2007PeruDEATH PENALTYPERU LEADER DEFEATED AS DEATH PENALTY VOTED DOWN
Peru's Congress rejected President Alan Garcia's bill seeking to introduce the death penalty for terrorists.
JANUARY 10, 2007IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN HANGS MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER
an Iranian man convicted of murdering a police officer was hanged in the northern town of Tonekabon, Mazandaran province, a press report said.
- JANUARY 9, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING TAXI PASSENGERS
a court in south China sentenced a motorcycle-taxi driver to death for killing his wife and a neighbour and robbing, sexually assaulting and murdering eight woman passengers, state media said.
- JANUARY 9, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTY
DEATH SENTENCE IN THE TRIAL OF SADDAM HUSSEIN’S CO-DEFENDANT
the Iraqi appeals court said that Taha Yassin Ramadan, former Iraqi vice president’s life sentence was too lenient, and returned his case to the High Tribunal for reconsideration.
- JANUARY 9, 2007OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
in McAlester, Corey Duane Hamilton was put to death
in McAlester, Corey Duane Hamilton was put to death
JANUARY 9, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN’S FIRST EXECUTION OF THE YEAR 2007
the first execution of 2007 was carried out in Faisalabad jail where a condemned prisoner Waheed Iqbal, 40, was hanged.
JANUARY 9, 2007Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTYCOUNCIL OF EUROPE BACKS ITALY’S CALLS FOR MORATORIUM ON EXECUTIONS
Italy and the Council of Europe are working together to gather as much support as possible for a United Nations General Assembly based initiative for a worldwide moratorium on executions with view to full abolition of the death penalty.
JANUARY 9, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTYFOUR EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING IN SOUTH CHINA
four people were executed for drug trafficking in Yulin, a city in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Chen Lizhen was one of four people convicted of trafficking 65 kilograms of heroin from
- JANUARY 8, 2007United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
UK. BLAIR SAYS VIDEO OF SADDAM EXECUTION "DEPLORABLE"
Tony Blair has backed the Iraqi government's announcement of an inquiry into the circumstances of the execution of Saddam Hussein.
- JANUARY 8, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTY
SADDAM LAWYERS CLAIM HIS BODY WAS ABUSED, APPEAL TO UN
a member of Saddam Hussein's legal team said that she intends on suing the Iraqi government at the International Court of Justice over the taunting of the former leader by executioners on the gallows.
- JANUARY 8, 2007EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
the Federal High Court of Ethiopia sentenced Major Desta Awulachew to death.
the Federal High Court of Ethiopia sentenced Major Desta Awulachew to death.
JANUARY 8, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTYUK. BROWN: SADDAM'S EXECUTION 'COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE'
British Chancellor of Exchequer Gordon Brown condemned the hanging of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein as "deplorable" and "completely unacceptable", the BBC reported.
JANUARY 8, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTYITALIAN GOVERNMENT MUST GO AHEAD WITH MORATORIUM INITIATIVE, BONINO
“Pannella’s initiative, taken on by the government and by [Foreign] Minister D’Alema, must find a way to carry on,” said Emma Bonino, Italian Minister for European Policies and International Trade, commenting on the initiative for a universal moratorium o
- JANUARY 7, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTY
NEW U.N. CHIEF AGAIN URGES STAY OF IRAQI EXECUTIONS
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, dogged by charges he was softening UN opposition to capital punishment, weighed in again on the issue on January 6, urging a stay of executions in Iraq.
- JANUARY 7, 2007MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Ghazalee Kassim and two other unidentified men were convicted and sentenced to death for trafficking 50kg of cannabis.
JANUARY 7, 2007JapanDEATH PENALTYDEATH SENTENCES IN JAPAN IN 2006 HIT RECORD-HIGH 44
it was reported that forty-four death sentences were handed down by courts across Japan in 2006, a record high since 1980, when the Supreme Court began keeping records on such sentences.
- JANUARY 6, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. ROME COLOSSEUM IN LIGHTS TO PROTEST DEATH PENALTY
Rome lit up the arches of its ancient Colosseum at dusk to protest against the death penalty after Saddam Hussein's hanging, with the mayor calling it the city's symbol to the world for human rights.
- JANUARY 5, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN RIGHTS PANEL URGES END TO ALL EXECUTIONS IN IRAQ
the Council of Europe appealed to Iraq to immediately stop all executions, describing the death penalty as a human rights violation.
- JANUARY 5, 2007MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
MOROCCO CLOSE TO ABOLISHING EXECUTIONS, JUSTICE MINISTRY OFFICIAL
Morocco could soon decide to abolish the death penalty or suspend executions, a highly placed source in the justice ministry said.
- JANUARY 5, 2007St. Vincent & GrenadinesDEATH PENALTY
ST VINCENT. PM SUPPORTS RETENTION OF DEATH PENALTY
Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves said the death penalty should remain on statue books in St Vincent to be used as a sentencing option for certain types of murders.
JANUARY 5, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTYGERMANY UNDERLINES EU OPPOSITION TO DEATH PENALTY BEFORE IRAQ EXECUTIONS
the European Union's current leader, Germany, stressed the EU's opposition to the death penalty before Iraq's planned execution of two of Saddam Hussein's co-defendants.
- JANUARY 4, 2007GreeceDEATH PENALTY
GREECE BACKS ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
Athens praised an initiative by the Italian government, within the United Nations framework, to abolish the death penalty around the world.