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- DECEMBER 27, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. CONVICT EXECUTED IN ADIALA JAIL
a man convicted of murder was hanged in the Adiala Central Jail in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
- DECEMBER 27, 2006ItalyDEATH PENALTY
INTINI CRITICISES SADDAM'S DEATH SENTENCE
Italy’s deputy foreign minister Ugo Intini stigmatised the news of Saddam Hussein's death sentence...
- DECEMBER 27, 2006ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. SADDAM: DEATH SENTENCE NEVER A SOLUTION, MASTELLA
"I express my firm and decisive 'no' to the death sentence, which can never be considered to be a solution...
- DECEMBER 26, 2006DEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. ITALIAN MP STARTS THIRST AND HUNGER STRIKE TO PROTEST SADDAM EXECUTION
Marco Pannella, a member of the European Parliament and leader of the Nonviolent Radical Party, started a thirst and hunger strike to protest the death sentence against former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.
- DECEMBER 26, 2006SyriaDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ HANDS DEATH SENTENCE TO THREE 'FOREIGN FIGHTERS'
an Iraqi court sentenced a Saudi, a Syrian and a Sudanese to death after finding them guilty of Al-Qaeda related terrorist offences, the US-led coalition in Iraq said.
- DECEMBER 26, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN VIETNAM FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
a court in northern Vietnam sentenced three people to death for drug trafficking, with a police officer getting a life sentence.
- DECEMBER 26, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING 5 BY LACING WINE LOSES RIGHT TO RETRIAL
the Nagoya High Court, Japan, revoked an earlier decision it made to retry Masaru Okunishi, an 80 year old man sentenced to death for fatally poising five people.
- DECEMBER 26, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
the People's Court of Hanoi, Vietnam, sentenced two men to death, and passed life sentences on two others and jail terms of between one year and 30 years on six more for trafficking and transporting drugs.
- DECEMBER 26, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPANESE MINISTER VOWS MORE EXECUTIONS
Japan’s justice minister vowed to carry out more executions after the country’s first hangings in over a year, saying the vast majority of the public supported the death penalty.
- DECEMBER 25, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO MEN HANGED FOR VIOLENT CRIMES, DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran hanged two men convicted of murder, armed kidnapping and drug trafficking, the ISNA news agency reported. One of the men was identified as Pordel B, convicted of murder during an armed clash as well as involvement in the armed trafficking of 15kg of
- DECEMBER 25, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN EXECUTES 4 PRISONERS BY HANGING
four Japanese inmates on death row were hanged, officials and news reports said, the first executions to take place in Japan since September 2005.
- DECEMBER 24, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. THREE MEN PUBLICLY HANGED IN FRONT OF CHEERING CROWDS
Iran publicly hanged three men convicted of drug trafficking and armed robbery in Zahedan, the capital of the southeastern Sistan-e Baluchestan province, the ISNA news agency reported.
- DECEMBER 23, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE, MURDER OF 7-YR-OLD
an Additional District and Sessions court in New Delhi, India, sentenced to death Jiya Lal, an ice-cream vendor...
- DECEMBER 23, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF IN-LAWS
a woman has been sentenced to death by the Shanghai Higher People's Court...
- DECEMBER 23, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
two men, Mahmood and Mostafa...
two men, Mahmood and Mostafa...
- DECEMBER 22, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. DEATH PENALTY UPHELD FOR MURDER
the Tokyo High Court, Japan, upheld a lower court-imposed death sentence on Soji Fujisaki, convicted of robbing and murdering two women in their 70s in January 2005 in Hokota, Ibaraki Prefecture.
- DECEMBER 22, 2006MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
MOROCCO. COURT SENTENCES TWO BOMB SUSPECTS TO DEATH
a court handed death sentences to two Moroccans arrested in 2005 on suspicion of helping organise suicide attacks in 2003 that killed 45 people in Casablanca, lawyers said.
- DECEMBER 22, 2006TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN. LAWMAKERS OK NEW DEATH PENALTY RULES
Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan passed amendments to several laws, including one that give judges greater leeway in deciding whether to mete out death or life sentences to convicts engaged in serious currency counterfeiting and members of the troops who disobey
- DECEMBER 21, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING TEENAGER
two men and a woman were sentenced to death by a court in Hoshiarpur, India, for murdering a 16-year-old schoolboy on February 14, 2005.
- DECEMBER 21, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. SHC DISMISSES APPEAL OF ACTIVIST, COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE
the Sindh High Court, Pakistan, dismissed the appeal filed by an activist of the banned Harkatul Mujahideen Al Alami group for murder but commuted his death sentence into life imprisonment.
- DECEMBER 21, 2006JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF BRITISH TOURIST
Jordan's State Security sentenced a Jordanian man of Palestinian origin to death for an attack on Western tourists in which he shot dead a British man and wounded five people.
- DECEMBER 21, 2006ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA. EIGHT ROBBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
eight men were sentenced to death by hanging by the Ndola high court, Zambia, for aggravated robbery. Sentencing the eight, High court judge Florence Lengalengain dismissed their mitigation of being first offenders.
- DECEMBER 20, 2006ItalyDEATH PENALTY
EU. DEATH PENALTY DECLARATION PRESENTED AT UNGA
a declaration on the death penalty was presented at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. The declaration was prepared by the EU on Italy’s initiative and was undersigned by 85 UN member states.
- DECEMBER 20, 2006ItalyDEATH PENALTY
HOC. EU DECLARATION UNSATISFACTORY
on the presentation by the EU of the Declaration on the death penalty at the United Nations General Assembly, Secretary of Hands Off Cain Sergio D’Elia and Treasurer Elisabetta Zamparutti made the following declaration:
- DECEMBER 20, 2006AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. SIX MEN HANGED FOR MURDER
an Afghan identified only by his first name as Vahid, 22, was hanged in Evin prison in Tehran, Iran, along with five other men convicted of murder. The report identified the men only as Hassangholi, Yadollah, Hossein, Mohammad-Hadi and Kheirollah.
- DECEMBER 20, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN WHO SLEW 12 IN NORTH EAST CHINA EXECUTED
Shi Yuejun, a man convicted of killing 12 people and injuring five others in northeast China's Jilin Province, was executed. Shi, 36, was convicted of intentional homicide by Liuhe County People's Court on November 25.
- DECEMBER 20, 2006Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. INDIAN NATIONAL SPARED DEATH SENTENCE
an Indian national from Kerala, who was reportedly facing death sentence in Saudi Arabia, was set free due to the timely intervention of the Indian authorities.
- DECEMBER 19, 2006LibyaDEATH PENALTY
LIBYA. FOREIGN MEDICS SENTENCED TO DIE IN HIV CASE
a Libyan court sentenced five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor to death for deliberately infecting hundreds of children with the HIV virus that causes AIDS.
- DECEMBER 19, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. 13 CONVICTED CRIMINALS EXECUTED
Iraqi authorities executed 13 men by hanging after they were convicted of murder and kidnapping, lining them up in hoods and green jumpsuits with their hands bound behind their backs.
- DECEMBER 19, 2006MarylandDEATH PENALTY
MARYLAND (USA). COURT HALTS EXECUTIONS
an appeals court in Maryland ruled that state executions cannot proceed until a legislative panel reviews parts of the manual that spell out the protocol for lethal injections.