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- NOVEMBER 29, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. THREE PROTESTANT LEADERS CONDEMNED WITHOUT PROOF EXECUTED IN SECRET
the leaders of a Protestant group “Three Grades of Servants”, condemned to death without proof, were executed in secret last week, according to the China Aid Association (CAA), a US-based non-governmental organisation that lobbies for religious freedom in
- NOVEMBER 29, 2006KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKAN STILL ALIVE FIVE HOURS AFTER HANGING IN KUWAIT: REPORTS
a Sri Lankan national who was executed in Kuwait for murdering an Asian woman during a robbery remained alive five hours after he was hanged and pronounced dead, newspapers reported
- NOVEMBER 29, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN HANGED FOR KILLING EIGHT FROM SAME FAMILY
Safiqul Islam Montu, 45, was executed in Comilla Central Jail, Bangladesh, at 12:30am local time.
- NOVEMBER 29, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN HANGED FOR KILLING WIFE
Ainal Haq, 30, was hanged in Mymensingh Central Jail, Bangladesh, at 12:01 am local time for killing his pregnant wife.
- NOVEMBER 29, 2006DEATH PENALTY
KENTUCKY COURT ORDERS STATE TO HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS ON LETHAL INJECTION PROCESS
in a ruling that may put all executions on hold in the state of Kentucky, a Franklin County Circuit Judge held that the state must hold public hearings because it changed the way the state plans to carry out executions.
- NOVEMBER 29, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF SISTER
a man was sentenced to death for killing his minor sister following a quarrel with his mother at Pachoi village in Hajiganj, Bangladesh.
- NOVEMBER 29, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR HAMMER KILLINGS
the Shanghai No. 2 Intermediate People's Court sentenced Zhang Weiyi...
- NOVEMBER 29, 2006United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE. COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR MAN WHO MURDERED LOVER
the Criminal Appeal Court in Ras Al Khaimah, the northern most emirate of the UAE, upheld the death penalty pronounced by the emirate's Criminal Court on Mohammad Asad, a 27-year-old Pakistani illegal immigrant convicted of murdering his lover with an axe
- NOVEMBER 29, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. WEST BENGAL HOUSE CONDEMNS DEATH SENTENCE FOR SADDAM
the West Bengal Assembly, India...
- NOVEMBER 28, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ SHOULD NOT CARRY DEATH PENALTY AGAINST SADDAM-UN
U.N. human rights experts called on Iraq's government not to carry out the death sentence passed on former leader Saddam Hussein, saying his trial had been seriously flawed.
- NOVEMBER 28, 2006Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA BEHEADS AN EGYPTIAN WHO STABBED A SAUDI TO DEATH AFTER A DISPUTE
Saudi Arabia beheaded an Egyptian who killed a Saudi man after an argument, the Interior Ministry said.
- NOVEMBER 28, 2006CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Jeffrey Young was sentenced to death for the 1999 murders...
Jeffrey Young was sentenced to death for the 1999 murders of two people gunned down during a botched robbery at a parking lot.
- NOVEMBER 28, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. HIGH COURT SETS ASIDE DEATH PENALTY OF MURDER ACCUSED
in a landmark judgment, a division bench of the Bombay High Court at Goa, India, set aside the death sentence awarded to Soiru alias Sarvanand Gaonkar, an accused in a murder case reported at Cuncolim on June 28, 2004, and acquitted him of the crime.
- NOVEMBER 28, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED FOR THREE ACCUSED OF KIDNAP
the Sindh High Court, Pakistan, commuted into life the death sentence handed down to three men by the anti-terrorism court (ATC) on December 15, 2003 for kidnapping a man for ransom.
- NOVEMBER 28, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH COURT UPHOLDS DEATH FOR MILITANTS
death sentences for six Islamist militants convicted of bomb attacks that killed at least 30 people in Bangladesh in 2005 have been upheld, a Supreme Court official said.
- NOVEMBER 28, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. SENTENCES OF EXECUTION BY STONING REVERSED FOR TWO IRANIAN WOMEN
branch 15 of Iran's Supreme Court ordered the dismissal of charges of "adultery" in the cases of Parisa and Najaf Akbari.
- NOVEMBER 27, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN EXECUTED FOR KILLING WIFE IN DISPUTE OVER DOWRY
Abul Kalam Azad, a Bangladeshi man convicted of killing his newlywed wife after she failed to meet his demand for dowry, was hanged to death in the early morning.
- NOVEMBER 27, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. DEATH SENTENCE FOR MAN CONVICTED OF STABBING 12 TO DEATH
Shi Yuejun, 35, was sentenced to death for stabbing 12 people to death and injured five in a six-day spree in Tonghua in northeast China's Jilin Province.
- NOVEMBER 27, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. 4 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR CHILD SACRIFICE
a woman and her three sons were sentenced to death by a court in Bulandshahr, India, for sacrificing a child earlier in the year.
- NOVEMBER 27, 2006MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCES FOR CANNABIS TRAFFICKING
Abdul Rashid Rahman, a 43 year old unemployed man involved in a cannabis deal with an undercover policeman, failed in his appeal to have his death sentence commuted.
- NOVEMBER 26, 2006Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI EXECUTES PAKISTANI, NIGERIAN OVER DRUGS
Saudi Arabia executed a Pakistani
- NOVEMBER 26, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN PUBLICLY HANGED FOR ADULTERY, KIDNAPPING
Iran publicly hanged a man convicted of repeated kidnapping and adultery in the southern province of Kerman, Fars news agency reported.
- NOVEMBER 26, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. SUPREME COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE DUE TO INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE
India’s Supreme Court converted the death sentence of a convict from Punjab to life imprisonment due to insufficient evidence. Vikarmjit Singh had been sentenced to death by the Punjab and Haryana High Court for murdering his newly wed wife Meena Rani.
- NOVEMBER 25, 2006ThailandDEATH PENALTY
THAILAND. MEN WHO RAPED, KILLED TOURIST ESCAPE DEATH
Bualoy Kothisit, 23, and Wichai Sonkhaoyai, 24, two Thai fishermen convicted of raping and murdering a 21-year-old British tourist on New Year's Day 2006, had their death sentences commuted to life
- NOVEMBER 25, 2006DEATH PENALTY
a Norfolk Circuit Court judge cited an unreliable police confession...
a Norfolk Circuit Court judge cited an unreliable police confession...
- NOVEMBER 25, 2006United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM SENTENCES FOUR INCLUDING BRITISH CITIZEN TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
a Vietnamese court sentenced to death four people, including a British citizen of Vietnamese origin, after convicting them of drug trafficking.
- NOVEMBER 24, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
the Shanghai No. 2 Intermediate People's Court sentenced Qiao Ruqian...
- NOVEMBER 24, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. TOP COURT REJECTS APPEAL AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE FOR SOUTH KOREAN
Japan’s Supreme Court rejected an appeal by a South Korean man sentenced to death for killing two people in 1995 in Aichi and Fukuoka prefectures, a move that will let his death sentence stand.
- NOVEMBER 24, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. SINDH HIGH COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
a Division Bench of the Sindh high court, Pakistan, set aside the death sentence awarded to Attaullah alias Qasim by an anti- terrorism court in Karachi
- NOVEMBER 23, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. SENATE APPROVES RAPE LAW REFORM BILL
Pakistan's Senate overcame opposition from hard-line Muslim lawmakers and amended the rape law to make it easier to prosecute sexual assault cases.