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- OCTOBER 12, 2006NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA. THREE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
three people were sentenced to death after being found guilty of murder by a court in the Nigerian town of Katsina. Shafi'u Atiku, Saidu Najume and Ali Adamu of Maidabino village were found guilty of murdering Dayyabu Abdu of the same village.
- OCTOBER 12, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. PRESIDENT COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY FOR MAN CONVICTED OF EMBEZZLEMENT
Vietnam's president commuted a death sentence on the former head of a state-run company found guilty of massive embezzlement, officials said.
- OCTOBER 11, 2006United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE. CALL TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
a prominent UAE human rights activist has called for the abolition of the death penalty in the UAE, on the fourth annual World Day Against the Death Penalty.
- OCTOBER 11, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. SUPREME COURT CLIPS PRESIDENT’S POWERS OF PARDON
India’s Supreme Court clipped the president’s power to pardon convicts on death row.
- OCTOBER 11, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
the Speedy Trial Tribunal of Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Zalal Ahmed alias Zillu and Maksudur Rahman alias Biplob and awarded life imprisonment to Parash for the murder of Swapan Goshwami, a teacher at the Government Laboratory School of Dhanmon
- OCTOBER 11, 2006MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE. MALAYSIAN TO HANG FOR MURDER
a Singapore court sentenced Malaysian national Lee Chez Kee to hang for the 13-year-old murder of a university professor. Kee, 37, was found guilty of murdering Lee Kok Cheong while attempting to rob the Singapore professor at his home with two other acco
- OCTOBER 11, 2006NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA. "HERETIC" MUSLIM CLERIC SENTENCED TO DEATH
a high court in northern Nigeria's Adamawa state sentenced the leader of an unorthodox and militant Islamic sect on the run for 22 years to death by hanging, state-run Radio Nigeria Kaduna reported.
- OCTOBER 11, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. EX-CONSTRUCTION BOSS HANDED DEATH SENTENCE OVER YAMANASHI KILLINGS
former construction company boss Yoshihiro Asa, 57, accused of murder and injury resulting in death after three bodies were uncovered at a camp site in Yamanashi Prefecture in 2003, was sentenced to death in a ruling at the Kofu District Court, Japan.
- OCTOBER 11, 2006TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN. DEATH PENALTY TO BE PHASED OUT GRADUALLY: MINISTER
the death penalty will be phased out in a gradual manner, Taiwan’s Minister of Justice Shih Mao-lin said.
- OCTOBER 10, 2006ItalyDEATH PENALTY
BRUSSELS. EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARIANS BACK UN MORATORIUM
a group of European Parliamentarians sent a letter to the European Council and to EU Ministers asking they support a moratorium on executions at the UN General Assembly.
- OCTOBER 10, 2006ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. DEATH PENALTY ABOLISHED FROM THE CONSTITUTION IN FIRST READING
the Chamber of Deputies approved the first reading of the law repealing all references to the death penalty in Italy’s Constitution.
- OCTOBER 10, 2006EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT. RIGHTS GROUP CALLS FOR END TO DEATH PENALTY
an Egyptian human rights organization has called for the abolition of capital punishment, on the fourth annual World Day against the death penalty.
- OCTOBER 10, 2006ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. RESOLUTION FOR UN MORATORIUM DEPOSITED AT CHAMBER
a resolution was deposited at the Chamber of Deputies’ Foreign Commission asking the government to “fully and immediately put into action” the motion established in Parliament last July 27 to present at the ongoing UN General Assembly a resolution for a U
- OCTOBER 10, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. KOBAYASHI WITHDRAWS APPEAL OVER DEATH SENTENCE
Kaoru Kobayashi withdrew his appeal against his death sentence for kidnapping and killing a 7-year-old girl in Japan’s Nara Prefecture in 2004, his defence counsel said.
- OCTOBER 9, 2006ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALIAN GOVERNMENT NOT RESPECTING CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, HANDS OFF CAIN
the government should commit itself to presenting a resolution for a moratorium on executions at the ongoing UN General Assembly, even without unanimous support from the European Union. At a press conference held in Rome, Hands Off Cain appealed to the It
- OCTOBER 7, 2006JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN. DEATH VERDICT ON ISLAMISTS COMMUTED
Jordan’s top appeals court commuted the death sentence of two convicted Islamists over a millennium bomb plot.
- OCTOBER 6, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. HANGING SADDAM WOULD CAUSE BLOODBATH, FORMER US ATTORNEY GENERAL
former US attorney general Ramsey Clark, a member of Saddam Hussein's defence team, predicted that a bloodbath would follow should an Iraqi court trying the former president have him executed.
- OCTOBER 5, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN UNION. EUROPE HAILS THE PHILIPPINES FOR ‘TURNING ITS BACK’ ON DEATH PENALTY
the European Union hailed the Philippine government for “turning its back” on capital punishment and now counts on the latter to urge more countries to do the same, the Philippines’ Department of Foreign Affairs reported.
- OCTOBER 5, 2006FloridaDEATH PENALTY
in Stuart, a Martin County jury has recommended the death penalty...
in Stuart, a Martin County jury has recommended the death penalty for a man convicted of murdering 3 women who were sexually assaulted and strangled in 2004.
- OCTOBER 5, 2006SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA'S ISLAMISTS ESTABLISH APPEALS COURT
Islamists who control the capital and much of southern Somalia set up an appeals court to rule on the decisions of all clan-based Islamic courts in the capital.
- OCTOBER 4, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. HANGING OF INDIAN MILITANT DEFERRED AFTER MERCY PETITION
the wife of Mohammed Afzal, who has been slapped with a death sentence for a terror attack on the Indian Parliament in 2001, has filed a mercy petition before President APJ Abdul Kalam, news reports said.
- OCTOBER 4, 2006MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
MOROCCO. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT COULD SOON BE ABOLISHED
a bill that would abolish capital punishment in Morocco is scheduled to be presented to parliament within the few next months, said Bouchra Khiari, deputy of the opposition party Le Front des Forces Démocratiques (FFD).
- OCTOBER 4, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
the death sentence for David Renteria has been overturned by the Court of Criminal Appeals.
the death sentence for David Renteria has been overturned by the Court of Criminal Appeals.
- OCTOBER 3, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. HUSSEIN JUDGES DELAY VERDICT
judges postponed their verdict in Saddam Hussein's trial. The verdict had been expected on October 16 but was delayed until at least the end of the month while judges took extra time to review the evidence and make sure their case was airtight.
- OCTOBER 3, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. TWO HANGINGS SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 16, JAIL AUTHORITIES APPEAL
Jaj Singh and Gurwail Singh, both residents of Bhitewad village near Amritsar, India, were scheduled to hang for murder in Amritsar’s high-security Central Jail on October 16.
- OCTOBER 3, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
H. Sh, 22, has been sentenced to death by the Hormozgan Penal Court...
H. Sh, 22, has been sentenced to death by the Hormozgan Penal Court...
- OCTOBER 2, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN EXECUTED FOR ARMED ROBBERY
a man was hanged in the city of Ahwaz, south-west Iran, the government-run news agency Fars reported.
- OCTOBER 2, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. PRISON AUTHORITIES ASK FOR FRESH DATE TO HANG BRITON
Pakistani prison authorities asked a court to fix a new date for the execution of a British man sentenced to hang in a case that was raised by Prime Minister Tony Blair with President Pervez Musharrafa few days earlier.
- OCTOBER 2, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN COURT SENTENCES CHINESE MAN TO DEATH
a Japanese court sentenced to death a Chinese man for killing and robbing a Japanese couple who had rented him an apartment.
- OCTOBER 2, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
three men have been sentenced to death, in Iran...
three men have been sentenced to death, in Iran...