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- SEPTEMBER 21, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO MEN PUBLICLY HANGED FOR MURDER, DRUG TRAFFICKING
Abdollah Diargard and Amanollah Diargard...
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN. FAILED FEMALE BOMBER AND SIX OTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
a Jordanian military court sentenced a failed female suicide bomber and six others to death for planning attacks which killed 60 people in Amman in 2005.
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
Japan's Supreme Court dismissed a 49-year-old Miyazaki...
Japan's Supreme Court dismissed a 49-year-old Miyazaki woman's appeal against the death penalty for killing and robbing two women of money before abandoning their bodies in the late 1990s.
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2006PeruDEATH PENALTY
it was reported that competing bills were under review to reintroduce...
it was reported that competing bills were under review to reintroduce...
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2006FloridaDEATH PENALTY
FLORIDA, USA. INMATE WHO HAD WON STAY IS EXECUTED
Clarence Hill, a convicted killer who argued that Florida's use of lethal injection amounted to cruel and unusual punishment, was put to death after the US Supreme Court narrowly denied him another stay. Hill, 48, was executed for the 1982 murder of a Pen
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2006DEATH PENALTY
HOC. PRODI’S GOVERNMENT ALSO PREPARES TO BETRAY EFFORTS FOR A UN MORATORIUM ON CAPITAL EXECUTIONS
For Marco Pannella, President of Hands Off Cain, the organisation’s Secretary Sergio D’Elia and Treasurer Elisabetta Zamparutti, the statement, “We are against the death penalty”, contained in Prime Minster Romano Prodi’s speech at the UN General Assembly
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. FOUR MEMBERS OF A FAMILY HANGED IN BHAWALPUR JAIL
Pakistani authorities hanged four men from the same family who had been convicted of murdering local rivals over a small chunk of land, jail superintendent Tariq Babur Khan said.
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. TWO MEN EXECUTED FOR KILLING SEVEN WITH POISON GAS IN ROBBERY
two men were executed for killing seven people, including two accomplices, with poison gas in a robbery in east China's Jiangxi Province.
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TEENAGERS SENT TO THE GALLOWS
two teenage boys who had just turned 18 were taken to be hanged in the early morning for a crime they were alleged to have committed when they were under 18.
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO MEN EXECUTED IN EVIN PRISON FOR MURDER
a man identified only as Akbar, was executed in Iran for killing his wife in 2000 because he suspected he was not the father of their nine-month-old baby girl. Akbar set their house ablaze after strangling and stabbing his wife but firefighters succeeding
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
ITALY-INDONESIA. D'ALEMA TO WIRAJUDA: STOP EXECUTION OF CHRISTIANS
Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema made "a strong appeal" to his Indonesian counterpart Hassan Wirajuda to make Jakarta authorities stop the execution of the three Christians sentenced to death in Poso.
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2006North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
NORTH KOREA. PUBLIC EXECUTION VIDEO AIRED IN JAPAN
Asahi TV, a Japanese television channel, aired video footage of a public execution of a woman said to have taken place in Hamju, North Korea on July 10.
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2006South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA. DEATH PENALTY IMPOSED ON MAN WHO KILLED 13
convicted serial killer Chung Nam-kyu was sentenced to death by a district court in Seoul, South Korea.
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2006PeruDEATH PENALTY
President of Peru Alan Garcia sent a draft law to Congress...
President of Peru Alan Garcia sent a draft law to Congress...
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
an Afghan, identified only as Abdolghafoor...
an Afghan, identified only as Abdolghafoor...
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA SETS DATE FOR EXECUTION OF CHRISTIAN MILITANTS
three Indonesian Christian militants convicted of leading a mob that killed Muslims will be executed on September 21, the convicts' lawyer said, but there was no immediate word on the fate of their clemency appeals.
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. TWO IRAQI’S SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR FOILED ATTACKS ON S. KOREAN MILITARY
two Iraqi’s who attempted to bomb the South Korean military facilities in Iraq were sentenced to death.
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2006AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. AFGHANI BEHEADED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. BANGLADESHI BEHEADED FOR MURDER
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Bangladeshi man convicted of murdering an Egyptian, the Interior Ministry said.
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT. PRESIDENT OF THE EPP-ED GROUP ASKS INDONESIA TO SPARE THREE CHRISTIANS FROM EXECUTION
Hans-Gert Pöttering, President of the EPP-ED Group at the European Parliament...
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2006MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. GRANDFATHER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
the High Court sentenced 62-year-old grandfather Lau Yew Kwan to death for bringing into Malaysia from Paris 2,144.8gm of MDMA.
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. NINE PERSONS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN BRAHMANBARIA AND KISHOREGANJ
eight men were sentenced to death in Chittagong, Bangladesh, for a triple murder committed in Brahmanbaria on August 10, 2005.
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT. PRESIDENT OF THE EPP-ED GROUP ASKS INDONESIA TO SPARE THREE CHRISTIANS FROM EXECUTION
Hans-Gert Pöttering, President of the EPP-ED Group at the European Parliament...
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2006DEATH PENALTY
a Baton Rouge jury recommended the death penalty for Shedran Williams.
a Baton Rouge jury recommended the death penalty for Shedran Williams.
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. TRIBESMAN EXECUTED BY PRO-TALIBAN MILITANTS
pro-Taliban militants executed a tribesman in a restive Pakistani tribal area bordering Afghanistan after convicting him of double murder, officials and witnesses said.
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2006KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA. POLICE UNIT TOPS LIST OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSERS WITH EXTRAJUDICIAL EXECUTIONS
the police remain the most notorious abusers of human rights in Kenya, the latest human rights accountability report said.
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. HUMAN RIGHTS TALKS HAVE BEGUN, ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER
“We have commenced a structured dialogue with China on human rights issues,” stated Italy’s Prime Minister Romano Prodi after meeting his Chinese counterpart Wen Jabao in Beijing. “Dialogue is an important instrument for strengthening the preservation of
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
ITALY-CHINA. DEATH PENALTY ISSUE RAISED
“Yesterday and today, we brought up the issue of the death penalty with various members of the government of the People's Republic of China, hoping for a commitment in the reduction of crimes for which it is applicable,” stated Undersecretary for Foreign
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. KERALA HIGH COURT CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
the Kerala High Court, India, confirmed the death sentence of a man accused in the murder of a six-member family in Aluva on January 6, 2001.
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN TO EXECUTE FOUR PAKISTANIS FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
the Zahedan revolutionary court in south-eastern Iran’s Sistan-Baluchestan province sentenced four Pakistanis and one Iranian man to death for drug trafficking.