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- AUGUST 9, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING
a special tribunal in Jessore, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Anar Ali, 30, after finding him guilty of trafficking humans.
- AUGUST 9, 2006KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA. FARMER TO DIE FOR BRITON'S DEATH
James Karuga Kamau, a 45 year old farmer, was sentenced to death after being convicted of murdering a teacher in Nairobi and dumping her body in a river.
- AUGUST 9, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TERRORISM
the Anti-Terrorism Court Quetta, Pakistan...
- AUGUST 9, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA DENIES IMMINENT EXECUTION OF UIGHUR-CANADIAN
China denied a report that it was about to execute a Uighur-Canadian activist it accused of terrorism, saying his trial was not yet over.
- AUGUST 9, 2006MissouriDEATH PENALTY
with the St. Louis prosecutor's support, Circuit Judge David C. Mason...
with the St. Louis prosecutor's support, Circuit Judge David C. Mason signed an order reducing Charles W. Armentrout’s death sentence to life without parole.
- AUGUST 8, 2006OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA. OHIO EXECUTES TRIPLE-MURDERER WHO ASKED FOR DEATH
the state of Ohio executed Darrell Ferguson, a triple murderer who stabbed and stomped his elderly victims and later begged his trial judge to be put to death.
- AUGUST 8, 2006PeruDEATH PENALTY
PERU. PRESIDENT WANTS CHILD RAPIST-KILLERS EXECUTED
Peru's president said he wants to change the constitution to allow the execution of people convicted of raping and killing children.
- AUGUST 8, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DIVIDING HEROIN
Sohrab Hossain, in his early 30’s, was sentenced to death and three female accomplices were awarded life imprisonment by a court in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
- AUGUST 8, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. 19 YEAR OLD SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
the Shanghai No. 2 Intermediate People's Court sentenced Fang Lei, 19...
- AUGUST 8, 2006MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. TWO MEN CONVICTED ON DRUG CHARGES ESCAPE THE GALLOWS
two men escaped the gallows when Malaysia’s Court of Appeal set aside their conviction and death sentence for trafficking heroin.
- AUGUST 8, 2006KenyaDEATH PENALTY
"When we speak to them (death row prisoners)...
"When we speak to them (death row prisoners)...
- AUGUST 8, 2006PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
Westmoreland County Judge Richard E. McCormick Jr. ordered a new trial for John Lesko...
Westmoreland County Judge Richard E. McCormick Jr. ordered a new trial for John Lesko...
- AUGUST 7, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. AFGHAN HITMAN HANGED IN PUBLIC
an Afghan hitman convicted of murdering a dozen people in south-eastern Iran, was hanged in public.
- AUGUST 7, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN HANGED IN PUBLIC IN NORTHERN CITY
an Iranian man convicted of raping and murdering a young girl was hanged in public in the northern town of Babol, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.
- AUGUST 7, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL EXECUTED FOR SPYING
a Chinese government official has been executed for spying for Taiwan, and thousands of civil servants have been shown an “educational” video of the case as a warning, two government sources said.
- AUGUST 7, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. ACCOUNTANT SENTENCED TO DEATH
Lu Weijin, an accountant in Zhongshan City in south China's Guangdong Province, was sentenced to death after being convicted of embezzling 17 million yuan (US$ 2.12 million) in bank deposits.
- AUGUST 7, 2006LaosDEATH PENALTY
LAOS. BOKEO COURT PROVIDES DEATH SENTENCE FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
it was reported that the Primary People's Court of Bokeo province, Laos, sentenced to death Ms Bouavanh, 40, for drug trafficking.
- AUGUST 7, 2006UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
UZBEKISTAN. ITALIAN OFFICIAL PRAISES PLANS TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
Antonio Loke, Secretary General of the Institute of Asia and the Mediterranean...
- AUGUST 7, 2006PeruDEATH PENALTY
PERU. JURISTS AGAINST REINSTATEMENT OF DEATH PENALTY FOR RAPISTS
a reintroduction of capital punishment would imply modifying Peru's Constitution and would separate Peru from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Peruvian jurists Francisco Eguiguren and Cesar Valega declared.
- AUGUST 6, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Abu Bakkar Siddique, 28, and Afsar Ali, 29, were sentenced to death by a court in Satkhira...
- AUGUST 6, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as Mohsen, 21...
a man, identified only as Mohsen, 21...
- AUGUST 5, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. EBADI'S RIGHTS GROUP BANNED
Iran's hard-line government banned a rights group led by Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi, saying her Center for Protecting Human Rights had not obtained the proper permit.
- AUGUST 5, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. NO MERCY, BOMB BLAST GUILTY MUST BE HANGED, HIGH COURT
the Delhi High Court, India, showed no mercy to Mohammad Hussain, a man who allegedly planted a bomb in a bus in 1997 during the serial blasts which shocked the Capital.
- AUGUST 5, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BURNING GIRLFRIEND
the Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court sentenced to death Cheng Jun...
- AUGUST 4, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. ANHUI COURT EXECUTES THREE CONVICTS
Li Wei, Wang Qianjin, and Li Ya were executed.
- AUGUST 4, 2006MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
the leader of a militant group called "Al-Mau'nah" was hanged at a prison in Malaysia's central state of Selangor.
the leader of a militant group called "Al-Mau'nah" was hanged at a prison in Malaysia's central state of Selangor.
- AUGUST 3, 2006KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
KYRGYZSTAN. THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING KYRGYZ LAWMAKER
a court in Kyrgyzstan sentenced to death three men charged with killing a member of the Central Asian state's parliament.
- AUGUST 3, 2006PolandDEATH PENALTY
EU. POLAND DEATH PENALTY PLAN CONDEMNED
Europe's main human rights watchdog told Polish President Lech Kaczynski his support for restoring the death penalty was an attack on European values and would breach Poland's treaty obligations.
- AUGUST 3, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
TEXAS. EX-JAILER EXECUTED IN TEXAS BOY'S DEATH
proclaiming his innocence, a former county jail officer was executed for raping and smothering his girlfriend's 3-year-old son.
- AUGUST 3, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. HIGH COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE TO LIFE TERM
taking a lenient view of the age of a man sentenced to death in a murder case, the Delhi High Court commuted his death sentence to life imprisonment.