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- AUGUST 2, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. THOUSANDS AWAIT GALLOWS IN JAILS
more than 7,400 men and 36 women are waiting in 81 Pakistani jails to be hanged, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has confirmed.
- AUGUST 2, 2006PolandDEATH PENALTY
it was reported that the right-wing League of Polish Families party...
it was reported that the right-wing League of Polish Families party...
- AUGUST 2, 2006MoldovaDEATH PENALTY
MOLDOVA. PRESIDENT ENDORSES ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
Moldova's president put his stamp of approval on a package of bills abolishing the death penalty in the former Soviet republic.
- AUGUST 1, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. PEOPLE EXECUTED IN A HURRY
Pakistan has resorted to hurried executions to reduce congestion of overcrowded jails holding death row inmates as also to deal with the spiralling crime rate in the country, a human rights body has claimed.
- AUGUST 1, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. THREE MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
the Additional District and Sessions court in Jhenidah, Bangladesh, sentenced three men to death and four others to life imprisonment for the murder of a man over land dispute in Kulbaria, Harinakunda district.
- AUGUST 1, 2006JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN. GOV'T INTRODUCES BILL TO CURB CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Human rights activists praised the government's approval of a draft law that would eradicate the death penalty for certain crimes but stressed capital punishment should be abolished completely.
- AUGUST 1, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. WOMAN AT RISK OF IMMINENT EXECUTION
Delara Darabi, 19, has reportedly been sentenced to death for a second time after her case was retried. She is at risk of imminent execution for a murder which took place when she was 17 years old.
- AUGUST 1, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. THREE MILITANTS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN IMAMBARGAH FIRING CASE
an Anti terrorism court in Karachi, Pakistan...
- AUGUST 1, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DOUBLE MURDER
"Hang them by the neck till they are dead," was the verdict of additional sessions court in Mumbay, India...
- JULY 31, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. HANGING WILL BE SADDAM'S DEATH PENALTY IF CONVICTED – PROSECUTOR
if the death penalty against Hussein was executed, it would be hanging until death and not by a shooting squad, said Jaafar Al-Mosawi, chief prosecutor of the trial of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein. "It is a civil court not a military one," said
- JULY 31, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. BANKER SENTENCED TO DEATH
Wen Mengjie, an official from the Agricultural Bank of China, was sentenced to death for corruption involving 15 million yuan ($1.87-million).
- JULY 31, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH AFTER 27 DAYS TRIAL
following a 27 day trial, the Buxar district and sessions court, India...
- JULY 31, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. FOUR MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE, MURDER
a Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal in Rajshahi, Bangladesh, sentenced four people to death, including two brothers, for the murder of fellow-villager Jarina Khatun, 18, killed after being gang raped on April 4, 1999.
- JULY 31, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. COURT SENTENCES ANOTHER DEFENDANT TO DEATH FOR AHVAZ BOMBINGS
the acting head of Khuzestan Province's Justice Department announced that Hamzeh Savari...
- JULY 31, 2006United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. FAMILY OF SLAIN CAB DRIVER DEMAND BRITON’S EXECUTION
the family of a slain Pakistani taxi driver demanded that Mirza Tahir Hussain, the British man convicted of killing him...
- JULY 31, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as Ali...
a man, identified only as Ali...
- JULY 29, 2006MoldovaDEATH PENALTY
MOLDOVA. MOLDOVA RATIFIES CONVENTIONS OUTLAWING DEATH PENALTY
Moldova assumed an international obligation not to apply the death penalty.
- JULY 29, 2006ThailandDEATH PENALTY
THAILAND. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF 4
Anuchai Noithai, a man convicted of shooting four people dead, wounding three others and damaging seven vehicles after an argument with his ex-wife in 2005, was sentenced to death by the Saraburi Court, Thailand.
- JULY 29, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. TWO MEN EXECUTED FOR OIL THEFT
Ding Hanqin and Luo Xingguo, two men who led an oil theft ring, were executed in Guangyuan City, southwestern China's Sichuan Province, for stealing oil from a pipeline in western China.
- JULY 29, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. HUNGER STRIKE PLANNED AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE
the Vadhasiksha Virudha Samithi, a forum campaigning against capital punishment...
- JULY 28, 2006VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
UNITED STATES. VIRGINIA EXECUTES MICHAEL LENZ FOR SLAYING OF INMATE
Michael Lenz, a man who stabbed a fellow inmate to death during a pagan religious ceremony, was executed on July 27. Lenz, 42, had no final words before the lethal drugs were injected. He was pronounced dead at 9:07 pm at the Greensville Correctional Cent
- JULY 28, 2006United NationsDEATH PENALTY
UNITED NATIONS. US SHOULD ADOPT DEATH SENTENCE MORATORIUM, UNHRC
the US should adopt a moratorium on death sentences, the UN Human Rights Committee said, noting that capital punishment appears to be disproportionately imposed on minority groups and poor people.
- JULY 28, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. HIGH COURT COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER
the Madras High Court, India, commuted into life the death sentences handed down to Om Prakash and Lakshmanan by a Fast Track Court (FTC) for the murder of Dr. Mohan Kumar in June 1995.
- JULY 28, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. EXECUTION OF BALI BOMBERS DELAYED
the execution of three Bali bombers could be adjourned for months as they planned to file final appeals and to replace the court location for the next trial, lawyers and prosecutors said.
- JULY 27, 2006United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. STAY OF EXECUTION FOR DEATH ROW BRITON
Pakistan's president, General Pervez Musharraf, granted a one-month stay of execution to Mirza Tahir Hussain, a British man who was due to be put to death a week later.
- JULY 27, 2006ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. GOVERNMENT FOR A UN MORATORIUM ON CAPITAL EXECUTIONS
the Chamber of Deputies unanimously approved the motion presented by Sergio D’Elia, Secretary of Hands Off Cain and MP for the Rosa nel Pugno party, entrusting the government to present the resolution for a moratorium on capital executions at the next UN
- JULY 27, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. MAN HANGED IN KOT LAKHPATT FOR MURDER
Abdul Rehman, a man convicted of murder, was hanged in Kot Lakhpatt jail, Pakistan, at 4:30 am.
- JULY 27, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. EIGHT TO GO TO GALLOWS FOR KILLING UP CHAIRMAN IN KHULNA
a court in Khulna, Bangladesh, convicted eight people and sentenced them to death for killing the chairman of the Surkhali union of Botiaghata district, Mostafa Habib in 1999.
- JULY 27, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. WOMAN TO BE STONED TO DEATH BY END OF MONTH, AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
a young woman is at imminent risk of execution by stoning for adultery, Amnesty International said.
- JULY 27, 2006RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. EUROPEAN COURT CONDEMNS RUSSIA IN CHECHEN CASE
in a landmark ruling, the European Court of Human Rights found Russia had violated the "right to life" of Khadzimurat Yandiyev, a young Chechen who disappeared after a Russian general ordered him shot.