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- JULY 27, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. RECENT EXECUTIONS ‘BRUTAL’, HRCP
the director of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) said the number of recent executions carried out in Punjab province is "brutal". Rehman told the BBC News website that 37 people had been hanged in 2006 in Punjab alone compared with 52 people
- JULY 27, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. EXECUTION OF A TEENAGE GIRL, BBC DOCUMENTARY
it was reported that a television documentary team had pieced together details surrounding the case of a 16-year-old girl, executed two years previously in Iran.
- JULY 26, 2006MissouriDEATH PENALTY
MISSOURI, USA. JUDGE FAULTS STATE EXECUTION PROTOCOL, HALTS EXECUTIONS
the state's revised plan for conducting lethal injections still falls short of ensuring they are conducted humanely, according to US District Judge Fernando Gaitan Jr. who halted Missouri's executions.
- JULY 26, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. SADDAM OPTS FOR FIRING SQUAD
Saddam Hussein declared he would like to be executed by firing squad rather than hanged like "a common criminal" if sentenced to death at the end of his trial for genocide.
- JULY 26, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
an Additional Sessions Court in Pasrur, Pakistan...
- JULY 26, 2006UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. SPEAKER BACKS DEATH PENALTY
Uganda’s Speaker of Parliament, Edward Ssekandi, said he does not support the abolition of the death penalty.
- JULY 25, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. THREE BALI TERRORISTS TO BE EXECUTED ON 22 AUGUST
the three Islamic militants condemned to death for the Bali bombings in 2002 will be executed on 22 August in Nusakambangan prison in Cilacap, central Java province.
- JULY 25, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TEN PEOPLE SENTENCED TO PUBLIC EXECUTION FOR BOMBINGS
a court in southwestern Iran handed down 10 death sentences over a wave of ethnic unrest in the key oil province of Khuzestan, the state broadcaster's website reported.
- JULY 25, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. FORMER CHINESE POLICEMAN LIFTS LID ON ORGAN HARVESTING
earlier in the month a Canadian human rights organisation revealed the extent of political prisoners being executed in China and then harvested for body parts.
- JULY 25, 2006CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
a San Diego jury recommended that Jeffrey Scott Young be executed for his crimes.
a San Diego jury recommended that Jeffrey Scott Young be executed for his crimes.
- JULY 25, 2006VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
Rockingham County Circuit Judge John McGrath sentenced Ivan Teleguz to death for ordering the July 23...
Rockingham County Circuit Judge John McGrath sentenced Ivan Teleguz to death for ordering the July 23...
- JULY 24, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO TEENAGERS HANGED IN PUBLIC
Two teenagers were hanged in public in the town of Aq Qala, northern Iran, the official news agency reported.
- JULY 24, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. DUO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF 5
the Beijing No. 2 Intermediate Court sentenced two gang leaders convicted of killing five people.
- JULY 24, 2006JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN. GOVERNMENT RECONSIDERING DEATH PENALTY, SPOKESMAN
according to the “Jordan Times”, the government said it is planning to reconsider capital punishment in Jordan by limiting the cases to which the death penalty is applied, official sources said.
- JULY 24, 2006MissouriDEATH PENALTY
Missouri officials filed an appeal of a federal court order...
Missouri officials filed an appeal of a federal court order that set an execution standard they have been unable to meet.
- JULY 24, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FREED AFTER RETRIAL
it was reported that thirty-five-year-old Mohammed Najir Mohiddin, a resident of Kalyan...
- JULY 23, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as Mostafa...
a man, identified only as Mostafa...
- JULY 22, 2006BahrainDEATH PENALTY
BAHRAIN. PARLIAMENT OKAYS TOUGH ANTI-TERROR LAW
Bahrain's appointed upper chamber approved a tough law to combat terrorism already passed by the elected parliament and that critics say "punishes suspects for their intentions."
- JULY 22, 2006United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. BRITISH NATIONAL AGAIN ON DEATH ROW
Mirza Tahir Hussain, a British man convicted of killing a taxi driver in Pakistan, has been put on death row for a third time and will be hanged on August 3...
- JULY 22, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
an Additional District and Sessions Court in Pakistan sentenced a man only identified as Rafique to death for murder.
- JULY 21, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. THREE DRUG DEALERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
a court in the northern province of Dien Bien handed down death sentences to three people and life imprisonment sentences to five others after they were convicted of cross-border drug trafficking.
- JULY 21, 2006VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
VIRGINIA. MAN EXECUTED BY ELECTRIC CHAIR
convicted murderer Brandon Wayne Hedrick was executed in the electric chair in Virginia on July 20 night becoming the first person in the United States to be put to death by electrocution in more than two years.
- JULY 21, 2006ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. PRESENTATION OF “THE DEATH PENALTY WORLDWIDE 2006 REPORT”
Hands Off Cain presented the 2006 edition of the annual Hands Off Cain Report: “The Death Penalty Worldwide”. The worldwide trend towards abolition, underway for at least a decade, was again confirmed in 2005 and the first half of 2006.
- JULY 21, 2006ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. GOVERNMENT WILL BACK UN MORATORIUM ON EXECUTIONS
“If I had to choose a parameter to show man’s progress towards a more just society, it would have to be that of the death penalty,” stated President of the Senate of the Italian Republic Franco Marini, participating at the presentation of Hands Off Cain’s
- JULY 21, 2006Vatican CityDEATH PENALTY
VATICAN CITY. VATICAN OPPOSES DEATH PENALTY FOR HUSSEIN
the Vatican demanded that former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein not be sentenced to death
- JULY 21, 2006DEATH PENALTY
Convicted child molesters would face the death penalty for killing...
Convicted child molesters would face the death penalty for killing their victims and a felony charge for failing to update their whereabouts with authorities under a bill the Senate approved.
- JULY 20, 2006United States Armed ForcesDEATH PENALTY
a Norfolk-based sailor faces the death penalty for the alleged murder...
a Norfolk-based sailor faces the death penalty for the alleged murder of a Marine in North Carolina last January.
- JULY 20, 2006North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Timothy L. Allen, who spent 20 years on death row for killing...
Timothy L. Allen, who spent 20 years on death row for killing a state highway patrol trooper was sentenced to life in prison.
- JULY 20, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
Robert Anderson was executed. Anderson, 40...
Robert Anderson was executed. Anderson, 40...
- JULY 20, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as Mohsen, 30...
a man, identified only as Mohsen, 30...