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AUGUST 7, 2006IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. AFGHAN HITMAN HANGED IN PUBLIC
an Afghan hitman convicted of murdering a dozen people in south-eastern Iran, was hanged in public.
- 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, 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 5, 2006IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. 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 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, 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.
AUGUST 3, 2006Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTYEU. 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, 2006KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTYKYRGYZSTAN. 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 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 2, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN. 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 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, 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...
AUGUST 1, 2006IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. 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 PENALTYPAKISTAN. 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 PENALTYBANGLADESH. 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.
- 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 31, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ. 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 PENALTYCHINA. 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 29, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. HUNGER STRIKE PLANNED AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE
the Vadhasiksha Virudha Samithi, a forum campaigning against capital punishment...
JULY 29, 2006MoldovaDEATH PENALTYMOLDOVA. MOLDOVA RATIFIES CONVENTIONS OUTLAWING DEATH PENALTY
Moldova assumed an international obligation not to apply the death penalty.