Archive
Death penalty
We update every day. No advertising, no trackers, no algorithm. The news that power does not want to see — and the news that power does everything to hide.
- JUNE 25, 2006CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
the ashes of Stanley Tookie Williams were spread in a lake in Soweto...
the ashes of Stanley Tookie Williams were spread in a lake in Soweto, South Africa, in accordance with his will, friends and associates said today.
- JUNE 25, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as Hossein...
a man, identified only as Hossein...
JUNE 25, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ. GIVE ME THE APPOINTMENT TO SAVE SADDAM AND HIS EVENTUAL EXECUTIONERS, PANNELLA
Marco Pannella formally asked Italy’s government to be appointed with the objective of saving Saddam Hussein from the death penalty.
- JUNE 24, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. ANTI-DRUG AGENCY HEAD CALLS FOR EXECUTION OF TRAFFICKERS
the head of Indonesia's anti-drug agency, I Made Mangku Pastika, called for the speedy execution of convicted drug traffickers on death row.
- JUNE 24, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
a political prisoner was hanged in Tehran after serving 10 years behind bars.
a political prisoner was hanged in Tehran after serving 10 years behind bars.
- JUNE 24, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
the mullahs’ judiciary hanged a young men aged 22 in Tehran, CNRI reported.
the mullahs’ judiciary hanged a young men aged 22 in Tehran, CNRI reported.
JUNE 24, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTYTHE PHILIPPINES. PRESIDENT SIGNS LAW ABOLISHING DEATH PENALTY
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo signed a law abolishing the death penalty on the eve of her trip to the Vatican, but vowed she will not relent in battling terrorists and criminals.
- JUNE 23, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. SADDAM SHOULDN'T BE EXECUTED, CARDINAL
a senior Vatican cardinal was quoted as saying that former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein should not be executed because all life is sacred.
- JUNE 23, 2006United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE. DEATH SENTENCE OVERRULED AS PROCEDURE LACKS PERMISSION
the Supreme Federal Court in Abu Dhabi, UAE, overruled a death penalty passed against an Asian expatriate convicted of selling 1/4kg of hashish to an undercover agent.
JUNE 23, 2006UzbekistanDEATH PENALTYKYRGYZSTAN. PRO-UIGHUR 'EXTREMIST' SENTENCED TO DEATH
Kyrgyzstan's Supreme Court sentenced to death Otabek Akhadov, an Uzbek citizen, after he was found guilty of several murders connected to what officials describe as an ethnic-Uighur extremist group active in neighbouring China, the man's lawyer Nina Zotov
- JUNE 22, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. SADDAM ON HUNGER STRIKE TO PROTEST LAWYER'S MURDER
deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein has gone on hunger strike to protest the killing of his lawyer, his lead lawyer Khalil al-Dulaimi said.
- JUNE 22, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. SENTENCES TWO MEN TO DEATH FOR HEROIN DEALING
Bui Xuan Thai and Nguyen Van Chinh were sentenced to death after being convicted in a one-day trial in Vietnam’s Thai Binh province, about 100 kilometers southeast of Hanoi, said presiding judge Tran Van Loan.
JUNE 22, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTYTHE PHILIPPINES. EIGHT MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KIDNAPPING
the Manila Regional Trial Court, the Philippines, imposed a death sentence on eight men after finding them guilty of kidnapping a 12-year-old Chinese-Filipino student and his maid on March 15, 1999.
JUNE 22, 2006IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. TWO MEN PUBLICLY HANGED
press reports said that two men convicted on charges including murder, organised crime and assault were hanged in public in Iran.
- JUNE 21, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN PUBLICLY HANGED FOR MURDER
an Iranian man convicted of murder was publicly hanged in the southern city of Shiraz.
- JUNE 21, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
the Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People's Court, China, sentenced Shi Jianjian, 26, to death for robbery and murder.
- JUNE 21, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
in Tarrant County, Lisa Ann Coleman, the 30-year-old woman...
in Tarrant County, Lisa Ann Coleman, the 30-year-old woman convicted earlier this week of capital murder for her role in the starving death of 9-year-old Davontae Williams, was sentenced to death.
- JUNE 20, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE AND MURDER
a regional trial court in Bacolod City, the Philippines, meted out the death penalty to 28-year-old Guillermo Manayon Rama Jr. for the rape and killing of a 17-year-old high school student.
- JUNE 20, 2006BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
BARBADOS. CARIBBEAN COURT REVIEWS HANGING
the Caribbean's final appeals court is being asked to overturn a key ruling by the UK's Privy Council and allow the death penalty to be carried out.
- JUNE 20, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT. INDIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
an Indian national in Kuwait was sentenced to death by a criminal court for killing his lover and later trying to commit suicide.
- JUNE 20, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. SUPREME COURT ASKS FOR DEATH PENALTY FOR YOUNG KILLER
Japan's Supreme Court asked a lower court to consider the death penalty for a man who was a minor when he killed a young mother and baby girl.
- JUNE 20, 2006Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
SIERRA LEONE. LAWCLA TO CHALLENGE GOVERNMENT AT SUPREME COURT
Oju Wilson, Coordinator of Training, Research and Advocacy of the Lawyers Center for Legal Assistance (LAWCLA) revealed that LAWCLA would soon file a motion at the Supreme Court in order for the government to repeal capital punishment in the country's law
- JUNE 20, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
an Iranian convicted of killing two civilians in a bombin...
an Iranian convicted of killing two civilians in a bombing and a policeman in a shooting has been hanged in the southeastern town of Zabol hard by the Afghan border, official media said.
- JUNE 20, 2006PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
the state Supreme Court ruled that Thomas Jeffrey Gorby...
the state Supreme Court ruled that Thomas Jeffrey Gorby...
- JUNE 20, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
a man was executed in Zabol Prison according to state-run news agency Irna.
a man was executed in Zabol Prison according to state-run news agency Irna.
- JUNE 20, 2006European UnionDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN UNION. CALL TO EU FROM MEP EMMA NICHOLSON
MEP Emma Nicholson (ALDE, UK) is appalled to learn that, according to figures released by Amnesty International, it is estimated that 20,000 people are being held on death row worldwide.
JUNE 20, 2006Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA. MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER
a Saudi man condemned to death for murder was beheaded with a sword in the north of the country.
JUNE 20, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTYTEXAS, USA. MAN EXECUTED FOR 1999 TRIPLE MURDER
28-year-old Lamont Reese was put to death by lethal injection for killing three men in 1999 outside a Fort Worth convenience store.
JUNE 20, 2006United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUNITED ARAB EMIRATES. COURT COMMUTES DEATH BY STONING SENTENCE
a United Arab Emirates appeal court commuted to imprisonment a sentence of death by stoning handed down by a lower court against a Bangladeshi convicted of adultery. The court ordered Shaheen Abdel Rahman jailed for a year and then deported to his home co
- JUNE 19, 2006MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
MOROCCO. CALL FOR ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY IN MOROCCO
the World Coalition against the death penalty held its general assembly in Casablanca on June 17-18. The special session was dedicated to the abolition of the death penalty in Morocco, North Africa and the Middle East.