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- APRIL 18, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. SPAIN THANKS ARROYO FOR SAVING CITIZEN ON DEATH ROW
the Government of Spain thanked the Philippines, particularly President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, for saving Francisco Javier Larrañaga Gonzales, also known as Paco Larrañaga, a dual citizen, from death row, the Department of Foreign Affairs said.
- APRIL 18, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. GOVERNMENT DENIES EXECUTING POLITICAL PRISONERS
Iran's justice minister rejected an accusation that the Islamic regime was executing political prisoners and dismissed such concerns as "sheer lies".
- APRIL 18, 2006GermanyDEATH PENALTY
GERMANY. USA AND GERMANY AGREE TO SIMPLIFY EXTRADITION PROCESS
the United States and Germany signed an accord on Tuesday aimed at speeding up extraditions, though Berlin will continue to reject requests for individuals who could be put to death, Germany's Justice Ministry said.
APRIL 18, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTYTHE PHILIPPINES. PRESIDENT WOULD SUPPORT BILL TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
President Gloria Arroyo would support legislation to abolish the death penalty despite widespread public support in the Philippines for judicial executions, her spokesman said.
APRIL 18, 2006OklahomaDEATH PENALTYOKLAHOMA, USA. MAN EXECUTED FOR 1996 TRIPLE MURDER
Richard Thornburg Jr. was executed by lethal injection for killing three people over a drug debt in 1996, an Oklahoma prison spokesman said.
- APRIL 17, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE
Hasibul Hasan alias Loton, 40, was sentenced to death by the Tribunal on Women and Children Repression Prevention in Sarker, Bangladesh, after being found guilty of killing his wife.
- APRIL 17, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. FAST-TRACKING OF BILL ABOLISHING DEATH PENALTY URGED
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Q. Pimentel Jr., a pro-life advocate, welcomed the decision of President Arroyo to commute the death sentence...
- APRIL 17, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. COURT SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH OVER DRUGS
the People's Court in the central Nghe An Province, Vietnam, sentenced to death Tran Van Hoi for trading and trafficking heroin from Laos to Vietnam.
- APRIL 17, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. ARROYO CALLED TO ELIMINATE PHILIPPINE DEATH PENALTY
Philippine President Gloria Arroyo faced calls to permanently abolish capital punishment after she commuted more than 1,000 death sentences just before Easter.
- APRIL 17, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as Ali “M”, 59...
a man, identified only as Ali “M”, 59...
- APRIL 17, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as Somayeh...
a man, identified only as Somayeh...
- APRIL 16, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. ‘YOUNG MAN’ SENTENCED TO DEATH IN TEHRAN
a young Iranian man was sentenced to death in Tehran according to the state-run news agency, Fars.
APRIL 16, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTYTHE PHILIPPINES. PRESIDENT COMMUTES ALL DEATH SENTENCES
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo commuted all death sentences to life imprisonment in an Easter gesture slammed by critics as an abuse of power. "I wish to announce that we are changing our policy on those who have been imposed the death pena
- APRIL 14, 2006CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
more than a decade after the kidnap, rape and murder of a 9-year-old girl...
more than a decade after the kidnap, rape and murder of a 9-year-old girl, Superior Court Judge Michael Smith ordered Dean Eric Dunlap to die by lethal injection.
- APRIL 14, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN EXECUTED FOR 7 MURDERS
a man was executed in Guang'an, Sichuan Province, for killing seven people during a series of robberies at company vaults, banks and a jewelry shop after a jail break.
APRIL 14, 2006Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTYCOUNCIL OF EUROPE MAY EXPEL U.S., JAPAN OVER DEATH PENALTY
the United States and Japan may lose their observer status at the Council of Europe if they fail to abolish the death penalty before the end of 2006, said Konstantin Kosachyov, leader of the Russian delegation to the Council's Parliamentary Assembly (PACE
- APRIL 13, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. REINSTATED DEATH PENALTY RAISES DEEP MORAL QUESTIONS
"In Saddam's time and in all times the death penalty is not good. There is no justice and sometimes innocent people are killed without good reason," Baghdad resident Omar Abdul Aziz told IPS.
- APRIL 13, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT. COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE FOR PAKISTANI ACCUSED OF HEROIN SMUGGLING
Kuwait’s Court of Appeals commuted into life imprisonment the death sentence issued against Fadhl H., a Pakistani man charged with smuggling heroin into the country.
- APRIL 13, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as Morteza, 20...
a man, identified only as Morteza, 20...
APRIL 13, 2006IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. MAN HANGED FOR ADULTERY, DRUG DEALING
an Iranian man convicted of a number of crimes including drug dealing, adultery and sexual harassment has been hanged in public in the northern province of Qazvin, the Etemad Melli newspaper said.
APRIL 13, 2006NetherlandsDEATH PENALTYNETHERLANDS. IRANIAN GAYS CAN STAY - FOR THE TIME BEING
the Netherlands Parliament has rebuffed a call by Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk to end a moratorium on the deportation of gay asylum seekers from Iran.
APRIL 12, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN. COURT ADMITS APPEALS IN MUSHARRAF ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT CASE
the Pakistan Supreme Court admitted for regular hearing the appeals of four junior Air Force officers and a civilian against their death sentences for their involvement in an assassination attempt on President General Pervez Musharraf in 2003.
APRIL 12, 2006Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTYPAPUA NEW GUINEA. DEATH PENALTY COULD BE ABOLISHED
new Justice Minister Bire Kimisopa said during a press conference in Port Moresby that Papua New Guinea was not yet ready to impose the death penalty.
APRIL 12, 2006AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN. THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN KANDAHAR FOR ABDUCTION AND MURDER
a court in Afghanistan awarded capital punishment to three people convicted of abducting and later killing a child in the southern province of Kandahar. Abdul Shakoor, 20, hailing from Farha, Baryalai Almas, 19, from Parwan and Musa Khan, 19, from Kunar w
APRIL 12, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
the Nghe An People’s Court, central Vietnam, sentenced Tran Van Hoi, 34, to death for drug trafficking.
- APRIL 11, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. 2002 BALI BOMBER RELATIVES WAIVE DEATH PENALTY APPEAL
the family of Imam Samudra, a man convicted for the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings, said they will not pursue clemency on his behalf, allowing the Indonesian government to carry out his death sentence, according to a spokesman for the attorney general.
- APRIL 11, 2006RwandaDEATH PENALTY
RWANDA. MPANGA PRISON FOR DEATH ROW INMATES
the recently constructed state-of-the-art Mpanga maximum security prison in the Southern Province has been earmarked by the Ministry of Internal Security to accommodate death row inmates and those who have been condemned to life imprisonment.
- APRIL 11, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. DON’T EXECUTE CATHOLICS, SULAWESI POLICE CHIEF
the Police Chief of Central Sulawesi, Brigadier General Oegroseno, has called on the Office of the Attorney General (AGO) to cancel the execution of Fabianus Tibo, Dominggus da Silva and Marinus Riwu.
- APRIL 11, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ROBBERY WITH MURDER
the Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People's Court sentenced Zheng Yanpeng to death for murder and robbery.
- APRIL 11, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TEACHERS CONDEMN EXECUTION OF POLITICAL PRISONERS
in a public statement released in Tehran, teachers supporting the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran condemned the death warrant issued against Valiollah Feiz-Mahdavi in Gohardasht Prison, west of Tehran.