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- MARCH 23, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. WOMAN AND HER LOVER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF HUSBAND
the Kollam Ad Hoc I Sessions Court in India’s Kerala state sentenced to death Binitha Kumari, 35, and her lover Raju, 38, for the murder of the Binitha’s husband Vidhukumaran Thampi on April 18, 2000.
- MARCH 23, 2006MissouriDEATH PENALTY
a jury decided that Vincent McFadden...
a jury decided that Vincent McFadden, 25, - already facing 1 death penalty - should be sentenced to another for the unrelated murder of his former girlfriend's sister.
MARCH 23, 2006AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN. KARZAI SAYS CONVERT WILL NOT BE EXECUTED – CANADA
Afghan President Hamid Karzai assured Canada that Abdur Rahman, a man facing possible execution for converting to Christianity, would not be put to death, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said.
- MARCH 22, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
TEXAS. INMATE EXECUTED FOR DEATH OF TODDLER
Robert Salazar Jr., a man convicted of beating his girlfriend's 2-year-old daughter to death because she was crying, was executed by lethal injection.
- MARCH 22, 2006RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. OFFICIAL AGAINST EXECUTIONS
Chairman of the Russian Federation Council, Sergei Mironov, uttered his support to the banning of executions in Russia.
- MARCH 22, 2006South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA. SERIAL KILLER SUPPORTS DEATH PENALTY
serial killer Yoo Young-chul said he objected to a recent move to abolish capital punishment in South Korea. Yoo's claim came amid controversy about the death penalty, which reemerged following the Justice Ministry's consideration to replace capital punis
MARCH 22, 2006NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA. MAN TO DIE BY HANGING FOR KILLING OWN DAUGHTER
a Sapele High Court in Nigeria’s Delta State sentenced a 34-year-old brick-layer, Justice Igbame, to death by hanging for killing his three-year-old daughter with a kitchen knife.
MARCH 22, 2006JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN. NINE MILITANTS SENTENCED TO DEATH
Jordan sentenced to death nine Islamist militants for their part in 2002 riots in the southern city of Maan in which seven people were killed.
- MARCH 22, 2006AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN. GOVERNMENT SAYS COURT TO DECIDE FATE OF CONVERT
under mounting international pressure over the case of Abdur Rahman, a man facing the death penalty for converting to Christianity, Afghanistan said that its judiciary alone would decide the case.
MARCH 22, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN. SHRINE BOMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
Abdul Halim and Muhammad Aslam, two men who carried out a bombing which killed 47 people at a Shia shrine in Pakistan in 2005, were sentenced to death.
- MARCH 21, 2006ItalyDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN. ITALY CONCERNED FOR AFGHAN CHRISTIAN CONVERT FACING EXECUTION
Italy added its voice to concerns for a man facing death in Afghanistan for converting to Christianity, as Foreign Minister Gianfranco Fini summoned the Afghan ambassador over the affair.
- MARCH 21, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH, 11 OTHERS TO LIFE, FOR MURDER OF JOURNALIST
the Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal in Chittagong, Bangladesh, sentenced M. Siraj a man to death and 11 others to life imprisonment for the murder of journalist Kamal Hossain.
- MARCH 21, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR FORCIBLY TATTOOING WOMEN
a man in northeast China was sentenced to death for forcibly tattooing hundreds of Chinese characters on the bodies of three women.
- MARCH 21, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. TEACHER EXECUTED FOR RAPING FOUR STUDENTS
Zhao Huisheng, a substitute teacher who raped four third-grade students and molested several others at a village elementary school in northwest China, was put to death. Zhao reportedly raped the students, who were around age nine, in his office when they
- MARCH 21, 2006MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. LAW MINISTER SUPPORTS CALLS TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
Nazri Aziz, Malaysian Cabinet Minister in charge of law in the Prime Minister’s Department, said he supported calls for abolishing Malaysia’s death penalty, which was largely used against drug traffickers.
- MARCH 21, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. UN TORTURE OFFICIAL URGES CHINA TO CHANGE SYSTEM
UN torture investigator Manfred Nowak who made a landmark visit to China in 2005 called for sweeping changes in its police and court systems to reduce the widespread use of torture.
MARCH 21, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA. JAPAN'S RICH BUY ORGANS FROM EXECUTED CHINESE PRISONERS
hundreds Hundreds of well-off Japanese and other nationals are turning to China's burgeoning human organ transplant industry, paying tens of thousands of pounds for livers and kidneys, which in some cases have been harvested from executed prisoners and so
MARCH 21, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM. FORMER CUSTOMS OFFICER EXECUTED FOR CORRUPTION
Phung Long That, or Bay That, a former senior customs officer who had taken bribes and abetted one of the country’s largest smuggling scandals back in late 1997, was executed by firing squad in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City.
MARCH 21, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN. DEATH SENTENCE METED VIA NEW FAST-TRACK PROCESS
the Kobe District Court sentenced 65-year-old Mineteru Yamamoto to death for robbing and killing a couple in 2004 in what was believed to be the first death sentence handed down by a court through streamlined trial procedures.
MARCH 21, 2006Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTYTRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. POLICEMAN SENTENCED TO HANG FOR MURDER
Constable Dave Burnett, a Trinidad and Tobago police officer with 13 years experience, was sentenced to hang after being found guilty of the murder.
- MARCH 20, 2006MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. BAR VOTES AGAINST DEATH PENALTY, CALLS FOR MORATORIUM
the Malaysian Bar called for the abolition of the death penalty and an immediate freeze on all executions.
- MARCH 20, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. BABY SELLERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
two men were sentenced to death by a court in China’s Yunnan Province for stealing and trafficking 12 baby boys across three provinces.
- MARCH 20, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Imran Ali was condemned to death by a court in Thakurgaon, Bangladesh, for killing a man in 2004.
- MARCH 20, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. DEATH SENTENCE FOR ROBBERY AND MURDER
Jin Xiaoguo was sentenced to death for robbery and murder, while his accomplice was given 15 years in prison, the Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate Prosecutors' Office said.
MARCH 20, 2006Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTYDRC. MILITARY COURT CONVICTS TWO OFFICERS OVER KILLINGS
the military court of the Kalemie garrison in Katanga, south DRC, sentenced Capt. Yalala Musubao to death for voluntarily killing eight Mayi Mayi officers of the 8th Brigade.
- MARCH 19, 2006JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
JAMAICA. PARLIAMENT ALLOWS DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDERS ASSOCIATED WITH BURGLARY
amendments to the Offences Against the Person Act, allowing for the application of the death penalty for murders associated with burglary, were passed in Jamaica’s Upper House.
- MARCH 19, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. EIGHT PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
an Additional District and Sessions Court in Bangladesh sentenced eight people to death for killing an NGO official.
- MARCH 19, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as H.Z. was hanged in public in the southern city of Jahrom...
a man, identified only as H.Z. was hanged in public in the southern city of Jahrom...
MARCH 19, 2006AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN. MAN RISKS DEATH FOR CONVERTING TO CHRISTIANITY
Afghan police detained a man for converting from Islam to Christianity, Supreme Court judge Ansarullah Mawlavizada said, adding the man could face the death penalty if he refused to become a Muslim again.
- MARCH 18, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER MURDER OF JAPANESE CITIZEN
Chinese national Han Enze was sentenced to death and two others received prison terms in China over the murder and robbery of a Japanese nightclub manager in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in 2001.