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- MARCH 18, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. INDONESIA PREPARES TO EXECUTE THREE FOR POSO KILLINGS
it was reported that the Central Sulawesi Police in Indonesia had prepared four firing squads, comprising of 44 sharp shooters, to carry out the executions of three men convicted of a series of killings in Poso in 2000.
MARCH 18, 2006North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA. COUNTRY ISSUES DEATH PENALTY DECREE FOR DRUG TRAFFICKERS
North Korea issued a special decree that called for the maximum penalty of death for its citizens involved in manufacturing and trafficking drugs, a South Korean relief group said.
- MARCH 17, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. WOMEN ARRESTED IN PEACEFUL PROTEST COULD BE EXECUTED
the total number of arrests following a gathering of hundreds of women's rights defenders who had made their way from Tehran's Daneshjoo Park to Laleh Park to mark International Women's Day on March 8 remained uncertain, as was the fate of those arrested
- MARCH 17, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING HIS WIFE
Sultan Miah, 35, was sentenced to death by a special tribunal in Netrokona, Bangladesh, for killing his wife for dowry in the country’s Mohonganj district.
- MARCH 17, 2006North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Patrick Moody, 39, was executed by injection at Central Prison for the Sept. 16...
Patrick Moody, 39, was executed by injection at Central Prison for the Sept. 16...
- MARCH 17, 2006CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the death sentence of William Clark.
the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the death sentence of William Clark.
- MARCH 17, 2006Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
DRC. COURT SENTENCES RENEGADE SOLDIER TO DEATH
the military court of the Bukavu Garrison, in the Eastern region of the DRC, sentenced six soldiers, handing down the death penalty to one of them.
- MARCH 16, 2006AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. BALI NINE DUO APPEAL DEATH SENTENCES
Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, two members of the Bali nine who had been sentenced to death for attempting to smuggle heroin out of Indonesia, lodged their appeals with the Denpasar District Court.
- MARCH 16, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD ON GANGSTER FOR KILLING 4 IN BAR SHOOTING
the Tokyo High Court upheld the death sentence imposed on Masato Kohinata for killing a rival gang member and three bystanders in a shooting at a bar in Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture, in 2003.
- MARCH 16, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. EX-AUM MEMBER APPEALS HIGH COURT'S UPHOLDING OF DEATH SENTENCE
Tomomitsu Niimi, a former senior member of the cult formerly called AUM Shinrikyo, appealed a high court's decision that upheld the death sentence handed down against him for his involvement in a series of crimes including the deadly sarin gas attack on t
MARCH 16, 2006BelarusDEATH PENALTYBELARUS. KGB CHIEF THREATENS DEATH SENTENCE FOR POLL PROTESTERS
opposition supporters in Belarus were warned that they could face the death penalty if they took part in a protest after the presidential election on March 19.
MARCH 16, 2006SyriaDEATH PENALTYSYRIA. DISSIDENT LABWANI COULD BE SENTENCED TO DEATH, LAWYER
the Syrian dissident and founder of the Liberal Unionist Party Dr Kamal Al Labwani may be sentenced to hard labour or even death if the court accepts the accusations against him, said his lawyer Anwar Al Bana.
- MARCH 15, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. 30% OF POLLED DEATH ROW INMATES HAVE NO ONE TO VISIT THEM
nearly 30 percent of death row inmates polled in Japan had no one to visit them, a survey conducted by the Japan Federation of Bar Associations showed. The survey was given to 79 inmates as of January 2006 and 58 people responded.
- MARCH 15, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. THREE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
the Fast Track Court in Roorkee, India, sentenced to death Amit, Dharmendra and Jitendra for the murder of two people, including a retired policeman, at their Shakti Vihar Colony residence on August 9, 2003.
- MARCH 15, 2006FranceDEATH PENALTY
FRANCE. ACTRESS BARDOT URGES BUSH TO PREVENT EXECUTION OF PRISONER ON TEXAS DEATH ROW
French film legend Brigitte Bardot wrote to US President George W. Bush urging him to prevent the execution of a prisoner on death row in Texas.
- MARCH 15, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. TOKYO HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE ON AUM'S NIIMI
the Tokyo High Court rejected an appeal by former doomsday cult member Tomomitsu Niimi convicted in attacks including the 1995 Tokyo nerve gassing that killed 12 people.
- MARCH 15, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. OFFICIAL GETS DEATH FOR KILLING NAGGING MISTRESS
Guan Canrong a former official in China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region was sentenced to death in the contract killing of his nagging mistress who pestered him to divorce his wife and marry her.
- MARCH 15, 2006FranceDEATH PENALTY
UNITED STATES. US MULLS ENDING QUEST FOR MOUSSAOUI DEATH PENALTY
prosecutors pondered on whether to abandon their quest for the death penalty in the US government's only case connected to the September 11 hijackings, after a federal judge banned crucial testimony. Shortly after US District Judge Leonie Brinkema deliver
- MARCH 15, 2006UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
KYRGYZSTAN. UZBEK RIGHTS ACTIVISTS PRAISE CONDITIONS IN KYRGYZ DEATH ROW CELL
the leaders of the Uzbek public association ‘Mothers Against the Death Penalty and Torture’, Tamara Chikunova and Dilobar Xudoberganova, shared their views with journalists at a news conference in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, after visiting a death row cell at Bi
MARCH 15, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTYTEXAS, USA. HUGHES PUT TO DEATH IN FIFTH 2006 TEXAS EXECUTION
Tommie Hughes was put to death by lethal injection for the 1997 robbery and murder of a Dallas woman in a movie theater parking lot. Hughes, 32, was condemned for killing Foulke Erinkitola, 25, after he and a cousin robbed Erinkitola and her friend, Roxan
MARCH 15, 2006IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. POLITICAL PRISONER AT RISK OF EXECUTION
prison officials in Iran repeatedly threatened to execute Valiollah Feyz Mahdavi, a sympathizer of an armed opposition group, during the Persian New Year holidays that begin on March 21, Human Rights Watch said.
- MARCH 14, 2006AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
AZERBAIJAN. RIGHTS ACTIVIST SAYS "INFORMAL MORATORIUM" ON DEATH PENALTY
it was reported that a death row inmate in Azerbaijan had appealed to the presidential administration to be executed by shooting. He had been sentenced to death before the abolition of capital punishment but his sentence had not been de jure commuted to l
- MARCH 14, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. DEATH PENALTY MAXIMUM PUNISHMENT: ANTI-TERRORISM LAW PLACED IN CABINET
a tough new Bangladeshi antiterrorism law providing capital punishment for acts of terrorism was placed with the cabinet and discussed in detail, pending endorsement.
- MARCH 14, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY IN MUSHARRAF ATTACK CASE
the Lahore High Court, Pakistan, upheld the death sentence handed down to Mushtaq Ahmed by the Anti Terrorism Court for planning two suicide attacks on Pakistan President General Musharraf in December 2003.
MARCH 14, 2006JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN. MAN EXECUTED FOR KILLING WIFE AND BABY
Jordanian authorities executed Adnan Ismail, a man convicted for murdering his wife and seven-month-old son, marking Jordan's third execution in four days.
MARCH 14, 2006AlgeriaDEATH PENALTYALGERIA. PROPOSALS UNDERWAY FOR THE ABOLISHMENT OF THE DEATH PENALTY
Algeria, where no executions have taken place since 1993, intends to put an end to capital punishment
MARCH 14, 2006IranDEATH PENALTYHANDS OFF CAIN RESPONDS TO THE IRANIAN EMBASSY’S DENIAL OF THE EXECUTION OF MINORS IN IRAN
Hands Off Cain replies to a note sent it by the Iranian embassy in Rome in which it denyed the application of the death penalty to minors.
MARCH 14, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA. SIX MEMBERS OF DRUG RING SENTENCED TO DEATH IN GUIZHOU PROVINCE
four cardinal members of a notorious drug ring that was accused of trafficking 21 kilograms of heroin have been sentenced to death at first trial in southwest China's Guizhou Province.
- MARCH 13, 2006BahamasDEATH PENALTY
THE BAHAMAS. HANGINGS SINCE 1973 “UNLAWFUL”
the executions of 16 murder convicts in the Bahamas since 1973 could be viewed as "unlawful" killings at the hands of the state, given the March 8 ruling by the privy council, Progressive Liberal Party senator Damian Gomez said in a call for a full enquir
- MARCH 13, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. HIGH COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCES OF TWO MEN, MAINTAINS PENALTY FOR A THIRD IN TRIPLE MURDER CASE
the Sindh High Court in Karachi, Pakistan, commuted the sentence of two men facing death for triple murder but maintained the death sentence for a third accomplice.