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- FEBRUARY 9, 2006RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. PUTIN'S HUMAN RIGHTS ADVISOR URGES DEATH PENALTY ABOLITION
Russia should abolish the death penalty in the near future, presidential council for civil society and human rights development Chairman Ella Pamfilova said.
- FEBRUARY 9, 2006United States Armed ForcesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED STATES. BUSH’S OK SOUGHT FOR EXECUTIONS
President Bush has been asked to authorize the executions of two men who have been on the military’s death row at Fort Leavenworth for a combined 35 years.
- FEBRUARY 9, 2006RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. RUSSIA ASKS DEATH PENALTY FOR BESLAN HOSTAGE-TAKER
Deputy Prosecutor-General Nikolai Shepel asked judges to pass the death penalty on the sole surviving hostage-taker from the 2004 Beslan school massacre that killed more than 300 people, half of them children.
- FEBRUARY 9, 2006BrazilDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. NO MERCY FOR BRAZILIAN DEATH ROW DRUG CONVICT IN INDONESIA
Indonesia's president rejected an appeal for clemency from Marco Archer Cardoso Moreira, a Brazilian man sentenced to death for smuggling cocaine into the country.
- FEBRUARY 9, 2006RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. DECISION TO SENTENCE BESLAN TERRORIST TO DEATH SLAMMED
Russian human rights organizations slammed the decision to sentence Nurpashi Kulayev to death.
- FEBRUARY 9, 2006RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. DUMA NOT TO RESUME DEATH PENALTY FOR BESLAN TERRORIST
the Russian State Duma will not lift the moratorium on the death penalty to punish Nurpasha Kulayev, the only surviving terrorist who participated in the Beslan school seizure in September 2004, vice speaker of the lower house of the Russian parliament Vl
- FEBRUARY 9, 2006RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. SENIOR MPS SPEAK UP ON DEATH PENALTY FOR TERRORIST
Pavel Krasheninnikov, head of the State Duma's committee on civil, criminal, arbitration and procedural law, said that prosecutors' request for the death penalty for the man being tried for involvement in the Beslan terrorist attack that killed 331 people
- FEBRUARY 8, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
TEXAS, USA. MAN EXECUTED FOR ABDUCTING, KILLING WOMAN
Robert Neville, a man who abducted a young woman while she rode her bicycle to work, then shot and killed her in a field near Dallas, was executed by lethal injection
- FEBRUARY 8, 2006BelarusDEATH PENALTY
BELARUS. TWO PEOPLE EXECUTED IN 2005, SUPREME COURT CHAIRMAN
two persons were put to death and eight people received life sentences in Belarus in 2005, Valyantsin Sukala, chairman of the Supreme Court, told reporters in Minsk.
- FEBRUARY 8, 2006IsraelDEATH PENALTY
UNITED NATIONS. TARGET KILLING IS 'EXECUTION WITHOUT TRIAL', ANNAN
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said that Israel had the right to defend its citizens, but criticized the policy of targeted killings, saying that they were like, "executions without trial."
- FEBRUARY 8, 2006BahamasDEATH PENALTY
THE BAHAMAS. RIGHTS ADVOCATE OPPOSED TO CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Grand Bahama Human Rights Association Vice-president Joseph Darville said that he did not see anything good being achieved through capital punishment, as it only showed a disregard for the sanctity of human life.
- FEBRUARY 7, 2006Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDERING RELATIVE
a Saudi national was beheaded by the sword after being convicted of murdering a relative, the interior ministry said in a statement.
- FEBRUARY 7, 2006RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. STEPS MAY BE TAKEN TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY, PUTIN
Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested he might take steps towards abolishing the death penalty in Russia.
- FEBRUARY 7, 2006MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. MAN ESCAPES DEATH SENTENCE AFTER DRUG CHARGE REDUCED
Zulkifli Latif escaped the death sentence after his drug trafficking charge was reduced to one of possession by the Malaysian High Court.
- FEBRUARY 7, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
in San Antonio, before 187th District Judge Raymond Angelini...
in San Antonio, before 187th District Judge Raymond Angelini, a jury choose the death sentence for Christopher Young.
- FEBRUARY 7, 2006CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
in Vista, Superior Court Judge Joan Weber endorsed a jury recommendation...
in Vista, Superior Court Judge Joan Weber endorsed a jury recommendation, and gave the death sentence to Adrian Camacho
- FEBRUARY 7, 2006OhioDEATH PENALTY
Glenn L. Benner II, 43, died by injection at 10:15 a.m...
Glenn L. Benner II, 43, died by injection at 10:15 a.m. at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville.
- FEBRUARY 7, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. FATHER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF MINOR DAUGHTERS
Abdul Mannan, 35, was sentenced to death by a court in Chapainawabganj, Bangladesh, for strangulating to death his two minor daughters after losing a legal battle to his neighbour.
- FEBRUARY 7, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE AND MURDER
a court in Natore, Bangladesh, sentenced Nohen Mondol to death for killing a woman after raping her. The Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal acquitted two others involved in the case as their guilt was not proved.
- FEBRUARY 7, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. POLITICAL PRISONER HANGED
Hojjat Zamani, a political prisoner and member of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran in Gohardasht prison in Karaj, west of Tehran was hanged.
- FEBRUARY 7, 2006CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
six Jurors Urge Sparing Killer's Life----Echoing the trial judge and citing new evidence...
six Jurors Urge Sparing Killer's Life----Echoing the trial judge and citing new evidence, they ask the governor to halt the execution of Michael Morales for a girl's murder in 1981.
- FEBRUARY 7, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as Akram...
a man, identified only as Akram...
- FEBRUARY 7, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
an Afghan, identified only as Fada...
an Afghan, identified only as Fada...
- FEBRUARY 7, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as Ramazan...
a man, identified only as Ramazan...
- FEBRUARY 6, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. THREE MEN EXECUTED FOR 'DISRUPTING PUBLIC SECURITY'
three men described as "thugs" who "disrupted public security" were executed in the northeastern Iranian city of Sabzevar, the Khorassan newspaper reported.
- FEBRUARY 6, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. JOURNALIST RISKS DEATH PENALTY FOR SATIRE
a 19-year-old Iranian journalist, Elham Foroutan, risked the death penalty for a satirical article in which she compared the Islamic revolution in Iran to the AIDS virus
- FEBRUARY 6, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. SIX PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN TWO SEPARATE CASES
the Meherpur district court, Bangladesh, sentenced Rustam, Rahman and Enamul to death for the murder of a trader in Ghangni.
- FEBRUARY 6, 2006MarylandDEATH PENALTY
MARYLAND, USA. EVANS RECEIVES STAY OF EXECUTION
Vernon Evans, 56, who has been on death row in the eastern state of Maryland for more than 20 years, was granted a stay of execution on the week he was scheduled to die.
- FEBRUARY 6, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. DEATH SENTENCE FOR MAN CONVICTED IN KIDNAPPING CASE
Ye Li, a 24-year-old Henan Province native, was sentenced to death by the Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People's Court, China, for kidnapping and murder.
- FEBRUARY 6, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. KERALA HIGH COURT COMMUTES SENTENCE OF DEATH INTO LIFE
the Kerala High Court, India, commuted into life the death sentence of Vadasseril Raju handed down by the Thalassery Sessions Court for rape and murder.