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- JANUARY 30, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. TWO PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE AND MURDER OF GIRL
an Additional Sessions court in Chatra, India, sentenced Charku Bhuiyan and Dhaneswar Bhuiyan to death
- JANUARY 30, 2006AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
AUSTRALIA. FALUN GONG COMPLAINS AGAINST BAN ON PROTESTS OUTSIDE CHINESE EMBASSY
human rights lawyer Bernard Collaery told the Supreme Court in the Australian Capital Territory that a ban on Falun Gong demonstrations was threatening the right of ordinary Australians to protest against the death penalty.
- JANUARY 29, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN PUBLICLY HANGED FOR MURDER AND ARMED ROBBERIES
an Iranian man convicted of murder and armed robberies was hanged in public in the southern city of Shiraz, the official news agency IRNA reported.
- JANUARY 29, 2006MarylandDEATH PENALTY
MARYLAND, USA. VIA BLOG, MAN ON DEATH ROW GIVES ADVICE
as Vernon Evans sat in his cell on Maryland's Death Row last spring, he had more to ponder than his own execution.
- JANUARY 29, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH AND TWO OTHERS TO LIFE FOR MURDER OF TRADER
the Speedy Trial Tribunal of Rajshahi, Bangladesh, sentenced Akter Hossain, 40, to death and Dulal and Anwar, both 35, to life imprisonment for the murder of cloth trader Afsar Ali.
- JANUARY 28, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SERIAL RAPE
an Iranian man was convicted and sentenced to death for kidnapping and raping an estimated 340 young girls, media reports said.
- JANUARY 28, 2006BahamasDEATH PENALTY
THE BAHAMAS. DEATH PENALTY BACKED IN POLL
Prime Minister Perry Christie's decision to back capital punishment received overwhelming public support in an exclusive street poll conducted by The Guardian.
- JANUARY 27, 2006IndianaDEATH PENALTY
INDIANA, USA. MAN EXECUTED FOR 1983 DOUBLE MURDER
the state of Indiana executed a former drug dealer convicted of killing a young couple in 1983. Marvin Bieghler, 58, died at 2:17 a.m. EST (0717 GMT) following an injection of lethal chemicals at the Indiana State Prison, officials said.
- JANUARY 27, 2006DEATH PENALTY
AUSTRALIA. DEATH PENALTY NOT THE ANSWER TO DRUG SCOURGE, EDITORIAL
“The fact that prosecutors in Bali have
- JANUARY 27, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. FUGITIVE SENTENCED TO DEATH ARRESTED IN MUNSHIGANJ
Faruq, a fugitive who had been sentenced to death on July 12, 2005, was arrested near his home in Bagra village in Bangladesh’s Srinagar district
- JANUARY 27, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. SINDH HIGH COURT COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY IN RAPE AND MURDER CASE
the Sindh High Court dismissed the appeal of Imran for rape and murder but commuted his death sentence into life imprisonment.
- JANUARY 27, 2006BahamasDEATH PENALTY
THE BAHAMAS. OPPOSITION CRITICAL OF PM’S DEATH PENALTY REMARKS
accusing Bahamas Prime Minister Perry Christie of pandering for votes on the issue of capital punishment, Free National Movement leader Hubert Ingraham said the country should not believe the present government will carry out hangings of condemned murdere
- JANUARY 26, 2006AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. DEATH PENALTY SOUGHT FOR BALI NINE 'RINGLEADER'
Prosecutors in Bali asked judges in Denpasar District Court to sentence Australian national Andrew Chan to death if they found him guilty of organising the so-called Bali nine heroin trafficking conspiracy.
- JANUARY 26, 2006BahamasDEATH PENALTY
THE BAHAMAS. PRIME MINISTER DECLARES SUPPORT FOR HANGING
in what has amounted to his strongest statement in recent times on capital punishment, Bahamas Prime Minister Perry Christie declared his full support for hangings and said he would be willing to fight those who opposed the death penalty.
- JANUARY 25, 2006FloridaDEATH PENALTY
UNITED STATES. SUPREME COURT BLOCKS FLORIDA EXECUTION OF CLARENCE HILL
the US Supreme Court has blocked the execution of Clarence Hill to consider his appeal over the method used to carry out the punishment.
- JANUARY 25, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
TEXAS, USA. MARION DUDLEY PUT TO DEATH IN FIRST TEXAS EXECUTION OF THE YEAR
Marion Dudley, a man convicted of killing four people in Houston 14 years ago was put to death by lethal injection, hours after the Supreme Court rejected a request to spare him.
- JANUARY 25, 2006FranceDEATH PENALTY
FRANCE. INMATES REQUEST DEATH OVER LIFE
ten inmates in France’s Clairvaux prison, one of the harshest prisons in the country, asked for “the reintroduction of the death penalty” for themselves in a letter sent to the France Presse.
- JANUARY 25, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. OFFICIALS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BRIBERY
two former Heilongjiang government officials linked to the bribes-for-jobs case were sentenced to death in Harbin, China.
- JANUARY 25, 2006North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Charles Walker, who spent 11 years on death row and came within hours of execution...
Charles Walker, who spent 11 years on death row and came within hours of execution, deserves a new trial because police did not turn over files that could possibly identify another person as the killer, a judge has ruled.
- JANUARY 25, 2006DEATH PENALTY
it was in May 1999 when Nathan Herring and Terrell Yarbrough allegedly...
it was in May 1999 when Nathan Herring and Terrell Yarbrough allegedly kidnapped and murdered 2 university students
- JANUARY 25, 2006AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
AUSTRALIA. UN OFFICIAL URGES MORE ACTION ON DEATH PENALTY
UN official Philip Alston criticised the Australian Federal Government over what he said was its failure to stop the death penalty being imposed against Australians overseas. Alston made the comment as Indonesian prosecutors recommended that at least one
- JANUARY 25, 2006MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE. MALAYSIAN MAN TO HANG FOR CHINESE GIRL'S MURDER
Took Leng How, a 23-year-old Malaysian man, was set to be hanged in Singapore for murdering an eight-year-old mainland Chinese girl after loosing his appeal.
- JANUARY 25, 2006LibyaDEATH PENALTY
LIBYA. HRW URGES LIBYA TO IMPROVE HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD
Human Rights Watch released a rare report on the situation in Libya, acknowledging that some steps had been taken towards improving freedoms but saying there was little political will to reform.
- JANUARY 25, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. DEATH SOUGHT FOR ALLEGED ‘BALI 9’ RINGLEADER
Indonesian prosecutors demanded the death sentence for Myuran Sukumaran, a 25 year old Australian accused of organizing the "Bali 9" drug smuggling ring.
- JANUARY 25, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. ORISSA HIGH COURT ORDERS RETRIAL IN DEATH PENALTY CASE
the Orissa High Court, India, quashed the death sentence awarded to Khageswar Behera
- JANUARY 25, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. ORISSA HIGH COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE IN PURI MURDER CASE
the Orissa High Court, India, commuted into life imprisonment the death sentence handed down to Kiran Bedi
- JANUARY 25, 2006New JerseyDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN UNION. EU PRESIDENT AUSTRIA WELCOMES US DEATH PENALTY DECISION
EU Council President Austria welcomed a decision by the US state of New Jersey to suspend the death penalty.
- JANUARY 25, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran publicly hanged Ali Khani and Hassan Ghanbari for murder.
Iran publicly hanged Ali Khani and Hassan Ghanbari for murder.
- JANUARY 24, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BRIBERY
Xu Guojian, former head of the Organization Department of the Party's provincial committee in Jiangsu, was sentenced to death in China’s Fujian province for bribe taking.
- JANUARY 24, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. THREE CONVICTS` EXECUTIONS PUT OFF FOR A MONTH
President General Pervez Musharraf issued orders to defer the executions of three convicts for a month.