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- JANUARY 23, 2006United States Armed ForcesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED STATES. US MILITARY ISSUES NEW EXECUTION REGULATIONS
the US Army has issued new regulations governing the death penalty, raising speculation that the military might be preparing for its first execution since 1961.
- JANUARY 23, 2006KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. DIPLOMATS TOLD TO SAVE MAID FROM EXECUTION IN KUWAIT
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo ordered Philippine diplomats to do everything they could to save a Filipina teacher who was set to hang in Kuwait for killing her boss there.
- JANUARY 23, 2006TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN. DEATH ROW INMATE COMMITS SUICIDE, ‘WAITING FOR EXECUTION TOO PAINFUL’
a death row prisoner in Taiwan committed suicide due to being unable to bear the pain of waiting for the execution.
- JANUARY 23, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN PUBLICLY HANGED FOR MURDER
an Iranian man convicted of murder was publicly hanged in Isfahan, the Iran newspaper reported.
- JANUARY 23, 2006RussiaDEATH PENALTY
COUNCIL OF EUROPE. COE WANTS RUSSIA TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
Council of Europe Secretary General Terry Davis called on Russia to ratify a protocol banning the death penalty but admitted that Russia had never violated its death penalty moratorium introduced in 1996.
- JANUARY 23, 2006CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
in Visalia, jurors returned death sentences for two brothers already convicted of the July 18...
in Visalia, jurors returned death sentences for two brothers already convicted of the July 18, 1995 Pato's Place bar murders in rural Tulare.
- JANUARY 23, 2006SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE. MAN TO HANG FOR MURDER AFTER LOSING APPEAL
Vijayakumar Veeriah, a 24 year old man convicted of stabbing a close friend to death in Bukit Batok, Singapore, was due to hang after the Court of Appeal upheld his conviction for murdering Suthagar Raja Ram Thomas, 24, at their rented flat in September 2
- JANUARY 22, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. SISTERS PUBLISH LIST OF 9,400 IRANIANS 'MURDERED' BY THE REGIME
Ladan and Roya Boroumand, whose father, a pro-democracy opposition leader, was assassinated by an Iranian death squad while living in exile in Paris in 1991, unveiled the largest database of the victims murdered and executed by the theocratic regime since
- JANUARY 21, 2006BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
LIBYA. BULGARIA AGREES 4.4 BLN EURO FUND IN HIV CASE
Bulgaria agreed with Libya to set up a 4.4 billion euro ($5.3 billion) fund for families of children infected with HIV in Libya, a Libyan official said. The deal was likely to defuse a standoff over five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor who convi
- JANUARY 20, 2006Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA. MINISTER CLEARED, FIVE CONDEMNED TO DEATH FOR ELECTION DAY KILLINGS
Sri Lanka's High Court cleared a former deputy defence minister and his two sons over the killing of 10 men but handed down death penalties to five soldiers who were involved.
- JANUARY 20, 2006North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
NORTH CAROLINA, USA. PERRIE SIMPSON EXECUTED
Perrie Dyon Simpson was executed early morning for the 1984 murder of a retired minister, the North Carolina Department of Correction said.
- JANUARY 20, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. PHILIPPINE COURT SENTENCES JOURNALIST’S KILLER TO DEATH
the Cebu City Regional Trial Court, the Philippines, sentenced Edgar Belandres to death for fatally shooting a photojournalist in 2004.
- JANUARY 20, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. FIVE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SMUGGLING DRUGS INTO VIETNAM
a court in Hanoi sentenced five people to death and four others to life imprisonment for trafficking 24 kg of heroin into Vietnam from Laos.
- JANUARY 20, 2006RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. COUNCIL OF EUROPE PRESIDENCY SHOULD PROMOTE DEATH PENALTY MORATORIUM, FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN
Russia's presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe should help advocates of the death penalty moratorium to persuade the majority of State Duma MPs of the feasibility of the sixth protocol ratification which presupposes the cancell
- JANUARY 19, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
TEXAS, USA. COURT STAYS MURPHY’S EXECUTION TO HEAR RETARDATION CLAIMS
the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals stayed the execution of Julius Murphy 24 hours before he was scheduled to die by lethal injection. The court ordered a state district court to review claims by Murphy, 27, that he is mentally retarded and cannot be subj
- JANUARY 19, 2006CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
CALIFORNIA, USA. CALIFORNIA DEATH PENALTY MORATORIUM BILL STALLS
state lawmakers blocked a bill that would bar the state from carrying out death sentences for two years.
- JANUARY 19, 2006South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
a man who had been sentenced to death has been resentenced to life...
a man who had been sentenced to death has been resentenced to life in prison after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling vacated his original sentence, Assistant 11th Circuit Solicitor Dayton Riddle said.
- JANUARY 19, 2006AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
A Jefferson County circuit judge followed a jury recommendation that Kenneth Eugene Billups, 30, die by lethal injection.
A Jefferson County circuit judge followed a jury recommendation that Kenneth Eugene Billups, 30, die by lethal injection.
- JANUARY 19, 2006ThailandDEATH PENALTY
THAILAND. SPEEDY MURDER TRIAL CALMS TOURISM FEARS BUT SPARKS CRITICISM
the speedy trial of two Thai men Bualoi Posit, 23, and Wichai Somkhaoyai, 24, sentenced to death for murdering a British student, raised concern about the kingdom's justice system.
- JANUARY 19, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Allahyar Mohammed Ali and Akmal were sentenced to death for murder during a house robbery by the 1st Additional Sessions Court in Hyderabad, India.
- JANUARY 19, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as Gholamreza, 36...
a man, identified only as Gholamreza, 36...
- JANUARY 18, 2006ThailandDEATH PENALTY
THAILAND. TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF BRITISH STUDENT
two Thai fishermen, Bualoi Posit, 23, and Wichai Somkhaoyai, 24, were sentenced to death for the rape and murder of student Katherine Horton after an unusually short trial and sustained political pressure.
- JANUARY 18, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. COUPLE HANGED FOR MURDERING BURGLARY VICTIMS
a young Iranian couple convicted of killing a mother and daughter during a burglary were hanged in Tehran's Evin prison.
- JANUARY 18, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. IRANIAN MAN HANGED FOR MURDER
a man was hanged in Tehran's notorious Evin prison for alleged murder charges. Death sentence for the man identified by his first name Esmail, was endorsed by the mullahs' supreme court.
- JANUARY 18, 2006ThailandDEATH PENALTY
UNITED KINGDOM. BRITAIN THANKS THAI POLICE BUT OPPOSES DEATH FOR TOURIST'S KILLERS
Britain's Foreign Office thanked the Thai authorities for finding the two fishermen who raped and murdered a British student, but insisted it opposed their death sentence
- JANUARY 18, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. LAW ENFORCERS ACCUSED OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLINGS
Bangladeshi security forces committed serious abuses in 2005 including extra-judicial killings and torture of detainees, Human Rights Watch said in its annual report.
- JANUARY 18, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH BLASTS CHINA OVER DISMAL RIGHTS RECORD
Human Rights Watch blasted China for its dismal rights record, saying it lead the world in executions.
- JANUARY 18, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. DEATH PENALTY ONLY IN RAREST OF RARE CASES, SUPREME COURT
the death penalty should be awarded in only the rarest of rare cases, India’s Supreme Court said, while asking the judiciary to consider aggravating and mitigating circumstances in awarding the extreme sentence.
- JANUARY 18, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as Varamin, has been hanged in public, in Iran.
a man, identified only as Varamin, has been hanged in public, in Iran.
- JANUARY 18, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
according to official Vietnamese Government sources...
according to official Vietnamese Government sources...