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- AUGUST 26, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. INDIA GRANTED CONSULAR ACCESS TO "SPY" ON DEATH ROW
Islamabad agreed to allow Indian diplomats to visit Sarabjit Singh, one of their nationals on death row on charges of being a spy, Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran said. Pakistan had Singh of being an Indian spy who carried out four bomb attacks, but
- AUGUST 26, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. FIVE SENTENCED TO HANG FOR MUSHARRAF PLOT
Pakistan sentenced five men, including a soldier, to hang for their role in an al Qaeda-inspired assassination attempt on President Pervez Musharraf in late 2003, a military spokesman said. Musharraf, one of the West's main allies in a global war on terro
- AUGUST 26, 2005MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE. MALAYSIAN MAN SENTENCED TO HANG FOR CHINESE GIRL'S MURDER
Took Leng How, a 23-year-old Malaysian man, was sentenced to death by hanging after being found guilty of murdering an eight-year-old mainland Chinese girl in Singapore. Judge Lai Kew Chai in his verdict said the prosecution had proven its case that Took,
- AUGUST 25, 2005VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN HCM CITY FOR TRAFFICKING
the Ho Chi Minh City Appeal Court, Vietnam, upheld a death sentence to a convicted drug trafficker and raised from life imprisonment given to another to the death penalty.
- AUGUST 25, 2005South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA. COUNTRY’S DEATH ROW INMATES NUMBER 61
the number of death row inmates in South Korea increased to 61 after the Supreme Court sentenced a 36-year-old man to death for murder, court officials said. South Korea had not carried out an execution of a convicted criminal since December 1997 amid a f
- AUGUST 25, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. EXECUTION PLEA OVER IRAN YOUTHS
Amnesty International called on Iran to halt the execution of two teenagers following their convictions for murder.
- AUGUST 25, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. 5,000 RALLY FOR ALLEGED INDIAN SPY FACING DEATH IN PAKISTAN
nearly 5,000 people held a rally as shops and businesses shut down in the home town of Sarabjeet Singh, an Indian facing death by hanging in Pakistan, demanding clemency and his immediate return home. In New Delhi, India's External Affairs Minister Natwar
- AUGUST 24, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN TO DIE FOR KILLING WIFE IN BARISAL
qbal Hossain, 30, was convicted and condemned to death by a court Barisal, Bangladesh, for the murder of his wife.
- AUGUST 24, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. FOUR YOUNG IRANIANS HANGED PUBLICLY
four Iranian men convicted of robbery, kidnapping and rape -- at least one of whom was under the age of 18 -- were hanged publicly in the southern port of Bandar Abbas, the Kayhan newspaper said.
- AUGUST 24, 2005IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. ANOTHER EXECUTION DUE AS NEW DEATH SENTENCE PASSED
Abed Saleh al-Issawi, an Iraqi man convicted of murder, was sentenced to death in Iraq's fourth scheduled execution since authorities reinstated capital punishment.
- AUGUST 24, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
a seventeen-year-old musician in Iran is facing imminent execution in public
a seventeen-year-old musician in Iran is facing imminent execution in public after his death sentence was upheld by Iran’s Supreme Court, Etemaad daily reported.
- AUGUST 24, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Muhammad Asghar, Ahmad Sher and Falak Sher were hanged in Pakistan for murder.
Muhammad Asghar, Ahmad Sher and Falak Sher were hanged in Pakistan for murder.
- AUGUST 24, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Abdul Ghaffar was hanged in Pakistan for murder.
Abdul Ghaffar was hanged in Pakistan for murder.
- AUGUST 23, 2005CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Alfonso Ignacio Morales, 23, was sentenced to die
Alfonso Ignacio Morales, 23, was sentenced to die, becoming the 7th person this year in California to be subjected to the death penalty.
- AUGUST 23, 2005VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. PRESIDENT COMMUTES AUSTRALIAN'S DEATH SENTENCE FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Vietnam's President Tran Duc Luong commuted to life imprisonment a death sentence handed to Tran Van Thanh for drug trafficking.
- AUGUST 23, 2005AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN. TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERER
a lower court in Kabul, Afghanistan, sentenced to death two men charged with the murder of a hire car driver. Sala Khan and Mohammad Juma, from Alishang district of the eastern Laghman province, were convicted by the Ninth District's court of killing Abdu
- AUGUST 23, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. TWO CONDEMNED FOR DEADLY LAND GRAB ARSON
two real estate agents were sentenced to death in Shanghai, China, for torching the homes of residents who refused to relocate for a development project, killing an elderly couple.
- AUGUST 23, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. COURT CONDEMNS TO DEATH FOUR ABDUCTORS OF FEMALE GYNAECOLOGIST
the Islamic Revolution Court of Kerman, Iran, condemned to death by hanging four abductors of a female doctor.
- AUGUST 23, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. INDIAN LEADER TO QUESTION PAKISTAN'S MUSHARRAF ABOUT CONDEMNED ‘SPY’
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said he would speak to Pakistan's president about Sarabjit Singh, an alleged Indian spy handed the death sentence in Pakistan.
AUGUST 23, 2005IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. 43 HANGINGS AND DEATH SENTENCES SINCE AHMADINEJAD'S ELECTION
since the election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the mullahs' regime has resorted to a frenzied wave of public hangings and death decrees, the National Council of Resistance of Iran said in a statement.
- AUGUST 22, 2005TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
a death penalty imposed by a Blount County Circuit Court jury...
a death penalty imposed by a Blount County Circuit Court jury 5 years ago has been set aside by the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals.
- AUGUST 22, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. INDIAN FAMILY THREATENS SUICIDE IF ‘SPY’ IS EXECUTED
relatives of Manjit Singh, an Indian man sentenced to hang in Pakistan for spying, threatened to kill themselves if the execution was carried out.
- AUGUST 22, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. 10 MEN SENT TO THE GALLOWS
ten men were sentenced to death and 16 others to life imprisonment in two separate murder cases in Dhaka and Sylhet, Bangladesh.
- AUGUST 22, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE OF THREE CONVICTS
a two-member bench of the Pakistan Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of three convicts convicted of killing five people in Jhang district in 1995.
AUGUST 22, 2005TexasDEATH PENALTYRobert Alan Shields, who was 19 when he was arrested for fatally stabbing a woman at her home...
Robert Alan Shields, who was 19 when he was arrested for fatally stabbing a woman at her home, was executed this evening inside the Huntsville "Walls" Unit.
- AUGUST 21, 2005AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN. MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE, 10-YEAR JAIL TERM
a lower court in Afghanistan awarded the death penalty to Ahmad Jahesh, a man charged with murder, abduction and adultery.
- AUGUST 21, 2005IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. GOVERNMENT DEFENDS DEATH PENALTY AHEAD OF EXECUTIONS
the Iraqi government defended its decision to reinstate the death penalty following a United Nations appeal for Baghdad to reconsider executing three convicted felons.
- AUGUST 20, 2005IraqDEATH PENALTY
UNITED NATIONS. ENVOY URGES IRAQ TO RECONSIDER DEATH PENALTY
Ashraf Qazi, special representative of UN secretary general Kofi Annan, urged Iraq to reconsider carrying out the first executions since the 2003 overthrow of former dictator Saddam Hussein.
- AUGUST 20, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. SOLDIER WHO PLOTTED TO KILL MUSHARRAF HANGED
Islam Siddiqui, a soldier convicted of plotting to assassinate Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, was executed by hanging.
AUGUST 20, 2005IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. CONVICTED ARMED ROBBER HANGED
Mousa Mohsenipour, an Iranian man convicted of armed robbery, drug trafficking and kidnapping was hanged in a prison in the southern Iranian port of Bandar Abbas