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AUGUST 5, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: SIX MORE DEATH ROW CONVICTS HANGED
At least six death row prisoners were executed between August 4 and 5 in different jails of Punjab.
AUGUST 5, 2015SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: COURT CLEARS SOUTH SUDAN PASTORS OF SPYING
A court in Sudan has freed two South Sudanese Christian pastors after acquitting them of charges that include spying and crimes against the state.
- AUGUST 5, 2015North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - North Carolina. Conservative group urges McCrory to veto death penalty secrecy bill.
USA - North Carolina. Conservative group urges McCrory to veto death penalty secrecy bill.
AUGUST 5, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: ETHIOPIANS, PAKISTANI, SAUDI EXECUTED
Saudi Arabia put to death two Ethiopians, a Pakistani and a Saudi, bringing to 114 the total number of executions this year, according to AFP tallies.
AUGUST 4, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: SHAFQAT HUSSAIN HANGED IN KARACHI CENTRAL JAIL
Shafqat Hussain, who was awarded a death sentence for kidnapping and later killing a seven-year-old boy,
AUGUST 4, 2015IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA: 12 CITIZENS RELEASED FROM DEATH ROW IN SAUDI ARABIA
The Foreign Ministry’s directorate of legal aid and protection of Indonesian nationals overseas said that
AUGUST 4, 2015IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FOUR PRISONERS HANGED FOR DRUG OFFENCES
Four prisoners were hanged in the prison of Yazd (Central Iran), reported the official website of the Iranian
AUGUST 3, 2015BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: SUPREME COURT COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY OF CHILD RAPIST
In a rare instance, the Supreme Court commuted a “teenage boy's” death sentence to jail until death for
AUGUST 3, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: FIVE PRISONERS BEHEADED FOR MURDER, DRUG TRAFFICKING
Saudi Arabia beheaded five prisoners between July 29 and August 3, bringing to 110 the total number of
AUGUST 3, 2015IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 20 MORE PRISONERS HANGED
At least 20 prisoners were hanged in Iran between July 28 and August 2nd.
AUGUST 1, 2015IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 7 EXECUTED OVER DRUG, MURDER CHARGES
According to official and unofficial reports, a total of seven prisoners were hanged in Iran on July 29 and August 1st.
- AUGUST 1, 2015OregonDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oregon. Judge Gayle Nachtigal overturned Jason Van Brumwell's death sentence
USA - Oregon. Judge Gayle Nachtigal overturned Jason Van Brumwell's death sentence
AUGUST 1, 2015IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN SENTENCED TO HAVE EYES GOUGED OUT
Authorities in Iran sentenced a young man to be blinded.
- JULY 31, 2015ItalyDEATH PENALTY
USA - Italy. Italian anti-death penalty group names Pope Francis 'abolitionist of the year'
USA - Italy. Italian anti-death penalty group names Pope Francis 'abolitionist of the year'
- JULY 31, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: FIVE MORE DEATH ROW PRISONERS EXECUTED IN LAHORE AND RAWALPINDI
Five murder convicts were executed in two jails across Punjab.
- JULY 31, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: PAKISTANI HEROIN SMUGGLER EXECUTED
Saudi Arabia beheaded a convicted Pakistani heroin trafficker.
JULY 31, 2015DEATH PENALTYHANDS OFF CAIN 2015 REPORT
The worldwide trend towards abolition, underway for more than fifteen years, was again confirmed in 2014 and the first six months of 2015.
JULY 31, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTYO'MALLEY'S CRIMINAL JUSTICE PLAN: ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY, RECLASSIFY MARIJUANA
Martin O'Malley unveiled his proposals for overhauling the nation's criminal justice system
- JULY 30, 2015DEATH PENALTY
PRESENTATION OF HANDS OFF CAIN’S 2015 REPORT 'THE DEATH PENALTY WORLDWIDE'
The presentation will be held on Friday, 31 July 2015 – 11:00 A.M. Via di Torre Argentina 76, Rome
- JULY 30, 2015ChadDEATH PENALTY
the National Assembly passed a stringent anti-terror bill after suffering two deadly Boko Haram attacks in a
the National Assembly passed a stringent anti-terror bill after suffering two deadly Boko Haram attacks in a
JULY 30, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: FOUR MORE DEATH ROW CONVICTS HANGED
At least four death row prisoners were executed in different cities of Punjab early in the morning.
JULY 30, 2015IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: YAKUB MEMON EXECUTED FOR 1993 MUMBAI BOMBINGS
A little over 22 years after the Mumbai bombings that killed 257 people in 1993, the lone convict on death row in the case – Yakub Abdul Razak Memon – was hanged at the Central Prison in the city of Nagpur.
- JULY 30, 2015FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. A jury recommended 3rd death sentence for Dontae Morris
USA - Florida. A jury recommended 3rd death sentence for Dontae Morris
- JULY 29, 2015North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - North Carolina. The House passed House Bill 774 aimed at resuming executions
USA - North Carolina. The House passed House Bill 774 aimed at resuming executions
- JULY 29, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: EIGHT MORE MURDER CONVICTS HANGED
Eight more death row convicts were hanged in different jails of Punjab, including father and son.
- JULY 29, 2015CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. The capital sentence of Paul Gordon Smith Jr. has been converted to life without parole
USA - California. The capital sentence of Paul Gordon Smith Jr. has been converted to life without parole
- JULY 28, 2015SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
the Army of the Interim Jubaland Administration executed two members of Al-Shabaab after they were
the Army of the Interim Jubaland Administration executed two members of Al-Shabaab after they were
JULY 28, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: PARDON BY VICTIM'S DAD SAVES KILLER
A Saudi man on the death row for killing his relative was saved after the victim's father pardoned him just days before his execution.
JULY 28, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: THREE MURDER CONVICTS HANGED
Three murder convicts were hanged in Pakistan between July 27 and 28 as executions resumed following a one-month break during the holy month of Ramazan that ended last week.
- JULY 28, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: SECOND EXECUTION AFTER RAMADAN PAUSE
Saudi Arabia beheaded one of its citizens for drug trafficking, in the second execution after a pause for