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- FEBRUARY 11, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Yemeni drug trafficker in the southwestern city of Jizan. Nayef
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Yemeni drug trafficker in the southwestern city of Jizan. Nayef
FEBRUARY 11, 2015AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: SOLDIER HANGED TO DEATH BY TALIBAN INSURGENTS IN NANGARHAR
the Taliban militants executed an Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan.
FEBRUARY 11, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: COURT ORDERS RETRIAL OF 33 SENTENCED BROTHERHOOD MEMBERS
Egypt's Court of Cassation ordered the retrial of 33 supporters of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood who were sentenced to death in a mass trial that included the Brotherhood's General Guide Mohamed Badie.
- FEBRUARY 11, 2015MissouriDEATH PENALTY
USA - Missouri. Walter Storey, 47, White, was executed.
USA - Missouri. Walter Storey, 47, White, was executed.
FEBRUARY 11, 2015PhilippinesDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: BLOOD MONEY PAID FOR FILIPINO ON DEATH ROW
A member of the Saudi royal family ordered the government to pay ‘diya’ (blood money) on behalf of a Filipino who is serving jail for killing a compatriot after he converted to Islam and persuaded 14 other Pinoys to embrace the religion, according to a me
- FEBRUARY 11, 2015South DakotaDEATH PENALTY
USA - South Dakota. Senate Committee has voted down a bill that would have repealed the death penalty
USA - South Dakota. Senate Committee has voted down a bill that would have repealed the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 11, 2015South DakotaDEATH PENALTY
USA - South Dakota. Proposal Allowing Objection To Death Penalty Defeated
USA - South Dakota. Proposal Allowing Objection To Death Penalty Defeated
- FEBRUARY 11, 2015SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: A 17-YEAR-OLD MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SOMALILAND
A 17-year-old boy was sentenced to death by firing squad for the murder of his mother in law.
FEBRUARY 11, 2015DEATH PENALTYMISSOURI (USA): WALTER STOREY EXECUTED
Walter Storey, 47, White, was executed in Missouri.
- FEBRUARY 10, 2015VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Virginia. The Senate passed 23-14 a secrecy bill
USA - Virginia. The Senate passed 23-14 a secrecy bill
- FEBRUARY 10, 2015FijiDEATH PENALTY
Fiji joined the ranks of countries to abolish the death penalty for all crimes.
Fiji joined the ranks of countries to abolish the death penalty for all crimes.
FEBRUARY 10, 2015MalawiDEATH PENALTYMALAWI: COURTS BEGIN RE-SENTENCING OF DEATH-ROW PRISONERS
Re-sentencing for some 170 death row inmates begins this Wednesday (February 11) as part of adherence
- FEBRUARY 10, 2015OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. Committee advanced legislation that would allow nitrogen for executions
USA - Oklahoma. Committee advanced legislation that would allow nitrogen for executions
- FEBRUARY 10, 2015OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. House Committee advanced bill to use nitrogen for executions
USA - Oklahoma. House Committee advanced bill to use nitrogen for executions
FEBRUARY 10, 2015SyriaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SYRIAN EXECUTED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
- FEBRUARY 9, 2015SyriaDEATH PENALTY
SYRIA: ISLAMIC STATE GROUP BEHEADS MAN FOR WITCHCRAFT
- FEBRUARY 9, 2015WyomingDEATH PENALTY
USA - Wyoming. Execution By Firing Squad Goes To The House Floor
USA - Wyoming. Execution By Firing Squad Goes To The House Floor
FEBRUARY 9, 2015ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: MINING TYCOON LIU HAN EXECUTED
A Chinese mining billionaire said to have links with disgraced former security tsar Zhou Yongkang and who
FEBRUARY 9, 2015TunisiaDEATH PENALTYTUNISIA: FIVE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING 11-YEAR-OLD
A Tunisian court sentenced five people to death for the murder of an 11-year-old in the northern city of
- FEBRUARY 9, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - A new Rasmussen poll found that 57% of American adults support the death penalty
USA - A new Rasmussen poll found that 57% of American adults support the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 9, 2015VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Virginia. The Senate Courts of Justice Committee advanced a secrecy bill
USA - Virginia. The Senate Courts of Justice Committee advanced a secrecy bill
FEBRUARY 9, 2015FijiDEATH PENALTYFIJI: MPS TO VOTE ON REMOVAL OF DEATH PENALTY FROM THE MILITARY ACT
FEBRUARY 8, 2015BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 5 TO WALK GALLOWS FOR KILLING JU STUDENT ZUBAIR
A Dhaka court condemned five persons to death and five others to life term imprisonment for killing
FEBRUARY 8, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH ON AL-QAEDA ESPIONAGE CHARGES
Cairo criminal court has reached a final verdict of the death penalty for three and punished a fourth
FEBRUARY 6, 2015LebanonDEATH PENALTYLEBANON: 23 SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER 2007 FATAH AL-ISLAM BATTLE
- FEBRUARY 6, 2015CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Judge Gregg L. Pickett sentenced Richard Raymond Ramirez to death
USA - California. Judge Gregg L. Pickett sentenced Richard Raymond Ramirez to death
- FEBRUARY 5, 2015ItalyDEATH PENALTY
CROWD-FUNDING CAMPAIGN
the "Nonviolent Radical Party, Transnational and Transparty", "Hands Off Cain" and "No Peace Without Justice" have launched a crowd-funding campaign to convene the Second International Conference on the issue “Rule of Law vs Reason of State” to be held at
- FEBRUARY 5, 2015JordanDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: EIGHT MEN BEHEADED IN THREE DIFFERENT CITIES
- FEBRUARY 5, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: PAKISTANI BEHEADED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Abdelghani Mohammed Akbar, from Pakistan, was beheaded in the Riyadh region after being convicted of
FEBRUARY 5, 2015SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: SOMALILAND TO EXECUTE DEATH PENALTY CASES
Somaliland government declared that it will soon execute all the legal verdicts on death penalty, which were issued by country's courts.