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- AUGUST 1, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE POLICE EXECUTES TWO OVER VIOLENCE: GOVERNMENT
police in China’s restive Xinjiang region executed two people allegedly involved in deadly violence over the weekend, local authorities said.
- AUGUST 1, 2011Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: DEATH SENTENCE ON PREGNANT WOMAN ON HOLD
Judge Padman Surasena of the Colombo High Court in Sri Lanka suspended a death sentence about to be handed to Pichchi Iresha Kumudini, 35, for possessing 142.04 grams of heroin after she informed Courts that she was pregnant.
- AUGUST 1, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: ACID VICTIM SPARES ATTACKER FROM SAME FATE
Iranian woman Ameneh Bahrami, who was blinded and disfigured by Majid Movahedi who threw acid into her face in 2004, pardonned him at the last minute.
- AUGUST 1, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN SENTENCED FOUR TO DEATH FOR RAPE
a court in Khomeini Shahr, in Iran's Isfahan province, sentenced four men to death for gang rape, ISNA reported. In late May, 14 men allegedly crashed a party in the city of Khomeini Shahr, locked all the men in a room, and raped the women attending the p
- JULY 31, 2011Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL TO T&T GOVT: STOP THE HANGINGS
the death penalty, discrimination against lesbians and gays, excessive use of force by police officers and backlogs in the courts were human rights concerns listed in report on Trinidad & Tobago submitted by Amnesty International to the United Nations Uni
- JULY 30, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN FOR CHILD MURDER: REPORT
Iran hanged a man, identified by the initials HS, for murdering an eight-year-old boy in Qom who was on his way from home to a nearby grocery shop, the Fars news agency reported. He was hanged in a prison in Qom in the presence of the victim's family.
- JULY 30, 2011GambiaDEATH PENALTY
GAMBIAN COURT CONDEMNS MAN TO DEATH FOR MURDER, TREASON
Justice Emmanuel Amadi of the Gambian High Court in Banjul sentenced Abdoulie Sonko to death and life imprisonment for murder and treason, PANA confirmed.
- JULY 30, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH FOR THREE IN BUSINESSMAN MURDER CASE
at a fast track court in Narsinghpur, India, additional sessions judge S K Pandey sentenced Rahul Razak, 22, Satish Parochi, 26, and Ashok Vishwakarma, 35, to death for into murdering Pankaj Thakur, 23, at Bhedaghat on May 5, 2009.
- JULY 30, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN 19 FOR RAPE
a 19-year-old unidentified man convicted of raping a 16-year-old boy was hanged in Iran's northeastern city of Mashhad, the Khorasan newspaper reported. He was executed in the city’s central prison, the report added.
- JULY 30, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: THREE MEN EXECUTED IN TAIF
in Saudi Arabia, brothers Muhammad and Saud Al-Joaed were beheaded in Taif in the Mecca Province for murdering Hilal Al-Harithy with a gun in a dispute, the Interior Ministry said in a statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency.
- JULY 30, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN ON DRUG-SMUGGLING CHARGES
a man, identified only by the initials H.D., was hanged in the southern Iranian town of Minab on charges of drug smuggling. The report in the "Kayhan" newspaper did not say whether the execution was carried out in public.
- JULY 30, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: QASAB APPEALS AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE
Pakistani national Mohammad Ajmal Amir Qasab, 23, appealed his death sentence to the Indian Supreme Court for the November 26, 2008, terror attacks in Mumbai.
- JULY 30, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SHUKLA MURDER CASE: ACCUSED GETS DEATH
Bhavan Sodha was sentenced to death by B A Gadhavi of the Jamnagar sessions court in India for killing teacher Ranjan Shukla and her two children, Devdutt and Komal, on July 13, 2000.
- JULY 30, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: TWO COPS GET DEATH SENTENCE
policemen Kpl Ailias Yahya and Kons Saiful Azlan Shah Abdullah were sentenced to death in Malaysia by Justice Dr Badariah Sahamid for murdering Indonesian mechanic Yusrizal Yusuf, 38, in Gombak on January 13, 2006.
- JULY 29, 2011LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Louisiana. Judge June Darensburg sentenced Isaiah Doyle, 28, black, to death
USA - Louisiana. Judge June Darensburg sentenced Isaiah Doyle, 28, black, to death
- JULY 29, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN GETS DEATH FOR KILLING KIDS
in Markapuram in India's Prakasam district, Sixth additional district sessions judge P Prabhakar sentenced Bandi Venkateswarlu to death and ten years imprisonment for killing the two children of his elder brother.
- JULY 29, 2011DelawareDEATH PENALTY
USA - Delaware. Robert Jackson III, 38, white, was executed. It was Delaware’s 1st execution since 2005, and the first with Pentobarbital
USA - Delaware. Robert Jackson III, 38, white, was executed. It was Delaware’s 1st execution since 2005, and the first with Pentobarbital
JULY 29, 2011JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: JUSTICE MINISTER MAY HALT EXECUTIONS
Japanese Justice Minister Satsuki Eda indicated his intention not to authorize the execution of death row
- JULY 29, 2011South DakotaDEATH PENALTY
USA - South Dakota. A jury unanimously sentenced to death Briley Piper, 31, white
USA - South Dakota. A jury unanimously sentenced to death Briley Piper, 31, white
JULY 29, 2011DEATH PENALTYPRESENTATION OF HANDS OFF CAIN'S 2011 REPORT ‘THE DEATH PENALTY WORLDWIDE’
Hands Off Cain is an international association that, together with the Radical Party, is conducting a campaign for a moratorium on capital punishment. It is with pleasure that we invite you to the presentation of our 2011 Report “The Death Penalty Worldwi
- JULY 28, 2011JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
JAMAICA: PM: GRUESOME MURDERS WARRANT DEATH PENALTY
Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding suggested that the perpetrators of gruesome killings, like beheadings, should face the death penalty.
- JULY 28, 2011TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCE FOR 23-YEAR-OLD CASE
the Taiwanese Supreme Court confirmed the 23 year old death sentence of Chiou Ho-shun.
- JULY 28, 2011SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE: MP APPEALS FOR FAIR TRIAL FOR VUI KEONG
Malaysian Member of parliament Datuk Chua Soon Bui submitted a memorandum of appeal on Yong Vui Kong to Datuk Husein Hanif, Malaysia's Ambassador to the United Nations.
- JULY 28, 2011BelizeDEATH PENALTY
the Government of Belize has announced the withdrawal
the Government of Belize has announced the withdrawal
- JULY 27, 2011GhanaDEATH PENALTY
GHANA: WOMAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR BUTCHERING RIVAL
the Bolgatanga High Court in Ghana, presided over by Justice Kumah, sentenced two people to death for murder. Lamisi Zong, a 32-year-old housewife of Datuko in the Talensi Nabdam District allegedly butchered her rival Teni Zong, 36, with a cutlass on May
- JULY 27, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: PAINTER GETS DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
painter Ivan Lau, 44, was sentenced to death by the Malaysian High Court for trafficking in 1.6kg of ketamine at the Larkin Perdana condominium on December 16, 2008. He later led police to his apartment where 16.3kg of ketamine was found.
- JULY 27, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: SHARJAH COURT PARDONS 17 MEN ON DEATH ROW
the 17 Indian men on death row in the United Arab Emirates for murdering a Pakistani man were pardoned by a Sharjah court after the victim's family agreed to accept Dh3.4 million in blood money.
- JULY 27, 2011BelarusDEATH PENALTY
UN COMMITTEE SAYS EXECUTIONS IN BELARUS VIOLATE INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS
the United Nations Human Rights Committee accused Belarus of violating
JULY 27, 2011SingaporeDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: SINGAPOREAN GETS DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
a 58-year-old Singaporean man was sentenced to death by the High Court in Malaysia for drug
- JULY 26, 2011BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: HC ACQUITS 3, COMMUTES 7 DEATH SENTENCES
justices Mohammad Fazlur Raham and Bhabani Prasad Singha of the Bangladeshi High Court acquitted three for murdering ward commissioner Saidur Rahman Newton in Dhanmondi area on May 10, 2002.