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MAY 17, 2011EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES FOUR TO BE HANGED
An Egyptian military court sentenced a 17-year-old and three other men to be hanged
- MAY 17, 2011MississippiDEATH PENALTY
USA - Mississippi. Rodney Gray, 39, white, was executed.
USA - Mississippi. Rodney Gray, 39, white, was executed.
- MAY 17, 2011OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Daniel Lee Bedford, 63, white, was executed. The prison staff appeared to have trouble getting the IV into his arm.
USA - Ohio. Daniel Lee Bedford, 63, white, was executed. The prison staff appeared to have trouble getting the IV into his arm.
- MAY 17, 2011PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Pennsylvania. A jury sentenced Michael Eric Ballard, 37, white, to 4 death sentences
USA - Pennsylvania. A jury sentenced Michael Eric Ballard, 37, white, to 4 death sentences
- MAY 17, 2011IdahoDEATH PENALTY
USA - Idaho. The Court of Appeals has reinstated the death penalty for Richard Leavitt, 52.
USA - Idaho. The Court of Appeals has reinstated the death penalty for Richard Leavitt, 52.
MAY 17, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA EXECUTES CONVICTED KILLER AFTER RAISING SENTENCE
China executed a convicted murderer after raising his suspended death sentence
MAY 17, 2011DEATH PENALTYOHIO (USA): MAN EXECUTED FOR 1984 MURDERS
An Ohio man was executed in the morning after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear his appeal, officials said.
MAY 17, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE MEN EXECUTED
three men have been hanged in Iran, Iran Human Rights reported.
- MAY 16, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: DEATH FOR MAN FOR KILLING GRANDMOTHER
Ridzuan Taib, 21, from Jitra, was sentenced to death by Judge Datuk Azman Husin of the Malaysian High Court for murdering his grandmother Basah Ahmad, 75, at a house in Taman Berlian in Jitra, on May 11, 2008, when he was 18 years old.
- MAY 16, 2011EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: MOHAMED AL-ZAWAHIRI APPEALS DEATH SENTENCE
Abdel Aziz al-Gamal and Mohamed al-Zawahiri appealed their death sentences in an Egyptian military court. Mohamed al-Zawahiri was sentenced to death for terrorist activities.
- MAY 16, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
furniture worker Yap Boon Thai, 38, from Bukit Mertajam, Penang, was sentenced to death by Justice Datuk Zamani Abdul Rahim of the Malaysian High Court in Alor Setar for murdering Indonesian woman Ismiyanti, in her 30s, at Sungai Petani on June 7, 2005.
MAY 16, 2011GhanaDEATH PENALTYGHANA: 123 PEOPLE ON DEATH ROW
the 2011 State of the World's Human Rights Report, which was launched by Amnesty
- MAY 16, 2011ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. A jury sentenced Stephen Douglas Reeves, 57, white, to death
USA - Arizona. A jury sentenced Stephen Douglas Reeves, 57, white, to death
- MAY 16, 2011LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Louisiana. A jury recommended the death sentence for Jeffrey Clark, 50, white
USA - Louisiana. A jury recommended the death sentence for Jeffrey Clark, 50, white
MAY 16, 2011Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTYMYANMAR: PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES AMNESTY FOR DEATH ROW PRISONERS
Myanmar's new president announced an amnesty for prisoners, commuting the sentences
MAY 16, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 11 HANGINGS FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING, RAPE
11 people have been hanged recently in Iran. On May 14, one man found guilty of drug smuggling was hanged in a prison in the northern town of Tonekabon, the Kayhan newspaper reported.
- MAY 15, 2011BahrainDEATH PENALTY
APPEAL HEARING DELAYED IN BAHRAIN
a Bahraini court temporarily delayed an appeals hearing for Ali Abdullah Hassan Al Singees, Qassim Hassan Mattar Ahmad, Saeed Abdul Jalil Saeed and Abdul Aziz Abdul Rida Ebrahim Hussain.
- MAY 14, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
Four men were hanged in the central Iranian city of Yazd early in the morning, reported
Four men were hanged in the central Iranian city of Yazd early in the morning, reported
- MAY 14, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
One man found guilty of drug smuggling was hanged in a prison in the northern town of Tonekabon
One man found guilty of drug smuggling was hanged in a prison in the northern town of Tonekabon
- MAY 14, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
Two people were hanged in the city of Ghazvin, west for Tehran.
Two people were hanged in the city of Ghazvin, west for Tehran.
- MAY 14, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH 7 TIMES
in Sargodha, Pakistan, Special Anti-Terrorist Court Judge Mian Anwar Nazir sentenced Asad to death seven times, 94 years in jail and fined him Rs1.2 million and Rs 670,000 for having killed six people.
- MAY 13, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC 'ORDERS' GALLOWS FOR COPS IN FAKE ENCOUNTERS
a bench of the Indian Supreme Court comprising Justice Markandey Katju and Justice Gyan Sudha Misra said that police who kill people in the name of a fake 'encounter' fell within the category of "the rarest of rare'' cases.
- MAY 13, 2011SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER RIGHTS SITUATION IN AFRICA
Amnesty International addressed the African commission on human and people’s rights on the state of the situation of human rights in Africa.
- MAY 13, 2011TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN DEFENDS EXECUTIONS OF DEATH-ROW INMATES ACCORDING TO LAW
the abolition of death penalty is Taiwan's ultimate goal and can only be realised after it receives the support of a majority of local people, Vice Minister of Justice Chen Shou-huang said.
- MAY 13, 2011DenmarkDEATH PENALTY
USA - A Danish pension fund has sold its shares in Lundbeck
USA - A Danish pension fund has sold its shares in Lundbeck
- MAY 13, 2011BelizeDEATH PENALTY
the Government of Belize has presented
the Government of Belize has presented
MAY 13, 2011SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: TWO WOMEN HANGED FOR STONING CHILD
federal prison authorities in Sudan executed two young women by hanging for killing
- MAY 13, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - At the Guantanamo Bay detention center, 174 men were still being held
USA - At the Guantanamo Bay detention center, 174 men were still being held
- MAY 13, 2011GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. The Court of Appeals threw out the death sentence impose against Eric Lynn Ferrell.
USA - Georgia. The Court of Appeals threw out the death sentence impose against Eric Lynn Ferrell.
- MAY 13, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. The Parole Board recommended that Shawn Hawkins, 42, black, be spared execution.
USA - Ohio. The Parole Board recommended that Shawn Hawkins, 42, black, be spared execution.