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- FEBRUARY 3, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - FDA sued over drug used in executions
USA - FDA sued over drug used in executions
- FEBRUARY 2, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH UNDER BLASPHEMY LAW IN PAKISTAN
Muhammad Rafiq was sentenced to death by Additional District and Sessions Judge Malik Riaz Ahmed in Bahawalpur city, Pakistan, for committing blasphemy.
- FEBRUARY 2, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRANIAN OPPOSITION LEADERS SPEAK OUT AGAINST SURGE IN EXECUTIONS
Iranian opposition leaders condemned the growing number of executions in Iran. Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi expressed grave alarm over the "rushed execution of death penalties in the country without adherence to appropriate and legal procedures.
- FEBRUARY 2, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: MAID SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING EMPLOYER
a Saudi Arabian court sentenced an unnamed Asian housemaid to death for murdering her 80 year old employer with a hammer. She then packed all jewellery and other expensive items and fled the house in the central town of Taif.
- FEBRUARY 2, 2011VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Virginia. Senate panel rejects a bill to expand the death penalty.
USA - Virginia. Senate panel rejects a bill to expand the death penalty.
FEBRUARY 2, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: FOUR AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE IN MURDER CASE
in Pakistan, Rawalpindi Anti Terrorist Court Judge Mohammad Akram Awan sentenced Barkat
- FEBRUARY 2, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BLASPHEMY
a man named Rafiq was sentenced to death by an additional session judge in Pakistan
FEBRUARY 2, 2011TunisiaDEATH PENALTYTUNISIA: PRISON VISIT ENDS 20-YEAR BAN
Tunisia's interim government allowed Human Rights Watch to visited two prisons
FEBRUARY 2, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN EXECUTIONS THREE TIMES LAST YEAR'S RATE –U.N.
Iran has witnessed a dramatic increase in executions so far in 2011, United Nations
- FEBRUARY 1, 2011UtahDEATH PENALTY
USA - Utah. House Bill 202 (lesser appeals) was passed by the House
USA - Utah. House Bill 202 (lesser appeals) was passed by the House
- FEBRUARY 1, 2011KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
USA - Kentucky. Judge Karen Conrad threw out the death sentence of Miguel "Mickey" Soto, 39, hispanic.
USA - Kentucky. Judge Karen Conrad threw out the death sentence of Miguel "Mickey" Soto, 39, hispanic.
- FEBRUARY 1, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR RAPE AND MURDER OF A WIDOW
a bench of Justices Altamas Kabir and A K Pathak of the Indian Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of B A Umesh for raping and murdering of a widow in Bangalore in 1999.
- FEBRUARY 1, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI SAVED FROM GALLOWS FOR KING’S RECOVERY
in Saudi Arabia's southern Jazan province...
- FEBRUARY 1, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: BLOOD MONEY PAID IN SHARJAH COURT
eight Indians and two Pakistanis facing the death sentence in a murder case in the United Arab Emirates got a major reprieve as a Sharjah Sharia Court authorised the payment of blood money.
FEBRUARY 1, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: IRANIAN GETS DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Malaysian High Court Justice Abdul Rahim Uda sentenced iranian taxi driver Alihosseinzadeh
FEBRUARY 1, 2011TunisiaDEATH PENALTYTUNISIA: TOWARDS RATIFYING INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS
the Tunisian government announced the ratification of the most important international conventions
- JANUARY 31, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER ILLEGAL DEMOLITION IN NORTH CHINA
Gao Haidong was sentenced to death by the Taiyuan City Intermediate People's Court in north China's Shanxi Province for murdering villager Meng during an illegal demolition on October 30, 2010.
- JANUARY 31, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
the No. 1 Intermediate People's Court of Chongqing...
- JANUARY 31, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE AWARDED FOR MURDER
in Faisalabad, Pakistan, Additional Sessions Judge Raja Ghazanfar Ali Khan sentenced Mushtaq, alias Billa, of Chak No.157-RB, to death for shooting dead Mehmood Aalam of the same locality over litigation some time ago.
- JANUARY 31, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
EU CONDEMNS IRAN'S HANGING OF DUTCH-IRANIAN WOMAN
the European Union's foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton condemned Iran's hanging of Dutch-Iranian citizen Sahra Bahrami, 46, for cocaine smuggling.
JANUARY 31, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN CONVICTED OF SPYING FOR ISRAEL SENTENCED TO DEATH
the spokesman for the Iranian judicial branch announced that a person convicted of
JANUARY 31, 2011TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: MA APOLOGISES TO THE PUBLIC OVER WRONGFUL EXECUTION
Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou and the Ministry of National Defense (MND) formally
- JANUARY 30, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE PROVINCIAL LEGISLATOR GETS SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR CORRUPTION
Song Yong, 56, a former senior legislator in northeast China's Liaoning Province was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for taking bribes totalling 10.2 million yuan during 2000 to 2009 by the Second Intermediate People's Court of Beijing.
- JANUARY 30, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
Prosecutor general Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi told the Islamic republic's official IRNA news
Prosecutor general Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi told the Islamic republic's official IRNA news
- JANUARY 30, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
one person was hanged in Tehran for drug trafficking, Iran’s prosecutor general,
one person was hanged in Tehran for drug trafficking, Iran’s prosecutor general,
- JANUARY 30, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ACCUSED GETS 69-TIME DEATH SENTENCE
in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Anti-Terrorist Court No-II Judge Raja Ikhlaq Hussain sentenced Hameedullah Khan to death 69 times, life imprisonment as well, and fined him Rs21.8 million for two suicide bomb blasts at the outer gates of the Pakistan Ordnance Fac
- JANUARY 30, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: ONE PERSON EXECUTED, PAIR CONDEMNED TO DEATH
one person was hanged in Tehran for drug trafficking, Iran’s prosecutor general
- JANUARY 29, 2011AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
ALGERIA: SIX DEATH SENTENCES IN BORDJ BOUARRERIDJ
the Constantine criminal court in Algeria sentenced six men to death for the June 17, 2009...
- JANUARY 29, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: TAMIL NADU BUS BURNING: SC STAYS DEATH FOR 3
a bench of the Indian Supreme Court comprising Justices Reddy and Nijjar stayed the execution of AIADMK activists Nedu aka Nedunchezian, Madhu aka Ravichandran and C Muniappan.
- JANUARY 29, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MAN SENT TO THE GALLOWS FOR MURDER
in Malaysia, Yii Ming Tung was sentenced to death by Justice Yew Jen Kie for killing fireman Alexander Ganok by stabbing him on May 8, 2009. He died on May 13.