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- JANUARY 29, 2011Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
TRINIDAD PARLIAMENT TO DEBATE DEATH PENALTY LEGISLATION
the Trinidad and Tobago parliament will begin debating an amendment to the constitution on February 18 as the government seeks to implement the death penalty.
- JANUARY 29, 2011MauritiusDEATH PENALTY
the Mauritian Prime Minister, Navin Ramgoolam...
the Mauritian Prime Minister, Navin Ramgoolam...
JANUARY 29, 2011NetherlandsDEATH PENALTYIRAN HANGS IRANIAN-DUTCH WOMAN FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
an Iranian-Dutch woman, Zahra Bahrami, arrested after taking part in anti-government
- JANUARY 28, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - The New York Times Opinion: On Lethal Injection, F.D.A. and Supreme Court are wrong
USA - The New York Times Opinion: On Lethal Injection, F.D.A. and Supreme Court are wrong
JANUARY 28, 2011SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB EXECUTES SOMALI MAN ACCUSED OF SPYING FOR FBI
Al-Shabaab militants executed a Somali man in the center of Mogadishu, charging him
JANUARY 28, 2011KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH AGAINST MAN FOR KILLING HIS FRIEND OVER WEALTH
the Kuwaiti Court of Appeals presided by Judge Salem Al-Khudair recently
JANUARY 28, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 11 MORE HANGINGS
Eleven people have been executed recently in Iran, according to the official Iranian news sources.
- JANUARY 27, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
Ten people were executed in Iran, according to the official Iranian news sources.
Ten people were executed in Iran, according to the official Iranian news sources.
- JANUARY 27, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
Farhad Tarom, a kurdish political prisoner, was executed in the Oroumiyeh Central
Farhad Tarom, a kurdish political prisoner, was executed in the Oroumiyeh Central
- JANUARY 27, 2011KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: MAN WHO STABBED HIS FILIPINA WIFE 31 TIMES GETS DEATH SENTENCE
Egyptian national Attalla Mohammad was sentenced to death in Kuwait for killing his Filipina wife Norhaisa Nasa Andao by stabbing her 31 times in a beauty saloon after their relationship soured.
- JANUARY 27, 2011JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN: DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED
a Jordanian court commuted the death sentence of Akram for fatally stabbing his cousin to 10 years imprisonment.
- JANUARY 27, 2011BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: ONE TO WALK GALLOWS FOR KILLING WIFE IN GOPALGANJ
in Gopalganj, Bangladesh, Tuhin Kazi of Manikhar village was sentenced to death by Judge Golam Morshed of the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal for killing his wife Mina Sultana for dowry on August 10, 2007.
- JANUARY 27, 2011UtahDEATH PENALTY
USA - Utah. Bill SB202 that shortens death penalty appeals was unanimously passed from the House Judiciary Standing Committee
USA - Utah. Bill SB202 that shortens death penalty appeals was unanimously passed from the House Judiciary Standing Committee
- JANUARY 27, 2011Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER ACCUSED
in Sri Lanka, Matara High Court Judge Sisira Kumara Ratnayake sentenced Hekarella Gamachchige Kumarasiri, alias Ruppekumara, to death for murdering Jayalath Gunasekarage Piyasiri of Alakoladeniya with a knife on January 1, 2008.
JANUARY 27, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: THREE TO HANG FOR GANJA TRAFFICKING
three people including a couple were sentenced to death by hanging by the high
JANUARY 27, 2011ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: 5 TO HANG FOR MURDER
judge Munyinda Wanki of the Lusaka High Court in Zambia sentenced five people to death for murder, in two different cases.
- JANUARY 26, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: FORMER COURT CHIEF SENTENCED ON GRAFT CHARGES
Zhang Tao, 48, former vice president of the Superior People's Court of Chongqing Municipality in southwest China...
- JANUARY 26, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: COURT ORDERS EXECUTION
the Ras Al Khaimah Criminal Court in the United Arab Emirates sentenced an Asian
- JANUARY 26, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
One man was hanged in the southwestern Iranian town of Ahvaz convicted of apostasy, reported
One man was hanged in the southwestern Iranian town of Ahvaz convicted of apostasy, reported
- JANUARY 26, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TRIPLE MURDER ACCUSED AWARDED DEATH
the Anti-Terrorism Court in Sargodha, Pakistan, sentenced Fateh Sher to death and 17 years imprisonment for killing his sister Safia Bibi, her daughter Shaheen Kausar and her son Wali due to a marriage dispute on May 18, 2008.
- JANUARY 26, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE AWARDED TO TWO
in Faisalabad, Pakistan, Anti Terrorism Court-II Judge Chaudhary Muneer Ahmad sentenced Basharat Shah and Muneer Ahmad to death and fined them Rs 300,000 each ordered them to pay Rs 600,000 compensation. They allegedly shot dead Hajji Muhammad Asghar and
- JANUARY 26, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GIVEN DEATH IN MURDER CASE
inside the judicial complex of Karachi central prison in Pakistan, Additional district and sessions judge (south) Sagheer Ahmed Sheikh sentenced Aslam Jogi to death for killing Junaid-ur-Rahman under Kalakot police station on October 5, 2003. The court al
- JANUARY 26, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: LHC UPHOLD DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
a Rawalpindi Division Bench of the Lahore High Court in Pakistan, comprising Justice Rauf Sheikh and Rashid Sheikh upheld the death sentence of Dhok Charagh Din resident Zeshan, alias Shani, for murdering Walid, 10, for ransom under the Sadiqabad police s
- JANUARY 26, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Drug maker opposes use of its sedative for executions
USA - Drug maker opposes use of its sedative for executions
- JANUARY 25, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: VIOLATING SC ORDER, STATES KEEP DEATH ROW PRISONERS ISOLATED
in violation of Supreme Court directions, 28 persons are being kept in solitary confinement in various jails in India. Information under Right to Information (RTI) Act obtained by Navkiran Singh, a lawyer practicing in Punjab and Haryana High Court, revea
- JANUARY 25, 2011NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: REPS SET TO ADOPT DEATH PENALTY FOR TERRORISM
the Nigerian House of Representatives is set to pass into law the anti-terrorism bill that recommends death penalty for terrorism.
- JANUARY 25, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH FOR MURDER
an Anti Terrorism Court in Bahawalpur, Pakistan, sentenced Zafar Hussain to death for killing his two wives Rukhsana and Jameela and four children in Khanpur tehsil of Rahimyar Khan district in 2009 over a domestic dispute.
- JANUARY 25, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SUPREME COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE IN SURAT
a three judge bench of the Indian Supreme Court commuted the death sentence of Ramesh Chandubhai Rathod to life imprisonment.
- JANUARY 25, 2011OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Ohio to replace sodium thiopental with pentobarbital
USA - Ohio. Ohio to replace sodium thiopental with pentobarbital
- JANUARY 25, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - UK firm 'has sold enough drugs to execute 90 inmates'.
USA - UK firm 'has sold enough drugs to execute 90 inmates'.