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JANUARY 18, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: EXECUTED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
Iran has hanged a drug smuggler in the southern city of Zarand in Kerman province
- JANUARY 18, 2011TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. U.S. Supreme Court lifts stay of Cleve Foster's execution.
USA - Texas. U.S. Supreme Court lifts stay of Cleve Foster's execution.
JANUARY 18, 2011PhilippinesDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: MAN’S DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD
Judge Mahmud, Yunus and Hj Ma’ah of the Court of Appeal in Kota
- JANUARY 17, 2011MontanaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Montana. Bill introduced to repeal Montana's death penalty
USA - Montana. Bill introduced to repeal Montana's death penalty
- JANUARY 17, 2011BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN AWARDED DEATH PENALTY IN SATKHIRA
in Satkhira, Pakistan, Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge SM Rezanur Rahman sentenced Ruhul Amin, 30, of Telkara village in Kolaroa upazila, to death for killing his wife Zannatul Ferdous, 23, on May 9, 2007, after torturing her for d
- JANUARY 17, 2011IraqDEATH PENALTY
PROTEST HELD IN IRAQ'S ARBIL AGAINST EXECUTION OF IRANIAN KURDISH ACTIVIST
over "2,000" people have staged a demonstration outside the Iranian consulate in Arbil, Iraq, in protest against the execution of a Kurdish activist Hoseyn Khezri in Iranian Orumiyah prison on 15 January.
- JANUARY 17, 2011YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN CONVICTS AL-QAIDA AGENT IN FRENCHMAN'S DEATH
a Yemeni security court sentenced suspected al-Qaida agent Hisham Assem to death for the killing of a French oil worker on October 6, 2010, on an oil firm compound.
- JANUARY 17, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HC RESERVES ORDER ON KASAB’S APPEAL AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE
the Bombay high court reserved its order on the appeal filed by Pakistani Ajmal Amir Kasab against the death sentence awarded to him for his role in the terror attacks.
JANUARY 17, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: NO CHANGE IN ASHTIANI CASE, SAYS JUDICIARY
The Iranian judiciary said there have been no changes in the case of Sakineh Mohammadi
JANUARY 17, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: ILLICIT ORGAN TRADE CONTINUES UNABATED
Illegal organ harvesting has become worse under reforms put in place by
- JANUARY 17, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN SUSPENDS SENTENCE TO HANG WOMAN IN STONING CASE
Iran has suspended a sentence to hang a woman at the center of a global outcry about
- JANUARY 16, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
RIGHTS GROUP DECRIES 'EXECUTION BINGE' IN IRAN
Iranian authorities unleashed an "execution binge" with an average rate of one person hanged every eight hours since the beginning of 2011...
JANUARY 16, 2011EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPTIAN HANDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR COPT KILLINGS
A Muslim man was condemned to death in south Egypt for the January 2010 slaying
- JANUARY 15, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - federal. Judge Ginger Berrigan has overturned the death sentence of Paul Hardy
USA - federal. Judge Ginger Berrigan has overturned the death sentence of Paul Hardy
- JANUARY 15, 2011SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE: NEW HOPE FOR SENTENCED MALAYSIAN
Malaysian national Vui Kong, sentenced to death in Singapore in December 2009 for trafficking 47.27 grams of heroin, won a reprieve when the Court of Appeal reserved judgment.
- JANUARY 15, 2011MauritiusDEATH PENALTY
the head of the Government of Mauritius wants to reintroduce the death penalty in cases of murder...
the head of the Government of Mauritius wants to reintroduce the death penalty in cases of murder...
JANUARY 15, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: KURDISH POLITICAL PRISONER EXECUTED
one Kurdish political prisoner was executed in the prison of Oroumieh, in Iran.
JANUARY 15, 2011SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: THREE SOLDIERS EXECUTED IN MOGADISHU
a military court in Somalia executed three soldiers of transitional federal government on Saturday
JANUARY 15, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA: DEATH SENTENCE OVERTURNED
US District Judge Ginger Berrigan has overturned the death sentence of Paul
- JANUARY 14, 2011PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Pennsylvania. Gov. Ed Rendell: Death Penalty Is Broken
USA - Pennsylvania. Gov. Ed Rendell: Death Penalty Is Broken
- JANUARY 14, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR GUNMAN, ARMY DESERTER
in southwest China, Sichuan Provincial Higher People's Court upheld the death sentence of army deserter Wu Yong for killing a fellow serviceman in Yibin City of Sichuan in September 2003, for armed robbery and for killing Luo Zhongyong, 12, in 2002.
- JANUARY 14, 2011Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: PRO DEATH PENALTY LEGISLATION TABLED IN T&T
the government in Trinidad & Tobago tabled legislation to remove obstacles to the death penalty.
- JANUARY 14, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: SHC ACQUITS MAN IN SECTARIAN KILLING CASE
the Sindh High Court in Pakistan, headed by Justice Gulzar Ahmed, set aside the death sentence of Mohammad Talha because the prosecution failed to prove the charges.
- JANUARY 14, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
DETENTION BY CHINA OF 831 TIBETAN POLITICAL PRISONERS
in its last report, the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD), based in Dharamsala, said that on December 30, 2010, there were 831 Tibetan political prisoners. 360 of these were sentenced by courts and 12 were sentenced to jail.
JANUARY 14, 2011JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: NEW MINISTER OPPOSES DEATH PENALTY
Japan has appointed a new justice minister who opposes the death penalty, raising hopes
- JANUARY 13, 2011AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Leroy White, 52, black, was executed
USA - Alabama. Leroy White, 52, black, was executed
- JANUARY 13, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: FIVE MEN HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran has hanged five men convicted of drug trafficking, the state broadcaster
JANUARY 13, 2011DEATH PENALTYALABAMA (USA): INMATE EXECUTED AFTER TEMPORARY HALT
a convicted murderer was executed in Alabama after the US Supreme Court
- JANUARY 12, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MAN HANGED FOR RAPE
one man was hanged in Tehran’s Evin prison early this morning.
- JANUARY 12, 2011SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: A COURT IN PUNTLAND SENTENCES POLICE OFFICER TO DEATH
at military court in Somalia's semi-autonomous province of Puntland, judge Dhame Abdikarim Hassan sentenced Puntland police officer Bashir Mohammed Farah to death for murder during Putland's war against terrorist militias in the mountainous Galagala area