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NOVEMBER 2, 2010Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA: PALESTINIAN 'SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING'
a court in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip has sentenced a man from Beit Lahiya to death by hanging
NOVEMBER 2, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 23 INMATES REPORTEDLY EXECUTED IN OCTOBER
23 prisoners were executed in Mashhad, the capital of Iran's northeastern
NOVEMBER 2, 2010ItalyDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 'HANDS OFF CAIN', EU INTERVENES AGAINST SAKINEH HANGING
'Sakineh's fate depends on how strongly the European Union decides to mobilise itself against the death penalty and the Iranian government, and apply the necessary pressure to stop her from being hung. It would truly be a mockery if Sakineh, after being s
- NOVEMBER 1, 2010LiberiaDEATH PENALTY
during the country’s review under the Universal Periodic Review...
during the country’s review under the Universal Periodic Review...
- NOVEMBER 1, 2010Guinea-BissauDEATH PENALTY
Guinea Bissau ratified the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Guinea Bissau ratified the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
NOVEMBER 1, 2010LebanonDEATH PENALTYLEBANON: 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH
a Lebanese military court sentenced Sami Farhat, Amar al-Halabi and Jawdat el
- NOVEMBER 1, 2010OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. Judge Mark Smith sentenced Ricky Ray Malone, white, to death
USA - Oklahoma. Judge Mark Smith sentenced Ricky Ray Malone, white, to death
- OCTOBER 31, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH SENTENCES FOR ATTEMPTED RAPE OF 16-YEAR-OLD GIRLS IN CENTRAL CHINA
policeman Gong Cheng and car mechanic Lin Yi were sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve...
- OCTOBER 31, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: POLICE CHIEF SENTENCED FOR CAUSING GIRL'S DEATH
traffic police squad head Gong Cheng, 32, the section head of the traffic police squad in Fenghuang county, Hunan, China, and Lin Yi , 40, were both sentenced to death with two-year reprieves by the Intermediate People's Court in Xiangxi Autonomous Prefec
- OCTOBER 31, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR KILLING SCHOOL BOY
in Narsingdi, Bangladesh, Additional District and Sessions Judge AKM Abul Kashem sentenced Mohammad Faruk Mia, 25, of Araihazar upazila of Narayanganj, to death and fined him Tk 50,000.
- OCTOBER 31, 2010NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: COURT SENTENCES POLICE CORPORAL TO DEATH
Justice Ishaq Bello of the Abuja high court sitting in Maitama...
- OCTOBER 31, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN SENTENCES THREE TO DEATH IN SOUTHERN PROVINCE
a Shiraz court in Iran's Fars Province sentenced three unidentified Roushanfekr members to death for "waging war against God", the Human Rights House of Iran (Rahana) website reported.
- OCTOBER 31, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
in Pakistan, First Additional Session Judge of the Hyderabad Districts and Session Court sentenced Jalaluddin and Moinuddin to death for killing Afzal and Musarrat on February 8, 1998, in Latifabad, Hyderabad.
- OCTOBER 31, 2010SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: PUNTLAND EXECUTED TWO ISLAMISTS
a district magistrate in Bossaso town in Puntland, a self-made semi-autonomous state in Somalia...
- OCTOBER 31, 2010North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
the North Korean regime has launched a crackdown on prostitution, the Daily NK reported.
the North Korean regime has launched a crackdown on prostitution, the Daily NK reported.
OCTOBER 31, 2010ItalyDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: AZIZ- FRATTINI READY TO GO TO BAGHDAD WITH PANNELLA
Foreign Minister Franco Frattini is ready to go with Marco Pannella to Baghdad to 'ask the Iraqi authorities to intervene and prevent the death penalty against Tareq Aziz and those condemned with him by the Iraqi High Court last week.'
OCTOBER 31, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SOUTHERN PROVINCE
a court in the Iranian city of Shiraz, capital of the southern Fars Province, has
- OCTOBER 29, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN DEATH SENTENCE AWARDED
in Pakistan, Daska Additional District & Session Judge Muhammad Nawaz Bhatti sentenced Mohsin Nawaz to death and fined him Rs. 200,000 for killing Manzur Ahmad’s son over an old enmity in 2006
- OCTOBER 29, 2010KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
USA - Kentucky. Judge Pamela Goodwine sentenced Carlos Ordway, 29, black, to death
USA - Kentucky. Judge Pamela Goodwine sentenced Carlos Ordway, 29, black, to death
OCTOBER 29, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SAUDI EXECUTED FOR KILLING BANGLADESHI TAXI DRIVER
Saudi Arabian national Yahya bin Hussein bin Ahmed Magrashi was
- OCTOBER 29, 2010FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. A jury recommended 10-2 the death penalty for Leonard Patrick Gonzalez Jr., 36, white.
USA - Florida. A jury recommended 10-2 the death penalty for Leonard Patrick Gonzalez Jr., 36, white.
- OCTOBER 29, 2010FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Judge Joseph A. Bulone sentenced Richard T. Robards, 43, white, to death.
USA - Florida. Judge Joseph A. Bulone sentenced Richard T. Robards, 43, white, to death.
- OCTOBER 28, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
TWO EXECUTED FOR KIDNAPPING, MURDERING CHILDREN IN S. CHINA
Kong Jinlin, 36, from Meizhou City in Guangdong, and Shu Luwen, 23, were executed in south China's Guangdong Province.
- OCTOBER 28, 2010MississippiDEATH PENALTY
USA - Mississippi. The Mississippi Supreme Court has thrown out the death sentence given to Kristi Fulgham, 34, white
USA - Mississippi. The Mississippi Supreme Court has thrown out the death sentence given to Kristi Fulgham, 34, white
OCTOBER 28, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: TWO FRIENDS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Justice Datuk Ahmadi Asnawi of the Malakan High Court in Malaysia sentenced Darwis Zaihani, an
OCTOBER 28, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: DEATH PENALTY SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THOSE KILLING FOR DOWRY - SUPREME COURT
the Supreme Court of India said that death sentence should be awarded in dowry
OCTOBER 28, 2010ItalyDEATH PENALTYITALY: CHAMBERS ASK FOR HALT TO TAREQ AZIZ EXECUTION
the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate unanimously voted for a bipartisan motion that
- OCTOBER 27, 2010JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN MAN GETS REDUCED SENTENCE FOR KILLING RAPED NIECE
a Jordanian man, Jamil, 41, was sentenced to death for killing his 16-year-old niece Abir...
- OCTOBER 27, 2010IraqDEATH PENALTY
UN URGES IRAQ NOT TO EXECUTE HUSSEIN SADDAM AIDE AZIZ
the United Nations urged Iraq to spare the life of Tareq Aziz...
- OCTOBER 27, 2010SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA'S SHEBAB EXECUTES TWO GIRLS FOR 'SPYING'
Somalia's Al-Qaeda-inspired Shebab group publicly executed two teenage girls by firing squad in front of hundreds of local residents in the central town of Beledweyne on charges of spying, witnesses said.