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OCTOBER 14, 2010JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: TOP COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR DOUBLE MURDER
presiding justice Ryuko Sakurai of the Japanese Supreme Court's first petty bench
OCTOBER 14, 2010ZambiaDEATH PENALTYHANDS OFF CAIN MISSION IN ZAMBIA FOR ABOLITION AND MORATORIUM CONCLUDES
the mission in Zambia by Radical parliamentarians Elisabetta Zamparutti and Marco Perduca concluded with meetings with the foreign minister and the president of the Republic.
OCTOBER 14, 2010GuyanaDEATH PENALTYGUYANA ABOLISHES MANDATORY DEATH PENALTY
Guyana's parliament voted to abolish the mandatory death penalty for people convicted of
- OCTOBER 13, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HIGH COURT COMMUTES HAWARA DEATH SENTENCE TO LIFE TERM
the Punjab and Haryana High Court in India commuted the death sentence awarded to Jagtar Singh Hawara, one of the prime accused in former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh’s assassination case, to life imprisonment.
OCTOBER 13, 2010ZambiaDEATH PENALTYHANDS OFF CAIN MISSION IN ZAMBIA CONTINUES FOR ABOLITION AND UN MORATORIUM
after participating yesterday at the “Death Has No Appeal” forum organised by the European Union in Lusaka, the Hands Off Cain delegation in Zambia (comprised of Radical parliamentarians Elizabetta Zamparutti and Marco Perduca) met the Zambian parliamenta
OCTOBER 12, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: SECURITY GUARD TO HANG FOR DRUG CHARGE
Malaysian High Court Judge Datuk Wira Mohtarudin Baki sentenced security guard Rosnan
- OCTOBER 12, 2010TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
USA - Tennessee. A jury sentenced Jessie Dotson, 35, black, to death
USA - Tennessee. A jury sentenced Jessie Dotson, 35, black, to death
OCTOBER 12, 2010VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Tran The Long was sentenced to death in Vietnam by the Ha Noi People's Court
OCTOBER 12, 2010ItalyDEATH PENALTYHANDS OFF CAIN MISSION IN ZAMBIA FOR ABOLITION AND UN MORATORIUM
a delegation from Hands Off Cain is now in Zambia, the first step in a mission against the death
- OCTOBER 11, 2010ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
ZIMBABWE: ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY-AMNESTY INT.
Amnesty International Zimbabwe will this week petition the legal secretaries from the three political parties in the inclusive government to help abolish the death sentence in Zimbabwe.
- OCTOBER 11, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: CONVICTS MOVE SHC AGAINST SENTENCE
Sultan Mahmood, alias Saifullah, Mohammad Amin, alias Khalid Shaheen, and Mohammad Rehman appealed their death sentence to the Sindh High Court in Pakistan for killing noted Shia Cleric Allama Hassan Turabi and his nephew on July 14, 2006.
- OCTOBER 11, 2010IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: FILIPINA GETS DEATH SENTENCE IN INDONESIA FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
a Filipino woman found in possession of 2.6 kilograms of heroin was sentenced to death by a lower court in Yogyakarta court, Indonesia, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) belatedly reported. She was arrested at Yogyakarta Airport on April 25.
- OCTOBER 11, 2010TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. A special court of review today dismissed a public reprimand of Judge Sharon Keller
USA - Texas. A special court of review today dismissed a public reprimand of Judge Sharon Keller
OCTOBER 11, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FIVE HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran hanged five people in the central city of Isfahan for drug trafficking, state television's
OCTOBER 11, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN DEFENDS EXECUTION OF DRUG TRAFFICKERS
Iran defended its executions of people for drug trafficking, ISNA news agency reported.
OCTOBER 11, 2010DEATH PENALTYTEXAS (USA): SPECIAL COURT OF REVIEW DISMISSES PUBLIC REPRIMAND OF JUDGE KELLER
A special court of review today dismissed a public reprimand of Judge Sharon Keller,
OCTOBER 10, 2010SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: PUNTLAND COURT EXECUTES 2 PEOPLE FOR MUDRER
a court in Somalia’s semi-autonomous region of Puntland has executed two
OCTOBER 10, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
a young woman was sentenced to death by Judge Mohammad Soltan Hemmatyar of
OCTOBER 10, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: ONE WOMAN, THREE MEN HANGED ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY
One woman and three men were hanged in the prison of Zanjan, west of Iran, early this morning
OCTOBER 10, 2010ItalyDEATH PENALTYHANDS OFF CAIN PRESENT THE INITIATIVES FOR THE WORLD DAY AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY
at a conference held in Rome on October 10 on the World Day Against the Death Penalty, Hands Off Cain presented the dossier “Sakineh and the others” on stoning around the world and showed a video by the Iranian Resistance with images of a double stoning,
- OCTOBER 8, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN GETS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR KILLING WIFE
in Malappuram, India, Kerala district Fast Track Court Judge P S Nazeer Ahammed...
- OCTOBER 8, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN, SAUDI ARABIA, SUDAN: END JUVENILE DEATH PENALTY
only three countries - Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Sudan - are known to have executed an individual since the beginning of 2009 for a crime committed before age 18, Human Rights Watch said today.
- OCTOBER 8, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: HRCP URGES ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) called upon the government to take early and meaningful steps toward abolition of the death penalty in the country as well as immediately make the informal moratorium on executions formal in a statement issue
- OCTOBER 8, 2010MississippiDEATH PENALTY
USA - Mississippi. A jury has decided on the death penalty for Timothy Ronk
USA - Mississippi. A jury has decided on the death penalty for Timothy Ronk
- OCTOBER 8, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: DRINK SELLER TO HANG FOR DRUGS
Malaysian High Court Judge Datuk Mohd Zaki Md Yasin sentenced coconut drink seller Nadzari Awang Hamat, 37, to death for trafficking in 8,183.8g of cannabis in Puchong on June 8, 2000.
- OCTOBER 7, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Pakistan, Liaquatpur Additional District & Sessions Judge Masood Hussain sentenced Mohib Shah to death and fined him Rs 0.5million. Zarina Mai, a Mosa Tanwari resident, allegedly killed her husband Hazoor Bux with the help of Mohib Shah in 2008.
- OCTOBER 7, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi national beheaded in Riyad
7 October 2018: Abdullah bin Ali bin Mohammed Aatiq executed for murder
OCTOBER 7, 2010SpainDEATH PENALTYSPAIN: ZAPATERO CALLS FOR WORLDWIDE MORATORIUM ON DEATH PENALTY
Spanish Prime Minister, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, called for a worldwide moratorium
OCTOBER 7, 2010European UnionDEATH PENALTYEP: RESOLUTION DEMANDS WORLDWIDE MORATORIUM ON EXECUTIONS
To coincide with the eighth World Day against the Death Penalty, MEPs adopted a resolution condemning
- OCTOBER 6, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH PENALTY COMMUTED IN PRIYADARSHINI MURDER, FAMILY DISMAYED
Justices H.S. Bedi and C.K. Prasad of the Indian Supreme Court commuted the death sentence of Santosh Kumar Singh for murdering Delhi University student Priyadarshini Mattoo.