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- MARCH 4, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Chinese man Huang Haiyong (alias Wong Ho Wing) is facing extradition
Chinese man Huang Haiyong (alias Wong Ho Wing) is facing extradition
- MARCH 4, 2010JordanDEATH PENALTY
CRIMINAL COURT HANDS DEATH SENTENCE TO WOMAN FOR MURDERING MOTHER-IN-LAW
the Criminal Court in Jordan increased a 10-year prison term passed against a 39-year-old woman, identified as S. Q., for murdering her mother-in-law to a death sentence after a higher court ruled that the sentence was too light.
MARCH 4, 2010SudanDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SUDANESE MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER
a Sudanese driver convicted of murdering his Saudi Arabian employer has
MARCH 4, 2010North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA: MAN EXECUTED FOR CALLING SOUTH KOREA
a North Korean has been publicly executed for using a mobile phone to tell a defector friend
- MARCH 3, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN TO DIE FOR MINOR'S RAPE, MURDER
in New Delhi, India, Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Kumar sentenced Ranjeet, 28, of Bihar to death for raping and murdering a five-year-old girl on July 3, 2007, in Gopalpur, near Timarpur.
- MARCH 3, 2010OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. After 20 Years, Death Row InmateJoe D'Ambrosio May Be Exonerated.
USA - Ohio. After 20 Years, Death Row InmateJoe D'Ambrosio May Be Exonerated.
MARCH 3, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH FOR OPPOSITION ACTIVIST
An Iranian opposition-run Web site says an appeals court has upheld the death sentence for a student who
MARCH 3, 2010Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTYDR CONGO: 'REBEL LEADER' GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE
a military court in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, sentenced Firmin Yangambi, 41,
MARCH 3, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: AMPUTATION SENTENCE OF ONE PERSON AND PUBLIC FLOGGING OF ANOTHER CARRIED OUT IN KHUZESTAN
According to the web site of the Public Relations Office of the Khuzestan Court House
- MARCH 2, 2010ThailandDEATH PENALTY
THAILAND: DEATH FOR MURDER
the Thai Criminal Court sentenced Somkid Phumphuang...
- MARCH 2, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN MURDER CASE
in Kasur, Pakistan, Additional district & session judge Jazeela Aslam sentenced Safarash Ali to death for fatally shooting Shahzad Ali about two years back in the jurisdiction of Khaddian police station.
- MARCH 2, 2010UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: WOMAN ACQUITTED OF MURDER, DEATH SENTENCE
Justices Bahigeine, Twinomujuni and Byamugisha of the Ugandan Court of Appeal dismissed a death sentence against Joan Tumuhairwe, 28, from Kakoni village in Kiruhura district, for murdering her husband Edgar Mwijukye.
- MARCH 2, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 1 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN PABAN MURDER CASE
in Pabna, Bangladesh, Additional District and Sessions Judge Motajidur Rahman sentenced Nazrul Islam alias Nazu, 32, of Koikunta village in Ishwardi upazila, to death.
- MARCH 2, 2010WashingtonDEATH PENALTY
USA - Washington. Washington switches its lethal injection method to a one-drug protocol
USA - Washington. Washington switches its lethal injection method to a one-drug protocol
- MARCH 2, 2010TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Michael Sigala was executed
USA - Texas. Michael Sigala was executed
- MARCH 2, 2010CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. A jury recommended the death penalty for Tanya Nelson
USA - California. A jury recommended the death penalty for Tanya Nelson
MARCH 2, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: HC DECLARES MANDATORY DEATH PENALTY UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Justices Imman Ali and Abdul Awal of the Bangladeshi High Court declared all
MARCH 2, 2010DEATH PENALTYTEXAS (USA): MAN EXECUTED FOR BRAZILIAN MAN'S MURDER
Michael Sigala was executed in Texas. Sigala, 32, hispanic, was condemned in 2001 for the August
- MARCH 1, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
in Pakpattan, Pakistan, an Additional District and Sessions Judge sentenced Sher Muhammad to death for fatally stabbing Muhammad Sadiq and Abdul Majeed of Mazafarabad in 2006.
- MARCH 1, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: 5 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN HONOUR KILLING INDIAN COUPLE FROM SAME CLAN
five people were sentenced to death for killing a couple from the same clan that married in 2007 in the northern Indian state of Haryana.
MARCH 1, 2010UgandaDEATH PENALTYUGANDA: GAY BILL CRITICS DELIVER ONLINE PETITION
Campaigners opposing Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Bill have taken an online petition to parliament
- MARCH 1, 2010OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. House Passes Death Penalty Extension Bill
USA - Oklahoma. House Passes Death Penalty Extension Bill
MARCH 1, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: CABINET OKAYS BILL WITH DEATH PENALTY CLAUSE
the cabinet in Bangladesh approved in principle the Border Guard Bangladesh Bill 2010, keeping a
MARCH 1, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: EIGHT MEN HANGED FOR MURDER, DRUG TRAFFICKING
eight men have been hanged in Iran recently for murder, drug trafficking.
- FEBRUARY 28, 2010TexasDEATH PENALTY
A - Texas. Actors join death penalty protest for Linda Carty
USA - Texas. Actors join death penalty protest for Linda Carty
- FEBRUARY 27, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
CALL TO STOP EXECUTION OF IRANIAN-KURDISH ACTIVIST
over two thousand Iranian human rights and social activists have called for the annulment of death sentence issued to Shirin Alam Huli, 28.
- FEBRUARY 27, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
Three men were hanged in the prison of Birjand in eastern Iran, reported the daily enwspaper Khorasan
Three men were hanged in the prison of Birjand in eastern Iran, reported the daily enwspaper Khorasan
- FEBRUARY 27, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH ON HUNGER STRIKE
three people sentenced to death have been on hunger strike since February 23 in Jiangxi, China.
- FEBRUARY 26, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING POLICEMEN
in Karachi, Pakistan, Judge Syed Hasan Shah Bukhari of the Anti-Terrorism Court sentenced Kamran and Farhan to death for killing two policemen, identified as Ishaque and Moharam Ali, on October 12, 2006, in the limits of the Shah Latif Town police station
- FEBRUARY 26, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: LI HOLDS PUBLIC EXECUTION OF TRIBESMAN
in the Tirah Valley of the Khyber Agency in Pakistan, Lashkar-e-Islam publicly...