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- OCTOBER 12, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ONE GETS DEATH SENTENCE
in Multan, Pakistan, Additional Sessions Judge Muhammad Qasim sentenced Saud Ahmed to death for killing his wife over a domestic issue on February 16, 2007, in the Mumtazabad area.
OCTOBER 12, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: SIX GET DEATH PENALTY ON XINJIANG RIOTS
a court in western China's Xinjiang region sentenced six people to death in the first trials over July riots that left nearly 200 people dead, state-run television reported.
- OCTOBER 12, 2009MarylandDEATH PENALTY
USA - Maryland. A state panel has put new Maryland death penalty protocols on hold for further review
USA - Maryland. A state panel has put new Maryland death penalty protocols on hold for further review
OCTOBER 12, 2009SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDANESE COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR FOUR ISLAMISTS
a Sudanese court upheld the death sentences handed to four Islamists for murdering US envoy John
OCTOBER 12, 2009BelarusDEATH PENALTYBELARUS. DEATH CONVICT YUZEPCHUK HAS SOME HOPE AGAIN
the UN Human Rights Committee registered the individual address of Vasil Yuzepchuk, sentenced to death
OCTOBER 12, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO WOMEN AND FOUR MEN EXECUTED IN KHUZESTAN PROVINCE
Six people have been executed in the southwest Iranian Khuzestan during the last week, reported the Iranian daily newspaper Kayhan quoting the state run news agency Fars.
- OCTOBER 12, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR JUNE PROTESTS
the reformist site Mowjcamp announced that the Tehran Revolutionary Court had issued a fourth death
- OCTOBER 11, 2009United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
BRITISH MAN FACING DEATH BY FIRING SQUAD IN CHINA AFTER 'LOSING SECOND APPEAL'
a British man believed to suffering from mental illness lost a second appeal against a drug trafficking conviction in China.
- OCTOBER 11, 2009YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN: 2 MEN APPEAL CONVICTIONS AS IRANIAN SPIES
the appeals of two Yemeni nationals convicted in October 2008 of spying for Iran are to be heard October 12, records show.
- OCTOBER 11, 2009Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
Anton Bruce, 23, was sentenced to death for murdering his infant step daughter in Trinidad & Tobago.
- OCTOBER 11, 2009TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. 'Houston Chronicle' vs. Texas Governor on Execution Report.
USA - Texas. 'Houston Chronicle' vs. Texas Governor on Execution Report.
OCTOBER 11, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. MINOR OFFENDER BEHNOUD SHOJAEE EXECUTED IN TEHRAN
the minor offender Behnoud Shojaee was executed at 5 in the morning at Tehran's Evin Prison. He was convicted of murdering another boy by the name Omid in June 2005, when he was 17 years old.
- OCTOBER 10, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH SENTENCE IN CHINA FACTORY BRAWL
a Huandong Chinese court sentenced to death a man from the Han Chinese majority ethnic group for his role in a race brawl that sparked July's mass riots in China’s Xinjiang region.
- OCTOBER 10, 2009European UnionDEATH PENALTY
EU COMMISSION CALLS FOR ABOLISHING DEATH PENALTY
the European Union Commission issued a statement to mark the World and European Day against the Death Penalty.
- OCTOBER 10, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: CAMPAIGN AGAINST DEATH PENALTY STARTS FROM PUNJAB
a signature campaign against the death penalty was launched in India by the Dal Khalsa and the Khalsa Action Committee on the occasion of World Day against the Death Penalty.
- OCTOBER 10, 2009BelarusDEATH PENALTY
in the World Day against the Death Penalty...
in the World Day against the Death Penalty, the Council of Europe’s information centre in Minsk launched a campaign on abolition of the death penalty.
OCTOBER 10, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE PROTESTERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
Three people arrested after Iran's disputed presidential election have been condemned to death, ISNA
OCTOBER 10, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: D’ELIA (RADICALS)- DEATH PENALTY ALSO RESULT OF POLITICS OF APPEASEMENT
"As usual, the Mullah’s regime celebrated the world day against the death penalty in a deadly manner,"
- OCTOBER 9, 2009BelarusDEATH PENALTY
BELARUS: MAN ON DEATH ROW COMPLAINS TO UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE
Vasil Yuzepchuk, sentenced to death for murdering six old women, complained to the UN Human Rights Committee.
- OCTOBER 9, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL URGES IRAN TO RESCIND FIRST DEATH SENTENCE
Amnesty International urged Iran to rescind a death sentence imposed on Mohammad-Reza Ali-Zamani, the first person to be sentenced to death for protesting the disputed June presidential election.
- OCTOBER 9, 2009TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
TAJIKISTAN DOESN’T INTEND TO CANCEL DEATH PENALTY MORATORIUM
Tajikistan does not intend to cancel the death penalty moratorium enacted at President Emomali Rakhmon’s initiative in 2004, Tajik Supreme Court Chairman Nusratullo Abdullayev told a press conference.
- OCTOBER 9, 2009FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. A jury voted for the execution of Andrew Michael Gosciminski
USA - Florida. A jury voted for the execution of Andrew Michael Gosciminski
- OCTOBER 9, 2009FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Eric Kurt Patrick was sentenced to death
USA - Florida. Eric Kurt Patrick was sentenced to death
- OCTOBER 8, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: THAI TO HANG FOR TRAFFICKING IN CANNABIS
the Malaysian High Court sentenced a Thai man to the mandatory death sentence by hanging. Judge Datuk Muhamad Ideres Muhamad Rapee found carpenter Mahamad Che Soh, 44, guilty of trafficking 17kg of cannabis on January 4, 2005, in Tanah Merah.
- OCTOBER 8, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: COURT SENTENCED HUSBAND TO DEATH
the Special Court of Woman and Children Repression Prevention in Nilphamari, Bangladesh, sentenced Montu Rahman, from Putimari village in Kishorganj upazila, to death. On April 18, 2007, during an argument Montu and a friend suffocated his wife, Jahanara
- OCTOBER 8, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN ON DEATH ROW FOR KILLING CHILD ACQUITTED
a division bench of Justices Bilal Nazki and A R Joshi of the Bombay High Court in India acquitted Nallasopara resident Virendra Vasudev Sada, alias Shahrukh Khan, 28, of raping and murdering his neighbour's daughter.
- OCTOBER 8, 2009TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. A Travis County jury has sentenced Paul Devoe to death
USA - Texas. A Travis County jury has sentenced Paul Devoe to death
- OCTOBER 8, 2009MississippiDEATH PENALTY
USA - Mississippi. A jury imposed the death penalty on Jason Lee Keller
USA - Mississippi. A jury imposed the death penalty on Jason Lee Keller
- OCTOBER 8, 2009AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Max Landon Payne was executed
USA - Alabama. Max Landon Payne was executed
- OCTOBER 7, 2009KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD FOR CHILD RAPE
Judge Nasr Salem Al-Haid of the Kuwaiti Court of Appeals upheld two death sentences for Hajjaj Mohammed Adel Al-Saadi, known as the ‘Hawalli Monster’