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APRIL 14, 2009YemenDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: YEMENI BEHEADED FOR GARROTTING COMPATRIOT
a Yemeni was beheaded by the sword in Saudi Arabia for garrotting a compatriot with
- APRIL 13, 2009TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN: DEATH SENTENCE CONFIRMED IN ENDLESS CASE
Taiwan’s longest running criminal case headed again to the Supreme Court after the High Court convicted three defendants in a kidnapping and murder case for the 11th time.
- APRIL 13, 2009AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHAN TALIBAN EXECUTE ELOPING PAIR - OFFICIAL
Taliban militants in Afghanistan publicly executed a man and girl for eloping when she was already engaged to marry someone else
- APRIL 13, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA POLICE OFFICER GETS DEATH PENALTY IN MURDER OF DRIVER
a policeman who shot another driver dead in China's southwest Yunnan Province on February 13, 2009, while off duty, following a minor traffic dispute, was found guilty of murder and sentenced to death.
- APRIL 13, 2009NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: BISHOP OPPOSES DEATH SENTENCE FOR KIDNAPPERS
the Catholic Archbishop of Kaduna Metropolitan Archdiocese in Nigeria, Dr Matheaw Ndagoso, said that he was opposed to death sentence as a punishment for kidnapping in the country.
- APRIL 13, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MOVE TO SEEK CLEMENCY FOR MALAYSIAN HELD IN DEATH ROW
clemency is being sought for Ong Kim Fatt, a Malaysian who is facing a firing squad in China for drug smuggling.
- APRIL 13, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: DEATH ROW PRISONERS PARDONED
the Reconciliation Committee in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, secured pardons for two death row inmates some 48 hours before their scheduled execution. Awad and Amer were sentenced to death for murder
- APRIL 13, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY TO BE STRICTLY CONTROLLED AND PRUDENTLY APPLIED IN CHINA
the death penalty will be strictly controlled and prudently applied, said the National Human Rights Action Plan of China (2009-2010) released by the Information Office of China's State Council.
- APRIL 13, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Police Special Action Force (UTK) officer Kpl Sirul Azhar Umar...
Police Special Action Force (UTK) officer Kpl Sirul Azhar Umar...
APRIL 13, 2009SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: NINE EXECUTED FOR EDITOR'S MURDER
Sudanese authorities executed nine men from Darfur for murder, state media and a police source said.
APRIL 13, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: ISLAMIC LAW NOW OFFICIAL FOR SWAT VALLEY
Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari signed a controversial bill introducing Islamic
- APRIL 10, 2009MalawiDEATH PENALTY
MALAWIAN DRUG TRAFFICKER GETS SUSPENDED DEATH PENALTY IN S CHINA CITY
a Malawian man received the death penalty with a two-year reprieve for trafficking more than 1,140 grams of heroin into China. The Intermediate People's Court of Guilin, a city in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, handed down the sentence. M
- APRIL 10, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: AZILAH FILES APPEAL TO OVERTURN CONVICTION AND DEATH SENTENCE
special action force C/Insp Azilah Hadri filed an appeal against his conviction and death sentence at the Shah Alam High Court in Malaysia.
- APRIL 10, 2009CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Judge Frank Fasel imposed the sentence recommended by the jury that convicted Skylar Deleon.
USA - California. Judge Frank Fasel imposed the sentence recommended by the jury that convicted Skylar Deleon.
APRIL 10, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE PEOPLE HANGED OVER 2008 MOSQUE BOMBING
Iran executed three people, two of them University students, convicted of being involved in the bombing of a mosque in the southern city of Shiraz which killed 14 people and injured 200 others in April 2008.
APRIL 10, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: DEATH PENALTY FOR KIDS, WOMEN ABOLISHED
the Lahore High Court in Pakistan abolished the death sentence for under-trial women
- APRIL 9, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: OVERTURN DEATH SENTENCES FOR TIBET PROTESTERS
Amnesty International condemned a decision by a court in Lhasa to hand down death sentences to two Tibetans accused of starting fatal fires in Lhasa during protests in March 2008.
- APRIL 9, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH ROW REPRIEVE
Dr Irfan Zafar told a Pakistani newspaper that the execution of Dr Zulfiqar Ali Khan was stayed for a month by the president.
- APRIL 9, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: DELARA AT IMMEDIATE RISK OF EXECUTION
Delara Darabi, the young artist who has been in Rasht prison for the last 5 years in Iran, is at great risk of execution at any moment
- APRIL 9, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: MAN EXECUTED FOR RAPE, ROBBERY
a Saudi Arabian man convicted of rape and robbery was beheaded. An Interior
APRIL 9, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: TWO UYGURS EXECUTED OVER DEADLY ATTACK
China executed two Uygurs in the restive northwestern Xinjiang region for a ''terrorist''
- APRIL 9, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: TWO POLICEMEN GET DEATH SENTENCE IN MURDER TRIAL
a Malaysian court sentenced two policemen to death for murdering a Mongolian
- APRIL 9, 2009AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. A Johnston County jury decided the death penalty was the appropriate sentence for Hassan Jamaal Bacote, 23, black
USA - Alabama. A Johnston County jury decided the death penalty was the appropriate sentence for Hassan Jamaal Bacote, 23, black
- APRIL 8, 2009IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
USA - Illinois. Nathson Fields, 55, black, was acquitted today of a double homicide for which he spent eleven and a half years on death row
USA - Illinois. Nathson Fields, 55, black, was acquitted today of a double homicide for which he spent eleven and a half years on death row
- APRIL 8, 2009VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Virginia. The Senate today couldn't override Gov. Tim Kaine's vetoes on laws to expand the death penalty
USA - Virginia. The Senate today couldn't override Gov. Tim Kaine's vetoes on laws to expand the death penalty
- APRIL 8, 2009SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE: BROTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Singapore's High Court sentenced two brothers to death for murdering an elderly woman during a robbery, a court official and news reports said. Ismil Kadar...
- APRIL 8, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HC REDUCES MAN'S DEATH SENTENCE IN DOUBLE MURDER CASE
the Delhi High Court in India reduced the death sentence of a man convicted of killing two cousins over a business dispute. A Division Bench of Justices B D Ahmed and P K Bhasin commuted the sentence passed on Raminder Singh, alias Happy.
- APRIL 8, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: DEATH ROW MALAYSIAN IN CHINA FACES EXECUTION
a Malaysian man caught in Xiamen, China with 1.5kg of heroin in 2007 is to be executed in the People's Republic by a firing squad.
- APRIL 8, 2009TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals overturned the death sentence of Gene Wilford Hathorn Jr.
USA - Texas. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals overturned the death sentence of Gene Wilford Hathorn Jr.
- APRIL 8, 2009AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 6 to 1 today in favor of a 3-year moratorium on executions.
USA - Alabama. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 6 to 1 today in favor of a 3-year moratorium on executions.