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NOVEMBER 29, 2008AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYSEVEN HANGED IN AFGHAN CAPITAL
seven men were hanged in Kabul, Afghanistan, according to the National Afghanistan TV.
NOVEMBER 29, 2008IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN SENTENCES THREE TO DEATH FOR MOSQUE BOMBING
Iran has sentenced three men convicted of a mosque bombing which left 14 people dead in the
NOVEMBER 29, 2008IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN CONFIRMS STONING SENTENCE AGAINST ADULTERESS
Iran's Supreme Court confirmed a sentence of death by stoning against a woman convicted of adultery in
NOVEMBER 29, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTYDEATH PENALTY FOR 11 IN KARNATAKA CHURCH BLAST CASE
a special court in India awarded the death sentence to 11 people, life imprisonment to 12 and acquitted four
- NOVEMBER 28, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI, STATELESS ARAB BEHEADED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
a Saudi Arabian man and a stateless Arab convicted of drug trafficking were
- NOVEMBER 28, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BEIJING TAXI MURDER SPREE
a Beijing court sentenced three men to death for a spree of taxi driver killings that haunted China's capital for years.
- NOVEMBER 28, 2008BruneiDEATH PENALTY
BRUNEIAN'S DEATH PENALTY QUASHED BY APPEALS COURT
a 28 year old Brunei fisherman, caught in an anti-drug raid and condemned to die, escaped the gallows when the Brunei Appeals Court set him free.
- NOVEMBER 28, 2008UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: TWO TO HANG FOR KILLING PARENTS
two brothers who allegedly hacked their parents to death in Uganda are to hang. High Court Judge Benjamin Kabiito convicted Peter Kagiri, 29 and Yuda Kibanda, 26 of the murder.
NOVEMBER 28, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA EXECUTES TWO CONVICTED OF SPYING
despite pleas for clemency from the Bush administration and European officials, a biomedical researcher
- NOVEMBER 27, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA DEFENDS DEATH SENTENCES FOR TAIWAN SPY
China defended its death sentence on a man spying for Taiwan saying the trial was fair.
- NOVEMBER 27, 2008AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
a court in Boumerdes, Algeria, sentenced Said Zoughli...
a court in Boumerdes, Algeria, sentenced Said Zoughli...
- NOVEMBER 26, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
MAN EXECUTED IN NORTH CHINA FOR ANT-BREEDING SWINDLE
the general manager of a bogus ant-breeding project that swindled 3 billion yuan (US$417 million) from
- NOVEMBER 26, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: EX-SOCCER STAR AND FRIEND GET DEATH SENTENCES
a former soccer player was sentenced to death with two years' reprieve in China for killing a man after failing to pay gambling debts last year.
- NOVEMBER 26, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA POSTPONES DEATH FOR MAN CONVICTED OF SPYING
an international campaign to save the life of a Chinese businessman sentenced to death after being convicted of spying for Taiwan may have been a factor in the Chinese government's apparent decision to delay his execution by at least a day.
- NOVEMBER 26, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
MAN EXECUTED FOR POLICE KILLINGS IN CHINA
a 28-year-old man convicted of killing six policemen in Shanghai was executed...
- NOVEMBER 26, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAPE AND MURDER OF TEENAGED GIRL
the Mahila court in Coimbatore, India, awarded the death sentence to a daily wage worker for kidnapping, raping and murdering a teenaged girl three years ago
- NOVEMBER 26, 2008CanadaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE
an appeals court in Saudi Arabia upheld the death penalty for Dollard des Ormeaux resident Mohammed Kohail, 23, who was convicted of killing a Syrian national during a school fight in 2007.
- NOVEMBER 26, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: IMMINENT EXECUTION OF FARZAD KAMANGAR
Farzad Kamangar, the Iranian Kurdish teacher and social worker sentenced to death on, according to his lawyer, "absolutely zero evidence", could be hanged on November 26, 2008 ITUC warned.
- NOVEMBER 26, 2008United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Military. The U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas today entered a Stay of Execution in the case of Private Ronald A. Gray.
USA - Military. The U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas today entered a Stay of Execution in the case of Private Ronald A. Gray.
NOVEMBER 26, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: SIX AWARDED DEATH SENTENCES IN SEPARATE CASES
six men convicted for murder were sentenced to death in Pakistan.
NOVEMBER 26, 2008United States Armed ForcesDEATH PENALTYUSA: EXECUTION STAY FOR RONALD GRAY
The federal Judge Richard Rogers has issued a stay in Ronald Gray’s execution, that
NOVEMBER 26, 2008IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN HANGS 10 MURDERERS IN MASS EXECUTION
Iran hanged nine men and a woman convicted of murder in Tehran's Evin prison, the Fars news agency reported.
- NOVEMBER 25, 2008North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - North Carolina. Clinton Cebert Smith has been removed from North Carolina's death row after Superior Court Judge John R. Jolly Jr. ruled ha is mentally retarded
USA - North Carolina. Clinton Cebert Smith has been removed from North Carolina's death row after Superior Court Judge John R. Jolly Jr. ruled ha is mentally retarded
- NOVEMBER 25, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN FOR MURDER
Iran hanged a man convicted of murder in a prison in the western city of Borujerd. The Kayhan newspaper
- NOVEMBER 25, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA CRACKS ORGANISED CRIME GANG
in a case involving serious organised crimes...
- NOVEMBER 25, 2008GambiaDEATH PENALTY
GAMBIA: MURDER ACCUSED SENTENCED TO DEATH
a Gambian court handed down a death sentence to a police officer who killed a man during a police raid in 2007, local journalists said
- NOVEMBER 25, 2008UgandaDEATH PENALTY
EIGHT AFRICANS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN CHINA FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
eight Africans were sentenced to death in southern China after being convicted of drug smuggling, state press reported.
- NOVEMBER 25, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: LHC SETS ASIDE DEATH SENTENCE OF ALLAHYAR AKA YARU
a division bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) in Pakistan set aside the death sentence of Allahyar alias Yaru, accused of killing four people and injuring two in a police lock-up.
- NOVEMBER 25, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL URGES CHINA TO STOP THE EXECUTION OF WO WEIHAN
Amnesty International called on the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress in China to pardon 59 year-old medical scientist Wo Weihan
- NOVEMBER 25, 2008GuineaDEATH PENALTY
the Conakry Court of Assizes, in Guinea...
the Conakry Court of Assizes, in Guinea...