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- AUGUST 12, 2008North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
there was a public execution in North Korea...
there was a public execution in North Korea...
- AUGUST 11, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS FOUR FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran hanged four convicted of drug trafficking in a prison in the southeastern city of Zahedan, the state-run television's website reported.
- AUGUST 11, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: TWO TAXI DRIVERS GET CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR KILLING AUSTRALIAN TOURIST
in a Delhi Court in India, two taxi drivers were sentenced to death for killing 59 year old Australian tourist Dawn Emilie Griggs after gang raping and robbing her in 2004.
- AUGUST 11, 2008UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH
the Kabale High Court in Uganda sentenced two men to death for murder in separate cases.
- AUGUST 11, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC CAN FIX TENURE OF LIFE TERM IN LIEU OF DEATH PENALTY
the Indian Supreme Court ruled that in order to minimize the use of death penalty, it has the power to fix tenure of life imprisonment while substituting it for death sentence.
- AUGUST 10, 2008IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: WASSIT COURT UPHOLDS 8 DEATH SENTENCES
the public body of the Court of Cassation in Iraq upheld a ruling made by the Central Criminal Court, which sentenced eight people to death for kidnapping and murdering civilians, an anonymous source from Wassit's Federal Court of Appeal said.
- AUGUST 10, 2008BahrainDEATH PENALTY
BAHRAIN SLAMMED OVER DEATH PENALTY LEGISLATION
proposed legislation enforcing the death penalty for people found guilty of disclosing state secrets and documents to rival nations was condemned by a leading human rights group in Bahrain.
- AUGUST 10, 2008TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN: PLAN TO PHASE OUT DEATH PENALTY OPPOSED
ruling Taiwanese Kuomintang (KMT) lawmakers said that they oppose a Ministry of Justice plan to phase out the death penalty, claiming that a lack of capital punishment would increase the crime rate.
- AUGUST 9, 2008AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHAN DAILY URGES GOVERNMENT TO PUNISH CRIMINALS ACCORDING TO SHARI'AH
in an editorial, the independent Afghan newspaper Cheragh urged the government to punish criminals according to Shari’ah law.
- AUGUST 9, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN TO EXECUTE FOUR FOR RAPING A MAN
a court in Iran handed death sentences to four men including a minor for raping a man after a fight, the Etemad Melli newspaper reported.
- AUGUST 8, 2008ArgentinaDEATH PENALTY
ARGENTINA: SCRAPPING OF MILITARY CODE OF JUSTICE WELCOMED
Amnesty International USA welcomed the decision by the Argentine Parliament to scrap the 1951 Military Code of Justice, thus abolishing the death penalty in all cases and closing military courts of justice.
- AUGUST 8, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE, 2 KIDS
after the Punjab and Haryana High Court confirmed the death sentence of a man for killing his wife and two children in Jalandhar in March 2005, Judge BK Mehta of a local additional sessions court issued warrants for his execution on September 20.
- AUGUST 8, 2008MexicoDEATH PENALTY
USA / MEXICO / WORLD - The execution of a Mexican citizen, Jose Ernesto Medellin, by the United States against the orders of the UN's highest court highlights a flaw in international law
USA / MEXICO / WORLD - The execution of a Mexican citizen, Jose Ernesto Medellin, by the United States against the orders of the UN's highest court highlights a flaw in international law
- AUGUST 8, 2008United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA / WORLD - The U.N. human rights office voiced concern today for the fate of 50 Mexican nationals on death row in the United States
USA / WORLD - The U.N. human rights office voiced concern today for the fate of 50 Mexican nationals on death row in the United States
- AUGUST 7, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: KURDISH ACTIVISTS CONDEMNED TO DEATH
two Kurdish activists were condemned to death in a closed court hearing in the Iranian city of Sanandaj.
- AUGUST 7, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN JERGA PUBLICLY EXECUTES 80-YEAR-OLD IN TRIBAL AREA
an octogenarian man was shot dead in public on the orders of a local jirga that found him 'guilty' of kidnapping a girl in the Kala Dhaka tribal area in Pakistan, sources said.
- AUGUST 7, 2008IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA EXECUTES MAN FOR SERIAL MURDERS
Indonesia executed a man sentenced to death seven years ago for murdering four people, despite a call from international human rights groups to halt the execution.
- AUGUST 7, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS THREE FOR MURDER, DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran hanged three men convicted of murder and drug trafficking in a prison in the country's central clerical capital, Qom, the conservative Kayhan newspaper reported.
- AUGUST 7, 2008NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: EDO HOUSE MOVES AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
in Nigeria, the former Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly and member representing Esan South and Esan North at the House of Representatives, Abuja, Hon. Friday ltulah pledged to introduce the capital punishment amendment bill on the floor of the H
- AUGUST 7, 2008HondurasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Heliberto Chi was executed today in Texas
USA - Heliberto Chi was executed today in Texas
- AUGUST 7, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: SUSPENSION OF STONING A WELCOME STEP IF CARRIED OUT
Amnesty International welcomed the announcement by the spokesperson for Iran's judiciary that execution by stoning has been suspended, as a result of which several women have had their sentences commuted.
- AUGUST 7, 2008North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - In North Carolina a death penalty protester has been convicted of trespassing during the execution of an inmate 2 years ago
USA - In North Carolina a death penalty protester has been convicted of trespassing during the execution of an inmate 2 years ago
- AUGUST 7, 2008SudanDEATH PENALTY
UN RAISES CONCERN OVER SUDAN'S DARFUR REBEL TRIALS
the United Nations voiced concern over trials in Sudan that sentenced to death 30 alleged Darfur rebels for an attack on the capital and urged Khartoum to abolish capital punishment.
- AUGUST 7, 2008HondurasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Honduras' government protested Thursday's execution in Texas of Heliberto Chi.
USA - Honduras' government protested Thursday's execution in Texas of Heliberto Chi.
- AUGUST 6, 2008ArgentinaDEATH PENALTY
ARGENTINA. LAST VESTIGES OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT ABOLISHED
the Argentine Congress eliminated the Military Code of Justice, thereby eliminating a special jurisdiction dating back to the 19th century, as well as burying the last vestige of the death penalty and ending punishment for homosexuality.
- AUGUST 6, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: FOUR HANGED IN FAISALABAD JAIL
four condemned prisoners were hanged in Faisalabad District Jail in Pakistan.
- AUGUST 6, 2008IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: RIGHTS BODY CALLS FOR POSTPONEMENT OF AMROZI`S EXECUTION
the National Human Rights Commission in Indonesia said that the execution of Amrozi, Mukhlas and Imam Samudra should be postponed because the death-row convicts were still filing a judicial review with the Constitutional Court (MK) over the Law on the Exe
- AUGUST 6, 2008IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. BALI BOMBERS LODGE LEGAL CHALLENGE
Indonesia's government reiterated that the three Bali bombers on death row will soon be executed, despite a desperate last-ditch legal challenge.
- AUGUST 6, 2008KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING DAUGHTER
a woman was sentenced to death for killing her step daughter in Kenya. Agnes Teresia Amati was found guilty of having committed the offence five years ago.
- AUGUST 6, 2008SudanDEATH PENALTY
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH CRITICISES SUDAN'S SPECIAL COURTS
the civil rights group Human Rights Watch sharply criticised the use of special courts in the Sudan.