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- AUGUST 6, 2008MexicoDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Mexico's Foreign Relations Department said it sent a note of protest to the U.S. State Department about the Medellìn case.
USA - Texas. Mexico's Foreign Relations Department said it sent a note of protest to the U.S. State Department about the Medellìn case.
- AUGUST 5, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: HC UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY OF 9 ‘OUTLAWS’
the Bangladeshi High Court upheld the death sentences given by a trial court to nine cadres of a banned outfit for killing Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) president Kazi Aref Ahmed and four other party leaders in Kushtia nine years ago.
- AUGUST 5, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: LEAKY TOILET LEADS TO DEATH SENTENCE
a Chinese official was sentenced to death for corruption after a leaky toilet led to the discovery of his hoard of illicit cash.
- AUGUST 5, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: FOUR DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
four people were sentenced to death by a court in Lohardaga, India, for killing eight members of a family last year after a feud over land. District and Sessions Judge Goutam Kumar Choudhury pronounced the judgement against Mofil Khan, Mubark Khan, Wakil
- AUGUST 5, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO BALUCHI ACTIVISTS EXECUTED IN IRAN
Yaghub Mehrnahad, a 28 year old Baluchi journalist, human rights and cultural activist, has been hanged in a prison in Zahedan, Iran, Etemad Melli newspaper reported without saying when the execution took place.
- AUGUST 5, 2008SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN: DARFUR ‘REBELS’ APPEAL DEATH PENALTIES
in Sudan, eight Darfur ‘rebels’ facing death penalties for terrorists attacks on Khartoum appealed against their convictions, a lawyer said.
- AUGUST 5, 2008Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
UK FOREIGN OFFICE MAKES DEATH PENALTY PLEA TO ANTIGUA
the UK Foreign Office is seeking assurance that the killer of a British honeymoon couple in Antigua will not face the death penalty as UK police help Antiguan officers.
- AUGUST 5, 2008United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas executed José E. Medellín
USA - Texas executed José E. Medellín
- AUGUST 5, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN SUSPENDS DEATH BY STONING
Iran suspended the punishment of death by stoning, state media announced.
- AUGUST 4, 2008ThailandDEATH PENALTY
29 NIGERIANS ESCAPE DEATH SENTENCE IN THAILAND, AFGHANISTAN
twenty-nine Nigerians, condemned to death in Thailand and Afghanistan for drug-related offences, had their sentences commuted to prison terms.
- AUGUST 4, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: YOUTH GETS DEATH FOR RAPE, MURDER OF MINOR GIRL
the Madurai District Court in India handed the death sentence to a 20 year old youth, charged with the rape and murder of a minor.
- AUGUST 4, 2008MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
TWO NIGERIANS TO HANG IN MALAYSIA FOR MURDER
the appeal by two Nigerians against the death sentences was dismissed by the Malaysian Federal Court.
- AUGUST 3, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
THREE IRANIAN MEN, ONE WOMAN, TO BE EXECUTED FOR TERRORISM
- AUGUST 2, 2008TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
TANZANIA: APPEAL COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR IRINGA MAN
Justices Damian Lubuva, Mbarouk Mbarouk...
- AUGUST 1, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
AHRC URGES PAKISTAN GOVERNMENT TO RATIFY CABINET DECISION OF COMMUTING DEATH SENTENCE
the Hong Kong-based Asian Human Rights Commission urged the Pakistani government of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani to immediately ratify the decision of the cabinet to commute death sentences in to life imprisonment so as to make it a law.
- AUGUST 1, 2008JapanDEATH PENALTY
in the reshuffled Japanese Government, Justice Minister Kunio Hatoyama...
in the reshuffled Japanese Government, Justice Minister Kunio Hatoyama...
- JULY 31, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: UNLICENSED DRIVER GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR INTENTIONALLY DRAGGING, KILLING GIRL
a man with no driving license was sentenced to death for dragging and killing an 8 year old girl with his car, according to a court verdict in southwest China's Chongqing municipality.
- JULY 31, 2008SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN: 22 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TERRORISM
anti-terrorisms courts in Sudan sentenced another 22 of the alleged Darfur rebels to death for terrorism and involvement in the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM).
- JULY 31, 2008CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - An Orange County jury today ordered the death penalty for Steven Carl Evans
USA - An Orange County jury today ordered the death penalty for Steven Carl Evans
- JULY 31, 2008TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas executed Larry Donnell Davis.
USA - Texas executed Larry Donnell Davis.
- JULY 31, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. FIVE KURDS EXECUTED, INCLUDING A FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD BOY
Iran executed five Kurds, one of whom was a fifteen-year-old child, Kurdishaspect.com, an independent website based in the USA, reported.
- JULY 31, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO MEN HANGED
two men, identified only as Mushtaq and Akram, were hanged in Pakistan for murder.
- JULY 30, 2008NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: DIKIBO’S KILLERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
Onyeka Emordi and Solomon Igbinedion were sentenced to death by hanging for the alleged killing of the Nigerian Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain Chief A.K. Dikibo, on February 6, 2004.
- JULY 30, 2008North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - The North Carolina Medical Board today defended its right to punish physicians who participate in executions.
USA - The North Carolina Medical Board today defended its right to punish physicians who participate in executions.
- JULY 29, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: TWO PRISONERS HANGED IN ISFAHAN
Iran hanged two prisoners, identified as Yaser K., 22, and Mahmoud, 33, in the prison yard in the central city of Isfahan.
- JULY 29, 2008Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING 81 YR OLD MAN
Ignatius Fernandopulle, 51, of Negombo, Sri Lanka, who was indicted by the Attorney General for killing an 81 year old man, was sentenced to death by Puttalam High Court Judge L.T.B. Dehideniya.
- JULY 29, 2008SudanDEATH PENALTY
EIGHT SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TERRORISM
in Sudan, a judge of the Khartoum Anti-terrorism Court No 1 sentenced eight Darfur ‘rebels’ to death over an assault near the capital, Khartoum, in May.
- JULY 29, 2008United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: TWO INDIAN MEN SPARED DEATH ROW IN SHARJAH
in a major reprieve in the United Arab Emirates, a Sharjah court pardoned two Indian migrant workers.
- JULY 29, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
EU CONDEMNS EXECUTION OF 29 PEOPLE IN EVIN PRISON IN IRAN
the European Union condemned ‘in the strongest terms the 29 simultaneous executions which took place in Evin prison, Iran, on Sunday 27 July 2008.
- JULY 28, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: THREE GO TO GALLOWS IN DINAJPUR MURDER CASE
a court in Dinajpur, Bangladesh, sentenced three people to death for killing a young girl after raping her.