2006

an Afghan, identified only as Abdolghafoor...

an Afghan, identified only as Abdolghafoor...

INDONESIA SETS DATE FOR EXECUTION OF CHRISTIAN MILITANTS

three Indonesian Christian militants convicted of leading a mob that killed Muslims will be executed on September 21, the convicts' lawyer said, but there was no immediate word on the fate of their clemency appeals.

IRAQ. TWO IRAQI’S SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR FOILED ATTACKS ON S. KOREAN MILITARY

two Iraqi’s who attempted to bomb the South Korean military facilities in Iraq were sentenced to death.

SAUDI ARABIA. AFGHANI BEHEADED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING

SAUDI ARABIA. BANGLADESHI BEHEADED FOR MURDER

Saudi Arabia beheaded a Bangladeshi man convicted of murdering an Egyptian, the Interior Ministry said.

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT. PRESIDENT OF THE EPP-ED GROUP ASKS INDONESIA TO SPARE THREE CHRISTIANS FROM EXECUTION

Hans-Gert Pöttering, President of the EPP-ED Group at the European Parliament...

MALAYSIA. GRANDFATHER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING

the High Court sentenced 62-year-old grandfather Lau Yew Kwan to death for bringing into Malaysia from Paris 2,144.8gm of MDMA.

BANGLADESH. NINE PERSONS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN BRAHMANBARIA AND KISHOREGANJ

eight men were sentenced to death in Chittagong, Bangladesh, for a triple murder committed in Brahmanbaria on August 10, 2005.

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT. PRESIDENT OF THE EPP-ED GROUP ASKS INDONESIA TO SPARE THREE CHRISTIANS FROM EXECUTION

Hans-Gert Pöttering, President of the EPP-ED Group at the European Parliament...

a Baton Rouge jury recommended the death penalty for Shedran Williams.

a Baton Rouge jury recommended the death penalty for Shedran Williams.

PAKISTAN. TRIBESMAN EXECUTED BY PRO-TALIBAN MILITANTS

pro-Taliban militants executed a tribesman in a restive Pakistani tribal area bordering Afghanistan after convicting him of double murder, officials and witnesses said.

KENYA. POLICE UNIT TOPS LIST OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSERS WITH EXTRAJUDICIAL EXECUTIONS

the police remain the most notorious abusers of human rights in Kenya, the latest human rights accountability report said.

CHINA. HUMAN RIGHTS TALKS HAVE BEGUN, ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER

“We have commenced a structured dialogue with China on human rights issues,” stated Italy’s Prime Minister Romano Prodi after meeting his Chinese counterpart Wen Jabao in Beijing. “Dialogue is an important instrument for strengthening the preservation of

ITALY-CHINA. DEATH PENALTY ISSUE RAISED

“Yesterday and today, we brought up the issue of the death penalty with various members of the government of the People's Republic of China, hoping for a commitment in the reduction of crimes for which it is applicable,” stated Undersecretary for Foreign

INDIA. KERALA HIGH COURT CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER

the Kerala High Court, India, confirmed the death sentence of a man accused in the murder of a six-member family in Aluva on January 6, 2001.

IRAN TO EXECUTE FOUR PAKISTANIS FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING

the Zahedan revolutionary court in south-eastern Iran’s Sistan-Baluchestan province sentenced four Pakistanis and one Iranian man to death for drug trafficking.

JORDAN. COURT REVOKES DEATH SENTENCE IN CHILD RAPE CASE

Jordan’s Court of Cassation repealed the death sentence against a 24-year-old man, who was convicted by the Criminal Court of raping an 8-year-old girl in Irbid in 2002, after her family dropped charges against him.

MALAYSIA. TWO TO HANG FOR TRAFFICKING

families of Mohamed Awang, 48, from Tanah Merah, and Thai national Rohing, 42...

the FBI recently released the latest version of its Uniform Crime Reports:

the FBI recently released the latest version of its Uniform Crime Reports:

a man, identified only as Hasan...

a man, identified only as Hasan...

MALAYSIA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR CANNABIS TRAFFICKING

a 31-year-old man was sentenced to death by a High Court in Kuala Lumpur...

CHINA. SEVEN GANGSTERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER, RACKETEERING

chinese courts have sentenced seven gangsters to death in two separate cases in the country's northwestern Gansu Province and eastern Anhui Province, according to the Supreme People's Court (SPC).

JAPAN. CULT LEADER TO HANG FOR TOKYO SUBWAY ATTACK

Shoko Asahara, a former cult leader who masterminded a poison gas attack on Tokyo subway trains in 1995, had his appeal against the death penalty rejected by Japan's Supreme Court.

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. THREE SOLDIERS SENTENCED TO DEATH

the military court sitting in Bukavu, DRC, sentenced three soldiers to capital punishment.

JORDAN. THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR PLANNING TERRORIST ATTACKS

three militants were sentenced to death and a fourth was sentenced...

PERU. BISHOPS REAFFIRM ANTI DEATH PENALTY STANCE

as Peruvians debated a proposal to apply the death penalty to individuals who sexually assaulted and murdered minors, the country's bishops urged unconditional respect for human life.

UGANDA DRAFTING BILL TO EXECUTE HIV INFECTORS

it was reported that the Ugandan government was drafting a bill to execute offenders who knowingly infected minors with HIV.

TEXAS. MAN EXECUTED FOR 1991 ROBBERY, MURDER SPREE

Texas executed Farley Charles Matchett for the 1991 murder of a 52-year-old Houston paint contractor who refused to hand over money in order to feed his drug addiction.

ETHIOPIA PARDONS DETAINEES IN 'NEW YEAR' FETE

Ethiopia granted amnesties to hundreds of prison inmates in the first such move in five decades that also saw death row convicts have their sentences commuted, officials said.

MISSOURI, US. JUDGE ORDERS SECOND REVISION OF DEATH PENALTY PROTOCOLS

a federal judge ordered the state of Missouri to submit new protocols for carrying out the state death penalty by lethal injection and has refused to authorize executions until revisions are approved.