2008

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.

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.

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.

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

USA - Heliberto Chi was executed today in Texas

USA - Heliberto Chi was executed today in Texas

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

PAKISTAN: FOUR HANGED IN FAISALABAD JAIL

four condemned prisoners were hanged in Faisalabad District Jail in Pakistan.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

USA - Texas executed José E. Medellín

USA - Texas executed José E. Medellín

IRAN SUSPENDS DEATH BY STONING

Iran suspended the punishment of death by stoning, state media announced.

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.

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.

TWO NIGERIANS TO HANG IN MALAYSIA FOR MURDER

the appeal by two Nigerians against the death sentences was dismissed by the Malaysian Federal Court.

THREE IRANIAN MEN, ONE WOMAN, TO BE EXECUTED FOR TERRORISM

TANZANIA: APPEAL COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR IRINGA MAN

Justices Damian Lubuva, Mbarouk Mbarouk...

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.