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- AUGUST 22, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. 10 MEN SENT TO THE GALLOWS
ten men were sentenced to death and 16 others to life imprisonment in two separate murder cases in Dhaka and Sylhet, Bangladesh.
- AUGUST 22, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE OF THREE CONVICTS
a two-member bench of the Pakistan Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of three convicts convicted of killing five people in Jhang district in 1995.
- AUGUST 21, 2005AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN. MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE, 10-YEAR JAIL TERM
a lower court in Afghanistan awarded the death penalty to Ahmad Jahesh, a man charged with murder, abduction and adultery.
- AUGUST 21, 2005IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. GOVERNMENT DEFENDS DEATH PENALTY AHEAD OF EXECUTIONS
the Iraqi government defended its decision to reinstate the death penalty following a United Nations appeal for Baghdad to reconsider executing three convicted felons.
- AUGUST 20, 2005IraqDEATH PENALTY
UNITED NATIONS. ENVOY URGES IRAQ TO RECONSIDER DEATH PENALTY
Ashraf Qazi, special representative of UN secretary general Kofi Annan, urged Iraq to reconsider carrying out the first executions since the 2003 overthrow of former dictator Saddam Hussein.
- AUGUST 20, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. SOLDIER WHO PLOTTED TO KILL MUSHARRAF HANGED
Islam Siddiqui, a soldier convicted of plotting to assassinate Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, was executed by hanging.
- AUGUST 20, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. CONVICTED ARMED ROBBER HANGED
Mousa Mohsenipour, an Iranian man convicted of armed robbery, drug trafficking and kidnapping was hanged in a prison in the southern Iranian port of Bandar Abbas
- AUGUST 19, 2005DEATH PENALTY
proponents of the so-called Streamlined Procedures Act justify this radical piece of...
proponents of the so-called Streamlined Procedures Act justify this radical piece of legislation by citing the supposedly intrusive scrutiny of federal courts of state capital convictions and the delays that ensue.
- AUGUST 19, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. EIGHT CHINESE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DEADLY CRIMES IN CAMBODIA
a court in China condemned eight Chinese to death for a series of kidnappings and robberies in Cambodia in which at least 10 people were killed.
- AUGUST 19, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a Vietnam court sentenced Chang Yuchia, 20, a Chinese national, to death for drug trafficking
a Vietnam court sentenced Chang Yuchia, 20, a Chinese national, to death for drug trafficking
- AUGUST 18, 2005VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Khac Diep, 23, was executed in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Nguyen Khac Diep, 23, was executed in Hanoi, Vietnam.
- AUGUST 18, 2005VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Duong Van Hung, 37, was executed in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Duong Van Hung, 37, was executed in Hanoi, Vietnam.