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- DECEMBER 28, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
UN RIGHTS CHIEF CALLS FOR RESTRAINT IN SADDAM CASE
the UN human rights chief called for restraint by Iraqi authorities over Saddam Hussein's death sentence, saying there were concerns about the fairness of the original trial.
- DECEMBER 27, 2006DEATH PENALTY
FIDH ASKS NOT TO EXECUTE SADDAM
the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) has asked Mr. Jalal Talabani, President of Iraq and the Iraqi Government not to ratify the Appeals Court’s decision to execute Saddam Hussein and requested a moratorium on the death penalty in Iraq.
- DECEMBER 27, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. CONVICT EXECUTED IN ADIALA JAIL
a man convicted of murder was hanged in the Adiala Central Jail in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
- DECEMBER 27, 2006ItalyDEATH PENALTY
INTINI CRITICISES SADDAM'S DEATH SENTENCE
Italy’s deputy foreign minister Ugo Intini stigmatised the news of Saddam Hussein's death sentence...
- DECEMBER 27, 2006ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. SADDAM: DEATH SENTENCE NEVER A SOLUTION, MASTELLA
"I express my firm and decisive 'no' to the death sentence, which can never be considered to be a solution...
- DECEMBER 26, 2006DEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. ITALIAN MP STARTS THIRST AND HUNGER STRIKE TO PROTEST SADDAM EXECUTION
Marco Pannella, a member of the European Parliament and leader of the Nonviolent Radical Party, started a thirst and hunger strike to protest the death sentence against former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.
- DECEMBER 26, 2006Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ HANDS DEATH SENTENCE TO THREE 'FOREIGN FIGHTERS'
an Iraqi court sentenced a Saudi, a Syrian and a Sudanese to death after finding them guilty of Al-Qaeda related terrorist offences, the US-led coalition in Iraq said.
- DECEMBER 26, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN VIETNAM FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
a court in northern Vietnam sentenced three people to death for drug trafficking, with a police officer getting a life sentence.
- DECEMBER 26, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING 5 BY LACING WINE LOSES RIGHT TO RETRIAL
the Nagoya High Court, Japan, revoked an earlier decision it made to retry Masaru Okunishi, an 80 year old man sentenced to death for fatally poising five people.
- DECEMBER 26, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
the People's Court of Hanoi, Vietnam, sentenced two men to death, and passed life sentences on two others and jail terms of between one year and 30 years on six more for trafficking and transporting drugs.
- DECEMBER 26, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPANESE MINISTER VOWS MORE EXECUTIONS
Japan’s justice minister vowed to carry out more executions after the country’s first hangings in over a year, saying the vast majority of the public supported the death penalty.
- DECEMBER 25, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO MEN HANGED FOR VIOLENT CRIMES, DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran hanged two men convicted of murder, armed kidnapping and drug trafficking, the ISNA news agency reported. One of the men was identified as Pordel B, convicted of murder during an armed clash as well as involvement in the armed trafficking of 15kg of