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- OCTOBER 4, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. HANGING OF INDIAN MILITANT DEFERRED AFTER MERCY PETITION
the wife of Mohammed Afzal, who has been slapped with a death sentence for a terror attack on the Indian Parliament in 2001, has filed a mercy petition before President APJ Abdul Kalam, news reports said.
- OCTOBER 4, 2006MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
MOROCCO. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT COULD SOON BE ABOLISHED
a bill that would abolish capital punishment in Morocco is scheduled to be presented to parliament within the few next months, said Bouchra Khiari, deputy of the opposition party Le Front des Forces Démocratiques (FFD).
- OCTOBER 4, 2006DEATH PENALTY
the death sentence for David Renteria has been overturned by the Court of Criminal Appeals.
the death sentence for David Renteria has been overturned by the Court of Criminal Appeals.
- OCTOBER 3, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. HUSSEIN JUDGES DELAY VERDICT
judges postponed their verdict in Saddam Hussein's trial. The verdict had been expected on October 16 but was delayed until at least the end of the month while judges took extra time to review the evidence and make sure their case was airtight.
- OCTOBER 3, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. TWO HANGINGS SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 16, JAIL AUTHORITIES APPEAL
Jaj Singh and Gurwail Singh, both residents of Bhitewad village near Amritsar, India, were scheduled to hang for murder in Amritsar’s high-security Central Jail on October 16.
- OCTOBER 3, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
H. Sh, 22, has been sentenced to death by the Hormozgan Penal Court...
H. Sh, 22, has been sentenced to death by the Hormozgan Penal Court...
- OCTOBER 2, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN EXECUTED FOR ARMED ROBBERY
a man was hanged in the city of Ahwaz, south-west Iran, the government-run news agency Fars reported.
- OCTOBER 2, 2006United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. PRISON AUTHORITIES ASK FOR FRESH DATE TO HANG BRITON
Pakistani prison authorities asked a court to fix a new date for the execution of a British man sentenced to hang in a case that was raised by Prime Minister Tony Blair with President Pervez Musharrafa few days earlier.
- OCTOBER 2, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN COURT SENTENCES CHINESE MAN TO DEATH
a Japanese court sentenced to death a Chinese man for killing and robbing a Japanese couple who had rented him an apartment.
- OCTOBER 2, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
three men have been sentenced to death, in Iran...
three men have been sentenced to death, in Iran...
- OCTOBER 2, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as Mohammad, 23...
a man, identified only as Mohammad, 23...
- OCTOBER 1, 2006NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA GRANTS REPRIEVE TO MORE THAN 100 DEATH ROW PRISONERS
more than 100 Nigerians condemned to death had their sentences commuted to life imprisonment as part of independence day celebrations in the West African country.