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- JUNE 9, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. LAHORE HIGH COURT DIRECTS JAIL AUTHORITIES TO RESCHEDULE PRISONERS’ EXECUTION
a Lahore High Court (LHC) division bench in Pakistan directed jail authorities to reschedule the execution of three condemned prisoners within 15 days.
- JUNE 8, 2006ThailandDEATH PENALTY
THAILAND. GOVERNMENT TO FREE 25,000 PRISONERS
Thailand was to release 25,000 prisoners across the country on June 9 in an amnesty to celebrate the King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s 60th anniversary on the throne, officials said. Thai authorities often grant royal
- JUNE 8, 2006AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN. UN RIGHTS EXPERT DEPLORES REPORTED PUBLIC EXECUTION BY TALIBAN
United Nations Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Leandro Despouy, condemned “in very strong terms” the reported public execution by Afghanistan’s ousted Taliban regime of an alleged murderer in Daikundi province.
- JUNE 8, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN UNION. EU HAILS END OF DEATH PENALTY IN PHILIPPINES, PRESSES OTHERS
the European Commission welcomed the adoption of a bill by Philippine legislators to abolish capital punishment, saying it hoped other countries in the region would follow suit.
- JUNE 8, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP HAILS ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) expressed its agreement to the abolition of the death penalty in the Philippines.
- JUNE 8, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. BISHOPS LAUD CONGRESS FOR REPEAL OF DEATH PENALTY
the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBPC) lauded the move of Congress to abolish the death penalty, revealed CBCP President and Jaro Archbishop Angel Lagdameo.
- JUNE 8, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
Gholam Abbas heydari Poor was hanged in public in Bandar Abbas...
Gholam Abbas heydari Poor was hanged in public in Bandar Abbas...
- JUNE 8, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as Panj Ali...
a man, identified only as Panj Ali...
- JUNE 7, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MEN EXECUTED FOR KILLED WOMAN
the Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People's Court executed Lu Shuangfu and Ren Jianhua for the murder of a woman in 2004.
- JUNE 7, 2006ItalyDEATH PENALTY
HANDS OFF CAIN. HOC WELCOMES THE ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY IN THE PHILIPPINES
Hands Off Cain welcomes the news that Philippine law makers voted to abolish the death penalty.
- JUNE 7, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. FIVE PEOPLE EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
five members of Vietnam's biggest drug trafficking ring were executed.
- JUNE 7, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. DEATH CONVICTS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE, SAYS CONGRESS
convicts on death row will be spared lethal injection but will not be eligible for parole, a report of the bicameral conference committee said.