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51,055 ARTICLES · 1999—2026The news from the three battles.
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- MARCH 1, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. SADDAM ADMITS ORDERING EXECUTIONS
Saddam Hussein admitted in court that he gave orders that led to the execution of Shi'ite Muslims in the 1980s, but justified the punishment as his right as Iraq's president.
- MARCH 1, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. THREE ARAB ACTIVISTS EXECUTED
Iran executed three Arab activists in the south-western oil city of Ahwaz, according to local dissidents reached by telephone.
- MARCH 1, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO MEN HANGED PUBLICLY
two men convicted of carrying out a deadly a bomb attack in Iran's restive oil city of Ahwaz were executed in public early morning.
- MARCH 1, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. FORMER CONGRESSMAN AND SIX FARMERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
a former congressman and six farmers were sentenced to death in the Philippines for the 1997 killing of two brothers in Mindoro province.
- MARCH 1, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. THREE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH ON SAME DAY
the Sialkot Additional District and Session Court, Pakistan, sentenced to death on counts, with a fine of 300,000 rupees each, Ali Raza alias Muna and Moazzam Shehzad after convicting them of double murder.
- MARCH 1, 2006AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN. TRIAL OF AFGHAN EX-INTELLIGENCE CHIEF FLAWED: RIGHTS GROUP
the death sentence passed in Kabul on former Afghan intelligence chief Asadullah Sarwari followed a trial that violated basic standards of due process, Human Rights Watch said.
- MARCH 1, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. KEY MAN IN JAPANESE DOOMSDAY CULT APPEALS DEATH SENTENCE
Tomomasa Nakagawa, key member of the doomsday cult who allegedly prepared the nerve gas for the deadly attack on the Tokyo subway in 1995, began an appeal against his death sentence.
- MARCH 1, 2006GhanaDEATH PENALTY
GHANA. SUPREME COURT NOMINEE AGAINST CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Justice Samuel Kwadwo Asiamah, a nominee to the Supreme Court of Ghana, said he was against capital punishment and personally felt that the death penalty should be abolished.
- MARCH 1, 2006DEATH PENALTY
a federal court has thrown out the death penalty sentence of Richard Edward Grant...
a federal court has thrown out the death penalty sentence of Richard Edward Grant, who has been on California’s death row for 24 years.
- MARCH 1, 2006DEATH PENALTY
anyone convicted of a robbery or burglary would be required...
anyone convicted of a robbery or burglary would be required to give a DNA sample under a bill (LB385) advanced for debate by the Legislature's Judiciary Committee.
- MARCH 1, 2006DEATH PENALTY
the Indiana House approved a bill 82-12 that would let the families of murder victims...
the Indiana House approved a bill 82-12 that would let the families of murder victims witness the executions of the killers. Under Indiana law, only the condemned person gets to pick the witnesses.
- MARCH 1, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
While the regulations do not address the issue of what the government calls...
While the regulations do not address the issue of what the government calls...