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- MAY 4, 2006IsraelDEATH PENALTY
ISRAEL. CALL TO EXECUTE PRO-HAMAS MPS
the leader of the Jewish ultra-nationalist Yisrael Beitenu party called for the execution of those Israeli Arab MPs who had been in contact with members of the Palestinian Hamas government.
- MAY 3, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN’S DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER APPROVED
it was reported that the death sentence for a “young man”, Qarib Rahman, has been approved by the Iranian mullahs' judiciary putting him on the verge of execution.
- MAY 3, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. JUVENILE SENTENCED TO DEATH
Iran’s Etemad state daily reported that a 17-year-old boy from the central city of Isfahan was sentenced to death.
- MAY 3, 2006FranceDEATH PENALTY
UNITED STATES. JURY REJECTS DEATH PENALTY FOR MOUSSAOUI
a divided jury spared the life of Zacarias Moussaoui, deciding to send to jail for the rest of his life the only man tried on US soil for the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
- MAY 3, 2006LibyaDEATH PENALTY
LIBYA. POLITICAL PRISONER MAY FACE DEATH PENALTY
Libya's most prominent political prisoner, Fathi al-Jahmi, faces a possible death sentence for slandering Libyan leader Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi and talking with a foreign official, Human Rights Watch said.
- MAY 2, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. WOMAN HANGED IN PUBLIC
Farzaneh Sadeqi, female, was hanged in public for murder in Iran’s western province of Lorestan.
- MAY 2, 2006SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA. TEEN EXECUTES FATHER'S KILLER UNDER ISLAMIC LAW
a Somali teenager killed a man convicted by an Islamic court of murdering his father in what is believed to be Mogadishu's first public execution under Sharia Islamic law in a decade.
- MAY 2, 2006DEATH PENALTY
OHIO, USA. STATE EXECUTES JOSEPH CLARK AFTER UNPRECEDENTED DELAY
Joseph Clark was put to death in Ohio but not until after one of his veins had collapsed, causing the condemned man to sit up and tell his executioners, "It's not working".
- MAY 2, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT. FIVE MEN EXECUTED FOR MURDER, DRUG SMUGGLING, RAPE
Kuwait carried out the executions of five men convicted of murder and drug smuggling. The bodies of the men were then put on public display from the gallows.
- MAY 2, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. BANK OFFICIAL GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR BRIBERY
Wen Mengjie, a former official from Beijing's Bank of Agriculture, has been sentenced to death, after being charged with taking bribes worth more than 10 million yuan (US$1.25 million) and embezzling more than 4.32 million yuan.
- MAY 2, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. THREE UYGHURS FACE EXECUTION IF EXTRADITED
it was reported that human rights groups fear that three Uyghurs might face torture and even death if extradited to China.
- MAY 2, 2006ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA. SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS FOUR DEATH SENTENCES, COMMUTES A FIFTH
the Zambian Supreme Court upheld four death sentences passed by the High Court, including that of a police officer who killed three High School teachers in September 2001.