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- SEPTEMBER 15, 2008ItalyDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY: D'ELIA- INCREASE EFFORT TO ATTAIN ABOLITION
"We need to increase our efforts to consolidate these results and move from a moratorium to the abolition of the death penalty," Hands Off Cain Secretary Sergio D'Elia said in response to Ban Ki-Moon's report on the death penalty around the world.
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2008DEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY: BAN KI-MOON'S REPORT RELEASED
Ban Ki-Moon, the Secretary General of the United Nations, released a report on the death penalty. It was one of the provisions of the Resolution on the moratorium on capital punishment, approved by the General Assembly in December 2007, asking the Secreta
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN TO GO TO GALLOWS FOR KILLING BNP LEADER IN CHUADANGA
at a court in Chuadanga, Bangladesh, Additional Sessions Judge Motahar Hossaina convicted a regional leader of an outlawed party and sentenced him to death for killing BNP leader Nur Ali in 2005.
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2008DEATH PENALTY
USA - According to the F.B.I.'s latest crime report released today, murder rate declines in every region except the South, where executions are most prevalent.
USA - According to the F.B.I.'s latest crime report released today, murder rate declines in every region except the South, where executions are most prevalent.
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2008DEATH PENALTY
USA - Kansas. A jury recommended the death penalty for Gary Kleypas
USA - Kansas. A jury recommended the death penalty for Gary Kleypas
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. TWO DEATH SENTENCES COMMUTED
a Saudi Arabian court overruled the verdict of a lower court and sentenced a Kuwaiti girl and her brother to 20 years in jail for killing their sister in a desert in Saudi Arabia before surrendering themselves to Saudi authorities, reports Awan daily.
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: PAPERS ORDERED TO CENSOR EXECUTION NEWS
the mullahs' Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance (MCIG) in Iran warned newspaper editors to censor reports about escalating number of executions, in particular that of the minors in the country.
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2008KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER AT FUNERAL
the Kenyan High Court upheld the death sentence against Nyando Mukuta Mwambanga for the murder of Mizingo Munga Gube on 2nd April, 2001.
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MULLAHS' JUDICIARY CHIEF UPHELD DEATH SENTENCE FOR A MINOR
Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, mullahs' judiciary chief upheld death sentence for a minor, reported the state-run daily Etemaad on Sunday
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. FIGHT AGAINST DEATH PENALTY SET TO GET TOUGHER
with increasing support for tougher laws to deal with fundamentalist and extremist activities in India, the fight against death penalty is set to get tougher, former Additional Director of Central Bureau of Investigation V.R.Lakshminarayanan said.
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2008TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
UN CALL ON TANZANIA TO RATIFY PROTOCOL ON DEATH PENALTY
the United Nations advised Tanzania to ratify the International Covenant on civil and Political Right's Optional Protocol on Abolition of Death Penalty as a step in protecting and promoting human rights
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2008MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. DEATH PENALTY NOT THE WAY TO ADDRESS CRIMINALITY: AMNESTY
"it is the responsibility of governments to address criminality effectively without resorting to the death penalty," said Amnesty International Malaysia executive director Nora Murat.