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- AUGUST 9, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN TO EXECUTE FOUR FOR RAPING A MAN
a court in Iran handed death sentences to four men including a minor for raping a man after a fight, the Etemad Melli newspaper reported.
- AUGUST 8, 2008ArgentinaDEATH PENALTY
ARGENTINA: SCRAPPING OF MILITARY CODE OF JUSTICE WELCOMED
Amnesty International USA welcomed the decision by the Argentine Parliament to scrap the 1951 Military Code of Justice, thus abolishing the death penalty in all cases and closing military courts of justice.
- AUGUST 8, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE, 2 KIDS
after the Punjab and Haryana High Court confirmed the death sentence of a man for killing his wife and two children in Jalandhar in March 2005, Judge BK Mehta of a local additional sessions court issued warrants for his execution on September 20.
- AUGUST 8, 2008MexicoDEATH PENALTY
USA / MEXICO / WORLD - The execution of a Mexican citizen, Jose Ernesto Medellin, by the United States against the orders of the UN's highest court highlights a flaw in international law
USA / MEXICO / WORLD - The execution of a Mexican citizen, Jose Ernesto Medellin, by the United States against the orders of the UN's highest court highlights a flaw in international law
- AUGUST 8, 2008DEATH PENALTY
USA / WORLD - The U.N. human rights office voiced concern today for the fate of 50 Mexican nationals on death row in the United States
USA / WORLD - The U.N. human rights office voiced concern today for the fate of 50 Mexican nationals on death row in the United States
- AUGUST 7, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: KURDISH ACTIVISTS CONDEMNED TO DEATH
two Kurdish activists were condemned to death in a closed court hearing in the Iranian city of Sanandaj.
- AUGUST 7, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN JERGA PUBLICLY EXECUTES 80-YEAR-OLD IN TRIBAL AREA
an octogenarian man was shot dead in public on the orders of a local jirga that found him 'guilty' of kidnapping a girl in the Kala Dhaka tribal area in Pakistan, sources said.
- AUGUST 7, 2008IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA EXECUTES MAN FOR SERIAL MURDERS
Indonesia executed a man sentenced to death seven years ago for murdering four people, despite a call from international human rights groups to halt the execution.
- AUGUST 7, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS THREE FOR MURDER, DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran hanged three men convicted of murder and drug trafficking in a prison in the country's central clerical capital, Qom, the conservative Kayhan newspaper reported.
- AUGUST 7, 2008NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: EDO HOUSE MOVES AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
in Nigeria, the former Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly and member representing Esan South and Esan North at the House of Representatives, Abuja, Hon. Friday ltulah pledged to introduce the capital punishment amendment bill on the floor of the H
- AUGUST 7, 2008DEATH PENALTY
USA - Heliberto Chi was executed today in Texas
USA - Heliberto Chi was executed today in Texas
- AUGUST 7, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: SUSPENSION OF STONING A WELCOME STEP IF CARRIED OUT
Amnesty International welcomed the announcement by the spokesperson for Iran's judiciary that execution by stoning has been suspended, as a result of which several women have had their sentences commuted.