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- AUGUST 4, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: EX-NAVY TRIO ESCAPE DEATH
three former navy personnel in Malaysia had their death sentences commuted to prison sentences by the Kota Kinabalu Court of Appeal due to doubts over the cause of death and their intention.
- AUGUST 4, 2009South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA: HUMAN RIGHTS BODY CHALLENGES DEATH PENALTY
the National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRC) filed a petition with the Constitutional Court to end capital punishment.
- AUGUST 4, 2009DEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Three federal judges ordered the California prison system to reduce its inmate population
USA - California. Three federal judges ordered the California prison system to reduce its inmate population
AUGUST 4, 2009GhanaDEATH PENALTYGHANA: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
the Ho High Court in Ghana, presided over by Justice Kofi Essel Mensah, sentenced
- AUGUST 3, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: FILIPINO COUPLE'S DEATH PENALTY UPHELD
the appeal by a Filipino couple sentenced to death in Malaysia on April 27, 2008, was unanimously rejected by the Kota Kinabalu Court of Appeal.
- AUGUST 3, 2009Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: ACCUSED SENTENCED TO DEATH IN ABSENTIA
in Sri Lanka, the Trincomalee High Court Judge sentenced U.P.G.Chandrasena to death for killing a person and causing serious injuries to four others with a hand grenade on June 21, 1999.
- AUGUST 3, 2009BelarusDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN UNION CONDEMNS ANOTHER DEATH SENTENCE IN BELARUS
the EU criticised the death sentence issued by a Minsk city court to Andrei Zhuk and called on Belarus impose a moratorium on executions.
- AUGUST 3, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: TWO EXECUTIONS FOR RAPE
two people were hanged in the prison of Boroujed, (Lorestan province, western Iran), reported the Iranian daily Kayhan.
AUGUST 3, 2009KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: PRESIDENT KIBAKI REDUCES ALL DEATH SENTENCES TO LIFE
Kenya's more than 4,000 death row inmates all will have their sentences commuted to life imprisonment, President Mwai Kibaki announced, describing their wait to face execution as "undue mental anguish and suffering."
AUGUST 3, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE MEN HANGED FOR RAPE
Three men were hanged in the prison of Hamedan, western part of Iran, reported the
- AUGUST 2, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA EXECUTES NIGERIAN FOR MURDER
Nigerian national Qorbi bin Musa Adam was beheaded by the sword in Jeddah, Saudi
- AUGUST 2, 2009United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: COURT TO REVIEW MAN'S DEATH SENTENCE
the Supreme Court in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, is again reviewing the case of a Pakistani on death row for killing a young Emirati woman in Sharjah.