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- JULY 30, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN MILITIA PUBLICLY EXECUTES 'KIDNAPPERS'
a Pakistani Islamist militia executed four men by firing squad in Bara, in Pakistan's semi-autonomous tribal district of Khyber, after pronouncing them guilty of kidnapping and murder at a self-styled Islamic court
- JULY 30, 2009Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: DEATH SENTENCE ON HIKKADUWAUC CHAIRMAN
Vinnie Kariyawasam, Chairman of the Hikkaduwa Urban Council, and his accomplice Thirimadura Harischandra De Silva were sentenced to death in Sri Lanka.
- JULY 30, 2009DEATH PENALTY
USA - South Dakota. The South Dakota Supreme Court has overturned the death sentence of Briley Piper
USA - South Dakota. The South Dakota Supreme Court has overturned the death sentence of Briley Piper
- JULY 30, 2009NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: BABA FUGU MOHAMMED SUMMARILY EXCUTED
in Nigeria, Boko Haram Leader Mohammed Yusuf's 72 year old father-in-law, Baba Fugu Mohammed, was also killed in police custody.
- JULY 30, 2009NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: BOKO HARAM LEADER, YUSUF, KILLED
Mohammed Yusuf, the leader of the Nigerian Islamic sect Boko Haram, was killed in custody just hours after police said they captured him in the city of Maiduguri.
- JULY 30, 2009IraqDEATH PENALTY
URGENT APPEAL ON THE PENDING EXECUTION OF NINE IRAQI WOMEN
a delegation organised by the group “Woman Solidarity for an Independent and Unified Iraq” delivered an urgent appeal to a number of Arab League countries through their embassies in London.
- JULY 30, 2009MongoliaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International issued an urgent appeal on behalf...
Amnesty International issued an urgent appeal on behalf of Mongolian man facing execution for murder. Buuveibaatar, 33, was facing execution for murder.
JULY 30, 2009MoroccoDEATH PENALTYMOROCCO: KING PARDONS PRISONERS
Moroccan King Mohammed VI has amnestied about 24,000 prisoners to mark the 10th
JULY 30, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 24 PEOPLE HANGED IN A PRISON WEST OF TEHRAN
24 people were hanged in the prison of Rajaee Shahr, at Karaj (west of Tehran), according to a report published by the state run Iranian news website "Borna news".
- JULY 29, 2009ItalyDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY: “HANDS OFF CAIN” CONTINUES AROUND THE WORLD TOWARDS THE ABOLITION OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
the positive evolution around the world over the last ten years towards the abolition of
- JULY 29, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA MOVES TO REDUCE NUMBER OF EXECUTIONS
China is to reduce the number of people it executes to "an extremely small number", a top court official says.
- JULY 29, 2009ItalyDEATH PENALTY
“ABOLITIONIST OF THE YEAR 2009”: NAPOLITANO- APPLAUSE FOR NEW MEXICO GOVERNOR AND PARLIAMENTARIAN, PRIZE WINNERS
“Italy has always been first in line against the death penalty” and it is “an obligation to continue to fight for the inviolability of life and against the culture of death.” This was the warning of the President of the Republic, Giorgio Napolitano, agai