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- OCTOBER 21, 2009NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: KADUNA COURT SENTENCES TWO TO DEATH
Justice Gideon Kurada of the Kaduna High Court in Nigeria sentenced two men to death by hanging for conspiracy, armed robbery and culpable homicide.
- OCTOBER 21, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON: ISLAMISTS SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER ATTACK AGAINST THE ARMY
the Lebanese Justice system issued death sentences to seven members of the Fatah al-Islam group for a bloody attack against the Lebanese Army in August 2008, a legal source said.
- OCTOBER 21, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER
a Saudi Arabian man convicted of murder was beheaded by the sword in the northern town of Sakaka, the Interior Ministry said in a statement carried by SPA state news agency. Mohammed bin Saqer al-Quwaykabi was found guilty of shooting dead Faisal bin Shra
- OCTOBER 21, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA MAN FACES GALLOWS AFTER FEDERAL COURT UPHOLDS SENTENCE
the Malaysian Federal Court’s three-man bench led by Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak Justice Richard Malanjum unanimously dismissed Ahmad Najib Aris’s appeal against his death for raping and murdering Canny Ong Lay Kian on June 14, 2003.
OCTOBER 21, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FIVE PEOPLE EXECUTED IN TEHRAN
one woman and four men were executed in Tehran’s Evin prison early the morning.
- OCTOBER 20, 2009BelarusDEATH PENALTY
UN CALLS ON BELARUS TO HALT EXECUTION
the United Nations called on Belarus to halt the imminent execution of a man accused of murdering of six elderly women. Vasily Yuzepchuk was sentenced to death on June 29.
- OCTOBER 20, 2009United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: TWO GET CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
the Khorfakan Criminal Court in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, sentenced a UAE woman, 47, and her
- OCTOBER 20, 2009BelarusDEATH PENALTY
ITALY-BELARUS: RADICALS- DEATH SENTENCE TEST CASE OF THE ‘GOOD RELATIONS’ BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES
together with other elected Radical parliamentarians from the Democratic Party list, Elisabetta Zamparutti presented an urgent parliamentary question to the Ministers of Foreign Affairs regarding the case of Vasil Yuzepchuk.
- OCTOBER 20, 2009ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING
Judge Jane Kabuka of the Ndola High Court in Zambia sentenced George Alifa, 38, to death for murder.
- OCTOBER 20, 2009United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: MAN GETS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
an 18-year-old Omani national was sentenced to death by a court in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, for drug possession and peddling. Posing as buyers, the Anti-Narcotics Department of the Eastern Region Police struck a deal for Dh35,000 and on May 29, 200
- OCTOBER 20, 2009YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMENI REBELS GET DEATH PENALTY
ten Shia rebels were sentenced to death in Yemen for involvement in clashes with the army.
- OCTOBER 20, 2009SyriaDEATH PENALTY
SYRIA: COALITION AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY FOUNDED
the Palestinian newspaper al Quds al Arabi reported the founding and subsequent announcement by the