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- AUGUST 17, 2009NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
GROUP SEEKS REPRIEVE FOR NIGERIANS ON LIBYAN DEATH ROW
Nigerian rights group Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) appealed to the African Union (AU) to prevail on Libya not to execute 14 Nigerians said to be on death row in the North African nation.
- AUGUST 17, 2009IraqDEATH PENALTY
TORTURE AND EXECUTION OF IRAQI GAYS ON RISE: HRW
Iraqi militias are increasingly torturing and executing men suspected of homosexuality, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said.
- AUGUST 17, 2009EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
ETHIOPIAN WOMAN GETS DEATH IN THE KILLING OF SPONSOR
Judge Abdurrahman Al-Darmi of the Kuwaiti Criminal Court sentenced an Ethiopian housemaid, identified only as Amakeel, to death for the premeditated murder of her sponsor, a Lebanese woman.
- AUGUST 17, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: THREE WOMEN PRISONERS IN GOHARDASHT JAIL OF KARAJ ON THE VERGE OF EXECUTION
three women prisoners in Gohardasht jail in Karaj, Iran, are on the verge of execution.
- AUGUST 17, 2009DEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. A Randall County jury sentenced Brent Ray Brewer, 39, to death
USA - Texas. A Randall County jury sentenced Brent Ray Brewer, 39, to death
- AUGUST 17, 2009DEATH PENALTY
USA - Illinois. Illinois governor signs reform of state's death-penalty defense fund
USA - Illinois. Illinois governor signs reform of state's death-penalty defense fund
- AUGUST 17, 2009DEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. The U.S. Supreme Court, in an exceptional move, has ordered a U.S. district court in Georgia to hear new testimony in the case of Troy Davis
USA - Georgia. The U.S. Supreme Court, in an exceptional move, has ordered a U.S. district court in Georgia to hear new testimony in the case of Troy Davis
- AUGUST 15, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN EXECUTED FOR RAPING 24 MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS
Wu Tianxi, 63, the former vice chairman of the Zhenping county committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, was executed in Nanyang, in China’s Henan province.
- AUGUST 15, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR BYNDOOR YOUTH
Abdul Majeed, 27, of Navunda, near Byndoor in India, was awarded capital punishment by a Saudi Arabian court for transporting narcotic drugs.
- AUGUST 14, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CENTRAL CHINA COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR CORRUPT OFFICIALS
the Higher People's Court of Hunan Province in China rejected the appeals of two men against their death sentences, local officials said. Li Dalun, 59, former secretary of Communist Party of China (CPC) Chenzhou Municipal Committee, was sentenced to death
- AUGUST 14, 2009LibyaDEATH PENALTY
RELATIVES REVEAL NIGERIANS EXECUTED IN LIBYA
between 32 and 40 black Africans, mainly Nigerians, were secretly executed in Libya despite a denial by the Libyan presidency, a Nigerian House of Representatives source said.
- AUGUST 14, 2009DEATH PENALTY
USA - Pennsylvania. Raymond Johnson, who spent 9 years on death row, has been resentenced to 10 years in prison
USA - Pennsylvania. Raymond Johnson, who spent 9 years on death row, has been resentenced to 10 years in prison