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- SEPTEMBER 19, 2011Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: 357 PRISONERS ON DEATH ROW
there were 357 prisoners on death row at the moment with some having served over 15 years while waiting for their sentences to be carried out, Commissioner General of Prisons P. W. Kodippili said.
SEPTEMBER 18, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED IN GHAZVIN
One prisoner was hanged in the prison of Ghazvin (west of Tehran) early this morning, reported the Iranian news agency Mehr.
SEPTEMBER 18, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 22 PRISONERS HANGED
According to the Iranian government daily "Iran", 22 prisoners were hanged in the prisons of Evin (Tehran) and Rajaei Shahr (Karaj, west of Tehran) for drug-related crimes.
SEPTEMBER 18, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: PRISONER DIES DAY BEFORE EXECUTION
A convicted killer in a Saudi jail was found dead a day before he was to be executed
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DUBAI MURDER CASE: HC MOVED FOR DEATH PENALTY AFFIRMATION
the special CBI court in India sent the death penalty of domestic helper Ravji Manu Pawar, 53, for killing five members of a family in Dubai, for confirmation to the Gujarat high court. Pawar joined Ramesh Sagar's family at Dubai as domestic help in 1980.
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2011SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: PUNTLAND COURT SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH
the Bossaso First Degree Court in Somalia's Puntland region sentenced Jama Abdullahi Abdulle to death for killing judge Abdinasir Haji Aden in front of the courthouse on September 14, 2011. It was not immediately clear why Abdulle targeted the judge.
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2011SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
Somalia's military court has sentenced to death 15 soldiers...
Somalia's military court has sentenced to death 15 soldiers...
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2011JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: EX-AUM CULTIST SEEKS REVERSAL OF DEATH PENALTY IN SUPREME COURT APPEAL
the defence counsel for former senior AUM Shinrikyo cult member Tomomasa Nakagawa asked the Japan's Supreme Court No. 2 Petty Bench to overturn his death penalty for the deadly nerve gas attacks and the murder of a lawyer and his family.
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: BEIJING MAN EXECUTED FOR KILLING SIX OF HIS FAMILY
Li Lei, 31, was executed in Beijing, China, for killing his parents, two sons, wife and sister to death on November 23, 2009, at their home in Beijing's Daxing District
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA MUST HALT EXECUTION OF PAKISTAN NATIONAL
the Chinese government should halt the imminent execution of a Pakistan national, Amnesty International said. Syed Zahid Hussain Shah, a 36-year-old-Pakistani businessman, is due to be executed by lethal injection on September 21.
SEPTEMBER 16, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER
Saudi Arabia beheaded one of its citizens by sword in Riyadh after he was convicted
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: TWO PRISONERS HANGED
Two prisoners were executed early this morning in the prison of Semnan