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- MAY 16, 2011Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
MYANMAR: PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES AMNESTY FOR DEATH ROW PRISONERS
Myanmar's new president announced an amnesty for prisoners, commuting the sentences
- MAY 16, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
furniture worker Yap Boon Thai, 38, from Bukit Mertajam, Penang, was sentenced to death by Justice Datuk Zamani Abdul Rahim of the Malaysian High Court in Alor Setar for murdering Indonesian woman Ismiyanti, in her 30s, at Sungai Petani on June 7, 2005.
MAY 16, 2011DEATH PENALTYIRAN: 11 HANGINGS FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING, RAPE
11 people have been hanged recently in Iran. On May 14, one man found guilty of drug smuggling was hanged in a prison in the northern town of Tonekabon, the Kayhan newspaper reported.
MAY 16, 2011GhanaDEATH PENALTYGHANA: 123 PEOPLE ON DEATH ROW
the 2011 State of the World's Human Rights Report, which was launched by Amnesty
- MAY 16, 2011DEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. A jury sentenced Stephen Douglas Reeves, 57, white, to death
USA - Arizona. A jury sentenced Stephen Douglas Reeves, 57, white, to death
- MAY 16, 2011DEATH PENALTY
USA - Louisiana. A jury recommended the death sentence for Jeffrey Clark, 50, white
USA - Louisiana. A jury recommended the death sentence for Jeffrey Clark, 50, white
- MAY 15, 2011BahrainDEATH PENALTY
APPEAL HEARING DELAYED IN BAHRAIN
a Bahraini court temporarily delayed an appeals hearing for Ali Abdullah Hassan Al Singees, Qassim Hassan Mattar Ahmad, Saeed Abdul Jalil Saeed and Abdul Aziz Abdul Rida Ebrahim Hussain.
- MAY 14, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
Four men were hanged in the central Iranian city of Yazd early in the morning, reported
Four men were hanged in the central Iranian city of Yazd early in the morning, reported
- MAY 14, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
One man found guilty of drug smuggling was hanged in a prison in the northern town of Tonekabon
One man found guilty of drug smuggling was hanged in a prison in the northern town of Tonekabon
- MAY 14, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
Two people were hanged in the city of Ghazvin, west for Tehran.
Two people were hanged in the city of Ghazvin, west for Tehran.
- MAY 14, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH 7 TIMES
in Sargodha, Pakistan, Special Anti-Terrorist Court Judge Mian Anwar Nazir sentenced Asad to death seven times, 94 years in jail and fined him Rs1.2 million and Rs 670,000 for having killed six people.
- MAY 13, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC 'ORDERS' GALLOWS FOR COPS IN FAKE ENCOUNTERS
a bench of the Indian Supreme Court comprising Justice Markandey Katju and Justice Gyan Sudha Misra said that police who kill people in the name of a fake 'encounter' fell within the category of "the rarest of rare'' cases.