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FEBRUARY 22, 2019BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE AND MURDER OF A CHILD IN CHATTOGRAM
A Chattogram court on 10 February 2019 sentenced a man to death for the rape and murder of a 10-year-old child in Chattogram’s Hathazari.
- FEBRUARY 22, 2019DEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Governor Gavin Newsom orders DNA testing for Kevin Cooper.
USA - California. Governor Gavin Newsom orders DNA testing for Kevin Cooper.
FEBRUARY 22, 2019IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA: SOUTH SUMATRA COURT DELIVERS DEATH PENALTY TO NINE DRUG DEALERS
The Palembang District Court in South Sumatra sentenced nine people to death on 7 February 2019 after finding them guilty of transporting 80 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine.
FEBRUARY 22, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED TWO TIMES DEATH SENTENCE
The Anti-Terrorist Court (ATC) No-III, Rawalpindi Judge Abdul Raheem on 10 February 2019 awarded two times death sentence and imprisonment of 31 years to Zafar Iqbal for killing a police officer on August 10, 1999.
FEBRUARY 21, 2019Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA: DEATH SENTENCE IMPOSED FOR MURDER
Khan Younis Court of First Instance on 29 January 2019 imposed a death sentence against a citizen (Y/A’).
FEBRUARY 21, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: GUJARAT HIGH COURT SPARES TWO CHILD KILLERS THE GALLOWS
The Gujarat High Court on 18 February 2019 saved two persons—Akshay Patel and Kuldip Panchal—who had brutally murdered a four-and-a-half-year-old kid for ransom, from the gallows.
FEBRUARY 21, 2019EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 15 EXECUTIONS IN FEBRUARY
15 people have so far been executed in Egypt in February alone (7th, 13th & 20th), all were condemned among many others (present & absent) for terrorism crimes.
FEBRUARY 21, 2019TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR ARSONIST
The Taiwan High Court on 20 February 2019 upheld convicted arsonist Weng Jen-hsien’s death sentence.
- FEBRUARY 20, 2019DEATH PENALTY
USA - Montana. Committee voted against HB 350 abolishing capital punishment.
USA - Montana. Committee voted against HB 350 abolishing capital punishment.
- FEBRUARY 20, 2019UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
UZBEKISTAN URGED NOT TO HAND ETHNIC KAZAKH OVER TO CHINA
Human rights activists are urging Uzbekistan to deny a Chinese extradition request for an ethnic Kazakh citizen of China who is now stuck in the Central Asian nation’s main air terminal, Reuters reported on 8 February 2019.
- FEBRUARY 20, 2019EgyptDEATH PENALTY
HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS CALL FOR EGYPT TO END DEATH PENALTY
In a statement released on 11 February 2019, the Egyptian Front for Human Rights, the Committee for Justice, and the Arab Foundation for Civil and Political Rights called for an end to the death penalty in Egypt pending “a broad societal dialogue.”
- FEBRUARY 20, 2019DEATH PENALTY
USA - New Hampshire. Death penalty repeal (HB 455) clears committee
USA - New Hampshire. Death penalty repeal (HB 455) clears committee