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- DECEMBER 20, 2006ItalyDEATH PENALTY
EU. DEATH PENALTY DECLARATION PRESENTED AT UNGA
a declaration on the death penalty was presented at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. The declaration was prepared by the EU on Italy’s initiative and was undersigned by 85 UN member states.
- DECEMBER 20, 2006ItalyDEATH PENALTY
HOC. EU DECLARATION UNSATISFACTORY
on the presentation by the EU of the Declaration on the death penalty at the United Nations General Assembly, Secretary of Hands Off Cain Sergio D’Elia and Treasurer Elisabetta Zamparutti made the following declaration:
- DECEMBER 20, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. SIX MEN HANGED FOR MURDER
an Afghan identified only by his first name as Vahid, 22, was hanged in Evin prison in Tehran, Iran, along with five other men convicted of murder. The report identified the men only as Hassangholi, Yadollah, Hossein, Mohammad-Hadi and Kheirollah.
- DECEMBER 20, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN WHO SLEW 12 IN NORTH EAST CHINA EXECUTED
Shi Yuejun, a man convicted of killing 12 people and injuring five others in northeast China's Jilin Province, was executed. Shi, 36, was convicted of intentional homicide by Liuhe County People's Court on November 25.
- DECEMBER 20, 2006Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. INDIAN NATIONAL SPARED DEATH SENTENCE
an Indian national from Kerala, who was reportedly facing death sentence in Saudi Arabia, was set free due to the timely intervention of the Indian authorities.
- DECEMBER 19, 2006BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
LIBYA. FOREIGN MEDICS SENTENCED TO DIE IN HIV CASE
a Libyan court sentenced five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor to death for deliberately infecting hundreds of children with the HIV virus that causes AIDS.
- DECEMBER 19, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. 13 CONVICTED CRIMINALS EXECUTED
Iraqi authorities executed 13 men by hanging after they were convicted of murder and kidnapping, lining them up in hoods and green jumpsuits with their hands bound behind their backs.
- DECEMBER 19, 2006DEATH PENALTY
MARYLAND (USA). COURT HALTS EXECUTIONS
an appeals court in Maryland ruled that state executions cannot proceed until a legislative panel reviews parts of the manual that spell out the protocol for lethal injections.
- DECEMBER 19, 2006LibyaDEATH PENALTY
EU DENOUNCED DEATH SENTENCES AGAINST BULGARIAN MEDICS
the President of the EU Commission José Manuel Barroso sharply condemned the death sentences against the Bulgarian nurses and the Palestine doctor confirmed today in Libya.
- DECEMBER 19, 2006DEATH PENALTY
HOC. NO TO RANSOM FOR MEDICS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN LIBYA
Secretary of Hands Off Cain Sergio D’Elia and Elisabetta Zamparutti, treasurer, made the following declaration in relation to the case of the five Bulgarian medics and the Palestinian doctor sentenced to death in Libya:
- DECEMBER 19, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS ARAB SEPARATISTS
Iran hanged three people for carrying out bombings in the oil rich Khuzestan province. The Tehran Emrooz daily newspaper said the men were hanged in the provincial capital Ahvaz, where in January 2006 they bombed a private bank and the office of the gover
- DECEMBER 19, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
DRUG KINGPIN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SOUTH CHINA
Chen Bingxi, a notorious drug kingpin in south China...