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- DECEMBER 12, 2006MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. MAN TO FACE GALLOWS FOR RAPE, MURDER
the Federal Court of Malaysia rejected the appeal of Hanafi Mat Hassan, 38, against the death sentence handed down to him for the rape and murder of a 24-year-old computer engineer.
- DECEMBER 12, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. TWO HANDED DEATH SENTENCE IN MURDER CASE
two men were sentenced to death for murder by a District and Sessions court in Jacobabad, Pakistan.
- DECEMBER 12, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
SADDAM TO BE BURIED SECRETLY, NO MONUMENT: OFFICIAL
Saddam Hussein and two top aides convicted with him will be executed immediately after an appeals court confirms their sentences and could be buried in secret, an Iraqi official said.
- DECEMBER 12, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
NEW ZEALAND JOINS CHORUS OF NATIONS OPPOSED TO EXECUTING SADDAM
Prime Minister Helen Clark of New Zealand said that Saddam Hussein should not be hanged despite the "horrific acts" he has committed, joining a chorus of opposition to his death sentence.
- DECEMBER 11, 2006PolandDEATH PENALTY
POLAND. EXHIBIT BY OLIVIERO TOSCANI ON HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN CUBA OPENS IN WARSAW
the photographic exhibit “Thinking is forbidden – the Faces of Repression in Cuba” realised by Oliviero Toscani for Hands Off Cain is currently being held in Warsaw.
- DECEMBER 11, 2006BahrainDEATH PENALTY
BAHRAIN. THREE FOREIGN NATIONALS EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD
three foreign nationals convicted of murder were executed by firing squad at Jaw prison, Bahrain. It was reported that Pakistani Mohammed Hanif Atta Mohammed, aged 37, was allowed to meet his three-year-old son for the first time just one day before he
- DECEMBER 11, 2006DEATH PENALTY
Christopher Johnson, 34....
Christopher Johnson, 34, who admitted to jurors that he killed his infant son and asked to be executed, was sentenced to death.
- DECEMBER 11, 2006Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
to mark the ordinance ceremony of the Human Rights Commission in Sierra Leone...
to mark the ordinance ceremony of the Human Rights Commission in Sierra Leone...
- DECEMBER 10, 2006Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA EXECUTES NIGERIAN FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
Saudi Arabia executed a Nigerian man for drug smuggling.
- DECEMBER 10, 2006UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. 3 PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH
the High Court in Arua, Uganda...
- DECEMBER 10, 2006UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. 566 ON DEATH ROW
a total of 566 inmates condemned to death are being imprisoned at Luzira Prison and Kirinya Prison in Jinja, Uganda.
- DECEMBER 9, 2006DEATH PENALTY
USA. FEWER INMATES ON DEATH ROW IN 2005, STUDY
fewer prison inmates were moved to death row in 2005, according to a federal study that shows one more person was executed than in the year before.