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DECEMBER 29, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: BRITON EXECUTED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
Akmal Shaikh, a British national who was convicted of smuggling drugs into China, was executed by lethal
- DECEMBER 28, 2009JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: MAN WITHDRAWS DEATH SENTENCE APPEAL
a man sentenced to death for killing two people and injuring seven during a knife spree in Japan’s Ibaraki Prefecture withdrew his appeal.
- DECEMBER 28, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: WAITER TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Judge Datuk Mohd Zaki Md Yasin of the Malaysian High Court handed a waiter the mandatory death penalty for drug trafficking.
- DECEMBER 28, 2009GambiaDEATH PENALTY
GAMBIA: DEATH ROLL CONVICT LOSES APPEAL
the Gambia Court of Appeal presided over by Justice Esther Ota unanimously dismissed Lamin Ceesay’s appeal against his death sentence for murder.
- DECEMBER 28, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: TWO TO HANG FOR MURDER OF SUSPECTED WITCH
two men were sentenced to hang by deputy Chief Justice Laetitia Mukasa-Kikonyogo of the Ugandan Court of Appeal for killing an old woman in Bushenyi District on suspicion that she was bewitching them.
- DECEMBER 28, 2009KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: ROBBER TO HANG AFTER APPEAL FAILS
Frankline Muriuki’s appeal against his death sentence was dismissed by Judges Emmanuel O’Kubasu, Erastus Githinji and Daniel Aganyanya of the Kenyan Court of Appeal.
DECEMBER 28, 2009EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: THREE MEN TO HANG OVER RAPE AND ROBBERY
An Egyptian court sentenced three men to death after they were convicted of rape and armed robbery
DECEMBER 28, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN TEHRAN
Ahmad Karimi, a young carpenter accused of being a ringleader in the post-election unrest in Iran
- DECEMBER 27, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
a Yemeni convicted of rape was beheaded...
a Yemeni convicted of rape was beheaded...
- DECEMBER 26, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN: IRANIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG CHARGES
Iranian man Mumtaz Sultan Amiri was sentenced to death by Judge Redhwan Al Namer of the Yemeni State Security Court for bringing drugs from Iran to Yemen by the Hudhramout east coast.
- DECEMBER 26, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: FIVE CHINESE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
the People’s Court of Vietnam’s northern Quang Ninh Province sentenced Chinese nationals Lu Minh Cheng, Chan Kwok Kwong, Ieong Chi Kai, Wang Hui Lan and Ngan Chiu Kuen to death.
- DECEMBER 26, 2009PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
PHILIPPINES: DFA LISTS 85 DEATH ROW CASES ABROAD
DFA Undersecretary for Migrant Workers’ Affairs Esteban Conejos Jr said that of the 85 death penalty cases involving Philippine overseas workers, 15 are murder-related and 60 are drug related.