Aug. 23
JAPANexecutions
3 death row inmates executed
3 convicted murderers were executed Thursday morning at detention centers
in Tokyo and Nagoya, the Justice Ministry said.
The hangings bring to 10 the number of executions carried out since
Justice Minister Jinen Nagase assumed his
Aug. 23
EUROPEAN UNION:
EU Press Release after TX 400th execution
Press release - 550(2007)
Execution of Johnny Ray Conner in Texas a 'macabre milestone', says PACE
President
Ren van der Linden, President of the Council of Europe Parliamentary
Assembly (PACE), and as such representing a
Aug. 24
JAPAN:
Death sentence finalized for ex-Aum Shinrikyo member
Masato Yokoyama, one of the perpetrators of the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin
gas attack that killed 12 people and injured dozens, carried out by the
buddhist sect Aum Shinrikyo, saw his death sentence finalized on Thursday
when
August 25
JAPAN:
Japan Housewives May Judge Killers as Lawyers Condemn Hangings
Sakae Menda spent 34 years on death row after police coerced him into
confessing to a double murder he didn't commit. Released in 1983, he now
campaigns against a justice system he calls vindictive and riddled
Aug. 26
MALAYSIA:
9 Years on Death Row, Denied Appeal
"Hang me or release me but don't leave me to suffer a slow death," is the
cry of anguish from Baha Jambol, 45, who has been suspended helplessly
here on death-row for nine long years, unable to appeal a death sentence.
Jambols desperat
Aug. 27
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES:
Taxi driver's death penalty commuted to 5 years in jail Sharjah: A
taxi driver death's sentence was commuted to 5 years by the Appeal Court.
The Appeal Court reduced Afghan Shaah Miyah's death sentence after his
lawyer argued that he did not use violence
August 28
INDIA:
Death penalty for murder accused reserved-The 3 men had been accused
of murdering a man for marrying a woman in an inter caste marriage
The Bombay High Court on Monday reserved the order on state's petition for
confirmation of death sentences awarded to 3 persons in
August 28
CANADA:
Truscott acquitted of 48-yr-old murder conviction
In Toronto, a Canadian man who was sentenced to hang for murder nearly 50
years ago when he was just 14, was acquitted on Tuesday by an appeal
court, which described the original sentence as a miscarriage of justice.
The O
Aug. 29
IRAN:
2 journalists under sentence of death urged to call off hunger strike
Reporters Without Borders joins the families and lawyers of imprisoned
Kurdish-Iranian journalists Adnan Hassanpour and Abdolvahed "Hiva" Botimar
in urging them to call off the hunger strike they began on 1
Aug. 29
UGANDA/CHINA:
Deport Drug Traffickers, MPs Request
Convicted Ugandan drug traffickers should not be killed in China but left
to serve their sentences back home, members of Parliament pleaded
yesterday.
"They should not be killed but sentenced to life imprisonment back home
(in Ug
Aug. 30
CUBA:
Death penalty opponents encouraged by no capital punishment in prison
uprising case
4 men involved in a prison uprising that killed two military officers have
been spared the death penalty, an encouraging sign for opponents of
capital punishment, a veteran rights activist sai
Aug. 31
EUROPE/INDIA:
Sikhs Across Europe Call for End to Death Penalty in India
A European-wide protest by hundreds of Sikhs calling for an end to the
death penalty has just commenced in Brussels. The protest is taking place
outside the European Commission and European Parliament.
Follow
URGENT ACTION APPEAL
31 August 2007
UA 230/07 Death penalty/ Fear of imminent execution
IRANBehnam Zare' (m), aged 18
Behnam Zare' has been convicted of a murder committed when
he was 15 years old, and is now at risk of imminent
execution, though Iran is a state party to in
April 1
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY:
Palestinians await death sentence for selling Hebron house to Jews
The Palestinian Authority arrested two Palestinians last week, one in
Jordan and the other in Jericho, after authorities learned that they had
sold property to Jews in Hebron.
Under an old J
April 2
SAUDI ARABIAexecution Policemen executed for murder and robberies
Saudi Arabia executed 2 policemen yesterday for murdering a Bangladeshi
taxi driver, raising to at least 25 the number of people put to death in
the kingdom this year.
Abdul Rahman Al Qah' tani and Mohammad Al
April 2
INDONESIA:
12 Poso defendants face death penalty
Prosecutors demanded 12 defendants, who were accused of being involved in
Poso riots in Central Sulawesi, to be sentenced to death for spreading
terrors that sparked further religious conflicts in the region.
When reading their c
April 2
KENYA:
Prisons Hit By an Upsurge in Number of Death Row Convicts
Local prisons are facing an accommodation crisis, with the population of
death row inmates shooting up by the day.
Prison authorities are warning that the situation could get worse as
courts countrywide continue to
April 3
IRAQ:
MORE GAY EXECUTIONS Baghdad refuses to protect gays and denounces UN
report
"Iraqi lesbians and gays continue to be subjected a systematic reign of
terror by Shia death squads. The government of Iraq refuses to crack down
on the killers or to take any action to protect
April 3
SAUDI ARABIAexecution
Saudi Arabia executes Pakistani man for murder
Saudi Arabia executed a Pakistani man on Tuesday for stabbing to death a
Saudi national, raising the number of executions in the kingdom to at
least 27 this year.
Khaled Abdul-Ghaffour murdered the Saudi man
April 3
INDONESIA:
Bali governor urges execution of nightclub bombers
The governor of the Indonesian resort island of Bali has called on the
president to speed up the execution of 3 convicted militants in death row
for the October 2002 nightclub bombings that killed 202 people.
"We have s
April 4
SAUDI ARABIAexecution
Saudi Arabia executes Yemeni for rape, murder
Saudi Arabia executed a Yemeni man on Wednesday for raping and murdering
an 8-year-old boy, bringing to at least 28 the number of people put to
death in the conservative kingdom this year.
Majid bin Othman bin
April 5
INDIA:
Death sentence to gangsters
The MP High Court's principal bench in Jabalpur on Thursday awarded death
penalty to Mukhtar Malik and Asif Mamu, and life imprisonment to Muzaffar
Husain alias Munne Painter and 8 others in the 1996 shootout case in the
Bhopal district court in
April 5
VIETNAM:
Drug dealer on death row may be innocent
A man twice sentenced to death for dealing drugs in southern Vietnam may
be innocent, after a drug dealer claimed she had picked him out randomly
and claimed he was involved.
At the appeal Supreme Peoples Court in Ho Chi Minh City,
April 6
ITALY:
Italy Keeps Up Pressure for U.N. Moratorium
Italian diplomats at the U.N. are working hard to win over more support
for their proposed resolution calling for a worldwide moratorium on
executions -- but are still short of the necessary pledges to be certain
that an eventual
April 6
IRAQ:
US refuses to intervene in Iraqi death sentence
A federal appeals court refused to intervene Friday in the case of a US
citizen facing a death sentence in Iraq for his role in the kidnapping of
3 Romanian journalists in Baghdad.
A three-judge panel said it is unable to step
April 7
IRAQ:
Death penalty protest march.
A protest march against the death penalty in all countries has been
organised for Easter day Sunday 8 April in Rome. It will start at the
Campidoglio at 10.00 and end at St Peter's.
The march has been organised by anti-capital punishment activis
April 8
BRAZIL:
Survey: Brazilians' support for death penalty at 14-year high
Support for the death penalty has reached its highest rate in 14 years
after waves of violence and brutal crimes across Latin America's largest
nation, according to a survey released Sunday.
55 % of Brazilians su
April 9
IRAQ:
Iraqi court convicts 41 people, one gets death sentence
The Central Criminal Court of Iraq convicted 41 people at the end of March
for violations ranging from attacking coalition forces to crossing borders
illegally.
One individual who was sentenced to death was found to hav
April 9
CAMEROON:
Surviving prison life in Cameroon
The BBC's Francis Ngwa Niba describes the harsh realities of prison life
after a rare visit by a journalist to a Cameroonian jail. I went to Buea
Central Prison in south-west Cameroon when inmates on death row, petty
criminals and young
April 10
JAPAN:
Dead Men Walking: Japan's Death Penalty
Japan's death penalty is cruel, secretive and out of step with much of the
developed world say its opponents. As a record 97 men and 5 women await
the hangman's noose, one man alive and free who knows its true horrors
speaks.
After
April 11
BULGARIA/LIBYA:
WHO classified information on the case at Gaddafi's requestBulgarian
Nurses in Jail for Gaddafi's Corruption
I explain how the dictator's regime deprives hospitals of syringes and
lays the blame on somebody else, says US film director Mickey Grant
American M
April 12
SOUTH AFRICA:
Bring back the death penalty
I am an opponent of the death penalty. I think it is inhuman and a
barbaric way to mete out punishment.
However, the situation regarding murder in our country has reached such a
level, that it seems there is no other way to deal with it.
April 13
CONGO:
Prosecutor Calls for Death Sentence Against Alleged Assassins of
Journalist Franck Ngyke
During the 4 April 2007 public hearing of the Kinshasa/Matete Military
Court, the prosecution requested death sentences for the alleged assassins
of journalist Franck Ngyke and his wife
April 13
GLOBAL:
The death of capital punishment
Some 2,000 years ago on the 1st Good Friday, in response to public
pressure the Roman Empire executed our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. On
that day Jesus suffered the pain of the world's sins --- including the sin
of capital punishment.
Th
April 16
AUSTRALIA:
Clemency commitment for all Australians facing death penalty
Queensland Attorney-General Kerry Shine said Attorneys-General from across
Australia unanimously agreed to the resolution he moved on the death
penalty at the Standing Committee of Attorneys-General (SCAG) m
April 17
PAKISTANexecutions
Brothers hanged for killing relatives
4 brothers were hanged in Pakistan's eastern Punjab province on Tuesday
for murdering their own relatives 8 years ago over a land dispute, police
said.
The men - Khuda Bukhsh, Mohammad Akram, Mohammad Iqbal and Mohammad
April 18
OREGON:
Jurors reject death penalty for killer of Oregon woman
The family of Jessie Mary Valero says death is the proper punishment for
one of the men responsible for stabbing her to death with a sharpened
screwdriver.
But despite those wishes, Washington County jurors sentenc
my regular postings will resume Sunday, April 22
April 19
KENYA:
EU States Back Kiai's Call to Abolish Hanging
A proposal by the Government's human rights watchdog to abolish the death
sentence has received backing from 27 European Union (EU) countries.
A section of lawyers have also
April 22
SOUTH KOREA:
South Korea considers revising some provisions on death penalty
South Korea's justice minister said Sunday his ministry is considering
revising some provisions on capital punishment.
"Before making a decision on whether to abolish the death penalty, we are
considerin
April 21
AUSTRALIA:
Call for campaign against death penalty
The federal government must take a "strong and principled" approach to
opposing the death penalty whenever and wherever it is applied, former ALP
national president Barry Jones told a public forum attended by more than
100 people
April 23
IRAQ:
Army deserters to be executed
Iraqi soldiers who desert their units now face execution, according to a
decree by the countrys Presidential Council.
The offense is the latest of nearly 200 others convicted Iraqis are to be
punished with death penalty.
The council slappe
April 24
MALAWI:
Consensus on death penalty continuation against prisoners' wish
A consensus by Malawians to uphold death penalty was in sharp contrast to
wishes by some murder convicts who fought at the Constitutional Court to
have it abolished.
A Special Law Commission at the just ende
April 24
AUSTRALIA:
'Justice Must Not Kill'
The death penalty is nothing more than "institutionalised sadism" and must
be "opposed under all circumstances" a Brisbane Forum on the abolition of
capital punishment heard last week.
Speaking as a guest of forum organisers, Australians Agains
April 25
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES:
2 men facing death penalty win retrial
The Abu Dhabi criminal court charged the 2 men, identified as B.K. and
I.N., with premeditated murder after they killed a man, identified as
I.K..
According to the prosecution, the 2 men came into I.K.'s shop when he w
April 25
MOROCCO:
Death Penalty: Moroccan Abolition Could Help Expose Political Killings
Morocco continues to be haunted by its many extra-judicial killings in the
past -- but human rights activists are looking to the long-expected
abolition of the death penalty as an essential step toward
April 26
GLOBAL:
EURO MPS REPEAT CALL FOR UNIVERSAL MORATORIUM
An overwhelming majority of MEPs on Thursday adopted a resolution backing
a universal moratorium on capital punishment and urging European Union
presidency to heed the parliament's call earlier this year to table an
immediate
April 27
VIETNAM:
Dear Supporter
LE MANH LUONG: BRITISH CITIZEN FACING EXECUTION IN VIETNAM
We are emailing you to request that you sign the petition on the No. 10
Downing Street website in support of Le Manh Luong, a British citizen
facing execution in Vietnam. Mr Luong suffers from a
April 27
GLOBAL:
News Release Issued by the International Secretariat of Amnesty
International
27 April 2007
Death penalty: Executions fall as pressure grows for universal moratorium
A death penalty free world is possible if key governments are willing to
show political leadership, sai
April 27
MEXICO:
Most Mexicans Favor Death Penalty
Most Mexicans favor the death penalty, according to a survey carried out
here when the country is going through its worst crisis of violence in
modern times.
The survey, whose results were published on Friday, says that 71 % of
responden
April 28
PAKISTAN:
Karachi Anti-Terrorism Court awards death penalty to 2 Lashkar-e-Jhanvi
activists
An Anti Terrorism Court (ATC) here awarded the death penalty to 2
'Lashkar-e-Jhangvi' activists on Saturday for the murder of a local
Iranian bakery owner.
The court, however, acquitted A
April 29
IRAN:
Female child offender's death sentence confirmed
Source: Amnesty International
Delara Darabi's death sentence has been confirmed by the Supreme Court,
according to a 25 April report in the newspaper Etemad. The verdict has
apparently been sent to the office of the Head of
April 29
INDONESIAexecution
Indonesia executes man for murdering family
An Indonesian man was executed by firing squad after his conviction 7
years ago for murdering a family of 6 in Central Kalimantan province on
the Indonesian part of Borneo, local media reports said Sunday.
The exe
April 30
MALAWI:
Court rules against death penalty
The Constitutional Court sitting in Blantyre on Friday pronounced
mandatory death sentence as unconstitutional, inhumane and a degradation
to human dignity.
The court was ruling in a case where a murder convict Francis Kanfantayeni
and 5
Oct. 1
INDONESIA:
Bali bomber convinced death sentences not to be carried out
Imam Samudra, one of the convicted Bali I bombers, said he was convinced
he and his 2 associates - Amrozi and Nuhlas -- would never be executed.
He made the remark to newsmen after performing Idul Fitri prayer
Oct. 2
CARIBBEAN:
To hang or not to hang?
The age-old question "To hang or not to hang" keeps coming up every so
often in the Commonwealth Caribbean.
I read with interest a report from Caribbean Media Corporation on Monday
that states that the Minister of Industry Investment and Consumer
Oct. 3
AUSTRALIA:
Death penalty not for Australia: Rudd
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says he would not consider the death penalty for
Australia, believing it is not a deterrent to major crimes.
Mr Rudd clarified his strong comments on Thursday about the convicted Bali
bomber Amrozi, on deat
Oct. 3
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY:
Angus Reid Global Monitor : Polls & ResearchPalestinian Majority
Opposes Death Penalty
2/3 of residents of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip reject the use of
capital punishment, according to a poll by the Palestinian Center for
Public Opinion. 66.9 % of
Oct. 4
TANZANIA:
No death penalty for Tanzania embassy bomb suspect
A Pentagon official approved murder and terrorism charges on Friday
against a Guantanamo captive suspected in the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombing in
Tanzania but ruled out the death penalty in his war crimes trial.
The actio
Oct. 4
JAPAN:
At least 42 death-row inmates seeking retrial, civic group says
A survey by a civic group opposed to capital punishment shows at least 42
of some 100 death-row inmates in Japan have filed for retrials, with many
suspecting false charges against them, while 19 more said they
Oct. 4
INDIA:
Understanding the Khairlanji Verdict
The Khairlanji Verdict, in which 6 persons were awarded the death penalty
for the massacre of dalits, is anything but historic. In treating the
massacre as a purely criminal act, it actually masks caste realities.
On September 24, 2008,
Oct. 5
AUSTRALIA:
PM lets justice become a victim
PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd is nothing ifnot inconsistent.
In the 11 months that his government has been in office, it has flipped
and flopped on a series of major issues: from the rationale for
infrastructure spending, to the need for bank
Oct. 6
SRI LANKA:
Death sentence on 2
The Colombo High Court imposed death sentence on 2 accused who were found
guilty of killing a businessman and robbing of his vehicle and mobile
phone.
High Court judge W. A. T. Ratnayake convicted 2 accused Thuan Tony Ramlan
alias Kamal Priyadharsha
Oct. 7
IRAQ:
Secrets of Iraq's death chamberPrisoners are being summarily executed
in the government's high-security detention centre in Baghdad.
Like all wars, the dark, untold stories of the Iraqi conflict drain from
its shattered landscape like the filthy waters of the Tigris. And
Oct. 7
IRAN:
Iran seeks death penalty for mosque bomber
Iran is calling for the death penalty against 7 people found guilty of the
bombing of a mosque in April which left 13 people dead, judiciary
spokesman Alireza Jamshidi said on Tuesday.
"The death penalty is recommended for the 7 pe
Oct. 7
PHILIPPINES:
SC hears 2 Abadilla killers' parole plea
The Supreme Court has set a full court (en banc) hearing on the appeal of
2 police officers convicted of killing Colonel Rolando Abadilla to declare
as unconstitutional a provision in the law prohibiting the imposition of
the de
Oct. 8
GLOBAL:
15 seconds against the death penalty
Friday marks the European day against the death penalty. As one of several
events and debates to mark human rights this week, the European Parliament
hosted an Italian film on the death penalty called "15 seconds" - the time
an electric c
Oct. 8
ALGERIA:
The head of the human right advisory commission Farouk Ksentin:"Death
penalty implemented in Algeria behind Britains reluctance to extradite
Khelifa"
The death penalty that still into force in the Algerian Law has tarnished
the reputation of Algeria, mostly, the head
Oct. 9
MALAYSIA:
Death sentence on 4 upheld
4 lorry drivers, sentenced to death for the murder of a factory worker 6
years ago, will remain in death row.
The Court of Appeal yesterday dismissed their appeals to set aside the
conviction and sentence of the High Court in Seremban last yea
Oct. 9
JAPAN:
URGENT ACTION: Fear of Execution in Japan
UA Fear of imminent execution
JAPAN MAKINO Tadashi (m) born 1950
Death row prisoner Makino Tadashi has just had his latest appeal for
clemency rejected on 30 September 2008, and is at imminent risk of
execution. He was sentenced
Oct. 10
JAPAN:
UNMASKING CAPITAL PUNISHMENT/Death by hanging's 130-yr history
The following is the 2nd installment of a series of articles examining the
realities of the death penalty ahead of the introduction of the lay judge
system in May.
"Would you please take off my blindfold, as I
Oct. 10
GLOBAL:
Death Penalty: The Last Legitimate Crime
As the world stands still to promote the abolition of the death penalty on
10 October 2008, many states still apply capital punishment for the most
marginal crimes.
Below is an article written by UNPO:
The abolition of the death pe
Oct. 10
LEBANON:
Najjar presents draft law to abolish death penalty
Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar presented a draft law to the Cabinet on
Friday that would abolish the death penalty and replace it with life in
prison at hard labor.
In a press release issued by the Justice Ministry's m
Oct. 11
INDIA:
Amnesty : Declare moratorium on death penalty
Amnesty International has sought a moratorium on the death penalty in
India.
With Asia executing more people each year than any other part of the
world, Amnesty International observed Friday, October 10, as "World Day
Against
Oct. 10
GLOBAL:
Amnesty protests death penalty use worldwide
Anti-death penalty activists staged a mock hanging outside the Japanese
embassy Friday to mark the European day against the death penalty, calling
on nations around the world to stop executions.
3 actors with ropes around their
Oct. 11
UGANDA:
EU urges Uganda to abolish death penalty
The head of the European Union delegation in Uganda, Ambassador Vicent De
Vischer, has challenged Uganda to emulate other countries that have
already abolished the death penalty which he termed as inhuman.
While launching a book t
Oct. 12
SAUDI ARABIA:
2 Saudis beheaded for murder
2 Saudi men were beheaded by the sword on Sunday after they were convicted
of murdering two compatriots, the Saudi interior ministry said.
Musaed bin Attiyah al-Ruwaili was executed in the northern town of Ar'ar
after he was found guil
Oct. 13
VIETNAM:
Vietnam grants clemency to Australian drug runners
Vietnam will grant clemency to 2 Australians facing execution in Hanoi
for drug smuggling, Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said on
Monday after talks with his Australian counterpart Kevin Rudd.
Dung, in Austral
Oct. 13
IRAQ:
Executions rampant in IraqDeath 'penalties' prompted by rivalry
The death penalty in Iraq was suspended after Saddam Hussein was deposed
in 2003. But a year later it was reinstated by the interim government.
Since that time, claims Middle East correspondent Robert Fisk,
Oct. 14
INDONESIA:
Bali bombers to die 'within 2 weeks'
THE execution by firing squad of the Bali bombers - Mukhlas, Imam Samudra
and Amrozi - is set to occur within the fortnight.
A spokesman for Indonesia's Attorney General announced yesterday he would
reveal the precise details of t
Oct. 14
CHILE:
CHILE'S SEN. NARANJO CALLS FOR COMPLETE ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
Politicians and activists around the world commemorated the International
Day Against the Death Penalty last Friday by protesting against death as a
means of punishment. Chile was no exception: Socialist Pa
Oct. 14
JAMAICA:
Referendum on death penalty
The Editor, Sir:
Capital punishment continues to be a burning topic on the lips of many as
there seems to be no end to the escalating murder rate which now includes
the rape, torture and sodomising of our children.
The now Government, when in
Oct. 15
JAPAN:
UNMASKING CAPITAL PUNISHMENT / Chaplains play key role in death-row
inmates' lives
This is the 6th installment in a series of articles focusing on capital
punishment.
Under the lay judge system starting in May, lay judges chosen from among
the public will participate in d
Oct. 15
UGANDA:
18 years on death row for a murder he didn't commit
Edmary Mpagi's cell was near the execution chambers and he would hear from
the corridors whenever a person was being hanged. One of those executed
was a former roommate, writes Evelyn Lirri.
Edmary Mpagi is still haunte
Oct. 16
FRANCE:
The execution of Pierre Laval
On this date in 1946, Pierre Laval was executed
Pierre Laval was shot to-day at 12.32 after a vain attempt to poison
himself had delayed his execution. [Laval had been Vichy prime minister,
detested notably for a scheme by which 1 French pri
Oct. 17
UNITED NATIONS/JAPAN:
Ban's UN report notes world trend against death penalty, concern in Japan
A report on capital punishment submitted by U.N. Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon to the U.N. General Assembly notes an increasing world trend
toward abolishment of the death penalty, alo
Oct. 21
AFGHANISTAN:
Afghan man spared death sentence
A journalism student from northern Afghanistan has had his controversial
death sentence for blasphemy commuted to 20 years in jail.
Sayed Pervez Kambaksh, 24, was sent to prison in October 2007 after
reportedly downloading material fro
Oct. 22
UGANDA:
Death Penalty Must Be Scrapped - Sewanyana
Human right activists are contesting the death penalty and the Executive
Director of the Foundation for Human Rights Initiative, Mr Livingstone
Sewanyana has been at the forefront of advocating for the abolition of the
death pena
Oct. 23
Oct. 24
PHILIPPINES:
Even OFWs on death row make use of new media
Communication transcends physical and legal boundaries particularly for
Filipino migrant workers, and even those on death row overseas.
This was the response of Ellene Sana, executive director of the Center for
Migrants
Oct. 24
CANADA:
Miss World Canada fights death penalty
Beauty may be only skin deep, but Nazanin Afshin-Jam, a 29-year-old St.
Augustine's parishioner in Vancouver, has transformed her success as a
beauty pageant winner into a truly meaningful victory, saving the lives of
children threa
Oct. 27
INDONESIA:
Indonesia tightens security ahead of execution of Bali bombers
Indonesia has stepped up security at major installations across the
country to guard against possible attacks ahead of the execution next
month of 3 Bali bombers, police said on Monday.
"National police i
Oct. 27
SOMALIAexecution
Somali woman executed by stoning
A woman in Somalia has been stoned to death after an Islamic Sharia law
court found her guilty of adultery.
The woman was buried up to her neck and then pelted to death with stones
in front of a large crowd in Kismayo.
It
Oct. 28
JAPANexecutions
Japan hangs 2 prisonersHangings are 1st since 3 inmates were executed
in mid-September
9 inmates were executed in 2007
Stepped-up executions in past years have brought protests from advocacy
groups
There are about 100 people on death row in Japan
Japan
Oct. 29
INDIA:
Life for death-row soldier
Defence minister A.K. Antony has commuted to life imprisonment a death
sentence given by an army Summary General Court Martial after agonising
over the decision for more than a year.
The government has refused to confirm the death sentence given b
Oct. 29
INDONESIA:
Firing squad's target practice before execution of Bali bombers
With their high powered rifles and cardboard targets, a firing squad
test(ed) their aim, providing an insight into the imminent execution of 3
condemned Bali bombers.
The crack police officers are among a
Oct. 29
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY:
Palestinian human rights group urges Abbas to stay PA execution
The Gaza-based Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) called on
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday to stay a death sentence
for four men convicted of raping and murdering a y
Oct. 30
AUSTRALIA:
Rudd confirms death penalty opposition as Bali executions loom
KEVIN Rudd has reaffirmed Australia's opposition to the death penalty as
the Bali bombers await execution, while describing the terrorists as
callous murderers.
Risking the anger of victims' relatives in th
Oct. 31
INDONESIA:
Indonesia says Bali bombers could be executed Saturday
Everything is in place for the three men sentenced to death over the 2002
Bali bombings to be executed as early as Saturday morning, a senior
Indonesian official said.
Security forces were on alert Thursday on the
Oct. 1
EUROPE:
Europe Pushes Ahead Plans for Anti-Death Penalty Day
Europe will mark an anti-death penalty day next week, but it won't be an
official European Union initiative. Efforts to involve the E.U. failed
when member state Poland refused to go along on the grounds that the death
pe
Oct. 2
NIGERIA:
Elechi Grants 34 Prisoners Amnesty
At least 34 persons who were either sentenced to death or life
imprisonment were yesterday granted unconditional pardon in the spirit of
the 11th anniversary of the creation of Ebonyi State by Governor Martin
Elechi, while 5 others hither
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