May 11
AFRICA:
Numbers of Africans Sentenced to Die Soars
More than 1,000 Nigerians languish on death row.
Governments in sub-Saharan Africa sentenced at least 1 083 people to death in
2016 - more than double the 443 people condemned to die in 2015, according to a
recent report by
May 10
GLOBAL:
Links Between Islamism and Executions
People have, it seems, often been arrested or detained on the basis of a rumor;
then convicted without trial, counsel or often even the chance to mount a
defense.
As Amnesty International points out, "In many countries where
May 9
TURKEY:
Turkey Reinstating Death Penalty Would Mean End of EU Accession Talks -
Juncker-If Turkey goes through with reintroduction of death the penalty, it
will mean the end of the country's talks on the accession to the European
Union, European Commission President
May 8
SINGAPORE:
Singapore to enforce death penalty for nuclear terrorism acts
A person who commits a fatal act of terrorism using radioactive material or
nuclear explosive devices will face the mandatory death penalty under new laws
passed in Parliament on Monday (May 8).
The
May 7
INDONESIA:
Calls for Indonesia to Abolish Death Penalty
Indonesia expressed its commitment to address challenges that hamper its
efforts to improve and protect human rights at home, during the 27th session of
the United Nations Universal Period Review in Geneva, Switzerland, on
May 6
GAMBIA:
Does Gambia Need The Death Penalty?
Justice Hassan Babucarr Jallow, is back as the Chief Justice of The Republic of
The Gambia. It was he who, as Attorney General and Minister of Justice back in
the 1980s abolished the death penalty in The Gambia. I am sure he is poised
May 5
GERMANY:
Germany rules out Turkish death penalty referendum
The German government says it won't allow Turks living in Germany to vote in a
possible referendum on reviving the death penalty in Turkey. President Erdogan
is contemplating reviving capital punishment.
Government
May 4
IRANexecutions
Iran's Rajai Shahr Prison: 8 Prisoners Including Women Hanged in 1 Day
On Wednesday May 3, 8 prisoners, including 2 unidentified women, were
reportedly hanged at Karaj's Rajai Shahr Prison.
According to close sources, the majority of these prisoners were
May 3
IRANexecution
Prisoner Hanged on Murder Charges
On Sunday April 30, a prisoner was reportedly executed at Hamadan Central
Prison on murder charges, and another prisoner was returned to his cell after
his execution was temporarily halted.
Close sources have identified the
May 2
CHINA:
Supervising an Execution in China
A prosecutor offers a look into executions carried out in China.
"When he looked at me, I could see fear, uncertainty and hope in his eyes. The
emotions flashed by so quickly, I would have missed it if I had not been paying
attention."
May 1
SOUTH KOREA:
Hong says will execute criminals on death row
South Korean presidential candidate Hong Joon-pyo of the conservative Liberty
Korea Party said he would revive capital punishment if elected, saying
criminals are "going on the rampage."
"Because we no longer carry out
April 29
INDIA:
Kerala's curative plea seeking death penalty in Soumya murder case rejected by
SC
An apex court Bench comprising of Justices Ranjan Gogoi, PC Pant and UU Lalit
commuted the death sentence of the man, Govindachamy.
The Supreme Court rejected Kerala's curative
April 28
TURKEY:
Death penalty described as red line for Turkey
Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz says that for some European Union
member states the last threshold to end membership talks with Turkey would be
reinstatement of the death penalty by Ankara.
Kurz said at a
April 28
VIETNAM:
8 sentenced to death in major Vietnam drug trialThe trans-national ring is
believed to have trafficked nearly half a ton of heroin over a decade.
8 Vietnamese men were sentenced to death on Thursday for dealing heroin, but
their female ringleader was spared
April 27
ZAMBIA:
Zambia has 168 men and 2 women on death row
Yesterda's He was speaking in Kabwe today when he addressed hundreds of
prisoners at Mukobeko maximum security prison
The Zambia Correctional Services says it has 170 inmates on death row. The 170
comprises 168 males at
April 26
PHILIPPINES:
Drilon: no resurrection of death penalty at the Senate
The bill seeking to revive the death penalty is already "dead in the Senate."
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said this Wednesday as the chamber is
expected to tackle the proposal when the session
April 25
MALAYSIA:
Give judges discretion in death penalty
At present a mandatory death sentence is imposed in Malaysia for convictions of
murder, certain firearm offences, kidnapping, drug trafficking and treason.
The mandatory death sentence in our penal system doesn't allow a
April 23
IRAN:
Iranian MPs to decide on limiting capital punishment
Iranian parliament's judiciary commission has agreed with a proposal on the
abolition of death penalty for a group of convicts of drug-related crimes.
Under the bill, the drug-related death penalty will be abolished
April 22
IRAN:
27 Kurds executed in Iran for political, security reasons in 2016, says rights
org
\The Kurdistan Human Rights Association said the government of Iran had
executed 30 people in 2016 for political and security reasons, 27 of them
Kurds.
The human rights group
April 21
PHILIPPINES:
Death penalty: No opting outIt never makes good sense to flaunt our
violation of international law. After all, when rapacious neighbors dig into
our pie and leave not even the crust to us, we seek relief by invoking our
rights under international law.
The
April 20
VIETNAM:
Beware Vietnam's Death MachineA closer look at capital punishment in the
Southeast Asian state.
One Thursday in July 2013, Barack Obama and his Vietnamese counterpart, Truong
Tan Sang, sat down in the Oval Office to discuss Thomas Jefferson. Sang brought
to
April 19
TURKEY:
Turkey: death penalty incompatible with Council of EuropeAdoption would
push Ankara outside the institution
"Rejection of capital punishment is a basic principle of the Council of Europe
and its reintroduction would be simply incompatible with Turkey's continued
April 18
TRINIDAD:
The crucifixion and resurrection of Trinidad
Trinidad and Tobago is in a state of crisis due to the increased intensity of
crime with little hope of a solution by those in authority who have been
appointed to protect us. In the face of rising crime they tend to shift
April 17
IRANexecutions
Execution of 2 Ill Prisoners in Tabriz and Intensified Deterioration of Prison
Conditions
The mullahs 'anti-human regime on April 12 hanged 27-year-old Rahman
Hosseinpour while suffering from mental illness in Tabriz prison. He was taking
daily 30
April 16
MALAYSIA:
Hotel manager gets death sentence for drug trafficking
A hotel manager was sent to the gallows by the Magistrate's Court here today
after he found guilty of trafficking 82.38 gm of heroin last year.
Judicial Commissioner Muhammad Jamil Hussin passed the death
April 15
CANADA:
Canada should bring back death penalty
Every human living in and around Medicine Hat is an awesome person for making
this a great city in which to reside and live. But I think it's about time we
as humans start to talk about bringing back the death penalty.
There
April 14
TURKEY:
Turkey Will Try to Return the Death Penalty After the Referendum, Erdogan
Promised
The Turkish President Redzhep Tayip Erdogan said the government should propose
a bill to return the death penalty if the constitutional changes to move to a
presidential republic are
April 13
UNITED KINGDOM:
How abolishing the death penalty led to more convictionsThe lesson from
Victorian England is that juries convict more often when death is not an option
Though no one has been executed in Britain for over 50 years, until 1998
someone convicted of high
April 12
BANGLADESH:
They turned into animalsObserves HC about killers of Sylhet boy Rajon,
upholds death sentence of 4
The perpetrators had turned into a group of animal characters devoid of
humanity when they tortured Sheikh Md Samiul Alam Rajon to death in Sylhet in
2015,
April 12
AFRICA:
Amnesty International: Death sentences on the rise in Africa
More than 1,000 death sentences were handed down in Africa in 2016. That's
according to the latest report by Amnesty International. Botswana was singled
out for resuming executions.
DW: Could you briefly
April 11
BANGLADESH:
HC upholds death penalty for 4 in Rajon murder case
The High Court has maintained the maximum penalty a lower court had handed down
to 4 men for clubbing 13-year-old Rajon to death in Sylhet.
Justice Jahangir Hossain and Justice Md Jahangir Hossain's bench
April 11
IRANexecutions
Execution of a Prisoner After Heart Attack
In a heinous crime on April 5, 2017, a seriously ill prisoner was hanged in
Esfahan prison. Houshang Servati was executed while 2 days earlier, after his
transfer to solitary confinement, had suffered a heart
April 10
TRINIDAD:
Sense of hoplessness
People in Port-of-Spain may be well dressed, smell good, and outwardly look
happy when in fact they are in serious pain experiencing a lot concerns,
including distress and a sense of hopelessness, says Anglican Bishop Claude
Berkley.
Calling
April 9
PAKISTAN:
Waiting for the hangmanAnd at least 8,000 prisoners in Pakistan are simply
waiting to die, whiling away an average of 11.41 years until they are either
acquitted or executed
434 people have been hanged since the moratorium on death penalty was lifted in
April 8
INDONESIA:
2 Taiwanese arrested in Jakarta over drugs: CIB
Criminal Investigation Bureau officials and Indonesian police officers join
hands at a news conference at the Jakarta Police Narcotics Division in
Indonesia to signify their solidarity in a joint effort to fight
April 7
EGYPT:
Rights group: 485 death penalties issued in Egypt
Some 485 Egyptians have been handed the death penalty between 30 June 2013 and
the end of December 2016, the Egyptian Observatory for Rights and Freedoms
revealed today.
In a report, the Swiss based organisation said
April 6
GAZAexecutions
Hamas hangs 3 Gaza 'collaborators' with IsraelGaza's Hamas rulers hanged 3
men they accused of collaborating with Israel Thursday following calls for
revenge for the killing of 1 of their commanders last month, an AFP journalist
reported.
Hamas says
April 5
TRINIDAD:
Pritchard warns against death penalty quick fix
MARK PRITCHARD, Chairman of the United Kingdom All Party Parliamentary Group on
the Abolition of the Death Penalty in Trinidad warned against trying to get a
"quick fix" to the local criminal justice system and
April 4
BAHAMAS:
Death Penalty Limitations
Re: 'Criminals Will Ravage Country Unless Death Penalty Enforced' (February 28)
It is absolutely mind-boggling that any reasonable person would tout
enforcement of the death penalty as a worthwhile solution to crime.
Leaving out
April 3
TANZANIA:
Bunge Committee Touts Review of Death Penalty
The Parliamentary Committee on Constitution and Legal Affairs has advised the
government to review death penalty laws to allow death row prisoners who have
been in prison for a long time to have their sentences commuted
April 2
TRINIDAD:
Hanging in disbelief
The Privy Council decided in 1993 in the case of Pratt and Morgan that
execution could not lawfully take place more than 5 years after sentence. It
was recommended that a capital appeal should be heard within 12 months of
conviction and the
March 31
PAKISTAN:
Man facing death penalty acquitted after 8 years
The Supreme Court on Thursday acquitted a man, who was awarded death sentence
by a trial and a high court in a murder case, after 8 years in prison.
Abdul Baqi was convicted in the killing case of Muhammad Ali in
March 30
THAILAND:
Village chief gets death for rape, killing girl
The Kalasin Provincial Court on Thursday morning sentenced to death a former
village chief for the rape and fatal assault of an 18-year-old student and
ordered he pay more than 2 million baht compensation to her
March 29
BANGLADESH:
4 Lakshmipur men get death penalty in 2014 rape case
A Lakshmipur court has sentenced 4 men to death in a 2014 case of rape on a
housewife in the district.
District and Session Judge AKM Abul Kashem delivered the verdict with the
accused on the dock on
March 28
BANGLADESH:
Dhaka court awards death penalty to 5 for killing Bangladesh's award winning
journalist
A Dhaka court on Tuesday sentenced 5 persons to death for killing award-winning
photojournalist Aftab Ahmed in 2013, a media report said.
The verdict was announced by
March 27
INDIA:
December 16 gangrape case: Supreme Court reserves order on plea challenging
death penalty to convictsThe convicts in the case appealed against the
Judgement of Delhi High Court which considered the crime committed by them
'rarest of the rare' and awarded them the
March 26
YEMEN:
Rebel court sentences Yemen president to death
A rebel court in Yemen's insurgent-held capital has sentenced President
Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi to death for high treason in absentia, the rebel news
agency has said.
Yemen on Sunday marked the 2nd anniversary of a
March 24
PAKISTAN:
LHC acquits 2 death row convicts
A Lahore High Court division bench on Wednesday acquitted 2 convicts condemned
to death in a murder case.
The division bench headed by Justice Sadaqat Ali Khan acquitted the convicts,
Aneesur Rehman and Muhammad Naeem, while
March 24
NIGERIA:
Cynthia Osokogu's Killers Get Death Penalty
A Lagos State High Court in Igbosere on Thursday ordered the hanging of Okwumo
Nwabufo and Olisaeloka Ezike who were charged with the murder of a
post-graduate student of Nasarawa State University, Ms. Cynthia Osokogu.
March 23
MALAYSIA:
Azalina: Cabinet to review death sentence for drug offences
The cabinet has agreed that the mandatory death penalty for drug offences needs
to be reviewed.
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Azalina Othman Said told the Dewan
Rakyat that the cabinet
March 22
BANGLADESH:
Ready to execute Mufti Hannan after receiving government order, says IG Prisons
Jail authorities say they are prepared to carry out the death sentences of
Harkat-ul Jihad al-Islami (HuJI) chief Mufti Hannan and his two accomplices as
soon as they get the
March 22
BELARUS:
1st death sentence in 2017
FIDH and its member organisation in Belarus Human Rights Centre "Viasna"
denounce the first death sentence in 2017 and regret the Belarusian authorities
continue to ignore calls to render Europe a death penalty-free zone.
On 17 March
March 21
PHILIPPINES:
Don't misuse Bible to push death penalty, Philippines bishops say
Remember what Jesus' cross stands for, and don't misuse the Bible to justify
the death penalty, the Philippines' Catholic bishops have said.
"To the people who use the Bible to defend the death
March 20
TURKEY:
Erdogan vows to reinstate death penalty as referendum opponents face 'attacks
and imprisonmentIn the build up to the referendum, the Turkish President
promised he will introduce the death penalty in a campaign that has caused a
diplomatic furore
Turkish
March 19
GAZA:
2 given death penalty for Gaza drug smuggling
A Hamas military court on Sunday sentenced 2 Palestinians to death for drug
smuggling in the Gaza Strip, in the 1st punishment of its kind in the enclave.
"The Gaza military court announced the death penalty for 2 civilians
March 19
GAZA:
2 given death penalty for Gaza drug smuggling
A Hamas military court on Sunday sentenced 2 Palestinians to death for drug
smuggling in the Gaza Strip, in the 1st punishment of its kind in the enclave.
"The Gaza military court announced the death penalty for 2
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March 9
JAPAN:
Man convicted of killing 2 in Osaka has death sentence reduced to life in
prison
The Osaka High Court commuted a death sentence for a man convicted of
indiscriminately murdering a man
March 8
IRAN:
Imprisoned Spiritual Leader Facing the Death Penalty Again for His Personal
Beliefs
Imprisoned spiritual thinker Mohammad Ali Taheri has again been tried for the
charge of "corruption on earth" despite being cleared of the same charge in
2015, his sister Azardokht
March 7
IRANexecutions
18 Executions Including 2 Women and 1 in Public and Mass Arrests
The Iranian regime hanged 18 prisoners over the past 3 days in various cities.
On March 6, 2 young prisoners in the prison of Sari, 2 other prisoners,
including a 70 year old man in Orumiyeh
March 6
INDIA:
December 16 gangrape: SC to hear convicts' plea challenging death sentence
The Supreme Court will hear the plea on Monday by the December 16 gang rape
convicts challenging the Delhi high court's order.
The matter is being heard by the apex court bench headed by
March 5
INDIA:
Lower courts handed more death sentences
While local courts handed 136 death sentences last year, almost twice the
numbers given in 2015, acquittals by higher courts tripled, a new study has
found.
The "Death Penalty in India: Annual Statistics 2016" prepared by the
March 4
JORDANexecutions
Jordan hangs 15 convicts at dawn, most in years
Jordan hanged 15 death row prisoners at dawn on Saturday, its information
minister said, in a further break with the moratorium on executions it had
observed between 2006 and 2014.
10 of those put to death
March 3
BARBADOS:
Death penalty in limbo
Barbados has been left in limbo concerning the death penalty.
And Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Charles Leacock has pointed to the
conflict between international rulings and the local law as the crux of the
matter.
Leacock referred
March 3
PAKISTAN:
Court awards death penalty in murder case
An additional district and sessions court awarded death sentence to a man in a
murder case on Thursday.
The prosecution told the court that accused Mohsin Ali, a resident of Chak 90,
had gunned down his opponent Saeed Ahmad
March 2
THAILAND:
Koh Tao Defense Team to File Appeal With Thai Supreme Court
The legal defense team representing the 2 Burmese migrant workers sentenced to
death for the 2014 murder and rape of 2 Britons in Thailand's Koh Tao island,
will next file an appeal with the Thai Supreme
March 1
ISRAEL:
Verdict for Israeli facing death sentence postponedFamily of imprisoned
Israeli imprisoned in Islamic country conducting meetings with authorities to
arrange compromise.
The family of imprisoned Israeli Ben Hassin who is being held in an Islamic
country will
Feb. 28
IRANexecutions
2 Prisoners Hanged on Murder Charges
2 prisoners were reportedly hanged in western Iran on murder charges.
According to close sources, one of the prisoners was executed at Qorveh Prison
(Kurdistan province northwestern Iran) on Tuesday February 21. The
Feb. 27
MALAYSIA:
Death row inmate spared the noose thanks to royal pardon
A man who was sentenced to death for drug trafficking in 2009 has received a
2nd chance at life after Selangor Ruler Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah granted
him a pardon.
Shahrul Izani Suparman, 33, and his
Feb. 27
PAKISTAN:
Executing juveniles
Pakistan is one of the few countries in the world that continues to mercilessly
execute prisoners for crimes committed when they were juveniles even though it
has passed laws banning it. The Juvenile Justice System Ordinance 2000
explicitly
Feb. 26
UNITED KINGDOM/EGYPT:
Boris Johnson urged to call for end to mass death sentences in Egypt
The Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, is in Egypt this weekend for talks with
the President and Foreign Minister, according to reports.The visit comes amid
concerns over abuses in
Feb. 23
MALAYSIA:
Execution Date Set For Malaysian Brothers (Malaysia: UA 53/17)
Urgent Action
February 23, 2017
Suthar Batumalai and B. Rames Batumalai are scheduled to be executed on Friday,
24 February 2017. The brothers were convicted of murder in 2010 on the basis of
Feb. 23
PHILIPPINES:
'Thou Shall Not Kill': Lawyers say death penalty endangers the poor
Lawyers here expressed their objection to the re-imposition of the death
penalty in the country, saying that it would endanger and a disadvantage to the
poor because of the "corrupt" criminal
Feb. 22
TURKEY:
Turkish President Resurrects Death Penalty Issue
Protesters chant, "We want the death penalty|," as 40 soldiers are led into an
Ankara court. The soldiers are accused of trying to assassinate President Recep
Tayyip Erdogan during a failed coup in July, in which more
Feb. 21
SINGAPORE:
Indian migrant labourer charged with the murder
An Indian immigrant labour was charged at the Magistrate's Court here today
with the murder of his Sri Lankan colleague 2 weeks ago.
No plea was recorded from the accused, Durga Rao Ketali, 30, when the charge
was
Feb. 21
UNITED KINGDOM/ETHIOPIA:
UK Trains Ethiopian Security Forces, as MPs Call for Action on Death-Row Dad
The UK Government is training senior members of Ethiopia's security sector,
despite the illegal detention of a British father on the country's death row.
The news comes as
Feb. 20
VIETNAM:
Laotian drug smugglers arrested after knife battle in northern VietnamThe 2
men may face the death penalty for smuggling heroin.
Police in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien arrested 2 Laotian
nationals in possession of 3.5 kilograms of heroin on
Feb. 19
GAZA:
Hamas sentences 3 to death for spying for Israel, upholds 3 more rulings
All were convicted of treason, and some charged with causing the death and
injury of Gazans
Authorities in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip have sentenced 6 men to death for
"collaborating" with Israel,
Feb. 18
PHILIPPINES:
Catholics protest against extrajudicial killings, death penalty
The biggest religious sector in the Philippines held their 1st major protest
against extrajudicial killings and the possible reinstatement of the death
penalty.
Thousands of Catholics gathered in
Feb. 17
NEW ZEALAND:
60th anniversay of New Zealand's last hanging
Walter Bolton was the last man to be hung in New Zealand before capital
punishment was repealed.
The trap door opened. His body fell.
On this day 60 years ago, Whanganui farmer Walter James Bolton became the last
Feb. 16
PHILIPPINES:
Anti-death penalty bloc plans march
Pro-life advocates are set to hold a "candlelight walk" to oppose plans to
revive the death penalty.
In a press conference yesterday, organizers of the "Candlelight Walk for Life"
announced that more than 1,000 people will
Feb. 15
SINGAPOREfemale foreign national faces death penalty
Indonesian helper in Singapore faces death for alleged murder of elderly
employer
An Indonesian domestic helper in Singapore has been charged today with the
murder of her 78-year-old employer, media reports said.
Feb. 14
MYANMAR:
Myanmar Authorities Sentence Rohingya Man to Death for Attacks on Border Guards
Myanmar authorities have sentenced a Rohingya Muslim to die for leading and
participating in militant attacks on border police stations that killed 9
officers in Rakhine state's Maungdaw
Feb. 13
PHILIPPINES:
14 senators block Palace move to withdraw from treaty vs death penalty
In a resolution filed on Monday, 14 senators virtually blocked a Palace move to
withdraw from an international agreement to clear the way for the passage of a
bill reviving death penalty in
Feb. 12
IRAN:
International Calls to Stop Inhumane Underage Executions by Iran Regime
According to state-run IRNA news agency, Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi, Iranian
regime's Tehran Prosecutor General, announced Wednesday February 8 that based
on regime's Islamic Penal Code, the Prosecutor
Feb. 11
NIGERIA:
UK Urges Nigeria To Stop Death Penalty
The British high commissioner, Paul Arkwright has urged that Nigeria should
prohibit death penalty. This is in support of the recent call by the EU Heads
of Mission in Nigeria to uphold the moratorium on the capital punishment.
Feb. 10
PAKISTAN:
Killers of uncles get death penalty
A sessions court has awarded death sentence to a convict and 40 year
imprisonment to his brother for killing their 2 uncles and wounding the 3rd one
in a domestic dispute.
Tarkhanwala police had filed a case against Saleh, his
Feb. 9
IRAN:
6 Iranian juveniles have death sentence curtailed
Iran has commuted death sentences against 6 juvenile offenders following UN
criticism it was executing people who had committed crimes as children at "an
unprecedented rate", a report said Thursday.
Prosecutors asked
Feb. 8
RUSSIA:
Russian opinions on death penalty split evenly, poll shows
Just over 40 % of Russians have told researchers that they wanted the
moratorium on death penalty lifted and an equal share of respondents have said
that they wanted it to remain in place.
Independent public
Feb. 7
AUSTRALIA:
Government urged to end silence on death penalty report
The time has come for the federal government to follow through on
recommendations made in 2016 by a major parliamentary report on the death
penalty, the Law Council of Australia has said.
The Law Council of
Feb. 6
EGYPT:
Death penalty verdict issued for Coptic alcohol merchant murdererThe
defendant confessed to crime saying he "would kill all alcohol sellers if he
could"
In just 2 consecutive court sessions, the Alexandria Criminal Court on Sunday
sentenced a defendant to death,
Feb. 5
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO:
Death penalty can be carried out in T
The death penalty can be carried out in T, but the Government has to take the
appropriate action and demonstrate the political will to have it done, Senior
Counsel Peter Pursglove has said.
Pursglove was the legal
Feb. 4
SRI LANKA:
Sirisena commutes death sentence of 60 prisoners to life
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has commuted the death sentences of
60 prisoners to life imprisonment in view of the country's 69th Independence
Day which was celebrated on Saturday.
Prison's
Feb. 4
SRI LANKA:
Sri Lankan President commutes death sentences of 60 inmates to life
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has decided to commute the sentences
of 60 prisoners in death row to life sentences prisoners on account of the 69th
Independence Day on February 04.
Feb. 2
MALDIVES:
Halt imminent plans to resume executions after 6 decades
The Maldives authorities must immediately halt plans to resume executions and
instead impose a moratorium on the implementation of the death penalty with a
view to its eventual abolition. Amnesty
Feb. 1
NIGERIA:
Order killing of death row inmates now, Judge tells Nigerian governors
A judge has urged state governors to sign the death warrant of over 1,600
inmates on death sentence in order to decongest the prisons.
The Chief Judge of Delta State, Marshal Umukoro, spoke on
Jan. 31
ZIMBABWE:
Death Penalty Challenge in the Constitutional Court
This Wednesday, tomorrow the 1st February, the Constitutional Court is due to
hear an important case, Farai Lawrence Ndlovu & Another v Minister of Justice &
Another (CCZ 50/2015), in which 2 prisoners, who were
Jan. 31
BANGLADESH:
7 Murders: Nur Hossain challenges death penalty
Former ward councillor of Narayanganj City Corporation Nur Hossain yesterday
challenged the death penalty awarded to him by a trial court in the
seven-murder case.
SRM Lutfor Rahman Akand, a lawyer for Nur,
Jan. 31
KENYA:
Nakuru cousins to hang for Sh300 robbery with violence
2 cousins who violently robbed an armed police officer of Sh300 will face the
death penalty after the High Court dismissed their appeal.
The Magistrates' Court had sentenced Erick Njure and Patrick Muchoki to hang
Jan. 30
SINGAPORE:
Suspect charged with wife's murder in Woodlands
A 41-year-old man was on Monday (Jan 30) charged with the murder of his wife,
who was found dead in a Woodlands flat on Saturday.
Singaporean Teo Ghim Heng allegedly murdered 39-year-old Choong Pei Shan
between 8am
Jan. 29
KUWAIT:
Kuwait rejects criticism of execution of 7 convictsKuwait insisted
executions are being carried out 'after exhausting all levels of litigation'
Kuwait has rejected criticism of its decision to go ahead with the execution of
seven convicts, insisting that all
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