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Ethiopia Asks Death Penalty For Coup Plotters
Addis Ababa :: Ethiopia | 13 days ago
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Twenty-seven of the defendants were tried and convicted last week. Thirteen others, most of them living in exile, were earlier found guilty in absentia. This VOA correspondent was in the courtroom as the 27 in custody pleaded for reduced sentences. One...
Tags: death penalties, Ethiopia, Mekonnen Bezadeih, Melaku Teferra, Addis Ababa, Capital punishment, Birtukan Mideksa, Meles Zenawi, Berhanu Nega, Law Crime, Social Issues, Politics
Return to Death Penalty Floated in Kyrgyzstan
Bişkek :: Kyrgyzstan | 24 days ago
Credibility A proposal to restore capital punishment has caused debate and outrage in Kyrgyzstan, where the death penalty has not been applied for more than a decade. Now being discussed by members of parliament, the idea was first floated by Murat Sutalinov, head...
Tags: Kyrgyzstan Parliament, death penalties, Murat Sutalinov, capital punishment, Adakhan Madumarov, Ak Jol, Security Council, Mars Sariev, Temir Sariev, IWPR, Kyrgyzstan, Bişkek, Outline of Kyrgyzstan, Constitution of Kyrgyzstan, Government of Kyrgyzstan, Kurmanbek Bakiyev, Social Issues, Law Crime
Chinese painting exhibition on Tibet held in Milan
Milan :: Italy | about 1 month ago
Credibility An exhibition of paintings by Chinese Han and Tibetan artists started here on Monday, showing the sublime sceneries and traditional customs of China's Tibet. Entitled as "Snow-Covered Plateau -- Chinese Painting Works," the six-day exhibition features...
Tags: exhibition, Tibet, China, death penalties
Syringe attackers face severe penalty
Urumqi :: China | 3 months ago
Credibility Chinese officials say those found guilty of using harmful substances in needle attacks in Urumqi will face severe penalty, including death. As the capital of the far western Xinjiang-Uighur region remained tense following the needle attacks, authorities...
Tags: Urumqi, China, Xinhua, syringe attack, death penalties, xinjiang region, needle attack, hypodermic needle, Han Chinese, party chief
Mumbai attacks accused to undergo age tests
Mumbai :: India | 7 months ago
Credibility Kasab, said by the prosecution to be 21, faces a string of charges including "waging war" on India, murder, attempted murder and kidnapping in connection with the November 26-29 rampage that left 166 people dead and over 300 injured...The medical examinations...
Tags: Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, Mohammad Ajmal Kasab, Mumbai, Mohammed Ajmal Amir Qasab, Ujjwal Nikam, mumbai attack, surviving suspected, Indian, death penalties
China spearheads surge in state-sponsored executions
Shanghai :: China | 8 months ago
Credibility Executions of prisoners almost doubled last year – predominantly because of the Chinese government – according to a report by Amnesty International. Death sentences handed down by China for crimes including tax evasion and bag-snatching represented three-quarters...
Tags: death penalties, Amnesty International, China, United States, rights group, Saudi Arabia, death sentenced, execution rate, human rights, U.S
Md. House panel considers death penalty changes
Annapolis :: MD :: USA | 8 months ago
Credibility Supporters of a death penalty ban in Maryland urged a House committee today to accept compromise legislation to limit the use of capital punishment, but a prosecutor argued the measure doesn't make sense in practical terms. Gov. Martin O'Malley , who...
Tags: Maryland Senate, death penalties, capital punishment, House Judiciary Committee, Martin O\'Malley, text messages, Baltimore
Japan hangs two more on death row
Tōkyō :: Japan | about 1 year ago
Credibility The latest executions bring the total number of death penalties implemented this year to 15, thought to be the highest total in many years...Japan is one of the few countries in Asia which has stepped up its use of the death penalty, despite international...
Tags: Bank of Japan, financial services, death penalties, accounting rules, minister taro, justice minister, Michitoshi Kuma, Kaoru Yosano, BOJ, Masahiro Takashio
Saudi official: death for 'immoral' TV owners
Riyadh :: Saudi Arabia | about 1 year ago
Credibility A top Saudi judicial official says owners of satellite TV networks that air "immoral content" should be prosecuted, punished and then given the death penalty if punishments don't deter them from "corrupting people." Sheik Saleh al-Lihedan, the chief of...
Tags: Saudi Arabia, Saudi Press Agency, saudi cleric, tv networks, Saleh al-Lihedan, death penalties, saudi official, satellite tv, Muslim, sheik saleh
Rights group: China still world's top executioner
Rome :: Italy | about 1 year ago
Credibility Executions jumped by a third in Iran and quadrupled in Saudi Arabia last year, causing the total number of executions around the world to rise yet again in 2007, a human rights group reported Thursday. It said China remained far in front as the world's...
Tags: saudi, arabi, Saudi Arabia, death penalties, rights group, Iran, China
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