World news about “Death penalty” published by euronews.
US-Iranian man to be executed for being a spy A court in Tehran has given a death sentence to an American man of Iranian descent. After a trial which started last month, Amir Mirzai Hekmati has been found… 09/01/2012
American ‘spy’ sentenced to death in Iran A US-man of Iranian descent has been sentenced to death in Iran for spying for America. Twenty-eight year old Amir Mirza Hekmati is guilty of espionage for… 09/01/2012
CoE backs anti-death penalty site Calling for a Europe where no one is executed, the Council of Europe has passed a resolution urging Belarus to end the practice once and for all. Observer… 14/04/2011
Death sentence dropped for Abu-JamalFormer Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal faces life in prison and not the death penalty after shooting dead a white policeman in 1981. After years of appeals… 08/12/2011
Suspicion surrounds Belarus metro bombing verdictAn extreme danger to society or victims of a political crackdown on the opposition? Rights campaigners in Belarus have cried foul over Supreme Court death… 01/12/2011
Minsk metro bombers sentenced to deathA court in Belarus has sentenced two men to death, after a bomb attack at a metro station killed 15 people. Dmitry Konovalov and Vladislav Kovalyov, both… 30/11/2011
Prisoner executed in US after Supreme Court rejects appealThe US state of Florida has executed a Cuban man for murdering a policeman in 1978. The Supreme Court rejected a petition for stay of execution for… 29/09/2011
Davis’ lawyer: US execution was ‘legal lynching’The lawyer for Troy Davis has described his execution in the US state of Georgia on Wednesday night as a “legal lynching”. The Supreme Court rejected a… 22/09/2011
Death row killer Troy Davis is executed in the USThe execution of Troy Davis, the man convicted of shooting a police officer over 20 years ago in the US, has been carried out by lethal injection. Despite a… 22/09/2011
Vigil held for death row DavisHundreds of supporters have gathered in Atlanta, Georgia, to try and stop a convicted killer being executed. The campaigners held a vigil, calling on… 21/09/2011
Death row Davis loses last call for clemencyConvicted killed Troy Davis has lost his final appeal against execution in the US state of Georgia despite pleading his innocence. A Pardon Board rejected a… 21/09/2011
Death sentence for Pakistani RangerIn a rare rebuke for Pakistan’s powerful army, a court has sentenced a soldier to death for shooting an unarmed civilian dead in June. Five fellow Ranger… 12/08/2011
US executes Mexican murdererThe state of Texas has executed a Mexican national despite pleas from the White House that the action would break international law. The US Supreme Court… 08/07/2011
British author goes to jail for death-penalty bookAlan Shadrake, a British author, has begun a six week prison sentence in Singapore after a court there rejected his appeal. Shadrake was convicted of… 03/06/2011
Bahrain sentences four to die over police killingIn Bahrain a military court has sentenced four men to die following the pro-democracy protests in the country. They have been convicted of killing two… 28/04/2011
Death penalty down in 2010 but still widespreadWhat links China, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Iran to the United States? The first group of countries are known for their “difficulties” in respecting human… 28/03/2011
Uncertainty surrounds fate of LatifiThere have been developments in Iran in the case of Iranian student activist Habibollah Latifi, who was due to be executed in Sanandaj prison in north western… 25/12/2010
Iran’s Press TV airs stoning woman ‘confession’Iran’s state-run Press TV aired on Saturday what the channel says is a murder confession by Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, the woman sentenced to death by… 11/12/2010
Anger at new “confession” as Ashtiani stays in jailFar from being released as some reports had suggested, Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani is still in custody. Iran’s English-language Press TV says new photos of… 10/12/2010
Iran denies reports of Astiani’s releaseIranian state television has denied reports that Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani has been freed. It follows the release of a number of new photos of her believed… 10/12/2010
Media report woman’s hanging in IranIran has reportedly executed a woman sentenced to death for murdering her husband’s first wife. A lawyer for Shalha Jahed said she was hanged at 5am local… 01/12/2010
Iraqi President refuses to sign Tareq Aziz death warrantIraq’s newly re-elected President Jalal Talabani is refusing to sign an execution order for Tareq Aziz. His apparent decision follows both the Vatican and… 17/11/2010
Iran death sentence woman ‘not executed’An Iranian woman who it was thought might be executed today has not yet been put to death, according to the French foreign minister. Bernard Kouchner said… 03/11/2010
Saddam’s deputy Tariq Aziz sentenced to deathSaddam Hussein’s former right-hand man Tariq Aziz has been condemned to death by Iraq’s high tribunal. Once the international face of the late dictator’s… 26/10/2010
US woman’s execution sparks outrageThe first state execution of a American woman in five years has provoked outrage both in the US and across the world. 41 year-old Teresa Lewis died… 24/09/2010
US executes first woman in five yearsTeresa Lewis has become the first woman in five years to be executed in the United States. After requesting a last meal of fried chicken, the 41-year-old… 24/09/2010
‘Mentally retarded’ woman to be executed in USA woman with learning difficulties is set to become the first female to be executed by the US state of Virginia in nearly a century. Teresa Lewis has been… 23/09/2010
Japan opens gallows to media for the first timeJapan opened up its execution chambers to the media for the first time on Friday to stoke debate about the use of the death penalty. Domestic media were… 28/08/2010
Iran hangs Sunni militantThe leader of a rebel Sunni Muslim group has been executed in Iran for his alleged involvement in a series of terrorist attacks. Abdolmalek Rigi was hanged… 20/06/2010
Convicted murderer executed by US firing squadAfter 25 years on death row, twice-convicted murderer Ronnie Lee Gardner has been executed by firing squad in Utah. Five marksmen shot the 49-year-old in the… 18/06/2010
Utah firing squad executes murdererTwice-convicted murderer Ronnie Lee Gardner has been shot dead in Utah’s first firing squad execution for 14 years. Gardner had been on death row for 25… 18/06/2010
Late reprieve for death row prisonerThe US Supreme Court has suspended the execution of a Texas prisoner just an hour before he was due to face death by lethal injection. Hank Skinner has… 25/03/2010
Guillotine attracts French crowds once againAn exhibition at Paris’ famed Musee D’Orsay is challenging the French to confront their past. The main exhibit is a guillotine; for over two hundred years its… 20/03/2010
The campaign against the Death PenaltyThe fourth World Congress against the Death Penalty got underway in Geneva this morning. Relatives of executed prisoners have joined political campaigners… 24/02/2010
Iraq executes ‘Chemical Ali’Ali Hassan al-Majeed, the Saddam Hussein henchman widely known as ‘Chemical Ali’, has been executed by hanging in Iraq. A cousin of the late Iraqi… 25/01/2010
China condemned over Briton’s executionChina’s execution of a British man said to have mental health problems has sparked widespread condemnation. Appeals for clemency for Akmal Shaikh fell on… 29/12/2009
China’s execution laws examinedChina is the world’s biggest user of the death penalty, killing more prisoners than the rest of the world combined, according to human rights groups. The… 29/12/2009
Brown ‘appalled’ by execution of UK citizenBritish Prime Minister Gordon Brown says he is appalled by China’s execution of a UK citizen convicted of drug smuggling. The Chinese Supreme Court rejected… 29/12/2009
British citizen executed by lethal injectionThe British man convicted of drug smuggling in China has been executed. Akmal Shaikh’s sentence was carried out after pleas from the UK government… 29/12/2009
Briton’s execution imminent in ChinaA British man due to be executed within hours in China has been visited by members of his family. Akmal Shaikh’s relatives have made an 11th-hour plea for… 28/12/2009
Russian court says no to capital punishmentRussia’s moratorium on the death penalty has been extended. The country’s constitutional court decided just a few weeks before it was due to expire… 19/11/2009
Washington sniper is executedJohn Allen Muhammad, the man behind a series of sniper attacks in the US capital in 2002, has been executed by lethal injection. Muhammad, who was 48 and a… 11/11/2009
China executes nine people for ethnic riotsChina says it has executed nine people for their part in ethnic rioting that left almost 200 people dead in its western region of Xinjiang in July. No… 09/11/2009
Russia weighs up reintroduction of death penaltyRussia is considering whether to end its moratorium on the death penalty. The country’s constitutional court has been hearing arguments on the issue and is… 09/11/2009
China condemns 3 more to death over riotsA further three people have been given death sentences over ethnic rioting in China’s Xinjiang province. Six others are already facing capital punishment for… 15/10/2009
Death sentence for killer of Egyptian singerAn Egyptian businessman has been sentenced to death by a court in Cairo for the murder of Lebanese singer Suzanne Tamim. When Hesham Talaat Moustafa, a… 21/05/2009
US soldier faces death for rape and murderUS soldier faces death for rape and murder A former US soldier faces the death penalty for his part in the rape and murder of an Iraqi teenager and her… 08/05/2009
