Death Penalty News (Jan to March 2009)
Country e-news:
AFGHANISTAN
2 Afghans face death over translation of Quran
06/02/2009, Yahoo News
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090206/ap_on_re_as/as_afghan_translation_on_trial
AUSTRALIA
Scott Rush’s agony
27/03/2009, Catholic Leader
http://www.catholicleader.com.au/index.php?id=4793
BANGLADESH
The death penalty: a strange philosophy
20/03/2009, United Press International
http://www.upiasia.com/Blogosphere/williamgomes/20090320/the_death_penalty_a_strange_philosophy/
Bangla govt approves death sentence for terrorists
20/02/2009, Zeenews
http://www.zeenews.com/south-asia/2009-02-20/509235news.html
Bangladeshis on Death Row Still Await Appeals Verdict
17/02/2009, Arab News
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=119280
CHINA
The Harsh Realities of China's Death Penalty
24/03/2009, Sky News
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Capital-Punishment-In-China-Executions-Still-Used-Routinely-For-Minor-Crimes-Writes-Holly-Williams/Article/200903415247725?lpos=World_News_First_World_News_Article_Teaser_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15247725_Capital_Punishment_In_China%3A_Executions_Still_Used_Routinely_For_Minor_Crimes%2C_Writes_Holly_Williams
Mobile death chambers take capital punishment on the road: 24/03/2009, Independent (London)
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/mobile-death-chambers-take-capital-punishment-on-the-road-1652594.html
Girl writes to court pleading for father's life
19/03/2009, China Daily
http://bbs.chinadaily.com.cn/viewthread.php?gid=2&tid=630197
Chinese province to abolish execution by shooting
14/02/2009, China View
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-02/14/content_10818008.htm
China rebuffs West on ending death penalty, rights
11/02/2009, Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE51A4RU20090211
China's tainted milk parents hope for death penalty
16/01/2009, Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSPEK294403
INDIA
Mumbai attacker Mohammed Ajmal Amir Iman faces death penalty
25/02/2009, The Australian
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25105982-2703,00.html
Death sentence for businessman and servant in Indian 'house of horrors' case
14/02/2009, Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/13/india-rape-death-sentence
SC questions NHRC recommendation for clemency to death row convict
20/01/2009, Times of India
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/SC_questions_NHRC_recommendation_for_clemency_to_death_row_convict_/articleshow/4003314.cms
INDONESIA
Rights groups put pressure on execution-happy SBY
18/03/2009, The Australian
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25202386-2703,00.html
Nusakambangan Inmates Waiting For Execution
Death row ruling threatens appeals of Bali drug couriers
16/03/2009, Canberra Times
http://www.smh.com.au/world/death-row-ruling-threatens-appeals-of-bali-drug-couriers-20090315-8yxp.html
Indonesian activists face upward death penalty trend
10/02/2009, World Coalition
www.worldcoalition.org/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=325 - 40k
The issue of abolition divides Human Rights activists: Death Penalty Gets Both Support and Censure at Human Rights Discussion
05/02/2009, Jakarta Globe
http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/article/8636.html
AGO Wants To Step Up Executions
09/01/2009, Jakarta Globe
http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/news/national/article/5697.html
JAPAN
Japan under fire for 'secretive, inhumane' death penalty
24/03/2009, ABC
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/03/24/2524907.htm
Dead Men Walking: Japan's Death Penalty
21/03/2009, Japan Focus
http://japanfocus.org/-C_M_-Mason/2402
Death Penalty and the Media
20/03/2009, Japan Focus
http://japanfocus.org/-Yamaguchi-Masanori/2143
Death penalty won't bring victims back to life (Pt 1)
18/02/2009, The Mainichi Daily News
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/features/news/20090218p2a00m0na003000c.html
Exposure of lay judges to graphic court evidence sparking concerns over mental well-being
10/02/2009, The Mainichi Daily News
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/features/news/20090210p2a00m0na001000c.html
63 percent want to avoid handling death sentence rulings under new citizen judge system
28/01/2009, The Mainichi Daily News
http://74.125.77.132/search?q=cache:niw1WvY06IEJ:mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2009/01/28/20090128p2a00m0na011000c.html+%22+63+percent+want+to+avoid+handling+death+sentence+rulings+under+new+citizen+judge+system%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=uk
Unmasking Capital Punishment - irreparable losses - survivor's ambivalence leaves dilemma to courts
03/01/2009, World News
http://article.wn.com/view/2008/12/28/UNMASKING_CAPITAL_PUNISHMENT_IRREPARABLE_LOSSES_Letters_cant/
15 death row prisoners executed in '08
01/01/2009, The Mail Archive (posted by Rick Halperin)
http://www.mail-archive.com/deathpenalty@lists.washlaw.edu/msg08927.html
MALAYSIA
'Allow those on Death Row early appeals'
25/02/2009, The New Straits Times
http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Wednesday/National/2488910/Article/index_html
NORTH KOREA
Survey: 76% of North defectors saw executions
12/03/2009, JoongAng Daily
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2902150
PAKISTAN
Pakistan urged to spare five Ahmadiyyas facing death for blasphemy
04/02/2009, India Forums
http://www.india-forums.com/news/article.asp?id=153627
Draft proposal for conversion of death sentence sent to President
28/01/2009, GEO news
http://www.geo.tv/1-28-2009/33787.htm
Prisoners on death row: LHC seeks report from Punjab govt
22/01/2009, Daily Times
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\22\story_22-1-2009_pg13_7
Stay death sentences, Burney pleads to Zardari
04/01/2009, The News
http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=19386
PHILIPPINES
Arroyo expected to seek pardon of more Pinoys on death in Mideast visit
GMANews.TV, 02/03/2009
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/147105/Arroyo-expected-to-seek-pardon-of-more-Pinoys-on-death-in-Mideast-visit
Capital Punishment, The Media, State and Society
17/01/2009, PhilRights, Pinoy Press,
http://www.pinoypress.net/2009/01/17/capital-punishment-the-media-state-and-society/
Death penalty backers warned: Be careful of what you wish for
15/01/2009, GMA News
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/144280/Death-penalty-backers-warned-Be-careful-what-you-wish-for
Third death penalty bill filed
12/01/2009, Inquirer
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20090112-182945/Third-death-penalty-bill-filed
SINGAPORE
Singapore defends death penalty
20/01/2009, Saigon International
http://www.saigon-gpdaily.com.vn/International/2009/1/67976/
Amnesty urges Singapore to stop executions
14/01/2009, My Sinchew
http://www.mysinchew.com/node/20151?tid=14
SOUTH KOREA
Human rights watchdog issues warning over death penalty resumption
19/02/2009, Korean Center
http://www.koreancenter.or.kr/news/news_foreign_view.aspx?menu_code=02001000&news_id=AEN20090218006000315
Debate on Death Penalty Heats Up in National Assembly
18/02/2009, Arirang
https://www.arirang.co.kr/News/News_View.asp?nseq=87514&code=Ne3&category=4
Gyeonggi Murder Case Brings Back Death Penalty Debate
03/02/2009, The Hankyoreh
http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_national/336546.html
SRI LANKA
Two on death row: Govt waits for written judgment
20/03/2009, Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)
http://www.dailymirror.lk/DM_BLOG/Sections/frmNewsDetailView.aspx?ARTID=43901
Two receive death penalty
12/02/2009, Daily Mirror
http://www.dailymirror.lk/DM_BLOG/Sections/frmNewsDetailView.aspx?ARTID=40395
TAIWAN
Activists urge end of death penalty following report
26/03/2009, Taipei Times
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2009/03/26/2003439391
Sentence reduced for a Taiwanese man
26/03/2009, Tainan News
http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=902772&lang=eng_news&cate_img=49.jpg&cate_rss=news_Society_TAIWAN
No end in sight
04/01/2009, Taipei Times
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2009/01/04/2003432906
THAILAND
A double first as executioner
10/01/2009, The Star
http://thestar.com.my/columnists/story.asp?file=/2009/1/10/columnists/thaitakes/2984699&sec=Thai%20Takes
VIET NAM
Vietnam considers reduction in scope of death penalty
09/02/2009, World Coalition
http://www.worldcoalition.org/modules/smartsection/makepdf.php?itemid=324