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UN reinforces call to end executions

africa
http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/good-news/un-reinforces-call-end-executions-20081120
Friday, November 21, 2008
A record number of countries have given their support to the campaign to end capital punishment. On Thursday, a large majority of states from all...
death penalty, execution

Death Penalty Nigeria: 'Forced Confessions' Condemn Hundreds

africa » nigeria » abuja
http://www.ipsnews.net/africa/nota.asp?idnews=44371
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Amnesty International says that hundreds of those awaiting execution on Nigeria's death row did not have fair trials and may therefore be innocent.
human rights, death penalty
UNICEF deplores stoning of chi...

UNICEF deplores stoning of child rape victim

africa » somalia » mogadishu
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
UNICEF has described last week's stoning of a 13-year old girl in Somalia as 'deplorable.' The girl was stoned to death in a stadium of spectators in...
stoning, death, rape, adultery, death penalty
Child of 13 stoned to death in...

Child of 13 stoned to death in Somalia

africa » somalia » kismayo
Sunday, November 02, 2008
A girl stoned to death in Somalia this week was 13 years old, not 23, contrary to earlier news reports. She had been accused of adultery in breach of...
stoning, death, death penalty, rape, adultery
Poverty and the death penalty ...

Poverty and the death penalty in Nigeria

africa » nigeria » abuja
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Hundreds of people on death row in Nigeria did not have a fair trial and may therefore be innocent, according to a new Amnesty International report....
death penalty, crime, poverty, trial, conviction
Court sentences eight to death...

Court sentences eight to death in Sudan over Omdurman rebel attack

africa » sudan » khartoum
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
In Sudan, Judge Muntasim Mohamed Saleh sentenced eight men from the rebel group Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) to death and found another not...
death penalty, court, rebel, attack
Treason Charge for Nigerian Re...

Treason Charge for Nigerian Rebel

africa » nigeria » abuja
The Point
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
A leader of a Niger Delta oil militant group unseen in public since his arrest has failed to appear before a Nigerian court as expected. At a court...
rebel, nigerian, court, arrest, leader, charges, defence, death penalty

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