AUSTRALIA
Australia/Judicial - March 2016
Kalgoorlie-Boulder Mayor John Bowler wants caning for young offenders
Juvenile criminals need "a bit of a jolt", says Western Australia Labor politician
BARBADOS
Barbados/Schools - January 2016
Corporal punishment to reduce indiscipline
Teachers' union says schools must keep the cane
BOTSWANA
Botswana/Judicial - March 2016
Botswana Public Floggings Scaring Zimbabweans
Petty criminals from neighbouring Zim regularly sentenced to strokes of the cane
CANADA
Canada/Domestic - January 2016
Straight talk on spanking laws
Campaign to maintain the legality of parental CP
CHINA
China/Illicit - June 2016
Video shows China bank employees being spanked (with video clip)
Failing bank staff paddled by trainer in front of colleagues
INDONESIA
Indonesia/Judicial - April 2016
Strict Indonesian province canes non-Muslim for selling booze
60-year-old Christian woman is publicly flogged
Indonesia/Judicial - June 2016
Indonesia's Aceh sees rise in public canings to enforce Islamic sharia code, Amnesty says (illustrated)
Punishment of 18-year-old woman is pictured
KENYA
Kenya/Schools - July 2016
Karaba calls for reintroduction of caning in schools to fight rampant indiscipline
Chairman of Senate Education Committee responds to arson reports
Caning in schools on way back
Committee of National Assembly explores ways of bringing back school CP
MALAYSIA
Malaysia/Judicial - March 2016
Gang robber gets four years, eight strokes (illustrated)
21-year-old is pictured after being sentenced to a caning
Malaysia/Judicial - April 2016
Jailed, caned for raping 14-year-old student (illustrated)
Eight years in jail and six strokes of the cane for culprit, 21, pictured
Malaysia/Schools - May 2016
Rotan sellers jumping for joy over new ruling
Supplier of canes pleased with go-ahead for school CP
"Caning allowed under guidelines"
Clarification that schoolboys can be caned for serious offences
Malaysia/Judicial - June 2016
Three years, 3 strokes for two friends (illustrated)
Caning sentences for two robbers, 27 and 28, pictured
Court to cane duo in exchange for shorter jail sentence
Two 30-year-olds ask for caning, get two strokes each
Malaysia/Judicial - August 2016
Former teacher gets jail, rotan (illustrated)
Four years and a four-stroke caning for thief and crook, 36, pictured
Malaysia/Judicial - December 2016
Youth escapes gallows when charged with drug possession (illustrated)
20-year-old, pictured, sentenced to 6 years in jail and 10 strokes of the rotan
NAMIBIA
Namibia/Schools - September 2016
School beatings ruled illegal
High Court decides that ban on CP applies to private as well as government schools
NEW ZEALAND
New Zealand/Schools - January 2016
Twelve Questions: Leigh Hart (illustrated)
Comedian, pictured, describes severe canings at 1980s boarding school in Christchurch
NIGERIA
Nigeria/Judicial - January 2016
Underage brothers flogged for possession of cutlass, charms
Five strokes of the cane each for two teens, six strokes for another
Boy gets 12 strokes of cane sentence for theft
12-year-old also ordered to clear the bush within court premises
Nigeria/Judicial - February 2016
Bricklayer bags 12 strokes of cane for unlawful possession of army uniform
Severe punishment for 23-year-old in Nasarawa State
Teenage student flogged over dangerous weapon possession
15-year-old sentenced to five strokes of the cane
PERU
Peru/Judicial - July 2016
Vigilantes take the law into their own hands (illustrated)
System of unofficial local courts includes CP; whipping of young man is pictured
QATAR
Qatar/Judicial - June 2016
Four things to know about flogging as a punishment in Qatar
Local news report describes procedure for JCP
SINGAPORE
Singapore/Judicial - January 2016
Loanshark harasser crawls past CCTV cameras to avoid being seen (illustrated)
Culprit, 26, pictured, ordered to receive 12 strokes of the cane
Singapore/Judicial - February 2016
Police NSF gets 18 years' jail, 15 strokes of cane (illustrated)
Heavy punishment for National Serviceman, pictured, 23, for multiple sexual offences and extortion
Man gets jail and cane for robbing and tying up masseuses (illustrated)
Two years in jail and 12 strokes of the cane for 21-year-old, pictured
Singapore/Judicial - May 2016
Nearly 17 years' jail, 22 strokes of cane for man who raped woman thrice in public (illustrated)
Rapist, 30, is pictured
Singapore/Judicial - July 2016
Man jailed 12½ years, gets 11 strokes of cane (illustrated)
30-year-old, pictured, posed as policeman and raped 16-year-old
Singapore/Judicial - August 2016
Youth gets jail, caning for assault which killed victim (illustrated)
8 years' prison plus 24 strokes of the cane for 19-year-old thug, pictured
Singapore/Schools - October 2016
Student expelled, several caned for taking upskirt images of teacher
Seven secondary boys caned in public and nine more in private
Singapore/Judicial - December 2016
Jail, caning for attack on restaurant supervisor (illustrated)
Six strokes for 23-year-old, pictured
SRI LANKA
Sri Lanka/Schools - October 2016
President on corporal punishment in schools
Head of State laments "disastrous" trend against use of the cane
SWAZILAND
Swaziland/Schools - December 2016
Meet Mbabane Central High School's Mr. Fix It
New deputy principal gets results through stricter enforcement of corporal punishment
UGANDA
Uganda/Schools - May 2016
Uganda outlaws corporal punishment
Government bans school caning
Uganda/Judicial - July 2016
Caned and fined for 'having sex' with in-law (illustrated
Culprit, pictured at outdoor village court, was lashed 10 times
UNITED KINGDOM
UK/Military - October 2016
Punishment game marines avoid prison
Junior ranks were made to spank each other's backsides with a strap
UK/Schools - October 2016
I'd give school bullies a taste of their own medicine
"Cane their bare bottoms", columnist urges
UNITED STATES
USA/Illicit - January 2016
Spanking, dehydration and ignorance of concussions: New details about Peter Nowak's Union tenure (illustrated)
Philadelphia soccer team players regularly spanked by coach, pictured
USA/Schools - March 2016
Paddling in NC schools up despite more bans
New statistics show N. Carolina bucking the downward trend
USA/Schools - April 2016
Paddling common in some Central Georgia schools
Statistics given for various districts
Laurens Schools defend paddling punishments (with video clip)
Focus on a Georgia district with over 1,000 paddlings a year
USA/Schools - June 2016
All systems go at NSD
An Arkansas school district INTRODUCES paddling
USA/Schools - July 2016
Abilene ISD eliminates corporal punishment from discipline methods for 2016-17
A Texas school district decides to abolish paddling
Policy updates given for PES, PHS
At an Arkansas high school, the choice between ISS and CP is no longer for students to make
USA/Schools - August 2016
Officials tweak discipline policy
A TX district switches from opt-in to opt-out system for school CP
Board eyes teaching program, other agreements
Another Texas school district bans the paddle
In some US schools, resistance to ending corporal punishment (illustrated)
Reports from Georgia and Alabama; paddled girl, 11, is pictured
Paulding school board appoints new member
No more spanking allowed in a Georgia school district
USA/Schools - September 2016
The paddle is still wielded in Kentucky schools, but in declining numbers (illustrated)
CP statistics for various districts, with a map
Some East Texas schools still use spanking, though corporal punishment on decline
More statistics
Another WNC school district ends paddling
Very little CP left in North Carolina
Alabama ranks third most in highest number of students paddled
One high school spanked 39% of its students, but overall the figure is falling
Tennessee school reinstates paddling policy, for boys only
Mother outraged by apparent discriminatory policy at her son's high school -- she wants girls to receive CP as well
Cheatham County votes to keep corporal punishment in classrooms
Parental pressure dissuades a Tennessee district from abolishing the paddle
USA/Schools - October 2016
Corporal punishment has value
Former school principal supports use of the paddle
Big Spring ISD approves change to corporal punishment policy
A Texas school district abolishes same-sex paddling rule
Yantis trustees bring back corporal punishment
Return of paddling to a Texas school district after some years without it
USA/Schools - November 2016
Alabama 8th-grader paddled for writing 'Trump' on blackboard, parents say
Dispute over spanking of 14-year-old boy
Superintendents support continued use of paddling
Alabama schools "upholding traditional values"
Johnson City Schools, Sullivan County districts only area systems to disallow corporal punishment of students
Statistics from some districts in Tennessee
Education secretary asks to end corporal punishment
But we do not take advice from Washington, say Texas school districts
USA/Schools - December 2016
Howell Valley: Parents question school corporal punishment policy
A Missouri school is accused of spanking students without parental consent
Arkansas Spanks: The Natural State Still Practices Public School Corporal Punishment
Paddling procedures at some school districts are described, with statistics
Corporal punishment causes controversy among Louisiana parents
But others say it is effective; statistics given for certain districts
Should corporal punishment be allowed in public schools?
More Louisiana paddling debate and statistics
Education secretary renews debate over corporal punishment
School paddling stats for certain Houston-area districts
Jefferson County School System says corporal punishment is effective (illustrated)
Parents may opt out in an Alabama district; a paddle is pictured
ZIMBABWE
Zimbabwe/Judicial - February 2016
Masvingo teenager to get four strokes for raping 5-year-old girl
15-year-old is ordered to submit to a caning at local police station
Dentist saves rapist from prison
Three strokes of the cane for offender deemed to be a juvenile after dispute over his age
Zimbabwe/Judicial - April 2016
Schoolboy sodomises Grade 1 pupil
Culprit, 17, ordered to receive four strokes with a rattan cane
Zimbabwe/Judicial - June 2016
School bullies arrested over indecent assault
Magistrate sentences two boys aged 16 and 15 to five strokes of the cane each
Court orders four strokes for 14-year-old
He raped his niece aged six
Zimbabwe/Judicial - August 2016
2 pupils to be caned for raping classmate
16-year-olds said they were driven to it by watching porn; magistrate's sentence is four strokes each
Zimbabwe/Judicial - September 2016
Grade 5 pupil up for rape
14-year-old sentenced to receive three strokes of the cane
Rape convict offered child victim 10 cents
"Five cuts with a rattan cane" is magistrate's order for youth of 17
Zimbabwe/Judicial - November 2016
Juvenile gets 4 strokes for stabbing neighbour with screw driver
Court orders a caning for boy, 16
 To view all the above items in a single date sequence for the whole year irrespective of country, with a separate link to each individual item, see News Chronology 2016
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