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 AFGHANISTAN
Afghanistan/Judicial - October 1996
Afghan Capital's Residents Face Fundamental Shock
Taliban seize Kabul, floggings begin
 BARBADOS
Barbados/Schools - July 1996
Children sent to Caribbean for 'basic' schooling
UK black parents want their kids to attend schools that use CP
 BERMUDA
Bermuda/Schools - June 1996
Spare the rod, urges children's advocate
New education code allows use of strap in schools
Earlier school report urged end to corporal punishment
But nothing came of 1980s committee recommendation
Bermuda/Judicial - August 1996
Edness gets tough
Public Safety Minister wants birch used for street crime
Bermuda/Judicial - September 1996
Edness: "Birch bag-snatchers"
Calls for stronger penalties to save tourism industry
"I didn't reach birch decision lightly" - Minister
Birch and cane should be added to the mix, he says
Birching "violates Human Rights Convention"
Bermuda is bound by European rules, lawyers point out
 BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
BVI/Judicial - August 1996
Governor against caning of criminals
Several tamarind switch sentences in past year
 BRUNEI
Brunei/Judicial - August 1996
Court throws out appeal of "drugs in pants" case
Cook to have 5 strokes of rotan
Trafficker gets 12 years, cane
10 strokes for 31-year-old
Brunei/Judicial - September 1996
Couple back behind bars
And husband, 39, gets caning for mischief
Cannabis trafficking couple jailed
Man given 9 years, 9 strokes of cane
Persistent car robber jailed, caned
28-year-old with 12 previous convictions gets 8 strokes of rotan
Brunei/Judicial - October 1996
Habitual thief gets sentence after sentence
Two more strokes on top of the 8 already ordered
Child abuse father sentenced
20 years in prison and 20 strokes of rattan
Brunei/Judicial - December 1996
Jail and cane for sex with minor
Six years plus cane for 25-year-old's offence from 6 years ago
 CANADA
Canada/Judicial - January 1996
Crime and no punishment
Former guard says strapping produced 'model prisoners'
Canada/Judicial - April 1996
Can the Reform Party survive its 'moderates'?
Politician advocates Singapore system
Canada/Schools - June 1996
Movement to ban school strap gains ground
Alberta district reaffirms teachers' right to use CP
Canada/Schools - October 1996
Do our new-found ideas on children maybe explain the fact we can't control them?
Anti-spankers accused of "monumental arrogance" by co-founder of tough boys' boarding school where paddles swing
 KENYA
Kenya/Judicial - March 1996
Narrow escape for car robber
Middle-aged man gets 10 years, 10 strokes
Rasta kin, associates go to jail
Four get two strokes each
10-year jail for aids man who raped
10 years, 13 strokes of cane, for two rapists
Kenya/Judicial - November 1996
Man charged over city street siege
Two robbers jailed and caned
Man appeals his way to a death sentence
Instead of jail and cane
 MALAYSIA
Malaysia/Judicial - June 1996
Salesman jailed for cheating bank
Three rotan strokes for computer salesman, 41
Inmates who run away to be caned
Drug rehab centre absconders will be whipped, says Minister
Several NGOs against caning of runaway inmates
Organisations disagree on whether it will solve the problem
Dad gets jail, rotan for child abuse
Seven years, 6 strokes for lorry attendant, 31
Caning for staff who push drugs
Drug rehab centre staff may themselves be caned
Drug-trafficking NZ mother, son pardoned
Jail release for 30-year-old who received 6 strokes
Uncertain future for Cohens
Drug mother and son return to New Zealand
Malaysia/Schools - June 1996
United call for the cane
Chinese-medium schools in Malaysia known for their tight discipline
Gaining respect the heart of the issue
Teachers, parents, students give views on caning for boys
Power to cane will spawn abuse in class
Reader recalls painful strokes on buttocks
Malaysia/Judicial - July 1996
Magazine's $20,000 offer to Cohens obscene -- MP
NZ drug mother and son paid for exclusive story
Pahang looking into caning those convicted of religious offences
State government considering "thickness and length of cane"
Malaysia/Schools - July 1996
Malaysia ponders caning
Considering giving all teachers the right to use CP
Malaysia/Judicial - August 1996
Hockey coach uses landmark decision to lodge appeal
Court urged to order a retrial
38-year-old challenges jail and cane sentence
Man gets 20 years jail and cane for raping daughter
Ten years, 5 strokes of cane for estate supervisor, 37
Police "must monitor ex-addicts"
Mandatory whipping considered for drug rehab centre offenders
Pemadam lauds proposal
Organisation supports caning in centres
Malaysia/Schools - August 1996
Najib: Only principals can cane
Ministry had not considered giving CP power to all teachers
Seminar wants clearer guidelines on caning
Unanimous support for cane as last resort
Malaysia/Judicial - September 1996
Father-of-two gets jail and cane for sodomy
16 years, 6 strokes for 38-year-old who attacked small boy
Rapist dad gets longer jail term
High Court increases caning from 3 to 15 strokes
Cops: Cane illegal road racers
Would stop them endangering public, says police boss
Dr Ling: I support caning of illegal racers
Transport Minister agrees with police
Malaysia/Judicial - October 1996
Inspector's appeal against rape conviction dismissed
Policeman, 33, given 14 years, 5 strokes of cane
Malaysia to cane, deport illegal workers
"Very severe" PM follows Singapore's lead
Groups back Govt's plan to cane illegals
Effective deterrent "long overdue"
Shahidan: Cane first-timers too
Leader of border State gets tough on illegals from Thailand
Court turns down appeal by habitual criminal
Second caning for gangster upheld
Traffic police recommend caning for illegal racers
Even first offenders will be caned
Malaysia/Judicial - November 1996
Rapist dad earns judge's ire, get 15 years' jail
And 15 strokes of cane for "worse than animal" 40-year-old
Ling wants highway stone-throwers to be caned and jailed
Transport minister urges "stern punishment"
Man loses appeal against life term
High Court upholds 12-stroke rotan sentence on robber, 37
Businessman jailed for cheating bank of $4 million
His 47-year-old accomplice gets 4 strokes of rotan
Ex-welder gets jail, rotan for armed robbery
37-year-old had 12 strokes for previous conviction, now gets another six
Malaysia/Judicial - December 1996
Penang amends Syariah laws with stiffer penalties
Caning for sexual offences in northern State will apply to all Muslims
Members to debate new Bill on illegal aliens
Parliament considers increased jail terms and whipping
Life sentence man seeks clemency
Caned in 1981 at age 17
 NEW ZEALAND
New Zealand/Schools - April 1996
Bring back cane, says trustee
Suspensions up since CP abolished
Much tougher discipline necessary in our schools
Abolition of caning had no mandate from parents, says letter-writer
 RUSSIA (CHECHNYA)
Russia/Judicial - September 1996
Islamic punishment (illustrated)
Picture of caning under new Moslem law
 SINGAPORE
Singapore/Judicial - May 1996
Hard stand on crime and punishment
Chief Justice rejects more lenient approach
Singapore/Judicial - June 1996
One loud yell ruins money plan (illustrated)
20-year-old failed robber, pictured, gets jail and 12 strokes
Robber who hit Japanese tourist gets jail and cane
10 years, 16 strokes after "cowardly attack" by previous offender, 32
Cut up for a prize watch (illustrated)
Unemployed 31-year-old, pictured, given 7 years, 12 strokes of cane
Marsiling molester jailed 6 years (illustrated)
Shameless menace to women, pictured, will also receive six strokes of cane
Ex-members of secret society get jail, cane, for ganging up to hurt man
Ten strokes each for three teens, 6 strokes for another
He was a car-a-day thief
39-year-old robber given 5 years' jail and 12 strokes
Three nabbed in hotel raid sentenced for drug offences
Heroin trafficker, 43, gets 20 years, 15 strokes
Mom marries man who molested girl
Six strokes, 2 years for 43-year-old
Singapore/Judicial - July 1996
Unlawful assembly offence: No need for person to take part to be liable
Six strokes for 22-year-old
Oriental hotel killing: Attacker acquitted of murder (illustrated)
But 25-year-old gets 18 strokes for robbery
Drug trafficker escapes death penalty narrowly
36-year-old gets 27 years and 15 strokes instead
4 get jail, caning for armed robbery and other crimes
6 strokes each for 3 gangsters, 18 strokes for fourth, 26
Shame on you, son (illustrated)
Two 29-year-olds, pictured, caned for molesting girl
Beat up and robbed his friend (illustrated)
Robber, 32, pictured, gets 3 years in prison and 12 strokes of cane
Jail and cane for youth who raped girlfriend
Six strokes each for two 16-year-old glue-sniffers
Singapore/Judicial - August 1996
Trial of PT instructor for heroin trafficking begins
Accomplices already caned and jailed
Singapore/Judicial - September 1996
Dutchman gets 6 years, cane for smuggling Ecstasy
Ten strokes for 48-year-old in transit
Sex offender's appeal rejected
Court upholds second caning sentence on recidivist molester
Man gets jail, caning for molesting daughter
15 strokes for father, 42
Good boy inside, Robber outside (illustrated)
16-year-old, pictured, gets 24 strokes
Thomson Plaza carpark robbers get jail, caning
Heavy cane sentences on two young men
"Romeo" stole old cars to pick up women at lounges
Jobless 39-year-old given 12 strokes, 5 years
They didn't know he's a pervert
Maximum caning and 5 years in jail for student, 20
He kicked trainees (illustrated)
Police instructor, 27, pictured, awarded CP and prison for grievous hurt
Singapore/Judicial - October 1996
Dad made up sex stories
18 years and 24 strokes for rapist petrol attendant, 37
Too hot to handle, but he kept it (illustrated)
24-year-old ex-squaddie, pictured, gets 6 strokes for taking hand grenade
Cop who used string cuffs
Policeman, 23, given 24 strokes of the cane for bungled robbery
Gangster with a record gets jail and cane for $2.40 extortion
26-year-old boasted he had endured 12 strokes of cane, now given another 8
Welder robbed to repay friend's loan (illustrated)
Jail and cane for 36-year-old, pictured
Singapore/Judicial - November 1996
Jail, cane for teen who molested women while half naked
17-year-old gets 3 strokes and 27 months in jail
Molester just won't let go
Four years and 6 strokes for 28-year-old
Thief who struck from behind (illustrated)
43-year-old, pictured, stole from old ladies, gets 3 years, 6 strokes
Nailed by a scrap of paper (illustrated)
Serial lift robber, 29, pictured, sentenced to 10 years and 24 strokes
Singapore/Judicial - December 1996
Man gets caning, jail for holding up two taxi drivers
Five years and 14 strokes for unemployed man, 36
Girl fears rape, beating ... but saves herself twice (illustrated)
Navy sergeant, 21, pictured, given 3 years, 6 strokes
From helper to robber
30 months and 6 strokes for repeat robber, 27
She can't remember
24-year-old foreign worker gets two years and 12 strokes for robbing subnormal woman
Robbers still at large - Lookout gets jail and cane
15 strokes of cane, 4 years in prison for Indonesian who abetted armed robbery
Lift robber gets 12 years and 24 strokes
42-year-old with previous convictions used knife to rob women
Man gets 11 years' jail and 18 strokes for rape and robbery
40-year-old rag-and-bone man with a record attacked woman
 SOUTH AFRICA
South Africa/Schools - March 1996
South African Education Bill released
Bans CP, threatens jail for teachers who cane
South Africa/Schools - June 1996
Corporal punishment gets the whip
CP of school students now a criminal offence in Gauteng region
South Africa/Judicial - August 1996
"Police have tea with drug lord" after caller complains
Judge overhears sounds of caning he ordered
South Africa/Schools - September 1996
Cuts a rights issue, says ANC
But Christian Democrats say schools must retain the cane
Pupils go on the rampage
School wrecked over caning on hand
South Africa/Judicial - October 1996
The measure of a civilization
Columnist laments loss of discipline, envies Singapore system
South Africa/Schools - October 1996
Assembly passes new schools bill
CP banned by 232 votes to 71
South Africa/Judicial - December 1996
Justice Dept announces 1997 legislative programme
All references to JCP to be deleted from statute book
 SRI LANKA
Sri Lanka/Judicial - September 1996
Habitual burglar given 6 lashes
38-year-old is punished in court after medical check
 SUDAN
Sudan/Judicial - September 1996
Rioting in Sudan
Students and workers to be flogged in Khartoum
 SWAZILAND (Now renamed Eswatini)
Swaziland/Schools - December 1996
Schoolgirl's sugar daddy given six of the best
Deputy Head canes 45-year-old
 TAIWAN
Taiwan/Schools - April 1996
Education officials endorse 'temporary pain' punishment
Agreed to legalise classroom CP
Taiwan/Schools - November 1996
Brutal corporal punishment in school shocks Taiwan
19 teenage boys caned at Chinese opera school
Taiwan/Schools - December 1996
Violent act disguised
Misuse of term "corporal punishment", says letter-writer
 TANZANIA
Tanzania/Judicial - October 1996
Human rights record improving
Courts still impose caning: two youths get 10 strokes
 THAILAND
Thailand/Schools - September 1996
Headmaster said to be overly harsh
Parents complain about mass canings
 UGANDA
Uganda/Judicial - April 1996
Drunken man undresses
Fined and given strokes of cane after throwing kids in latrine
Uganda/Judicial - June 1996
I feared AIDS - cow lover pleads
Youth given strokes of cane after sex with cattle
Uganda/Judicial - July 1996
Man undresses before daughter-in-law, caned
Court gives 12 strokes on the spot
Uganda/Schools - November 1996
Caning is best 'medicine' for pupils - parents
PTA overwhelmingly backs CP
Uganda/Judicial - December 1996
Photo album thief locked up
18-year-old gets three years, 6 strokes of cane
 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
UAE/Judicial - February 1996
Philippine Maid Gets Symbolic 100 Lashes
20 strokes a time on 5 separate days after stabbing employer to death
UAE/Judicial - July 1996
Four jailed for illegal possession of pharmaceutical drugs
Two also sentenced to lashes
UAE/Judicial - November 1996
Christian who was flogged for falling in love with a Muslim
Muslim court sentences him to 39 lashes
 UNITED KINGDOM
UK/Schools - May 1996
Christian school to smack pupils
Yorkshire headmaster will whack bottoms with parental consent
UK/Domestic - September 1996
Tory anger as Europe backs caned boy
Stepfather used garden cane on boy, 12
UK/Schools - September 1996
Call to reinstate caning in schools
Bring back CP without delay, urge Christian educationists
What the kids say about smacking
14-year-old prefers school paddle to detention
UK/Schools - October 1996
Headmaster given 18 months for spanking pupils
Primary school head secretly spanked girls for 20 years
The good old days, eh?
Old punishment book analysed
Tories back Shephard over caning
Politicians endorse view that CP can be useful deterrent
Scottish cases helped to ban the beatings
Retrospective view of Human Rights Court actions
Love must come first but caning works, says head
Independent school boss caned six boys a year
Caring headteacher who believes beating can be good for his boys
London schoolboys discuss their canings
Major panics on punishment
Time to reverse "unilateral disarmament" of schools - Editorial
Few still cling to discredited stick
More than a dozen schools are still caning
Major still sore over six of the best
Details of Prime Minister's caning in 1950s
UK/Schools - November 1996
The man who gave Major a thrashing says it did him good
Retired headmaster recalls mass caning
Can boys be beaten?
Violence is a boy thing, and whacking is what they need, opines columnist
Look who is teaching us morals
Today's politicians' youthful misdeeds and whackings exposed
Britons favour caning in schools: Polls
68% want to see CP brought back
MPs get free vote on caning
Government party in revolt over school discipline and CP
The cane was once a useful deterrent
When it was understood and accepted, says former headteacher
UK/Schools - December 1996
Frederic Raphael: Strictly Personal
Writer recalls beatings at elite private school
That's why they're queuing up for the belt (illustrated)
Scottish tawse manufacturer, pictured, still in business
 UNITED STATES
US/Judicial - January 1996
Vote Advances Conroy Bill to Paddle Vandals
A Better Penalty Than Paddling
Swat Team Captain Might Want to Rethink Bottom Line
Yet another attempt to introduce judicial whacking in California
US/Schools - January 1996
Assembly Panel OKs School Paddling Bill
California move towards restoring CP
Major Disputes Over Corporal Punishment
Call for return of the paddle in California
Just Punishment
Swift, sure punishment deters unacceptable behavior, asserts former school administrator
Paddling: Strong Or Wrong Approach?
Former teacher says corporal punishment in school is "very effective"
Spanking Debate Hits Assembly
Former principal says swats brought results
Assembly Rejects Bill on Paddling
California CP proposal decisively voted down
US/Illicit - February 1996
Lawsuit Says Doctor Spanked Two Female Office Employees
CA women, 24 and 25, claim they were spanked for performance lapses
US/Judicial - February 1996
The Sting Of Shame
Judicial corporal punishment would be effective in many cases, argues top columnist
Graffiti vandals face shame of public flogging
New Hampshire politicians moot bare-bottom whackings
Spare the Rod: States drop measures to emulate Singapore
Why bills for judicial corporal punishment in various US states have all failed
US/Illicit - March 1996
$35,000 Settlement in College Swatting Suit
Cal State Fullerton spanking case ends at last
US/Judicial - March 1996
Teen picks paddling over detention
Kansas judge has 15-year-old burglar spanked in court chambers
Lawmaker's remedy for teen hoodlums: Paddle 'em in public (illustrated)
New Hampshire legislator, pictured, proposes "good old-fashioned bare-bottom spanking"
US/Reformatory - March 1996
Insiders Tell Of Boarding School, Past And Present
Plenty of paddling at Missouri reformatory
US/Schools - April 1996
Duncan School Board OKs Return of Corporal Punishment
Paddle returns to an Oklahoma district after four years without it
US/Schools - June 1996
Corporal punishment issue debated at meeting
A district in MO decides not to reintroduce paddling
US/Domestic - July 1996
Courts and spanking: Does the punishment fit the level of crime?
Overview of legal efforts in various states to stop parents spanking their kids
US/Schools - July 1996
Donahue Show
Texas lawyer and counselor discuss corporal punishment in schools
US/Schools - August 1996
Grand Jury Indicts Principal on Misdemeanor Charge
Indiana school principal paddled boy, 15
Paddling dismissed by judge
Texas school spanking lawsuit ruled frivolous
US/Schools - September 1996
Fayette: Corporal punishment abolished
Georgia district throws away the paddle
No more hickory stick with three R's
Reactions to Fayette decision
US/Schools - October 1996
Corporal Punishment, Public Schools and Your Kids
Delaware mother upset over school's right to spank
Boys' Paddlings Anger Parents - Wister Principal Won't Be Prosecuted
Three swats each for two Oklahoma 12-year-olds
Trustees take issue with district paddling policy
But majority in Texas district support CP
Hearing Nov.8 on paddling case
Indiana principal punished 15-year-old, bruised his buttocks
Swell Slogan, Bad Policy
Parental rights? It all depends how you feel about paddling, avers columnist
US/Schools - November 1996
Sheridan principal off the hook in paddling case
Court throws out charge against Indiana headteacher
Sparing the rod
17 schools still paddling in Texas town
US/Illicit - December 1996
Seven Suspended In Sorority Hazing
NJ Middle School girl's buttocks were "black and blue"
US/Schools - December 1996
Spanking on the decline in U.S. schools
Latest figures show steady 10-year fall
Student Spanking Approved in Nash-Rocky Mount
North Carolina school board allows CP when necessary
Rally backs educator tied to spanking
GA Christian school director accused of cruelty to 11-year-old boy
To spank or not to spank?
Alabama poll shows over half of parents support school paddle
 ZAMBIA
Zambia/Judicial - August 1996
Three Ndola boys to be caned
10 strokes each for three teens after sex with under-age girl
Zambia/Judicial - November 1996
Killer boy to be caned
Three strokes for 13-year-old who accidentally killed his friend
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