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2001
02 JAN....NIGERIA: Canada Rises Up For Sharia Convict
International row over flogging sentence on pregnant woman
04 JAN....IRAN: Women partygoers flogged in Iran (illustrated)
Woman is pictured after receiving 70 lashes
04 JAN....NIGERIA: Nigerians flogged for drinking
Two receive 80 lashes each before excited crowds
10 JAN....SINGAPORE: He went fishing ... for valuables (illustrated)
Four strokes of cane for 23-year-old housebreaker, pictured
12 JAN....NIGERIA: Another girl faces flogging for sex
Second girl and her boyfriend both sentenced to lashes
13 JAN....NIGERIA: Nigerian girl flogging reduced
180-lash sentence reduced to 100 and must be imposed "softly"
16 JAN....UNITED STATES: Short of the goal (illustrated)
Tennessee football player pictured getting paddled for poor grades
18 JAN....NIGERIA: Igbo Youths Vow to Avenge Flogging of Obi in Kano
Tensions rise after Christian gets Islamic punishment
18 JAN....SOUTH AFRICA: Bad old school days relived in US film
Rigid discipline and caning portrayed in independent short
19 JAN....MALAYSIA: Points system to curb indiscipline in Penang schools
Demerit points add up to progressively more canings
24 JAN....NIGERIA: Sharia Victim's Flogging Condemned
Girl gets her delayed 100 strokes; human rights groups in uproar
28 JAN....UNITED STATES: Use of paddle losing favor among schools
Moves afoot to ban CP in a Tennessee school district
30 JAN....SINGAPORE: Jailed for stabbing man to death (illustrated)
Labourer, 39, pictured, to receive 12 strokes of cane for 1993 killing
31 JAN....BRUNEI: Ex-Police Constable jailed
Former cop, 29, to have three strokes of rattan for housebreaking
31 JAN....SINGAPORE: Jail and cane for airplane molester (illustrated)
27-year-old Indian computer engineer, pictured, gets 3 strokes
31 JAN....UNITED STATES: Battery trial set for 6th UAM student
Five fraternity members took turns paddling freshman in Arkansas
03 FEB....SAUDI ARABIA: Flogging for mobile phone passenger
70 lashes for using phone on plane; second such sentence in 4 months
03 FEB....SINGAPORE: Repeat burglar to get 6 strokes
35-year-old already sentenced to 12 strokes in 1993, now to receive another six
05 FEB....SINGAPORE: Singapore Rambo floored (illustrated)
Three rioters jailed and caned; one aged 27 is pictured
05 FEB....UNITED STATES: Player says coach hit, bruised him
06 FEB....UNITED STATES: Coach put on leave
07 FEB....UNITED STATES: Blankenship's background is strict, but he's a good person
Detroit high-school football coach in trouble after team paddlings
05 FEB....UNITED STATES: Local High School Coach Accused Of Paddling Players (illustrated)
More on the Detroit case, with mugshot of paddled boy
06 FEB....SAUDI ARABIA: Illicit drinking parties are a way of life for the expats
Last flogging of a Briton was in 1985
06 FEB....TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: Government to Ban Corporal Punishment in Schools
But some see trouble ahead
07 FEB....TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: TTUTA agrees with Ministry on corporal punishment
Teachers agree to support government's attempt to end school CP
09 FEB....SINGAPORE: Trio who beat lawyer withdraw appeals (illustrated)
Three youths, pictured outside court, beginning jail sentences after 8 months out on bail, will now receive their 3 strokes of the cane each
08 FEB....TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: Teachers boycott classes at Union Presbyterian
Teaching is tougher since corporal punishment banned, they say
10 FEB....MALAYSIA: Duo convicted in sex attack (illustrated)
Two 34-year-olds, pictured, get jail and cane for rape and molest
11 FEB....SAUDI ARABIA: I know what it's like for Scots in their prison hell
Brit recalls his Saudi flogging in 1980
11 FEB....UNITED STATES: Arkansas schools still using paddle
Only about 10% of school districts ban CP
14 FEB....KENYA: Death Orders For Teen Rapists
Three boys to be caned, jailed for 13 years, then hanged
15 FEB....UNITED STATES: Bill backs corporal punishment in schools
New law in SC would protect paddling teachers
15 FEB....AUSTRALIA: Strapped for cash: man gets $2.5m for a 1984 caning
16 FEB....AUSTRALIA: More cash for a strap than a car crash
17 FEB....AUSTRALIA: Catholic schools should be brought to account
Lawyers lost for words after jury payout to man strapped in school 17 years ago
16 FEB....IRAN: Iran Flogs Three (illustrated)
Public floggings, pictured, for sex and booze
17 FEB....UNITED STATES: Spanking bill OK'd despite concerns
Parents may spank their kids if new law passes in Utah
19 FEB....NEW ZEALAND: The chicken that came home to roost
Possible NZ implications of Australian strapping payout
21 FEB....AUSTRALIA: Casey on Thursday
Humorous reflections on strapping pay-out case
22 FEB....UNITED STATES: Murray-Wright coach granted reprieve
Football coach in MI keeps job after paddling 15-year-old
27 FEB....UNITED STATES: Not even 2nd vote in Senate can save the spanking bill
Utah "parents may spank" bill narrowly dies at final hurdle
28 FEB....UNITED STATES: Parents protest spanking
School paddling in NC left boy bruised, they say
01 MAR....UNITED STATES: School system votes out paddling
No more CP in Murfreesboro, Tenn.
03 MAR....INDIA: Caning of students to be made a crime
Government sets up committee
04 MAR....UNITED STATES: Corporal punishment makes impression
TN columnist waxes nostalgic
05 MAR....SINGAPORE: Ran from one group, but 10 more were waiting (illustrated)
Canings for four, pictured, after "orgy of violence"
10 MAR....NIGERIA: Drama As Sharia Convict Dares Judge With Whisky Sachet
Man, given 80 strokes of cane, insists he will carry on boozing
10 MAR....SINGAPORE: Housewarming party turns bloody (illustrated)
Six teenage rioters, of whom two are pictured, given six strokes each
14 MAR....UNITED STATES: Police no longer investigating Murray-Wright coach
15 MAR....UNITED STATES: When a coach paddled a player, their lives were turned upside down
Prosecutor drops Detroit case; sports columnist comments at length
18 MAR....UNITED KINGDOM: Teacher wants accusers disciplined
Welsh head teacher was wrongly accused of slapping pupils
18 MAR....UNITED STATES: Schools make case for paddling (illustrated)
Some Kentucky schools considering reintroduction; elementary principal pictured holding paddle
18 MAR....UNITED STATES: Paddle usage generally fading among Kentucky private schools
Catholic schools have banned it but some others still use CP
18 MAR....UNITED STATES: Paddling very rare, restricted or not used in Indiana districts
Most but not all IN districts have stopped using it
18 MAR....UNITED STATES: Church faces abuse probe over whipping of children
21 MAR....UNITED STATES: Pastor, 5 followers arrested in child beatings
22 MAR....UNITED STATES: Minister has prior conviction for beating
22 MAR....UNITED STATES: Welfare officials acknowledge the value of spanking
Controversy over Rev. Arthur Allen's 'House of Prayer' in Atlanta GA
22 MAR....UNITED STATES: Ex-Alvarado student sues district over corporal punishment
12-year-old TX boy opted for paddle, then regretted it
23 MAR....UNITED STATES: Who's supposed to be the villain?
23 MAR....UNITED STATES: 'They'd beat them for every simple little thing they'd do'
26 MAR....UNITED STATES: Reader responses: corporal punishment
More on Atlanta's 'House of Prayer'
23 MAR....UNITED STATES: LSU frat hazing leaves bloody, gaping wound
24 MAR....UNITED STATES: LSU frat may face charges
Tales of paddling at Louisiana State University
24 MAR....KENYA: Rapist Teacher Jailed 28 Years
50-year-old also ordered to receive eight strokes of the cane
28 MAR....UNITED KINGDOM: Rebel pupil Blair was given six of the best
Future PM was caned at age 17 for persistently flouting rules
29 MAR....UNITED KINGDOM: College tutor 'spanked pupil'
Lecturer accused of spanking girl students over his knee
01 APR....UNITED STATES: Discipline or abuse? Church renews spanking debate
02 APR....UNITED STATES: Whippings In The Pulpit
02 APR....UNITED STATES: Race, Region and Gender Play Roles in Support for Corporal Punishment
Authorities remove 41 children from 'House of Prayer'
02 APR....SINGAPORE: Killed over a pot of curry (illustrated)
Three illegal immigrants, one of whom is pictured, get jail and cane for manslaughter
02 APR....UNITED KINGDOM: Spanking charge teacher admits visiting sex websites
04 APR....UNITED KINGDOM: Spanking case tutor jailed
Two and a half years' prison for lecturer who spanked young women
03 APR....GHANA: Reintroducing Caning In Our Schools?
Govt minister wants CP brought back but editorialist disagrees
04 APR....SAUDI ARABIA: Saudi Students Publicly Flogged
Forty lashes each in the school yard for 8 students who attacked teachers
04 APR....SINGAPORE: Army sergeant gets jail, cane for raping teen (illustrated)
Six strokes of cane for 23-year-old, pictured
05 APR....ROMANIA: Mayor wants prostitutes to get "a damn good spanking"
Let police spank these girls' bottoms, he urges
06 APR....SINGAPORE: Bus driver molested 15-year-old (illustrated)
Attacker, 43, pictured, is given 30 months and four strokes
06 APR....UNITED STATES: Punishing child leads parents to file suit
10-year-old girl was paddled in Louisiana
07 APR....UNITED STATES: Paddling: Just the "village" doling out justice?
Letter-writers clash in TX
08 APR....UNITED STATES: Redefine cruel, unusual
Use CP on criminals and save money on prisons, urges TX letter-writer
09 APR....SINGAPORE: Christmas punches land him in jail (illustrated)
35-year-old, pictured, gets six strokes for rioting
10 APR....KENYA: Lawyer Jailed for Sex Offence
Former newsreader gets three strokes of cane
10 APR....UNITED STATES: "Excessive" spanking gets Dawkins probation
FL charter school drops CP after row over paddling of 8-year-old
11 APR....KENYA: Minister outlaws caning in schools
Ban will have immediate legal effect
11 APR....MALAYSIA: Man jailed three years for credit card fraud
Plus four strokes of rotan for 20-year-old
12 APR....SINGAPORE: He punched one cop on the nose, another in the eye (illustrated)
Six strokes for illegal immigrant, 49, pictured
13 APR....SUDAN: Fifty-three Christians flogged in Sudan
Men, women and boys given lashes for taking part in demonstration
16 APR....KENYA: Discipline in School: Govt Must Go Further
How will new caning ban be enforced, asks editorial
18 APR....SINGAPORE: Stiffer sentence for vicious attack on wife (illustrated)
47-year-old, pictured, has caning increased from 4 strokes to 12
19 APR....SINGAPORE: Molested in the lift (illustrated)
Jail and cane for cleaner, pictured, who attacked maid
21 APR....MALAYSIA: PAS wants to cut off limbs of criminals
Islamic opposition party also wants flogging for Moslems who drink
21 APR....SINGAPORE: Lounge manager was stabbed to death by gang (illustrated)
10 years in jail and 10 strokes of cane for 28-year-old, pictured
21 APR....SINGAPORE: Schizophrenic killer jailed for life (illustrated)
Plus six strokes of cane for mentally ill man, pictured
21 APR....SINGAPORE: This man talks - with his knife (illustrated)
28-year-old, pictured, is ordered nine strokes for causing hurt
22 APR....SAUDI ARABIA: Violence in schools needs urgent attention
Writer calls for more floggings
23 APR....NIGERIA: Women's Group Tackles Zamfara Governor
Caned "17-year-old" mother was actually only 13, they claim
26 APR....NIGERIA: Stiffer Punishment for Sharia Breakers
Two musicians given 10 strokes each for singing
27 APR....SINGAPORE: Man who raped 58-year-old woman jailed (illustrated)
Indian national, 26, pictured, also to receive 14 strokes of cane
27 APR....UNITED STATES: Paddling lawsuits stacking up on principal
Louisiana boy allegedly paddled 17 times in eight weeks
27 APR....BRUNEI: Husband jailed for hitting wife
35-year-old also gets two strokes of the rattan
27 APR....UNITED KINGDOM: Man is jailed for spanking stepsons
Admits cruelty after pants-down smacking of boys aged 6 and 7
30 APR....UNITED KINGDOM: Osteopath 'spanked sportswoman to cure whiplash injuries'
Prosecution claims it was abuse for his own gratification
01 MAY....SAUDI ARABIA: Youths flogged
15 public lashes each for three who teased girls in market
02 MAY....UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Defendant gets jail, lashes in rape case
Two years in prison and 80 lashes for repeat offender
03 MAY....UNITED STATES: Lawsuits Touch Off Debate Over Paddling in Schools (illustrated)
"New York Times" catches up with southern school CP; two paddled students pictured
06 MAY....TRINIDAD: Kamla to probe beating charges
Male teacher accused of beating girl students with an umbrella
06 MAY....UNITED STATES: Faint-hearted public's major confusion outranks corporal punishment
Some boys just need spanking, asserts SC columnist
07 MAY....SAUDI ARABIA: 4 youths held for harassment
They get 15 lashes each for harassing girl students
07 MAY....UNITED STATES: Parents speak against school paddling
Summary of current situation in S. Carolina schools
07 MAY....UNITED STATES: Breaking the Hickory Stick
Editorialist slams proposal for Teacher Protection Act
08 MAY....UNITED STATES: Six of the Best: Corporal punishment and its critics
Right-wing commentator doesn't like teachers hitting kids, but approves centralised control even less
08 MAY....UNITED STATES: Father is ordered to swat foster son
Judge criticised after 11-year-old's courtroom paddling
10 MAY....SAUDI ARABIA: Youths lashed for attacking teacher
70 lashes and two months in jail for three
10 MAY....UNITED STATES: School Leaders say Hazing Becoming out of Control
Paddlings as high school initiation in Idaho
11 MAY....BRUNEI: Man jailed for running amok and threatening wife
And five strokes of rattan for crazed husband, 35
11 MAY....UNITED STATES: Paddling Foes Get Change in Amendment on Liability
Opponents make some headway in Senate battle over 'teacher protection' legislation
12 MAY....SAUDI ARABIA: Youth punished with ten lashes
Punished for harassing women in markets
14 MAY....SOUTH AFRICA: Pupils Sjambokked At Mpumalanga School
17 MAY....SOUTH AFRICA: Private School Investigated After Sjambokking Allegations
Students demonstrating against CP bare their buttocks to show welts
14 MAY....SUDAN: Sudan shows signs of easing its enforcement of Sharia
Public floggings down by 75%, claims official
14 MAY....UNITED STATES: Paddling principal upset at state act (illustrated)
Wisconsin private Baptist school principal, pictured, is designated 'child abuser' for paddling girl
15 MAY....MALAYSIA: Strict school attracts top students
High-performing secondary school asks parents to witness canings
17 MAY....SAUDI ARABIA: Seven teens given 15 lashes each for harassing women
"Educational punishment" for school and university students
18 MAY....SINGAPORE: Plight of teachers, parenting get an airing
Some support in local press debate for abandoning school caning
19 MAY....BRUNEI: Stiff penalty for traffickers
Drug importers appeal, but 20-year, 15-stroke sentences stand
21 MAY....UNITED STATES: Washington shouldn't encourage corporal punishment
22 MAY....UNITED STATES: Bush wrong on corporal punishment
Two more newspapers (in PA and TN) welcome exemption of CP from teacher protection bill
22 MAY....UNITED STATES: Removal of children is defended
State welfare official defends action in Georgia's "House of Prayer" saga
24 MAY....SOUTH AFRICA: Mpumalanga Orders Police Probe Into School Floggings
25 MAY....SOUTH AFRICA: Tempers cool down at Cefups Academy
25 MAY....SOUTH AFRICA: Angry Mphumalanga MPs demand report of student beatings in 60 days
Student lays assault charges against headmaster after 30 strokes on buttocks; politicians call for action against school
25 MAY....SINGAPORE: 2 youths stabbed and robbed cabby
One aged 20 is given seven years' jail and 12 strokes of the cane
25 MAY....UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Woman sentenced to jail, lashes for selling baby
Three months and 50 lashes, and will then be deported, after adultery with two men
26 MAY....KENYA: Remove such brutes from school system
Teachers still caning despite new law, claims editorial
26 MAY....SINGAPORE: Serial car-jack gangster gets jail and caning
24-year-old is ordered 24 strokes of cane and 26 years in jail
01 JUN....SOUTH AFRICA: Dungeons and Sjamboks in school's reign of terror (illustrated)
More on exclusive Mpumalanga school's public floggings; boy's wealed buttocks pictured
02 JUN....SAUDI ARABIA: Flogging is a barbaric punishment, it shouldn't be inflicted
02 JUN....SAUDI ARABIA: Cook acts to save Britons from lash
Up to 500 lashes ordered for four accused of illegal trading in alcohol
03 JUN....JAMAICA: Beatings, violence contribute to aggression in kids -- Study (illustrated)
Picture shows girl being strapped on hand
03 JUN....UNITED STATES: Spare the rod? Not here, most agree (illustrated)
TN elementary teacher paddles seven or eight kids a day; one cafeteria paddling is pictured
04 JUN....SAUDI ARABIA: Riyadh won't allow others to meddle in its judiciary
Official unmoved by pleas on behalf of Brits sentenced to flogging
04 JUN....SAUDI ARABIA: Students caned for cheating
They passed information to classmates in exams
04 JUN....SOUTH AFRICA: Investigation into abuses at Cefups launched
Human rights workers look into reports of public floggings at private school
04 JUN....SOUTH KOREA: Private Teaching Institutes
Corporal punishment thriving at high-pressure exam crammers
05 JUN....UNITED STATES: Judge dismisses lawsuit against teacher
Student was paddled after refusing to say pledge of allegiance
06 JUN....UNITED STATES: House of Prayer parents leave court in protest
Did kids complain about corporal punishment in church?
08 JUN....MALAYSIA: Operators of get-rich-quick schemes face stiffer penalties
Possible caning for those who perpetrate pyramid selling schemes
08 JUN....SINGAPORE: Jail and cane for attackers in gang fight
Nine secret society members, aged between 16 and 38, all to be caned
12 JUN....UNITED STATES: Athens school district sued for hazing of teen
Story of spankings in TX baseball team
15 JUN....UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Freed prisoners pledge to lead respectful lives
Reporter speaks to 15-year-old girls who received lashes for having sex
17 JUN....RUSSIA: Russians thrash their drug takers to stop addiction (illustrated)
Account of bare-buttock lashings with leather belts at drug rehabilitation centre; one culprit pictured
18 JUN....NIGERIA: 107 Prostitutes, 20 Gamblers Caned in Kebbi
All given 20 lashes each under Sharia law
18 JUN....UNITED STATES: The unsparing rod (illustrated)
'US News & World Report' sizes up the paddling debate; paddled boy is pictured
19 JUN....SINGAPORE: Road bully gets jail and cane (illustrated)
Three strokes for 41-year-old, pictured
19 JUN....SWAZILAND: Students block road to school with large rocks
High school closed indefinitely after students demonstrate against corporal punishment
20 JUN....KENYA: Schools assured over ban on caning
Ban was not aimed at condoning indiscipline, says minister
21 JUN....BRUNEI: Two get 20 years jail for trafficking drugs
Plus twenty strokes of the rattan each
21 JUN....SWAZILAND: Swazi police catch up with 'talking baboons'
Three teens dressed up as baboons and terrorised women
23 JUN....MALAYSIA: Filipinos who gang-raped student get maximum (illustrated)
Two immigrant workers, pictured, jailed for 20 years and will receive 10 strokes each
23 JUN....SINGAPORE: A drink, a fight and a bloody end (illustrated)
Killer, 23, pictured, gets 9 years' jail and 8 strokes of cane
24 JUN....UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Preacher lashed, deported for cohabitation
Indian Imam sentenced to 90 lashes; cohabiting housemaid gets 150
25 JUN....SOUTH AFRICA: Black vigilantes dispense rough justice at a price
If a young man has been naughty his buttocks must be exposed so that he can be sjambokked, says leader
25 JUN....SOUTH AFRICA: Controversial School Reinstates Teachers, Pupils
Private academy apparently flogged teachers as well as students
26 JUN....PHILIPPINES: 159 inmates stage riot over gambling debts
Prisoners paddled on buttocks under own rules
26 JUN....UNITED STATES: Probe ends, case dropped against pastor
Abuse charges dropped, but 15 children in "House of Prayer" case still in custody over spanking
27 JUN....UNITED STATES: Discipline in schools debated
No consensus over CP in Louisiana school district
28 JUN....SWAZILAND: Swazi boys found guilty of 'baboon rampage'
Youngest ordered caned, with more court hearings to come
28 JUN....UNITED STATES: Supreme court further clarifies acceptable parental discipline
Maine ruling in case where parents went too far with spankings
29 JUN....SINGAPORE: They attacked victim and his elderly parents and got away with $4 (illustrated)
18 months and 3 strokes for 23-year-old, pictured
01 JUL....SAUDI ARABIA: Floggings bring shopping to standstill at Saudi mall
15 lashes each for three young men who harassed girls
01 JUL....UNITED KINGDOM: Private schools fight cane ban in the courts
Ending of CP has brought "widespread moral decline"; parents claim their human rights infringed by ban
02 JUL....UNITED STATES: Bombshell: Five charged, more implicated in scandal at Oceana ordnance unit
Navy court martial hears testimony about fraternity-style paddlings
04 JUL....KENYA: Caning Ban Debate Rages On
Discipline standards can only get worse, says Boys' Centre Director
04 JUL....SWAZILAND: Court convicts 'English-speaking baboons'
Three teen boys may be caned after baboon stunt
05 JUL....IRAN: Briton lashed for going to 'depraved' party
50 young men and women flogged for dancing
07 JUL....CANADA: Aylmer church fights back
Seven children removed from home by authorities over Christian spanking
08 JUL....SAUDI ARABIA: Doctor caned for molesting colleague
95 lashes after offence at hospital
09 JUL....UGANDA: Robber Gets 13 Years
And six strokes of the cane after armed carjacking
11 JUL....IRAN: Iran flogs 20 in public for selling 'obscene' CDs
Photographers barred from taking pictures of Tehran flogging
11 JUL....KUWAIT: Kuwait draft bill calls for switch to Sharia penal code
Politicians urge flogging for adultery
11 JUL....SWAZILAND: Swaziland's 'talking baboons' are muffled
Court orders canings for two teen boys who donned baboon suits and terrorised women
11 JUL....UNITED STATES: Role models deserve recognition
Reporter recalls AL school paddlings
12 JUL....UNITED KINGDOM: Ex-cricketer to face judge
Coach charged with caning three young players
14 JUL....SOUTH AFRICA: Teacher hit hard for beating pupil with ruler
Teacher convicted after girl caned in defiance of law
16 JUL....IRAN: Iranians flogged for drinking, sex offences
Twelve men get public lashings for a range of offences
16 JUL....MALAYSIA: Epileptic Boy Caned By Guard
17 JUL....MALAYSIA: Caning Of Student By Security Guard: Police Step In
18 JUL....MALAYSIA: Suspend the guard!
Fuss over caning of schoolboy by unauthorised staff
16 JUL....SINGAPORE: Want to complain about your child's teacher? Check facts first
If parents disagree with caning they should not have put their child in this school, says principal
18 JUL....KENYA: Talks On School Discipline Launched
Wave of indiscipline not directly related to caning ban, minister claims
18 JUL....UNITED STATES: Mom fights school spankings
AL woman challenges paddle policy after first-grader comes home with bruised bottom
19 JUL....MALAYSIA: School guards cannot cane pupils!
Only disciplinary teachers are allowed to use CP, government confirms
19 JUL....UNITED STATES: Boys, blacks paddled the most
Statistics released for schools in Mobile County, AL; school board votes to leave policy in place
20 JUL....KENYA: Crisis Teams Set Up to End School Riots
30 schools closed amid student strikes and riots
20 JUL....MALAYSIA: Happy ending for Surish and mom
'Caning guard' was overzealous and apologises to boy and parents
20 JUL....NIGERIA: Sharia Court Jails Man for Selling Dead Animal's Meat
25-year-old receives 24 strokes of cane before large crowd at court
21 JUL....KENYA: Old Grievances Take On New Proportions
Students now think they cannot be punished at all, teachers claim
21 JUL....UNITED STATES: National group seizes on racial disparity in punishment at Mobile schools
50% of students receive 70% of spankings in one Alabama county
23 JUL....IRAN: Iranian minister condemns floggings
Government disapproves of recent spate of public whippings
24 JUL....SINGAPORE: Carjacker's jail term cut
But 24-year-old will still receive 24 strokes of cane
24 JUL....UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Seven jailed in two cases of kidnapping and rape
Three of them also ordered to receive 80 lashes each
26 JUL....IRAN: Iranian men flogged for drinking, harassing women
22 more young men receive public floggings in Tehran
26 JUL....MALAYSIA: Drug offender escapes gallows on lesser charge
10 strokes of rotan and 12 years in jail for 34-year-old
27 JUL....CANADA: Spanked Kids Home
Children given back to spanking parents
27 JUL....UNITED STATES: My red badge of courage
Columnist recalls 9th-grade classroom paddling in 1960s VA
28 JUL....SINGAPORE: Stepdad raped girl for 5 years from age seven
19 years in jail and 24 strokes of the cane for 40-year-old
28 JUL....UNITED STATES: Law challenges preacher's principles
16-year-old describes spankings at Christian community in MO
29 JUL....MALAYSIA: Raise age limit for caning, says Bar
"Men over 50 who commit incest should not escape rotan"
29 JUL....IRAN: New floggings in Iran
Five receive 70 lashes each for public order offences
29 JUL....KENYA: The Cane And Shoddy Management In Schools
Cane ban was badly handled, argues columnist
31 JUL....MALAYSIA: Maximum 20 years' jail, whipping for incest
Government proposing increased penalties for sexual offenders
31 JUL....SINGAPORE: Man gets six years' jail for robbery, assault
And 12 strokes of cane for 22-year-old
02 AUG....CANADA: Spanking useful, callers suggest
02 AUG....CANADA: Canadians Flee in Spanking Dispute
Christians move to USA in hope of greater tolerance of spanking
03 AUG....UNITED STATES: Spare the rod and keep the cash donor
FL children's home abandons paddling under pressure from United Way
05 AUG....CANADA: Our Family Values Risk Official Erosion
Spanking parents should sue bureaucrats who persecute them, argues columnist
05 AUG....KENYA: Caning Ban to Blame for Unrest, Says VC
University Vice-Chancellor urges govt to rescind abolition of school CP
08 AUG....SINGAPORE: 'Career' criminal's jail term upped to 20 years on appeal
Already caned on two occasions before, 36-year-old gets another 12 strokes
08 AUG....SOUTH AFRICA: Mpumalanga Probes Illegal Corporal Punishment At Schools
Commission of inquiry set up into floggings at Cefups Academy
11 AUG....KENYA: Rescind Ban On Caning, Says Minister
School children "have become uncontrollable through lack of caning"
12 AUG....MALAYSIA: Govt: Enough laws to cover young offenders
New Child Act already provides for caning of youngsters
12 AUG....SINGAPORE: Teenager stole phones, had sex with minor
31 months in jail and six strokes of the cane for "bully", 17
15 AUG....NIGERIA: Nigeria civil servants flogged under Sharia
Two government employees given 40 lashes each in public
16 AUG....IRAN: Public Floggings Used as Tool Against Reform
16 AUG....IRAN: Public floggings fuel Iran row
Description and analysis of mass public whippings in Tehran
17 AUG....FIJI: Sex offender gets 5 years in jail
28-year-old also ordered six strokes of the cane
18 AUG....UNITED STATES: Banning The Board: New HISD policy puts paddling in past
19 AUG....UNITED STATES: Forget the paddle: Houston ISD bans corporal punishment
No more school CP in Houston, Texas
18 AUG....UNITED STATES: Principal who admitted to paddling student says his career is over
Was only following school policy after boy threw tantrum
20 AUG....UNITED STATES: Razor strop helped develop nation's children
TX writer endorses father's attitude adjuster
21 AUG....KENYA: Kenyan schools spare the rod
Caning debate rages on in parliament and school staff rooms
21 AUG....UNITED STATES: Sparing the rod: A survey
In light of new Houston ban, paper lists CP policies of other Texas districts
22 AUG....CANADA: Book Excerpts
Quotes from Church of God's instructions to parents on using corporal punishment
22 AUG....IRAN: Floggings may hurt Islam image - Kharrazi
Iran's reputation abroad is suffering, Foreign Minister warns judiciary
22 AUG....MALAYSIA: Malaysia's illegal immigrants face cane
Government proposing stronger penalties to deter growing wave of foreigners seeking work
23 AUG....MALAYSIA: Jail and rotan for former administrative assistant
Ex-bureaucrat, 37, gets three years and three strokes for embezzling
24 AUG....AUSTRALIA: Hanson advocates justice, Singapore style
Populist politician calls for judicial flogging
24 AUG....KENYA: Man Gets 14 Years for Stealing Ten Mandazi
27-year-old also sentenced to three strokes of the cane
25 AUG....SINGAPORE: Youth jailed for stabbing over computer game
And six strokes of the cane for "enraged" 21-year-old
26 AUG....UNITED KINGDOM: Smacking doesn't work, parents told
"Nanny state" controversy erupts after official institute urges public education campaign against domestic spanking
26 AUG....UNITED STATES: Study: Mild spanking not harmful to kids
Research shows no evidence for making parental CP illegal
26 AUG....UNITED STATES: McLennan County schools use spankings sparingly
Only three or four paddlings a year in Waco, TX
27 AUG....IRAN: Judiciary defends Iran floggings
Only public offenders are publicly flogged, says judge
27 AUG....NIGERIA: Man to Get 100 Lashes for Attempted Rape
Sharia court orders flogging for 45-year-old
27 AUG....SINGAPORE: Housebreaker back in jail for 20 years (illustrated)
47-year-old, pictured, already caned before, now to have another 18 strokes as well as preventive detention
27 AUG....UNITED STATES: Judge: Paddling Students OK; Parents Disagree
Two or three licks for AR boy, 12, was not unreasonable, court holds
28 AUG....KENYA: Cash Fiddlers Blamed for Schools Chaos
Task force investigating unrest hears calls for return of cane
28 AUG....SINGAPORE: Three beaten up by robbers
Three young robbers each given 10 years' jail and 24 strokes of cane
28 AUG....UNITED STATES: Paddling in schools declines, but debate goes on
54 students received CP last year in Morgan, OH
29 AUG....UNITED STATES: Teens may face charges in hazing ritual
High school freshmen paddled in Wisconsin
29 AUG....SINGAPORE: Man who commits crime after crime (illustrated)
Sentence for 30-year-old, pictured, upped on appeal from 8 years to 12 plus 12 strokes of the cane
29 AUG....UNITED STATES: Sheriff won't act on complaint by parents of paddled student
13-year-old Louisiana boy's mother objects to red welts on his butt
31 AUG....MALAYSIA: Call for vandals to be whipped
Official urges caning for vandalism, currently punishable only with fine plus one year's jail
03 SEP....UNITED KINGDOM: Stella's meteoric rise to the top
1970s Fettes College recalled; even sixth-formers whacked; boys said they preferred caning to other punishments
05 SEP....IRAN: Mr Bean attackers face flogging
Court orders lashes for two members of revolutionary group
05 SEP....MALAYSIA: Mechanic escapes death sentence
35-year-old will wait for his caning, then walk free
07 SEP....IRAN: Boy, 14, flogged in Iran for drinking alcohol
80 public lashes each for five youths
10 SEP....CANADA: Spare The Rod, Spoil The School
Columnist bemoans state of schools, favours use of strap
10 SEP....UNITED STATES: Parents May Be Ones Needing Spanking
New study shows "experts" were wrong, argues columnist
11 SEP....BRUNEI: Indon tourists turn thieves (illustrated)
Jail and cane for visiting duo, pictured
11 SEP....UNITED KINGDOM: An Act of cruelty
Law restricting spanking would be state interference, avers editorialist
12 SEP....CANADA: Feds Defend Spank Law
Law is a balanced approach to a complex social issue, says government
13 SEP....CANADA: Spanking Move Painfully Unfair
Proposal will break up families, writes editor
13 SEP....MALAYSIA: Convicted drug dealer pleads for lesser jail time
Offers to take more cane strokes instead, but court turns him down
19 SEP....SINGAPORE: Rioters who appeal will get 5 years' jail
25-year-old's sentence of 4½ years and 12 strokes is upheld on appeal
20 SEP....BRUNEI: Jailed for unlawful sex with half-sister
23-year-old also ordered to receive three strokes of cane
20 SEP....SINGAPORE: Worker at boys' hostel molested minor
Four years and 12 strokes of cane for supervisor, 42
24 SEP....SINGAPORE: Caned: Principal punishes 41 boys for skipping tests
24 SEP....SINGAPORE: Counselled: School turns 166 students around
24 SEP....SINGAPORE: Up to schools, says ministry
Parents divided after 41 boys get two strokes each on buttocks; but same school also proud of its counselling programme
25 SEP....SINGAPORE: Find out why child was punished first
26 SEP....SINGAPORE: Caning students for skipping test too harsh
Parents too ready to blame school without ascertaining facts, says one letter-writer; caning should be kept for more serious offences, retorts another
27 SEP....CANADA: 'Spanking Law' Challenge Could Have Wide Impact
Attack on parents' rights is misguided, says writer
27 SEP....SINGAPORE: Don't rap teachers when students are ones at fault
Parents complaining about caning are acting ridiculously, writes former teacher
01 OCT....KENYA: Dons Oppose Ban On Caning
Schools need reintroduction of CP, say two professors
02 OCT....SAUDI ARABIA: Youths flogged for harassing girls
14 young men get 15 lashes each in public
03 OCT....BRUNEI: High Court Dismisses Appeal Of Violent Motorist
Sentence of 2 years and 5 strokes on 29-year-old is upheld
07 OCT....UNITED STATES: Board of education (illustrated)
Even in Texas, punishment with paddle, pictured, is on downward trend
07 OCT....UNITED STATES: Area districts use other measures before swatting
Rundown of CP policy at various Texas school districts
08 OCT....SAUDI ARABIA: Man flogged for slandering official
Sharia court orders jail and flogging after "scandalous accusations"
08 OCT....SINGAPORE: Did Mr Gopal do the right thing? (illustrated)
Debate over action of headmaster, pictured, who caned 41 boys
09 OCT....MALAYSIA: Jobless man loses appeal to quash drug possession conviction
Court upholds jail and cane sentence
10 OCT....BRUNEI: Tree-cutter gets 10 months in jail (illustrated)
And a caning for Indonesian, 33, pictured
10 OCT....SINGAPORE: Ah Long San's 'double' locked away for 7 years
And 24 strokes of the cane for fraudster, 45
11 OCT....SINGAPORE: Caning: An effective way to discipline students?
Readers' comments on school CP controversy (NB partly in Singlish -- for Singlish-English dictionary see singlishdictionary.com/ )
11 OCT....UNITED STATES: Christian teacher accused of injuring boy with dowel rod
12-year-old boy's buttocks were bruised after punishment, claims his mother
13 OCT....SAUDI ARABIA: Youths flogged for harassing girls
15 lashes each for 29 more young men
15 OCT....FIJI: Minister says corporal punishment is last resort
And only school principals may use it
15 OCT....SINGAPORE: Serial robber gets corrective training and caning
12 years and 24 strokes for 29-year-old who targeted women
16 OCT....SINGAPORE: Warden molested boys under his care (illustrated)
35-year-old, pictured, is given five years in jail and 15 strokes of cane
17 OCT....FIJI: To be caned or not be caned
Three twenty-something robbers may choose caning instead of jail terms
18 OCT....SINGAPORE: How did Mr Monster become human? (illustrated)
School discipline master is pictured; even the boys he canes realise he's human after all
19 OCT....TRINIDAD: Angry parents demand apology from principal
Student spanked on bare buttocks by police for making jokes
19 OCT....UNITED KINGDOM: Cricketer sentenced for caning trainees (illustrated)
Coach, 45, pictured, caned three 19-year-olds on buttocks
20 OCT....SINGAPORE: Mechanic's targets were as young as 10 years old
"Sex fiend" aged only 16 gets 10 years' jail and nine strokes of the cane
25 OCT....UNITED STATES: Spanking costs principal his job
Row over punishment of 7-year-old in Ohio
26 OCT....SAUDI ARABIA: 63 flogged in Riyadh for harassing girls
Yet more public floggings, including 10 of foreigners
29 OCT....NEW ZEALAND: Corporal punishment on occasions a good backstop
Arguments against it just don't stack up, says letter-writer
30 OCT....BRUNEI: Local jailed for drug possession
Plus 5 strokes of cane for 29-year-old
30 OCT....KENYA: Businessman to Be Caned for Assault
Appeal court increases sentence, adds four strokes
30 OCT....KENYA: Whip in Public Men Who Marry Schoolgirls, Says Minister
"Archaic and pathetic" to marry underage girls, he says
31 OCT....CANADA: Spanker slapped with jail time (illustrated)
28-year-old, pictured, put teen boys over his knee
31 OCT....MALAYSIA: Court upholds Japanese engineer's jail sentence
But reduces his caning from 10 strokes to three
31 OCT....SINGAPORE: Molesters to get at least 9 months' jail
Chief Justice triples jail term on appeal and adds six strokes of cane for 33-year-old
02 NOV....AUSTRALIA: No more glass, nor brown belt
Columnist recalls parental strappings
02 NOV....UNITED KINGDOM: Schools ask for legal right to bring back cane (illustrated)
Headmaster, pictured, battles for the return of CP
03 NOV....BRUNEI: "Half" Rapist Gets His Sentence Doubled
And rattan caning quadrupled from three strokes to twelve
03 NOV....UNITED KINGDOM: Christian schools ask for right to hit pupils
Corporal punishment part of our religious doctrine, they tell court
04 NOV....BRUNEI: Brother In Law Gets Jail And Strokes For Criminal Force On Sister-In-Law
Eight strokes for 28-year-old
04 NOV....UNITED KINGDOM: The tawser's tawdry lesson
Columnist recalls punishments at Edinburgh Academy
05 NOV....KENYA: After the Caning Ban, What?
Heated debate continues, but what is govt doing about school discipline, wonders editorial
05 NOV....UNITED KINGDOM: Corporal punishment: Is it a necessary part of schooling?
High Court case provokes online debate
07 NOV....AUSTRALIA: Latham defends call for return to caning
It worked 15 years ago, says Labor politician
08 NOV....SAUDI ARABIA: Saudi Arabia flogs 55 youths for harassing women
15 lashes each in Riyadh
09 NOV....LIBERIA: Liberia's president brandishes the rod (illustrated)
Is pictured caning his own daughter in front of class
09 NOV....UNITED KINGDOM: Spanking your child OK -- sometimes
England & Wales will not follow Scotland in introducing new legislation on parental punishment
11 NOV....AUSTRALIA: Court strips ex-student of $3m award
Court of Appeal says strapping compensation award too high, orders new trial
13 NOV....SINGAPORE: Man raped daughter 43 times in two years
24 years in jail and 24 strokes of the cane for 40-year-old
14 NOV....BRUNEI: Government Servant Gets 10 Years In Jail And 15 Strokes Of Rattan For Drug Trafficking
Whipping of 38-year-old stayed pending appeal
14 NOV....LIBERIA: First Daughter Becomes Victim of Public Relations Ploy
President's "caning photo call" publicity stunt backfires
15 NOV....ZAMBIA: Justice Chitambo Seeks Public Caning of Wayward Husbands
Court reconciles couple but judge thinks neglectful men should be caned
16 NOV....UNITED KINGDOM: Christian schools' smacking plea fails
Judge says CP cannot be considered integral part of religion
16 NOV....UNITED STATES: Officer Tells Of Violent Incidents At School
Court hears testimony of paddlings at MO boarding institution
18 NOV....UNITED STATES: School's Supporters Remain Loyal Despite Abuse Charges
Youngsters removed from spanking Christian Academy
20 NOV....NIGERIA: Man, 40, to Be Caned For Marrying 5 Wives
Sharia court orders 40 strokes of the cane and two months in jail
21 NOV....SINGAPORE: Cell-phone robber targeted students
20-year-old with previous record gets seven years, 24 strokes
22 NOV....SINGAPORE: Good Samaritan tried to stop abuse (illustrated)
15 years and 12 strokes of the cane for labourer, 44, pictured
23 NOV....NIGERIA: Man gets five-year jail term from Sharia court
And 30 strokes of the cane for trespassing on another's matrimonial residence
23 NOV....SINGAPORE: Two get jail, cane for part in gang riot
Six strokes each for youths
25 NOV....SAUDI ARABIA: Drunkards flogged
Three men get 60 lashes each
26 NOV....NEW ZEALAND: Attitudes, youth discipline biggest changes for teacher
"Good whack across the bum" would still work today, he says
28 NOV....UNITED STATES: Line drawn between abuse, punishment
Ohio guidelines on "reasonable and proper" spanking
01 DEC....SAUDI ARABIA: Woman sentenced to jail, 200 lashes for torturing maid
In 10 weekly sessions of 20 lashes each
02 DEC....BRUNEI: Wife seeks leniency against husband for his sordid act
12 strokes of the cane for 34-year-old who raped stepdaughter
05 DEC....SINGAPORE: 2 jailed for gang attack on teen
Teens get six strokes of the cane each
05 DEC....SOUTH AFRICA: Teachers Accuse Private School Owner of Victimising Them
They spoke out against corporal punishment at Cefups Academy
07 DEC....SAUDI ARABIA: Parents called in to witness punishment
242 youths flogged in Jeddah in one week
09 DEC....MALAYSIA: Rotan even for first timers
Illegal immigrants now to be whipped even on first offence
09 DEC....SINGAPORE: Ex-pastor gets cane for molestation (illustrated)
Nine months and three strokes for 48-year-old, pictured
11 DEC....MALAYSIA: Castrate sex offenders, says Malaysian judge
Also allow caning of over-50s, he says
11 DEC....SINGAPORE: Briton faces Singapore cane, jail for molesting
Six strokes and two years for tutor, 36
11 DEC....SOUTH KOREA: Corporal punishment still contentious issue in Korea
Some students and parents think schools still need the cane
11 DEC....TAIWAN: Physical punishment still widely popular in schools
Government attempts to eradicate it are not succeeding
11 DEC....UNITED KINGDOM: Ex-home chief denies abuse claims
Alleged to have caned boys' bare bottoms in 1970s
12 DEC....SAUDI ARABIA: Four Britons return after year in Saudi jail
Alcohol dealers pardoned, not flogged
13 DEC....SAUDI ARABIA: Youths jailed for kidnapping girl
Three also publicly caned
14 DEC....UNITED STATES: Arkansas schools don't spare the rod
But paddlings are 10% down even there
15 DEC....KENYA: Teenagers jailed for nine years for rape
Two 19-year-olds also ordered to be caned
15 DEC....UNITED KINGDOM: Teacher gives up job battle
Barred from returning to classroom frontline after prosecution for smacking his daughter
17 DEC....SAUDI ARABIA: Moonshiners deported
Three Eritreans previously jailed and caned for brewing liquor
17 DEC....UGANDA: Man Banished Over Incest
Local court gives 20 strokes of cane to 26-year-old
18 DEC....UGANDA: Arua RDC to Cane Lazy Men
Local official fed up with drunks and idlers
20 DEC....SINGAPORE: Jailed gunman gets 12 strokes for previous robbery
26-year-old gangster, previously caned 8 strokes, is already in jail for life
22 DEC....EGYPT: Egypt bans flogging in jails
People's Assembly rescinds prison disciplinary measure which government had already suspended
23 DEC....SAUDI ARABIA: Quack gets jail term, flogging
140 lashes and deportation for Pakistani
23 DEC....SOUTH AFRICA: Two Teachers Arrested in Soweto
Primary school principal alleged to have slapped and caned boy
25 DEC....SINGAPORE: Two youths in gang assault sentenced
Five years and 10 strokes for 19-year-old
28 DEC....SAUDI ARABIA: 142 men flogged for harassing women
More mass floggings in Riyadh
31 DEC....IRAN: Nine men flogged for 'theft and illicit sex'
74 to 100 lashes each in first reported public flogging for over a month
31 DEC....SAUDI ARABIA: 3-year jail for practicing witchcraft
75 lashes in 10 instalments for local woman
 Archive 2001 (same information as on this page, but sorted by country and month)
News Chronology 2000
News Chronology 2002
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