ÿþ<html><head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <title>WORLD CORPORAL PUNISHMENT ARCHIVE 2009</title> <META name="description" content="Archive of press items from 2009 on corporal punishment around the world (schools, judicial, prisons, institutions)"></head> <body> <a href="index.htm"><img src="corpun.gif" alt="corpun" border=0></a><img src="wcpr.gif" alt="World Corporal Punishment Research"><br> <center><font face="Tahoma,Verdana,Arial" size="+1" color="#008040"><i><B>www.corpun.com</B></i></font></center> <p><img src="rainbow.gif" alt="ruler" width=100% height=5> <TABLE BGCOLOR="#FFFFbb" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD> <FONT FACE="Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,sans-serif"><SMALL> <A title="go to front page" HREF="index.htm"><STRONG><i>www.corpun.com</i></STRONG></A> &nbsp; :&nbsp; <a href="archive.htm">Archive</a> &nbsp; : &nbsp; 2009</SMALL></FONT></TD></TR> </TABLE> </p><h1 align="center"><font color="#FF80C0" face="Tahoma,Verdana,Arial">THE ARCHIVE</font></h1> <p align="center"><font color="#000000" face="Tahoma,Verdana,Arial"><b><i>News items about corporal punishment, classified by country, type and month.</i></b></font></p> <hr size="3"> <FONT SIZE="-1"><p><i>ALL THE ARCHIVE PAGES ARE COLOUR CODED: GREEN background for judicial CP, BEIGE background for school CP, WHITE background for other kinds of CP (domestic, prison, military, reformatory)</i></p> </FONT> <h1><font color="#FF0000" face="Tahoma,Verdana,Arial">Archive - 2009</font></h1> <p align="center"> <font size="2"> <a href="#oz">Australia</a> ¦ <a href="#barbados">Barbados</a> ¦ <a href="#bolivia">Bolivia</a> ¦ <a href="#botswana">Botswana</a> ¦ <a href="#brunei">Brunei</a> ¦ <a href="#canada">Canada</a> ¦ <a href="#guyana">Guyana</a> ¦ <a href="#jamaica">Jamaica</a> ¦ <a href="#kenya">Kenya</a> ¦ <a href="#malaysia">Malaysia</a> ¦ <a href="#maldives">Maldives</a> ¦ <a href="#nz">New&nbsp;Zealand</a> ¦ <a href="#nigeria">Nigeria</a> ¦ <a href="#norway">Norway</a> ¦ <a href="#pakistan">Pakistan</a> ¦ <a href="#stlucia">St&nbsp;Lucia</a> ¦ <a href="#saudi">Saudi&nbsp;Arabia</a> ¦ <a href="#singapore">Singapore</a> ¦ <a href="#somalia">Somalia</a> ¦ <a href="#southafrica">South&nbsp;Africa</a> ¦ <a href="#sudan">Sudan</a> ¦ <a href="#swaziland">Swaziland</a> ¦ <a href="#sweden">Sweden</a> ¦ <a href="#trinidad">Trinidad&nbsp;&&nbsp;Tobago</a> ¦ <a href="#uganda">Uganda</a> ¦ <a href="#uk">United&nbsp;Kingdom</a> ¦ <a href="#usa">United&nbsp;States</a> ¦ <a href="#zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a> ¦ </font></P> <hr size="3"> <table border="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td width="73" bgcolor="pink">&nbsp;</td> <td width="618"> <br> <a name="oz"></a> <p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/corpuncom/flags/fl-au.gif" alt="flag" width="27" height="16"> <font size="4"><b><i>AUSTRALIA</i></b></font></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="aus00902.htm"><b>Australia/Schools - February 2009</b></a><br> Cane the answer<br> <font size=-1><i>Secondary teacher, in despair over reckless, out-of-control youths, calls for return of CP</i></font><p> <p><a href="aus00903.htm"><b>Australia/Schools - March 2009</b></a><br> Teachers given cane go-ahead at Bundaberg Christian College<br> <font size=-1><i>A Queensland private school that uses CP</i></font><p> School's use of cane 'acceptable'<br> <font size=-1><i>Another Queensland school has "corporal correction" as last resort</i></font><p> </blockquote> <BR> <a name="barbados"></a> <p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/corpuncom/flags/fl-bb.gif" alt="flag" width="27" height="16"> <font size="4"><b><i>BARBADOS</i></b></font></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="bbs00901.htm"><b>Barbados/Schools - January 2009</b></a><br> Limited lashing<br> <font size=-1><i>Corporal punishment will not be abolished, says education chief</i></font><p> <p><a href="09archive/bbs00910.htm"><b>Barbados/Schools - October 2009</b></a><br> Getting licks for lateness <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Boys are photographed being caned on arrival at school</i></font><p> <P>Massiah all for flogging<BR> Corporal punishment has served us well<BR> <font size=-1><i>"Licks" school is defended</i></font><p> <p><a href="09archive/bbs00912.htm"><b>Barbados/Schools - December 2009</b></a><br> HC head: Students will be flogged<br> <font size=-1><i>Corporal punishment at Harrison College is there to stay, he says</i></font><p> </blockquote> <BR> <a name="bolivia"></a> <p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/corpuncom/flags/fl-bo.gif" alt="flag" width="27" height="16"> <font size="4"><b><i>BOLIVIA</i></b></font></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="boj00901.htm"><b>Bolivia/Judicial - January 2009</b></a><br> Bolivians Ratify New Constitution<br> <font size=-1><i>Indians to be allowed to mete out corporal punishment under their own legal systems</i></font><p> </blockquote> <BR> <a name="botswana"></a> <p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/corpuncom/flags/fl-bw.gif" alt="flag" width="27" height="16"> <font size="4"><b><i>BOTSWANA</i></b></font></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="bwj00902.htm"><b>Botswana/Judicial - February 2009</b></a><br> Chiefs want re-introduction of back lashings<br> <font size=-1><i>Caning on the buttocks is too lenient, they claim</i></font><p> <p><a href="bws00902.htm"><b>Botswana/Schools - February 2009</b></a><br> I Don't Spare the Rod - Headmaster<br> <font size=-1><i>Girls caned for putting on wrong uniform</i></font><p> <p><a href="bwj00904.htm"><b>Botswana/Judicial - April 2009</b></a><br> Mabiletsa lost vital info: Two youngsters given four lashes each <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Boys' flogging by local court is pictured</i></font><p> <p><a href="09archive/bwj00908.htm"><b>Botswana/Judicial - August 2009</b></a><br> Police merger causes crisis in Phikwe<br> <font size=-1><i>Nobody available to administer whipping sentences at court</i></font><p> <p><a href="09archive/bwj00911.htm"><b>Botswana/Judicial - November 2009</b></a><br> Royal beating <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Tribesman, flogged illegally, shows scarred back</i></font><p> </blockquote> <BR> <a name="brunei"></a> <p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/corpuncom/flags/fl-bn.gif" alt="flag" width="27" height="16"> <font size="4"><b><i>BRUNEI</i></b></font></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="bnj00906.htm"><b>Brunei/Judicial - June 2009</b></a><br> Rapist Gets 14-Year Jail, 14 Strokes of Cane<br> <font size=-1><i>Man in his 40s recaptured after escaping police custody</i></font></p> <BR></blockquote> <a name="canada"></a> <p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/corpuncom/flags/fl-ca.gif" alt="flag" width="27" height="16"> <font size="4"><b><i>CANADA</i></b></font></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="09archive/cas00907.htm"><b>Canada/Schools - July 2009</b></a><br> 1968 debate kept the strap in Victoria schools<br> <font size=-1><i>Abolition move failed then, but British Columbia outlawed it in 1973</i></font></p> </blockquote> <BR><a name="guyana"></a> <p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/corpuncom/flags/fl-gy.gif" alt="flag" width="27" height="16"> <font size="4"><b><i>GUYANA</i></b></font></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="gys00902.htm"><b>Guyana/Schools - February 2009</b></a><br> Breaches of flogging rules will not be condoned<br> <font size=-1><i>Students protest over suspension of caning teacher</i></font></p> </blockquote> <BR><a name="jamaica"></a> <p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/corpuncom/flags/fl-jm.gif" alt="flag" width="27" height="16"> <font size="4"><b><i>JAMAICA</i></b></font></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="jms00906.htm"><b>Jamaica/Schools - June 2009</b></a><br> The case for corporal punishment in schools<br> <font size=-1><i>We need it, says letterwriter</i></font></p> </blockquote> <BR><a name="kenya"></a> <p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/corpuncom/flags/fl-ke.gif" alt="flag" width="27" height="16"> <font size="4"><b><i>KENYA</i></b></font></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="kes00901.htm"><b>Kenya/Schools - January 2009</b></a><br> Ringera renews calls for caning<br> <font size=-1><i>Judge who is boss of Anti-Corruption Commission says CP is the best way of disciplining school students, and should be brought back</i></font></p> <BR><a name="malaysia"></a> </blockquote> <P><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/corpuncom/flags/fl-my.gif" alt="flag" width="27" height="16"> <font size="4"><b><i>MALAYSIA</i></b></font></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="myj00901.htm"><b>Malaysia/Judicial - January 2009</b></a><br> Indonesian jailed 14 years for raping teenager <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>23-year-old, pictured, also gets three strokes of the rotan</i></font></p> <P>Malaysian waitress ordered to be caned for drinking <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Man and woman, pictured, each sentenced to six strokes by religious court</i></font></p> <P>Man who raped nurse gets 28 years <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Rapist, 29, pictured, must also receive eight strokes of the rotan</i></font></p> <P>Convicted robber chooses whip rather than longer jail time<br> <font size=-1><i>40-year-old gets three strokes and four years</i></font></p> <p><a href="mys00901.htm"><b>Malaysia/Schools - January 2009</b></a><br> Punished for not doing homework <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Boy, 14, received five strokes of the cane; his mother shows picture of his weals</i></font></p> <p><a href="myj00902.htm"><b>Malaysia/Judicial - February 2009</b></a><br> Worker, accomplice jailed for robberies<br> <font size=-1><i>Plus 8 strokes of the rotan each for a string of crimes</i></font></p> <P>Jail, rotan for having drugs<br> <font size=-1><i>Nine years and 10 strokes for 25-year-old</i></font></p> <P>Indon gets 5 yrs, 3 strokes for raping girl, 15<br> <font size=-1><i>It was consensual sex with his girlfriend, he says</i></font></p> <p><a href="mys00905.htm"><b>Malaysia/Schools - May 2009</b></a><br> Sarawak teachers want to cane girls, too<br> <font size=-1><i>Indiscipline by "tomboys" has reached alarming level, they say</i></font></p> <p><a href="myj00906.htm"><b>Malaysia/Judicial - June 2009</b></a><br> Man gets 14 years' jail for ganja possession<br> <font size=-1><i>Plus 10 strokes of the rotan for 24-year-old</i></font></p> <P>Judge wants to cane offender<br> <font size=-1><i>Gang robber, 20, to be caned in courtroom with parents present</i></font></p> <P>Lawyers oppose bid to cane<br> <font size=-1><i>He cannot be both judge and executioner, says Bar Council</i></font></p> <p><a href="09archive/myj00907.htm"><b>Malaysia/Judicial - July 2009</b></a><br> Get facts right about caning, immigration tells Amnesty<br> <font size=-1><i>Illegal overstayers are not caned, says govt official</i></font></p> <P>'No' to caning by Sessions Court judge<br> <font size=-1><i>High Court sets aside youth's unusual caning sentence</i></font></p> <P>Rotan for having a beer <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><BR> <font size=-1><i>Islamic court sentences woman, 32, pictured, to six strokes</i></font></p> <P>'Prison can carry out syariah caning'<br> <font size=-1><i>Punishment of woman would be a first</i></font></p> <P>'Get on with it' says Kartika <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>She decides not to appeal; diagram shows how caning would be carried out</i></font></p> <P>Pahang, Perlis, Kelantan allow caning of women <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Applies to all Muslims whether Malaysian or not; another <I>modus operandi</I> graphic</i></font></p> <P>Malaysia in heated debate over caning of woman<br> <font size=-1><i>Criticism is because people haven't understood that syariah caning is not brutal like the criminal kind, says official</i></font></p> <P>Is whipping the answer? <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Furore continues; more details, with drawing, of method of punishment</i></font></p> <p><a href="09archive/mys00907.htm"><b>Malaysia/Schools - July 2009</b></a><br> Caning can still be carried out, says Wee<br> <font size=-1><i>Not encouraged at primary level, and there are rules that must be followed</i></font></p> <p><a href="09archive/myj00908.htm"><b>Malaysia/Judicial - August 2009</b></a><br> Beer drinking Muslim model asks for public caning <I><B>(with video clip)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>And she wants Amnesty to stop opposing her punishment</i></font></p> <P>Pahang puts caning on hold <I><B>(with video clip)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Religious caning of beer-drinking woman, pictured, is postponed amid political turmoil</i></font></p> <P>No to 'whipping for drinking'<BR> <font size=-1><i>Whipping of woman is abhorrent, says columnist</i></font></p> <p><a href="09archive/myj00909.htm"><b>Malaysia/Judicial - September 2009</b></a><br> Drugs: Two Filipinos jailed plus 10 strokes <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Men, 49 and 35, pictured, possessed cannabis and syabu</i></font></p> <P>Pahang orders caning for Indonesian who drank <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><BR> <font size=-1><i>Religious court sentences 46-year-old, pictured, to six strokes</i></font></p> <P>Syariah judge stands by his caning decision <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><BR> <font size=-1><i>Religious judge, pictured, unrepentant about "strokes for beer" sentences</i></font></p> <P>Caning for couple caught almost naked in car<BR> <font size=-1><i>Six strokes of the rotan each for two twentysomethings who attempted to have sex out of wedlock</i></font></p> <P>Kartika's whipping punishment upheld<BR> <font size=-1><i>Caning for model who drank can go ahead, says appeals panel</i></font></p> <p><a href="09archive/myj00911.htm"><b>Malaysia/Judicial - November 2009</b></a><br> 10 years' jail and rotan for raping a minor <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Man, 61, pictured, is sentenced to six strokes</i></font></p> <P>140-year jail sentence for army man<BR> <font size=-1><i>And 40 strokes of the cane for 43-year-old</i></font></p> <P>Convict's sentence enhanced with six strokes of the cane <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><BR> <font size=-1><i>Robber, 22, pictured, will now be whipped in addition to jail term</i></font></p> <P>Ten years, 10 strokes for drug possession <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><BR> <font size=-1><i>Filipino, pictured, punished for having cannabis</i></font></p> </blockquote> <BR><a name="maldives"></a> <p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/corpuncom/flags/fl-mv.gif" alt="flag" width="27" height="16"> <font size="4"><b><i>MALDIVES</i></b></font></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="09archive/mvj00907.htm"><b>Maldives/Judicial - July 2009</b></a><br> Dozens of Maldives women face flogging<br> <font size=-1><i>Row over whipping of 18-year-old "in front of a jeering crowd of men"</i></font><p> </blockquote> <BR><a name="nz"></a> <p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/corpuncom/flags/fl-nz.gif" alt="flag" width="27" height="16"> <font size="4"><b><i>NEW ZEALAND</i></b></font></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="09archive/nzd00908.htm"><b>New Zealand/Domestic - August 2009</b></a><br> PM to address smacking referendum result<br> <font size=-1><i>Country votes overwhelmingly for legalisation of parental spanking</i></font><p> <p><a href="09archive/nzd00911.htm"><b>New Zealand/Domestic - November 2009</b></a><br> Protesters march on city <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>4,000 citizens demonstrate against smacking ban</i></font><p> </blockquote> <BR><a name="nigeria"></a> <p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/corpuncom/flags/fl-ng.gif" alt="flag" width="27" height="16"> <font size="4"><b><i>NIGERIA</i></b></font></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="ngj00902.htm"><b>Nigeria/Judicial - February 2009</b></a><br> Sharia Court Jails Two For Theft<br> <font size=-1><i>Both get six months' imprisonment plus 10 strokes of the cane</i></font><p> <p><a href="ngj00906.htm"><b>Nigeria/Judicial - June 2009</b></a><br> Man gets 15 strokes for trespass<br> <font size=-1><i>23-year-old chose caning option instead of a week in jail</i></font><p> <P>Man flogged for stealing eggs<br> <font size=-1><i>Thief, 27, cries out and wriggles as he receives 12 strokes of the cane in front of court</i></font><p> </blockquote> <BR><a name="norway"></a> <p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/corpuncom/flags/fl-no.gif" alt="flag" width="27" height="16"> <font size="4"><b><i>NORWAY</i></b></font></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="noi00905.htm"><b>Norway/Illicit - May 2009</b></a><br> Lyn players are birched on the butt <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Footballers, pictured, are spanked as team punishment</i></font><p> </blockquote> <BR><a name="pakistan"></a> <p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/corpuncom/flags/fl-pk.gif" alt="flag" width="27" height="16"> <font size="4"><b><i>PAKISTAN</i></b></font></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="pkj00904.htm"><b>Pakistan/Judicial - April 2009</b></a><br> Video of Taliban Flogging Rattles Pakistan <I><B>(with video clip)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Female resident of Swat is filmed receiving unofficial JCP</i></font><p> </blockquote> <BR><a name="stlucia"></a> <p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/corpuncom/flags/fl-lc.gif" alt="flag" width="27" height="16"> <font size="4"><b><i>ST LUCIA</i></b></font></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="09archive/lcs00909.htm"><b>St Lucia/Schools - September 2009</b></a><br> Parents to sue <I><B>(with video clip)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Schoolboy had bruised bottom after punishment, parents claim</i></font><p> </blockquote> <BR><a name="saudi"></a> <p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/corpuncom/flags/fl-sa.gif" alt="flag" width="27" height="16"> <font size="4"><b><i>SAUDI ARABIA</i></b></font></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="saj00902.htm"><b>Saudi Arabia/Judicial - February 2009</b></a><br> Stubborn Saudia flight smoker to get 30 lashes<br> <font size=-1><i>Sudanese passenger refused cabin crew's instructions</i></font></p> <P>Abu Kab given 20 years, lashes<br> <font size=-1><i>Stunt driver caused deaths of boys, gets 3,000 lashes</i></font></p> <P>Sawa scam: Six men get 30 years and lashes<br> <font size=-1><i>Phone card fraud brings 300 lashes</i></font></p> <P>3 robbers get 13 years, 6,500 lashes<br> <font size=-1><i>They tried to pull cash machine out of wall</i></font></p> <P>Man to receive 8,000 lashes for daughter's rape<br> <font size=-1><i>Plus 10 years in prison for 40-year-old</i></font></p> <P>Teenager sentenced to jail, lashes for blackmailing girl<br> <font size=-1><i>Five years plus 500 lashes for boy, 19</i></font></p> <p><a href="saj00903.htm"><b>Saudi Arabia/Judicial - March 2009</b></a><br> 30 lashes each for two youth<br> <font size=-1><i>Teen boys publicly whipped for pointing laser beams at police</i></font></p> <p><a href="saj00904.htm"><b>Saudi Arabia/Judicial - April 2009</b></a><br> 10 years and 6,000 lashes for car theft<br> <font size=-1><i>27-year-old describes his sentence as harsh</i></font></p> <P>Sawa shark gets 20 years, lashes<br> <font size=-1><i>1,000 lashes of the whip for phone-card scam</i></font></p> <p><a href="saj00906.htm"><b>Saudi Arabia/Judicial - June 2009</b></a><br> 60 lashes for OFWs in Saudi 'gay show'<br> <font size=-1><i>67 Filipino workers face flogging for drag party</i></font></p> <P>Couple sentenced to jail, lashes for child abduction<br> <font size=-1><i>Man to serve 15 years in prison and receive 13,000 lashes</i></font></p> <P>Saudi appeals lashes for ex-wife messages<br> <font size=-1><i>70-lash whipping for contacting divorced wife</i></font></p> <p><a href="09archive/saj00908.htm"><b>Saudi Arabia/Judicial - August 2009</b></a><br> Jail, lashes for making acid threat<br> <font size=-1><i>60 lashes for 23-year-old who threatened girl</i></font></p> <P>Jail and 300 lashes for 'Misyar' woman<br> <font size=-1><i>Young man who assisted her in cheating gets 150</i></font></p> <P>Lashes for directing laser beams at plane<br> <font size=-1><i>240 strokes each for two youths</i></font></p> <p><a href="09archive/saj00909.htm"><b>Saudi Arabia/Judicial - September 2009</b></a><br> Dozen teens flogged for role in rampage <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Town square is pictured as police get ready to give vandals 30 lashes each</i></font></p> <P>Abu Kab loses appeal<br> <font size=-1><i>3,000 lashes and 20 years' jail for naval officer who caused deaths</i></font></p> <p><a href="09archive/saj00911.htm"><b>Saudi Arabia/Judicial - November 2009</b></a><br> LBC's 'Bold Red Line' sex braggart appeals jail sentence<br> <font size=-1><i>Five years and 1,000 lashes for sex boasting on TV</i></font></p> <P>2 years, 500 lashes for 'breaking spells'<br> <font size=-1><i>He tricked money out of clients for "practising magic"</i></font></p> <P>Riyadh gangsters handed 10 years<br> <font size=-1><i>Plus 1,000 lashes each for three African robbers</i></font></p> <P>Blackmailing womanizer gets 8 yrs and 700 lashes<br> <font size=-1><i>45-year-old to be whipped in public with his face exposed</i></font></p> </blockquote> <BR><a name="singapore"></a> <p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/corpuncom/flags/fl-sg.gif" alt="flag" width="27" height="15"> <font size="4"><b><i>SINGAPORE<br> </i></b></font></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="sgj00901.htm"><b>Singapore/Judicial - January 2009</b></a><br> 'Woman' who tried to rob bank jailed <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>45-year-old, pictured, is also ordered to receive eight strokes of the cane</i></font></p> <P>30 years, 24 strokes for rapist stepfather<br> <font size=-1><i>Man, 40, receives maximum caning sentence</i></font></p> <P><a href="sga00901.htm"><b>Singapore/Military - January 2009</b></a><br> 3 soldiers punished for assaulting colleague<br> <font size=-1><i>Rare report of court martial in which 23-year-old Lance-Corporal is sentenced to six strokes of the cane</i></font></P> <p><a href="sgj00902.htm"><b>Singapore/Judicial - February 2009</b></a><br> Engineer sold cop drugs <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>36-year-old, pictured, gets five years in prison and five strokes of the cane</i></font></p> <P>Stabbing incident: Man gets jail, caning<br> <font size=-1><i>Six strokes of the cane for offender, 21</i></font></p> <P>Cabby gets jail, cane for drug trafficking<br> <font size=-1><i>46-year-old, trapped by </I>agent provocateur<I>, will receive 15 strokes of the cane</i></font></p> <p><a href="sgj00903.htm"><b>Singapore/Judicial - March 2009</b></a><br> 'Merciless, marauding monster' <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>42 years' jail and 24 strokes of the cane for molesting robber, 48, pictured</i></font></p> <P>Molester gets nine years and 18 strokes <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>27-year-old, pictured, is repeat offender who terrorised girls</i></font></p> <P>2 get jail, cane for part in bike gang killing <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Gangsters, 22 and 29, pictured, get 10 strokes of the cane each</i></font></p> <P>Attack on ex-colleagues <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>40-year-old, pictured, sentenced to 16 months and 3 strokes after stabbing</i></font></p> <P>10 years, 12 strokes for abusing boy <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Offender, 26, pictured, performed oral sex on 7-year-old in school toilet</i></font></p> <p><a href="sgj00904.htm"><b>Singapore/Judicial - April 2009</b></a><br> He poses as cop to prey on women <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>34-year-old, shown in old picture at age 23, caned previously, now gets another 9 strokes plus eight years' jail</i></font></p> <P>25 years' jail for 'agent of destruction' <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Drug trafficker, 42, pictured, also receives 20 strokes of the cane</i></font></p> <P>Serial sex predator jailed for 32 years <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>22-year-old, pictured, is also sentenced to a 24-stroke caning</i></font></p> <p><a href="sgj00905.htm"><b>Singapore/Judicial - May 2009</b></a><br> 10 years, 24 strokes for fatal robbery <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Two twentysomethings, pictured, jailed and caned after murder charge withdrawn</i></font></p> <P>Jailed for rape, causing hurt <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Eight years' jail and 10 strokes of the cane for 41-year-old, pictured</i></font></p> <P>Armed robber gets 8 year's jail and caning <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>And 18 strokes of the cane for recidivist, 44, pictured</i></font></p> <P>Man beat his girlfriend's child to death <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>"Egregious" child-abuser, 27, pictured, sentenced to 7 years and 12 strokes</i></font></p> <p><a href="sgs00905.htm"><b>Singapore/Schools - May 2009</b></a><br> Bully, girly, stop it, stop it<br> <font size=-1><i>Three school bullies publicly caned at boys' secondary school</i></font></p> <p><a href="09archive/sgj00906.htm"><b>Singapore/Judicial - June 2009</b></a><br> Couple used stolen bank book to cheat Maybank of $7,595 <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Cheat and robber, 29, pictured, gets jail plus 12 strokes of the cane</i></font></p> <P>Paedophile who posed as cop gets 12-year-sentence <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Plus 12 strokes of the cane for 34-year-old, pictured</i></font></p> <p><a href="sgs00906.htm"><b>Singapore/Schools - June 2009</b></a><br> Boys taking porn to school - in handphones?<br> <font size=-1><i>It's a caning offence at secondary school</i></font></p> <p><a href="09archive/sgj00907.htm"><b>Singapore/Judicial - July 2009</b></a><br> Repeat molester gets 6 years and 12 strokes <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>24-year-old, pictured, who groped young girls had already been jailed and caned before</i></font></p> <P>Inhumane, repulsive, shocking <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Three prisoners in their 20s, pictured, tortured cellmate and now receive heavy jail and caning sentences</i></font></p> <p><a href="09archive/sgj00908.htm"><b>Singapore/Judicial - August 2009</b></a><br> 'Please jail and cane me instead'<br> <font size=-1><i>Court rejects teenager's request for a caning</i></font></p> <P>Woodlands serial molester jailed <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>22-year-old, pictured, also ordered to receive three strokes of the cane</i></font></p> <P>18 years' jail, 24 strokes for raping maid <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Heavy sentence for Bangladeshi, 37, pictured</i></font></p> <p><a href="09archive/sgj00909.htm"><b>Singapore/Judicial - September 2009</b></a><br> Jail for man who hit a Jew<br> <font size=-1><i>34-year-old also gets 12 strokes of the cane for armed robbery</i></font></p> <P>18 years, 16 strokes for killing baby <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Man, 44, pictured, convicted of culpable homicide</i></font></p> <P>Undergrad preyed on boys <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>24-year-old, pictured, ordered to receive five strokes of the cane</i></font></p> <P>Rag-and-bone man jailed over slashing of rival <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Plus three strokes of the cane for attacker, 36, pictured</i></font></p> <p><a href="09archive/sgj00910.htm"><b>Singapore/Judicial - October 2009</b></a><br> Courts get tough on loan sharking <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>29-year-old, pictured, who harassed debtors is sentenced to 6 years' jail and 6 strokes of the cane</i></font></p> <P>He mistook victims for gang members <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>12 strokes for gangster, 22, pictured, who attacked the wrong people</i></font></p> <P>Two loan-shark runners receive stiff sentences <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Two more jailed and caned for intimidating debtors; one, 29, pictured, is ordered to receive 17 strokes</i></font></p> <p><a href="09archive/sgs00910.htm"><b>Singapore/Schools - October 2009</b></a><br> Students distressed by public canings just days before exams<br> <font size=-1><i>Primary school girls cried as boys were caned on their behinds</i></font></p> <p><a href="09archive/sgj00911.htm"><b>Singapore/Judicial - November 2009</b></a><br> Man jailed for tossing burning paper onto car <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>25-year-old, pictured, also gets three strokes of the cane</i></font></p> <P>One of the 'worst' predators ever: Judge <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Youth, 23, pictured, has his 24-stroke caning sentence confirmed</i></font></p> <P>Dad who scalded child gets jail term<br> <font size=-1><i>Gets 18 months' jail and three strokes of the cane after pouring boiling water on daughter, 9</i></font></p> <p><a href="09archive/sgj00912.htm"><b>Singapore/Judicial - December 2009</b></a><br> An act of betrayal <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Foster father, 47, pictured, abused child in his care, is to receive three strokes of the cane</i></font></p> <P>Cabby jailed for trying to rob passenger <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>32-year-old, pictured, also sentenced to six strokes of the cane</i></font></p> <P>Man gets jail, caning for fatal attack in Chinatown <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Three year's jail and three strokes for youth, 22, pictured, after gang fight</i></font></p> <P>20 years' jail for sexually abusing boy <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>And eight strokes of the cane for 43-year-old, pictured</i></font></p> <P>The path to jail <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Robber, 36, pictured, gets 12 strokes of the cane</i></font></p> </blockquote> <br> <BR><a name="somalia"></a> <p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/corpuncom/flags/fl-so.gif" alt="flag" width="27" height="16"> <font size="4"><b><i>SOMALIA</i></b></font></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="soj00903.htm"><b>Somalia/Judicial - March 2009</b></a><br> Al-Shabab Flogs Teenagers in Mogadishu<br> <font size=-1><i>Four boys receive 100 lashes each in public after raping girl, 18</i></font><p> </blockquote> <br> <BR><a name="southafrica"></a> <p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/corpuncom/flags/fl-za.gif" alt="flag" width="27" height="16"> <font size="4"><b><i>SOUTH AFRICA</i></b></font></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="zas00903.htm"><b>South Africa/Schools - March 2009</b></a><br> Smacking favoured as best punishment - survey<br> <font size=-1><i>Public opinion in Western Cape is for restoring school CP</i></font><p> <p><a href="09archive/zas00908.htm"><b>South Africa/Schools - August 2009</b></a><br> Eastern Cape teachers call for corporal punishment<br> <font size=-1><i>Caning powers necessary to restore order, say principals</i></font><p> </blockquote> <br> <BR><a name="sudan"></a> <p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/corpuncom/flags/fl-sd.gif" alt="flag" width="27" height="16"> <font size="4"><b><i>SUDAN</i></b></font></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="09archive/sdj00907.htm"><b>Sudan/Judicial - July 2009</b></a><br> Women Who Wore Pants Are Flogged in Public<br> <font size=-1><i>10 get up to 40 lashes for wearing trousers</i></font><p> <p><a href="09archive/sdj00911.htm"><b>Sudan/Judicial - November 2009</b></a><br> Worgu sentenced to flogging in Sudan <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Nigerian football star, pictured, ordered to receive 40 lashes for drunk driving</i></font><p> </blockquote> <br> <BR><a name="swaziland"></a> <p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/corpuncom/flags/fl-sz.gif" alt="flag" width="27" height="16"> <font size="4"><b><i>SWAZILAND</i></b></font></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="szs00902.htm"><b>Swaziland/Schools - February 2009</b></a><br> 20 lashes make pupil's bums swell<br> <font size=-1><i>Boy, 15, punished with sjambok</i></font><p> </blockquote> <BR><a name="sweden"></a> <p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/corpuncom/flags/fl-se.gif" alt="flag" width="27" height="16"> <font size="4"><b><i>SWEDEN</i></b></font></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="09archive/sed00910.htm"><b>Sweden/Domestic - October 2009</b></a><br> In 30 years without spanking, are Swedish children better behaved?<br> <font size=-1><i>"Vocal international movement" against the Swedish no-smacking model</i></font><p> </blockquote> <br> <BR><a name="trinidad"></a> <p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/corpuncom/flags/fl-tt.gif" alt="flag" width="27" height="16"> <font size="4"><b><i>TRINIDAD & TOBAGO</i></b></font></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="ttj00905.htm"><b>Trinidad/Judicial - May 2009</b></a><br> 25 years, 10 strokes for cutlass attack <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Court orders a birching for man, pictured, who chopped off wife's hand</i></font><p> </blockquote> <BR><a name="uganda"></a> <p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/corpuncom/flags/fl-ug.gif" alt="flag" width="27" height="16"> <font size="4"><b><i>UGANDA</i></b></font></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="09archive/ugs00908.htm"><b>Uganda/Schools - August 2009</b></a><br> Parents cane drunk teachers<br> <font size=-1><i>Vigilante punishment for dissolute schoolteachers</i></font><p> <p><a href="09archive/ugs00909.htm"><b>Uganda/Schools - September 2009</b></a><br> Masak councillor canes pupils <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>He is pictured giving girls 10 strokes each for being late to school</i></font><p> <p><a href="09archive/ugs00910.htm"><b>Uganda/Schools - October 2009</b></a><br> Caning pupils resumes in Masaka<br> <font size=-1><i>But district council does not support it</i></font><p> </blockquote> <a name="uk"></a> <BR> <p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/corpuncom/flags/fl-gb.gif" alt="flag" width="27" height="15"> <font size="4"><b><i>UNITED KINGDOM</i></b></font></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="uks00901.htm"><b>UK/Schools - January 2009</b></a><br> Sex discrimination laws prevented ban on the belt for girls, reveal archives<br> <font size=-1><i>Scottish authorities wanted to ban CP in the 1970s</i></font></p> <p><a href="uks00902.htm"><b>UK/Schools - February 2009</b></a><br> Banning the cane started slide in pupil discipline, parents believe<br> <font size=-1><i>Call for restoration of traditional disciplinary methods</i></font></p> <BR><a name="usa"></a> </blockquote> <p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/corpuncom/flags/fl-us.gif" alt="flag" width="27" height="15"> <font size="4"><b><i>UNITED STATES <br> </i></b></font></p> <blockquote> <P><a href="uss00901.htm"><b>US/Schools - January 2009</b></a><br> District eliminates corporal punishment<br> <font size=-1><i>No more paddling in St Joseph, Missouri</i></font></p> <P>Schools take aim at paddling culture<br> <font size=-1><i>Follow-up to Chicago controversy</i></font></p> <P><a href="uss00902.htm"><b>US/Schools - February 2009</b></a><br> Ohio schools plan carries corporal punishment ban <I><B>(with video clip)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>State governor has a new no-spanking bill</i></font></p> <P>Paddling ban would hit home<br> <font size=-1><i>Already only 672 paddlings in Ohio</i></font></p> <P>Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford calls for doubling of police presence in city schools<br> <font size=-1><i>... and for the return of "good old-fashioned butt-whipping"</i></font></p> <P>School board recognizes National Board Certified teachers<br> <font size=-1><i>Paddling abolished in a South Carolina district</i></font></p> <P>Malta Bend school board discusses cost-cutting, corporal punishment<br> <font size=-1><i>Missouri district decides to allow parents to permit school spanking</i></font></p> <P>Boy bruised from paddling <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Georgia 9-year-old spanked three times in one day; alleged bruise pictured</i></font></p> <P>Grand jury no-bills principal in spanking case<br> <font size=-1><i>Texas elementary principal is in the clear as CP policy guidelines were followed</i></font></p> <P>Charter School Discipline <I><B>(with video clip)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Memphis academy gives weekly paddlings in front of student body</i></font></p> <P><a href="usd00903.htm"><b>US/Domestic - March 2009</b></a><br> Dad charged for 'whupping' his son<br> <font size=-1><i>New York State man punished 13-year-old with a belt</i></font></p> <P><a href="usi00903.htm"><b>US/Illicit - March 2009</b></a><br> Ex-Elgin preacher convicted of battery for spanking girl <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Illinois Baptist, pictured, must perform community service</i></font></p> <P>State Bar Association pulls Thomas' law license <I><B>(with video clip)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Alabama judge who paddled inmates (among other things) may no longer practise</i></font></p> <P><a href="uss00903.htm"><b>US/Schools - March 2009</b></a><br> Spanking In Schools <I><B>(with video clip)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Still a debate in Oklahoma</i></font></p> <P>Legislator Wants Ban on Paddling Students <I><B>(with video clip)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Proposal to abolish school CP in Louisiana</i></font></p> <P>Crawfordville Elementary School administrator under investigation<br> <font size=-1><i>Florida parent complains about paddling of 11-year-old</i></font></p> <P>Paddling Protest At Memphis Charter School <I><B>(with video clip)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Anti-CP agitators besiege school which parents choose for its CP policy</i></font></p> <P>Maury Co. schools consider a ban on corporal punishment <I><B>(with video clip)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Paddle may soon no longer be an option in one TN district</i></font></p> <P>Principal suspended for paddling incident<br> <font size=-1><i>Row in Dallas over a coach's punishment two years previously</i></font></p> <P><a href="usi00904.htm"><b>US/Illicit - April 2009</b></a><br> State Bar: Thomas Is A "Sexual Predator" <I><B>(with video clip)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Judge accused of paddling prison inmates is suspended</i></font></p> <P><a href="uss00904.htm"><b>US/Schools - April 2009</b></a><br> Chapel Hill ISD Updates Corporal Punishment Policy<br> <font size=-1><i>A Texas school district stipulates that only women may paddle girls</i></font></p> <P>School board spares the rod<br> <font size=-1><i>No more paddling in Maury County, Tennessee</i></font></p> <P>House agrees to school spanking changes<br> <font size=-1><i>Move to allow parents to opt out of CP in North Carolina</i></font></p> <P>Ex-Riverside coach no longer employed after paddling<br> <font size=-1><i>Georgia military academy cadet chose spanking option, but it was against the rules</i></font></p> <P><a href="usd00905.htm"><b>US/Domestic - May 2009</b></a><br> Golfer Sean O'Hair says he still loves father despite relationship strain<br> <font size=-1><i>Now 26, he was motivated by parental corporal punishment as a teenager</i></font></p> <P>Assault alleged after spanking<br> <font size=-1><i>But police said punishment of boy, 11, was appropriate and reasonable</i></font></p> <P><a href="usi00905.htm"><b>US/Illicit - May 2009</b></a><br> Judge: trooper showed no remorse for hitting boy with belt <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Policeman, pictured, says boy's mother, pictured, asked him to administer punishment</i></font></p> <P><a href="uss00905.htm"><b>US/Schools - May 2009</b></a><br> The Principal And The Paddle<br> <font size=-1><i>CP restored at a South Carolina elementary school</i></font></p> <P>Temple school board approves corporal punishment <I><B>(with video clip)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Spanking makes a comeback in a Texas school district</i></font></p> <P>Boy's Paddling at School Leaves Big Bruises <I><B>(with video clip)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>12-year-old, pictured, opted for a spanking instead of suspension</i></font></p> <P><a href="uss00906.htm"><b>US/Schools - June 2009</b></a><br> Okaloosa schools ban corporal punishment<br> <font size=-1><i>No more paddling in a Florida district</i></font> <I><B>(with video clip)</B></I></p> <P>Bay County Schools Corporal Punishment<br> <font size=-1><i>In another Florida district, no moves to abolish CP</i></font></p> <P>Rosebud-Lott ISD welcomes new superintendent<br> <font size=-1><i>Texas paddling principal has a new job</i></font></p> <P>Legislator pushes school paddling ban <I><B>(with video clips)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Attempt to abolish CP in Louisiana</i></font></p> <P>School corporal punishment ban blocked<br> <font size=-1><i>Louisiana abolition move fails</i></font></p> <P>N.C. Senate dumps warning parents of school spanking<br> <font size=-1><i>Rejection of bill that would have given parents a choice over CP</i></font></p> <P>Corporal punishment policy stays, for now<br> <font size=-1><i>An Alabama school district decides to keep paddling for all age groups</i></font></p> <P><a href="09archive/usd00907.htm"><b>US/Domestic - July 2009</b></a><br> Spanking isn't always bad<br> <font size=-1><i>Sometimes tough love is necessary, argues journalism student</i></font></p> <P><a href="09archive/uss00907.htm"><b>US/Schools - July 2009</b></a><br> Paddling an option for some<br> <font size=-1><i>CP viewed from New York State standpoint</i></font></p> <P>Grove School Board bans corporal punishment<br> <font size=-1><i>No more paddling in one Oklahoma district</i></font></p> <P>Items buried in the budget affect Pledge of Allegiance, angled parking, corporal punishment<br> <font size=-1><i>Ohio Governor finally signs off on abolition of school CP</i></font></p> <P>Putting away the paddle <I><B>(with cartoon)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Ohio paper welcomes the end of school CP</i></font></p> <P><a href="09archive/uss00908.htm"><b>US/Schools - August 2009</b></a><br> Parents to have say in sparing the rod<br> <font size=-1><i>Argument over parental consent for CP in a Florida district</i></font></p> <P>Disabled Students Are Spanked More<br> <font size=-1>New York Times<I> prints a map of paddling</i></font></p> <P>Corporal Punishment in U.S. Schools<br> <font size=-1>Time<I> magazine considers ACLU/HRW report</i></font></p> <P>Corporal punishment good or bad in Alabama? <I><B>(with video clip)</B></I><BR> <font size=-1><i>Many districts have it on the books, but not all use it much</i></font></p> <P>Arizona should ban paddling of schoolkids, panel suggests<br> <font size=-1><i>32 districts still allow it</i></font></p> <P>BOE: Corporal Punishment Back?<br> <font size=-1><i>Paddling has always worked, says Georgia school principal</i></font></p> <P><a href="09archive/uss00909.htm"><b>US/Schools - September 2009</b></a><br> Some think teachers should be allowed to paddle students <I><B>(with video clip)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Not everybody is happy with abolition of CP in Ohio</i></font></p> <P><a href="09archive/usd00910.htm"><b>US/Domestic - October 2009</b></a><br> New Research on Spanking Might Need a Time Out<br> <font size=-1><i>Too many complicating factors to be able to measure its effects, say statisticians</i></font></p> <P>University studies might fool some parents into thinking that spanking lowers kids' IQ<BR> <font size=-1><i>Anti-spanking research: good headlines but bogus science, opines columnist</i></font></p> <BR> <P><a href="09archive/uss00910.htm"><b>US/Schools - October 2009</b></a><br> New Push to Stop Corporal Punishment in Schools Sparks Debate<br> <font size=-1><i>Paddling controversy in Arizona</i></font></p> <P>Return corporal punishment to schools<br> <font size=-1><i>Paddling was effective, writes teen columnist in N. Carolina</i></font></p> <P>Coach accused of using paddle at Merkel Middle School<br> Merkel paddling case to be turned over to DA<BR> <font size=-1><i>Texas student says he had to drop his pants to be spanked on boxers</i></font></p> <P>Many parents support paddling<br> <font size=-1><i>Informal poll in Mississippi</i></font></p> <P>Spanking common in Miss. schools<br> <font size=-1><i>Recorded instances of CP actually increased from 2006-07 to 2008-09</i></font></p> <P>Paddle charges will not be filed against Merkel school employee<br> <font size=-1><i>And the TX district has no plans to stop using CP</i></font></p> <P>Student files suit over paddling<br> <font size=-1><i>MS district under fire for "deep bruising" of student's buttocks</i></font></p> <P>Paddling Questioned at Brilliant High School <I><B>(with video clip)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Alabama brothers, 11 and 17, pictured, bruised after punishment for being late</i></font></p> <P>Corporal punishment ban on school board agenda<br> <font size=-1><i>A North Carolina district debates abolition</i></font></p> <P>Corporal Punishment in Mississippi<br> <font size=-1><i>Many teachers and parents consider spankings effective</i></font></p> <P><a href="09archive/usd00911.htm"><b>US/Domestic - November 2009</b></a><br> Police: Man Beat Son With Wooden Paddle <I><B>(with video clip)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Ohio man, pictured, said to have spanked boy, 10</i></font></p> <P><a href="09archive/uss00911.htm"><b>US/Schools - November 2009</b></a><br> Woman says boy bruised by paddle<br> <font size=-1><i>Texas mom says 7-year-old punished too severely</i></font></p> <P>Spanking guidelines modified<br> <font size=-1><i>"Sex discrimination" removed from Tennessee CP rules</i></font></p> <P>Parent: School went too far with paddling <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Spanked 13-year-old is pictured with his complaining mother</i></font></p> <P>Rowan-Salisbury school board passes paddling ban<br> <font size=-1><i>A North Carolina district abolishes CP</i></font></p> <P>Some schools prefer to apply their discipline without a paddle<br> <font size=-1><i>Only about 15 students spanked in Indiana in the last year</i></font></p> <P><a href="09archive/uss00912.htm"><b>US/Schools - December 2009</b></a><br> Glynn school board to consider bringing back corporal punishment<br> <font size=-1><i>Some want paddling restored in a Georgia district</i></font></p> <P>Teacher arrested after alleged paddling incident <I><B>(with video clip)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Students agreed to the spanking, caught on video</i></font></p> <P>Bristol Board of Education bans corporal punishment in city schools<br> <font size=-1><i>No more paddling in a Tennessee district</i></font></p> </blockquote> <BR><a name="zimbabwe"></a> <p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/corpuncom/flags/fl-zw.gif" alt="flag" width="27" height="16"> <font size="4"><b><i>ZIMBABWE</i></b></font></p> <blockquote> <p><a 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