2000
01 JAN....UNITED STATES: Inmate spanked; two fired
Officers took part in birthday spanking at Iowa prison
03 JAN....UNITED STATES: Abuse claims could close Vidalia home for boys
Spanking allegations at Georgia reformatory
04 JAN....SOUTH AFRICA: Bring back cane for better marks: union
Trade union leader says abolition of CP has been a disaster
07 JAN....SWAZILAND: 20-year-old beats mother, appears in court
Sentenced to six strokes of the cane
07 JAN....UGANDA: Student gets 1 year, canes for robbery
Schoolboy will receive 12 strokes of cane at end of his jail term
08 JAN....UNITED KINGDOM: Parents call for schools to bring back the cane
08 JAN....UNITED KINGDOM: Talking Point: Should corporal punishment return to the classroom?
51% want reintroduction of CP, survey finds
09 JAN....UNITED STATES: Pendulum Swings to Discipline, Responsibility
Columnist gives thanks for resurgence of common sense as spanking father is exonerated
12 JAN....SINGAPORE: He stopped a fight but broke a skull
Five months' jail and 3 strokes of cane for 23-year-old after contretemps at student concert
14 JAN....SOUTH AFRICA: 'Bring back the rod'
Regional education minister blames cane ban for poor exam results
17 JAN....SINGAPORE: Eye-stabber (illustrated)
29-year-old drug rehab inmate, pictured, gets 6 strokes of the cane for attack with pencil
18 JAN....UNITED KINGDOM: New laws to limit parents' right to smack
18 JAN....UNITED KINGDOM: Head to Head: Should parents be allowed to smack?
18 JAN....UNITED KINGDOM: Poll: Don't ban smacking of children
Must be on bottom and only with the hand, proposes government
18 JAN....BRUNEI: Two charged with raping 11-year-old (illustrated)
22-year-olds, pictured, get four strokes of rattan each plus 3 years' jail
19 JAN....UNITED STATES: Schools to review paddling policy
N.C. county saw 129 paddlings last year
20 JAN....BRUNEI: Jail, caning for 2 in housing estate thefts
21-year-olds gets three strokes each after robbery spree
20 JAN....SINGAPORE: He charged at cops with a knife and was shot (illustrated)
Jail plus 6 strokes for previously caned drug offender, 48, pictured
24 JAN....UNITED STATES: Department estimates 2,500 pupils beaten per day in US schools
New paddling statistics released: Mississippi comes top
25 JAN....SOUTH AFRICA: Vigilante group sweeps the suburbs
Sjambok-wielding Mapogo spreads to big cities
26 JAN....BRUNEI: 10 years jail for drug pushing
And 10 strokes of the cane for trafficker, 25
27 JAN....ISRAEL: Supreme Court bans parental force
Spanking parents may be prosecuted even if no injury caused
27 JAN....UGANDA: Married man shares hut with parents
Caned and fined by local clan leaders court
27 JAN....NIGERIA: The many faces of Sharia
Consequences of Islamic law in northern state
02 FEB....SINGAPORE: Stigma must be attached to immorality
Children must be disciplined firmly with spanking, opines contributor
02 FEB....SINGAPORE: Thief of Yishun (illustrated)
36-year-old housebreaker, pictured, given five strokes of cane
03 FEB....ISRAEL: The fifth Shulchan Aruch
Court decision to ban spanking lacks common sense, says letter-writer
03 FEB....ISRAEL: Some Supreme Court Justices Should Be Spanked
Reader is astounded by court decision
03 FEB....ISRAEL: Spank no more
Columnist discusses court decision against parental spanking
08 FEB....UNITED KINGDOM: Smacking paper published
Attempt to clarify Scottish law on parental punishment
09 FEB....SINGAPORE: Foreign trio's daring robbery (illustrated)
Three Indonesians in their twenties, pictured, each get 24 strokes, 10 years
09 FEB....SINGAPORE: He hid Ecstasy pills under taxi mat
20-year-old gets five strokes of the cane
09 FEB....MALAYSIA: Molester jailed (illustrated)
22-year-old navy recruit, pictured, given 20 strokes, 18 years, for "heinous" assault on child
10 FEB....ISRAEL: Child rearing is too important for the courts
Columnist demolishes Supreme Court ruling on spanking
11 FEB....UNITED STATES: Principal going to court over assault charges
Mississippi head teacher sued after paddling of 10-year-old
12 FEB....SINGAPORE: Man rapes girl after they sniff glue
22 strokes, 18 years for 28-year-old who tied up and sodomised woman
12 FEB....NIGERIA: Muslim caning in Nigeria
80 lashes for drinking alcohol in first case under new Islamic law
14 FEB....EUROPE: Mummy and Daddy spare rod - or go to court
Overview of gradual spread to other countries of Swedish no-spank idea
16 FEB....ZAMBIA: Judge quashes oppressive law
Discussion of recent outlawing of judicial caning
17 FEB....NIGERIA: Nigerian flogged for having sex
18-year-old given 100 lashes for sex before marriage
17 FEB....UNITED STATES: Gloster principal cleared of charges
Paddling was not assault, Mississippi court rules
19 FEB....SINGAPORE: Jail for raping sister-in-law, 14
Clerk, 19, sentenced to 8 years plus 12 strokes of the cane
21 FEB....MALAYSIA: Guru rotan murid tidak ikut peraturan (Teacher flouted rules when caning schoolboys)
Letter-writer is shocked at sight of boys being caned (News item in Malay with English translation)
24 FEB....SINGAPORE: Teen molester, 16, gets jail and cane
Nine strokes for attacks on women
25 FEB....UNITED STATES: Corporal punishment still on the books in RE-2
Swats under discussion in Colorado district; detailed regulations quoted
26 FEB....CANADA: Family counsellor gets one year in jail for strapping stepchildren
"Ran house like boot camp", applied leather strap for trivial reasons
26 FEB....UNITED STATES: Abuse ruling worrisome to child advocates
Maine Supreme Court clears father of assault
26 FEB....MALAYSIA: Man gets 13 years' jail for raping daughter (illustrated)
40-year-old, pictured, also given five strokes of rotan
26 FEB....NIGERIA: Sharia and the Lessons from Iran
Lagos paper's view of spread of Islamic law
28 FEB....UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Four-year jail for man who battered his wife to death
Cypriot, 41, also to receive 70 lashes
01 MAR....SINGAPORE: I was caned and I'm glad about it
Columnist describes school and parental canings
03 MAR....TANZANIA: Tanzania May Stop Corporate Punishment In Schools
Government launches campaign to find disciplinary alternatives
03 MAR....NIGERIA: Nigerian Muslims press for Sharia
More northern states seek Islamic law but federal government wants it suspended
04 MAR....MALAYSIA: Tears of joy as rigger escapes the gallows
28-year-old is let off with 8 years in jail, 10 strokes of cane, after prosecution amends charge
04 MAR....MALAYSIA: Caning for illegals caught second time
Provision is already on statute book but not used so far
05 MAR....UNITED KINGDOM: A Proper British Upbringing
US writer ponders UK flogging history in light of European spanking debate
06 MAR....MALAYSIA: School heads 'not taking enough disciplinary action'
Time to go back to the rotan, says teachers' union leader
07 MAR....UNITED STATES: Spare the swats? (illustrated)
Overview of school CP in Oklahoma; a high-school paddle is pictured
09 MAR....SINGAPORE: Relief teacher sacked for slapping boy
Principal says school does not condone corporal punishment
10 MAR....MALAYSIA: Man jailed 12 years for having gun
28-year-old also ordered six strokes of cane after fracas with revolver
10 MAR....BRUNEI: Parang slasher gets 2 more years
Judge adds caning to sentence after appeal by prosecution
12 MAR....UNITED STATES: Gary teacher charged for paddling student
Indiana student said to have required hospital treatment
13 MAR....SOUTH AFRICA: Pupils Run Riot At Township Schools
Boys protest against corporal punishment
13 MAR....UNITED STATES: Judge: Accountability for children and parents
Mississippi Youth Court judge laments decline of school paddling
14 MAR....UNITED STATES: Leader at religious compound acquitted in alleged assault on youth
Alabama boy, 13, paddled after scuffle
14 MAR....UNITED STATES: Appeals Court Upholds Hazing Law
Maryland court turns down appeal by fraternity member over paddling, caning
15 MAR....SOUTH AFRICA: Debates to seek alternatives to corporal punishment at schools
Caning still prevalent in rural schools despite ban
16 MAR....SINGAPORE: This man needs to be locked up for a 'long, long time'
Fake cop, 38, gets 25 years in jail and 24 strokes of cane for raping backward woman
17 MAR....SINGAPORE: Man who pulled knife on 10 Jurong grannies (illustrated)
'Mean and nasty' 40-year-old, pictured, given seven years, 24 strokes
18 MAR....THAILAND: Thai Juveniles Tangle With Cops
Reformatory boys protest conditions, allege canings
19 MAR....BELIZE: Two prisoners tamarind whipped
First prison floggings for 25 years described
21 MAR....CANADA: Corporal punishment used as deterrent in Peace Wapiti
Alberta district keeps strap, but schools must now get parents' permission
21 MAR....UNITED STATES: Spanking: An Idea Whose Time Has Gone
Columnist recalls bare-bottom domestic discipline imported from Mexico
21 MAR....SINGAPORE: NSF preyed on girls near camp
Soldier, 22, gets 24 strokes and seven years after molesting young teens
25 MAR....UNITED STATES: Boy's mother pleased with board action
Alabama 11-year-old 'spanked too many times', teacher loses paddling privileges
26 MAR....UNITED STATES: Spank or not
26 MAR....UNITED STATES: Most schools still paddle but have alternative methods
Mississippi schools' paddling policies surveyed
28 MAR....SOUTH AFRICA: SAHRC reacts to judge's remarks on corporal punishment
Judge criticised for saying CP in schools OK as long as it does not become abuse
31 MAR....NIGERIA: President will not try to stop spread of Islamic law
Several Zamfara citizens already flogged for alcohol, adultery
31 MAR....SOUTH AFRICA: Statutory law forbids teachers from using corporal punishment: Ngoepe
Judge 'clarifies' statement, says he was only talking about common law
31 MAR....MALAYSIA: Teenager gets life and whipping
Six strokes of rotan for 18-year-old found with ganja plant
01 APR....SINGAPORE: Man, 19, rapes stepmother while father is in hospital
Nine years' jail and nine strokes of the cane for soldier
02 APR....SOUTH AFRICA: Teachers cannot beat values into children
Writer recalls prevalence of caning until recent ban
02 APR....MALAYSIA: Aziz: We'll not bring back public caning
Would help fight gangsterism but parents would object, says education boss
03 APR....SINGAPORE: Teens drum up trouble with threats and a beating (illustrated)
19-year-old gang member, pictured, gets 30 months' jail and 7 strokes of the cane
04 APR....MALAYSIA: Teen jailed for life gets extra caning
Already sentenced to six strokes, 18-year-old is ordered another three for possessing drugs
10 APR....MALAYSIA: Principals and teachers may get policing powers
Crime prevention boss calls for public caning of schoolboy gangsters
10 APR....SINGAPORE: The Singapore chop -- on my buttocks
Illegal immigrant interviewed in prison after receiving four strokes of the cane
11 APR....SOUTH AFRICA: Bring back the rod: NNP
Caning not a violation of dignity, says opposition party education spokesman
12 APR....MALAYSIA: More states set to adopt new Syariah laws
After Johor, three further states may introduce caning for religious offences
14 APR....SINGAPORE: Stabbing case: Jail, cane for ex-boxers
35-year-old, already in jail with 6-stroke sentence for one assault, now to receive another 12 strokes for another
16 APR....MALAYSIA: Disciplinary problems in schools are not new
Writer recalls public canings at Catholic school in 1960s
16 APR....SAUDI ARABIA: Nine Saudi Transvestites Jailed
Young men will also receive 2,500 lashes each in 50 sessions for "deviant" sexual behaviour
18 APR....NIGERIA: Ondo teachers for refresher courses; corporal punishment reintroduced
Caning will assist in tackling school problems, says State Governor
18 APR....SOUTH AFRICA: It's fine if it's done with love (cartoon)
Comment on judge's remark about school caning
18 APR....UNITED STATES: Court upholds $143,715 award for spanking
WI firm's CEO paddled new worker in "bizarre workplace ritual"
22 APR....SAUDI ARABIA: Saudi teenage boys face flogging for pestering girls
Courts to crack down on youths hanging around outside girls' schools
27 APR....UNITED KINGDOM: Should unruly pupils be removed from school?
Never mind sin bins, just cane them, say respondents in BBC forum
27 APR....SINGAPORE: They break into a flat - twice (illustrated)
21-year-old, pictured, already in jail for other crimes, now to be caned
28 APR....KENYA: Bill to outlaw corporal punishment
Judicial caning on its way out
30 APR....SINGAPORE: Pub brawl ends with jail and cane for 5 men
All are given four years, six strokes for grievous hurt
08 MAY....UNITED STATES: Mel Blount Youth Home could lose state license
GA reformatory appeals decision after allegations of paddlings and mistreatment
08 MAY....UNITED STATES: Lawsuit: Hancock board chairman "hurt student he paddled"
Middle school student sues GA school board for irregular punishment
09 MAY....SOUTH AFRICA: Vigilante group faces split
Dissident Mapogo members want an end to unlawful floggings of suspected criminals
09 MAY....CHINA: Chinese schools try to unlearn brutality
Physical punishments, officially abolished in 1949, still rife in rural schools
12 MAY....UNITED STATES: Principal, teacher face charges
Christian school in PA in trouble after punishment of fifth-grader with fiberglass rod
12 MAY....UNITED STATES: Wilkins Township case raises punishment debate
Some PA educators rethinking anti-paddling stance
13 MAY....UNITED STATES: Some students defend Wilkins principal, teacher charged in spanking (illustrated)
Three girls, pictured, were paddled at Christian school
13 MAY....SINGAPORE: Scout leader a molester (illustrated)
Nine strokes of the cane for 24-year-old, pictured, who masturbated boys in his charge
15 MAY....SINGAPORE: Whack! Be quiet, girls! Daddy has had a long day at work (illustrated)
Parental canings under the spotlight; household cane pictured
16 MAY....UNITED STATES: Discipline or abuse?
PA paper suggests ending c.p. but several students felt their spankings had been helpful
17 MAY....BRUNEI: Syabu couple gets 23 years
Husband, 38, also to receive 15 strokes of rattan for importing drugs
17 MAY....SINGAPORE: Maid molest - 14 floors up and 7 floors down (illustrated)
Bangladeshi cleaner, 27, pictured, jailed and given 12 strokes of the cane
17 MAY....SINGAPORE: CJ turns down appeal for probation of student jailed for three years (illustrated)
College boy, 17, pictured, will also still receive his six-stroke caning
18 MAY....UNITED STATES: District settles suit over disciplining football players
Out-of-court settlement in high school hazing case involving paddling
22 MAY....BRUNEI: Six strokes for habitual boy gambler shock
Rare case of 15-year-old ordered JCP on its own
26 MAY....BRUNEI: Boy takes the cane
15-year-old turns up at prison to receive his six strokes
04 JUN....COLOMBIA: Colombian tribe whips cheating lovers
17-stroke public whipping of adulterers is televised
07 JUN....TRINIDAD: Man who robbed Cro Cro recaptured
26-year-old robber on the run, sentenced in absentia to jail and flogging, now faces penalty after being caught
08 JUN....UNITED STATES: Hazing alleged at Onalaska High School
Freshmen paddled by seniors at Wisconsin school
09 JUN....UNITED KINGDOM: Headmaster smacked girls' bare bottoms (illustrated)
Former teacher, pictured, walks free from court
09 JUN....UNITED STATES: Spanking Makes a Comeback
Parents give up sparing the rod
16 JUN....UNITED STATES: Police look into paddling complaint, 2nd in Dermott schools
Rules alleged broken when AR 12-year-old paddled
19 JUN....SOUTH AFRICA: ACDP bemoans lack of skills, discipline among youth
Opposition party decries school "discipline vacuum" arising from abolition of corporal punishment
22 JUN....SOUTH AFRICA: KZN school continues use of cane
"Impressive" high school with 100% pass rate defies government ban on c.p.
22 JUN....UNITED STATES: Principal, teacher held for court -- Student testifies he was hit with rod
Fiberglass rod used as cane on 11-year-old at PA Christian school
22 JUN....UNITED STATES: Principal to drop fiberglass rod (illustrated)
Picture of boy at centre of whacking dispute
22 JUN....SINGAPORE: Jail, caning for trio who beat up lawyer at movie
Three strokes each for NSmen after row over mobile phone
22 JUN....SINGAPORE: After a riotous time, he lashed out at cop (illustrated)
Christmas Eve riot brings three strokes for 20-year-old, pictured
23 JUN....MALAYSIA: Bringing back the cane
Ministry considers teachers' union's proposal to give caning power to all teachers
23 JUN....UNITED STATES: Housewife sent to prison in caning
Traditional Korean punishment ruled child abuse
24 JUN....SINGAPORE: Indian nationals get jail, cane for robbery
24 strokes each for three in their twenties
24 JUN....MALAYSIA: Jail, fine and rotan for forging documents
15 years and four strokes for 44-year-old who used computer to forge work permits and visas
24 JUN....MALAYSIA: Cane the cains among students
Selfish, over-indulged children need caning by parents and teachers, opines editorialist
25 JUN....AUSTRALIA: RSL call to bring back the birch
Cruel and violent criminals should be flogged, say ex-servicemen
25 JUN....MALAYSIA: DAP: Present ruling on caning sufficient
Principals and discipline teachers can already cane and that is enough, says opposition party
28 JUN....MALAYSIA: Three-tiered approach to school discipline needed
We are paying high price for collapse of discipline, avers letter-writer
28 JUN....MALAYSIA: Ex-convict gets 25 years (illustrated)
Kidnapper and rapist, 31, pictured, is also ordered nine strokes of the cane
29 JUN....SINGAPORE: Jail, cane for man who beat up molester (illustrated)
21-year-old, pictured, took law into his own hands
29 JUN....KENYA: Caning to be banned soon, says minister
Government will end corporal punishment in schools
29 JUN....MALAYSIA: Principals to meet on caning proposal soon
Problems not as bad as reported in media, claims association
29 JUN....MALAYSIA: Adenan welcomes proposal to cane students for disciplinary reasons
Regional minister says it did him a lot of good
01 JUL....SINGAPORE: Bouncer attacks pub customer (illustrated)
Two years, six strokes for 37-year-old, pictured
05 JUL....INDONESIA: Beatings Have No Place On School, Experts Say
C.p. still common practice at many schools
06 JUL....MALAYSIA: Teachers will not be allowed to cane
After all that, government decides against extending caning power to all teachers
06 JUL....NIGERIA: Don't Post Christian Graduates to Sharia States, CAN Warns
Man receives 80 strokes of cane in public for drinking alcohol
06 JUL....SINGAPORE: He robbed petrol kiosk of $800 in the dead of night (illustrated)
29-year-old, pictured, given 12 strokes of cane plus 3½ years
06 JUL....CANADA: Judge refuses to ban spanking of children
Spanking is not unconstitutional, Ontario court rules
07 JUL....MALAYSIA: Parents must play active role in tackling indiscipline
Columnist sees no reason to think 'six of the best' would bring any harm
07 JUL....MALAYSIA: Debate rages on caning of pupil
10-year-old girl allegedly caned on hands for late homework
07 JUL....KENYA: Rapist's jail term reduced
But he will also receive 10 strokes of the cane
11 JUL....MALAYSIA: Police: Caning won't solve disciplinary problems
It could even be counterproductive, asserts top KL cop
14 JUL....KENYA: School building set on fire as students strike
High school students riot in protest over caning
15 JUL....SINGAPORE: He sold Ecstasy pills on the Net
Five years' jail and six strokes of the cane for trafficker, 19
16 JUL....MALAYSIA: Punishment is effective, show research findings
12% of students in survey had been caned
16 JUL....KENYA: Ban The Cane Yes, But We May Live To Rue It
Columnist weighs the pros and cons of school corporal punishment
19 JUL....MALAYSIA: The days of the cane
Writer recalls details of the heyday of school corporal punishment
20 JUL....SINGAPORE: Teens jailed for 'senseless' torture of girl
Plus heavy caning sentences for two 17-year-olds
23 JUL....KENYA: Caning banned in schools
1996 ban, not implemented, will now be enforced, says government
02 AUG....SINGAPORE: He posed as police officer to molest two young girls (illustrated)
National serviceman, 23, pictured, gets 9 strokes of the cane, 27 months in jail
03 AUG....UNITED STATES: Georgia man acquitted in Panhandle spanking case
Grandfather cleared of child abuse after whipping 9-year-old
07 AUG....KENYA: Rising Student Unrest Blamed On Poor Managers
Cane should not be over-used, but banning it altogether isn't a good idea, says boys' school head
07 AUG....SINGAPORE: Put the cane in the teachers' hands
Too many schools reluctant to discipline students, says columnist
08 AUG....UNITED STATES: Kansas urged to end all corporal punishment in schools
Already little used in the State, according to figures
10 AUG....UNITED STATES: Health Group's Nod: Spare the Rod
Ban corporal punishment in schools, says doctors' group
10 AUG....UNITED KINGDOM: Deputy head beat special needs boys (illustrated)
Teacher, illustrated, slippered students at special school in 1980s
11 AUG....NIGERIA: Gusau court finds two guilty
Islamic court orders 20 lashes each for motorcycle operators who carried women
15 AUG....UNITED KINGDOM: I'm in the clear: Deputy head not guilty but career's over
Teacher who slippered boys was not cruel, court holds
16 AUG....UNITED STATES: Obituary: William J. Obermiller, 77
'Spanking Judge' of 1960s
17 AUG....MALAYSIA: Whip vandals
KL City Hall proposes caning to curb vandalism
18 AUG....UNITED STATES: Wave coach suspended 2 games (illustrated)
High school football coach, pictured, paddled players, pictured, during practice
21 AUG....SOUTH AFRICA: Court Prefers Sparing Rod
Constitutional court dismisses Christian schools' appeal against caning ban
22 AUG....NEW ZEALAND: Spank me, your honour
Elderly shoplifter suggests spanking to lady judge
23 AUG....BRUNEI: Teen jailed on molest charge
16-year-old also ordered to receive four strokes of the "light rotan"
24 AUG....SINGAPORE: The wild life turned couple into desperadoes (illustrated)
Drug addict and robber, 27, pictured, gets 42 months' jail, 12 strokes of cane
25 AUG....MALAYSIA: Japanese gets jail, rotan for molesting woman (illustrated)
43-year-old, pictured, is ordered to receive 10 strokes
26 AUG....SINGAPORE: Shameless brute (illustrated)
15 years in jail and 18 strokes of cane for molester, 34, pictured
27 AUG....BELIZE: Herman Lanza gets "pam-pam" for chopping Carlton Lord
12 strokes of tamarind switch for 23-year-old after assault on fellow prison inmate
27 AUG....UNITED STATES: Spanking: Attitude is everything -- if you really must do it (with cartoon)
Parental and school corporal punishment: views clash
31 AUG....MALAYSIA: Cook gets jail and rotan for raping colleague
22 years' jail, 18 strokes of cane for 22-year-old
31 AUG....UNITED STATES: Clash over discipline at boys school is resolved
SC reformatory will no longer be using spanking
02 SEP....SINGAPORE: "I could only see his eyes. They were staring at me. They were frightening" (illustrated)
Serial rapist, 23, pictured, gets 30 years' jail and 24 strokes of cane
02 SEP....UNITED KINGDOM: Head cleared of slapping boy
Village school headmistress says she was just trying to restrain him
03 SEP....ISLE OF MAN: Birchman of Wigtown
Former Manx policemen claims, incorrectly it would appear, to have been the last person to administer a birching
03 SEP....UNITED STATES: Va. Rethinks Rule Change On Spanking
06 SEP....UNITED STATES: Public debates foster care spanking
Row over whether to let foster parents spank
06 SEP....MALAYSIA: Salesman gets 12 years in Ecstasy case (illustrated)
28-year-old, pictured, also ordered to receive 10 strokes of the rotan
12 SEP....NEW ZEALAND: When children were ruled by cane, strapping and spanking
Columnist recalls failure of 1942 attempt to ban prefects' canings at boys' school
13 SEP....THAILAND: Teachers find caning ban a bruise to their egos
New regulations ban school c.p. from 1 November
14 SEP....THAILAND: Psychologist stands against caning ban
And the psychologist is called Mr Wallop (you couldn't make this stuff up)
14 SEP....THAILAND: Teachers fight for right to smack
Secondary school teachers dissatisfied, say they weren't consulted over c.p. ban
15 SEP....UNITED STATES: Davis seniors arrested in hazing
High-school sophomores paddled in Utah
15 SEP....NIGERIA: Pregnant Girl Ordered Caned in Northern Nigeria
180 public strokes of cane ordered for 17-year-old after illegal sex
15 SEP....EGYPT: Egypt moves to ban jail floggings
Draft bill to abolish caning as prison disciplinary measure
21 SEP....SINGAPORE: Abusive molester gets violent (illustrated)
46-year-old, pictured, is caned and jailed
21 SEP....UNITED STATES: One-Man Swat Team (illustrated)
OH detective (pictured) delivers lessons in the lost art of spanking
24 SEP....UNITED STATES: Conservative Leader Urges Spanking
Public demonstration of "proper corporal punishment" on teenage boy at WI gospel center
24 SEP....UNITED STATES: Some Ohio schools not sparing the rod
Mother sued school after homecoming queen, 17, was paddled
26 SEP....BRUNEI: Kg Ayer arsonist gets 7 years jail (illustrated)
23-year-old, pictured, started fire that destroyed 11 houses, gets six strokes of rattan
29 SEP....UNITED KINGDOM: Child abuse probe at boys' school
Teacher "privately spanked boys" at top London school
01 OCT....UNITED STATES: Principal at Davis bans 'hazing' boards
Students no longer allowed to make paddles in shop class
06 OCT....SOUTH AFRICA: COSAS Will Bleed Before Allowing Corporal Punishment To Be Reinstated
Students' group fights off continuing Christian campaign to bring back the cane
09 OCT....SINGAPORE: Off the peg -- and on to his back (illustrated)
Jail and cane for robber, 24, pictured
13 OCT....UNITED STATES: Rutherford County sued over alleged spanking
TN workhouse inmate claims he was depantsed and switched
17 OCT....MALAYSIA: Stiffer punishment for hiring child prostitutes
New Bill brings mandatory caning for involvement in sex trade at home or abroad
18 OCT....TRINIDAD: Ten years jail for acid on ex-lover
Appeal court also upholds 10-stroke birching sentence on 32-year-old
19 OCT....TRINIDAD: UN grills AG on human rights
Govt questions credibility of UN committee, defends use of judicial corporal punishment
20 OCT....KENYA: Bill is published to curb police torture
Attorney-General Wako's new Bill will also abolish corporal punishment
20 OCT....SOUTH AFRICA: Corporal Punishment for Failing to Cough Up
'Bully' headmaster accused of beating students
24 OCT....JAPAN: Big jump seen in indecent acts by teachers
Illicit use of corporal punishment also said to be on the increase
25 OCT....KENYA: Appeal Dropped After Death Hint
Canings will go ahead for three violent robbers
25 OCT....AUSTRALIA: It's the cane mutiny as schools fight to do it with love and care
Christian schools refuse to accept NSW ban on school corporal punishment
26 OCT....AUSTRALIA: Law to limit punishment by parents facing defeat
Little enthusiasm for NSW move to stop parents from using the strap
27 OCT....UNITED STATES: Mom Says Paddling Went Too Far
Daughter was spanked twice on consecutive days at NC elementary school
27 OCT....UNITED KINGDOM: School cured Duke of smacking (illustrated)
Prince Andrew, pictured (now the Duke of York), says he was spanked at prep school around 1970
28 OCT....UNITED KINGDOM: Discreet head does not recall royal beating (illustrated)
Headmaster, now 75, has forgotten spanking Prince Andrew, pictured arriving at school aged 8
28 OCT....AUSTRALIA: School fighting for right to cane hits at 'politics'
1995 NSW c.p. ban attacked by Christian school
28 OCT....THAILAND: To cane or not to cane?
Argument rages between experts over school punishment
29 OCT....THAILAND: Five of the best
Recap of official school caning rules, now to be outlawed
01 NOV....MALAYSIA: Appeals struck out, caning order upheld
Court upholds jail and cane sentences
08 NOV....SOUTH AFRICA: Initiation rites upset black players
Springbok national rugby squad divided over spanking tradition
09 NOV....SINGAPORE: Serial molester jailed 7 years for latest attack
31-year-old had been caned twice before
14 NOV....UNITED KINGDOM: Head of 10-pupil school suspended 'for smacking'
Police investigating parents' allegations against village headmistress
14 NOV....UNITED STATES: Activists focus on paddling remarks
Police chief in Portland OR in trouble over 'boat oar' punishment at Christian camp
16 NOV....SINGAPORE: Jail, cane for molester who robbed victims
10 years in jail and 24 strokes of cane for lift lobby attacker, 20
19 NOV....SINGAPORE: Jail, cane for ex-SMRT technician
30-year-old gets six months plus six strokes for vandalising railway engines
20 NOV....AUSTRALIA: More time for cane schools
Christian schools in NSW given temporary reprieve from caning ban
20 NOV....NIGERIA: RSF Expresses Concern Over Journalists' Plight in Nigeria
60 strokes of cane for hacks who write offensive articles
20 NOV....UNITED STATES: FHS principal says student chose paddle, but parents press charges
Mass paddling after Louisiana hallway ruckus
20 NOV....UNITED STATES: Would Like To Know
NC caller mystified by local middle school c.p. policy
21 NOV....SINGAPORE: Caned for getting 73% in maths exam (illustrated)
Mother of boy, 9, says she uses canes, pictured, to ensure he succeeds at school
23 NOV....UNITED KINGDOM: Caning ban to face court challenge
School c.p. ban soon to be extended to private schools in Northern Ireland, but Presbyterians not happy
28 NOV....MALAYSIA: Judge wants life terms for rapists
Appeal court upholds 23-stroke caning sentence for 37-year-old
29 NOV....KENYA: Abolish Caning in School System Now
It's a vicious form of child abuse, asserts editorialist
30 NOV....SINGAPORE: Jail and cane for youths who attacked teen
Two 18-year-olds get six strokes each after using parang and chopper to assault boy, 15
30 NOV....SAUDI ARABIA: In-flight mobile phone user faces flogging
Man ordered to be given 20 lashes for answering phone on plane
01 DEC....SINGAPORE: Teenage thug's appeal backfires
Chief Justice ups 19-year-old's caning from 9 strokes to 12
02 DEC....INDIA: Delhi schoolkids to be spared the rod
High Court outlaws caning in capital city region
03 DEC....CANADA: Mom Tears Strip Off Schools In Strap Dispute
Alberta district still uses strap but some call it child abuse
04 DEC....PAKISTAN: Punjab bans corporal punishment
No more physical punishment allowed in region's public or private schools
07 DEC....UNITED STATES: Should parents spare rod when punishing kids?
Spokespersons of various religions give differing views
09 DEC....UNITED KINGDOM: 'We are a lost society, street crime kids must be punished'
In wake of London murder of black schoolboy, ethnic minority parents call for return of CP
10 DEC....UNITED KINGDOM: I don't regret smacking my children, Blunkett says
Education Minister in row with childcare pressure groups over childminders' right to spank
13 DEC....INDONESIA: Workers attack factory after women whipped
Nine employees flogged for negligence in their work
17 DEC....UNITED STATES: Corporal punishment banned in most city schools, but county still permits it
Review of paddling statistics and practice around Huntsville and Madison, Alabama
19 DEC....UNITED STATES: Paddling is archaic and ineffective and local schools that use it should stop
Alabama editorialist is out of line with local practice
31 DEC....UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: I lived with the daily threat of being whipped
British woman imprisoned in UAE tells of watching floggings
 Archive 2000 (same information and links as on this page, but sorted by country and month)
News Chronology 2001
News Chronology 2002
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