AUSTRALIA
Australia/Illicit - February 2013
Sydney sharia victim whipped 'out of love'
Convert to Islam, 32, flogged with electric cord
Australia/Schools - July 2013
BCC's ban on violent punishment of students "too late"
Christian school in Queensland gives up the paddle
BANGLADESH
Bangladesh/Schools - August 2013
Disciplinary action mulled for corporal punishment in schools
CP already banned but govt now proposes to imprison teachers who use it
THE BAHAMAS
Bahamas/Schools - March 2013
Anger after mass caning at school
29 seventh-grade boys punished for disruption
BOTSWANA
Botswana/Judicial - March 2013
Three lashes for three slaps
22-year-old gets a caning for contempt of court
Wrongly lashed Zim man to sue (illustrated)
26-year-old's caned buttocks are pictured after five strokes
Botswana/Judicial - April 2013
The law is an ass (illustrated)
Court whipping of 24-year-old woman, pictured, was illegal
Anal sores save man from the rod (illustrated)
Caning sentence for 32-year-old, pictured, is changed to a fine
Whipped men reduced to tears (illustrated)
Two thirtysomethings, pictured, receive five strokes each
Botswana/Judicial - July 2013
Lashed for foul language (illustrated)
"Five strokes of the cane on his bare buttocks" for 21-year-old, pictured
BRUNEI
Brunei/Judicial - January 2013
Theft and mischief case: Two juveniles jailed
17-year-old is sentenced to "two light strokes of the cane"
Brunei/Judicial - February 2013
Jail, caning for 2 youths in auto theft and mischief case
24-year-old sentenced to six strokes of the cane
Brunei/Judicial - March 2013
17 years, 12 strokes for raping daughter
Divorced man, 44, given exemplary punishment
Three foreigners guilty of overstaying
Two of them receive three strokes of the cane
Brunei/Judicial - October 2013
Arson: 22-year-old gets five years, six strokes
He set fire to a house and six vehicles
Thief sentenced to 6 years jail, 12 strokes
Heavy caning for local 21-year-old who committed a string of offences
CHINA
China/Judicial - January 2013
Singapore-style caning effective as crime deterrent, says NPC delegate
Politician proposes China adopt judicial CP for violent criminals
ICELAND
Iceland/Illicit - March 2013
Icelandic Handball Inauguration: Tradition or Violence? (illustrated)
Spanking as sports team initiation: 17-year-old's bruised backside is pictured
JAMAICA
Jamaica/Judicial - February 2013
No more flogging
Senate votes to end whipping as a punishment for criminals
Jamaica/Schools - June 2013
'Spare the rod, spoil the child' -- Falmouth mayor calls for resumption of corporal punishment in schools
Abolition of CP was a major mistake; it was effective in curbing unruly behavior, he says
Hall bats for flogging in schools
President of teachers' union says CP is a useful disciplinary tool
MALAYSIA
Malaysia/Judicial - January 2013
Gardener gets 9 years, 7 strokes for rape (illustrated)
Punishment for 28-year-old, pictured
Ex-cop fails to set aside sexual assault conviction (with video clip)
Caning sentence is upheld
Malaysia/Judicial - February 2013
Rapist gets 115 years' jail and 50 strokes of rotan (illustrated)
42-year-old, pictured, carried out a succession of rapes
Filipino gets jail, cane for raping stepdaughter (illustrated)
Twenty strokes of the cane and 30 years for offender, 38, pictured
Foreigner gets 18 years, 12 strokes for robberies, illegal entry
34-year-old pleads guilty to three counts of robbery
Malaysia/Schools - February 2013
Caning still needed to discipline students in school, says STU chief
Teachers' union supports the use of CP for boys
Malaysia/Judicial - March 2013
Jail term, caning enhanced for four men for rape of teenage girl (illustrated)
20-somethings, pictured, have their punishment increased from one stroke to six
Duo get five year's jail, cane for armed robbery
Both 19-year-olds to receive three strokes of the cane
Malaysia/Judicial - April 2013
Teenager jailed 11 years, given 10 strokes of cane for two counts of criminal offences
18-year-old receives heavy punishment for robberies
Man gets 145 years, 17 strokes for raping six students
Rapist, 46, will serve "only" 50 years in jail, plus the caning
Malaysia/Judicial - May 2013
8 years' jail, 10 strokes of rotan for drug possession (illustrated)
21-year-old cannabis offender is pictured
'City Hall officer' gets jail
Fake official, 35, also ordered to receive 30 strokes of the cane
Man fined RM4.7m for cheating firm (illustrated)
Plus eight years in jail and 9 strokes of the rotan for 43-year-old, pictured
Jail and rotan for trio who brutally raped woman (illustrated)
Three twentysomethings, pictured, get 48 cane strokes between them
Malaysia/Judicial - June 2013
Drug trafficking: Man gets 5 years jail, whipping; wife acquitted (with video clip)
23-year-old ordered to receive 10 strokes of the rotan
Manager gets 15 year's jail for CBT (illustrated)
And four strokes of the cane for white-collar crook, 36, pictured
Public whippings in Johore?
Political parties in dispute over proposal to introduce hudud laws
Security guard to serve 10 years for raping stepdaughter (illustrated)
Plus a five-stroke caning for 35-year-old, pictured
Malaysia/Judicial - July 2013
Welder gets 7 years, 3 strokes for raping student (illustrated)
Man, 32, pictured, raped 15-year-old schoolgirl
Malaysia/Judicial - September 2013
Labourer jailed six years for robbery (illustrated)
32-year-old, pictured, also gets five strokes of the cane
Trio whipped in open court (illustrated) (with video clip)
Tiga pesalah muda disebat [Three young offenders whipped]
Robbers aged 18, 19 and 20, pictured, receive caning over their jeans in front of judge and families (rare reports of juvenile JCP process)
Malaysia/Judicial - October 2013
Romanian mechanic escapes gallows on drug charge, gets 8-year jail (illustrated)
Offender, 29, pictured, also gets 10 strokes of the cane
7 years, five strokes for causing hurt to woman (illustrated)
30-year-old handbag-snatcher is pictured
Indonesian gets 12 years, whipping for having syabu (illustrated)
Possessor of drugs, 21, pictured, is ordered to undergo a 10-stroke caning
Thank your lucky stars, judge tells Nigerian (illustrated)
10 strokes of the cane for 32-year-old, pictured
Malaysia/Judicial - November 2013
Man gets jail and rotan for attempt to rob, injure mechanic and wife (illustrated)
Six strokes of the cane for 25-year-old, pictured
Youth gets 4 years, 5 strokes for statutory rape (illustrated)
Offender, 18, pictured, had sex with girlfriend, 14
Malaysia/Judicial - December 2013
Teenage boy gets 16 years jail, 10 strokes of cane for armed gang robbery
Some of 19-year-old's accomplices are still at large
Seven strokes, community service for rape of minor
18-year-old's victim was 15-year-old girl
Henry Gurney escapees get light whippings
Ten juvenile reformatory absconders ordered 8 to 10 strokes of rattan at court
MALDIVES
Maldives/Judicial - February 2013
Maldives girl to get 100 lashes for pre-marital sex
15-year-old rape victim's punishment postponed till she is 18
Maldives government to appeal flogging of rape victim
President says he is shocked by sentence
Maldives/Judicial - August 2013
Maldives girl's 100 lashes sentence overturned
High Court rules that she was wrongly convicted
NAMIBIA
Namibia/Schools - April 2013
Strong call to reintroduce corporal punishment
Caning needed to tackle indiscipline, say conference delegates
Namibia/Schools - June 2013
Corporal punishment was assault on pupil
14-year-old boy was caned at private school
NIGERIA
Nigeria/Judicial - January 2013
Teenager gets 12 strokes for gross indecency
Court sentence on boy, 14, who assaulted toddler
Court Orders Flogging Of Pick-pocket
Six strokes of the cane in public for "serial" offender, 35
Nigeria/Judicial - May 2013
Scavenger Gets 6 Strokes Of Cane For Stealing N4,800 Phone In Ibadan
Corporal punishment for 20-year-old rescued from angry mob
Nigeria/Judicial - June 2013
Man bags 6 months imprisonment, 12 strokes of cane for slapping a woman
20-year-old pleads guilty to assault
Nigeria/Judicial - September 2013
Man to receive 7 strokes for possession of Indian hemp
Offender's age not stated
Magistrate orders accused persons to be given 24 strokes of cane
Two 18-year-olds guilty of stealing equipment to be punished by prison officials
Court Jails Mom, Son For Assaulting DPO, Constable
Two years in prison and 20 strokes of the cane for multiple offender, 27, and seven years' jail for his mother
Nigeria/Judicial - November 2013
Motorcyclist gets 7 lashes for attempting to rape minor
22-year-old's caning sentence carried out immediately in the courtroom
Nigeria/Judicial - December 2013
Theft: Court orders boy to be flogged publicly
Thief, 16, received his 12 strokes of the cane immediately
PAKISTAN
Pakistan/Schools - June 2013
Corporal punishment: Most kids need to be beaten, teachers and parents believe
Results of public opinion surveys
PHILIPPINES
Philippines/Prisons - August 2013
Soc helps Joavan pay debts in jail
Cebu province has banned paddling as prison punishment
QATAR
Qatar/Judicial - April 2013
Qatar sentences man to 40 lashes for drinking alcohol
Man, age unstated, also fined; regime clamping down on boozing by Muslims
RUSSIA
Russia/Judicial - June 2013
Russian Lawmaker Urges Public Flogging of Homosexuals by Cossacks
Siberian politician wants gays whipped in public squares
SAUDI ARABIA
Saudi Arabia/Judicial - February 2013
Mother to decide fate of ungrateful son
Court sentences him to 200 lashes for assaulting her
Saudi Arabia/Judicial - March 2013
Jail terms, lashes for rioters
Two brothers to receive 200 lashes each plus a month in prison
Saudi Arabia/Schools - May 2013
Teachers favor corporal punishment
Government wants to ban CP but educators are not happy
Saudi Arabia/Judicial - July 2013
Two jailed for robbery
Plus 300 lashes each; also same sentence for three Yemenis
Saudi Arabia/Judicial - August 2013
600 Lashes for Raif Badawi: Saudi Arabia's Latest Savagery (illustrated)
Journalist, pictured, is ordered to be flogged and jailed
Saudi Arabia/Judicial - September 2013
A costly fight for two Saudi drivers
Road rage motorists are ordered jailed and flogged
SINGAPORE
Singapore/Judicial - January 2013
Robber hit and choked mum-to-be (illustrated)
Jail plus 16 strokes of the cane for culprit, 26, pictured
Kallang slashings: Cleaner gets 33 years' jail and 24 strokes (illustrated)
Very severe caning ordered for 23-year-old, pictured
Jail and cane for robber after 5 years on the run (illustrated)
Offences committed at age 18, now 24-year-old, pictured, gets 24 strokes
Jail, cane for slashing ex-girlfriend's husband (illustrated)
27-year-old, pictured, ordered to undergo a six-stroke caning
Singapore/Judicial - February 2013
Police officer jailed, caned for molesting drunk woman (illustrated)
30-year-old, pictured, is to receive three strokes of the cane
Guard jailed for molesting maid (illustrated)
Plus a four-stroke caning for offender, 34, pictured
Singapore/Judicial - March 2013
He went from jail to NUS law school (illustrated)
New lawyer, pictured now at age 34, spent 10 years in jail and received 19 strokes of the cane
6½ years' jail and cane for abusing minors (illustrated)
25-year-old, pictured, ordered to receive six strokes
Singapore/Judicial - April 2013
Student jailed for molesting woman as she slept in car (illustrated)
Plus three strokes of the cane for 32-year-old, pictured
Drug courier spared the death penalty (illustrated)
Heroin trafficker, 30, pictured, sentenced instead to life in prison and a 24-stroke caning
Man gets 14 years' jail for rape and robbery (illustrated)
Plus 24 strokes of the cane for knife man, 30, pictured
Singapore/Schools - April 2013
No more rebel, now he dreams of sushi (illustrated)
Former gangster turned successful entrepreneur, now pictured at 43, recalls having his buttocks whipped frequently on stage at school in 1980s
Singapore/Judicial - May 2013
Bukit Batok lift molester gets 4½ years' jail and 9 strokes (illustrated)
Caning order for 22-year-old, pictured
Man who killed toddler jailed 10 years (illustrated)
Plus five strokes of the cane and another five strokes for rioting for 25-year-old, pictured
Bhutanese overstayer broke into 8 restaurants (illustrated)
Serial burglar, 25, pictured, sentenced to a five-stroke caning
Singapore/Judicial - June 2013
'Chopper robber' jailed after five years on the run (illustrated)
And 24 strokes of the cane for 45-year-old, pictured
Jail, caning for celeb chef who sexually abused boy (illustrated)
35-year-old, pictured, is ordered to undergo a three-stroke caning
Singapore/Judicial - July 2013
'Director' of loan-shark team gets jail, caning (illustrated)
24 strokes of the cane for 23-year-old, pictured
Murderer escapes death sentence (illustrated)
First to benefit from new legislation, offender, 23, pictured, gets life plus 24 strokes of the cane instead
Man's face slashed over 'ugly' remark (illustrated)
22-year-old, pictured, is ordered a nine-stroke caning and 3 years' jail
Singapore/Judicial - August 2013
Jail, cane for man who pulled out replica pistol during row (illustrated)
34-year-old, pictured, gets one year and three strokes
Cleared of fake cop charge, but guilty of raping teen (illustrated)
Offender, 45, pictured, sentenced to 12 years plus 12 strokes of the cane
Cenotaph vandal gets 3 months' jail and 3 strokes (illustrated)
Mandatory caning for 33-year-old, pictured, who desecrated war memorial
Singapore/Judicial - September 2013
Man in fake-cop ruse gets 8 years' jail, 12 strokes of cane (illustrated)
Gang robber, 34, is pictured
Burglar risks death fall for $123 (illustrated)
39-year-old, pictured, gets 5 years plus a 12-stroke caning
Jail and six strokes for final accused (illustrated)
Sequel to fatal gang fight; youth, 25, pictured, guilty of causing grievous hurt
Singapore/Judicial - October 2013
6 get jail, caning for deadly attack
Four to six strokes each for twentysomethings after fight in park
Jealous ex-boyfriend gets jail, cane (illustrated)
20-year-old, pictured, is ordered to receive six strokes of the cane for slashing
Singapore/Judicial - November 2013
Jail, caning for beating up two men (illustrated)
23-year-old, pictured, is ordered to receive six strokes
Man spared death penalty for murder of taxi driver (illustrated)
Life in jail plus 24 cane strokes for robber, 35, pictured
Drug courier spared the gallows (illustrated)
25-year-old, pictured, sentenced to life imprisonment plus 15 strokes of the cane
Singapore/Judicial - December 2013
Man who held sex-and-drug party jailed(illustrated)
5 years in jail and five strokes of the cane for trafficker, 30, pictured
SOUTH AFRICA
South Africa/Schools - April 2013
Headmaster admits to using corporal punishment (illustrated)
Aggrieved mother publishes partial picture of 10-year-old's caned buttocks
South Africa/Schools - June 2013
Parents bribed by sex pests (illustrated)
Also complaints against teachers about CP: picture shows boy being caned in class
South Africa/Schools - October 2013
Outrage over teacher abuse (illustrated) (with video clip)
13 senior schoolgirls caned on the hands
SRI LANKA
Sri Lanka/Judicial - September 2013
Public caning to be proposed
Government minister, concerned about child abuse and rape, will submit idea to parliament
SWAZILAND
Swaziland/Schools - June 2013
Teacher reported to police for giving 19 strokes
Schoolgirl, 17, "could not sit properly" after punishment
Swaziland/Schools - August 2013
Salesian pupils forced to lower trousers in corporal punishment
Headmaster delivers bare-bottom canings at Swaziland's only all-boys high school
 SYRIA
Syria/Judicial - May 2013
Video shows Syrian Islamists flogging men over illegal marriage (with video clip)
They married recently divorced women, got 50 and 40 lashes
TANZANIA
Tanzania/Schools - April 2013
Public schools to continue using corporal punishment
Caning is important in enhancing students' performance by reinforcing discipline, says deputy education minister
Tanzania/Judicial - May 2013
Maasai elders resort to the 'cane' to rescue youths from city vice
"Thorough strokes of the cane" being applied in Arusha to counter drugs and alcohol
Tanzania/Judicial - October 2013
Two jailed over theft of 26m/- TTCL items
15 years in prison and 12 strokes of the cane each
THAILAND
Thailand/Schools - March 2013
Teacher caning student clip goes viral (with video clip)
Boy seen in video receiving punishment in class; Many Thai viewers approve
TONGA
Tonga/Schools - April 2013
Teenage students harshly spanked in Tonga (with video clips)
Video taken in 2011 shows mass caning by prefects of boys aged 13 to 17
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
UAE/Schools - May 2013
Teachers regret lack of discipline
Ban on corporal punishment has taken away their authority, they tell National Council
UNITED KINGDOM
UK/Schools - October 2013
The headmaster who beat me black and blue with a bamboo cane -- and why I'd like to thank him for it (illustrated)
Inspiring and charismatic 1950s disciplinarian, pictured, is recalled
UK/Schools - November 2013
Corporal punishment in Middle Ages reassessed by Leicester academic (illustrated)
Teachers were not brutal or sadistic, he says; pictures show mediaeval representations of school CP
UNITED STATES
USA/Judicial - January 2013
Columbia Falls Lawmaker Offers Pain Instead of Prison
Montana bill would allow convicts to negotiate for corporal punishment in lieu of jail
USA/Schools - January 2013
Thomas Heyward Academy headmaster retires after 37 years
1976 mass paddling in South Carolina is recalled
NC school districts cut paddling cases in half
School CP is on the way out in North Carolina: statistics
USA/Illicit - February 2013
Dollar Store Clerk Whipped Unruly Boy, Cops Say
Charged with assault for punishing 8-year-old
Tenant behind on rent whipped on bare buttocks, landlord faces charges
Former Chamber of Commerce president struck 29-year-old four times with a belt
USA/Schools - February 2013
Paddling in Schools Still Alive and Well in Georgia (with video clip)
CP being used in majority of the state's counties
North Carolina State Board of Education opposes use of corporal punishment in public schools (with video clip)
Decision does not affect the law, under which school spanking remains legal in the state
Robeson County takes the lead in corporal punishment (with video clip)
One of a dozen school districts still using the paddle in NC
Corporal punishment won't join cyberbullying measure
Oklahoma house committee rejects move to allow any teacher to use the paddle
USA/Schools - March 2013
Houston lawmaker's bill would stop 'paddling' in the classroom
Move to outlaw school CP in Texas
San Benito superintendent against bill to ban spanking at Texas schools (illustrated)
Spanking procedure described; pictures show paddle used, in close-up
Mid-South mom seeks answers after school paddling
Tennessee boy, 12, pictured, spanked for disrespect; school says all was in order
USA/Illicit - April 2013
Wacky Worship: Flogged, outcast as pagan "lord" (illustrated)
New York local politician in bribery probe, pictured taking part in weird rituals, was flogged by leaders of obscure sect
USA/Schools - April 2013
Letter: Corporal punishment in schools urged
Bring back the paddle in California, says high-school student
Paddlings in Miss. schools on decline
Official stats say incidences of school CP in Mississippi down from 58,000 in 2007-08 to 39,000 in 2011-12
Mom says daughter was bruised by school paddling
Georgia 11-year-old got three swats
Coach disciplined for paddling students
16-year-old boy and 17-year-old girl got birthday spankings in Florida
School board bans corporal punishment
No more paddling in Muscogee County, Georgia
Florida school board allows paddling students after banning practice
Reintroduction of school CP in Marion County, but only at elementary level
Joe Rogers: Board of Education v. Seat of Learning
Columnist reflects on decline of spanking in Mississippi
USA/Schools - May 2013
City to keep paddlings
Decatur in Alabama drops the idea of abolishing CP
[12 members of St. Helena High] -- Corporal punishment:
Paddling is abolished in a Louisiana school district
USA/Domestic - June 2013
Christian Domestic Discipline Promotes Spanking Wives To Maintain Biblical Marriage
Religious fundamentalists urge husbands to use CP on wives
USA/Schools - June 2013
Irving ISD's new board may bring back corporal punishment (with video clip)
Proposal to reintroduce paddling in a Texas district
Several charters say paddling part of their program
Corporal punishment a regular occurrence in Memphis school
Tangipahoa board discusses corporal punishment option
Paddling may return in a Louisiana district
USA/Judicial - July 2013
Ask the Historical Society: Cecil whipping post? (illustrated)
Last flogging in a Maryland town was in 1940 at pictured jail which still stands
USA/Schools - July 2013
LISD trustee wants paddling approved
Move to bring back CP to a Texas school district
GCCISD: No more swats!
At another Texas school district, paddling is abolished
Corporal punishment ends at Marfa ISD
Abolition of paddling at yet another Texas school district
Paddle won't be making a comeback
Failure of move to restore CP in a Tennessee school district
USA/Schools - August 2013
Some question corporal punishment at school
Paddling controversy in Tennessee
USA/Schools - September 2013
Hanging Up The Paddle (illustrated)
20 years after Washington State banned school CP, a paddle called "The Educator", pictured, hangs in former principal's garage
School news good
Same-sex rule introduced for spanking in a Texas district
To paddle or not to paddle? (with video clip)
Differing school CP policies in Birmingham area, Alabama
Spanking gets time out at SD schools
School CP is abolished in an Indiana district
USA/Schools - October 2013
Leeds Schools In Alabama Not Budging On Corporal Punishment Policy
Mother makes national fuss about paddling even though district already requires parental consent
Is paddling still a proper form of school discipline?
Question of CP raised in Tennessee
Video captures coach paddling students
Spanking of two Louisiana middle-school students was not in accordance with local policy
Spare the rod, spoil the student?
Varying paddling policies in different Tennessee districts
Paddling common outside metro Atlanta
School CP still allowed in 97 Georgia school districts
USA/Schools - November 2013
Wyoming schools can paddle students, but don't
Small state has not abolished CP, but actual usage is close to zero, say officials
Corporal punishment persists in Florida schools
But it is no longer the norm, latest statistics show
USA/Schools - December 2013
Santa Rosa schools still paddling
School CP continues in a Florida district, but some oppose it
ZIMBABWE
Zimbabwe/Judicial - February 2013
Beatrice boy to be caned for fondling girl's boobs
Court orders 15-year-old to receive three strokes
Boy to get three strokes
Caning for youth, 16, who indecently assaulted girl, 12
Teen to be caned for raping niece
14-year-old sentenced to two strokes
Zimbabwe/Judicial - March 2013
Teen to receive strokes for bedding minor
Three strokes of the cane for boy, 16
Zimbabwe/Judicial - May 2013
Boy (6) abused by male neighbour
18-year-old who forced him to take part in oral sex is sentenced to three strokes of the cane
Would-be rapist to get 5 strokes
Magistrate's court orders a caning for boy, 14
Zimbabwe/Judicial - August 2013
Boy (17) convicted of rape
Magistrate orders him to undergo four strokes of the cane
 To view all the above items in a single date sequence for the whole year irrespective of country, with a separate link to each individual item, see News Chronology 2013
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