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- JULY 12, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
EU. THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE CONDEMNS CHINA ON HUMAN AND RELIGIOUS RIGHTS
the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee has, with a wide majority, adopted a report on relations between the European Union and China which asks Beijing for greater respect of human rights, religious freedom and freedom of information.
- JUNE 19, 2006ItalyDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. ‘NO TO THE DEATH PENALTY FOR SADDAM HUSSEIN’, CAPPATO
“The request put forward by prosecutors to sentence Saddam Hussein to death will not bring justice to the genocides, torture and to the atrocious crimes against the Iraqi population committed by the former Baghdad strongman”.
- JUNE 15, 2006North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
EU. EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PASSES RESOLUTION ON N. KOREAN HUMAN RIGHTS
the European Parliament adopted a resolution urging North Korea to improve its human rights conditions in a plenary session held at the French city of Strasbourg.
- JUNE 8, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN UNION. EU HAILS END OF DEATH PENALTY IN PHILIPPINES, PRESSES OTHERS
the European Commission welcomed the adoption of a bill by Philippine legislators to abolish capital punishment, saying it hoped other countries in the region would follow suit.
- MAY 26, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN UNION. EU PRESSES CHINA ON TORTURE, DEATH PENALTY
the European Union pressed China about its use of torture and the death penalty as EU and Chinese officials wrapped up two days of meetings on human rights issues.
- MAY 20, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
EU. EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT SEEKS MERCY FOR BRITON IN PAKISTAN
the European Parliament wrote to Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf asking him to spare the life of a British man due to hang in June for the murder of a taxi driver 18 years ago.
- MAY 5, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. EU PRESIDENCY EXPRESSES SERIOUS CONCERN ABOUT IRAN’S HUMAN RIGHTS
in a statement from Austria's government, which holds the rotating EU presidency, the 25-nation bloc said it was particularly worried about 10 executions carried out at Iran's Evin prison on April 19 and the indictment of human rights defender Abdolfattah
- APRIL 4, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN UNION. EU HAILS PHILIPPINE LEADER'S RESTRAINT ON CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
the European Union welcomed Philippine President Gloria Arroyo's decision to commute the sentences of dozens of inmates on death row.
- FEBRUARY 14, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN UNION. MARCO PANNELLA DEPOSITS PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION ON CHINA’S RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION
Hands Off Cain President and MEP Marco Pannella deposited a question to the European Parliament regarding the violation of human rights and religious repression perpetrated in China commencing with the case of Gao Zhisheng, a lawyer who for years has take
- JANUARY 25, 2006New JerseyDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN UNION. EU PRESIDENT AUSTRIA WELCOMES US DEATH PENALTY DECISION
EU Council President Austria welcomed a decision by the US state of New Jersey to suspend the death penalty.
- JANUARY 17, 2006MexicoDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN UNION. EU WELCOMES ABOLISHMENT OF DEATH PENALTY IN MEXICO
in a statement issued on behalf of the EU by the Austrian Presidency on the full abolition of the death penalty in Mexico...
- JANUARY 10, 2006KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN UNION. EU SUPPORTS KYRGYZ MORATORIUM ON DEATH PENALTY
the European Union has welcomed Kyrgyzstan's decision to prolong its moratorium on the death penalty.