European Union
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- DECEMBER 25, 2005LibyaDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN UNION. EU SAYS LIBYA COURT'S HIV RULING IS GOOD NEWS
the European Union welcomed the Libyan Supreme Court's order to retry five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor sentenced to death for allegedly infecting Libyan children with the HIV virus.
- DECEMBER 20, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN UNION. EU CONDEMNS HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN IRAN
the European Union condemned Iran for continued human rights abuses. In a statement issued by the British presidency, the 25-member bloc said greater respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms was essential to improve relations between the EU and I
- DECEMBER 12, 2005European UnionDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT. EU PARLIAMENT PRES URGES DEATH PENALTY'S GLOBAL ABOLITION
European Parliament president Josep Borrell called on the 76 countries still allowing the death penalty to respect the right to life and end the practice of capital punishment. Borrell said the US was the only democratic state that made "widespread use" o
- DECEMBER 2, 2005JapanDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN UNION. JAPAN TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
the European Union renewed its call on Japan to abolish the death penalty.
- NOVEMBER 17, 2005PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN UNION. EU PASSES RESOLUTION ASKING MERCY FOR SPANIARD ON DEATH ROW
the European Parliament adopted a resolution asking the President of the Philippines, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, to exercise her powers by granting an absolute pardon to European citizen Francisco Larranaga, condemned to death for rape and murder.
- OCTOBER 28, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN UNION: EP CALLS ON CHINA TO CANCEL ALL SENTENCES AGAINST TENZIN DELEK RINPOCHE
in a resolution adopted in Strasbourg, the European Parliament again expressed concern about human rights in China, and in Tibet in particular.
- OCTOBER 12, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN UNION. EU SAYS IRAN HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD DETERIORATING
the European Union severely criticised Iran's human rights record, saying its performance on the death penalty, freedom of expression and religious liberty had deteriorated.
- OCTOBER 10, 2005United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN UNION. EU URGES MALAWI TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
the European Union (EU) urged Malawi to continue its effort to abolish the death sentence saying the fact that the country had not undertaken any execution since 1992 was an important step deserving support.
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2005PolandDEATH PENALTY
POLAND. EUROPEAN OFFICIALS WARN POLAND AGAINST INTRODUCING DEATH PENALTY
European officials said that Poland would be in clear breach of its international commitments if the winners of the parliamentary elections were to reintroduce the death penalty.
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUE TO CONTINUE, EUROPEAN COMMISSION
the European Commission shares in the concern on the human rights situation in Iran, particularly with regards to the death penalty, but does not indent to interrupt the politics of constructive dialogue with the regime.
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2005United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEN UNION. HUMAN RIGHTS CONVENTION SHOULD NOT BLOCK EXPULSIONS, UK HOME MINISTER
British Interior Minister Charles Clarke told EU lawmakers that it was necessary to rethink the European Convention of Human Rights on the ban on extraditing people to countries where they risked torture and execution.
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2005IraqDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN UNION. EU OPPOSES APPLICATION OF DEATH PENALTY IN IRAQ
the European Union adopted a declaration in which it expresses its regret that the death penalty had been applied once more in Iraq.