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- NOVEMBER 3, 2005BrazilDEATH PENALTY
UNITED NATIONS. UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE RAPS BRAZIL FOR TORTURE, KILLINGS
the UN Human Rights Committee urged Brazil to stamp out extra-judicial killings and the use of torture and other alleged abuses by law enforcement officials.
- OCTOBER 18, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
NEW YORK. PRESENTATION OF THE DEATH PENALTY WORLDWIDE 2005 REPORT
Hands Off Cain, together with the Transnational Radical Party and the National Association for Criminal Defence Lawyers, presented its 2005 Report - The Death Penalty Worldwide at UN Headquarters in New York.
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2005BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
BULGARIA. BULGARIA SEEKS UN HELP TO FREE NURSES CONDEMNED IN LIBYA
Bulgaria asked the World Health Organization for help in securing the release of five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death in Libya being convicted of purposely infecting children there with HIV-tainted blood.
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2005CroatiaDEATH PENALTY
UN TRIBUNAL TRANSFERS FIRST CASES TO CROATIA
the U.N. war crimes tribunal in The Hague decided to transfer to Croatia the cases of two generals charged with killing Serb civilians in 1993, the first such referral to Croatia by the court.
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2005IraqDEATH PENALTY
UNITED NATIONS. UN REGRETS IRAQ'S USE OF DEATH PENALTY
reacting to the Iraqi Government's decision to execute by hanging three men accused of kidnapping, killing and rape, the United Nations Assistance Mission for the country (UNAMI) urged that future death penalty sentences be commuted.
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF CALLS ON CHINA TO RELEASE DATA ON EXECUTIONS
the United Nation's human rights chief, Louise Arbour, has said she is "guardedly optimistic" that China is making progress on human rights. But she questioned Beijing's widespread use of the death penalty, warning that some of those being executed mig
- AUGUST 20, 2005IraqDEATH PENALTY
UNITED NATIONS. ENVOY URGES IRAQ TO RECONSIDER DEATH PENALTY
Ashraf Qazi, special representative of UN secretary general Kofi Annan, urged Iraq to reconsider carrying out the first executions since the 2003 overthrow of former dictator Saddam Hussein.
- AUGUST 4, 2005BurundiDEATH PENALTY
BURUNDI. UN REPORTS 34 SUMMARY EXECUTIONS IN BURUNDI IN JULY
the United Nations announced in Bujumbura that a total of 34 summary executions of civilians reportedly occurred in Burundi just in July 2005.
- JULY 14, 2005United NationsDEATH PENALTY
UNITED NATIONS. COUNTRIES RETAINING DEATH PENALTY FAIL TO GIVE DETAILS OF EXECUTIONS, UN SAYS
despite calls to countries retaining capital punishment to be transparent about their executions, United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan's latest report on the use of the death penalty worldwide laments the absence of a full accounting for death sent
- JULY 13, 2005SudanDEATH PENALTY
UN. UNICEF CALLS ON SUDAN TO ELIMINATE DEATH PENALTY FOR CHILDREN UNDER 18
while lauding Sudan for including provisions in its new constitution that strengthen the rights of children and women, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) called for the elimination of exceptions allowing the death penalty for youngsters under 18.
- JULY 8, 2005NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA. MAN FACES DEATH FOR SODOMY IN SHARIA CASE, UN
Philip Alston, the UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions raised the alarm over the case of a man who was on death row in northern Nigeria awaiting execution by stoning after a Sharia court found him guilty of sodomy.
- JULY 8, 2005NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
STOP THE POLICE KILLINGS, UN EXPERT TELLS NIGERIA
Nigeria must act to stop police escaping with the murder of innocent people by claiming their victims were armed robbers, the UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Philip Alston, said.