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- JUNE 22, 2005KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
UNITED NATIONS. UN HUMAN RIGHTS, REFUGEE CHIEFS URGE KYRGYZSTAN TO PROTECT UZBEKS
Louise Arbour, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and Antonio Guterres, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, urged Kyrgyzstan to grant protection to people who had fled unrest in neighbouring Uzbekistan. Arbour and Guterres also said that Uzbekis
- JUNE 13, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
UNITED NATIONS. UN RIGHTS ENVOY ASKS CHINA TO AID NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES
China should stop repatriating North Koreans who flee their country and give them refugee status instead, Vitit Muntarbhorn, UN special rapporteur on human rights in North Korea, said.
- MAY 12, 2005UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. COUNTRY ACCUSED OF OPERATING SAFE HOUSES FOR TORTURE
the United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT) asked Uganda to explain its continued use of torture chambers commonly referred to as safe houses.
- MAY 9, 2005SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE. LAWYER TO CALL ON UN TO HELP SAVE DEATH ROW INMATE
lawyer M. Ravi said he would appeal to the United Nations in a last-ditch attempt to save his client Shanmugam Murugesu from being executed in Singapore for drug smuggling.
- APRIL 20, 2005United NationsDEATH PENALTY
GENEVA. CHR APPROVES RESOLUTION CALLING FOR MORATORIUM AND ABOLITION
the UN Commission on Human Rights has approved a resolution calling on states to abolish the death penalty and in the meantime to establish a moratorium on executions, for the eighth consecutive year.
- APRIL 18, 2005Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
GENEVA. EX DEATH ROW INMATE MAKES PLEA FOR A UN MORATORIUM ON EXECUTIONS
Jean de Dieu Muzaliwa Maroy, former death row inmate in the Democratic Republic of Congo, intervened at the UN Comission on Human Rights representing Hands Off Cain and the Transnational Radical Party.
- APRIL 17, 2005UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
UZBEKISTAN. OPPOSITION ACTIVIST EXECUTED IN SECRET, UN MAKES INQUIRIES
the United Nations human rights committee addressed Uzbekistan's government in order to receive clarifications regarding the case of Akhrorkhuzha Tolipkhuzhayev, an Uzbeki who was secretly executed on March 1.
- APRIL 14, 2005North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
UN. Commission on human rights urges halt to North Korea abuse, vows international pressure
the UN Human Rights Commission adopted by a large majority a resolution expressing deep concern about torture, public executions, internment of civilians and the "extensive use of forced labour" in North Korea.
- APRIL 9, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
GENEVA. BRIEFING FOR RELAUNCHING A UN MORATORIUM ON EXECUTIONS
a briefing entitled: “THE ROLE OF THE UN TOWARD ENDING EXECUTIONS - True Stories and Practical Realities in Africa and the U.S.A.”, will be held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on April 12. The event is organized by Hands Off Cain, the Transnational R
- APRIL 8, 2005United NationsDEATH PENALTY
UN. COUNTRIES URGED TO SHED LIGHT ON DEATH PENALTY
Philip Alston, UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, urged countries to remove the "cloak of secrecy" surrounding the death penalty and disclose the number of executions and people on death row. Alston said secrecy unde
- MARCH 24, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
there are several aspects of particular concern in China...
there are several aspects of particular concern in China...
- MARCH 15, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
UN. ITALIAN UNDERSECRETARY BONIVER CONDEMNS TORTURE
speaking at the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, holding its annual meet in Geneva, Italian Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Margherita Boniver condemned torture stating that “no economic, political, cultural, social or religious reason can ju