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- JANUARY 3, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTY
UN CHIEF BACKS CALL AGAINST SADDAM AIDES' EXECUTIONS
UN chief Ban Ki-moon backs the top UN human rights official's call for Iraq to refrain from executing two aides of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein
- JANUARY 3, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALIA. MASTELLA WILL PROPOSE MORATORIUM TO EU MINISTERS
Justice Minister Clemente Mastella wants to bring the important issue of the death penalty to the attention of the European Union.
- JANUARY 2, 2007DEATH PENALTY
ITALY SEEKS UN DEATH PENALTY BAN
Italy will campaign at the United Nations for a global ban on the death penalty, Prime Minister Romano Prodi said, after graphic images of Saddam Hussein's hanging shocked people around the world.
- JANUARY 2, 2007DEATH PENALTY
ITALY. RADICAL PARTY ASKS FOR FORMAL COMMITMENT
on the nonviolent initiative undertaken by Marco Pannella...
- JANUARY 2, 2007GreeceDEATH PENALTY
GREECE. ATHENS BAR ASSOCIATION CALLS FOR WORLDWIDE ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
the Athens Bar Association, on the occasion of the execution of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, stressed the need for the worldwide abolition of the death penalty.
- JANUARY 2, 2007UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. CHRISTIANS CALL ON PRESIDENT MUSEVENI TO ABOLISH CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
a group of born-again Christians in Uganda condemned the killing of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and also appealed to Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni to abolish capital punishment.
- JANUARY 2, 2007Vatican CityDEATH PENALTY
VATICAN DAILY DENOUNCES IMAGES OF SADDAM'S HANGING AS `SPECTACLE'
the Vatican's official newspaper decried media images of Saddam Hussein's hanging as a “spectacle” violating human rights and harming efforts to promote reconciliation in Iraq. The Vatican, which opposes the death penalty...
- JANUARY 2, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTY
NEW UN CHIEF KEEPS DISTANCE FROM DEATH PENALTY BAN
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon departed from the traditional UN opposition to the death penalty...
- JANUARY 2, 2007CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Los Angeles jurors have recommended the death penalty...
Los Angeles jurors have recommended the death penalty...
- JANUARY 2, 2007New JerseyDEATH PENALTY
after extensive public hearings...
after extensive public hearings...
- JANUARY 2, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified as Nasser Batemani...
a man, identified as Nasser Batemani...
- JANUARY 1, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. PRESIDENT OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION MAKES APPEAL FOR AMINA
President of the Italian Senate’s Human Rights Commission, Enrico Pianetta (Forza Italia), appealed to Yemen’s President, Ali Abdallah Saleh, for immediate clemency to be granted to Amina Ali Abdulatif Al Tuhaif, sentenced to death in Yemen for having par