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- AUGUST 2, 2005ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
ZIMBABWE. GOVT WITHDRAWS TREASON CHARGES AGAINST OPPOSITION LEADER
Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was cleared of treason charges carrying a possible death sentence, which he described as a desperate ploy by the government to sideline its bitterest critic.
- AUGUST 2, 2005MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. NIGERIAN WOMAN LOSES DRUG APPEAL, TO FACE DEATH
Malaysia’s highest court has sentenced a Nigerian mother of five to death after refusing to overturn her drug trafficking conviction, a newspaper reported.
- AUGUST 2, 2005DEATH PENALTY
Gerhard "Chip" Hojan, 30, was sent to death row for killing 2 waitressesn
Gerhard "Chip" Hojan, 30, was sent to death row for killing 2 waitressesn Barbara Nunn and Christina De La Rosa during a robbery.
- AUGUST 2, 2005GuineaDEATH PENALTY
GUINEA. MINISTER SAYS MURDERERS TO BE "PHYSICALLY LIQUIDATED"
the Guinean minister of security, Ousmane Camara, held a press conference and warned that from now on, murderers would face life imprisonment or be executed – “physically liquidated”.
- AUGUST 2, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. MAN HANGED IN SAHIWAL JAIL
Iqbal Bali, a man whose execution had been postponed on July 6, was hanged in Sahiwal Central jail, Pakistan.
- AUGUST 1, 2005UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
UZBEKISTAN WILL ANNUL CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN 2008
President Islam Karimov has signed a decree cancelling the death penalty in Uzbekistan.
- AUGUST 1, 2005PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
in Philadelphia U.S. District Judge J. Curtis Joyner has vacated the death sentence of Saharis Rollins.
in Philadelphia U.S. District Judge J. Curtis Joyner has vacated the death sentence of Saharis Rollins.
- JULY 31, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. ELEVEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
eleven persons, including two young women, were sentenced to death for the murder of a business tycoon of old Dhaka city, Mohamed Alam.
- JULY 31, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
HOLLAND-SWEDEN. GAY EXTRADITIONS TO IRAN BLOCKED
the Netherlands has become the second country to halt extraditions of gays to Iran in the wake of reports two gay teens were hanged after being found found "guilty of homosexuality".
- JULY 31, 2005IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. ASSEMBLY CHIEF CALLS FOR DEATH PENALTY FOR GRAFT OFFENCES
the head of Indonesia's People's Consultative Assembly, Hidayat Nurwahid, called for tough punishment including the death penalty to eradicate deep-rooted corruption in the country.
- JULY 31, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
according to the ”Iranian Human Rights Activist Groups in EU and North America...
according to the ”Iranian Human Rights Activist Groups in EU and North America...
- JULY 30, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN TO GO GALLOWS FOR MURDER
Kudrat Ullah, 25, and his accomplice Mohammad Yahya, 30, were sentenced to death by a District and Sessions court in Sylhet, Bangladesh, for the murder of a neighbour in a dispute in Sripur in 2003.