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SEPTEMBER 7, 2005TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN. COUNTRY TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian vowed to the abolish death penalty so that Taiwan could become a country founded on the basis of human rights.
SEPTEMBER 7, 2005United KingdomDEATH PENALTYEUROPEN 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 6, 2005IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. ANTI-TERROR LAWS DEBATED THAT COULD INTRODUCE DEATH PENALTY FOR WIDE RANGE OF OFFENCES
Iraqi MPs debated sweeping anti-terror legislation that would make even crimes such as vandalism subject to the death penalty in a bid to quell the raging insurgency.
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. INDIAN NATIONAL ON DEATH ROW IN PAKISTAN TO BE SPARED, REPORT
Islamabad assured New Delhi that Sarabjit Singh, an Indian sentenced to be hanged in Pakistan on bombing and spying charges, would be reprieved, the Hindu newspaper said.
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
India. Amnesty protests death penalty
Human rights campaign group Amnesty International called on India to abolish the death penalty, a day before European Union officials were due to meet Indian leaders at a summit to be held in New Delhi.
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2005PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. DEATH FOR 4 IN BUSINESSWOMAN'S ABDUCTION
four out of 14 people accused of abducting Chinese-Filipino businesswoman Michelle Siu Ragos were sentenced to death, seven others were sentenced to life, while three were acquitted, according to a decision by Judge Bonifacio Sanz Maceda of the Las Piñas
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2005MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Malaysia. Man escapes gallows on appeal
a Court of Appeal in Malaysia allowed Mohd Fauzi Ridzwan's appeal against a High Court conviction for trafficking in 4.5kg of ganja.
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2005PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. DEATH FOR 4 IN BUSINESSWOMAN'S ABDUCTION
four out of 14 people accused of abducting Chinese-Filipino businesswoman Michelle Siu Ragos were sentenced to death, seven others were sentenced to life, while three were acquitted, according to a decision by Judge Bonifacio Sanz Maceda of the Las Piñas
SEPTEMBER 6, 2005IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ. SADDAM SHOULD BE EXECUTED 20 TIMES A DAY, TALABANI SAYS
ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein "confessed" to releasing orders for executions and a campaign against Kurds in which thousands of people are said to have been killed, President Jalal Talabani said.
SEPTEMBER 6, 2005NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA. 2,987 PEOPLE KILLED UNLAWFULLY IN 2004
the Nigeria Police Forces were indicted as major perpetrators in a rising incidence of unlawful killings in the country, with over 2,980 people killed in 2004, a figure which represented a 400 per cent increase over a corresponding figure of 756 extra-jud
SEPTEMBER 6, 2005AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYIRAN SENTENCES MAN TO EXECUTION, WOMAN TO FLOGGING AND JAIL
a court in Iran sentenced a woman to 100 lashes and 15 years jail time and an Afghan man to execution on charges of murder, Persian-language websites reported.
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2005PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. REPEAL OF DEATH PENALTY URGED
despite the death penalty, at least 18 murders were being committed every day in the Philippines.