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- JULY 5, 2005United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
UK. FOREIGN OFFICE UNABLE TO HAND OVER SADDAM EVIDENCE
it was reported that British Ministers were refusing to hand over evidence of Saddam Hussein's war crimes to Iraqi prosecutors - for fear of breaching his human rights.
- JULY 5, 2005LiberiaDEATH PENALTY
LIBERIA. DEATH PENALTY FOR RITUALISTIC KILLERS, CHAIRMAN BRYANT
the Chairman of the Transitional Government Charles Gyude Bryant disclosed that under the transitional arrangement, there would be no room for impunity for any Liberian engaging in ritualistic activities when found guilty.
- JULY 5, 2005JapanDEATH PENALTY
SUPPORTERS PETITION FOR RETRIAL OF BOXER 25 YEARS ON DEATH ROW
supporters of Iwao Hakamada, a former professional boxer who had been on death row for 25 years handed the Japanese Supreme Court a petition with 2,880 signatures demanding a retrial.
- JULY 5, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Sultan al-Laqmani, a saudi national, was hanged in the city of Medina
Sultan al-Laqmani, a saudi national, was hanged in the city of Medina
JULY 5, 2005IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. COUPLE HANGED FOR MURDER
an Iranian couple, Roya, 28, and Mohammad, 30, accused of murder were hanged at dawn in the main prison in Isfahan (central Iran), according to a state-run daily.
JULY 5, 2005RussiaDEATH PENALTYRUSSIA. SUPPORT FOR CAPITAL PUNISHMENT DECREASING, POLL
the number of supporters of capital punishment in Russia is steady on the descent, a Levada Center opinion poll found in the middle of June, having questioned 1,600 Russian men and women in 128 cities and communities in 46 regions.
JULY 5, 2005IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. MAN CONVICTED OF RAPE HANGED IN PUBLIC
an Iranian man convicted of rape was hanged in public in Salmas, northwestern Azarbaijan province, the Shargh daily reported.
- JULY 4, 2005ThailandDEATH PENALTY
THAILAND. DOCTOR VISUT SENTENCED TO DEATH
the Thai Appeals Court ruled that Doctor Visut Boonkasemsanti was to be put to death for killing his wife, Mrs. Phassaporn, who disappeared in early 2001.
JULY 4, 2005Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA. FIVE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING JUDGE
five men were sentenced to hang for killing Sarath Ambepitiya, a Sri Lankan judge who had handed down heavy sentences on gangsters.
JULY 4, 2005MoroccoDEATH PENALTYMOROCCO. TWO RADICAL ISLAMISTS SENTENCED TO DEATH
a Moroccan court sentenced two radical Islamists to death and jailed four of their followers for life on charges that included killing five Moroccans, one of them Jewish.
JULY 4, 2005AlgeriaDEATH PENALTYALGERIA. 7 FUGITIVES SENTENCED TO DEATH
an Algerian criminal court sentenced to death in absentia seven Islamic gunmen belonging to the radical Salafi Movement for Daawa and Fighting.
- JULY 3, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. KURDISH SINGER THREATENED WITH STONING
Nazi Azizi, a female poet from the Iranian city of Mahabad, was summoned by Iranian intelligence services for investigation and was told that she could no longer sing or write poems.