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- JUNE 4, 2005AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. RALLY FOR CORBY DEATH SENTENCE
about 40 people picketed in Jakarta, Indonesia, to demand the death sentence for Australian woman Schapelle Corby, in jail for drug trafficking in Bali.
- JUNE 4, 2005MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
MOROCCO. TWO PEOPLE CONDEMNED TO CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR 'PREMEDITATED MURDER'
two members of the terrorist "Alhijra wa takfir" group, belonging to the cell of Nador, North-East Morocco, were sentenced to capital punishment by the Rabat Appellate court. S.L, 41, and H.H, 24, were convicted of ‘premeditated murder’, ‘beheading and h
- JUNE 4, 2005PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. GOVERNMENT SEEKS MERCY FOR DEATH ROW CONVICT IN SAUDI ARABIA
the Philippines asked Saudi Arabia to spare the life of Rey Cortez, a Filipino sentenced to death for murder, the Filipino President Gloria Arroyo's press secretary Ignacio Bunye said.
- JUNE 4, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. MILITANT SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ATTACKS ON SHIAS
a Pakistani court sentenced Islamic militant Gul Hasan to death for masterminding two suicide attacks on minority Shias that killed at least 45 people.
- JUNE 4, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. TRIPURA JAIL MOURNS OVER CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR SAMIR
it was reported that both the prisoners and staff of Agartala Central Jail in India’s Tripura state, were distressed over the death sentence given to Samir Bhaumik, accused of the murder and rape of a minor. West Tripura District & Session Judge Subhash B
JUNE 4, 2005IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. TWO MEN HANGED FOR TRAFFICKING OPIUM
two Iranian men convicted of drug trafficking were hanged in a prison in the southern city of Kerman.
- JUNE 3, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. FORMER CITY POLICE HEAD SENTENCED TO DEATH WITH REPRIEVE
Yang Shihong, a former local Communist Party official, was convicted of corruption and sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve by the Huangshi Municipal Intermediate People's Court in central China's Hubei Province.
- JUNE 3, 2005DelawareDEATH PENALTY
Michael E. Keyser was sentenced to life in prison
Michael E. Keyser was sentenced to life in prison for his role in the September 2003 suffocation of 16-year-old Kimberly Holton.
- JUNE 3, 2005JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. JFBA LAUNCHES SERIES OF PUBLIC HEARINGS ON DEATH PENALTY
the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, the country's largest lawyers' group, had launched a series of public hearings on its proposal to suspend executions while the Diet debated the use of capital punishment.
JUNE 3, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH. BROTHERS HANGED TOGETHER FOR TRIPLE MURDER
two Bangladeshi brothers walked to the gallows together and were hanged simultaneously for the murder of three people.
- JUNE 2, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE, MURDER OF MINOR
a sessions court in New Delhi, India, sentenced to death Satish of Nangla village. He had been charged with the rape and murder of a minor girl of the same village in August 2001.
- JUNE 2, 2005JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESSES JAPAN TO IMPROVE RIGHTS RECORD
Amnesty International called on Japan to abolish the death penalty and improve treatment of refugees and prisoners, saying its bid to join the UN Security Council put it under greater scrutiny.