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- APRIL 17, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. MAN BEHEADED FOR KILLING TWO INDIANS, PAKISTANI
Saudi Arabia executed Abdul-Rahman bin Sultan al-Otaibi
- APRIL 17, 2005UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
UZBEKISTAN. OPPOSITION ACTIVIST EXECUTED IN SECRET, UN MAKES INQUIRIES
the United Nations human rights committee addressed Uzbekistan's government in order to receive clarifications regarding the case of Akhrorkhuzha Tolipkhuzhayev, an Uzbeki who was secretly executed on March 1.
- APRIL 16, 2005BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
CARIBBEAN. LEADERS INAUGURATE OWN COURT OF JUSTICE
Caribbean leaders inaugurated a court that would serve as the highest judicial body for much of the region, a step toward shedding their 170-year-old dependence on Britain's Privy Council that many had resented as a vestige of colonialism.
- APRIL 16, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. 22 ON DEATH ROW FOR AWAMI LEADER KILLING
a Bangladesh court sentenced 22 people to death and six others to life in jail for killing Opposition lawmaker Ahsanullah Master. Ahsanullah, a senior member of Bangladesh’s main Opposition Awami League, and a young man were killed when a group of armed m
- APRIL 16, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. ONE TO DIE FOR MURDER
Dr Shamsul Huda of Kalavi union in Pirgacha, Bangladesh, was sentenced to death in Rangpur for the murder of a girl.
- APRIL 16, 2005St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
ST LUCIA. COUNTRY MAY RESUME HANGINGS, EDITORIAL
as St Lucia authorities continue to search for answers to the country's escalating murder/homicide rate, there is good indication that there will be a resumption of hangings.
- APRIL 16, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN HANGED IN PUBLIC FOR RAPE, MINOR REPRIEVED
Mousa Ali Mohammadik, an Iranian convicted of raping and abducting more than 40 schoolgirls, was hanged in public but his accomplice teenage son was reprieved.
- APRIL 15, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TEENAGER FACING EXECUTION FOR CRIME COMMITTED AS MINOR
a teenager was sentenced to death for a crime he was alleged to have committed when he was 17 years old, according to the Ettemad daily.
- APRIL 15, 2005PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. PRESIDENT BACKS DEATH PENALTY FOR SMUGGLERS
President Arroyo certified as urgent a bill seeking to impose the death penalty on convicted smugglers.
- APRIL 15, 2005SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE. GOVERNMENT DENIES AMNESTY ACTIVIST CHANCE TO SPEAK AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
Singapore refused to allow an official from Amnesty International to speak at a forum on the death penalty.
- APRIL 15, 2005South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Richard Longworth, 36, was executed.
Richard Longworth, 36, was executed.
- APRIL 14, 2005CubaDEATH PENALTY
U.N. RIGHTS BODY KEEPS PRESSURE ON CUBA
the United Nations top human rights body backed a call by the United States to keep pressure on Cuba by renewing the mandate of a special investigator into alleged abuse there.