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- 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.
- APRIL 14, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN PUBLICLY HANGED FOR ROBBING BANK
Iran publicly hanged Ghobad Siah-Mansour, a serial bank robber who killed a policeman during a clash with security forces.
- APRIL 14, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. EP CALLS FOR END TO EXTRA-JUDICIAL EXECUTIONS
the EP adopted a resolution calling on the Bangladeshi government to bring an end the “Rapid Response Battalion” paramilitary operations against organised crime, which had been carrying out extra-judicial executions (more than “40 death in ambushes” a mon
- APRIL 14, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER
the Supreme Court of India upheld the death penalty imposed by a trial court in Assam on Holiram Bordoloi, “a village leader who killed three people to show his supremacy among others”.
- APRIL 14, 2005IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. GOVERNMENT URGED TO SAVE TWO WOMEN FROM GALLOWS IN SINGAPORE
Chairman of the North Sumatra Provincial Legislative Assembly (DPRD) Muhammad Nuh asked the Indonesian government to immediately save two Indonesian migrant workers in Singapore, Siti Aminah and Juminem, who were on death row for having murdered their bos
- APRIL 14, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
NORTH KOREA. COUNTRY MUST COOPERATE TO IMPROVE 'ABYSMAL' RECORD, HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged North Korea to cooperate with the UN to improve its "abysmal" human rights record and called on China to stop sending refugees back to the Stalinist country.
- APRIL 14, 2005North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
UN. Commission on human rights urges halt to North Korea abuse, vows international pressure
the UN Human Rights Commission adopted by a large majority a resolution expressing deep concern about torture, public executions, internment of civilians and the "extensive use of forced labour" in North Korea.
- APRIL 14, 2005UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY, PRISONS CHIEF PLEADS
Joseph Etima, the outgoing Commissioner General of Uganda Prisons, urged the Constitutional Court to declare the death penalty illegal.
- APRIL 14, 2005United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA. LETHAL INJECTION EXECUTION 'CRUEL', RESEARCHERS
American researchers have called for a halt to lethal injection, the most common method of execution in the United States, because it is not always a humane and painless way to die.
- APRIL 13, 2005CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
a jury recommended the death penalty for a man
a jury recommended the death penalty for a man
- APRIL 13, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. COURT BANS EXTORTED EVIDENCE
a Chinese court ruled evidence obtained through police torture and threats as inadmissible.
- APRIL 13, 2005UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
UZBEKISTAN. EU CALLS ON TASHKENT TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
the European Union called on the Uzbek government to abolish the death penalty, European Commission Deputy Director General for External Relations Michael Leigh told a press conference in Tashkent.