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- APRIL 13, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. THREE FAMILY MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN TRIPLE MURDER CASE
a local court in Sonepat, India, sentenced three members of a family to death in a triple murder case.
- APRIL 13, 2005AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
AUSTRALIA. DEATH THREAT AGAINST INDONESIAN CONSUL STAFF OVER DEATH PENALTY CASE
Australian police were investigating a threat to kill staff at Perth's Indonesian consulate unless Schapelle Corby, an Australian woman on trial for drug trafficking in Bali, was released immediately.
- APRIL 13, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
NACDL. 2005 SPRING MEETING AND THE DEATH PENALTY
the NACDL's Spring Meeting will be held in New York from April 14 to April 17, 2005. An important occasion to be involved in the ever-expanding International Criminal Law arena.
- APRIL 13, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Muhammad Rafiq, 27, was hanged in new Central Jail in Multan, Pakistan, for the murder of an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) of the police force.
Muhammad Rafiq, 27, was hanged in new Central Jail in Multan, Pakistan, for the murder of an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) of the police force.
- APRIL 13, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, known as Raoof, was executed in Alivaz, Iran.
a man, known as Raoof, was executed in Alivaz, Iran.
- APRIL 12, 2005TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
Devin Banks, 21, was sentenced to death
Devin Banks, 21, was sentenced to death
- APRIL 12, 2005BahrainDEATH PENALTY
BAHRAIN. PARLIAMENT PRESENTED WITH ANTI-TERROR LAW
Bahrain's government presented parliament with an anti-terrorism law stipulating death for "terrorist" acts, following a rise in militant violence in the oil-rich Gulf Arab region, state media and MPs said.
- APRIL 12, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF WIFE
Abdul Kader was sentenced to death by a court in Laxmipur, Bangladesh, for the murder of his wife, 19-year old Peara Begum, at Charmartin village in the Ramgati district on September 4, 2000.
- APRIL 12, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. COUNTRY ACCUSED OF CRUSHING CAMPAIGN AGAINST MUSLIM UIGHURS
China was directing a crushing campaign of religious repression against Muslim Uighurs in the name of anti-separatism and counter-terrorism, a report by Human Rights Watch and Human Rights in China said.
- APRIL 12, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. CAMPAIGN AGAINST DEATH PENALTY GAINS SUPPORT
the film actors Murali and K.B. Ganesh Kumar, MLA, were among those who had signed the human rights memorial mass memorandum against death penalty in India.
- APRIL 12, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
FORMER POLICE CHIEF AND OTHERS TO DEATH
Guangan City Intermediate People's Court, sentenced Xiong Qiang, Wang Bo, Li Yong and Cha Wanqing to death and sentenced Zhang Jingsong and Jiang Chunlin to death with reprieve. Yang Zhiquan and nine others were sentenced to life imprisonment.
- APRIL 12, 2005New YorkDEATH PENALTY
NEW YORK, USA. LAWMAKERS VOTE NOT TO REINSTATE CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
a legislative committee rejected a bill on April 12 aimed at reinstating the state's death penalty, which a court had suspended last year.