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- APRIL 23, 2005YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN. COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY AGAINST IMAM
a Yemeni appeals court upheld a death sentence against Ali Ahmed Jarallah, an Islamist imam convicted of murdering a senior opposition leader in 2002.
- APRIL 22, 2005IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. PROSECUTORS DEMAND LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR CORBY
a distraught Schapelle Corby screamed and cried after Balinese prosecutors asked an Indonesian court to convict her and jail her for life.
- APRIL 22, 2005VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL GIVEN DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Nguyen Van Chinh, an Australian man of Vietnamese origin, was sentenced to death in Vietnam for drug trafficking.
- APRIL 22, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER
Saudi Arabia executed Ayed al-Dosari, a convicted Saudi murderer, in the town of Al-Kharj, just south of the capital Riyadh.
- APRIL 22, 2005SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE. GOVERNMENT REJECTS CLEMENCY FOR MAN ON DEATH ROW
Singapore's president rejected an appeal by the teenage children of Shanmugam Murugesu, a 38-year-old man on death row, saying he would not receive clemency and underlining the country's tough stand on drugs trafficking.
- APRIL 22, 2005United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
OHIO, USA. APPEAL SETBACK FOR RICHEY
the decision to overturn the conviction of death row Scot Kenny Richey was to be appealed to the US Supreme Court, prosecutors announced.
- APRIL 22, 2005FranceDEATH PENALTY
VIRGINIA, USA. 9/11 SUSPECT FACES DEATH PENALTY AFTER PLEADING GUILTY
Zacarias Moussaoui, the man who investigators believed could have unraveled the al-Qaida plot before the September 11 2001 attacks, pleaded guilty to terrorism and other charges carrying the death penalty.
- APRIL 21, 2005MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TRAFFICKING
Chong Chee Kong, a 46-year-old man who escaped from remand in Johor in 1989, was sentenced to death by the Malaysian High Court for drug trafficking. Kong, who had been on the run, was caught by police in 2001.
- APRIL 21, 2005MexicoDEATH PENALTY
MEXICO. PARLIAMENT ABOLISHES CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR MILITARY CRIMES
Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies abolished the death penalty for military crimes.
- APRIL 21, 2005CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco reversed Richard Boyde's death sentence
the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco reversed Richard Boyde's death sentence partly because the defense lawyer compared him to Charles Manson during closing arguments in the trial's penalty phase.
APRIL 21, 2005SpainDEATH PENALTYCUBA. OLIVIERO TOSCANI’S EXHIBITION ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN CASTRO’S REGIME OPENS IN BARCELONA
to keep public attention on the plight of political prisoners and the repression of dissent in Cuba two years after the wave of crackdowns, HOC and the ‘Fundació Llibertat i Democràcia’ have promoted an exhibition in Barcelona by Oliviero Toscani entitled
APRIL 21, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA. WEN SAYS COUNTRY WORKING HARD TO RATIFY UN RIGHTS CONVENTION
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao insisted his country had made progress on improving its human rights record and said Beijing was working towards ratifying a UN convention on the issue.