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APRIL 12, 2005BahrainDEATH PENALTYBAHRAIN. 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 11, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CANADA. COURT AGAIN REJECTS REFUGEE STATUS FOR CHINESE FUGITIVE
the federal appeals court in British Columbia province, Canada, affirmed a lower court's February 2004 decision to refuse refugee status refused to Lai Changxing, a Chinese man considered China's most wanted fugitive.
- APRIL 11, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
Kerman’s court Judge Amiri Tabar had sentenced two young men to death
Kerman’s court Judge Amiri Tabar had sentenced two young men to death
APRIL 11, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH. SIX PERSONS SENTENCED TO DEATH
six people were sentenced to death in Bangladesh, in three separate cases. Four men were sentenced to death in Dhaka for the murder of police officer Mizanur Rahman in January 2004.
APRIL 11, 2005IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. TWO MEN HANGED FOR MURDER
two Iranian men were hanged in prison in Yasooj, southwestern Iran, for murdering three people in a fight.
- APRIL 10, 2005CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
in Colusa, a jury recommended death for Andrew Hampton Mickel, 26.
in Colusa, a jury recommended death for Andrew Hampton Mickel, 26.
- APRIL 10, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. ONE TO DIE AND FOUR TO GO TO JAIL FOR MURDER
Khokon Bepari, 26, was condemned to death by the Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal of Barisal, Bangladesh, after being found guilty of murder.
- APRIL 10, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudis execute six men without sentence
Abshir Hassan, a 29 year old London man, accused Saudi Arabia of executing his brother, Abdul Fattah, and five other Somalis on April 1 without ever telling them that they had been condemned to death.
APRIL 10, 2005IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ. NEW PRESIDENT OPPOSED TO SADDAM DEATH SENTENCE
Iraq's new president, Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani, hinted in an interview that he opposed the idea of ousted dictator Saddam Hussein being sentenced to death.
- APRIL 9, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. THREE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH
three people were sentenced to death in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, in two separate murder cases.
- APRIL 9, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. PUBLIC OUTCRY GROWING OVER PUNISHMENT, TORTURE OF SUSPECTS
it was reported that an unusual heated public debate had engulfed China over the wrongful conviction of a man for murder.
- APRIL 9, 2005JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. DALAI LAMA CALLS FOR ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama called for the abolition of the death penalty. On the second day of a visit to Japan which had been condemned by China, the Dalai Lama told a crowd of hundreds in Tokyo that criminals should be treated with “