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- APRIL 9, 2005PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. CONVICTS ON DEATH ROW CAN THANK POPE, EDITORIAL
“If nobody has been sent to the lethal-injection chamber since 2001, the convicts can thank Pope John Paul II,” stated an editorial in the Philippine daily the Manilla Standard.
- APRIL 9, 2005UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
UZBEKISTAN. PRESSURE TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY GROWING - WEB SITE EDITORIAL
“According to the Uzbek law-enforcement agencies, 62 convicts were put to death in the country in 2004. As is known, the only two despotic countries in the CIS, Uzbekistan and Belarus, favour keeping the death penalty.
APRIL 9, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTYGENEVA. BRIEFING FOR RELAUNCHING A UN MORATORIUM ON EXECUTIONS
a briefing entitled: “THE ROLE OF THE UN TOWARD ENDING EXECUTIONS - True Stories and Practical Realities in Africa and the U.S.A.”, will be held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on April 12. The event is organized by Hands Off Cain, the Transnational R
APRIL 9, 2005IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. POLITICAL PRISONER FACING IMMINENT EXECUTION
Iran’s Supreme Court upheld the death sentence against Hojjat Zamani, a longtime political prisoner in Iran, making his execution imminent. Zamani, 29 years old, had been imprisoned in the notorious Evin Prison in Tehran since the year 2000 for being a m
- APRIL 8, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. TWO MEN PUT TO DEATH FOR CASH VAN HEIST
Yang Chao, 22, and Sun Feng, 25, were executed after a show trial for killing a cash transport vehicle escort and injuring three others during a 2004 robbery in Panshi in China’s Jilin Province.
- APRIL 8, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. SAUDANESE NATIONAL BEHEADED FOR HASHISH SMUGGLING
a Sudanese man was beheaded in public after being convicted of trying to smuggle hashish into Saudi Arabia, the Interior Ministry said.
- APRIL 8, 2005SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CONCERNED OVER EXECUTION OF FOREIGNERS
Amnesty International bitterly commented the execution of foreigners in Saudi Arabia
- APRIL 8, 2005United NationsDEATH PENALTY
UN. COUNTRIES URGED TO SHED LIGHT ON DEATH PENALTY
Philip Alston, UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, urged countries to remove the "cloak of secrecy" surrounding the death penalty and disclose the number of executions and people on death row. Alston said secrecy unde
- APRIL 8, 2005SpainDEATH PENALTY
SPAIN. MPS URGE PHILIPPINES TO SPARE CONVICTED RAPIST ON DEATH ROW
a delegation of legislators from Spain urged Philippines President Gloria Arroyo on to spare the life of Paco Larranaga, scion of a Spanish-Filipino clan sentenced to death for the rape and murder of two young women.
- APRIL 8, 2005SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
according to Mr Shanmugam Murugesu...
according to Mr Shanmugam Murugesu...
- APRIL 7, 2005ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
a Pima County Superior Court jury gave James Granvil Wallace, 55, 3 death terms
a Pima County Superior Court jury gave James Granvil Wallace, 55, 3 death terms
- APRIL 7, 2005JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. SUPREME COURT GIVES GO-AHEAD TO EXECUTE FIRST DOOMSDAY CULT MEMBER
Japan's Supreme Court rejected an appeal from Kazuaki Okazaki, a former officer of the Aum Supreme Truth doomsday cult, giving the green light for the first execution of a member of the sect that attacked the Tokyo subway with nerve gas in 1995.