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APRIL 6, 2005South KoreaDEATH PENALTYSOUTH KOREA. STATE RIGHTS BODY SUPPORTS ENDING DEATH PENALTY
South Korea's human rights watchdog said it supported a bill before parliament calling for the abolition of the death penalty.
- APRIL 5, 2005FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Glen Ocha was executed in Florida State Prison near Starke
Glen Ocha was executed in Florida State Prison near Starke
- APRIL 5, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. COUNTRY EXECUTES NINE TIMES MORE PEOPLE THAN REST OF WORLD, AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
China accounted for about 90 percent of the 3,797 legally sanctioned executions in 25 countries across the world in 2004, the human rights group Amnesty International said, warning that most of those executed did not have fair trials.
- APRIL 5, 2005Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
PAPUA NEW GUINEA. BISHOP CALLS FOR DEATH FOR GUN-RELATED CRIMES
the head of the Gutnius Lutheran Church, Bishop David Piso, called for capital punishment in Papua New Guinea for people convicted of gun-related offences. Bishop Piso, said the government had been given the power to enforce the law with capital punishmen
- APRIL 5, 2005IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Fabianus Tibo, Dominggus Dasilva and Marinus Riwu were sentenced to death in Indonesia
Fabianus Tibo, Dominggus Dasilva and Marinus Riwu were sentenced to death in Indonesia
- APRIL 5, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, Rezayi Hasan, 37, was executed in Saveh, Iran.
a man, Rezayi Hasan, 37, was executed in Saveh, Iran.
- APRIL 5, 2005TexasDEATH PENALTY
by a 19-12 vote - 2 votes shy of the required two-thirds to bring...
by a 19-12 vote - 2 votes shy of the required two-thirds to bring...
- APRIL 4, 2005GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Superior Court Judge John Lee Parrott overturned the murder conviction
Superior Court Judge John Lee Parrott overturned the murder conviction
- APRIL 4, 2005JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN. COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR ISLAMISTS OVER ATTACK PLOTS
Jordan's state security court upheld death sentences against Abu Hoshar and Osama Sammar, two Islamist militants convicted of plotting attacks against Jewish and Western tourists during millennium celebrations.
- APRIL 4, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. TIBET COURT GIVES DEATH SENTENCE WITH REPRIEVE FOR FUR AND SKIN SMUGGLING OF ENDANGERED SPECIES
the Lhasa City Intermediate People's Court sentenced three people to death with reprieve for smuggling the skins of 1,393 endangered species including the skins of Bangladesh tigers and 581 leopards.
APRIL 4, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA. SIX SOMALI NATIONALS EXECUTED
Saudi Arabia executed a gang of six Somali men convicted of abducting and robbing taxi drivers in the Red Sea port of Jeddah. The six men had lured taxi drivers to a remote spot where they hit them and threatened them with knives before robbing them and t
APRIL 4, 2005Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTYDRC. MAN CONDEMNED TO DEATH OVER KABILA’S MURDER DIES
Nico Bavurha, one of the men sentenced to death in the Democratic Republic of Congo for the assassination of Laurent Kabila, died on April 1 at Mama yemo hospital in Kinshasa where he had been transferred following a long period of illness in prison.