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- MARCH 30, 2004United NationsDEATH PENALTY
Myanmar agreed to review death sentences handed to...
Myanmar agreed to review death sentences handed to three men over contacts with the International Labour Organisation (ILO), saying the court's decision was flawed, the ILO said
- MARCH 29, 2004Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Papua New Guinea was looking at the possibility of...
Papua New Guinea was looking at the possibility of adopting death penalty laws used in Singapore
- MARCH 29, 2004Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Ben Simakot, convicted of raping a mother and then...
Ben Simakot, convicted of raping a mother and then bludgeoned her and her two-year-old son to death with an iron bar, was sentenced to death in Vanimo, Papua New Guinea
- MARCH 29, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Ilyas Sheikh, 30, was sentenced to death in absentia...
Ilyas Sheikh, 30, was sentenced to death in absentia by a court in Bagerhat, Bangladesh, for killing his elder brother at Chandipur in the Moralganj district
- MARCH 29, 2004Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
Three people in Myanmar were convicted of high treason...
Three people in Myanmar were convicted of high treason and sentenced to death for having contacts with the UN's International Labor Organization, according to the ILO
- MARCH 29, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A court in Karachi, Pakistan, convicted and sentenced...
A court in Karachi, Pakistan, convicted and sentenced to death Zulfiqar Ali for fatally shooting two police officers outside the US consulate in Karachi
- MARCH 28, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
Saddam Hussein will hang, the British envoy to Iraq,...
Saddam Hussein will hang, the British envoy to Iraq, Sir Jeremy Greenstock, predicted as he left the country
- MARCH 28, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The need for abolishing the death penalty was emphasised...
The need for abolishing the death penalty was emphasised at a meeting organised by the Society for Community Organisation Trust (SOCO)
- MARCH 28, 2004CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
The oldest person on death row in California, Raymond...
The oldest person on death row in California, Raymond Fredrick Johns, died of natural causes Sunday morning, said Vernell Crittendon, spokesman for San Quentin State Prison
- MARCH 27, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Madras High Court, India, commuted the death sentence...
The Madras High Court, India, commuted the death sentence of 32 year old Marimuthu into life imprisonment
- MARCH 27, 2004DEATH PENALTY
BHUTAN. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT ABOLISHED
March 27, 2004: it was reported by BBC Monitoring South Asia that on March 20 the King of Bhutan issued a royal decree abolishing capital punishment in the kingdom
- MARCH 26, 2004PolandDEATH PENALTY
More than three-quarters of Poles questioned in a poll...
More than three-quarters of Poles questioned in a poll by the CBOS opinion center thought the death penalty should be reintroduced for the most serious crimes