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- JANUARY 11, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
US Ambassador Harry K Thomas expressed concern at the...
US Ambassador Harry K Thomas expressed concern at the death sentence issued by a Dhaka court to Faisal Alam Ansary, a Bangladesh born US citizen, saying his trial had not been fair and impartial
- JANUARY 11, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Nagar Hossain Bagha, 35, was sentenced to death by...
Nagar Hossain Bagha, 35, was sentenced to death by a court in Barisal, Bangladesh, aftre being found guilty of killing his wife, Solema Begum, 25
- JANUARY 11, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Abdollah Deilami was hanged at Chaharshir Falakeh Square...
Abdollah Deilami was hanged at Chaharshir Falakeh Square in the city of Ahwaz, Iran, before hundreds of residents
- JANUARY 11, 2004DEATH PENALTY
OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma executed Wanda Jean Allen for killing Gloria Leathers her lover, the first woman put to death in the state since 1903 and the first black woman executed in the United States since the 1950s...
- JANUARY 11, 2004United StatesDEATH PENALTY
US Ambassador Harry K Thomas expressed concern at the...
US Ambassador Harry K Thomas expressed concern at the death sentence issued by a Dhaka court to Faisal Alam Ansary, a Bangladesh born US citizen, saying his trial had not been fair and impartial
- JANUARY 10, 2004KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
Kazakh press published a copy of a bill signed by President...
Kazakh press published a copy of a bill signed by President Nursultan Nazarbayev which replaced capital punishment with life imprisonment
- JANUARY 10, 2004DEATH PENALTY
CHINA
10 people were executed in China on the same day
- JANUARY 9, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Three members of a mafia gang and four murderers were...
Three members of a mafia gang and four murderers were executed in two Chinese provinces, Chinese media reported
- JANUARY 9, 2004European UnionDEATH PENALTY
The European Commission welcomed Turkey's signing of...
The European Commission welcomed Turkey's signing of protocol 13 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which obliges countries to abolish the death penalty in all circumstances, including times of conflict
- JANUARY 9, 2004TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The acting UN high commissioner for human rights Bertrand...
The acting UN high commissioner for human rights Bertrand Ramcharan welcomed Turkey's agreement to extend a ban on capital punishment to include times of war
- JANUARY 9, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Lin Guan, a 26 year old elementary school teacher in...
Lin Guan, a 26 year old elementary school teacher in south China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region was sentenced to death by a local court for raping four school girls, aged between nine and twelve
- JANUARY 9, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said she may restore...
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said she may restore the moratorium on the death penalty should the execution of two death row convicts at the end of January serve its purpose of teaching kidnap-for-ransom groups a lesson and deterring crime