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- DECEMBER 29, 2003AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The Afghan ambassador to Australia strongly denied...
The Afghan ambassador to Australia strongly denied suggestions that asylum seekers sent home had been killed, and threatened legal action against those making such claims
- DECEMBER 29, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Outspoken UK MP Desmond Swayne is leading the call...
Outspoken UK MP Desmond Swayne is leading the call for the restoration of the death penalty following the cold-blooded killing of a traffic police officer
- DECEMBER 29, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
The Nyala criminal court in Sudan sentenced Sanousi...
The Nyala criminal court in Sudan sentenced Sanousi Alhaj Ismaeal, a 27 year-old merchant from Hey Alwihda in Nyala, to death by hanging after convicting him for murder under Article 130 of the Penal Code (1991)
- DECEMBER 28, 2003RussiaDEATH PENALTY
An international human rights group asked the Russian...
An international human rights group asked the Russian prosecutor-general not to extradite three Tajik nationals arrested by Russian security forces earlier in 2003
- DECEMBER 28, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's announcement that it had approved equal blood-money...
Iran's announcement that it had approved equal blood-money for Muslims and non-Muslim nationals was cheerfully acclaimed by the country's religious minorities
- DECEMBER 28, 2003TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
An international human rights group asked the Russian...
An international human rights group asked the Russian prosecutor-general not to extradite three Tajik nationals arrested by Russian security forces earlier in 2003
- DECEMBER 27, 2003JapanDEATH PENALTY
Mamoru Takuma, who was earlier in 2003 sentenced to...
Mamoru Takuma, who was earlier in 2003 sentenced to death for murdering eight children at an elementary school in Osaka Prefecture in 2001, married a female supporter after his sentence was finalized
- DECEMBER 27, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
The Expediency Council (EC) approved a Majlis bill...
The Expediency Council (EC) approved a Majlis bill on equal "blood-money", or diyeh, for Muslim and non-Muslim Iranian nationals
- DECEMBER 27, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Farid Soleymani, member of the National Council of...
Farid Soleymani, member of the National Council of Iranian Resistance, political front of the armed opposition Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization [MKO], said that the Iraqi Governing Council's decision to expel MKO members from Iraqi territory is "illegitimat
- DECEMBER 27, 2003New ZealandDEATH PENALTY
A Herald-DigiPoll survey of 400 people in New Zealand...
A Herald-DigiPoll survey of 400 people in New Zealand showed the majority support the death penalty if Saddam Hussein is found guilty of the murders attributed to his regime
- DECEMBER 26, 2003CanadaDEATH PENALTY
(continued from above) The sudden public interest -...
(continued from above) The sudden public interest - news of the group's plans has made headlines in Canada - has surprised some Muslims who say they already used sharia in divorce arbitration and other disputes
- DECEMBER 26, 2003CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Some Canadian Muslims will soon be able to use an Islamic...
Some Canadian Muslims will soon be able to use an Islamic tribunal to arbitrate civil disputes, bringing Muslim sharia law to a largely secular society and raising concerns about the extent to which it might be applied