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- NOVEMBER 11, 2003Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Papua New Guinea Justice Minister Mark Maipakai admitted...
Papua New Guinea Justice Minister Mark Maipakai admitted in parliament that there was a problem in how the death penalty would be carried out once it was imposed on a prisoner
- NOVEMBER 10, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Ishaq, 36 year old betel leaf seller, was...
Mohammad Ishaq, 36 year old betel leaf seller, was sentenced to death by a District and Sessions court in Chittagong, Bangladesh, for the murder of a neighbour following an argumant over payment of Tk 20 at Banshkhali
- NOVEMBER 10, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
More than 10,000 rights activists demonstrated in the...
More than 10,000 rights activists demonstrated in the Nigerian oil city of Port Harcourt to mark the eighth anniversary of the execution of writer and campaigner Ken Saro-Wiwa, witnesses said
- NOVEMBER 10, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The attorney General and Commissioner for Justice of...
The attorney General and Commissioner for Justice of Bauchi State, Mallam Habib Aliyu warned against the abolition of the death penalty in Nigeria saying that any such attempt was an invitation for a military coup
- NOVEMBER 9, 2003ChadDEATH PENALTY
A man was shot dead by firing squad in the Chadian...
A man was shot dead by firing squad in the Chadian capital Ndjamena for the murder of a Guatemalan religious worker
- NOVEMBER 9, 2003TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
Taiwan's Vice President Annette Lu called on parliament...
Taiwan's Vice President Annette Lu called on parliament to better safeguard human rights by approving a draft of the country's first "human rights basic law", including the abolition of the death penalty
- NOVEMBER 8, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
"There are 263 mass graves, including approximately...
"There are 263 mass graves, including approximately 40 of them confirmed to hold evidence of systematic killings," said Sandra Hodgkinson, director of the Office for Human Rights Transitional Justice (OHRTJ) within the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA
- NOVEMBER 7, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A court in India's capital, Delhi, sentenced to death...
A court in India's capital, Delhi, sentenced to death a former politician who shot his wife and burned her dismembered body in a restaurant oven
- NOVEMBER 7, 2003Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
A UN panel denounced persistent reports of torture...
A UN panel denounced persistent reports of torture in Sri Lanka and criticised the impunity enjoyed by security forces for crimes committed in the conflict with the Tamil Tiger rebels
- NOVEMBER 7, 2003North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Joseph Timothy Keel, 39, was executed by lethal injection...
Joseph Timothy Keel, 39, was executed by lethal injection at Central Prison in Raleigh
- NOVEMBER 7, 2003OhioDEATH PENALTY
A jury that convicted an ex-convict of savagely beating...
A jury that convicted an ex-convict of savagely beating his former girlfriend to death has recommended that he be sentenced to die by lethal injection
- NOVEMBER 7, 2003North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
The state Supreme Court ordered a new sentencing hearing...
The state Supreme Court ordered a new sentencing hearing for a man sentenced to death, ruling that the man did not get to fairly question a witness