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- NOVEMBER 7, 2003United NationsDEATH 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 6, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
A Sudanese man was publicly executed by firing squad...
A Sudanese man was publicly executed by firing squad in Chad's capital city of Ndjamena
- NOVEMBER 6, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Five people, including a woman, were shot dead in front...
Five people, including a woman, were shot dead in front of thousands of people in a suburb of southern Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh city
- NOVEMBER 6, 2003ChadDEATH PENALTY
Chad ignored protests from human rights groups and...
Chad ignored protests from human rights groups and carried out the death penalty for the first time since 1991, executing eight people after vowing to crack down on unrest in the impoverished desert state
- NOVEMBER 6, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
HOC president Marco Pannella MEP, criticised the centre-right...
HOC president Marco Pannella MEP, criticised the centre-right Casa delle Liberta, or House of Freedoms, majority in Parliament for the "compact vote" that failed to commit the government to present to the UN General Assembly currently in session a resolut
- NOVEMBER 6, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
"the Italian government has given up on the moratorium...
"the Italian government has given up on the moratorium resolution and faced with this cowardice, I renounce my Italian passport," HOC Board Member Oliviero Toscani stated in reaction to the Italian government's failure to present the resolution calling fo
- NOVEMBER 6, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Italian Chamber of Representatives approved two...
The Italian Chamber of Representatives approved two motions presented by government MPs that generically require the government to "despite the verified lack of consensus currently at a European level, continue in every forum the intensive political and d
- NOVEMBER 6, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain Secretary-General Sergio D'Elia says...
Hands Off Cain Secretary-General Sergio D'Elia says the Italian EU presidency has passed up on what may be its last chance to score a success before the end of its term
- NOVEMBER 6, 2003European UnionDEATH PENALTY
Pasqualina Napoletano, European elected member of the...
Pasqualina Napoletano, European elected member of the Democratici di Sinistra, expressed indignation about the fact that the Italian Presidency had renounced presenting to the UN a proposal of resolution on a moratorium on the death penalty
- NOVEMBER 6, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Pasqualina Napoletano, European elected member of the...
Pasqualina Napoletano, European elected member of the Democratici di Sinistra, expressed indignation about the fact that the Italian Presidency had renounced presenting to the UN a proposal of resolution on a moratorium on the death penalty
- NOVEMBER 6, 2003FloridaDEATH PENALTY
In Tallahassee, the Florida Supreme Court overturned...
In Tallahassee, the Florida Supreme Court overturned death sentences given to a pedophile who confessed to strangling two sisters in Broward County in 1996
- NOVEMBER 6, 2003DEATH PENALTY
ITALIAN PARLIAMENT FAILS TO BIND GOVERNMENT TO PRESENT MORATORIUM RESOLUTION TO 2003 UNGA
November 6, 2003: the Italian Government has pulled back from presenting a resolution for a worldwide moratorium on executions at the ongoing UNGA, despite its stated commitments. And the Italian Chamber of Representatives fell short of keeping the govern