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- SEPTEMBER 24, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Bangladesh convicted Rabi Munda, 37, and...
A court in Bangladesh convicted Rabi Munda, 37, and sentenced him to death by hanging for killing his colleague
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2003JordanDEATH PENALTY
Three men were sentenced to death by a Criminal Court...
Three men were sentenced to death by a Criminal Court in Jordan for robbing and murdering a jewellery store owner in Irbid in May 2000
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty, suspended after the US-led coalition...
The death penalty, suspended after the US-led coalition ousted Saddam Hussein, could be reintroduced when Iraq regains its sovereignty, Dara Nurredin, a member of the interim Governing Council, said
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Daher Shah Arab Khan, a Pakistani national, was beheaded...
Daher Shah Arab Khan, a Pakistani national, was beheaded by sword in the Saudi Arabia city of Jeddah, after admitting that "he smuggled a quantity of heroin into the kingdom," a statement issued by the Saudi Interior Ministry said
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2003SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Singaporean national Yeo See Soon, charged with drug...
Singaporean national Yeo See Soon, charged with drug trafficking under Section 39(b) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, punishable with the death penalty, was overjoyed when High Court judge Datuk Arifin Jaka ruled that the charge be amended to one of posse
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2003SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
The Singaporean government revealed it had dramatically...
The Singaporean government revealed it had dramatically escalated the use of the death penalty in 2003 with the execution rate roughly triple that of the previous three years
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Thi Yen, a 41 year old woman convicted of drug...
Nguyen Thi Yen, a 41 year old woman convicted of drug trafficking, was sentenced to death in northern Vietnam
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2003FranceDEATH PENALTY
Saw the commencement in Paris of the European tour...
Saw the commencement in Paris of the European tour conducted by former Governor of Illinois George Ryan and Leroy Orange, the ex death row inmate he pardoned
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Saw the commencement in Paris of the European tour...
Saw the commencement in Paris of the European tour conducted by former Governor of Illinois George Ryan and Leroy Orange, the ex death row inmate he pardoned
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2003PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Cebu Regional Trial Court, the Philippines, found...
The Cebu Regional Trial Court, the Philippines, found Marieto Alvizo, Ronald Tumalon and Ronald Caballero guilty of the 1998 kidnapping of Regan King, a young Filipino-Chinese businessman, and sentenced them to death by lethal injection
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Five people were sentenced to death in China's westernmost...
Five people were sentenced to death in China's westernmost Xinjiang Autonomous Region in a trial touted as the region's biggest ever mafia court case, state press said
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
In his speech at the UN, Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi,...
In his speech at the UN, Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, speaking on behalf of the EU as current Presidency holder, asked for the universal abolition of the death penalty and for a general moratorium on executions