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- SEPTEMBER 19, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Sri Lanka's Interior Minister John Amaratunga assured...
Sri Lanka's Interior Minister John Amaratunga assured a Hands Off Cain delegation visiting the country that the Sri Lankan government was not contemplating a swift return to the death penalty despite calls for its re-introduction to combat a rising crime
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2003Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
September 17-19, 2003: an HOC delegation made up of...
September 17-19, 2003: an HOC delegation made up of Italian MP Enrico Buemi, MEP Marco Cappato, Regional Counsellor for Lombardy (Italy) Alessandro Litta Modignani and HOC Board Member Anna Zammit, visited Sri Lanka to lobby for support of a worldwide mor
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2003Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
The debate on the resumption of executions seemed to...
The debate on the resumption of executions seemed to have died down somewhat after the Sri Lanka National Human Rights Commission wrote to the government pointing out that such a move would be in breach of the country's international obligations according
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court in Abuja, Nigeria, upheld a death...
The Supreme Court in Abuja, Nigeria, upheld a death sentence passed on Andrew Nwachukwu in November 1999
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Charnchao Chaiyanukij, human rights activist and director-general...
Charnchao Chaiyanukij, human rights activist and director-general of the Justice Ministry's Rights and Liberty Protection Department was reported as saying that the death penalty in Thailand was a "sensitive and controversial issue"
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2003MissouriDEATH PENALTY
1 of 2 death penalties against Vernon Brown was overturned...
1 of 2 death penalties against Vernon Brown was overturned by a federal appeals court whose members said a supportive letter from his stepbrother was wrongly kept from jurors
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2003Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
On September 19, the HOC delegation met the Secretary...
On September 19, the HOC delegation met the Secretary to the Justice Ministry Ms Dhara Wijayatilake, who pointed out that Sri Lanka, despite still having the death penalty on its statute books could not align itself with retentionist countries in internat
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
A Hands Off Cain delegation formed by Hon
A Hands Off Cain delegation formed by Hon
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain's mission to India came to a conclusion
Hands Off Cain's mission to India came to a conclusion
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2003FranceDEATH PENALTY
A Moroccan court on sentenced Frenchman Pierre Robert...
A Moroccan court on sentenced Frenchman Pierre Robert to life imprisonment under anti-terrorism legislation introduced following suicide bombings by Islamist extremists in Casablanca in May 2003
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2003MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
A Moroccan court on sentenced Frenchman Pierre Robert...
A Moroccan court on sentenced Frenchman Pierre Robert to life imprisonment under anti-terrorism legislation introduced following suicide bombings by Islamist extremists in Casablanca in May 2003
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Sheik Isa Waziri, renowned Islamic scholar and chairman...
Sheik Isa Waziri, renowned Islamic scholar and chairman of the Kano State Sharia Implementation Advisory Committee, said that the provision of capital punishment would reduce the tendency for committing crimes in the society