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- AUGUST 10, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Lal Rahman Habibullah Khan, a Pakistani national caught...
Lal Rahman Habibullah Khan, a Pakistani national caught smuggling heroin into Saudi Arabia and convicted of drug trafficking, was beheaded by sword in the Saudi capital Riyadh
- AUGUST 10, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Indian Law Commission said that public opinion...
The Indian Law Commission said that public opinion on the mode of executing prisoners on death row favoured an amendment to the law, which stipulated hanging as the method of execution
- AUGUST 10, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
In an interview with Sunday Vanguard Abdul Oroh, journalist,...
In an interview with Sunday Vanguard Abdul Oroh, journalist, Nigerian parliamentarian and Hands Off Cain board member, stated: "I want to see a bill that will introduce a moratorium on death penalty in Nigeria, I don't believe in capital punishment
- AUGUST 10, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Deepak Chakrawarty, a 30 year old Bangladeshi, was...
Deepak Chakrawarty, a 30 year old Bangladeshi, was sentenced to death after being convicted of killing his younger brother, Ripon Chakrawarty, 24, with an axe on 2 February 2002 following an argument
- AUGUST 10, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Mollah Mamun, a young Bangladeshi man, was sentenced...
Mollah Mamun, a young Bangladeshi man, was sentenced to death by the Additional Metropolitan Session Court and three others were awarded life-term imprisonment yesterday for stabbing to death Masum on 31 July 2000
- AUGUST 10, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
"Indonesian law bans public executions, so the obscenely...
"Indonesian law bans public executions, so the obscenely grinning Bali bomber will be cheated of the chance for a farewell performance," reported the Sunday Telegraph
- AUGUST 10, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Thai Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for...
The Thai Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for Fang Kee Tun, a 46 year old Singaporean convicted of possessing 1
- AUGUST 10, 2003SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
The Thai Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for...
The Thai Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for Fang Kee Tun, a 46 year old Singaporean convicted of possessing 1
- AUGUST 9, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Twenty-six convicted criminals were collectively sentenced...
Twenty-six convicted criminals were collectively sentenced to death in China's southern city of Guangzhou as part of a government effort to clear a back-log of cases awaiting verdict, state press reported
- AUGUST 9, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
Hadi Hama Salih Rahman, a former member of the Iraqi...
Hadi Hama Salih Rahman, a former member of the Iraqi intelligence service and Ba'th Party official, was sentenced to death by the Sulaymaniyah Criminal Court
- AUGUST 9, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Six accused were sentenced to death on two counts by...
Six accused were sentenced to death on two counts by a Special Anti-Terrorism Court in Pakistan
- AUGUST 8, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott welcomed the conviction...
Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott welcomed the conviction of first Bali bombing suspect Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, and said that, despite its opposition to the death penalty, the British Government would not to try to stop the Indonesian authorities from car