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- MAY 28, 2003FijiDEATH PENALTY
Apisai Tora, a leading Fiji Government senator, called...
Apisai Tora, a leading Fiji Government senator, called for sex offenders to be stoned to death or castrated and banished
- MAY 28, 2003South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
South Korea recorded progress in the promotion and...
South Korea recorded progress in the promotion and protection of human rights in 2002 but still detained citizens for their political beliefs, Amnesty International said
- MAY 28, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China's human rights record deteriorated in 2002 as...
China's human rights record deteriorated in 2002 as government efforts to establish the "rule of law" were undermined by political campaigns and administrative fiats, Amnesty International said
- MAY 28, 2003TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
The movement toward the abolition of the death penalty...
The movement toward the abolition of the death penalty in Taiwan progressed in 2002, although nine people were executed and 100 convicted prisoners remained on death row, Amnesty International said
- MAY 28, 2003JapanDEATH PENALTY
In its annual report on the global human rights situation...
In its annual report on the global human rights situation for 2002, Amnesty International said the treatment of those on death row in Japan was brutal, inhumane and degrading
- MAY 28, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
The Halabjah Centre against Anfal and Genocide of the...
The Halabjah Centre against Anfal and Genocide of the Kurdish People condemned the execution of three citizens from Iranian Kurdistan by the country's authorities
- MAY 28, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Liu Dasuo, a 46-year-old farmer, was sentenced to death...
Liu Dasuo, a 46-year-old farmer, was sentenced to death with a stay of execution and deprived of his political rights for life by the Beijing No 1 Intermediate People's Court after being found guilty of arson and poisoning
- MAY 28, 2003NevadaDEATH PENALTY
Nevada lawmakers have given final approval to death...
Nevada lawmakers have given final approval to death penalty reforms that prohibit use of a 3-judge judge panel in deciding whether the state should execute convicted murderers
- MAY 28, 2003LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
Juries would determine whether defendants facing the...
Juries would determine whether defendants facing the death penalty are mentally handicapped and should be spared from execution under legislation passed by the House
- MAY 27, 2003AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The conservative Iranian daily Kayhan reported that...
The conservative Iranian daily Kayhan reported that Ghassem Abdollahi, a 47 year old Afghani, had been publicly hanged for murder in the south-western town of Poldokhtar
- MAY 27, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
The conservative Iranian daily Kayhan reported that...
The conservative Iranian daily Kayhan reported that Ghassem Abdollahi, a 47 year old Afghani, had been publicly hanged for murder in the south-western town of Poldokhtar
- MAY 27, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that leading Iranian cleric Grand Ayatollah...
It was reported that leading Iranian cleric Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi issued an edict ordering judges not to impose executions by stoning