NEWS
54,679 ARTICLES · 1998—2026The news from the three battles.
We update every day. No advertising, no trackers, no algorithm. The news that power does not want to see — and the news that power does everything to hide.
- APRIL 16, 2003North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The United Nations Human Rights Commission issued its...
The United Nations Human Rights Commission issued its first ever condemnation of North Korea, expressing "deep concern" at "systematic" rights abuses in the reclusive Communist state
- APRIL 16, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Three people in northeast China 's Jilin Province were...
Three people in northeast China 's Jilin Province were given their final ruling on their death sentences and were executed on the same day
- APRIL 16, 2003North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The United Nations Human Rights Commission issued its...
The United Nations Human Rights Commission issued its first ever condemnation of North Korea, expressing "deep concern" at "systematic" rights abuses in the reclusive Communist state
- APRIL 16, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Mohammed Nawaz, a former employee of Pakistan's Interior...
Mohammed Nawaz, a former employee of Pakistan's Interior Ministry, was sentenced to death for killing seven members of his family because he was angered by his daughter's decision to marry a Christian
- APRIL 16, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
A briefing organised by Hands Off Cain for a moratorium...
A briefing organised by Hands Off Cain for a moratorium on capital executions took place at the UN buildings in Geneva
- APRIL 16, 2003CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
In Hayward, a prosecutor spared the life of Ruben Eliceo...
In Hayward, a prosecutor spared the life of Ruben Eliceo Vasquez, 27, saying he will not retry him for the 1998 shooting of Alameda County Sheriff's Deputy John Paul Monego
- APRIL 16, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Lanzhou Intermediate People's Court, in Gansu Province,...
The Lanzhou Intermediate People's Court, in Gansu Province, China, sentenced to death Li Yuanjie, 21, Peng Gang, 22, Yao Wenkun, 23, Wu Guohua, 21, and sentenced Wang Ming, 20, to death with a reprieve
- APRIL 16, 2003United NationsDEATH PENALTY
A briefing organised by Hands Off Cain for a moratorium...
A briefing organised by Hands Off Cain for a moratorium on capital executions took place at the UN buildings in Geneva
- APRIL 15, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
Willie Mack Moddon, who has lived on death row for...
Willie Mack Moddon, who has lived on death row for nearly 2 decades and narrowly escaped his death date last June, pleaded guilty to 5 additional crimes
- APRIL 15, 2003IdahoDEATH PENALTY
George Junior Porter will be re-sentenced for 1st-degree...
George Junior Porter will be re-sentenced for 1st-degree murder in the 1988 beating death of Theresa Jones
- APRIL 15, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
Kenneth Wayne Morris won a reprieve from a federal...
Kenneth Wayne Morris won a reprieve from a federal appeals court that spared him from a trip to the Texas death chamber about two hours before he could have been executed today for the fatal shooting of a Houston man
- APRIL 15, 2003IsraelDEATH PENALTY
The UN Human Rights Commission condemned Israel for...
The UN Human Rights Commission condemned Israel for "acts of mass killing" and "'liquidation' or 'extrajudicial executions'" against Palestinians