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- OCTOBER 21, 2005SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE. HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP CALLS FOR MORATORIUM ON DEATH PENALTY
Think Centre, a Singapore civil rights group, called for a moratorium on executions after Australian national Nguyen Tuong Van lost his final clemency appeal.
- OCTOBER 21, 2005AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
AUSTRALIA. PM SUPPORTS DEATH PENALTY OF SADDAM HUSSEIN
Australian Prime Minister John Howard said he believed former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein should be executed if the Iraqi law authorises death penalty on him. Asked if Saddam should be executed if found guilty of murdering on Australia's Southern Cross
- OCTOBER 21, 2005SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE. AUSTRALIAN TO BE EXECUTED FOR HEROIN SMUGGLING
Nguyen Tuong Van, an Australian man convicted of drugs charges in Singapore lost his final appeal for clemency and was due for execution, Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said.
- OCTOBER 21, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN GIVEN SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR TAX EVASION
in its initial trial, a court in China’s Guangdong province sentenced Liang Jiayao, 39-year-old owner of Ming Sheng Leather Making Factory, to death with two years reprieve;
- OCTOBER 20, 2005TexasDEATH PENALTY
TEXAS, USA. LUIS RAMIREZ EXECUTED FOR 1998 MURDER PLOT
Luis Ramirez was put to death by injection for paying for the 1998 murder of his ex-wife's boyfriend.
- OCTOBER 20, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. NEW CJI FAVOURS ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
Chief J ustice of India-designate Justice YK Sabarwal said he favoured abolition of the death penalty. Justice Sabarwal, who was due to take over as CJI on November 1, said as a Supreme Court Judge he favoured the awarding of capital punishment but he wan
- OCTOBER 20, 2005IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. FAMILY OF BALI BOMBERS ON DEATH ROW TO SEEK PRESIDENTIAL PARDON
the family of Amrozi and Ali Ghufron, two brothers sentenced to die by Indonesia’s Supreme Court for the 2002 Bali bombings, planned to seek a pardon from President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono despite objections of the men, their elder brother Ja'far Shodiq
- OCTOBER 19, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. COUNTRY CRITICISED FOR "CHILD" DEATH SENTENCE
the international children's charity Save the Children, criticized the case of Sukur Ali a man sentenced to death for crimes he committed when he was 14 years old.
- OCTOBER 19, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
HOC. “DEATH PENALTY FOR SADDAM WOULD BE A RETURN TO THE PAST”
“Sentencing to death Saddam Hussein would not be the best way of presenting the new Iraq as it would not offer a solution to the past,” declared Sergio D’Elia, Secretary of Hands Off Cain, commenting on the beginning of proceedings against the former Iraq
- OCTOBER 19, 2005United StatesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED STATES. US DEATH PENALTY 'WOEFULLY SHORT OF JUSTICE', DEATH PENALTY INFORMATION CENTER
jurors in US death penalty cases are often excluded because of race and gender, are not shown critical evidence and tend to be conviction prone, the Death Penalty Information Center said in a report.
- OCTOBER 19, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. KALAM'S MOVE BOOSTS CAMPAIGN AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam's direction to review the cases of some people on death row left the government in a dilemma, but it appeared to have given a new momentum to the campaign against the death penalty.
- OCTOBER 19, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. SIX ALLEGED MEMBERS OF CRIME GANG SENTENCED TO DEATH
China sentenced six gang members to death for arms dealing, rape, murder, extortion and gambling, state media said. A court in southwest China's Sichuan province sentenced ringleader Ren Bing as well as five henchmen to death, while giving 13 others one t
- OCTOBER 19, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. KILLER OF TRIAD HEAD SENTENCED TO DEATH
despite more than 10,000 Zhaoqing residents' signatures asking for lenient treatment, Liang Jinguo was sentenced to death for murdering triad chief Long Jiefeng.
- OCTOBER 19, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Wang Binyu, 27, a migrant worker from Gansu, was executed
Wang Binyu, 27, a migrant worker from Gansu, was executed
- OCTOBER 19, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
a Tehran penal court sentenced, a young man
a Tehran penal court sentenced, a young man
- OCTOBER 18, 2005DEATH PENALTY
NEW YORK. PRESENTATION OF THE DEATH PENALTY WORLDWIDE 2005 REPORT
Hands Off Cain, together with the Transnational Radical Party and the National Association for Criminal Defence Lawyers, will present its 2005 Report - The Death Penalty Worldwide.
- OCTOBER 18, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
NEW YORK. PRESENTATION OF THE DEATH PENALTY WORLDWIDE 2005 REPORT
Hands Off Cain, together with the Transnational Radical Party and the National Association for Criminal Defence Lawyers, presented its 2005 Report - The Death Penalty Worldwide at UN Headquarters in New York.
- OCTOBER 18, 2005ThailandDEATH PENALTY
THAILAND. ITALIAN COULD FACE ON DRUG CHARGES
an Italian could face execution after being arrested on drug trafficking charges in northern Thailand, police said. Stefano Pelliccia, 50, from Rome, was apprehended on October 18 at a checkpoint in Mae Sai district of the northernmost province Chiang Rai
- OCTOBER 18, 2005ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco has overturned the death sentence of Warren Wesley Summerlin
the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco has overturned the death sentence of Warren Wesley Summerlin for the second time, saying he is entitled to a new hearing because of ineffective legal assistance during his sentencing.
- OCTOBER 18, 2005RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. DUMA COMMITTEE CHIEF AGAINST DEATH PENALTY IN RUSSIA
State Duma security committee chairman Vladimir Vasiliyev said he supported the idea of abolishing the death penalty in Russia.
- OCTOBER 18, 2005United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
UNITED KINGDOM. UK STRIKES DEAL TO EXPEL LIBYAN TERRORISM SUSPECTS
Britain signed a preliminary agreement with Libya that would allow it to deport Libyan nationals who were suspected of links to terrorism. The move was one of a number of measures to crack down on individuals who encouraged or condoned acts of violence or
- OCTOBER 18, 2005IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. AMERICANS SAY HUSSEIN SHOULD FACE CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
many adults in the United States thought Saddam Hussein should face the death penalty, according to a poll by Opinion Dynamics released by Fox News. 56 per cent of respondents believed the deposed Iraqi leader should be executed if convicted, while 35 per
- OCTOBER 18, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. EDITORIAL: SHALL WE ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY?
“Recent events in various countries (especially in the developing world) have driven many to the conclusion that murder will never cease to be an instrument of politics until the execution even of proved murderers is regarded as immoral and wrong. In the
- OCTOBER 18, 2005LibyaDEATH PENALTY
LIBYA. LIBYANS DEMONSTRATE AGAINST BUSH'S CALL TO FREE NURSES
several hundred Libyans demonstrated in Tripoli to protest President George W. Bush's call for the release of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor sentenced to death for allegedly infecting 400 children with the AIDS virus.
- OCTOBER 18, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. FORMER VICE GOVERNOR OF HENAN PROVINCE AND THREE OTHERS EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Lu Debin, former vice-governor of Henan Province, Shang Yuhe, Zhang Songxue and Xu Xiaotong had their death sentences upheld by a court in Henan for intentional homicide.
- OCTOBER 17, 2005TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
TENNESSEE, USA. SUPREME COURT REJECTS CLAIM ON LETHAL SHOT
the Tennessee Supreme Court unanimously rejected claims that the three-drug combination used to execute killers can cause extreme pain in violation on the Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
- OCTOBER 17, 2005BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
UNITED STATES. BUSH URGES LIBYA TO FREE CONDEMNED BULGARIAN NURSES
President George W. Bush urged Libya to free five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death on charges of infecting hundreds of Libyan children with the HIV virus.
- OCTOBER 17, 2005LibyaDEATH PENALTY
LIBYA. TRIPOLI REJECTS US DEMAND TO FREE BULGARIAN NURSES
Libyan Foreign Minister Abdel Rahman Shalgam rejected a call by US President George W. Bush for Tripoli to spare the lives of five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death in May 2004.
- OCTOBER 17, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. WOMAN SENTENCED TO EXECUTION
an Iranian woman was sentenced to execution in the Iranian capital Tehran.
- OCTOBER 17, 2005IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. DEATH ROW MILITANTS FOR BALI BOMBS GET CHANCE FOR PARDON
Amrozi bin Nurhasyim and Imam Samudra on death row for their role in the 2002 Bali bombings would be given one more chance to request a pardon, officials told activists who held a protest to demand immediate executions for the convicts.