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- JUNE 25, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. SEVEN MORE EXECUTED AHEAD OF INTERNATIONAL ANTI DRUG DAY
seven convicted drug traffickers were put to death in China in the run up to the UN-sponsored International Anti-Drug Day, bringing to 22 the number executed in the past two days, the People's Court Daily said.
- JUNE 24, 2005DEATH PENALTY
ABOLITIONIST OF THE YEAR AWARD PRESENTATION CEREMONY AND LAUNCH OF HOC’S ANNUAL REPORT THE DEATH PENALTY WORLDWIDE
Hands Off Cain has the pleasure of inviting all subscribers of this newsletter to the event, organized in co-operation with the government of Senegal in honour of President Abdoulaye Wade, to be held on Friday 24 June, 2005 starting at 9.45 CET at Via di
- JUNE 24, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MASS SENTENCING IN RUN UP TO INTERNATIONAL ANTI-DRUG DAY
China relaunched an anti-drug crusade in April when it announced that the number of drug addicts had grown to 790,000 people, a 6.8 percent increase over 2004.
- JUNE 24, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. WOMAN EXECUTED FOR ORGANISING DRUG RING
China executed Wu Xiaohui, 24, a key woman drug trafficker who had left a gruesome tale of smuggling and murders, the 'China Daily' reported.
- JUNE 24, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
LAUNCH OF HOC’S 2005 REPORT: CIAMPI, CASINI, FINI, SALVI, BONINO AND D’ELIA
Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi expressed “sincere appreciation of Hands Off Cain for its strong commitment to the consolidation in the international order of the modern humanist values founded on the protection of rights and the individual” in a m
- JUNE 24, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
HANDS OFF CAIN’S 2005 REPORT: MORE ABOLITIONIST STATES AND FEWER EXECUTIONS WORLDWIDE
The Death Penalty Worldwide 2005 Report illustrates a continued positive evolution towards abolition globally. HOC’s annual report, edited by Elisabetta Zamparutti, shows 8 countries dropped the death penalty in 2004, bringing up to 138 the total of count
- JUNE 24, 2005IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. ACEH HAS FIRST CANINGS UNDER MUSLIM LAW
Indonesia carried out its first public canings, punishing 15 gamblers in front of a noisy crowd in tsunami-hit Aceh, the only province in the world's most populous Muslim nation to implement Islamic law.
- JUNE 24, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. EXECUTIONS IN RUN UP TO INTERNATIONAL ANTI-DRUG DAY
at least 14 convicted drug traffickers were executed in China, two days before the United Nations-sponsored International Anti-Drugs Day, state press reported.
- JUNE 24, 2005SenegalDEATH PENALTY
SENEGAL PRESIDENT ABDOULAYE WADE PLEDGES TO LEAD IN AFRICA
“I shall endeavour to be a guide for the future, to create a future for Africa,” President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal said on receiving the Abolitionist of the Year Award. The award was presented to President Wade by the President of the Italian Chamber o
- JUNE 24, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. MAN EXECUTED FOR RAPING WOMAN AT KNIFEPOINT
Saudi authorities executed a man for raping a woman at knifepoint in front of her family, the Interior Ministry announced.
- JUNE 24, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
Teheran's criminal court sentenced a woman and a young man...
Teheran's criminal court sentenced a woman and a young man who together had killed the women's elderly husband, to death
- JUNE 24, 2005BelarusDEATH PENALTY
the president of Belarus submitted a draft law to the parliament that, inter alia...
the president of Belarus submitted a draft law to the parliament that, inter alia...
- JUNE 23, 2005MexicoDEATH PENALTY
MEXICO. HOUSE APPROVES MEASURE TO PROHIBIT DEATH PENALTY
Mexico's House approved a measure striking the death penalty from the constitution and inserting language expressly prohibiting capital punishment.
- JUNE 23, 2005JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN. MAN MAY HAVE BEEN WRONGLY EXECUTED
the Jordan Times said the Arab Human Rights Organization (AHRO) in Jordan was waiting for a government response on claims a man was executed for murders he did not commit.
- JUNE 23, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. GUANGXI COURT SENTENCES SIX TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
the Yulin City Intermediate People's Court, China, sentenced Chen Lizhen, Feng Wenlong, Yang Libin, Liu Zhixiong, Wen Haixia and Ruan Yubin to death for trafficking 65 kg of heroin.
- JUNE 23, 2005JordanDEATH PENALTY
two brothers convicted of robbing, murdering and then burning a banker...
two brothers convicted of robbing, murdering and then burning a banker in August 2001 were hanged at dawn at Swaqa Correctional and Rehabilitation Centre, according to official sources.
- JUNE 22, 2005VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. LETHAL INJECTION PROPOSED AS EXECUTION METHOD
Vietnam's justice ministry has proposed legislation introducing lethal injections as an alternative method of carrying out death sentences, a ministry official said.
- JUNE 22, 2005TexasDEATH PENALTY
TEXAS, USA. GOVERNOR COMMUTES 28 DEATH SENTENCES
Gov. Rick Perry commuted the death sentences of 28 convicted killers. Perry ordered the commutations in response to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in March that the Constitution forbids executing anyone for a crime committed before the age of 18.
- JUNE 22, 2005PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. COURT SENTENCES SEVEN MILITANTS TO DEATH
a Philippine court sentenced to death seven suspected members of the al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf militant group for the kidnapping and murder of farmers on the southern island of Basilan in 2001.
- JUNE 22, 2005Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
PA. PALESTINIANS MAY ANNUL RULINGS OF SECURITY COURTS
President Mahmoud Abbas asked his justice minister to annul court verdicts against dozens of Palestinians, including some convicted of collaborating with Israel, an aide said.
- JUNE 22, 2005UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
UNITED NATIONS. UN HUMAN RIGHTS, REFUGEE CHIEFS URGE KYRGYZSTAN TO PROTECT UZBEKS
Louise Arbour, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and Antonio Guterres, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, urged Kyrgyzstan to grant protection to people who had fled unrest in neighbouring Uzbekistan. Arbour and Guterres also said that Uzbekis
- JUNE 22, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING BOY
an Additional District and Sessions court in Jamalpur, Bangladesh, convicted Abdullah Al Mamun and sentenced him to death for killing a minor boy.
- JUNE 22, 2005RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRESS SLAMMED BY COUNCIL OF EUROPE
issuing a damning report on human rights and democracy in Russia, Europe's rights watchdog voted to pursue its monitoring of the country's rights situation.
- JUNE 22, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. GUANGDONG COURT SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH IN COUNTERFEIT CASE
the Jieyang City Intermediate People's Court, China, sentenced Liu Congbao to death and awarded life imprisonment to Zhou Chunnan and Xiao Peizheng after finding them guilty of printing counterfeit banknotes.
- JUNE 22, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. WOMAN CONVICTED OF MURDER EXECUTED
Liu Suhua, a 36-year-old woman, was executed in Sanming City, in China's Fujian Province, for killing her former boyfriend and forcing teenage girls into prostitution. Liu, a villager of Ruijin in neighboring Jiangxi Province, and a mother of two at the t
- JUNE 22, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Liu Congbao a gang leader from Guangdong, China...
Liu Congbao a gang leader from Guangdong, China...
- JUNE 21, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER
Saudi authorities executed Said bin Seif al-Zibya, a Saudi national convicted of killing a compatriot after an argument in Assir, in southern Saudi Arabia.
- JUNE 21, 2005VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. DRUG TRAFFICKERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
the People's Court in the northern province of Hoa Binh has sentenced four people involved in the largest drug trafficking ring in the province to death.
- JUNE 21, 2005Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
PALESTINE. COUNCIL OF EUROPE ASKS NATIONAL PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY TO ABOLISH CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) asked the National Palestinian Authority (Anp) to abolish the death penalty, and condemned the four executions which took place in Gaza on June 12.
- JUNE 21, 2005IowaDEATH PENALTY
Angela Johnson should be put to death for her role in the drug-related slayings of five people in 1993...
Angela Johnson should be put to death for her role in the drug-related slayings of five people in 1993, a jury recommended. Judge Mark Bennett read the verdicts