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- JUNE 5, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. CHINA TO BAN TRADE IN HUMAN ORGANS, STATE MEDIA
China planned to issue regulations banning the trade in human organs, state media quoted ice Minister of Health Huang Jiefu as.
- JUNE 5, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
a 33-year-old man was executed in northern Mymensingh central jail one minute past Saturday midnight
a 33-year-old man was executed in northern Mymensingh central jail one minute past Saturday midnight
- JUNE 4, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO MEN HANGED FOR TRAFFICKING OPIUM
two Iranian men convicted of drug trafficking were hanged in a prison in the southern city of Kerman.
- JUNE 4, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. TWO BROTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN BIHAR
two brothers were sentenced to death by a local court in Buxar, India, in connection with the killing of their three brothers in Bihar's Buxar district.
- JUNE 4, 2005AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. RALLY FOR CORBY DEATH SENTENCE
about 40 people picketed in Jakarta, Indonesia, to demand the death sentence for Australian woman Schapelle Corby, in jail for drug trafficking in Bali.
- JUNE 4, 2005MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
MOROCCO. TWO PEOPLE CONDEMNED TO CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR 'PREMEDITATED MURDER'
two members of the terrorist "Alhijra wa takfir" group, belonging to the cell of Nador, North-East Morocco, were sentenced to capital punishment by the Rabat Appellate court. S.L, 41, and H.H, 24, were convicted of ‘premeditated murder’, ‘beheading and h
- JUNE 4, 2005PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. GOVERNMENT SEEKS MERCY FOR DEATH ROW CONVICT IN SAUDI ARABIA
the Philippines asked Saudi Arabia to spare the life of Rey Cortez, a Filipino sentenced to death for murder, the Filipino President Gloria Arroyo's press secretary Ignacio Bunye said.
- JUNE 4, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. MILITANT SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ATTACKS ON SHIAS
a Pakistani court sentenced Islamic militant Gul Hasan to death for masterminding two suicide attacks on minority Shias that killed at least 45 people.
- JUNE 4, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. TRIPURA JAIL MOURNS OVER CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR SAMIR
it was reported that both the prisoners and staff of Agartala Central Jail in India’s Tripura state, were distressed over the death sentence given to Samir Bhaumik, accused of the murder and rape of a minor. West Tripura District & Session Judge Subhash B
- JUNE 3, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. BROTHERS HANGED TOGETHER FOR TRIPLE MURDER
two Bangladeshi brothers walked to the gallows together and were hanged simultaneously for the murder of three people.
- JUNE 3, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. FORMER CITY POLICE HEAD SENTENCED TO DEATH WITH REPRIEVE
Yang Shihong, a former local Communist Party official, was convicted of corruption and sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve by the Huangshi Municipal Intermediate People's Court in central China's Hubei Province.
- JUNE 3, 2005DelawareDEATH PENALTY
Michael E. Keyser was sentenced to life in prison
Michael E. Keyser was sentenced to life in prison for his role in the September 2003 suffocation of 16-year-old Kimberly Holton.
- JUNE 3, 2005JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. JFBA LAUNCHES SERIES OF PUBLIC HEARINGS ON DEATH PENALTY
the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, the country's largest lawyers' group, had launched a series of public hearings on its proposal to suspend executions while the Diet debated the use of capital punishment.
- JUNE 2, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
SPAIN. ‘THOUGHT IS FORBIDDEN’ OPENS IN MADRID
44 panels with the images of some of the 75 activists detained in March 2003 by the Castro regime in Cuba are part of the exhibition inaugurated in Madrid in the presence of the Euro MP Emma Bonino and City Councilor for Employment Ana Botella.
- JUNE 2, 2005DEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER
Saudi authorities executed Ahmed Ben Maid al-Zahrani.
- JUNE 2, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE, MURDER OF MINOR
a sessions court in New Delhi, India, sentenced to death Satish of Nangla village. He had been charged with the rape and murder of a minor girl of the same village in August 2001.
- JUNE 2, 2005JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESSES JAPAN TO IMPROVE RIGHTS RECORD
Amnesty International called on Japan to abolish the death penalty and improve treatment of refugees and prisoners, saying its bid to join the UN Security Council put it under greater scrutiny.
- JUNE 2, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER
Ahmed bin Ibrahim al-Zahrani, a Saudi man convicted of stabbing a compatriot to death, was beheaded by the sword in the southwestern city of Al-Baha, the country’s interior ministry announced.
- JUNE 2, 2005AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
At 6:24 p.m., the state of Alabama executed Jerry Paul Henderson
At 6:24 p.m., the state of Alabama executed Jerry Paul Henderson
- JUNE 2, 2005LaosDEATH PENALTY
the Lao People's Court of Vientiane have given the death penalty to six people...
the Lao People's Court of Vientiane have given the death penalty to six people...
- JUNE 1, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. THREE AFGHANS CONVICTED OF RAPE PUT TO DEATH BY HANGING
three Afghans convicted of raping an Iranian woman and stealing a sheep were hanged in the southern town of Ravar in Iran’s Kerman province. The three men -- identified as Nazar Mohammad, Kheyrollah, and Besmellah -- were reported to have been in the Isla
- JUNE 1, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. REPORTER MAY FACE DEATH PENALTY
China accused Ching Cheong, a Hong Kong-based reporter for Singapore's Straits Times newspaper, of spying for foreign agencies.
- JUNE 1, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. WORLD NEWSPAPER GROUP DEMANDS RELEASE OF JOURNALIST WHO RISKS DEATH PENALTY
the World Association of Newspapers demanded the immediate release of Hong Kong journalist Ching Cheong detained in China on spy charges.
- JUNE 1, 2005IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. THREE MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER MURDER OF TOP GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL
an Iraqi court sentenced three people to death over the murder of a top government official in May.
- JUNE 1, 2005JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. CHINESE MAN IN FUKUOKA FAMILY MURDER APPEALS DEATH SENTENCE
Wei Wei, a Chinese national, appealed a district court ruling that sentenced him to death for his part in the murder in 2003 of a family of four in Fukuoka, Japan.
- JUNE 1, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. FOUR MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE, MURDER
Sialkot Additional District & Sessions Judge Khalid Arshad sentenced Akhtar Ali to death on two counts with a with a fine of Rs. 100,000 and sentenced to death with a fine of Rs. 50,000 each Babar Ali, Abdul Razzaq and Muhammad Ramzan alias Hakeem.
- JUNE 1, 2005TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN. MAN FACES DEATH PENALTY FOR POISONING ENERGY DRINKS WITH CYANIDE
Wang Ching-chan, a Taiwan national, faced the death penalty for poisoning high-energy drinks with cyanide in a botched extortion attempt that killed one man and made three more ill, prosecutors said.
- JUNE 1, 2005VenezuelaDEATH PENALTY
VENEZUELA. OFFICERS SACKED FOR EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS
Venezuelan Interior Minister Jesse Chacon announced the removal from their posts of nine military officers and a police commander "for causing and falsifying the executions of three youths," whose deaths were originally said to have occurred during a conf
- JUNE 1, 2005YemenDEATH PENALTY
Abdallah Hadi Al-Maliki and Abdallah Hazam Dagheish were executed in Yeme for murder
Abdallah Hadi Al-Maliki and Abdallah Hazam Dagheish were executed in Yeme for murder
- MAY 31, 2005BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
LIBYA. RULING DELAYED IN DEATH SENTENCE AIDS CASE
Libya's high court delayed a ruling on an appeal by six foreign medics sentenced to death for infecting hundreds of children with the AIDS virus. Judge Ali al-Allush said the case involving five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor, who have already