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- MAY 31, 2005IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. SADDAM TRIAL MAY START IN TWO MONTHS: TALABANI
Saddam Hussein could be on trial within two months, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said, but Giovanni Di Stefano, a London lawyer representing the former Iraqi dictator, warned several legal steps had to be taken first.
- MAY 31, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. 7 PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF THREE
seven people were sentenced to death by a Fast Track Court in Tirupattur, India, after being convicted of murdering three members of the same family.
- MAY 31, 2005NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA. COURT UPHOLDS MAN’S APPEAL AGAINST STONING TO DEATH
a Sharia Court of Appeal, sitting in Bauchi State, Nigeria, upheld an appeal by Umar Tori against his conviction and sentence to death by stoning for adultery.
- MAY 31, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. DEATH PENALTY MAY BECOME HISTORY
it was reported that the government had decided to bring in amendments to the more-than-a-century-old Indian Penal Code (IPC) which, if approved by Parliament, would eliminate the existing provision of the “death sentence” even “in the rarest of rare” cas
- MAY 31, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
according to the ”Iranian Human Rights Activist Groups in EU and North America...
according to the ”Iranian Human Rights Activist Groups in EU and North America...
- MAY 30, 2005IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. OVERWHELMING SUPPORT FOR DEATH PENALTY
it was reported that the Baghdad offices of Iraq's prime minister, Ibrahim Jaafari, had been flooded with telegrams supporting the government's decision to reinstate the death penalty for terrorists.
- MAY 29, 2005IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. DEATH PENALTY RETURNS TO IRAQ, WITH A VENGEANCE
according to a poll conducted by the US International Republican Institute published earlier in the month, 60 percent of Iraqis wanted the nation's constitution, currently being drawn up by lawmakers, to mention "extensive use of the death penalty".
- MAY 29, 2005YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN. ZAIDI MEMBER SENTENCED TO DEATH
a Yemeni court sentenced to death Hussein Mohammad al-Dailami, a member of a rebel Shiite Zaidi movement, after he was convicted of forging illicit contacts with Iran. Dailami, 40, was sentenced to death for "making contacts with a foreign country, namely
- MAY 29, 2005LibyaDEATH PENALTY
LIBYA. LIBYA READY TO COMPROMISE ON BULGARIAN MEDICS
the death sentences of the Bulgarian medics in Libya may be revoked if the interested parties manage to reach a consensus, the BBC cited Tripoli's foreign minister Abdel Rahman Mohammed Shalkam as saying after the visit of Bulgarian president Georgi Parva
- MAY 29, 2005IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. 60% OF IRAQIS FAVOUR INCLUSION OF DEATH PENALTY IN NEW CONSTITUTION, POLL
it was reported that according to a poll conducted by the US International Republican Institute published earlier in the month, 60% of Iraqis wanted the nation's constitution, currently being drawn up by lawmakers, to mention "extensive use of the death p
- MAY 28, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. ISLAMIST VIGILANTE SENTENCED TO DEATH
a member of an Islamist vigilante group convicted of a string of murders in Iran was sentenced to death while five other gang members were handed long prison terms.
- MAY 28, 2005JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
JAMAICA. COUNTRY’S TWO MAJOR PARTIES DISAGREE ON DEATH PENALTY
in the wake of calls for more steps to be taken in the fight against crime...
- MAY 28, 2005TexasDEATH PENALTY
in Fort Worth, Eddie C. Johnson, who has spent 8 years on death row...
in Fort Worth, Eddie C. Johnson, who has spent 8 years on death row, has been resentenced to life in prison because he was 17 when the murder occurred.
- MAY 27, 2005AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. BALI COURT SENTENCES AUSTRALIA'S CORBY FOR 20 YRS
an Indonesian court sentenced Australian beauty therapist Schapelle Corby to 20 years in jail for trying to smuggle 4.1 kg (9 lb) of marijuana into Bali.
- MAY 27, 2005RussiaDEATH PENALTY
COUNCIL OF EUROPE. CE RIGHTS CHIEF CALLS ON RUSSIA TO OUTLAW DEATH PENALTY
Russia is the only member country of the Council of Europe not to have legally abolished the death penalty...
- MAY 27, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN TRIPURA FOR RAPE AND MURDER
Samir Bhaumick, a man convicted of raping and murdering a seven year old girl and then hiding her body in a box, was sentenced to death by a court in the West district of Tripura, India.
- MAY 27, 2005RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. DEPUTY SEEKS LAW ON RUSSIA'S REJECTION OF DEATH PENALTY
State Duma legislative committee chief Pavel Krasheninnikov called on the lower chamber of the Russian Parliament to adopt a bill that would confirm the abolition of the death penalty in Russia.
- MAY 27, 2005RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. RUSSIA TOO QUICK WITH DEATH PENALTY MORATORIUM IT CAN'T REVOKE, PARLIAMENTARIAN
Russia was too quick to introduce its capital punishment moratorium, Vladimir Vasilyev, State Duma member, told a news conference.
- MAY 27, 2005South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH AFRICA. DEATH ROW PRISONERS SHOULD BE RELEASED: SAPOHR
all prisoners on death row should be released, the South African Prisoners' Organisation for Human Rights (Sapohr) said.
- MAY 26, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. TORCHLIT DEMONSTRATION FOR MAJDA, A MOROCCAN WOMAN AT RISK OF DECAPITATION IN SAUDI ARABIA
the plight of Majda Mustapha Mahir, a 40-year old Moroccan woman condemned to death in Saudi Arabia for the murder of her husband in 1998, took Hands Off Cain and the Association of Moroccan Women in Italy to the streets of Rome in protest.
- MAY 26, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. POLICE URGED TO STOP USING TORTURE TO MAKE PEOPLE CONFESS
China's top prosecution office urged police to stop using illegal methods such as torture to force suspects to confess, after a series of high profile miscarriages of justice.
- MAY 26, 2005VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. SIXTEEN DEATH SENTENCES UPHELD IN COUNTRY’S BIGGEST DRUGS CASE
sixteen people failed in their appeal against death sentences in Vietnam's biggest drug trafficking case, a court official in Ho Chi Minh City said.
- MAY 26, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MILK EXTORTION CASE
Qian Junbo was sentenced to death by the Xiangfan Intermediate Court in China’s Hubei province for poisoning milk products from the Inner Mongolian-based Mengniu Group in stores in Changsha and Wuhan cities early in 2004 and attempting to extort 200,000 y
- MAY 26, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. MURDER CONVICT EXECUTED IN KOTLAKHPAT JAIL
Tajamal Abbas, 24, resident of Sheikhupura, Pakistan, was executed for murder at Kotlakhpat Jail at 4:30am in the presence of the victim’s father and uncle.
- MAY 26, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. TOP PENALTY FOR GAYS DEATH BY STONING SAYS SAUDI JUDGE
Shaykh Fu'ad al-Majid, president of the general court in Al-Qatif, Saudi Arabia, explained that the religious ruling awaiting those present at a ‘party’ on 19 May, in which 13 homosexuals were present, would be stoning to death if they were married and fo
- MAY 26, 2005South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH AFRICA. COURT SLAMS STATE'S DEATH-ROW DELAYS
the Human Rights Commission of South Africa commended the May 25 Constitutional Court judgment that ordered the government to report to the court by August 15 on what it had done to set aside the death sentences of the 62 people still on death row.
- MAY 26, 2005MarylandDEATH PENALTY
Anne Arundel County Judge Pamela L. North granted death row inmate...
Anne Arundel County Judge Pamela L. North granted death row inmate Lawrence Michael Borchardt Sr. a new sentencing hearing, ruling that an attorney who defended the convicted killer at a capital sentencing hearing in 2000 provided ineffective counsel.
- MAY 26, 2005PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
Jerry Chambers, convicted of murdering 3-year-old Porchia Bennett...
Jerry Chambers, convicted of murdering 3-year-old Porchia Bennett, should be executed for the 2003 crime, a jury unanimously decided today.
- MAY 26, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. GUANGDONG COURT SENTENCES TWO TO DEATH FOR HEROIN TRAFFICKING
it was reported that recently, in its initial trial, the Maoming Intermediate People's Court, China, sentenced Yang Cuiyun, a 40 year old female from Yunnan, and Chen Luzong, from Maoming, to death for drug trafficking.
- MAY 25, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN PUBLICLY HANGED
a young man was hanged in public in the southern Iranian city of Ahwaz, accused of armed robbery and disturbing the peace.