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- MAY 20, 2005CubaDEATH PENALTY
DEMONSTRATIONS IN FAVOUR OF THE “ASSEMBLY FOR THE PROMOTION OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN CUBA”
“Freedom, Rights and Democracy in Cuba” states a banner during the protest organized by the Radical Party outside the Cuban embassy in Rome.
- MAY 20, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
an Anti Terrorism Court in Karachi, Pakistan, convicted four kidnappers and sentenced them to death.
an Anti Terrorism Court in Karachi, Pakistan, convicted four kidnappers and sentenced them to death.
- MAY 19, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. FIVE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ABDUCTING AND SELLING CHILDREN
five people were sentenced to death and three others were jailed after being convicted of abducting and selling 19 young boys. Li Bifang, Jiang Chengpu, Yuan Guiyuan and Liu Weibing received death sentences for abducting boys aged between two and six by t
- MAY 19, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. HINDU WHO KILLED MISSIONARY ESCAPES DEATH PENALTY
Dara Singh, a Hindu extremist convicted of killing an Australian missionary and his two sons had his death sentence reduced to life imprisonment by a court in eastern India.
- MAY 19, 2005TexasDEATH PENALTY
Richard Cartwright was executed in Huntsville
Richard Cartwright was executed in Huntsville
- MAY 19, 2005ThailandDEATH PENALTY
THAILAND. TWO DRUG SUSPECTS SENTENCED TO DEATH, THREE OTHERS HAVE SENTENCE COMMUTED
the Thai Appeals Court sentenced two drug suspects, earlier acquitted by the Criminal Court, to death and withheld the death sentence on another three suspects.
- MAY 19, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
the Bangladesh High Court rejected appeal and confirmed the death sentence to three young men
the Bangladesh High Court rejected appeal and confirmed the death sentence to three young men awarded by the lower court for harrying to death a 10-year-old schoolgirl from Gaibandha in 2002.
- MAY 19, 2005NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
United States Human Rights and Democracy report...
United States Human Rights and Democracy report...
- MAY 19, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
two men, Wang Junping and Zhu Yaqi, and a woman, Zhu Yaying, were executed
two men, Wang Junping and Zhu Yaqi, and a woman, Zhu Yaying, were executed
- MAY 18, 2005MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. MAN WHO KILLED GIRLFRIEND'S DAUGHTER ESCAPES GALLOWS ON APPEAL
M. Thirunyanam, a coconut seller convicted of murder, escaped the mandatory death sentence when the Court of Appeal in Malaysia reduced the conviction to that of culpable homicide not amounting to murder and sentenced him to the maximum jail term of 20 ye
- MAY 18, 2005RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. SENIOR MP URGES ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY AHEAD OF PACE SESSION
the head of the Federation Council international affairs committee, Mikhail Margelov, said it was necessary to finalize the ratification of the sixth protocol of the Convention on Human Rights on abolishing the death penalty by the end of June 2005.
- MAY 18, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. JUDICIARY DENIES STONING VERDICT FOR LOVER'S MURDERESS
judiciary denied newspaper reports that a mother of two who strangled her lover had been sentenced to death by stoning, saying sentence had yet to be passed in the case.
- MAY 18, 2005DEATH PENALTY
DRC. PRISONERS DIE FROM MALNUTRITION AWAITING TRIAL COUNTRY, UN
prisoners awaiting trial are dying from lack of food, overcrowding and unsanitary conditions in prisons in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the UN mission to the central African country said.
- MAY 18, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. MAN WHO RAPED AND KILLED GIRL SENTENCED TO DEATH
a court in Gujarat, India, sentenced Ramesh Rathod to death for the rape and murder of a 10-year-old girl in 1999.
- MAY 18, 2005MissouriDEATH PENALTY
Vernon Brown died by injection at the Eastern Reception Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Bonne Terre
Vernon Brown died by injection at the Eastern Reception Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Bonne Terre
- MAY 18, 2005TexasDEATH PENALTY
Bryan Wolfe was executed in Huntsville
Bryan Wolfe was executed in Huntsville
- MAY 18, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified as Hossein Gholi, was sentenced to death in Tehran
a man, identified as Hossein Gholi, was sentenced to death in Tehran
- MAY 17, 2005DEATH PENALTY
CUBA. TWO POLISH MEMBERS OF EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT BARRED FROM ENTERING COUNTRY TO PARTICIPATE IN DISSIDENT ASSEMBLY
two Polish members of the European Parliament who planned to attend a dissident meeting in Cuba were denied entry by the island's Communist authorities and sent back to Europe.
- MAY 17, 2005Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
RDC. EU WELCOMES THE ELIMINATION OF THE DEATH PENALTY FROM THE CONSTITUTION
the elimination of all references to the death penalty in the constitutional project approved by the DRC’s National Assembly on May 13 showed the country’s will to create the foundations for a democratic regime with the full respect of human rights, decla
- MAY 17, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
a court in Manikganj, Bangladesh, sentenced Kitab Ali to death for murder.
- MAY 17, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING 14 WITH POISONOUS ALCOHOL
fifteen people were convicted by a local court in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, for producing and selling fake liquor that left 14 people dead.
- MAY 17, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. AIMB DEMANDS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR US SOLDIERS WHO INSULTED KORAN
the All India Minority Board (AIMB) asked the US President George W Bush to award capital punishment to those soldiers who had insulted the holy Koran and seek public apology for their ''shameful acts''.
- MAY 17, 2005IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. GOVERNMENT VOWS TO EXECUTE REBELS
mortars, bombs and drive-by gunmen killed at least 24 Iraqis as the new government vowed to punish the killers of at least 50 other people found slain in the last 48 hours, saying insurgents were trying to start open warfare between Shi'ites and Sunnis.
- MAY 17, 2005PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY -- SANTIAGO
“Why not commute all death sentences?” was the suggestion of Catanduanes Rep. Joseph Santiago, who urged Philippine’s President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to follow the example of former Russian President Boris Yeltsin, who signed a decree in 1999 commuting
- MAY 17, 2005PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. 2 VALENZUELA POLICEMEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING FELLOW OFFICER
two Valenzuela City policemen were sentenced to die by lethal injection in the Philippines after a Manila City court found them guilty of killing a fellow officer inside a police community precinct in 1996.
- MAY 17, 2005PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. MOVE TO REPEAL DEATH PENALTY REVIVED, EDITORIAL
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo breathed new life to an old proposal to repeal the death penalty.
- MAY 17, 2005UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. COUNTRY GETS TOUGH WITH GOAT THIEVES
it was reported that 25-year-old David Katushabe, from Uganda's Nakasongola district, had been sentenced to death for stealing a goat.
- MAY 17, 2005YemenDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. PRESIDENT OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION MAKES APPEAL FOR AMINA
President of the Italian Senate’s Human Rights Commission, Enrico Pianetta (Forza Italia), appealed to Yemen’s President, Ali Abdallah Saleh, for immediate clemency to be granted to Amina Ali Abdulatif Al Tuhaif, sentenced to death in Yemen for having par
- MAY 17, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. GUANGXI COURT SENTENCES SIX PEOPLE TO DEATH FOR HEROIN TRAFFICKING
the Beihai Court in China’s Guangxi province, sentenced Wu Zhangguang and Huang Chongming to death, sentenced four others to death with two years reprieve and a further four to life imprisonment.
- MAY 17, 2005United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
a UK judge ruled that British national Babar Ahmad could be extradited to the US
a UK judge ruled that British national Babar Ahmad could be extradited to the US to face charges of soliciting support for terrorism and trying to set up a terrorist training camp in Arizona.