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- APRIL 13, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
NACDL. 2005 SPRING MEETING AND THE DEATH PENALTY
the NACDL's Spring Meeting will be held in New York from April 14 to April 17, 2005. An important occasion to be involved in the ever-expanding International Criminal Law arena.
- APRIL 13, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Muhammad Rafiq, 27, was hanged in new Central Jail in Multan, Pakistan, for the murder of an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) of the police force.
Muhammad Rafiq, 27, was hanged in new Central Jail in Multan, Pakistan, for the murder of an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) of the police force.
- APRIL 13, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, known as Raoof, was executed in Alivaz, Iran.
a man, known as Raoof, was executed in Alivaz, Iran.
- APRIL 12, 2005TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
Devin Banks, 21, was sentenced to death
Devin Banks, 21, was sentenced to death
- APRIL 12, 2005BahrainDEATH PENALTY
BAHRAIN. PARLIAMENT PRESENTED WITH ANTI-TERROR LAW
Bahrain's government presented parliament with an anti-terrorism law stipulating death for "terrorist" acts, following a rise in militant violence in the oil-rich Gulf Arab region, state media and MPs said.
- APRIL 12, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF WIFE
Abdul Kader was sentenced to death by a court in Laxmipur, Bangladesh, for the murder of his wife, 19-year old Peara Begum, at Charmartin village in the Ramgati district on September 4, 2000.
- APRIL 12, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. COUNTRY ACCUSED OF CRUSHING CAMPAIGN AGAINST MUSLIM UIGHURS
China was directing a crushing campaign of religious repression against Muslim Uighurs in the name of anti-separatism and counter-terrorism, a report by Human Rights Watch and Human Rights in China said.
- APRIL 12, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. CAMPAIGN AGAINST DEATH PENALTY GAINS SUPPORT
the film actors Murali and K.B. Ganesh Kumar, MLA, were among those who had signed the human rights memorial mass memorandum against death penalty in India.
- APRIL 12, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
FORMER POLICE CHIEF AND OTHERS TO DEATH
Guangan City Intermediate People's Court, sentenced Xiong Qiang, Wang Bo, Li Yong and Cha Wanqing to death and sentenced Zhang Jingsong and Jiang Chunlin to death with reprieve. Yang Zhiquan and nine others were sentenced to life imprisonment.
- APRIL 12, 2005New YorkDEATH PENALTY
NEW YORK, USA. LAWMAKERS VOTE NOT TO REINSTATE CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
a legislative committee rejected a bill on April 12 aimed at reinstating the state's death penalty, which a court had suspended last year.
- APRIL 12, 2005DEATH PENALTY
a briefing entitled: “THE ROLE OF THE UN TOWARD ENDING EXECUTIONS - True Stories and Practical Realities in Africa and the U.S.A.”, was held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
a briefing entitled: “THE ROLE OF THE UN TOWARD ENDING EXECUTIONS - True Stories and Practical Realities in Africa and the U.S.A.”, was held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
- APRIL 11, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CANADA. COURT AGAIN REJECTS REFUGEE STATUS FOR CHINESE FUGITIVE
the federal appeals court in British Columbia province, Canada, affirmed a lower court's February 2004 decision to refuse refugee status refused to Lai Changxing, a Chinese man considered China's most wanted fugitive.
- APRIL 11, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO MEN HANGED FOR MURDER
two Iranian men were hanged in prison in Yasooj, southwestern Iran, for murdering three people in a fight.
- APRIL 11, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. SIX PERSONS SENTENCED TO DEATH
six people were sentenced to death in Bangladesh, in three separate cases. Four men were sentenced to death in Dhaka for the murder of police officer Mizanur Rahman in January 2004.
- APRIL 11, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
Kerman’s court Judge Amiri Tabar had sentenced two young men to death
Kerman’s court Judge Amiri Tabar had sentenced two young men to death
- APRIL 10, 2005CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
in Colusa, a jury recommended death for Andrew Hampton Mickel, 26.
in Colusa, a jury recommended death for Andrew Hampton Mickel, 26.
- APRIL 10, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. ONE TO DIE AND FOUR TO GO TO JAIL FOR MURDER
Khokon Bepari, 26, was condemned to death by the Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal of Barisal, Bangladesh, after being found guilty of murder.
- APRIL 10, 2005IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. NEW PRESIDENT OPPOSED TO SADDAM DEATH SENTENCE
Iraq's new president, Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani, hinted in an interview that he opposed the idea of ousted dictator Saddam Hussein being sentenced to death.
- APRIL 10, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudis execute six men without sentence
Abshir Hassan, a 29 year old London man, accused Saudi Arabia of executing his brother, Abdul Fattah, and five other Somalis on April 1 without ever telling them that they had been condemned to death.
- APRIL 9, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. THREE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH
three people were sentenced to death in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, in two separate murder cases.
- APRIL 9, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
GENEVA. BRIEFING FOR RELAUNCHING A UN MORATORIUM ON EXECUTIONS
a briefing entitled: “THE ROLE OF THE UN TOWARD ENDING EXECUTIONS - True Stories and Practical Realities in Africa and the U.S.A.”, will be held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on April 12. The event is organized by Hands Off Cain, the Transnational R
- APRIL 9, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. POLITICAL PRISONER FACING IMMINENT EXECUTION
Iran’s Supreme Court upheld the death sentence against Hojjat Zamani, a longtime political prisoner in Iran, making his execution imminent. Zamani, 29 years old, had been imprisoned in the notorious Evin Prison in Tehran since the year 2000 for being a m
- APRIL 9, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. PUBLIC OUTCRY GROWING OVER PUNISHMENT, TORTURE OF SUSPECTS
it was reported that an unusual heated public debate had engulfed China over the wrongful conviction of a man for murder.
- APRIL 9, 2005JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. DALAI LAMA CALLS FOR ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama called for the abolition of the death penalty. On the second day of a visit to Japan which had been condemned by China, the Dalai Lama told a crowd of hundreds in Tokyo that criminals should be treated with “
- APRIL 9, 2005PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. CONVICTS ON DEATH ROW CAN THANK POPE, EDITORIAL
“If nobody has been sent to the lethal-injection chamber since 2001, the convicts can thank Pope John Paul II,” stated an editorial in the Philippine daily the Manilla Standard.
- APRIL 9, 2005UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
UZBEKISTAN. PRESSURE TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY GROWING - WEB SITE EDITORIAL
“According to the Uzbek law-enforcement agencies, 62 convicts were put to death in the country in 2004. As is known, the only two despotic countries in the CIS, Uzbekistan and Belarus, favour keeping the death penalty.
- APRIL 8, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. TWO MEN PUT TO DEATH FOR CASH VAN HEIST
Yang Chao, 22, and Sun Feng, 25, were executed after a show trial for killing a cash transport vehicle escort and injuring three others during a 2004 robbery in Panshi in China’s Jilin Province.
- APRIL 8, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. SAUDANESE NATIONAL BEHEADED FOR HASHISH SMUGGLING
a Sudanese man was beheaded in public after being convicted of trying to smuggle hashish into Saudi Arabia, the Interior Ministry said.
- APRIL 8, 2005SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CONCERNED OVER EXECUTION OF FOREIGNERS
Amnesty International bitterly commented the execution of foreigners in Saudi Arabia
- APRIL 8, 2005United NationsDEATH PENALTY
UN. COUNTRIES URGED TO SHED LIGHT ON DEATH PENALTY
Philip Alston, UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, urged countries to remove the "cloak of secrecy" surrounding the death penalty and disclose the number of executions and people on death row. Alston said secrecy unde