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- OCTOBER 5, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Four Iranian men convicted of belonging to an organised...
Four Iranian men convicted of belonging to an organised crime gang were hanged in the northern province of Mazandaran
- OCTOBER 5, 2004BelarusDEATH PENALTY
There were no people sentenced to death in Belarus,...
There were no people sentenced to death in Belarus, chief of the Belarussian Interior Ministry's department of corrections Vladimir Kovchur told reporters
- OCTOBER 5, 2004Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Saudi man was executed by the sword in the town of...
A Saudi man was executed by the sword in the town of Abha in the southern province of Assir after he was convicted of murdering a compatriot, the interior ministry announced
- OCTOBER 5, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
The execution of Edward Green III was carried out shortly...
The execution of Edward Green III was carried out shortly after 8 p
- OCTOBER 5, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
In San Antonio, prosecutors dropped murder charges...
In San Antonio, prosecutors dropped murder charges against Ernest Willis
- OCTOBER 5, 2004CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Pasadena Superior Court Judge Michelle R
Pasadena Superior Court Judge Michelle R
- OCTOBER 5, 2004NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Islamic court in Nigeria sentenced a women to death...
Islamic court in Nigeria sentenced a women to death by stoning for having sex out of wedlock, authorities said
- OCTOBER 4, 2004BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe's newly elected Secretary General...
The Council of Europe's newly elected Secretary General Terry Davis described as "outrageous" the case of five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death in Libya on charges of deliberate HIV infection of several hundred Libyan children
- OCTOBER 4, 2004LibyaDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe's newly elected Secretary General...
The Council of Europe's newly elected Secretary General Terry Davis described as "outrageous" the case of five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death in Libya on charges of deliberate HIV infection of several hundred Libyan children
- OCTOBER 4, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A Vietnamese man was sentenced to death for raping...
A Vietnamese man was sentenced to death for raping and killing a woman in her home
- OCTOBER 4, 2004BelarusDEATH PENALTY
The human rights organization Amnesty International...
The human rights organization Amnesty International launched a campaign urging Uzbekistan and Belarus to end capital punishment
- OCTOBER 4, 2004UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The human rights organization Amnesty International...
The human rights organization Amnesty International launched a campaign urging Uzbekistan and Belarus to end capital punishment
- OCTOBER 4, 2004ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Twelve bishops from the Roman Catholic Church, the...
Twelve bishops from the Roman Catholic Church, the biggest Christian denomination in Zambia, called on Lusaka to scrap the death penalty from its new constitution
- OCTOBER 4, 2004CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Opponents of the death penalty from around the world...
Opponents of the death penalty from around the world were to have their second world congress in Montreal
- OCTOBER 4, 2004Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed a Saudi national convicted of...
Saudi Arabia executed a Saudi national convicted of murdering a man after a row between their relatives, the Interior Ministry said
- OCTOBER 4, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian man convicted of armed robbery, banditry...
An Iranian man convicted of armed robbery, banditry and drug trafficking was hanged in public in the central city of Isfahan, the local judiciary said
- OCTOBER 4, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
State-owned newspapers reported that two prisoners...
State-owned newspapers reported that two prisoners were hanged in the southern city of Jiroft
- OCTOBER 4, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Mehrzad Vajeb-Olhoghough was hanged in a public square...
Mehrzad Vajeb-Olhoghough was hanged in a public square in Isfahan, in front of his wife and his child
- OCTOBER 4, 2004Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe's newly elected Secretary General...
The Council of Europe's newly elected Secretary General Terry Davis described as "outrageous" the case of five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death in Libya on charges of deliberate HIV infection of several hundred Libyan children
- OCTOBER 3, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
A man found guilty of raping a young girl was hanged...
A man found guilty of raping a young girl was hanged in Iran in the northern province of Mazandaran
- OCTOBER 3, 2004Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
Kenrick London and his wife Chandroutie, who were convicted...
Kenrick London and his wife Chandroutie, who were convicted of the murder of Chandroutie's sister Meena Sookoo, in Trinidad and Tobago, had their sentences of death by hanging commuted to life imprisonment by the Court of Appeal
- OCTOBER 3, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Legal experts urged the Indonesian government to impose...
Legal experts urged the Indonesian government to impose a deadline for the execution of convicts sentenced to death to avoid double punishment
- OCTOBER 2, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A man in northern Vietnam was sentenced to death by...
A man in northern Vietnam was sentenced to death by firing squad and three others received life terms in jail as courts enforced a zero tolerance approach to illegal narcotics
- OCTOBER 2, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Two Iranians were sentenced to death for smuggling...
Two Iranians were sentenced to death for smuggling thousands of antiques to the US, Europe and Asia, state-run Tehran radio reported
- OCTOBER 2, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China cracked a 36-member gang that kidnapped and sold...
China cracked a 36-member gang that kidnapped and sold 96 women and children over a dozen years, sentencing two to death and handing the others at least two years' jail time
- OCTOBER 1, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A police officer in central China's Henan province...
A police officer in central China's Henan province was sentenced to death for robbing, raping and murdering six women
- OCTOBER 1, 2004Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A three-judge special judicial committee ordered that...
A three-judge special judicial committee ordered that four suspects arrested in connection with a series of robberies targeting the Saudi French Bank and Al-Rajhi Banking and Investment Corporation be put to death
- OCTOBER 1, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Several hundred Chinese schoolchildren watched public...
Several hundred Chinese schoolchildren watched public sentencings for criminals who were later executed, Amnesty International said
- OCTOBER 1, 2004JapanDEATH PENALTY
In a book titled 'He Who Killed my Brother and Me'...
In a book titled 'He Who Killed my Brother and Me' Masaru Harada recalled how he was shocked and wanted revenge at the beginning when his brother was killed, but later on realised how the execution was not the solution
- OCTOBER 1, 2004TongaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that ten Parliamentarians in Tonga...
It was reported that ten Parliamentarians in Tonga moved against a Bill that called for stiffer penalties, like death, against illicit drug offenders, resulting in the Bill's defeat