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- JULY 12, 2004Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Sri Lankan woman was beheaded in the Saudi capital...
A Sri Lankan woman was beheaded in the Saudi capital for murdering her employer, the Interior Ministry said
- JULY 12, 2004Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
A Sri Lankan woman was beheaded in the Saudi capital...
A Sri Lankan woman was beheaded in the Saudi capital for murdering her employer, the Interior Ministry said
- JULY 12, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
European Union foreign ministers have urged the interim...
European Union foreign ministers have urged the interim Iraqi government not to reinstate the death penalty, which some Baghdad leaders have said could be brought back into force
- JULY 12, 2004DEATH PENALTY
European Union foreign ministers have urged the interim...
European Union foreign ministers have urged the interim Iraqi government not to reinstate the death penalty, which some Baghdad leaders have said could be brought back into force
- JULY 12, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A Speedy Trial Tribunal in Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced...
A Speedy Trial Tribunal in Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced to death five people, four of which in absentia, and sentenced five others to life imprisonment after being convicted of stabbing to death Shipon, 35, at about midnight on February 19, 2001
- JULY 12, 2004PolandDEATH PENALTY
Poland's Prime Minister Marek Belka said that he was...
Poland's Prime Minister Marek Belka said that he was against the death penalty but was in favour of life imprisonment without parole
- JULY 12, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Human rights campaigners reiterated their call for...
Human rights campaigners reiterated their call for an end to the death penalty, which they said had proven ineffective in deterring drug dealers and was against the basic human right to live
- JULY 12, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
Iraqi interim President Sheikh Ghazi al-Yawar confirmed...
Iraqi interim President Sheikh Ghazi al-Yawar confirmed the country would soon reinstate the death penalty, as the European Union voiced its strong opposition to the sentence
- JULY 12, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
One of Iraq's top Shiite politicians, Abdul Aziz al-Hakim,...
One of Iraq's top Shiite politicians, Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, said during a visit to Iran that ousted president Saddam Hussein deserved the death penalty for his war against Iran as well as other crimes
- JULY 12, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
iranian security forces have stepped up what appears
iranian security forces have stepped up what appears
- JULY 12, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
the Department of Public Places of Isfahan's State Security Forces announced that
the Department of Public Places of Isfahan's State Security Forces announced that
- JULY 12, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
the death sentence of a man named Ali Deldari was issued
the death sentence of a man named Ali Deldari was issued
- JULY 11, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A female official, in Qingyuan City of south China's...
A female official, in Qingyuan City of south China's Guangdong Province, was sentenced to death on charges of embezzlement
- JULY 11, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's supreme court quashed the sentences against...
Iran's supreme court quashed the sentences against four policeman who faced death by stoning for belonging to a gang that kidnapped and raped girls
- JULY 11, 2004PolandDEATH PENALTY
Poland's right wing Law and Justice Party (PiS) demanded...
Poland's right wing Law and Justice Party (PiS) demanded the restoration of the death penalty for murderers
- JULY 10, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Two Iranians convicted of murder were hanged in Fuman,...
Two Iranians convicted of murder were hanged in Fuman, in the northern province of Gilan
- JULY 10, 2004LebanonDEATH PENALTY
A draft law presented by 7 MPs to Parliament calling...
A draft law presented by 7 MPs to Parliament calling for the abolishment of capital punishment was met with mixed reviews from academics
- JULY 10, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
About 200 women rallied in the Shiite Muslim holy city...
About 200 women rallied in the Shiite Muslim holy city of Najaf to demand that ousted leader Saddam Hussein be executed for his regime's crimes against Iraq's majority community
- JULY 9, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Five men were executed by firing squad at dawn in Vietnam...
Five men were executed by firing squad at dawn in Vietnam for rape and murder
- JULY 9, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A senior banker has been executed and at least eight...
A senior banker has been executed and at least eight bank executives arrested amid reports of loan fraud and other abuses at China's state-run banks, official media reported
- JULY 9, 2004LebanonDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that the Bekaa Criminal Court issued...
It was reported that the Bekaa Criminal Court issued five death sentences against suspects charged with murder and attempts at premeditated murder, no further details were given
- JULY 9, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed its first HIV-positive criminal, Ai...
China executed its first HIV-positive criminal, Ai Haiti, a 29-year-old drug addict arrested in 2003 with 382 grams of heroin
- JULY 9, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
Wth weapons in their hands, thousands of Shiites, supporters...
Wth weapons in their hands, thousands of Shiites, supporters of rebel leader Moqtada al Sadr, took to the streets of Baghdad, to demand death for Saddam Hussein without a trial
- JULY 9, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Bombay High Court confirmed the death sentence...
The Bombay High Court confirmed the death sentence awarded by a lower court to Shivaji Shankar Alhalt, a 42-year-old labourer from Junnar near Pune, for the rape and murder of a 10-year-old girl
- JULY 9, 2004BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
There was mixed Caribbean reaction to three separate...
There was mixed Caribbean reaction to three separate decisions handed down by the London-based Privy Council in death penalty
- JULY 9, 2004JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
There was mixed Caribbean reaction to three separate...
There was mixed Caribbean reaction to three separate decisions handed down by the London-based Privy Council in death penalty
- JULY 9, 2004DEATH PENALTY
There was mixed Caribbean reaction to three separate...
There was mixed Caribbean reaction to three separate decisions handed down by the London-based Privy Council in death penalty
- JULY 9, 2004United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
There was mixed Caribbean reaction to three separate...
There was mixed Caribbean reaction to three separate decisions handed down by the London-based Privy Council in death penalty
- JULY 9, 2004CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Riverside Superior Court Judge Dennis A
Riverside Superior Court Judge Dennis A
- JULY 8, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Purna Maya Shrestha claimed that her Nepali, Ishowri...
Purna Maya Shrestha claimed that her Nepali, Ishowri Shrestha, who was facing a death sentence in China, was innocent