Archive
Death penalty
We update every day. No advertising, no trackers, no algorithm. The news that power does not want to see — and the news that power does everything to hide.
- JUNE 10, 2004JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
Charles Learmond, the member of the Jamaican parliament...
Charles Learmond, the member of the Jamaican parliament for South West Clarendon, chastised his colleagues saying they were unwilling to take a firm stand on whether the government should hold a referendum on capital punishment
- JUNE 10, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Yan'an Intermediate People's Court, in Shaanxi...
The Yan'an Intermediate People's Court, in Shaanxi Province, executed Li Hongwu, Li Fafu and Yang Lin for intentional homicide
- JUNE 10, 2004DEATH PENALTY
An attempt to bar the death penalty as punishment for...
An attempt to bar the death penalty as punishment for capital crimes for anyone under the age of 18 was rejected by the full House, falling 10 votes short of what it needed to pass
- JUNE 9, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The West Bengal government was preparing for the state's...
The West Bengal government was preparing for the state's first hanging in decades
- JUNE 9, 2004ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
A South African court rejected a bid by the families...
A South African court rejected a bid by the families of 70 suspected mercenaries held in Zimbabwe to force President Thabo Mbeki's government to bring the men back to South Africa
- JUNE 9, 2004South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
A South African court rejected a bid by the families...
A South African court rejected a bid by the families of 70 suspected mercenaries held in Zimbabwe to force President Thabo Mbeki's government to bring the men back to South Africa
- JUNE 9, 2004Equatorial GuineaDEATH PENALTY
A South African court rejected a bid by the families...
A South African court rejected a bid by the families of 70 suspected mercenaries held in Zimbabwe to force President Thabo Mbeki's government to bring the men back to South Africa
- JUNE 9, 2004TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
A Taiwan high court judge turned down the appeal by...
A Taiwan high court judge turned down the appeal by Chen Chao-chin against the death sentence by the Keelung district court for hiring a killer to assassinate a rival candidate for the city legislature
- JUNE 8, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
An Indonesian court on sentenced Marco Archer Cardoso...
An Indonesian court on sentenced Marco Archer Cardoso Moreira, a Brazilian, to death after convicting him of trying to smuggle 13
- JUNE 8, 2004BrazilDEATH PENALTY
An Indonesian court on sentenced Marco Archer Cardoso...
An Indonesian court on sentenced Marco Archer Cardoso Moreira, a Brazilian, to death after convicting him of trying to smuggle 13
- JUNE 8, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Tran Trung Dung, 23, was sentenced to death by firing...
Tran Trung Dung, 23, was sentenced to death by firing squad in Vietnam after being convicted of murdering his girlfriend in a jealous rage
- JUNE 8, 2004BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
The London-based Privy Council was expected to hand...
The London-based Privy Council was expected to hand down a ruling that would affect the imposition of the death penalty in several Caribbean countries, according to a statement issued by the Barbados government
- JUNE 8, 2004Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
The London-based Privy Council was expected to hand...
The London-based Privy Council was expected to hand down a ruling that would affect the imposition of the death penalty in several Caribbean countries, according to a statement issued by the Barbados government
- JUNE 8, 2004QatarDEATH PENALTY
Qatari prosecutors demanded the death penalty for two...
Qatari prosecutors demanded the death penalty for two Russian spies accused of killing a Chechen rebel leader
- JUNE 8, 2004JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
The London-based Privy Council was expected to hand...
The London-based Privy Council was expected to hand down a ruling that would affect the imposition of the death penalty in several Caribbean countries, according to a statement issued by the Barbados government
- JUNE 8, 2004RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Qatari prosecutors demanded the death penalty for two...
Qatari prosecutors demanded the death penalty for two Russian spies accused of killing a Chechen rebel leader
- JUNE 8, 2004United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The London-based Privy Council was expected to hand...
The London-based Privy Council was expected to hand down a ruling that would affect the imposition of the death penalty in several Caribbean countries, according to a statement issued by the Barbados government
- JUNE 8, 2004OhioDEATH PENALTY
William G
William G
- JUNE 8, 2004OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Robert Leroy Bryan, 63, was given a lethal injection...
Robert Leroy Bryan, 63, was given a lethal injection of chemicals at the state's death chamber in McAlester for killing his aunt Mildred Inabell Bryan on Sept
- JUNE 7, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Three Iranians convicted of rape, kidnapping and extortion...
Three Iranians convicted of rape, kidnapping and extortion were hanged publicly in the western city of Khoramabad, the conservative Jaam-e Jam newspaper reported
- JUNE 7, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran had stepped up its suppression of political opposition...
Iran had stepped up its suppression of political opposition with an intense campaign of torture and arbitrary arrests, the New York-based Human Rights Watch said in a report released
- JUNE 7, 2004UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
A poll carried out by the Uzbek's Public Opinion Center...
A poll carried out by the Uzbek's Public Opinion Center revealed that residents of the country objected to imposing a moratorium on the death penalty or abolishing capital punishment
- JUNE 7, 2004RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Alexander Yakovenko, an official representative of...
Alexander Yakovenko, an official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, said that new reasons had arisen for Russia to ratify the protocol on abolishing the death penalty
- JUNE 7, 2004United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
International human rights lawyer Clive Stafford Smith...
International human rights lawyer Clive Stafford Smith appealed to Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) to help save the life of fellow Scot Kenny Richey who had spent 18 years on Death Row in the US state of Ohio
- JUNE 7, 2004United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
International human rights lawyer Clive Stafford Smith...
International human rights lawyer Clive Stafford Smith appealed to Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) to help save the life of fellow Scot Kenny Richey who had spent 18 years on Death Row in the US state of Ohio
- JUNE 7, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
five members of the Islamic Society of the University of Ferdowsi
five members of the Islamic Society of the University of Ferdowsi
- JUNE 6, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
Justice minister Malik Dohan al-Hassan said Iraq was...
Justice minister Malik Dohan al-Hassan said Iraq was to restore the death penalty after the return of sovereignty later in the month
- JUNE 6, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
Bringing back the death penalty after the handover...
Bringing back the death penalty after the handover of power by the Coalition Provisional Authority to a new Iraqi government on June 30 "is not the best way to present the new Iraq to the world," HOC General Secretary Sergio D'Elia said
- JUNE 6, 2004LibyaDEATH PENALTY
The motives for the death sentences passed on five...
The motives for the death sentences passed on five Bulgarian nurses and the Palestinian doctor on charges of infecting over 400 Libyan children with AIDS were not presented, as required by Libyan law
- JUNE 6, 2004LibyaDEATH PENALTY
The motives for the death sentences passed on five...
The motives for the death sentences passed on five Bulgarian nurses and the Palestinian doctor on charges of infecting over 400 Libyan children with AIDS were not presented, as required by Libyan law