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- MAY 7, 2004SudanDEATH PENALTY
The Sudanese government is responsible for "ethnic...
The Sudanese government is responsible for "ethnic cleansing" and crimes against humanity in the western region of Darfur, Human Rights Watch said in a new report
- MAY 7, 2004TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkish lawmakers adopted a series of amendments to...
Turkish lawmakers adopted a series of amendments to the country's constitution in a bid to meet EU democracy norms and win the go-ahead to begin talks on joining the bloc
- MAY 7, 2004TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Tajikistani President Emomali Rakhmonov submitted for...
Tajikistani President Emomali Rakhmonov submitted for consideration of the lower house of the national parliament a draft law which would put into place a moratorium on executions
- MAY 7, 2004OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
In McAlester, the state Pardon and Parole Board voted...
In McAlester, the state Pardon and Parole Board voted 3-2 to recommend clemency for death-row inmate Osbaldo Torres, 29
- MAY 7, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
Gerardo Flores, 18, was arrested by Lufkin police after...
Gerardo Flores, 18, was arrested by Lufkin police after his 16-year-old girlfriend delivered twin boys stillborn at home and sought medical attention at an East Texas hospital, an arrest affidavit states
- MAY 6, 2004Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
A Libyan court sentenced 5 Bulgarian medics and a Palestinian...
A Libyan court sentenced 5 Bulgarian medics and a Palestinian doctor to death by firing squad for deliberately infecting hundreds of Libyan children with the deadly HIV virus, court officials said
- MAY 6, 2004ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Following a visit to the Italian Senate by a delegation...
Following a visit to the Italian Senate by a delegation of Vietnamese parliamentarians, a communiqué was released stating, "the president of the parliamentary foreign commission, Gustavo Selva, highlighted the lack of human rights in the country, demonstr
- MAY 6, 2004BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
A Libyan court sentenced 5 Bulgarian medics and a Palestinian...
A Libyan court sentenced 5 Bulgarian medics and a Palestinian doctor to death by firing squad for deliberately infecting hundreds of Libyan children with the deadly HIV virus, court officials said
- MAY 6, 2004LibyaDEATH PENALTY
A Libyan court sentenced 5 Bulgarian medics and a Palestinian...
A Libyan court sentenced 5 Bulgarian medics and a Palestinian doctor to death by firing squad for deliberately infecting hundreds of Libyan children with the deadly HIV virus, court officials said
- MAY 6, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Following a visit to the Italian Senate by a delegation...
Following a visit to the Italian Senate by a delegation of Vietnamese parliamentarians, a communiqué was released stating, "the president of the parliamentary foreign commission, Gustavo Selva, highlighted the lack of human rights in the country, demonstr
- MAY 6, 2004MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International sent letters to the Oklahoma...
Amnesty International sent letters to the Oklahoma Attorney General, Drew Edmonson and the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board urging them to demonstrate their respect for justice and human life by recommending clemency for Osvaldo Torres to Governor Henry a
- MAY 6, 2004DEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International sent letters to the Oklahoma...
Amnesty International sent letters to the Oklahoma Attorney General, Drew Edmonson and the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board urging them to demonstrate their respect for justice and human life by recommending clemency for Osvaldo Torres to Governor Henry a
- MAY 6, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A Speedy Trial Tribunal in Bangladesh sentenced to...
A Speedy Trial Tribunal in Bangladesh sentenced to death Kurush Miah and Wasiur Rahman and sentenced 10 others to life imprisonment for murder
- MAY 6, 2004LibyaDEATH PENALTY
The EU condemned death sentences handed in Libya to...
The EU condemned death sentences handed in Libya to five Bulgarian health workers and a Palestinian doctor for spreading AIDS, saying they cast a "shadow" over improving ties with Tripoli
- MAY 6, 2004DEATH PENALTY
The EU condemned death sentences handed in Libya to...
The EU condemned death sentences handed in Libya to five Bulgarian health workers and a Palestinian doctor for spreading AIDS, saying they cast a "shadow" over improving ties with Tripoli
- MAY 6, 2004DEATH PENALTY
The EU condemned death sentences handed in Libya to...
The EU condemned death sentences handed in Libya to five Bulgarian health workers and a Palestinian doctor for spreading AIDS, saying they cast a "shadow" over improving ties with Tripoli
- MAY 6, 2004BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
The EU condemned death sentences handed in Libya to...
The EU condemned death sentences handed in Libya to five Bulgarian health workers and a Palestinian doctor for spreading AIDS, saying they cast a "shadow" over improving ties with Tripoli
- MAY 6, 2004North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
In Asheboro, John Scott Badgett, 36, received the death...
In Asheboro, John Scott Badgett, 36, received the death penalty
- MAY 6, 2004DEATH PENALTY
LIBYA. FIVE BULGARIAN MEDICS AND PALESTINIAN DOCTOR SENTENCED TO DEATH
May 6, 2004: a Libyan court sentenced five Bulgarian medics and a Palestinian doctor to death by firing squad.
- MAY 6, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
according to reports from the intelligence and foreign relations offices...
according to reports from the intelligence and foreign relations offices...
- MAY 5, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
A 19 year old Iranian woman named as Leila M
A 19 year old Iranian woman named as Leila M
- MAY 5, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Canada's parliament launched a wide-ranging probe into...
Canada's parliament launched a wide-ranging probe into China's human rights record, with damning evidence of the treatment meted out to Tibetans by Beijing
- MAY 5, 2004KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Kenya's Appeal Court expressed shock at the high number...
Kenya's Appeal Court expressed shock at the high number of prisoners who had died at the country's Naivasha Maximum Prison
- MAY 5, 2004CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Canada's parliament launched a wide-ranging probe into...
Canada's parliament launched a wide-ranging probe into China's human rights record, with damning evidence of the treatment meted out to Tibetans by Beijing
- MAY 5, 2004GermanyDEATH PENALTY
Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer expressed Germany's...
Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer expressed Germany's dismay over the confirmation of a death sentence ordered against a dissident Iranian academic Hashem Aghajari
- MAY 5, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer expressed Germany's...
Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer expressed Germany's dismay over the confirmation of a death sentence ordered against a dissident Iranian academic Hashem Aghajari
- MAY 5, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Chinese court in Yunnan province, Southwest China,...
A Chinese court in Yunnan province, Southwest China, pronounced null and void the death penalty handed down to Russian citizen Yelena Timchenko who was arrested at Kunming airport for carrying more than one kilogram of heroin in 2001
- MAY 5, 2004RussiaDEATH PENALTY
A Chinese court in Yunnan province, Southwest China,...
A Chinese court in Yunnan province, Southwest China, pronounced null and void the death penalty handed down to Russian citizen Yelena Timchenko who was arrested at Kunming airport for carrying more than one kilogram of heroin in 2001
- MAY 4, 2004KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Kenya's Court of Appeal learnt that a judge had illegally...
Kenya's Court of Appeal learnt that a judge had illegally sentenced a 16-year-old hired assassin to death
- MAY 4, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Iranian university professor Hashem Aghajari vowed...
Iranian university professor Hashem Aghajari vowed he wouldn't appeal against a reinstated death sentence, effectively challenging Iran's judges to execute him for criticizing clerical rule, his lawyer said