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- MAY 11, 2004ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Philemon Muchapararwa was sentenced to death by the...
Philemon Muchapararwa was sentenced to death by the High Court in Zimbabwe after being found guilty of shooting two police officers at a roadblock
- MAY 11, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Shanghai Railway Intermediate People's Court sentenced...
The Shanghai Railway Intermediate People's Court sentenced Zhou Wenling to death for a murder he committed in Nanjing in 1994
- MAY 11, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
"UK soldiers have opened fire and killed civilians...
"UK soldiers have opened fire and killed civilians in southern Iraq in circumstances where there was apparently no imminent threat of death or serious injury to themselves or others," Amnesty International said in a report
- MAY 11, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
The punishments to be handed down by an Iraqi tribunal...
The punishments to be handed down by an Iraqi tribunal that will try former dictator Saddam Hussein and other top officials may include the death penalty, Salem Chalabi, the lawyer co-ordinating the trial, said
- MAY 11, 2004United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
"UK soldiers have opened fire and killed civilians...
"UK soldiers have opened fire and killed civilians in southern Iraq in circumstances where there was apparently no imminent threat of death or serious injury to themselves or others," Amnesty International said in a report
- MAY 11, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Some 600 students gathered at Tehran University to...
Some 600 students gathered at Tehran University to hear the sister of jailed Iranian dissident Hashem Aghajari, who was sentenced to death for blasphemy, denounce "religion in the service of power"
- MAY 11, 2004ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Zambian lawyer Kelvin Hang'andu was seeking to abolish...
Zambian lawyer Kelvin Hang'andu was seeking to abolish the death penalty in Zambia
- MAY 10, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Salman Nassiri, 30, was hanged in a prison in the city...
Salman Nassiri, 30, was hanged in a prison in the city of Lahijan, northern Iran
- MAY 10, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Ershad Shikder was hanged till death in Khulna jail,...
Ershad Shikder was hanged till death in Khulna jail, Bangladesh, at one minute past midnight between May 10 and 11
- MAY 10, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian judge who reconfirmed a controversial death...
An Iranian judge who reconfirmed a controversial death sentence against dissident Hashem Aghajari ignored objections to the original sentence made by the Supreme Court, newspapers quoted his lawyer as saying
- MAY 10, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Chinese court sentenced to death Lu Wangli for taking...
A Chinese court sentenced to death Lu Wangli for taking 26 million yuan (3
- MAY 10, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Chinese government systematically hunts down starving...
The Chinese government systematically hunts down starving North Korean refugees and sends them home to face detention in prison camps and possible execution, said Jean Ziegler, the United Nation's special rapporteur on the right to food
- MAY 10, 2004North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The Chinese government systematically hunts down starving...
The Chinese government systematically hunts down starving North Korean refugees and sends them home to face detention in prison camps and possible execution, said Jean Ziegler, the United Nation's special rapporteur on the right to food
- MAY 10, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In its initial trial, the Kunming Intermediate People's...
In its initial trial, the Kunming Intermediate People's Court in Yunnan Province, China, sentenced Tan Minglin, to death and confiscation of all personal assets for smuggling, trafficking, and transporting drugs
- MAY 10, 2004New HampshireDEATH PENALTY
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- MAY 10, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
A jury recommended District Judge Cliff Stricklin to...
A jury recommended District Judge Cliff Stricklin to impose the death sentence on 19-year-old Anthony Doyle for the January 2003 slaying of 47-year-old Hyun Mi Cho
- MAY 10, 2004United NationsDEATH PENALTY
The Chinese government systematically hunts down starving...
The Chinese government systematically hunts down starving North Korean refugees and sends them home to face detention in prison camps and possible execution, said Jean Ziegler, the United Nation's special rapporteur on the right to food
- MAY 9, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
The Association of the Defenders of Human Rights issued...
The Association of the Defenders of Human Rights issued a statement following the confirmation of the verdict in Hashem Agajari's case at the Iranian court of the first instance in Hamedan
- MAY 9, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
in a joint session of the cabinet and the Majlis, mullahs’ President Mohammad Khatami
in a joint session of the cabinet and the Majlis, mullahs’ President Mohammad Khatami
- MAY 8, 2004Bosnia & HerzegovinaDEATH PENALTY
Forensic experts uncovered a new mass grave in eastern...
Forensic experts uncovered a new mass grave in eastern Bosnia suspected to contain over 70 bodies of Muslim civilians including many women and children
- MAY 8, 2004OmanDEATH PENALTY
An Omani court referred its secret verdict on a German...
An Omani court referred its secret verdict on a German woman physiotherapist, Dana Gerlish, and her alleged lover, a wheelchair-bound Omani, to the grand mufti, normal procedure for death sentences, a court source said
- MAY 8, 2004TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
The Judicial Reform Foundation announced its intention...
The Judicial Reform Foundation announced its intention to seek international support to help Hsu Tzu-chiang , a death-row inmate whose case has been controversial for years
- MAY 8, 2004GermanyDEATH PENALTY
An Omani court referred its secret verdict on a German...
An Omani court referred its secret verdict on a German woman physiotherapist, Dana Gerlish, and her alleged lover, a wheelchair-bound Omani, to the grand mufti, normal procedure for death sentences, a court source said
- MAY 7, 2004ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa commuted the death...
Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa commuted the death sentences of 15 prisoners who were convicted for murder and aggravated robbery
- MAY 7, 2004ItalyDEATH PENALTY
On occasion of the visit to Italy of Chinese Prime...
On occasion of the visit to Italy of Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jibao, the Italian government and the Italian economists seemed positively impressed solely by the figures associated with Chinese development
- MAY 7, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On occasion of the visit to Italy of Chinese Prime...
On occasion of the visit to Italy of Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jibao, the Italian government and the Italian economists seemed positively impressed solely by the figures associated with Chinese development
- 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