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- FEBRUARY 28, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
the body of Ismail Yousefi, an Iranian asylum seeker...
the body of Ismail Yousefi, an Iranian asylum seeker who had been deported to Iran from Norway
- FEBRUARY 27, 2004RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Five people were sentenced to death for the murder...
Five people were sentenced to death for the murder of Charles Rutinduka, a genocide survivor killed on 26 November 2003, in Kaduha, Gikongoro Province
- FEBRUARY 27, 2004ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa quashed the death...
Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa quashed the death sentences imposed on 44 soldiers convicted of treason in 1999
- FEBRUARY 27, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Chapainawabganj, Bangladesh, sentenced to...
A court in Chapainawabganj, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Hazrat Ali after convicting him of killing and raping a girl
- FEBRUARY 27, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Chinese authorities reprimanded the United States for...
Chinese authorities reprimanded the United States for what it called "double standards" on human rights, after the US State Department accused China of "backsliding on key human rights issues
- FEBRUARY 27, 2004DEATH PENALTY
Chinese authorities reprimanded the United States for...
Chinese authorities reprimanded the United States for what it called "double standards" on human rights, after the US State Department accused China of "backsliding on key human rights issues
- FEBRUARY 27, 2004ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Thai government lodged a formal complaint against...
The Thai government lodged a formal complaint against the US' annual global human rights report, in which it described Thailand's record as having worsened in the past year
- FEBRUARY 27, 2004ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Thai government lodged a formal complaint against...
The Thai government lodged a formal complaint against the US' annual global human rights report, in which it described Thailand's record as having worsened in the past year
- FEBRUARY 27, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Islamic militant Amrozi, on death row for his role...
Islamic militant Amrozi, on death row for his role in the Bali bombings, may appeal to Indonesia's constitutional court to have his execution order overturned, his lawyer Adnan Wirawan said
- FEBRUARY 27, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Dang Chung, a 19-year-old unemployed man, was...
Nguyen Dang Chung, a 19-year-old unemployed man, was sentenced to death by a court in Bac Ninh for the murder of his 80-year-old neighbour in August 2003
- FEBRUARY 27, 2004JapanDEATH PENALTY
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi welcomed...
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi welcomed the decision by a Tokyo court to sentence former doomsday cult leader Shoko Asahara to death for a series of crimes including the 1995 sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system that killed 12 peop
- FEBRUARY 27, 2004JapanDEATH PENALTY
The head of the defense team for AUM Shinrikyo founder...
The head of the defense team for AUM Shinrikyo founder Shoko Asahara criticized the verdict against the cult leader, saying the reasons for his being given the death penalty were unpersuasive
- FEBRUARY 27, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Kobra Rahmanpour, 22, will be executed on February 28, 2004.
Kobra Rahmanpour, 22, will be executed on February 28, 2004.
- FEBRUARY 26, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A Vietnam court sentenced four members of an international...
A Vietnam court sentenced four members of an international drug trafficking ring to death by firing squad and four others, including an American citizen, to life behind bars
- FEBRUARY 26, 2004ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
The year-long treason trial of Zimbabwe opposition...
The year-long treason trial of Zimbabwe opposition chief Morgan Tsvangirai for allegedly plotting to kill President Robert Mugabe and stage a military coup ended, but judgment was not expected for several months
- FEBRUARY 26, 2004North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The United States accused North Korea of being "one...
The United States accused North Korea of being "one of the world's most inhumane regimes," citing persecution of forcibly repatriated North Koreans and harsh prison camp conditions
- FEBRUARY 26, 2004KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Esther Wanjeri Kamau was sentenced to death with her...
Esther Wanjeri Kamau was sentenced to death with her daughter, Lucy Wanjiku Kamau, by a Court of Appeal in Nakuru, Kenya, for murdering her husband
- FEBRUARY 26, 2004JapanDEATH PENALTY
The widow of a subway station employee killed in Tokyo's...
The widow of a subway station employee killed in Tokyo's 1995 subway nerve-gas attack said she wished Shoko Asahara, guru of the Aum doomsday cult, could be hanged many times over
- FEBRUARY 26, 2004United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Thailand's human rights credentials declined in 2003,...
Thailand's human rights credentials declined in 2003, the United States said in a blunt criticism over the kingdom's deadly war on drugs
- FEBRUARY 26, 2004North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The United States accused North Korea of being "one...
The United States accused North Korea of being "one of the world's most inhumane regimes," citing persecution of forcibly repatriated North Koreans and harsh prison camp conditions
- FEBRUARY 26, 2004ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Thailand's human rights credentials declined in 2003,...
Thailand's human rights credentials declined in 2003, the United States said in a blunt criticism over the kingdom's deadly war on drugs
- FEBRUARY 26, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
A 65-year-old Iranian was hanged at Tehran's Qasr prison...
A 65-year-old Iranian was hanged at Tehran's Qasr prison for raping an 11-month-old infant, the daily Etemad said
- FEBRUARY 26, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Sue Gunawardena-Vaughn, Director of Amnesty International...
Sue Gunawardena-Vaughn, Director of Amnesty International USA's Program to Abolish the Death Penalty, released the following statement on the impending execution of Hung Thanh Le, a Vietnamese foreign national who was on death row in Oklahoma and schedule
- FEBRUARY 26, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Hung Thanh Le, convicted in the death of a fellow refugee...
Hung Thanh Le, convicted in the death of a fellow refugee from Vietnam, was granted a stay of execution by Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry, a Democrat, at Hanoi's request an hour before the scheduled execution
- FEBRUARY 26, 2004DEATH PENALTY
Sue Gunawardena-Vaughn, Director of Amnesty International...
Sue Gunawardena-Vaughn, Director of Amnesty International USA's Program to Abolish the Death Penalty, released the following statement on the impending execution of Hung Thanh Le, a Vietnamese foreign national who was on death row in Oklahoma and schedule
- FEBRUARY 26, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Hung Thanh Le, convicted in the death of a fellow refugee...
Hung Thanh Le, convicted in the death of a fellow refugee from Vietnam, was granted a stay of execution by Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry, a Democrat, at Hanoi's request an hour before the scheduled execution
- FEBRUARY 26, 2004DEATH PENALTY
Moments before he was scheduled to be strapped to the...
Moments before he was scheduled to be strapped to the execution gurney at Oklahoma State Penitentiary, Hung Thanh Le received a governor's reprieve evening
- FEBRUARY 26, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
An Ellis County jury sentenced Kent William Sprouse...
An Ellis County jury sentenced Kent William Sprouse to death by lethal injection for the shooting death of Ferris Police officer Harry Marvin "Marty" Steinfeldt III
- FEBRUARY 26, 2004CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Iran has refused to send to Canada the body of a man
Iran has refused to send to Canada the body of a man
- FEBRUARY 25, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
The Tokyo District Court rejected a request for refugee...
The Tokyo District Court rejected a request for refugee status from a gay Iranian man who claimed that his homosexuality would be grounds for the death penalty if he was sent back to his homeland