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- JANUARY 9, 2004PortugalDEATH PENALTY
Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Manuel Durao Barroso,...
Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Manuel Durao Barroso, a vocal supporter of the US-led invasion of Iraq, said he opposed the death penalty for Saddam Hussein even though the Iraqi leader had committed "heinous crimes"
- JANUARY 9, 2004North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
In Raleigh, a man was executed for the 1992 killing...
In Raleigh, a man was executed for the 1992 killing of a store clerk after failed appeals that focused on whether lethal injection amounts to cruel and unusual punishment
- JANUARY 8, 2004North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
Two ethnic Korean-Chinese people were executed by firing...
Two ethnic Korean-Chinese people were executed by firing squad and two others were sentenced to 25 years in prison
- JANUARY 8, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Two ethnic Korean-Chinese people were executed by firing...
Two ethnic Korean-Chinese people were executed by firing squad and two others were sentenced to 25 years in prison
- JANUARY 8, 2004Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
After having approached the Foreign Ministry of Myanmar...
After having approached the Foreign Ministry of Myanmar following the nine death sentences issued by the Myanmar authorities on November 28, 2003, the outgoing (Italian) Presidency published a declaration recalling that the Union considered the death pena
- JANUARY 8, 2004DEATH PENALTY
After having approached the Foreign Ministry of Myanmar...
After having approached the Foreign Ministry of Myanmar following the nine death sentences issued by the Myanmar authorities on November 28, 2003, the outgoing (Italian) Presidency published a declaration recalling that the Union considered the death pena
- JANUARY 8, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Following a one day trial, the People's Court of the...
Following a one day trial, the People's Court of the northern province of Bac Giang, Vietnam, sentenced to death Dinh Dinh Lam, 34, Giang A Chong, 25, and their female accomplice Nguyen Thi Mai, 37, after finding them guilty of trafficking 2
- JANUARY 8, 2004North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Judge orders new sentencing hearing for death-row inmate
Judge orders new sentencing hearing for death-row inmate
- JANUARY 8, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Tehran newspapers reported that a prisoner called Abolqassem...
Tehran newspapers reported that a prisoner called Abolqassem would be hanged imminently in the city of Behbahan, Iran
- JANUARY 8, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A court in Duanzhou District in China's Guangdong Province,...
A court in Duanzhou District in China's Guangdong Province, recently sentenced Zuo Chengfa, 21, to death for drug trafficking, the Xinxi Shibao newspaper reported
- JANUARY 8, 2004DEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN
Taliban´s supreme leader Mulla Mohammad Omar issued a decree of ban on conversion from Islam.
- JANUARY 8, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
according to a report in the Iran newspaper
according to a report in the Iran newspaper
- JANUARY 7, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Iranian state-run newspapers reported that a prisoner...
Iranian state-run newspapers reported that a prisoner in Tehran's Qasr Prison, identified as Hamid Reza, was hanged at dawn
- JANUARY 7, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesia's Supreme Court upheld a lower court death...
Indonesia's Supreme Court upheld a lower court death sentence on Amrozi Nur Hasyim, 41, one of the key figures in the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people
- JANUARY 7, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International criticised the Vietnamese government...
Amnesty International criticised the Vietnamese government for making the reporting and dissemination of statistics on the use of the death penalty a state secret
- JANUARY 7, 2004LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Human rights activists, legal experts and religious...
Human rights activists, legal experts and religious figures in Lebanon described the authorities' implementation of capital punishment as inhumane
- JANUARY 7, 2004DEATH PENALTY
A man sentenced to die for killing his estranged wife's...
A man sentenced to die for killing his estranged wife's employer got a new sentencing hearing because the trial judge answered the jury's question about Department of Corrections policies
- JANUARY 7, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that the Xinzhou Intermediate People's...
It was reported that the Xinzhou Intermediate People's Court in China's Shanxi Province recently sentenced Shi Xinquan to death for illegally using explosives
- JANUARY 7, 2004DEATH PENALTY
IRAN
Hassan Faylom, was hanged in public outside Tehran´s Qasr prison...
- JANUARY 7, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM MAKES NUMBER OF DEATH SENTENCES A TOP STATE SECRET
January 7, 2004: following international criticism about Vietnam´s growing number of capital sentences, Prime Minister Phan Van Khai has listed the number of people condemned to death as a top state secret, an official said Wednesday.
- JANUARY 6, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Philippines was due to execute its first convicts...
The Philippines was due to execute its first convicts in January since lifting a nearly four-year moratorium on the death penalty, Bureau of Corrections chief Dionisio Santiago said
- JANUARY 6, 2004NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Upper Sharia Court in the Alkalere district of...
The Upper Sharia Court in the Alkalere district of the northern state of Bauchi, Nigeria, sentenced Umar Tori, 45, to death by stoning for having sex with his 15-year-old stepdaughter
- JANUARY 6, 2004KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
The European Union issued a statement welcoming the...
The European Union issued a statement welcoming the Kazakh leadership's decision to declare a moratorium on the death penalty
- JANUARY 6, 2004ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
A mentally ill Arkansas man whose lawyers had argued...
A mentally ill Arkansas man whose lawyers had argued the state couldn't legally execute him was put to death
- JANUARY 6, 2004DEATH PENALTY
The European Union issued a statement welcoming the...
The European Union issued a statement welcoming the Kazakh leadership's decision to declare a moratorium on the death penalty
- JANUARY 6, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
Ynobe Matthews, described by authorities as a serial...
Ynobe Matthews, described by authorities as a serial rapist, was executed for raping and strangling a woman 3 1/2 years ago
- JANUARY 6, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that a court in Hanzhong, Shaanxi Province,...
It was reported that a court in Hanzhong, Shaanxi Province, carried out the order of the Provincial Higher People's Court to execute Yu Xukang and Wei Fubing for the robbery and murder of Zhang Yunting, deputy director of the Hanzhong People's Congress on
- JANUARY 5, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Following international criticism about Vietnam's growing...
Following international criticism about Vietnam's growing number of capital sentences, Prime Minister Phan Van Khai has listed the number of people condemned to death as a top state secret, an official said
- JANUARY 5, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The Radical members of the European Parliament presented...
The Radical members of the European Parliament presented a parliamentary question with regard to the summary execution of a farmer named Nih
- JANUARY 5, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The Radical members of the European Parliament presented...
The Radical members of the European Parliament presented a parliamentary question with regard to the summary execution of a farmer named Nih