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- NOVEMBER 18, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
The US Supreme Court declined to review the case of...
The US Supreme Court declined to review the case of Osbaldo Torres, a Mexican national facing execution in the US state of Oklahoma, who claimed he did not get consular assistance as required by international law
- NOVEMBER 18, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
The US Supreme Court declined to review the case of...
The US Supreme Court declined to review the case of Osbaldo Torres, a Mexican national facing execution in the US state of Oklahoma, who claimed he did not get consular assistance as required by international law
- NOVEMBER 17, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Li Dawei, a Chinese businessman, was sentenced to death...
Li Dawei, a Chinese businessman, was sentenced to death for bank fraud by an intermediate court in Xian city, northern Shaanxi province, after he promised a company high interest rates but swindled it out of some 29
- NOVEMBER 17, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A man who allegedly killed and dismembered his male...
A man who allegedly killed and dismembered his male lover was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve
- NOVEMBER 17, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen The Thang, 27, was executed in Vietnam's northern...
Nguyen The Thang, 27, was executed in Vietnam's northern province of Ha Tay for killing a taxi driver in May 2002
- NOVEMBER 16, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The newly-appointed Conservative Party shadow home...
The newly-appointed Conservative Party shadow home secretary has sparked controversy by suggesting United Kingdom should bring back the death penalty
- NOVEMBER 16, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A survey of 1,012 people for the Sunday Telegraph revealed...
A survey of 1,012 people for the Sunday Telegraph revealed that 62 per cent of those questioned wanted the death penalty brought back for child murderers, while 54 per cent backed its re-introduction for all murderers
- NOVEMBER 16, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Five people were sentenced to death in Bangladesh for...
Five people were sentenced to death in Bangladesh for killing Rafiqul Islam, 30, on December 29, 2000
- NOVEMBER 16, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A Special Tribunal in Rangpur, Bangladesh, sentenced...
A Special Tribunal in Rangpur, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Mohshin Ali, Hafizur Rahman and his wife Razika Begum of Osmanpur Sholipara village after finding them guilty of poisoning to death Komola Begum, 18, after taking it in turns to rape her, on Ap
- NOVEMBER 16, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Speedy Trial Tribunal of Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced...
The Speedy Trial Tribunal of Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced eight people to death, five of which in absentia, and sentenced five others to life rigorous imprisonment for their involvement in the murder of two jewellery shop salesmen in Kishoreganj
- NOVEMBER 15, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Huang Ligang, 22 and Cheng Liang 29, were executed...
Huang Ligang, 22 and Cheng Liang 29, were executed for the murder of a Taiwanese couple and their four year-old daughter
- NOVEMBER 15, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
At the execution ground at Tam Hop Hamlet, Vietnam,...
At the execution ground at Tam Hop Hamlet, Vietnam, nearly a thousand people gathered to witness the executions of Ms Cao Thi Lien, also known as Gai and Tran Vinh Sanh, also known as Son
- NOVEMBER 14, 2003North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
In Raleigh, a man who strangled his elderly aunt in...
In Raleigh, a man who strangled his elderly aunt in 1990 was executed by injection
- NOVEMBER 14, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
"The fact that human nature is fallible makes it inevitable...
"The fact that human nature is fallible makes it inevitable that errors can be committed by the judiciary in convicting an accused," the Nigerian daily, the Vanguard, reported
- NOVEMBER 14, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
A Mexican court-martial condemned Second Lt
A Mexican court-martial condemned Second Lt
- NOVEMBER 14, 2003GuatemalaDEATH PENALTY
A court in Guatemala sentenced Santos Hernandez to...
A court in Guatemala sentenced Santos Hernandez to death by lethal injection for killing five native family members in Chiquimula
- NOVEMBER 14, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
"Notwithstanding the fact that it had backing from...
"Notwithstanding the fact that it had backing from both the Italian and European Parliaments, together with requests from civil society, including firstly Hands Off Cain, the Italian Government registered its umpteenth failure"
- NOVEMBER 14, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Upper Sharia Court in Bauchi, the capital of Bauchi...
The Upper Sharia Court in Bauchi, the capital of Bauchi state, Nigeria, overturned the adultery conviction of Yunusa Rafinchiyawa, 36, and saved him from being stoned to death
- NOVEMBER 13, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
A criminal court in western Sudan sentenced five men...
A criminal court in western Sudan sentenced five men to death by hanging after it found them guilty of murder
- NOVEMBER 13, 2003EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
Solomon Yimsegan, chairman of a revolutionary guard...
Solomon Yimsegan, chairman of a revolutionary guard squad in Addis Ababa during Mengistu's "Red Terror" period that followed the overthrow of emperor Haile Selassie, was sentenced to death for his role in the killing of 13 inmates and the torture of 51 be
- NOVEMBER 13, 2003PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Philippine Supreme Court commuted the death sentence...
The Philippine Supreme Court commuted the death sentence of Hideshi Suzuki, a 47-year-old Japanese man convicted of drug trafficking, to life imprisonment
- NOVEMBER 13, 2003JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Philippine Supreme Court commuted the death sentence...
The Philippine Supreme Court commuted the death sentence of Hideshi Suzuki, a 47-year-old Japanese man convicted of drug trafficking, to life imprisonment
- NOVEMBER 13, 2003South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma ruled out...
South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma ruled out testing public opinion on the death penalty as part of the 2004 general elections
- NOVEMBER 13, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Li Zhen, the former director of the State Taxation...
Li Zhen, the former director of the State Taxation Bureau in China's northern Hebei province, was executed for taking huge bribes and embezzling public funds, state media reported
- NOVEMBER 13, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Shanghai No 2 Intermediate People's Court imposed...
The Shanghai No 2 Intermediate People's Court imposed the death penalty on Wang Hao, after convicting him of robbery and murder
- NOVEMBER 13, 2003DEATH PENALTY
“NO EXPLOITATION, THE GOVERNMENT HAS BETRAYED A DECADE LONG BATTLE”
November 13, 2003: Italian undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Margherita Bonniver, speaking at the senate’s human rights commission aid that the situation had been “exploited” by the opposition and, with obvious reference to Hands Off Cain, also by an “im
- NOVEMBER 12, 2003TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkey officially presented the sixth protocol to the...
Turkey officially presented the sixth protocol to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms concerning the abolition of death penalty
- NOVEMBER 12, 2003DEATH PENALTY
Turkey officially presented the sixth protocol to the...
Turkey officially presented the sixth protocol to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms concerning the abolition of death penalty
- NOVEMBER 12, 2003EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Ashraf Mahmud, a 46-year-old Egyptian, was sentenced...
Ashraf Mahmud, a 46-year-old Egyptian, was sentenced to hang for having murdered his three children, his wife and her lover, court sources said
- NOVEMBER 12, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Italian undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Margherita...
Italian undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Margherita Bonniver, speaking on at the senate's human rights commission to explain the government's decision for the non presentation of a resolution for a universal moratorium on capital executions at the ongoi