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- OCTOBER 23, 2003DEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain welcomed the European Parliament's unanimous...
Hands Off Cain welcomed the European Parliament's unanimous approval of a resolution calling for the presentation of the moratorium resolution at the ongoing UN General Assembly currently in session in New York without delay
- OCTOBER 23, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain welcomed the European Parliament's unanimous...
Hands Off Cain welcomed the European Parliament's unanimous approval of a resolution calling for the presentation of the moratorium resolution at the ongoing UN General Assembly currently in session in New York without delay
- OCTOBER 23, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
After the European Parliament approved a resolution...
After the European Parliament approved a resolution calling for an initiative in favour of a universal moratorium on the death penalty at the UN, Marco Pannella, MEP and Hands Off Cain President, declared: "It's time that President Frattini affirms convic
- OCTOBER 23, 2003DEATH PENALTY
EP APPROVES SECOND RESOLUTION FOR UN MORATORIUM
October 23, 2003: the European Parliament unanimously approved Thursday a second resolution calling for an initiative in favour of a universal moratorium on the death penalty at the UN.”
- OCTOBER 22, 2003European UnionDEATH PENALTY
The European Parliament opened the debate on a new...
The European Parliament opened the debate on a new motion calling on the Italian presidency to present at the ongoing UN General Assembly in New York a resolution for a worldwide moratorium on executions
- OCTOBER 22, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
The Iranian Sharg newspaper reported that two men found...
The Iranian Sharg newspaper reported that two men found guilty of murder were hanged in Tehran's Evin prison
- OCTOBER 22, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Ramadan Sardar and Dhaher Shah bin Faqir Shah,...
Mohammad Ramadan Sardar and Dhaher Shah bin Faqir Shah, two Pakistani nationals sentenced to death for heroin smuggling, were beheaded by sword in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- OCTOBER 22, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Ramadan Sardar and Dhaher Shah bin Faqir Shah,...
Mohammad Ramadan Sardar and Dhaher Shah bin Faqir Shah, two Pakistani nationals sentenced to death for heroin smuggling, were beheaded by sword in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- OCTOBER 22, 2003AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that a new law in Afghanistan proposed...
It was reported that a new law in Afghanistan proposed the death penalty for those who cultivate and traffic in narcotics
- OCTOBER 22, 2003NebraskaDEATH PENALTY
In Omaha, a man who killed 2 children should be sentenced...
In Omaha, a man who killed 2 children should be sentenced to death, a jury found
- OCTOBER 22, 2003South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
In Beaufort, a jury sentenced Abdiyyah ben Alkebulanyahh...
In Beaufort, a jury sentenced Abdiyyah ben Alkebulanyahh to death
- OCTOBER 22, 2003DEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DEBATES NEW MOTION FOR UN MORATORIUM
October 22, 2003: the European Parliament opened the debate on a new motion calling on the Italian presidency to present at the ongoing UN General Assembly in New York a resolution for a worldwide moratorium on executions.
- OCTOBER 21, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
In the Italian Chamber Alleanza Nazionale MP Andrea...
In the Italian Chamber Alleanza Nazionale MP Andrea Ronchi tabled a motion calling on the government to "continue its diplomatic and political action to take definitive steps towards the presentation and adoption by the ongoing General Assembly of a resol
- OCTOBER 21, 2003DEATH PENALTY
Danny Montano's conviction of slaying another inmate...
Danny Montano's conviction of slaying another inmate at Tucson's Cimarron unit is upheld
- OCTOBER 21, 2003DEATH PENALTY
An insurance salesman convicted of murdering his lover's...
An insurance salesman convicted of murdering his lover's estranged husband in a plot to collect on an $800,000 insurance policy was sentenced to death
- OCTOBER 20, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Five men convicted of drug smuggling and murder were...
Five men convicted of drug smuggling and murder were publicly hanged in the southern Iranian city of Bam, the Jomhuri Eslami newspaper reported
- OCTOBER 20, 2003KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Hundreds of convicts on death row or serving life imprisonment...
Hundreds of convicts on death row or serving life imprisonment have demanded the quashing of their sentences and automatic compensation by the Kenyan Government
- OCTOBER 19, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Sylhet, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Bodruzzaman...
A court in Sylhet, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Bodruzzaman Bodor, 22, and gave life imprisonment to five others, after convicting them of murder
- OCTOBER 19, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's judiciary moved to dispel speculation that jailed...
Iran's judiciary moved to dispel speculation that jailed dissident Hashem Aghajari had once again been sentenced to death, press reports said
- OCTOBER 19, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
After 68 years and 319 lives taken by the firing squad,...
After 68 years and 319 lives taken by the firing squad, a ceremony was held to mark the end of this execution style and the beginning of death row convicts getting lethal injections
- OCTOBER 19, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Houshang Rostami, an Iranian man convicted of murder,...
Houshang Rostami, an Iranian man convicted of murder, was executed in a prison in Iran's western province of Ilam
- OCTOBER 18, 2003GermanyDEATH PENALTY
Thousands of Iranians demonstrated in the German city...
Thousands of Iranians demonstrated in the German city of Dortmund in support of the leader of the Iranian opposition movement, the People's Mujahedeen, under investigation in France over alleged terrorist links
- OCTOBER 18, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Thousands of Iranians demonstrated in the German city...
Thousands of Iranians demonstrated in the German city of Dortmund in support of the leader of the Iranian opposition movement, the People's Mujahedeen, under investigation in France over alleged terrorist links
- OCTOBER 17, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Alfjan Mohammad Akbar Khan, a Pakistani found guilty...
Alfjan Mohammad Akbar Khan, a Pakistani found guilty of drug trafficking, was beheaded by the sword in the town of Huta Bani Tamim, in the Riyadh region of Saudi Arabia
- OCTOBER 17, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Alfjan Mohammad Akbar Khan, a Pakistani found guilty...
Alfjan Mohammad Akbar Khan, a Pakistani found guilty of drug trafficking, was beheaded by the sword in the town of Huta Bani Tamim, in the Riyadh region of Saudi Arabia
- OCTOBER 17, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Three men were executed in Vietnam for murder as part...
Three men were executed in Vietnam for murder as part of the government's ongoing crackdown against violent crime
- OCTOBER 16, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
HOC's General-Secretary Sergio D'Elia slammed the reply...
HOC's General-Secretary Sergio D'Elia slammed the reply given by state Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs Margherita Boniver in reply to the parliamentary questions tabled in the Italian Senate by Ottaviano Del Turco and in the Chamber by Enrico Buemi wi
- OCTOBER 16, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
Fourteen men and one woman were sentenced to death...
Fourteen men and one woman were sentenced to death by hanging for burning 2 villages, Jukhma and Jebra in Darfour, on May 15th, 2003, and killing at least 8 persons belonging to the Four tribe
- OCTOBER 16, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Bali judges delivered the last significant verdict...
Bali judges delivered the last significant verdict in Bali bombing trials, giving a life sentence to logistics and financial man Mubarok
- OCTOBER 16, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
A court in the southern Iranian city of Kerman condemned...
A court in the southern Iranian city of Kerman condemned a gang of six men to hang publicly for committing a series of murders in a bid to clean up on social vices, the Etemad newspaper reported