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- 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, 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
- NOVEMBER 12, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Speedy Trial Tribunal in Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced...
The Speedy Trial Tribunal in Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced seven people to death and one person to life imprisonment for killing Juba Dal leader Kabul Khan, 27
- NOVEMBER 12, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The 7th Additional District and Sessions Court of Dhaka,...
The 7th Additional District and Sessions Court of Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced Abdul Kader to death penalty for stabbing to death his wife
- NOVEMBER 12, 2003PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Senator Robert Barbers urged Philippine President Gloria...
Senator Robert Barbers urged Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to consider death by "firing squad" as the most effective deterrent to quash the drug menace in the country
- NOVEMBER 12, 2003Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly President...
Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly President Peter Schieder and the Secretary General of the Organisation, Walter Schwimmer, welcomed Turkey's formal deposition of the ratification instruments for Protocol No
- NOVEMBER 12, 2003Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly President...
Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly President Peter Schieder and the Secretary General of the Organisation, Walter Schwimmer, welcomed Turkey's formal deposition of the ratification instruments for Protocol No
- 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 11, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Allahabad high court, India, commuted six death...
The Allahabad high court, India, commuted six death sentences, in four separate cases
- NOVEMBER 11, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Niaz Ahmed, a Muslim, was sentenced to death in Pakistan...
Niaz Ahmed, a Muslim, was sentenced to death in Pakistan for insulting Islam's Prophet Mohammad
- NOVEMBER 11, 2003MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
A total of 121 death row convicts were awaiting execution...
A total of 121 death row convicts were awaiting execution in prisons nationwide, the Malaysian Senate was told
- NOVEMBER 11, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Four Iranian men found guilty of a series of kidnappings...
Four Iranian men found guilty of a series of kidnappings and rapes were sentenced to execution by stoning, the conservative Qods newspaper said
- NOVEMBER 11, 2003Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Papua New Guinea Justice Minister Mark Maipakai admitted...
Papua New Guinea Justice Minister Mark Maipakai admitted in parliament that there was a problem in how the death penalty would be carried out once it was imposed on a prisoner
- NOVEMBER 10, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Ishaq, 36 year old betel leaf seller, was...
Mohammad Ishaq, 36 year old betel leaf seller, was sentenced to death by a District and Sessions court in Chittagong, Bangladesh, for the murder of a neighbour following an argumant over payment of Tk 20 at Banshkhali