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- AUGUST 15, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Liaoning Higher People's Court sentenced Liu Yong...
The Liaoning Higher People's Court sentenced Liu Yong to death with two years reprieve for leading an organised gang, intentional homicide, offering bribes and illegal possession of guns
- AUGUST 15, 2003Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
Myanmar's Supreme Court upheld the death sentences...
Myanmar's Supreme Court upheld the death sentences handed to four relatives of former dictator Ne Win for plotting to overthrow the ruling junta
- AUGUST 13, 2003ChadDEATH PENALTY
Abdullah bin Yahia Mohammed of Chad, was publicly executed...
Abdullah bin Yahia Mohammed of Chad, was publicly executed in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, after being found guilty of smuggling hallucinogenic tablets into the kingdom
- AUGUST 13, 2003KenyaDEATH PENALTY
John King'ori Wachira and John Maina Mwangi were sentenced...
John King'ori Wachira and John Maina Mwangi were sentenced to death by hanging after being found guilty of storming into their victim's home armed with a toy pistol and other crude weapons and robbing him of money and a mobile phone on 20 February 2003
- AUGUST 13, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Sergio D'Elia and Elisabetta Zamparutti, together with...
Sergio D'Elia and Elisabetta Zamparutti, together with Silvia Piccinini of the Italian Embassy in Lusaka, met with MP Doris Katai Mwinga, Clerk of the Zambian National Assembly
- AUGUST 13, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
Sudanese national Idriss bin Adam bin Ali was publicly...
Sudanese national Idriss bin Adam bin Ali was publicly executed in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, after being found guilty of smuggling hallucinogenic tablets into the kingdom
- AUGUST 13, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A government committee has recommended the death penalty...
A government committee has recommended the death penalty for those who sell or manufacture fake pharmaceutical drugs, Indian Health Minister Sushma Swaraj said
- AUGUST 13, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Emir of Gwandu, Alhaji Mustapha Haruna Jokolo,...
The Emir of Gwandu, Alhaji Mustapha Haruna Jokolo, said that any Muslim supporting the removal of capital punishment from the Nigerian constitution should regard himself as an infidel
- AUGUST 13, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The chairman of the Katsina State chapter of Izala,...
The chairman of the Katsina State chapter of Izala, Sheik Yakubu Musa, declared that Muslims would resist any attempt to abrogate capital punishment in Nigeria, saying that doing so will be tantamount to tampering with Sharia law, the Islamic legal system
- AUGUST 13, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives Aminu...
Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives Aminu Bello Masari said that no matter related to the abrogation of capital punishment in the country had ever been tabled before the House
- AUGUST 13, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Sudanese national Idriss bin Adam bin Ali and Abdullah...
Sudanese national Idriss bin Adam bin Ali and Abdullah bin Yahia Mohammed of Chad, were publicly executed in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, after being found guilty of smuggling hallucinogenic tablets into the kingdom
- AUGUST 13, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Shi yongsheng, Qi Kexiong and Luo Yingfeng were executed...
Shi yongsheng, Qi Kexiong and Luo Yingfeng were executed after being sentenced by the Shanghai Higher People's Court for murder and robbery
- AUGUST 13, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saad bin Ateq al-Harbi, a Saudi national convicted...
Saad bin Ateq al-Harbi, a Saudi national convicted of shooting dead Mohammed bin Muateq al-Harbi, was publicly decapitated by sword in the Kingdom's eastern Al-Ihsa province
- AUGUST 12, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Two women, Hoang Tu Lien, 43, and Tran Thi My Ha, 30,...
Two women, Hoang Tu Lien, 43, and Tran Thi My Ha, 30, were sentenced to death at the end of a four-day trial in Vietnam's central province of Quang Nam
- AUGUST 12, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Sergio D'Elia and Elisabetta Zamparutti, HOC Secretary...
Sergio D'Elia and Elisabetta Zamparutti, HOC Secretary and Treasurer respectively, met with Kenyan Interior Minister, Moody Awori
- AUGUST 12, 2003EritreaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International voiced concern at a reported...
Amnesty International voiced concern at a reported Libyan plan to deport seven Eritrean army deserters to their country where they could face torture and execution without trial
- AUGUST 12, 2003LibyaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International voiced concern at a reported...
Amnesty International voiced concern at a reported Libyan plan to deport seven Eritrean army deserters to their country where they could face torture and execution without trial
- AUGUST 12, 2003UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The Uzbek Supreme Court upheld a ruling passed by the...
The Uzbek Supreme Court upheld a ruling passed by the Tashkent city court for criminal affairs sentencing Iskandar Khudoyberganov, 29, to death
- AUGUST 12, 2003AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
"If we condone the execution of Amrozi bin Nurhasyim,...
"If we condone the execution of Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, we become no better than any others who employ death as a means to an end," wrote Rob Talbot in response to the death sentence handed down to Bali bomber Amrozi
- AUGUST 12, 2003RussiaDEATH PENALTY
State Duma Speaker Gennady Seleznyov suggested reinstating...
State Duma Speaker Gennady Seleznyov suggested reinstating capital punishment in Russia for terrorism and other grave crimes
- AUGUST 11, 2003HaitiDEATH PENALTY
Charles Jean Panel, a Haitian police officer who deserted...
Charles Jean Panel, a Haitian police officer who deserted from the force, told a local broadcaster that torture and summary executions were not uncommon at police stations, and that civilians often took part in such activities
- AUGUST 11, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Ha Thu Thuy, a 35-year-old woman, was sentenced to...
Ha Thu Thuy, a 35-year-old woman, was sentenced to death in Vietnam's southern province of Kien Giang
- AUGUST 11, 2003CameroonDEATH PENALTY
The Nkongsamba High Court in Cameroon's Littoral province...
The Nkongsamba High Court in Cameroon's Littoral province sentenced to death Laure Huguette Kinding Yango, a 24 year old nurse, for spreading AIDS
- AUGUST 11, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Kano State governor, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau condemned...
Kano State governor, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau condemned in strong terms the Federal Government's proposal to abolish capital punishment in Nigeria
- AUGUST 11, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Firoj, 32, was sentenced to death by a court in Bangladesh...
Firoj, 32, was sentenced to death by a court in Bangladesh for killing his cousin
- AUGUST 11, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Topo Santoso from the University of Indonesia and Bambang...
Topo Santoso from the University of Indonesia and Bambang Widjoyanto, former director of the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI), expressed concerns that a death sentence could provoke other people with similar beliefs to emulate Amrozi and his cohort
- AUGUST 10, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Lal Rahman Habibullah Khan, a Pakistani national caught...
Lal Rahman Habibullah Khan, a Pakistani national caught smuggling heroin into Saudi Arabia and convicted of drug trafficking, was beheaded by sword in the Saudi capital Riyadh
- AUGUST 10, 2003AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Assadullah bin Mohammed Jan bin Rahim Dad, known as...
Assadullah bin Mohammed Jan bin Rahim Dad, known as Mohammed Nabi Hamsha, an Afghan national found guilty of smuggling heroin into Saudi Arabia, was beheaded by sword in the Red Sea city of Jeddah
- AUGUST 10, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Assadullah bin Mohammed Jan bin Rahim Dad, known as...
Assadullah bin Mohammed Jan bin Rahim Dad, known as Mohammed Nabi Hamsha, an Afghan national found guilty of smuggling heroin into Saudi Arabia, was beheaded by sword in the Red Sea city of Jeddah
- AUGUST 10, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Lal Rahman Habibullah Khan, a Pakistani national caught...
Lal Rahman Habibullah Khan, a Pakistani national caught smuggling heroin into Saudi Arabia and convicted of drug trafficking, was beheaded by sword in the Saudi capital Riyadh