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- AUGUST 5, 2003PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Former Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines...
Former Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) president Oscar Cruz called for the abolition of the death penalty in the country saying that only God had the right to take away one's life
- AUGUST 5, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The shanghai No 2 Intermediate People's Court said...
The shanghai No 2 Intermediate People's Court said it had imposed the death penalty on Huang Shanbin for kidnapping a 10-year-old boy
- AUGUST 5, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Indian Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence...
The Indian Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence awarded to four men convicted of killing 15 people at a wedding party in a village in Punjab's Amritsar district in 1991 to avenge their humiliation at the hands of the bridegroom's father
- AUGUST 5, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Hands Off Cain delegation completed its mission...
The Hands Off Cain delegation completed its mission to Uzbekistan, the second leg of the tour of Central Asian republics, in order to gain consensus for a UN moratorium resolution on capital executions
- AUGUST 5, 2003UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The Hands Off Cain delegation completed its mission...
The Hands Off Cain delegation completed its mission to Uzbekistan, the second leg of the tour of Central Asian republics, in order to gain consensus for a UN moratorium resolution on capital executions
- AUGUST 5, 2003TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Hakimjon Otaboyev, from northern Tajikistan, was sentenced...
Hakimjon Otaboyev, from northern Tajikistan, was sentenced to death by the Soghd regional criminal court
- AUGUST 5, 2003OhioDEATH PENALTY
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- AUGUST 4, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu...
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Bello Masari, gave assurances that the National Assembly would support the abrogation of capital punishment from the nation's laws
- AUGUST 4, 2003CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Victor Miranda-Guerrero, 24, who admitted raping Bridgette...
Victor Miranda-Guerrero, 24, who admitted raping Bridgette Ballas, 29, on November 27, 1999 was sentenced to death
- AUGUST 4, 2003EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
The Ethiopian Federal High Court sentenced 21 defendants,...
The Ethiopian Federal High Court sentenced 21 defendants, four of them to death, they had been indicted on charges of extra judicial killings of religious leaders and eminent personalities during the reign of Colonel Mengistu's military government
- AUGUST 3, 2003MaliDEATH PENALTY
Marco Cappato, Lista Bonino MEP and HOC Board Member...
Marco Cappato, Lista Bonino MEP and HOC Board Member visited Mali on behalf of Hands Off Cain to discuss the death penalty and Mali's position on a possible resolution calling for a worldwide moratorium on executions at the UN General Assembly
- AUGUST 3, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Hands Off Cain delegation comprised by MEP Benedetto...
The Hands Off Cain delegation comprised by MEP Benedetto Della Vedova, regional parliamentary Bruno Mellano, HOC board member Antonio Stango and Rosanna Degiovanni, finished the first part of their Central Asian mission, to gather support in favour of a U
- AUGUST 3, 2003KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
The Hands Off Cain delegation comprised by MEP Benedetto...
The Hands Off Cain delegation comprised by MEP Benedetto Della Vedova, regional parliamentary Bruno Mellano, HOC board member Antonio Stango and Rosanna Degiovanni, finished the first part of their Central Asian mission, to gather support in favour of a U
- AUGUST 3, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Four young men were sentenced to death in Bangladesh...
Four young men were sentenced to death in Bangladesh for the rape and murder of Hasina Banu, 15, in 1999
- AUGUST 3, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Marco Cappato, Lista Bonino MEP and HOC Board Member...
Marco Cappato, Lista Bonino MEP and HOC Board Member visited Mali on behalf of Hands Off Cain to discuss the death penalty and Mali's position on a possible resolution calling for a worldwide moratorium on executions at the UN General Assembly
- AUGUST 2, 2003Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
The Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Walter...
The Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Walter Schwimmer, warmly welcomed the decision of Armenian President Robert Kocharyan to commute all outstanding death sentences to life imprisonment
- AUGUST 2, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Judge Haq Nawaz Balooch of Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC)-V...
Judge Haq Nawaz Balooch of Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC)-V in Karachi, sentenced defendants Kashif Aziz and Zahir to death on two counts under different sections of the Anti Terrorism Act
- AUGUST 2, 2003RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Kemerovo Region governor Aman Tuleyev called for public...
Kemerovo Region governor Aman Tuleyev called for public executions of terrorists and drugs traffickers in Russia, saying it was the only way to deal with such crimes
- AUGUST 2, 2003ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Walter...
The Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Walter Schwimmer, warmly welcomed the decision of Armenian President Robert Kocharyan to commute all outstanding death sentences to life imprisonment
- AUGUST 2, 2003TogoDEATH PENALTY
Marco Cappato went to Togo together with First Counsellor...
Marco Cappato went to Togo together with First Counsellor Basilio Toth
- AUGUST 2, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Continuing his mission in Africa, Marco Cappato went...
Continuing his mission in Africa, Marco Cappato went to Togo together with First Counsellor Basilio Toth
- AUGUST 2, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Bangladesh convicted Mofizuddin, 53, and...
A court in Bangladesh convicted Mofizuddin, 53, and Abdus Samad Dewan, 45, and sentenced them to death for killing an aborigine man
- AUGUST 1, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Rana Mohammed Shafik Mohammed Rafik, a Pakistani national...
Rana Mohammed Shafik Mohammed Rafik, a Pakistani national caught smuggling heroin into Saudi Arabia, was executed in the kingdom by public beheading in the western city of Jeddah
- AUGUST 1, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Rashed bin Modhesh al-Dosari, a Saudi national convicted...
Rashed bin Modhesh al-Dosari, a Saudi national convicted of shooting a compatriot to death following an argument, was executed in the Riyadh region by public beheading
- AUGUST 1, 2003BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
"The execution of a convicted murderer last month has...
"The execution of a convicted murderer last month has re-opened the controversy over the administration of the death penalty in Botswana," said an All Africa editorial
- AUGUST 1, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Rana Mohammed Shafik Mohammed Rafik, a Pakistani national...
Rana Mohammed Shafik Mohammed Rafik, a Pakistani national caught smuggling heroin into Saudi Arabia, was executed in the kingdom by public beheading in the western city of Jeddah
- AUGUST 1, 2003ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The new Criminal Code that came into force on August...
The new Criminal Code that came into force on August 1, 2003 removed the death penalty for ordinary crimes
- AUGUST 1, 2003RwandaDEATH PENALTY
A Rwandan court in Gikonko convicted 105 people of...
A Rwandan court in Gikonko convicted 105 people of involvement in the central African country's 1994 genocide, with 11 of them getting the death penalty
- AUGUST 1, 2003ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Armenian President Robert Kocharian pardoned all inmates...
Armenian President Robert Kocharian pardoned all inmates who were sentenced to death by shooting under the old Criminal Code, the presidential press service said
- AUGUST 1, 2003GhanaDEATH PENALTY
MEP Marco Cappato went to Ghana to obtain political...
MEP Marco Cappato went to Ghana to obtain political backing for the moratorium proposal on capital executions at the forthcomming UN General Assembly