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- JULY 19, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
The Iranian newspaper Iran web site reported that the...
The Iranian newspaper Iran web site reported that the death sentences of five people were to be carried out in public on the 19th and 20th of July
- JULY 19, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Dinh Huu Huy, 26, was executed by firing squad in Vietnam...
Dinh Huu Huy, 26, was executed by firing squad in Vietnam after being convicted of in 2002 of murdering a motorcycle taxi driver in order to steal his vehicle, state media said
- JULY 18, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Utaik al-Islam Khan, a Bangladeshi man convicted of...
Utaik al-Islam Khan, a Bangladeshi man convicted of murdering a Saudi national, was beheaded by the sword in the western region of Mecca
- JULY 18, 2003South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Lehlohonolo Kobedi, a South African man who had been...
Lehlohonolo Kobedi, a South African man who had been on death row in Botswana for five years, was executed at Gaborone Central Prison, SABC news reported
- JULY 18, 2003BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
Lehlohonolo Kobedi, a South African man who had been...
Lehlohonolo Kobedi, a South African man who had been on death row in Botswana for five years, was executed at Gaborone Central Prison, SABC news reported
- JULY 18, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Utaik al-Islam Khan, a Bangladeshi man convicted of...
Utaik al-Islam Khan, a Bangladeshi man convicted of murdering a Saudi national, was beheaded by the sword in the western region of Mecca
- JULY 18, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Ma Xin, a Beijing man, was sentenced to death by the...
Ma Xin, a Beijing man, was sentenced to death by the Beijing intermediate court on for counterfeiting official corporate stamps and financial documents
- JULY 18, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Four ring leaders of a gang in south-west China's Sichuan...
Four ring leaders of a gang in south-west China's Sichuan province were sentenced to death
- JULY 18, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
The US military said it had discovered a mass grave...
The US military said it had discovered a mass grave near Mosul, in northern Iraq, containing up to 400 bodies
- JULY 18, 2003TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer approved the sixth...
Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer approved the sixth European Union (EU) adjustment package envisaging amendments to laws, including the commutation into life imprisonment of the death penalty envisaged in the Gelibolu Peninsula Historical National Par
- JULY 18, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Pattana Sriwiboon, 38, was sentenced to death after...
Pattana Sriwiboon, 38, was sentenced to death after he admitted killing Thaweepong Boonsin, 45, mayor of tambon Tha Phae, on August 22, 2001
- JULY 17, 2003AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Le My Linh, an Australian woman condemned to death...
Le My Linh, an Australian woman condemned to death by a Vietnamese court in 2002 on drug trafficking charges, had her sentence commuted to life imprisonment
- JULY 17, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A Speedy Trial Court in Bangladesh sentenced to death...
A Speedy Trial Court in Bangladesh sentenced to death in absentia Shafiqur Rahman Tuhin for poisoning to death his mother-in-law and five other members of the family on 25 June 2002
- JULY 17, 2003IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Gov. Blagojevich, who supports capital punishment,...
Gov. Blagojevich, who supports capital punishment, signs death-penalty reform -- Police must now tape all statements of murder suspects. Police departments have 2 years to begin recording interrogations and confessions in murder cases under a death-penal
- JULY 17, 2003South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Willie Hicks, 38, was freed from South Carolina's death row
Willie Hicks, 38, was freed from South Carolina's death row
- JULY 17, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY: NATIONAL ALLIANCE MOTION FOR A UN MORATORIUM ON EXECUTIONS
July 17, 2003: a motion that “favourably receives and gives support to the government’s decision to present a resolution for a universal moratorium on executions at the next UN General Assembly” was on Wednesday presented in Parliament by the National All
- JULY 16, 2003LiberiaDEATH PENALTY
The families of two deputy ministers who were apparently...
The families of two deputy ministers who were apparently killed by government fighters in June for their alleged involvement in a failed coup to depose President Charles Taylor, demanded that the government release the bodies and conduct a full inquiry
- JULY 16, 2003SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
A court in Boosaaso, Somalia, sentenced to death four...
A court in Boosaaso, Somalia, sentenced to death four soldiers for committing murders in various parts of the region, the Somali daily Ayaamaha reported
- JULY 16, 2003TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International-Tanzania advised the government...
Amnesty International-Tanzania advised the government to repeal the death penalty enshrined in the constitution
- JULY 16, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
A motion that "favourably receives and gives support...
A motion that "favourably receives and gives support to the government's decision to present a resolution for a universal moratorium on executions at the next UN General Assembly" was presented in Parliament by the National Alliance (AN) party
- JULY 15, 2003KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Vice Justice Minister of Kenya Njeru Githae announced...
Vice Justice Minister of Kenya Njeru Githae announced his governments intention to abolish the death penalty and to declare a general amnesty affecting all convicts on death row for 20 years or more
- JULY 15, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Amina Lawal, the Nigerian woman sentenced to death...
Amina Lawal, the Nigerian woman sentenced to death last year for adultery by a Sharia court in the state of Katsina, will not be stoned, Zamfara state Minister for Women and Children's Affairs, Amina Yusuf Garba, told the Italian daily Avvenire
- JULY 15, 2003ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The Constitutional Court (CC) of Armenia recognized...
The Constitutional Court (CC) of Armenia recognized the provisions of Protocol No
- JULY 15, 2003UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Yevgeniy Toropov, a 25-year-old man living in the Uzbek...
Yevgeniy Toropov, a 25-year-old man living in the Uzbek capital, Tashkent, was sentenced to death for murdering four people in order to steal their money, Uzbek TV reported
- JULY 15, 2003European UnionDEATH PENALTY
The Italian Presidency has made the following statement...
The Italian Presidency has made the following statement on behalf of the European Union: "The European Union welcomes the entry into force on 1 July 2003 of Protocol No
- JULY 15, 2003North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
North Korean defector Soon Ok Lee, author of "Eyes...
North Korean defector Soon Ok Lee, author of "Eyes of the Tailless Animal: Prison Memoirs of a North Korean Woman," detailed her experiences at a National Endowment for Democracy (NED) conference
- JULY 15, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Ho Van Xuan, 46, a man jailed in 1979 for belonging...
Ho Van Xuan, 46, a man jailed in 1979 for belonging to a former South Vietnamese "reactionary organization", was sentenced to death in Vietnam for scalping his brother-in-law
- JULY 15, 2003SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Soosainathan Dass Saminathan, 41, was sentenced to...
Soosainathan Dass Saminathan, 41, was sentenced to death for the murder of a six-month-old baby girl found in a rubbish chute in Hougang, Singapore, in 2002
- JULY 15, 2003North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Jimmy McNeill, 50, was sentenced to death by a Scotland...
Jimmy McNeill, 50, was sentenced to death by a Scotland County jury for the murder of his wife
- JULY 15, 2003CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
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