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- JUNE 20, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi, a prominent jurist sitting...
Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi, a prominent jurist sitting on both the Guardians Council and Expediency Council, Iran's two top political oversight bodies, called on Iran's hard-line judiciary to treat "rioters" arrested during 10 nights of anti-regime protests
- JUNE 20, 2003SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Mohamed Isnin Saleh, 33, Azman Ismail, 35, and Ruzaini...
Mohamed Isnin Saleh, 33, Azman Ismail, 35, and Ruzaini Ajis, 32, all Singaporeans, were executed by hanging
- JUNE 20, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Beijing appeal court upheld a suspended death sentence...
A Beijing appeal court upheld a suspended death sentence for former governor of southwest China's Yunnan province, Li Jiating, who was convicted of corruption
- JUNE 20, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The Sialkot Additional District and Sessions Judge...
The Sialkot Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Sarwar Sidhu awarded a death sentence each with a fine of Rs
- JUNE 20, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Gulzar Rawal, 35, was hanged at in Central Jail in...
Gulzar Rawal, 35, was hanged at in Central Jail in Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan
- JUNE 19, 2003Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
The Southern Regional High Court of Sierra Leone in...
The Southern Regional High Court of Sierra Leone in Bo District sentenced to death 6 people by hanging after convicting them of ritualistic murder
- JUNE 19, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Li Yanhui, a 52 year old Beijing man convicted of robbery,...
Li Yanhui, a 52 year old Beijing man convicted of robbery, was executed by the Second Intermediate People's Court of Beijing
- JUNE 19, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that in its initial trial, the Foshan...
It was reported that in its initial trial, the Foshan Intermediate People's Court, in Guangdong Province, China, sentenced Huang Zhaohua, Ceng Xianen and Xu Weide to death for selling ecstasy, ketamine and "ice"
- JUNE 19, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Railway Communications Intermediate People's Court,...
The Railway Communications Intermediate People's Court, in Kunming, Yunnan Province, China, executed 10 "principal drug criminals"
- JUNE 18, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Vu Xuan Lich and Tong Van Loi, leaders of a 16 member...
Vu Xuan Lich and Tong Van Loi, leaders of a 16 member ring that smuggled heroin from Laos to Vietnam, were sentenced to death by the People's Court in Lai Chau province in Vietnam
- JUNE 18, 2003UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Reporting on the treatment of Muslims in Uzbekistan,...
Reporting on the treatment of Muslims in Uzbekistan, the Muslim Uzbekistan web site stated that: "Tens of thousands of Uzbek Muslims have been unlawfully arrested, thousands have been tortured and dozens have been killed in extra-judicial executions
- JUNE 18, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Beijing Number Two Intermediate People's Court,...
The Beijing Number Two Intermediate People's Court, China, sentenced Wu Yinfu to death for killing Zhou Jianbo on 10 November 1999 following a dispute
- JUNE 18, 2003OhioDEATH PENALTY
Ernest Martin, 42, was executed this morning at the...
Ernest Martin, 42, was executed this morning at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility
- JUNE 17, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Zhuang Chunsheng, a 21-year-old man convicted of killing...
Zhuang Chunsheng, a 21-year-old man convicted of killing his parents, was executed in Beijing after being convicted by the Beijing No 1 Intermediate People's Court
- JUNE 17, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Saudi citizen convicted of murdering a compatriot...
A Saudi citizen convicted of murdering a compatriot was beheaded by the sword in the capital Riyadh
- JUNE 17, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Fuzhou Intermediate People's Court, in Fujian Province,...
The Fuzhou Intermediate People's Court, in Fujian Province, China, sentenced Wang Jiande, Wang Jianfu and Chen Guo to death for murder, robbery, kidnapping, rape, drug trafficking and illegal trading in guns
- JUNE 17, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Zhejiang Higher People's Court, China, sentenced...
The Zhejiang Higher People's Court, China, sentenced to death Wang Tianyi, director of Wenzhou Lucheng Public Security Sub-Bureau, for accepting bribes and for possession of huge assets without known sources
- JUNE 16, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Two members of the Peoples Mujahedeen who have lived...
Two members of the Peoples Mujahedeen who have lived in Britain as political refugees for decades were recently arrested in Syria and handed over to the clerical regime in Tehran, the Iranian opposition movement said
- JUNE 16, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Two members of the Peoples Mujahedeen who have lived...
Two members of the Peoples Mujahedeen who have lived in Britain as political refugees for decades were recently arrested in Syria and handed over to the clerical regime in Tehran, the Iranian opposition movement said
- JUNE 16, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Sixth additional district and sessions judge, Ashoke...
Sixth additional district and sessions judge, Ashoke Kumar Chand sentenced to death Hani Mian, Suresh Sao and Hiraman Sao, three Maoist Communist Centre activists responsible for the 2001 "Beltu massacre" which killed 14 people
- JUNE 14, 2003AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
Four armed Islamic militants were sentenced to death...
Four armed Islamic militants were sentenced to death in abstentia by an Algerian court, official news agency APS reported
- JUNE 14, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain members from various countries met in...
Hands Off Cain members from various countries met in Rome to consult on the strategy for the re-presentation of a moratorium resolution at the upcoming UN General Assembly
- JUNE 14, 2003AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
"Emir" [Islamist group leader] Boufedi, 23 years old,...
"Emir" [Islamist group leader] Boufedi, 23 years old, who has been on the run since the 1990s, and found guilty of setting up a group of criminals and a terrorist organization through armed violence, was sentenced to death in absentia by the criminal cour
- JUNE 14, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In its second trial, the Sichuan Provincial Higher...
In its second trial, the Sichuan Provincial Higher People's Court, China, upheld the death sentence passed on Tan Jin for issuance of false value-added specialized tax invoices
- JUNE 14, 2003DEATH PENALTY
HOC GENERAL ASSEMBLY SETS TARGETS FOR MORATORIUM CAMPAIGN
June 14, 2003: Hands Off Cain members from various countries met in Rome on Saturday to consult on the strategy for the re-presentation of a moratorium resolution at the upcoming UN General Assembly.
- JUNE 13, 2003ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Zimbabwe hanged four prisoners convicted of murder,...
Zimbabwe hanged four prisoners convicted of murder, the state-controlled Herald newspaper reported
- JUNE 13, 2003DEATH PENALTY
At the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City, prison...
At the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City, prison officials executed Joseph L
- JUNE 13, 2003North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
A jury recommended the death penalty for Jathiya A
A jury recommended the death penalty for Jathiya A
- JUNE 13, 2003VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
A Lynchburg jury recommended the death penalty for...
A Lynchburg jury recommended the death penalty for Leon Jermain Winston, 22, one of two men charged with the shooting deaths of Anthony and Ronda Robinson on April 19, 2002
- JUNE 12, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
In Pakistan the Punjab chief minister's adviser on...
In Pakistan the Punjab chief minister's adviser on law and human rights, Mr Rana Ejaz Ahmad Khan, announced that kite-flyers would face murder charges and a possible death penalty if their sharpened strings caused more deaths