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- JULY 8, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Three drug traffickers were sentenced to death by the...
Three drug traffickers were sentenced to death by the People's Court in Vietnam's northern province of Ha Tay as part of the government's long-running campaign to wipe out the narcotics trade, court officials said
- JULY 7, 2003Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that a growing number of Papua New...
It was reported that a growing number of Papua New Guinea officials called for the implementation of the death penalty following a wave of violence in the capital
- JULY 7, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Italian version of Hands Off Cain's 2003 Report...
The Italian version of Hands Off Cain's 2003 Report on the death penalty worldwide has presented in Rome
- JULY 7, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
"The prison department in Jharkhand has a strange problem:...
"The prison department in Jharkhand has a strange problem: The state's jail has 12 men who have been sentenced to death, but no hangman to execute these sentences," the Hindustan Times reported
- JULY 7, 2003CubaDEATH PENALTY
Alina Fernandez Revuelta, the estranged daughter of...
Alina Fernandez Revuelta, the estranged daughter of Fidel Castro, called for stronger international condemnation of the Cuban communist regime
- JULY 7, 2003PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Justice and human rights committee chairman Senator...
Justice and human rights committee chairman Senator Francis N
- JULY 7, 2003ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
A year after upholding a man's murder conviction, the...
A year after upholding a man's murder conviction, the Arizona Supreme Court has overturned his death sentence and ordered a new sentencing, this time by a jury
- JULY 7, 2003DEATH PENALTY
HANDS OFF CAIN PRESENTS THE 2003 REPORT ON THE DEATH PENALTY WORLDWIDE
July 7, 2003: Monday saw the presentation in Rome of Hands Off Cain’s 2003 Report on the death penalty worldwide. “We are a step away from the universal moratorium on the death penalty,” said Sergio D’Elia, Secretary of the anti-death penalty NGO.
- JULY 6, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Makhdoum Ahmad bin Wali Mohammad, a Pakistani national,...
Makhdoum Ahmad bin Wali Mohammad, a Pakistani national, was executed in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, after he was convicted of attempting to smuggle a quantity of heroin into the kingdom
- JULY 6, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Makhdoum Ahmad bin Wali Mohammad, a Pakistani national,...
Makhdoum Ahmad bin Wali Mohammad, a Pakistani national, was executed in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, after he was convicted of attempting to smuggle a quantity of heroin into the kingdom
- JULY 6, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Khaled Nasser bin Shaye al-Dossari, a Saudi national,...
Khaled Nasser bin Shaye al-Dossari, a Saudi national, was executed by public beheading for murdering a female compatriot following a dispute
- JULY 6, 2003European UnionDEATH PENALTY
The European Parliament Foreign Affairs Commission...
The European Parliament Foreign Affairs Commission evaluated the project Report on the Global Human Rights Situation (the Van den Bos report), voting on almost 300 amendments put forward by different parties
- JULY 5, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Alleged Bali bomber, Amrozi Nurhasyim is prepared to...
Alleged Bali bomber, Amrozi Nurhasyim is prepared to face the death penalty
- JULY 5, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
The remains of about 300 people, believed to be Kurdish...
The remains of about 300 people, believed to be Kurdish victims of the deposed regime of Saddam Hussein, were found in a mass grave seen in northern Iraq by an AFP correspondent
- JULY 4, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saud bin Mohammad bin Hamad al-Idhiani, a Saudi citizen...
Saud bin Mohammad bin Hamad al-Idhiani, a Saudi citizen convicted of stabbing a compatriot to death, was beheaded by the sword in Afif in the Riyadh region
- JULY 4, 2003United StatesDEATH PENALTY
The European Commission urged the United States on...
The European Commission urged the United States on to avoid applying the death penalty to six foreign captives designated by President George W
- JULY 4, 2003JordanDEATH PENALTY
The Court of Cassation in Amman overturned seven death...
The Court of Cassation in Amman overturned seven death sentences passed against Ra'id Hijazi and six other men allegedly affiliated with Al-Qa'idah network, convicted in two separate trials in 2003 and 2000, their lawyer said on July 3
- JULY 4, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that the Chief Justice of the Calcutta...
It was reported that the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court sought views from colleagues on ways to execute people in a less painful manner
- JULY 4, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
Sudanese armed forces arrested 45 people of the Ma'alia...
Sudanese armed forces arrested 45 people of the Ma'alia tribe in Adila province, in southern Darfur state
- JULY 4, 2003European UnionDEATH PENALTY
The European Commission urged the United States on...
The European Commission urged the United States on to avoid applying the death penalty to six foreign captives designated by President George W
- JULY 3, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Ali bin Saeed al-Shahrani, a Saudi citizen convicted...
Ali bin Saeed al-Shahrani, a Saudi citizen convicted of shooting a compatriot to death, was beheaded by the sword in the southern province of Assir
- JULY 3, 2003PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said through...
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said through her spokesman that she agreed to the idea of executing convicted big-time drug traffickers in an effort to curb the drug problem in the country
- JULY 3, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A Bangladeshi court ordered Kamal Pasha to be hanged...
A Bangladeshi court ordered Kamal Pasha to be hanged for gunning down two brothers
- JULY 3, 2003LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
The Lithuanian parliament ratified Protocol No
The Lithuanian parliament ratified Protocol No
- JULY 3, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A division bench of the Karnataka High Court changed...
A division bench of the Karnataka High Court changed the life sentence of Sardar Khan to a death sentence for murdering his wife in 1997
- JULY 3, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that the Tonghua Intermediate People's...
It was reported that the Tonghua Intermediate People's Court, in Jilin Province, China, sentenced Guo Ziyu and Wu Deli to death for kidnapping and killing Hou, president of the Agricultural Development Bank, Liuhe County Branch
- JULY 3, 2003FloridaDEATH PENALTY
17 years ago, an Indian River County jury convicted...
17 years ago, an Indian River County jury convicted Harold Lee Harvey of premeditated murder and voted 11 to 1 to impose the death penalty
- JULY 2, 2003LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
A Caddo Parish jury sentenced Darrell Draughn, 32,...
A Caddo Parish jury sentenced Darrell Draughn, 32, to die for the robbery-murder of a 64-year-old woman
- JULY 2, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
Hilton Crawford, the convicted murderer of a 12-year-old...
Hilton Crawford, the convicted murderer of a 12-year-old boy in a septembre 1995 kidnap plot that turned deadly, was put to death by injection at 6:19 p
- JULY 2, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
International rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW)...
International rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged Saudi Arabia to spare two female housemaids, from Indonesia and the Philippines, on death row for allegedly killing their female employers