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- APRIL 29, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Thailand lost its membership of the United Nations...
Thailand lost its membership of the United Nations High Commission on Human Rights after a secret ballot at the UN headquarters in New York resulted in Thailand's failure to win a second term
- APRIL 29, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Ruslan Bendadeh, 28, an Indonesian labourer was sentenced...
Ruslan Bendadeh, 28, an Indonesian labourer was sentenced to death by the High Court for drug trafficking
- APRIL 29, 2003CubaDEATH PENALTY
The Italian Chamber of Representatives approved a motion...
The Italian Chamber of Representatives approved a motion presented by the ruling faction calling for an end to Italian aid programmes, bilateral or multilateral, to Cuba if its "Communist regime" persists in "arbitrary arrests and summary executions
- APRIL 29, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Italian Chamber of Representatives approved a motion...
The Italian Chamber of Representatives approved a motion presented by the ruling faction calling for an end to Italian aid programmes, bilateral or multilateral, to Cuba if its "Communist regime" persists in "arbitrary arrests and summary executions
- APRIL 29, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
In Sudan, the Appeal Court has confirmed the death...
In Sudan, the Appeal Court has confirmed the death sentence for Omer Alajib Jobara issued by the Aldeain town Criminal Court on March 17th, 2003
- APRIL 29, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Appeal Court in Aldeain town confirmed...
The Criminal Appeal Court in Aldeain town confirmed the sentence on Omer Alajib Jobara, convicted of Murder under Article 130 of the Penal Code (1991) and sentenced to death on 17 March 2003
- APRIL 29, 2003Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
The UN rights rapporteur for the Democratic Republic...
The UN rights rapporteur for the Democratic Republic of Congo commended President Joseph Kabila's abolition of a special military tribunal, calling the move "major progress" for justice
- APRIL 29, 2003United NationsDEATH PENALTY
Thailand lost its membership of the United Nations...
Thailand lost its membership of the United Nations High Commission on Human Rights after a secret ballot at the UN headquarters in New York resulted in Thailand's failure to win a second term
- APRIL 28, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
A convicted armed robber was publicly hanged in the...
A convicted armed robber was publicly hanged in the southwestern Iranian city of Ahwaz, the Entekhab daily reported
- APRIL 28, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Soheil Salehi Asl-Soreh, a convicted armed robber,...
Soheil Salehi Asl-Soreh, a convicted armed robber, was publicly hanged in the south-western Iranian city of Ahwaz
- APRIL 28, 2003United NationsDEATH PENALTY
The United Nations and an Afghan human rights group...
The United Nations and an Afghan human rights group accused fighters in northwestern Afghanistan of violating human rights during clashes in March, including the execution of 26 people whose bodies were found with their hands tied
- APRIL 28, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that a local court in Vietnam's southern...
It was reported that a local court in Vietnam's southern Dong Nai province imposed the death penalty on Hoang Van Nam for trading large sums of counterfeit money
- APRIL 28, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Babul Mia was condemned to death by a court in Bangladesh...
Babul Mia was condemned to death by a court in Bangladesh for killing his younger brother in 2001
- APRIL 28, 2003AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The United Nations and an Afghan human rights group...
The United Nations and an Afghan human rights group accused fighters in northwestern Afghanistan of violating human rights during clashes in March, including the execution of 26 people whose bodies were found with their hands tied
- APRIL 28, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Karan Singh, Kunwar Bahadur Singh and their accomplice,...
Karan Singh, Kunwar Bahadur Singh and their accomplice, 16 year old Phool Singh were sentenced to death in India after being convicted of killing five members of the same family with an axe on April 24, 1999
- APRIL 27, 2003MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Moh Chuan Pin, a 28-year-old blacksmith, was sentenced...
Moh Chuan Pin, a 28-year-old blacksmith, was sentenced to death by the High Court for murdering a telecommunications equipment salesgirl in 2001
- APRIL 27, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
In its consultation paper on the execution of the death...
In its consultation paper on the execution of the death penalty for prisoners, the Law Commission of India said that causing death by lethal injection was simple to execute
- APRIL 27, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The Observer Sunday newspaper printed the results of...
The Observer Sunday newspaper printed the results of a nationwide poll on criminality: "Do you believe that the death penalty should be re-introduced in Britain for certain crimes? Yes 67% No 33%
- APRIL 27, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Three people were sentenced to death for the murder...
Three people were sentenced to death for the murder of a man named Mozammel Ali on September 6, 1996
- APRIL 26, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
A Sudanese court sentenced 24 members of a tribe to...
A Sudanese court sentenced 24 members of a tribe to death by hanging for killing 35 people during a raid on a village in western Sudan in 2002, the privately owned Akhbar al-Youm newspaper reported
- APRIL 26, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Three Islamic Sunni militants were sentenced to death...
Three Islamic Sunni militants were sentenced to death by a Pakistani court for the murder of three men from the rival Shiite community in March 2002
- APRIL 26, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The Sialkot Additional District & Session Judge Nazir...
The Sialkot Additional District & Session Judge Nazir Ahmad awarded a death sentence for two counts with a fine of Rs
- APRIL 26, 2003CubaDEATH PENALTY
The Pope expressed to Fidel Castro his "deep pain"...
The Pope expressed to Fidel Castro his "deep pain" and "deep sorrow" for the execution of the three hijackers of a Cuban ferry
- APRIL 26, 2003Vatican CityDEATH PENALTY
The Pope expressed to Fidel Castro his "deep pain"...
The Pope expressed to Fidel Castro his "deep pain" and "deep sorrow" for the execution of the three hijackers of a Cuban ferry
- APRIL 25, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
The nation's black mayors offered their unanimous support...
The nation's black mayors offered their unanimous support for a moratorium on the death penalty, citing the over-representation of minorities on death row and growing questions about the fairness of evidence analysis as reasons for their stance
- APRIL 25, 2003Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Democratic Republic of Congo abstained from the resolution...
Democratic Republic of Congo abstained from the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003PeruDEATH PENALTY
Perù was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution...
Perù was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003Costa RicaDEATH PENALTY
Costa Rica was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the...
Costa Rica was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003HaitiDEATH PENALTY
Haiti was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Haiti was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistan voted against the resolution on the death...
Pakistan voted against the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva