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- APRIL 5, 2003United StatesDEATH PENALTY
British Home Secretary David Blunkett vowed that Britain...
British Home Secretary David Blunkett vowed that Britain would not send people to the US under a new extradition treaty if there was a possibility they could face the death penalty
- APRIL 5, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
British Home Secretary David Blunkett vowed that Britain...
British Home Secretary David Blunkett vowed that Britain would not send people to the US under a new extradition treaty if there was a possibility they could face the death penalty
- APRIL 5, 2003ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Armen Martirossian, Armenian Deputy Minister for Foreign...
Armen Martirossian, Armenian Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, announced at a seminar held in Tsakhkadzor that there should be unanimous backing for the abolition of capital punishment from Armenia's legislation
- APRIL 5, 2003KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
Pyotr Posmakov, head of the penalty execution department...
Pyotr Posmakov, head of the penalty execution department of the Justice Ministry called for the abolition of the death penalty in Kazakhstan in a newspaper interview printed in the Kazakh weekly Karavan
- APRIL 4, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Fort Worth, Nelson Gongora, 23, was sentenced to death
In Fort Worth, Nelson Gongora, 23, was sentenced to death
- APRIL 4, 2003KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Three men wept in disbelief inside a High Court in...
Three men wept in disbelief inside a High Court in Nakuru when a judge substituted a five-year sentence they had appealed against with that of death
- APRIL 4, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Four men responsible for a series of violent robberies...
Four men responsible for a series of violent robberies in which five people died were sentenced to death by the Intermediate People's Court of Shenyang city in northeast China's Liaoning Province
- APRIL 4, 2003OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
District Judge Tammy Bass-Jones -- for the second time...
District Judge Tammy Bass-Jones -- for the second time in 14 years -- read a jury's verdict that Kenneth Eugene Hogan should be sentenced to death for the Jan
- APRIL 4, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An Anti-terrorism Court awarded the death penalty and...
An Anti-terrorism Court awarded the death penalty and a fine of Rs
- APRIL 4, 2003DEATH PENALTY
HANDS OFF CAIN AND ENRICO RUGGERI
April 4, 2003: Ruggeri and Mirò attend in Milano “Those who speak in a faint voice” a multimedia show dedicated to Hands off Cain and realised in collaboration with the European Union. On April 10 you can see on the web site http://www.enricoruggeri.n
- APRIL 3, 2003AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Algerian newspaper Le Matin reported that Mohamed...
The Algerian newspaper Le Matin reported that Mohamed Ferfar, sentenced to death on charges of terrorism on 25 March, had been sentenced to death once more on separate charges
- APRIL 3, 2003IsraelDEATH PENALTY
Radio Voice of Palestine reported that in Nablus, West...
Radio Voice of Palestine reported that in Nablus, West Bank, the "Occupation forces executed Khalid Ali Rayyan, 33, after storming a residential building in Asirah street at dawn? Our correspondent said that occupation forces shot Rayyan dead after arrest
- APRIL 3, 2003SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
The state of Serbia-Montenegro became a member of the...
The state of Serbia-Montenegro became a member of the Council of Europe
- APRIL 3, 2003Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
The state of Serbia-Montenegro became a member of the...
The state of Serbia-Montenegro became a member of the Council of Europe
- APRIL 3, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
An Additional District and Sessions court convicted...
An Additional District and Sessions court convicted four people and condemned them to death for throwing acid on two sisters in 2000
- APRIL 3, 2003OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
In McAlester, Scott Allen Hain was executed for burning...
In McAlester, Scott Allen Hain was executed for burning Michael Houghton, 27, and Laura Lee Sanders, 22, alive in a car trunk in 1987, when he was 17
- APRIL 3, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The Montagnard Foundation (MFI) accused Vietnam of...
The Montagnard Foundation (MFI) accused Vietnam of having executed three members of a Protestant church in the Central Highlands and said others were arrested in several security operations
- APRIL 3, 2003NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
Two Dutch citizens of Chinese origin, E
Two Dutch citizens of Chinese origin, E
- APRIL 3, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Two Dutch citizens of Chinese origin, E
Two Dutch citizens of Chinese origin, E
- APRIL 3, 2003Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Radio Voice of Palestine reported that in Nablus, West...
Radio Voice of Palestine reported that in Nablus, West Bank, the "Occupation forces executed Khalid Ali Rayyan, 33, after storming a residential building in Asirah street at dawn? Our correspondent said that occupation forces shot Rayyan dead after arrest
- APRIL 3, 2003IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
A broad plan to reduce the chances of an innocent person...
A broad plan to reduce the chances of an innocent person being executed in Illinois was approved by the state Senate
- APRIL 2, 2003NepalDEATH PENALTY
In occasion of the UN Human Rights Commission held...
In occasion of the UN Human Rights Commission held in Geneva, the European Union expressed concern at human rights violations perpetrated with impunity in Nepal, including extrajudicial executions, torture, rapes, disappearances and arbitrary detention
- APRIL 2, 2003European UnionDEATH PENALTY
The EU read a statement at the UN Commission on Human...
The EU read a statement at the UN Commission on Human Rights expressing concern at China's "extensive use" of the death penalty and declaring that torture, arbitrary arrests and religious repression were widespread in the country
- APRIL 2, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The EU read a statement at the UN Commission on Human...
The EU read a statement at the UN Commission on Human Rights expressing concern at China's "extensive use" of the death penalty and declaring that torture, arbitrary arrests and religious repression were widespread in the country
- APRIL 2, 2003Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
In occasion of the UN Commission on Human Rights held...
In occasion of the UN Commission on Human Rights held in Geneva, Iulia Antoanella Motoc, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), said that despite positive developments, the situation in the DRC r
- APRIL 2, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China published its own report on the human rights...
China published its own report on the human rights situation in the United States in response to the US State Department's human rights reports which saw the US note the human rights abuses in all countries globally, except itself
- APRIL 2, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
"In their latest crime against the peoples of Iraq,...
"In their latest crime against the peoples of Iraq, the dictatorial Iraqi regime has shot 96 soldiers
- APRIL 2, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court sentenced to death a Bangladeshi mother who...
A court sentenced to death a Bangladeshi mother who murdered her two children in an apparent human sacrifice
- APRIL 2, 2003VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
U.S. District Court Judge Samuel G
U.S. District Court Judge Samuel G
- APRIL 2, 2003Governo Federale degli Stati UnitiDEATH PENALTY
China published its own report on the human rights...
China published its own report on the human rights situation in the United States in response to the US State Department's human rights reports which saw the US note the human rights abuses in all countries globally, except itself