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- APRIL 2, 2003United NationsDEATH 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, 2003European UnionDEATH 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 1, 2003JordanDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Court upheld its death sentence against...
The Criminal Court upheld its death sentence against Rashad Walid, a 21-year-old man convicted of a murder October 2001
- APRIL 1, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
The April issue of the Women in Iran magazine reported...
The April issue of the Women in Iran magazine reported that the death sentence issued on October 26, 2002 to a man who beheaded his daughter was commuted to three years imprisonment
- APRIL 1, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
Five men were arrested, belonging to the Missairiyah...
Five men were arrested, belonging to the Missairiyah tribe, for allegedly murdering Mr
- MARCH 31, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
According to Gerhart Baum, the UN's Special Rapporteur...
According to Gerhart Baum, the UN's Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Sudan, human rights had not improved in the country
- MARCH 31, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
The US State Department issued its 27th annual report...
The US State Department issued its 27th annual report on human rights conditions world-wide
- MARCH 31, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
According to Gerhart Baum, the UN's Special Rapporteur...
According to Gerhart Baum, the UN's Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Sudan, human rights had not improved in the country
- MARCH 31, 2003NevadaDEATH PENALTY
In Carson City, the Nevada Assembly voted to bar executions...
In Carson City, the Nevada Assembly voted to bar executions of criminals who are mentally retarded criminals or under age 18
- MARCH 31, 2003UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Ugandan Constitutional Court ruled that the UPDF...
The Ugandan Constitutional Court ruled that the UPDF (Uganda's People's Defence Forces) might continue executing convicts sentenced to death by the army's field court martial
- MARCH 31, 2003EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Hanan Muhammad Rashid, female, and Muhammad Ahmad 'Abd...
Hanan Muhammad Rashid, female, and Muhammad Ahmad 'Abd al-Salam, male, are at imminent risk of execution
- MARCH 31, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Chengdu Railway Communications Intermediate Court,...
The Chengdu Railway Communications Intermediate Court, in Sichuan Province, China, sentenced Wang Pingxue to death with two years reprieve for trafficking and transporting drugs
- MARCH 31, 2003Governo Federale degli Stati UnitiDEATH PENALTY
The US State Department issued its 27th annual report...
The US State Department issued its 27th annual report on human rights conditions world-wide
- MARCH 31, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
Murder during the commission of a terroristic threat...
Murder during the commission of a terroristic threat would become a death penalty crime under legislation tentatively approved by the Texas House on Monday
- MARCH 30, 2003ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
More than 300 prisoners facing the death penalty in...
More than 300 prisoners facing the death penalty in Zambia are kept in overcrowded cells, where conditions violate basic human rights, Jethro Mumbuwa, the country's commissioner of prisons, said
- MARCH 29, 2003ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
Pima County Superior Court Judge Frank Dawley decided...
Pima County Superior Court Judge Frank Dawley decided that John Michael Harper, 21, will be resentenced because he was denied the opportunity to challenge a juror who may have been biased
- MARCH 29, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Saudi man was beheaded after he was convicted of...
A Saudi man was beheaded after he was convicted of murdering a compatriot, the Saudi Interior Ministry said in a statement
- MARCH 29, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Ahmad Gulzar and Ahmad Riaz were sentenced to death...
Ahmad Gulzar and Ahmad Riaz were sentenced to death by the Additional District and Session Court in the murder case of Ali Liaqat, Gulzar's business partner
- MARCH 28, 2003IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
In Springfield, the Illinois House passed legislation...
In Springfield, the Illinois House passed legislation that would limit the governor's power to grant blanket clemency
- MARCH 28, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Ton Van, former director of Quoc Binh private...
Nguyen Ton Van, former director of Quoc Binh private enterprise, a trading company, was sentenced to death by a court in Ho Chi Minh City for "defrauding and appropriating public property"
- MARCH 27, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A Vietnamese man, Nong Quoc Luong, 25, convicted of...
A Vietnamese man, Nong Quoc Luong, 25, convicted of murdering a friend to steal his motorcycle was blindfolded, tied to a stake and executed by firing squad in Hanoi
- MARCH 27, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesia will delay the execution of six convicts...
Indonesia will delay the execution of six convicts including an Indian on death row after five of them appealed to the Supreme Court for a second review, prosecutors said
- MARCH 27, 2003SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
The Humanitarian Law Centre (FHP) said that the initiative...
The Humanitarian Law Centre (FHP) said that the initiative for temporary introduction of the death penalty in the legal system of Serbia and Montenegro was contradictory to international standards and the constitutional charter
- MARCH 27, 2003JapanDEATH PENALTY
Relatives of victims of gas attacks carried out by...
Relatives of victims of gas attacks carried out by Japan's Aum Supreme Truth cult vented their anger at the trial of cult guru Shoko Asahara and demanded the death sentence for him
- MARCH 27, 2003OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
A retrial produced the same result for Shelton Dewayne...
A retrial produced the same result for Shelton Dewayne Jackson, who again received the death penalty for murdering a woman
- MARCH 27, 2003FloridaDEATH PENALTY
In Tallahassee, the Florida Supreme Court on Thursday...
In Tallahassee, the Florida Supreme Court on Thursday threw out the death sentence of Roger Stewart, 45
- MARCH 27, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
Mustafa Adam Abdella was sentenced to death before...
Mustafa Adam Abdella was sentenced to death before the Nyala Court, Sudan
- MARCH 27, 2003DEATH PENALTY
AMINA LAWAL’S STONING APPEAL POSTPONED
March 27, 2003: a Nigerian Islamic court postponed Tuesday the start of Amina Lawal´s appeal against being stoned to death after the chief trial judge failed to turn up.
- MARCH 26, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Regional Court in Brno, Czech Republic, decided...
The Regional Court in Brno, Czech Republic, decided not extradite Chinese citizen Wen-min Zhang to China on fears he could be executed
- MARCH 26, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Regional Court in Brno, Czech Republic, decided...
The Regional Court in Brno, Czech Republic, decided not extradite Chinese citizen Wen-min Zhang to China on fears he could be executed