Chronological archive
April 2003
The 293 news items published by Hands Off Cain in April 2003, in chronological order.
A man charged with brutally murdering two housewives...
A man charged with brutally murdering two housewives in Yamato, Kanagawa Prefecture, in August and September, 2001, was sentenced to death
- APRIL 30, 2003European UnionDEATH PENALTY
The European Court of Human Rights obligated Ukraine...
The European Court of Human Rights obligated Ukraine to pay 6 Ukrainian detainees, which had filed suits against the country, between 2 and 3 thousand Euros each
- APRIL 30, 2003UkraineDEATH PENALTY
The European Court of Human Rights obligated Ukraine...
The European Court of Human Rights obligated Ukraine to pay 6 Ukrainian detainees, which had filed suits against the country, between 2 and 3 thousand Euros each
- APRIL 30, 2003St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
Kim John, 23, and Francis Phillip, 37, were sentenced...
Kim John, 23, and Francis Phillip, 37, were sentenced to death by a high court for the murder of two members of the Roman Catholic Church three years ago
- APRIL 30, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A court sentenced a priest, Shushil Murmu, to death...
A court sentenced a priest, Shushil Murmu, to death for sacrificing a nine-year-old child to appease a deity in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand
- APRIL 30, 2003ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Armenian President Kocharian signed a new Criminal...
Armenian President Kocharian signed a new Criminal Code, which had been approved by the National Assembly on April 18, and the law on enactment of the new Criminal Code starting from August 1, 2003
- APRIL 29, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Cong Fukui, former executive vice-governor of Hebei...
Cong Fukui, former executive vice-governor of Hebei Province, was sentenced to death by the Zhangjiakou City Intermediate People's Court of Hebei Province
- APRIL 29, 2003BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
Lawyers representing Botswana death row prisoner Lehlohonolo...
Lawyers representing Botswana death row prisoner Lehlohonolo Kobedi are in the process of preparing a petition for clemency to be submitted to the Office of the President sometime in May
- APRIL 29, 2003MissouriDEATH PENALTY
In Jefferson City, the Missouri Supreme Court overturned...
In Jefferson City, the Missouri Supreme Court overturned the conviction of Joseph Amrine
- APRIL 29, 2003OhioDEATH PENALTY
At the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville,...
At the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, David Brewer, 44, was executed for kidnapping, sexually assaulting and killing Sherry Byrne, 21, on March 21, 1985
- APRIL 29, 2003North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
In Raleigh, a state Senate committee approved a 2-year...
In Raleigh, a state Senate committee approved a 2-year moratorium on executions
- 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, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The People's Court in the southern business capital...
The People's Court in the southern business capital of Ho Chi Minh City was asked by the prosecuting panel to hand down death sentences to Nam Cam and four of his lieutenants for murder
- APRIL 29, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Five people were sentenced to death, including two...
Five people were sentenced to death, including two prison officers and a policeman, for possessing more than 800,000 methamphetamine pills with intent to sell
- APRIL 29, 2003CubaDEATH PENALTY
Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez, a friend of...
Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez, a friend of Fidel Castro, condemned the death penalty "anywhere and for any reason," in reply to US writer Susan Sontag, who said she was troubled that the Colombian writer had not condemned the April 11 executions i
- APRIL 29, 2003DEATH 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, 2003JordanDEATH PENALTY
A Jordanian military court condemned three men to death,...
A Jordanian military court condemned three men to death, two in absentia, for a bombing that killed two people in 2002
- APRIL 29, 2003ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez, a friend of...
Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez, a friend of Fidel Castro, condemned the death penalty "anywhere and for any reason," in reply to US writer Susan Sontag, who said she was troubled that the Colombian writer had not condemned the April 11 executions i
- APRIL 29, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Eight criminals, convicted of charges including robbery...
Eight criminals, convicted of charges including robbery and murder, were executed in the Chinese capital of Beijing
- 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, 2003DEATH 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 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
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- 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, 2003DEATH 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, 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 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
- APRIL 24, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Vietnam voted against the resolution on the death penalty...
Vietnam voted against the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
Belgium was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the...
Belgium 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, 2003LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
Lithuania was a cosponsor of the resolution on the...
Lithuania was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003PortugalDEATH PENALTY
Portugal was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Portugal was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003MaltaDEATH PENALTY
Malta was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Malta was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003SwitzerlandDEATH PENALTY
Switzerland was a cosponsor of the resolution on the...
Switzerland was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
Gary Leon Brown, 44, was executed by injection for...
Gary Leon Brown, 44, was executed by injection for the 1986 stabbing death of Jack David McGraw, 60, during a robbery
- APRIL 24, 2003United NationsDEATH PENALTY
A resolution for a moratorium on capital executions...
A resolution for a moratorium on capital executions and the abolition of the death penalty was approved, for the seventh consecutive year, at the UN Commission on Human Rights with 24 votes in favour, 10 abstentions and 18 votes against
- APRIL 24, 2003Governo Federale degli Stati UnitiDEATH PENALTY
U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema ruled that terrorism...
U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema ruled that terrorism suspect Zacarias Moussaoui is entitled to see a top secret government plan for giving him access to information from a senior al-Qaida captive
- APRIL 24, 2003North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Superior Court Judge Michael Beale of Wadesboro has...
Superior Court Judge Michael Beale of Wadesboro has thrown out the murder conviction of Jerry Lee Hamilton because prosecutors or police withheld evidence that might have freed him
- APRIL 24, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
An appeals court in Ho Chi Minh City upheld the death...
An appeals court in Ho Chi Minh City upheld the death sentence for corruption given to Truong Thi Thanh Huong, the director of a state-run company in Vietnam
- APRIL 24, 2003JapanDEATH PENALTY
Prosecutors in Japan demanded the death sentence for...
Prosecutors in Japan demanded the death sentence for the leader of the doomsday cult, Aum Supreme Truth
- APRIL 24, 2003El SalvadorDEATH PENALTY
El Salvador was a cosponsor of the resolution on the...
El Salvador was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
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- APRIL 24, 2003EcuadorDEATH PENALTY
Ecuador was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Ecuador was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003ChileDEATH PENALTY
Chile was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution...
Chile 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, 2003CzechiaDEATH PENALTY
Czech Republic was a cosponsor of the resolution on...
Czech Republic was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003HungaryDEATH PENALTY
Hungary was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Hungary was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003NorwayDEATH PENALTY
Norway was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Norway was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003MoldovaDEATH PENALTY
Moldova was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Moldova was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003AustriaDEATH PENALTY
Austria was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the...
Austria 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, 2003RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russia voted in favour of the resolution on the death...
Russia voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003PanamaDEATH PENALTY
Panama was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Panama was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia voted against the resolution on the death...
Saudi Arabia voted against the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003North MacedoniaDEATH PENALTY
Macedonia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the...
Macedonia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003ParaguayDEATH PENALTY
Paraguay was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the...
Paraguay 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, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
India abstained from the resolution on the death penalty...
India abstained from the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003New ZealandDEATH PENALTY
New Zealand was a cosponsor of the resolution on the...
New Zealand was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003GuatemalaDEATH PENALTY
Guatemala abstained from the resolution on the death...
Guatemala abstained from the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Australia was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the...
Australia 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, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China voted against the resolution on the death penalty...
China voted against the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003UruguayDEATH PENALTY
Uruguay was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the...
Uruguay 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, 2003BahrainDEATH PENALTY
Bahrain voted against the resolution on the death penalty...
Bahrain voted against the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003NicaraguaDEATH PENALTY
Nicaragua was a cosponsor of the resolution on the...
Nicaragua was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003JapanDEATH PENALTY
Japan voted against the resolution on the death penalty...
Japan voted against the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
South Korea voted against the resolution on the death...
South Korea voted against the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Mexico was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution...
Mexico 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, 2003MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Malaysia voted against the resolution on the death...
Malaysia voted against the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
Sri Lanka abstained from the resolution on the death...
Sri Lanka abstained from the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003UkraineDEATH PENALTY
Ukraine was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the...
Ukraine 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, 2003CameroonDEATH PENALTY
Cameroon abstained from the resolution on the death...
Cameroon abstained from the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003PalauDEATH PENALTY
Palau was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Palau was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003DenmarkDEATH PENALTY
Denmark was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Denmark was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003GabonDEATH PENALTY
Gabon abstained from the resolution on the death penalty...
Gabon abstained from the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
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- APRIL 24, 2003GermanyDEATH PENALTY
Germany was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the...
Germany 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, 2003LiechtensteinDEATH PENALTY
Liechtenstein was a cosponsor of the resolution on...
Liechtenstein was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Italy was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Italy was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003FinlandDEATH PENALTY
Finland was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Finland was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
At the 59th Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights...
At the 59th Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights , Papua New Guinea became the first de facto abolitionist country to sponsor the death penalty resolution, that was approved for the 7th consecutive year
- APRIL 24, 2003SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
Slovakia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Slovakia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003SpainDEATH PENALTY
Spain was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Spain was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
Sudan voted against the resolution on the death penalty...
Sudan voted against the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Uganda voted against the resolution on the death penalty...
Uganda voted against the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Zimbabwe voted against the resolution on the death...
Zimbabwe voted against the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
Swaziland voted against the resolution on the death...
Swaziland voted against the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003LibyaDEATH PENALTY
Libya voted against the resolution on the death penalty...
Libya voted against the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
South Africa was a cosponsor and voted in favour of...
South Africa 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, 2003Côte d’IvoireDEATH PENALTY
For the first time Cote D'Ivoire was a cosponsor of...
For the first time Cote D'Ivoire was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003TogoDEATH PENALTY
Togo voted against the resolution on the death penalty...
Togo voted against the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
Colombia was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the...
Colombia 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, 2003AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
Azerbaijan was a cosponsor of the resolution on the...
Azerbaijan was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003DjiboutiDEATH PENALTY
For the first time Djibouti was a cosponsor of the...
For the first time Djibouti was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003EstoniaDEATH PENALTY
Estonia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Estonia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003SenegalDEATH PENALTY
Senegal abstained from the resolution on the death...
Senegal abstained from the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
For the first Serbia-Montenegro was a cosponsor of...
For the first Serbia-Montenegro was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Kenya abstained from the resolution on the death penalty...
Kenya abstained from the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003HondurasDEATH PENALTY
Honduras was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Honduras was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003IcelandDEATH PENALTY
Iceland was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Iceland was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003IrelandDEATH PENALTY
Ireland was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the...
Ireland 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, 2003LatviaDEATH PENALTY
Latvia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Latvia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003LuxembourgDEATH PENALTY
Luxembourg was a cosponsor of the resolution on the...
Luxembourg was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003BrazilDEATH PENALTY
Brazil was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution...
Brazil 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, 2003Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
Sierra Leone voted against the resolution on the death...
Sierra Leone voted against the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003Guinea-BissauDEATH PENALTY
Guinea Bissau was a cosponsor of the resolution on...
Guinea Bissau was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
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- APRIL 24, 2003CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Canada was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution...
Canada 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, 2003VenezuelaDEATH PENALTY
Venezuela was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the...
Venezuela 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, 2003ArgentinaDEATH PENALTY
Argentina was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the...
Argentina 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, 2003Burkina FasoDEATH PENALTY
Burkina Faso abstained from the resolution on the death...
Burkina Faso abstained from the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003AngolaDEATH PENALTY
Angola was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Angola was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003SeychellesDEATH PENALTY
For the first time Seychelles was a cosponsor of the...
For the first time Seychelles was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003SyriaDEATH PENALTY
Syria voted against the resolution on the death penalty...
Syria voted against the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003CubaDEATH PENALTY
Cuba abstained from the resolution on the death penalty...
Cuba abstained from the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Thailand voted against the resolution on the death...
Thailand voted against the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003MauritiusDEATH PENALTY
Mauritius was a cosponsor of the resolution on the...
Mauritius was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003Timor-LesteDEATH PENALTY
For the first time Est Timor was a cosponsor of the...
For the first time Est Timor was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
For the first time Turkey was a cosponsor of the resolution...
For the first time Turkey was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003AndorraDEATH PENALTY
Andorra was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Andorra was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Armenia was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the...
Armenia 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, 2003AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
Albania was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Albania was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003CyprusDEATH PENALTY
Cyprus was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Cyprus was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
Netherlands was a cosponsor of the resolution on the...
Netherlands was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003Bosnia & HerzegovinaDEATH PENALTY
Bosnia and Herzegovina was a cosponsor of the resolution...
Bosnia and Herzegovina was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003MonacoDEATH PENALTY
Monaco was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Monaco was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
Bulgaria was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Bulgaria was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Georgia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Georgia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003San MarinoDEATH PENALTY
San Marino was a cosponsor of the resolution on the...
San Marino was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003PolandDEATH PENALTY
Poland was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution...
Poland 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, 2003CroatiaDEATH PENALTY
Croatia was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the...
Croatia 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, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
United Kingdom was a cosponsor and voted in favour...
United Kingdom 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, 2003SwedenDEATH PENALTY
Sweden was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution...
Sweden 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, 2003FranceDEATH PENALTY
France was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution...
France 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, 2003RomaniaDEATH PENALTY
Romania was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Romania was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003SloveniaDEATH PENALTY
Slovenia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Slovenia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003DEATH PENALTY
THE UN COMMISSION SAYS YES TO THE MORATORIUM AND TO THE ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY
24 April 2003: a resolution for a moratorium on capital executions and the abolition of the death penalty has been approved, for the seventh consecutive year, at the UN Commission on Human Rights with 24 votes in favour, 10 abstentions and 18 votes again
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- APRIL 23, 2003CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
In Santa Ana, jurors recommended the death penalty...
In Santa Ana, jurors recommended the death penalty for Victor Miranda-Guerrero, convicted of raping and murdering 29-year-old Bridgette Ballas, who was attacked Nov
- APRIL 23, 2003YemenDEATH PENALTY
A Yemeni court set the date of the verdict on Hammoud...
A Yemeni court set the date of the verdict on Hammoud Murshid Hassan Ahmad's appeal against a death sentence for murder for May 26 after a short court session on April 19
- APRIL 23, 2003JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Tokyo High Court upheld the death sentence for...
The Tokyo High Court upheld the death sentence for Kazuo Shinozawa, a man convicted of burning six women to death during the robbery of a jewellery store in Utsunomiya in June 2000
- APRIL 23, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
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The 5th U
- APRIL 23, 2003YemenDEATH PENALTY
Abdullah al-Nashri, a Yemeni man who killed three nuns...
Abdullah al-Nashri, a Yemeni man who killed three nuns from Mother Theresa's order, was executed by firing squad
- APRIL 22, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Shanghai No 1 Intermediate People's Court announced...
The Shanghai No 1 Intermediate People's Court announced its verdict in an ivory smuggling case, imposing the death penalty on Li Wenjian, with a two-year probation, and sentencing Liang Zhiqiang to life imprisonment
- APRIL 22, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Sergio D'Elia, Secretary of Hands Off Cain, declared:...
Sergio D'Elia, Secretary of Hands Off Cain, declared: "Obasanjo's re-election is today the best guarantee in Nigeria for the life of Amina Lawal and others who risk being sentenced to death by the political use of Sharia law as applied by the twelve north
- APRIL 22, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Outgoing President of Nigeria Olusegun Obasanjo has...
Outgoing President of Nigeria Olusegun Obasanjo has been re-elected in the first round of the presidential elections
- APRIL 22, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Sergio D'Elia, Secretary of Hands Off Cain, declared:...
Sergio D'Elia, Secretary of Hands Off Cain, declared: "Obasanjo's re-election is today the best guarantee in Nigeria for the life of Amina Lawal and others who risk being sentenced to death by the political use of Sharia law as applied by the twelve north
- APRIL 22, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Outgoing President of Nigeria Olusegun Obasanjo has...
Outgoing President of Nigeria Olusegun Obasanjo has been re-elected in the first round of the presidential elections
- APRIL 22, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
Juan Rodriguez Chavez was executed inside the Huntsville...
Juan Rodriguez Chavez was executed inside the Huntsville "Walls" Unit
- APRIL 22, 2003DEATH PENALTY
The Senate rejected a bill that would have allowed...
The Senate rejected a bill that would have allowed juries to sentence a convicted murderer to life without the possibility of parole
- APRIL 22, 2003MissouriDEATH PENALTY
The Missouri Supreme Court unanimously overturned the...
The Missouri Supreme Court unanimously overturned the death sentence of Ernest Lee Johnson, 42, convicted of killing 3 people in 1994, because his attorney did not present adequate evidence that he might be mentally retarded
- APRIL 22, 2003ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe welcomed a vote by the Armenian...
The Council of Europe welcomed a vote by the Armenian parliament to lift the death penalty for most crimes as a step in the right direction towards Armenian membership of the council
- APRIL 22, 2003Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe welcomed a vote by the Armenian...
The Council of Europe welcomed a vote by the Armenian parliament to lift the death penalty for most crimes as a step in the right direction towards Armenian membership of the council
- APRIL 22, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: PRESIDENT OBASANJO REELECTED
April 22, 2003: Outgoing President of Nigeria Olusegun Obasanjo has been re-elected in the first round of the presidential elections. The fact is confirmed by the election results published by the national independent electoral commission of Abuja.
- APRIL 21, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Three men named as Sohel Dewan, Billal and Manik were...
Three men named as Sohel Dewan, Billal and Manik were sentenced to death for murdering Badsha Mia, a businessman, on 8 August 2002
- APRIL 21, 2003AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
After 6 years on death row, Wesley Quick has been acquitted...
After 6 years on death row, Wesley Quick has been acquitted of killing 2 men in his 3rd trial for the 1995 shooting deaths
- APRIL 21, 2003OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
In Wagoner, District Judge Bruce Sewell accepted a...
In Wagoner, District Judge Bruce Sewell accepted a sentencing deal that will spare the life of Billy Ray Battenfield, 51, who twice was sentenced to death in the April 22, 1984, killing of Donald Cantrell
- APRIL 21, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Myan Gul Jan Khan, a Pakistani sentenced to death for...
Myan Gul Jan Khan, a Pakistani sentenced to death for drug trafficking, was publicly executed in a square in Riyadh, the Saudi Arabian capital, declared the Saudi Interior Ministry
- APRIL 21, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Myan Gul Jan Khan, a Pakistani sentenced to death for...
Myan Gul Jan Khan, a Pakistani sentenced to death for drug trafficking, was publicly executed in a square in Riyadh, the Saudi Arabian capital, declared the Saudi Interior Ministry
- APRIL 20, 2003DEATH PENALTY
Death row inmates in Idaho will no longer automatically...
Death row inmates in Idaho will no longer automatically face solitary confinement
- APRIL 20, 2003OregonDEATH PENALTY
In the guilt phase of the murder trial of Gregory Bowen,...
In the guilt phase of the murder trial of Gregory Bowen, the jury took 3 hours to find the defendant guilty on April 2
- APRIL 19, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
An unnamed 46-year-old man convicted of illegal drug...
An unnamed 46-year-old man convicted of illegal drug production was sentenced to death in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City
- APRIL 19, 2003Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
The London-based Privy Council upheld an appeal by...
The London-based Privy Council upheld an appeal by Bimal Roy Paria, a 29-year-old man in Trinidad and Tobago, who had been sentenced to death for killing his common law wife, her mother and sister on 24 July 1998
- APRIL 19, 2003ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa appointed a commission...
Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa appointed a commission to review the constitution and advise on whether to abolish the death penalty
- APRIL 19, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The London-based Privy Council upheld an appeal by...
The London-based Privy Council upheld an appeal by Bimal Roy Paria, a 29-year-old man in Trinidad and Tobago, who had been sentenced to death for killing his common law wife, her mother and sister on 24 July 1998
- APRIL 19, 2003CubaDEATH PENALTY
Cuba said it would not allow a visit by a United Nations...
Cuba said it would not allow a visit by a United Nations envoy to look into accusations of human rights abuses on the island following the most severe crackdown in decades on opponents of President Fidel Castro
- APRIL 19, 2003CubaDEATH PENALTY
Cuba said it would not allow a visit by a United Nations...
Cuba said it would not allow a visit by a United Nations envoy to look into accusations of human rights abuses on the island following the most severe crackdown in decades on opponents of President Fidel Castro
- APRIL 18, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A division bench of Lahore High Court accepted the...
A division bench of Lahore High Court accepted the appeals of two convicts Omar Hayat and Muhammad Iqbal and turned their death sentences into life term imprisonment
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- APRIL 17, 2003PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
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- APRIL 17, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that the local court in the Mekong...
It was reported that the local court in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang had sentenced to death Phan Thanh Hung, 24, for raping and killing a woman and stealing her jewellery
- APRIL 17, 2003United NationsDEATH PENALTY
The UN Human Rights commission rejected an amendment...
The UN Human Rights commission rejected an amendment criticizing a dissident crackdown by Cuba, but instead approved a milder resolution calling for a UN rights monitor to visit the island
- APRIL 17, 2003ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The Armenian parliament passed the third reading of...
The Armenian parliament passed the third reading of the new criminal code, which abolishes capital punishment and replaces it with life imprisonment
- APRIL 17, 2003BelarusDEATH PENALTY
The UN Human Rights Commission adopted a resolution...
The UN Human Rights Commission adopted a resolution condemning Belarus for subjecting opposition members to arbitrary detention, disappearances and executions
- APRIL 17, 2003BelarusDEATH PENALTY
The UN Human Rights Commission adopted a resolution...
The UN Human Rights Commission adopted a resolution condemning Belarus for subjecting opposition members to arbitrary detention, disappearances and executions
- APRIL 17, 2003SamoaDEATH PENALTY
Ieu Pasi Leleimalefaga, 19, was sentenced to death...
Ieu Pasi Leleimalefaga, 19, was sentenced to death for the rape and murder of Toesulu Solomona, a five-year-old girl
- APRIL 17, 2003CubaDEATH PENALTY
The UN Human Rights commission rejected an amendment...
The UN Human Rights commission rejected an amendment criticizing a dissident crackdown by Cuba, but instead approved a milder resolution calling for a UN rights monitor to visit the island
- APRIL 17, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Leroy Orange, exonerated from Illinois' death row,...
Leroy Orange, exonerated from Illinois' death row, intervened at the UN Commission on Human Rights on behalf of the Transational Radical Party
- APRIL 17, 2003DEATH PENALTY
Leroy Orange, exonerated from Illinois' death row,...
Leroy Orange, exonerated from Illinois' death row, intervened at the UN Commission on Human Rights on behalf of the Transational Radical Party
- APRIL 17, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
The website of the Iranian daily Jomhuri-ye Eslami...
The website of the Iranian daily Jomhuri-ye Eslami reported that verdicts issued against five persons condemned to death for rape and murder had been implemented at Tehran's Qasr Prison
- APRIL 17, 2003North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Melanie Sammons Anderson, 39, who was sentenced to...
Melanie Sammons Anderson, 39, who was sentenced to death in 1996 now has a life sentence after a judge ruled that she was mentally retarded
- APRIL 17, 2003OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
The state of Oklahoma executed Larry Kenneth Jackson, 40
The state of Oklahoma executed Larry Kenneth Jackson, 40
- APRIL 17, 2003DEATH PENALTY
LEROY ORANGE SPEAKS AT THE UN AND CALLS FOR A GLOBAL MORATORIUM
April 17th 2003: Leroy Orange is a former death row inmate from Illinois who was exonerated last January by Governor George Ryan. Now Leroy Orange is now a testimonial of Hands Off Cain the international campaign for a UN moratorium on executions.
- APRIL 16, 2003BurundiDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Court of Appeal in Bujumbura, Burundi,...
The Criminal Court of Appeal in Bujumbura, Burundi, condemned to death the assassin of the former Burundi chief of general staff under the First Republic, Maj-Gen Thomas Ndabemeye
- APRIL 16, 2003OregonDEATH PENALTY
Christian Longo has been sentenced to death for the...
Christian Longo has been sentenced to death for the murders of his wife, MaryJane, and 3 young children
- APRIL 16, 2003North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The United Nations Human Rights Commission issued its...
The United Nations Human Rights Commission issued its first ever condemnation of North Korea, expressing "deep concern" at "systematic" rights abuses in the reclusive Communist state
- APRIL 16, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Three people in northeast China 's Jilin Province were...
Three people in northeast China 's Jilin Province were given their final ruling on their death sentences and were executed on the same day
- APRIL 16, 2003North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The United Nations Human Rights Commission issued its...
The United Nations Human Rights Commission issued its first ever condemnation of North Korea, expressing "deep concern" at "systematic" rights abuses in the reclusive Communist state
- APRIL 16, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Mohammed Nawaz, a former employee of Pakistan's Interior...
Mohammed Nawaz, a former employee of Pakistan's Interior Ministry, was sentenced to death for killing seven members of his family because he was angered by his daughter's decision to marry a Christian
- APRIL 16, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
A briefing organised by Hands Off Cain for a moratorium...
A briefing organised by Hands Off Cain for a moratorium on capital executions took place at the UN buildings in Geneva
- APRIL 16, 2003DEATH PENALTY
A briefing organised by Hands Off Cain for a moratorium...
A briefing organised by Hands Off Cain for a moratorium on capital executions took place at the UN buildings in Geneva
- APRIL 16, 2003CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
In Hayward, a prosecutor spared the life of Ruben Eliceo...
In Hayward, a prosecutor spared the life of Ruben Eliceo Vasquez, 27, saying he will not retry him for the 1998 shooting of Alameda County Sheriff's Deputy John Paul Monego
- APRIL 16, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Lanzhou Intermediate People's Court, in Gansu Province,...
The Lanzhou Intermediate People's Court, in Gansu Province, China, sentenced to death Li Yuanjie, 21, Peng Gang, 22, Yao Wenkun, 23, Wu Guohua, 21, and sentenced Wang Ming, 20, to death with a reprieve
- APRIL 15, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
Willie Mack Moddon, who has lived on death row for...
Willie Mack Moddon, who has lived on death row for nearly 2 decades and narrowly escaped his death date last June, pleaded guilty to 5 additional crimes
- APRIL 15, 2003IdahoDEATH PENALTY
George Junior Porter will be re-sentenced for 1st-degree...
George Junior Porter will be re-sentenced for 1st-degree murder in the 1988 beating death of Theresa Jones
- APRIL 15, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
Kenneth Wayne Morris won a reprieve from a federal...
Kenneth Wayne Morris won a reprieve from a federal appeals court that spared him from a trip to the Texas death chamber about two hours before he could have been executed today for the fatal shooting of a Houston man
- APRIL 15, 2003IsraelDEATH PENALTY
The UN Human Rights Commission condemned Israel for...
The UN Human Rights Commission condemned Israel for "acts of mass killing" and "'liquidation' or 'extrajudicial executions'" against Palestinians
- APRIL 15, 2003IsraelDEATH PENALTY
The UN Human Rights Commission condemned Israel for...
The UN Human Rights Commission condemned Israel for "acts of mass killing" and "'liquidation' or 'extrajudicial executions'" against Palestinians
- APRIL 15, 2003GreeceDEATH PENALTY
Has been launched in Greece, holders of the EU Presidency,...
Has been launched in Greece, holders of the EU Presidency, the campaign "Stop the Death Penalty Through Internet"
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- APRIL 15, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Has been launched in Greece, holders of the EU Presidency,...
Has been launched in Greece, holders of the EU Presidency, the campaign "Stop the Death Penalty Through Internet"
- APRIL 14, 2003CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
In Long Beach, Superior Court jury unanimously recommended...
In Long Beach, Superior Court jury unanimously recommended the death penalty for Ramon Sandoval Jr
- APRIL 14, 2003CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Orange County Superior Court Judge John Ryan followed...
Orange County Superior Court Judge John Ryan followed a jury's recommendation last month that Dung Trinh be sentenced to death
- APRIL 14, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The People's Court in Ba Ria Vung Tau sentenced to...
The People's Court in Ba Ria Vung Tau sentenced to death Pham Van Dzung, found guilty of trading and possessing a total of 33
- APRIL 14, 2003CubaDEATH PENALTY
The European Union condemned the repressive crackdown...
The European Union condemned the repressive crackdown by Cuban authorities
- APRIL 14, 2003European UnionDEATH PENALTY
The European Union condemned the repressive crackdown...
The European Union condemned the repressive crackdown by Cuban authorities
- APRIL 14, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An anti-terrorism court convicted four members of an...
An anti-terrorism court convicted four members of an outlawed Islamic militant group of orchestrating a truck bombing outside the U
- APRIL 13, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
Salem Hussein Hasan al-Salami, an Iraqi convicted of...
Salem Hussein Hasan al-Salami, an Iraqi convicted of smuggling hashish, was publicly beheaded by sword in the northern Saudi city of Arar
- APRIL 13, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Salem Hussein Hasan al-Salami, an Iraqi convicted of...
Salem Hussein Hasan al-Salami, an Iraqi convicted of smuggling hashish, was publicly beheaded by sword in the northern Saudi city of Arar
- APRIL 12, 2003SpainDEATH PENALTY
Spanish Deputy Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said that...
Spanish Deputy Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said that the execution of three hijackers in Cuba on April 11 proves that Fidel Castro "is a tyrant" and "has been one for many years
- APRIL 12, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Wei Licheng, 39, a serial rapist convicted of attacks...
Wei Licheng, 39, a serial rapist convicted of attacks on 15 women and four children and 20 robberies was sentenced to death by a Beijing court
- APRIL 12, 2003UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Uganda Human Rights Commission said it was satisfied...
The Uganda Human Rights Commission said it was satisfied with the execution of three soldiers in Kitgum
- APRIL 11, 2003FloridaDEATH PENALTY
A Collier County circuit court jury recommended execution...
A Collier County circuit court jury recommended execution for John Ballard, 34, convicted of capital murder in the March 1999 beating deaths of Jennifer Jones and Willie Ray "Bubba" Patin Jr
- APRIL 11, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
Clinton Young, 19, was sentenced to death by a jury...
Clinton Young, 19, was sentenced to death by a jury in Midland County for the 2001 murder of Doyle Douglas, 54, and the kidnapping and murder of Samuel Petrey, 54
- APRIL 11, 2003FloridaDEATH PENALTY
In Key West, Michael Tanzi, 25, was sentenced to death...
In Key West, Michael Tanzi, 25, was sentenced to death for the April 25, 2000, kidnapping and murder of Janet Acosta, 49
- APRIL 11, 2003OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
A 3-judge panel of the 10th U
A 3-judge panel of the 10th U
- APRIL 11, 2003CzechiaDEATH PENALTY
According to a CVVM agency poll almost two-thirds of...
According to a CVVM agency poll almost two-thirds of Czechs believe that the Czech Republic should reinstate the death penalty and one-third believe that all murderers should receive it
- APRIL 11, 2003RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Human Rights Watch warned that Russian soldiers were...
Human Rights Watch warned that Russian soldiers were carrying out human rights abuses in Chechnya despite a controversial referendum in March that Moscow said would bring peace to breakaway republic
- APRIL 11, 2003KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
International human rights organisations welcomed Kazakh...
International human rights organisations welcomed Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev's initiatives aimed at making criminal law more humane and introducing life imprisonment as an alternative to the death penalty
- APRIL 11, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Pham Van Dung, 42, was sentenced to death for trafficking...
Pham Van Dung, 42, was sentenced to death for trafficking opium and heroin under Vietnam's tough anti-drug laws
- APRIL 11, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed more people than any other country in...
China executed more people than any other country in 2002, two-thirds of the known world total of 1,500, and many of those cases violated international law, the human rights group Amnesty International said
- APRIL 11, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani anti-terrorism court ordered a man to be...
A Pakistani anti-terrorism court ordered a man to be hanged to death for multiple sectarian murders, court officials said
- APRIL 11, 2003CubaDEATH PENALTY
Lorenzo Enrique Copello Castillo, Barbaro Leodan Sevilla...
Lorenzo Enrique Copello Castillo, Barbaro Leodan Sevilla GarcIa and Jorge Luis Martinez Isaac, three men convicted of terrorism for hijacking of a passenger ferry in Cuba were executed
- APRIL 10, 2003PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
A Lehigh County jury sentenced 21-year-old Ramon Sanchez...
A Lehigh County jury sentenced 21-year-old Ramon Sanchez to death on March 13, and Lehigh County Judge William E
- APRIL 10, 2003CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
A convicted murderer who confessed to his crimes will...
A convicted murderer who confessed to his crimes will get a new trial after the California Supreme Court decided that Omar Dent III was improperly prevented from defending himself
- APRIL 10, 2003United NationsDEATH PENALTY
In occasion of the UNCHR Antoine Madelin, of International...
In occasion of the UNCHR Antoine Madelin, of International Federation of Human Rights Leagues, said that corporal punishments and discrimination against women persisted in Iran
- APRIL 10, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
British cabinet ministers warned that it would be illegal...
British cabinet ministers warned that it would be illegal for Tony Blair to bow to US demands for Iraqi prisoners of war captured by British forces to be handed over to the US for trial or imprisonment in the United States
- APRIL 10, 2003DEATH PENALTY
British cabinet ministers warned that it would be illegal...
British cabinet ministers warned that it would be illegal for Tony Blair to bow to US demands for Iraqi prisoners of war captured by British forces to be handed over to the US for trial or imprisonment in the United States
- APRIL 10, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
HOC supported the demonstrations, promoted by the Transnational...
HOC supported the demonstrations, promoted by the Transnational Radical Party and the Italian Radicals, to ask that funds given to Fidel Castro's regime by the European Commission be suspended
- APRIL 10, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain refutes the news that Amina Lawal has...
Hands Off Cain refutes the news that Amina Lawal has been condemned to death by the Supreme Court of her State of Katsina and that her stoning is now imminent
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- APRIL 10, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain refutes the news that Amina Lawal has...
Hands Off Cain refutes the news that Amina Lawal has been condemned to death by the Supreme Court of her State of Katsina and that her stoning is now imminent
- APRIL 10, 2003CubaDEATH PENALTY
HOC supported the demonstrations, promoted by the Transnational...
HOC supported the demonstrations, promoted by the Transnational Radical Party and the Italian Radicals, to ask that funds given to Fidel Castro's regime by the European Commission be suspended
- APRIL 9, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Sadek Hossain, 42, was sentenced to death by the Acid...
Sadek Hossain, 42, was sentenced to death by the Acid Crime Prevention Tribunal in Dhaka for throwing acid on on Sudhir Ranjan Ghotok, a senior advocate of Dhaka district court
- APRIL 9, 2003VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
In Jarratt, maintaining his innocence to the end, Earl C
In Jarratt, maintaining his innocence to the end, Earl C
- APRIL 9, 2003North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
Out of 78 North Koreans arrested in the attempt to...
Out of 78 North Koreans arrested in the attempt to escape from China to South Korea in January, 30 were handed over by the Chinese authorities to North Korean frontier guards
- APRIL 9, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Out of 78 North Koreans arrested in the attempt to...
Out of 78 North Koreans arrested in the attempt to escape from China to South Korea in January, 30 were handed over by the Chinese authorities to North Korean frontier guards
- APRIL 9, 2003UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
A court in Uzbekistan's central Tashkent Region passed...
A court in Uzbekistan's central Tashkent Region passed a death sentence on two men who knifed a woman and her child to death with the intent of robbing them, the Toshkent Haqiqati newspaper reported
- APRIL 8, 2003DEATH PENALTY
Convicted capital murderers determined by a jury to...
Convicted capital murderers determined by a jury to be mentally retarded would be spared the death penalty under a bill approved by the Jurisprudence Committee
- APRIL 8, 2003Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe insisted that Armenia ratify...
The Council of Europe insisted that Armenia ratify by June 2003 the 6th protocol to the European Human Rights Convention that envisages the full repeal of death penalty, the head of the Armenian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of E
- APRIL 8, 2003ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe insisted that Armenia ratify...
The Council of Europe insisted that Armenia ratify by June 2003 the 6th protocol to the European Human Rights Convention that envisages the full repeal of death penalty, the head of the Armenian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of E
- APRIL 8, 2003OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Don Wilson Hawkins, 43, died at 6:07 p
Don Wilson Hawkins, 43, died at 6:07 p
- APRIL 8, 2003RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Twenty-two European countries submitted a proposed...
Twenty-two European countries submitted a proposed resolution to the UN Human Rights Commission accusing Russia of grave rights violations in the breakaway republic of Chechnya
- APRIL 8, 2003DEATH PENALTY
Twenty-two European countries submitted a proposed...
Twenty-two European countries submitted a proposed resolution to the UN Human Rights Commission accusing Russia of grave rights violations in the breakaway republic of Chechnya
- APRIL 7, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China is much freer than before, but its sheer size...
China is much freer than before, but its sheer size makes it the world's No
- APRIL 7, 2003North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Convicted murderer Bobby Lee Harris is moving off death row
Convicted murderer Bobby Lee Harris is moving off death row
- APRIL 7, 2003GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Nine prisoners escaped from a temporary detention center...
Nine prisoners escaped from a temporary detention center in Abkhazia, the Georgian breakaway republic, Deputy Interior Minister Valery Lagvilava said
- APRIL 6, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
Deserters from the Iraqi army said they were beaten...
Deserters from the Iraqi army said they were beaten by their superiors and one said he saw 10 fellow soldiers executed by a commander, according to a Human Rights Watch report
- 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
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- 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, 2003DEATH 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, 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, 2003DEATH 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 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 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, 2003DEATH 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, 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, 2003DEATH 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, 2003DEATH 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, 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 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