Chronological archive

May 2004

The 247 news items published by Hands Off Cain in May 2004, in chronological order.

247 news items

Most frequent countriesIran · 32 China · 22 Bulgaria · 15 Libya · 14 Bangladesh · 9

DEATH PENALTYMAY 31, 2004

The incoming Netherlands presidency of the European...

The incoming Netherlands presidency of the European Union will verify Hands Off Cain's forecasts on the outcome of a moratorium resolution at the UN General Assembly and should they be confirmed, prompt a review of the EU's current policy to refrain from

MAY 31, 2004Kuwait
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Two Saudi nationals and a Kuwaiti convicted of the...
Two Saudi nationals and a Kuwaiti convicted of the abduction, rape and murder of a six-year-old girl were executed in Kuwait, and their corpses displayed in public
MAY 31, 2004Iran
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Iran's Supreme Court decided to quash a death sentence...
Iran's Supreme Court decided to quash a death sentence on dissident intellectual Hashem Aghajari and would announce the decision shortly, the Iranian student news agency ISNA reported
MAY 31, 2004Saudi Arabia
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Two Saudi nationals and a Kuwaiti convicted of the...
Two Saudi nationals and a Kuwaiti convicted of the abduction, rape and murder of a six-year-old girl were executed in Kuwait, and their corpses displayed in public
MAY 31, 2004Netherlands
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The incoming Netherlands presidency of the European...
The incoming Netherlands presidency of the European Union will verify Hands Off Cain's forecasts on the outcome of a moratorium resolution at the UN General Assembly and should they be confirmed, prompt a review of the EU's current policy to refrain from
MAY 31, 2004Libya
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Canada supported Bulgaria in connection with the trial...
Canada supported Bulgaria in connection with the trial against the Bulgarian medics in Libya, Paul Dubois, Assistant Deputy Minister at the Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said after a meeting with Bulgarian Deputy Foreign Minister Gergana Gruncharo
MAY 31, 2004Canada
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Canada supported Bulgaria in connection with the trial...
Canada supported Bulgaria in connection with the trial against the Bulgarian medics in Libya, Paul Dubois, Assistant Deputy Minister at the Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said after a meeting with Bulgarian Deputy Foreign Minister Gergana Gruncharo
MAY 31, 2004Bulgaria
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Canada supported Bulgaria in connection with the trial...
Canada supported Bulgaria in connection with the trial against the Bulgarian medics in Libya, Paul Dubois, Assistant Deputy Minister at the Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said after a meeting with Bulgarian Deputy Foreign Minister Gergana Gruncharo
MAY 30, 2004Ohio
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Kenny Richey, the Scot who has spent more than 17 years...
Kenny Richey, the Scot who has spent more than 17 years on death row in the United States, said he would rather kill himself than spend any more time in prison
MAY 30, 2004United Kingdom
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Kenny Richey, the Scot who has spent more than 17 years...
Kenny Richey, the Scot who has spent more than 17 years on death row in the United States, said he would rather kill himself than spend any more time in prison
MAY 30, 2004
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Kenny Richey, the Scot who has spent more than 17 years...
Kenny Richey, the Scot who has spent more than 17 years on death row in the United States, said he would rather kill himself than spend any more time in prison
MAY 30, 2004Iran
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agents arrested 32 men and women at a birthday party.
agents arrested 32 men and women at a birthday party.
MAY 30, 2004Iran
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according to the decree issued by...
according to the decree issued by...
MAY 29, 2004Iran
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The Iranian judiciary had started to take steps to...
The Iranian judiciary had started to take steps to quash the death sentence re-imposed on dissident intellectual Hashem Aghajari, following orders from Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the official IRNA news agency reported
MAY 29, 2004Vietnam
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Hoang Van Xuan, a 27-year-old builder, was sentenced...
Hoang Van Xuan, a 27-year-old builder, was sentenced to death by firing squad in Vietnam after being convicted of murdering three members of one family and looting their house
MAY 29, 2004United States
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At a symposium on capital punishment in Tokyo, sponsored...
At a symposium on capital punishment in Tokyo, sponsored by the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, Renny Cushing, the executive director of Murder Victims' Families for Reconciliation, also the son of a murdered man in the US, said bereaved families of
MAY 29, 2004Japan
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At a symposium on capital punishment in Tokyo, sponsored...
At a symposium on capital punishment in Tokyo, sponsored by the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, Renny Cushing, the executive director of Murder Victims' Families for Reconciliation, also the son of a murdered man in the US, said bereaved families of
MAY 28, 2004China
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A South Korean man was executed in China on for murdering...
A South Korean man was executed in China on for murdering his Chinese girlfriend and her sister
MAY 28, 2004South Korea
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A South Korean man was executed in China on for murdering...
A South Korean man was executed in China on for murdering his Chinese girlfriend and her sister
MAY 28, 2004Japan
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The Tokyo High Court sentenced a former doomsday cult...
The Tokyo High Court sentenced a former doomsday cult member Yoshihiro Inoue to death for a 1995 nerve gas attack on Tokyo's subways, overturning a lower court ruling condemning him to life in prison
MAY 28, 2004Bulgaria
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Serbia and Montenegro's President Svetozar Marovic...
Serbia and Montenegro's President Svetozar Marovic promised his Bulgarian counterpart Georgy Parvanov that his country would mediate on behalf of five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death in Libya in a case involving AIDS-contaminated blood
MAY 28, 2004Libya
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Serbia and Montenegro's President Svetozar Marovic...
Serbia and Montenegro's President Svetozar Marovic promised his Bulgarian counterpart Georgy Parvanov that his country would mediate on behalf of five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death in Libya in a case involving AIDS-contaminated blood
MAY 28, 2004Libya
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"China will use its influence to encourage a fair solution...
"China will use its influence to encourage a fair solution to the issue of the Bulgarian nurses sentenced in Libya," Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress (NPC), told Bulgarian National Assembly Chairman Ogny
MAY 28, 2004China
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A group of 12 convicted drug traffickers was sentenced...
A group of 12 convicted drug traffickers was sentenced to death by a court in central China, for the buying and selling of heroin
MAY 28, 2004St. Lucia
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The Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)...
The Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Appeal Court upheld the death sentences imposed on Kim John and Francis Phillip in 2003 for murdering a Roman Catholic priest and a nun
MAY 28, 2004China
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"China will use its influence to encourage a fair solution...
"China will use its influence to encourage a fair solution to the issue of the Bulgarian nurses sentenced in Libya," Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress (NPC), told Bulgarian National Assembly Chairman Ogny
MAY 28, 2004Bangladesh
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A special court in Rajshahi sentenced Shariful Haq...
A special court in Rajshahi sentenced Shariful Haq Koial to death for his attempt to burn his wife to death in 2003
MAY 28, 2004Indonesia
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The Golkar Party's presidential aspirant, General Wiranto,...
The Golkar Party's presidential aspirant, General Wiranto, retired, said big-time corrupters must be sentenced to death if people are to be made afraid to commit the crime
MAY 28, 2004Bulgaria
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"China will use its influence to encourage a fair solution...
"China will use its influence to encourage a fair solution to the issue of the Bulgarian nurses sentenced in Libya," Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress (NPC), told Bulgarian National Assembly Chairman Ogny
MAY 28, 2004Serbia
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Serbia and Montenegro's President Svetozar Marovic...
Serbia and Montenegro's President Svetozar Marovic promised his Bulgarian counterpart Georgy Parvanov that his country would mediate on behalf of five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death in Libya in a case involving AIDS-contaminated blood
MAY 28, 2004United Kingdom
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Britain wanted to push through an extradition request...
Britain wanted to push through an extradition request for Abu Hamza al-Masri, a radical Muslim cleric, as quickly as possible so he could stand trial in the United States on charges of aiding terrorists, the government said

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MAY 28, 2004United States
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Britain wanted to push through an extradition request...
Britain wanted to push through an extradition request for Abu Hamza al-Masri, a radical Muslim cleric, as quickly as possible so he could stand trial in the United States on charges of aiding terrorists, the government said
MAY 28, 2004Illinois
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Gordon Steidl was freed from an Illinois prison May...
Gordon Steidl was freed from an Illinois prison May 28th, 2004, 17 years after he was wrongly convicted and sentenced to die for a 1986 dual murder
MAY 28, 2004South Carolina
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In Columbia, at the Capital Punishment Facility at...
In Columbia, at the Capital Punishment Facility at Broad River Correctional Institution, James Neil Tucker, 47, was executed for the deaths of Rosa Lee Oakley and Shannon Mellon, in 1992
MAY 28, 2004China
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the Sanqin Dushi Bao (Sanqin Daily) newspaper reported that...
the Sanqin Dushi Bao (Sanqin Daily) newspaper reported that...
MAY 27, 2004Equatorial Guinea
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The South African government told the Pretoria High...
The South African government told the Pretoria High Court that it would not seek to extradite 70 suspected mercenaries arrested in Zimbabwe on charges of plotting a coup in Equatorial Guinea
MAY 27, 2004South Africa
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The South African government told the Pretoria High...
The South African government told the Pretoria High Court that it would not seek to extradite 70 suspected mercenaries arrested in Zimbabwe on charges of plotting a coup in Equatorial Guinea
MAY 27, 2004Zimbabwe
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The South African government told the Pretoria High...
The South African government told the Pretoria High Court that it would not seek to extradite 70 suspected mercenaries arrested in Zimbabwe on charges of plotting a coup in Equatorial Guinea
MAY 27, 2004Italy
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Oliviero Toscani's new video clip against the death...
Oliviero Toscani's new video clip against the death penalty in promotion of Hands Off Cain's international campaign for a universal moratorium on executions established by the UN General Assembly, was shown this morning at the European Institute of Design
MAY 27, 2004Libya
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Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I said he had learnt...
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I said he had learnt with regret that the results on the case of the Bulgarian medics in Libya were not good and expressed hope that their death sentences would not be carried out
MAY 27, 2004Japan
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Amnesty International highlighted reports of torture...
Amnesty International highlighted reports of torture and ill treatment of people while in custody in Japan
MAY 27, 2004Bulgaria
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Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew said he had learnt...
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew said he had learnt with regret that the results on the case of the Bulgarian medics in Libya were not good and expressed hope that their death sentences would not be carried out
MAY 27, 2004
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Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I said he had learnt...
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I said he had learnt with regret that the results on the case of the Bulgarian medics in Libya were not good and expressed hope that their death sentences would not be carried out
MAY 27, 2004China
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in its initial trial, the Anshan Intermediate People's Court in Liaoning Province...
in its initial trial, the Anshan Intermediate People's Court in Liaoning Province...
MAY 27, 2004China
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in its initial trial, the Shantou Intermediate People's Court in Guangdong Province...
in its initial trial, the Shantou Intermediate People's Court in Guangdong Province...
MAY 26, 2004Philippines
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The Philippines High Court sentenced to death John...
The Philippines High Court sentenced to death John Mamarion, Major Rolando Maclang, Juliet Harisco and Charlito Domingo after finding them guilty of kidnapping
MAY 26, 2004Equatorial Guinea
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Lawyers for the South African government said the state...
Lawyers for the South African government said the state could not intervene to save 70 alleged coup-plotters detained in Zimbabwe from extradition to Equatorial Guinea where they would face the death penalty
MAY 26, 2004Zimbabwe
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Lawyers for the South African government said the state...
Lawyers for the South African government said the state could not intervene to save 70 alleged coup-plotters detained in Zimbabwe from extradition to Equatorial Guinea where they would face the death penalty
MAY 26, 2004South Africa
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Lawyers for the South African government said the state...
Lawyers for the South African government said the state could not intervene to save 70 alleged coup-plotters detained in Zimbabwe from extradition to Equatorial Guinea where they would face the death penalty
MAY 26, 2004Brazil
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The Brazilian government acknowledged, as the recently-released...
The Brazilian government acknowledged, as the recently-released Amnesty International report said, that "serious problems still exist" in the country on the human rights front, but it said the administration was fighting hard to end abuses
MAY 26, 2004Saudi Arabia
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Amnesty International said in its report for 2003 that...
Amnesty International said in its report for 2003 that "gross" human rights violations continued in Saudi Arabia where discrimination against women also remained "endemic"
MAY 26, 2004Libya
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It was reported that Turkey would raise the issue of...
It was reported that Turkey would raise the issue of the Bulgarian nurses, sentenced to death in Libya, at the 31st Session of the Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers, due to open in Istanbul on June 14
MAY 26, 2004North Korea
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North Koreans were deprived of basic human rights by...
North Koreans were deprived of basic human rights by a totalitarian leadership that employs harsh repression for political crimes, Amnesty International said in its annual report
MAY 26, 2004China
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China's rights record has made little progress in the...
China's rights record has made little progress in the past year and has worsened in areas such as the treatment of ethnic minorities, Amnesty International said
MAY 26, 2004Indonesia
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Indonesia resorted to increasingly repressive methods...
Indonesia resorted to increasingly repressive methods in 2003 in its attempts to crush separatist movements in Aceh and Papua provinces, Amnesty International said
MAY 26, 2004Nepal
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Torture, extrajudicial executions and "disappearances"...
Torture, extrajudicial executions and "disappearances" in Nepal, gripped by a deadly Maoist insurgency, had escalated since peace talks collapsed in August 2003, Amnesty International said in its annual report
MAY 26, 2004Thailand
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Thailand's bloody "war on drugs" marred its rights...
Thailand's bloody "war on drugs" marred its rights record in 2003, Amnesty International said in an annual report which also noted that critics of the government faced threats and harassment
MAY 26, 2004Bulgaria
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It was reported that Turkey would raise the issue of...
It was reported that Turkey would raise the issue of the Bulgarian nurses, sentenced to death in Libya, at the 31st Session of the Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers, due to open in Istanbul on June 14
MAY 26, 2004Bulgaria
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It was reported that Turkey would raise the issue of...
It was reported that Turkey would raise the issue of the Bulgarian nurses, sentenced to death in Libya, at the 31st Session of the Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers, due to open in Istanbul on June 14
MAY 26, 2004Florida
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In the Florida State Prison near Starke, John Blackwelder,...
In the Florida State Prison near Starke, John Blackwelder, 49, executed
MAY 26, 2004China
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in its initial trial, the Haikou Intermediate People's Court in Hainan Province...
in its initial trial, the Haikou Intermediate People's Court in Hainan Province...

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MAY 26, 2004Iran
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the hand of a man in Andimeshk was cut off in public
the hand of a man in Andimeshk was cut off in public
MAY 25, 2004Equatorial Guinea
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South Africa is obliged to protect 70 suspected mercenaries...
South Africa is obliged to protect 70 suspected mercenaries held in Zimbabwe over a coup plot in Equatorial Guinea, lawyers argued, saying Harare would hand the men over to Pretoria if requested to do so
MAY 25, 2004Libya
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Bulgarian Assembly chairman Ognyan Gerdzhikov, who...
Bulgarian Assembly chairman Ognyan Gerdzhikov, who was leading a delegation to Rome met with Senate President of Marcello Pera, aksed Italy for assistance regarding the Bulgarian medical professionals, sentenced to death by the Benghazi Criminal Court on
MAY 25, 2004Zimbabwe
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South Africa is obliged to protect 70 suspected mercenaries...
South Africa is obliged to protect 70 suspected mercenaries held in Zimbabwe over a coup plot in Equatorial Guinea, lawyers argued, saying Harare would hand the men over to Pretoria if requested to do so
MAY 25, 2004Vietnam
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Tran Quang Luan, a 22-year-old man, was sentenced to...
Tran Quang Luan, a 22-year-old man, was sentenced to death by firing squad by the Ho Chi Minh City People's Court in Vietnam after being convicted of murdering his female companion Nguyen Thi Lan in September 2002 in order to steal her motorbike
MAY 25, 2004Bangladesh
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The district court in Sirajganj sentenced to death...
The district court in Sirajganj sentenced to death Kazimuddin alias Kazi and Habibur Rahman alias Hobi for the murder of their brother in law Shamima Aziz, sixteen others were given life imprisonment
MAY 25, 2004South Africa
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South Africa is obliged to protect 70 suspected mercenaries...
South Africa is obliged to protect 70 suspected mercenaries held in Zimbabwe over a coup plot in Equatorial Guinea, lawyers argued, saying Harare would hand the men over to Pretoria if requested to do so
MAY 25, 2004Indonesia
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Malawi national Adam Wilson was sentenced by the district...
Malawi national Adam Wilson was sentenced by the district court in Tangerang, Indonesia, after he was found guilty of smuggling heroin
MAY 25, 2004Italy
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Bulgarian Assembly chairman Ognyan Gerdzhikov, who...
Bulgarian Assembly chairman Ognyan Gerdzhikov, who was leading a delegation to Rome met with Senate President of Marcello Pera, aksed Italy for assistance regarding the Bulgarian medical professionals, sentenced to death by the Benghazi Criminal Court on
MAY 25, 2004Malawi
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Malawi national Adam Wilson was sentenced by the district...
Malawi national Adam Wilson was sentenced by the district court in Tangerang, Indonesia, after he was found guilty of smuggling heroin
MAY 25, 2004Bulgaria
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Bulgarian Assembly chairman Ognyan Gerdzhikov, who...
Bulgarian Assembly chairman Ognyan Gerdzhikov, who was leading a delegation to Rome met with Senate President of Marcello Pera, aksed Italy for assistance regarding the Bulgarian medical professionals, sentenced to death by the Benghazi Criminal Court on
MAY 25, 2004Pakistan
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Three brothers were hanged in Pakistan after President...
Three brothers were hanged in Pakistan after President Pervez Musharraf rejected their plea for clemency
MAY 25, 2004Bangladesh
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Joseph, 30, and Masud alias Masum, 32, were sentenced...
Joseph, 30, and Masud alias Masum, 32, were sentenced to death by a Speedy Trial Court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, for the murder of a man at Lalmatia
MAY 24, 2004Libya
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Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Solomon Pasi conferred...
Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Solomon Pasi conferred with Stefano Manservisi, head of cabinet of European Commission President Romano Prodi, and briefed him on the results of his visit to Libya on 18-19 May, on his meetings in Tunis during the Arab League s
MAY 24, 2004
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Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Solomon Pasi conferred...
Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Solomon Pasi conferred with Stefano Manservisi, head of cabinet of European Commission President Romano Prodi, and briefed him on the results of his visit to Libya on 18-19 May, on his meetings in Tunis during the Arab League s
MAY 24, 2004Bulgaria
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Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Solomon Pasi conferred...
Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Solomon Pasi conferred with Stefano Manservisi, head of cabinet of European Commission President Romano Prodi, and briefed him on the results of his visit to Libya on 18-19 May, on his meetings in Tunis during the Arab League s
MAY 24, 2004Malaysia
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The Federal Court of Malaysia commuted the death sentence...
The Federal Court of Malaysia commuted the death sentence imposed on K
MAY 24, 2004China
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Luo Jinqiao and Luo Guosheng, two members of a criminal...
Luo Jinqiao and Luo Guosheng, two members of a criminal gang, were sentenced to death in Changsha, in China's Hunan Province
MAY 24, 2004China
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in its initial trial, the Changsha Intermediate People's Court in Hunan Province...
in its initial trial, the Changsha Intermediate People's Court in Hunan Province...
MAY 23, 2004United Kingdom
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It was reported that the British Foreign Office slipped...
It was reported that the British Foreign Office slipped out a warning that the UK would boycott the upcoming trial of Saddam Hussein if there was any risk of the former dictator being put to death
MAY 23, 2004Iraq
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It was reported that the British Foreign Office slipped...
It was reported that the British Foreign Office slipped out a warning that the UK would boycott the upcoming trial of Saddam Hussein if there was any risk of the former dictator being put to death
MAY 23, 2004Vietnam
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Vang Sao Ngan, 21, was sentenced to death by a court...
Vang Sao Ngan, 21, was sentenced to death by a court in the northern province of Ha Giang, Vietnam, for killing his pregnant fiancé and her mother after his lover refused to live with him
MAY 23, 2004Iran
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the flogging verdict for two young men who were sentenced to 75 whips
the flogging verdict for two young men who were sentenced to 75 whips
MAY 22, 2004Tunisia
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Bulgarian officials and politicians continued soliciting...
Bulgarian officials and politicians continued soliciting international support for five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death by a Libyan court on charges of deliberately infecting hundreds of Libyan children with the AIDS virus
MAY 22, 2004Libya
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Bulgarian officials and politicians continued soliciting...
Bulgarian officials and politicians continued soliciting international support for five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death by a Libyan court on charges of deliberately infecting hundreds of Libyan children with the AIDS virus
MAY 22, 2004Bulgaria
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Bulgarian officials and politicians continued soliciting...
Bulgarian officials and politicians continued soliciting international support for five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death by a Libyan court on charges of deliberately infecting hundreds of Libyan children with the AIDS virus
MAY 22, 2004Russia
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Bulgarian officials and politicians continued soliciting...
Bulgarian officials and politicians continued soliciting international support for five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death by a Libyan court on charges of deliberately infecting hundreds of Libyan children with the AIDS virus
MAY 22, 2004Iran
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a man in Ahwaz was sentenced to five times execution
a man in Ahwaz was sentenced to five times execution
MAY 21, 2004Uganda
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The death of the Attorney General, Francis Ayume, halted...
The death of the Attorney General, Francis Ayume, halted the hearing of a petition in which 417 condemned prisoners were challenging the death penalty
MAY 21, 2004Japan
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An appeals court in Japan upheld a lower court's death...
An appeals court in Japan upheld a lower court's death sentence for Yasutoshi Matsuda, a 36-year-old man found guilty of robbing and murdering two women in Miyazaki Prefecture in 2001

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MAY 21, 2004Taiwan
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The Supreme Court of Taiwan said it could find no fault...
The Supreme Court of Taiwan said it could find no fault with the case of Hsu Tzu-chiang , a death-row inmate whose conviction had been surrounded with controversy for almost a decade
MAY 21, 2004Japan
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The Fukuoka High Court, Japan, quashed the death penalty...
The Fukuoka High Court, Japan, quashed the death penalty for Reiko Yamaguchi, a woman convicted of murdering her husband and son and reduced it to life imprisonment, saying she had been lured by her male accomplice and could be rehabilitated
MAY 21, 2004Malaysia
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Adnan Mat Jusoh was sentenced to death by the High...
Adnan Mat Jusoh was sentenced to death by the High Court of Malaysia after being found guilty of killing his girlfriend in
MAY 21, 2004Türkiye
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Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer signed into law...
Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer signed into law a set of constitutional amendments aimed at bringing the country closer to European Union democracy standards, his office said
MAY 21, 2004India
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A Delhi Sessions Court sentenced to death a Pakistani...
A Delhi Sessions Court sentenced to death a Pakistani terrorist, Maqsood Ahmed, alias Ashraf Abbu Mujahid, for attacking a police encampment in Jarodha Kalan on the outskirts of Delhi, killing a man and grievously injuring his colleague on the night of Oc
MAY 21, 2004Indonesia
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An Indonesian court sentenced a South African man to...
An Indonesian court sentenced a South African man to death for smuggling heroin, an official said
MAY 21, 2004Pakistan
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A Delhi Sessions Court sentenced to death a Pakistani...
A Delhi Sessions Court sentenced to death a Pakistani terrorist, Maqsood Ahmed, alias Ashraf Abbu Mujahid, for attacking a police encampment in Jarodha Kalan on the outskirts of Delhi, killing a man and grievously injuring his colleague on the night of Oc
MAY 21, 2004Kenya
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There was song and dance at the High Court in Nyeri...
There was song and dance at the High Court in Nyeri when six men sentenced to hang for robbery were set free by a two-judge appellate court
MAY 21, 2004South Africa
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An Indonesian court sentenced a South African man to...
An Indonesian court sentenced a South African man to death for smuggling heroin, an official said
MAY 21, 2004Pennsylvania
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A Creek County jury found Robert Wayne Lambert was...
A Creek County jury found Robert Wayne Lambert was not mentally retarded and could be returned to death row for the 1987 murders of 2 young Tulsans
MAY 21, 2004Singapore
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a man named Soosainathan Dass Saminathan was hanged in Singapore for murder
a man named Soosainathan Dass Saminathan was hanged in Singapore for murder
MAY 20, 2004Libya
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Croatian President Stjepan Mesic met the Libyan ambassador...
Croatian President Stjepan Mesic met the Libyan ambassador to Croatia to discuss how Croatia could help solving the problem of the five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor sentenced to death in Libya after they were convicted of deliberately infecti
MAY 20, 2004Pakistan
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An Anti Terrorism Court in Karachi, Pakistan, convicted...
An Anti Terrorism Court in Karachi, Pakistan, convicted four kidnappers and sentenced them to death
MAY 20, 2004Libya
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Croatian President Stjepan Mesic met the Libyan ambassador...
Croatian President Stjepan Mesic met the Libyan ambassador to Croatia to discuss how Croatia could help solving the problem of the five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor sentenced to death in Libya after they were convicted of deliberately infecti
MAY 20, 2004Iran
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The Umbrella exile Iranian opposition party, the National...
The Umbrella exile Iranian opposition party, the National Council of the Resistance of Iran (NCRI), said that some 3,800 members of its Iraq-based military wing, the People's Mujahideen, must not be extradited to Iran, where they would face torture and ex
MAY 20, 2004Iraq
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The Umbrella exile Iranian opposition party, the National...
The Umbrella exile Iranian opposition party, the National Council of the Resistance of Iran (NCRI), said that some 3,800 members of its Iraq-based military wing, the People's Mujahideen, must not be extradited to Iran, where they would face torture and ex
MAY 20, 2004Croatia
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Croatian President Stjepan Mesic met the Libyan ambassador...
Croatian President Stjepan Mesic met the Libyan ambassador to Croatia to discuss how Croatia could help solving the problem of the five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor sentenced to death in Libya after they were convicted of deliberately infecti
MAY 20, 2004Bulgaria
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Croatian President Stjepan Mesic met the Libyan ambassador...
Croatian President Stjepan Mesic met the Libyan ambassador to Croatia to discuss how Croatia could help solving the problem of the five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor sentenced to death in Libya after they were convicted of deliberately infecti
MAY 20, 2004Vietnam
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Le Duc Thi, 32, was sentenced to death after being...
Le Duc Thi, 32, was sentenced to death after being found guilty by a court in Vietnam's central province of Binh Dinh of beating to death his 73-year-old great-aunt on March 6, 2004 after she refused to lend him money
MAY 20, 2004Vietnam
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The Hanoi People's Court, Vietnam, sentenced to death...
The Hanoi People's Court, Vietnam, sentenced to death Le Minh Duc, 20, for killing and robbing his 52-year-old neighbour in November 2003
MAY 20, 2004Vietnam
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Three people were sentenced to death in Vietnam for...
Three people were sentenced to death in Vietnam for drug trafficking, state media reported
MAY 19, 2004Libya
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Bulgaria's Foreign Minister said he hoped for a quick...
Bulgaria's Foreign Minister said he hoped for a quick solution to a dispute with Tripoli over death sentences imposed on five Bulgarian nurses convicted of infecting Libyan children with the HIV virus
MAY 19, 2004Nigeria
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United States Human Rights and Democracy report for...
United States Human Rights and Democracy report for the past year stated that the Nigerian government's human rights record had remained poor while the government had continued to commit serious abuses
MAY 19, 2004Bangladesh
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The Bangladesh High Court rejected appeal and confirmed...
The Bangladesh High Court rejected appeal and confirmed the death sentence to three young men awarded by the lower court for harrying to death a 10-year-old schoolgirl from Gaibandha in 2002
MAY 19, 2004Iraq
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On the eve of the first court-martial in the Iraq prisoner...
On the eve of the first court-martial in the Iraq prisoner abuse by American soldiers ion the county, relatives of those still held at Abu Ghraib prison said the only suitable punishment would be death
MAY 19, 2004Guyana
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Amnesty International said that the Commission of Inquiry...
Amnesty International said that the Commission of Inquiry to probe allegations that a Guyana government minister was involved in a "death squad" should meet international guidelines
MAY 19, 2004India
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Santosh Bariyar was sentenced to death by an Additional...
Santosh Bariyar was sentenced to death by an Additional Sessions court in India after it found him guilty of being the mastermind behind the murder of former national junior tennis champion R Kartikraj
MAY 19, 2004
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On the eve of the first court-martial in the Iraq prisoner...
On the eve of the first court-martial in the Iraq prisoner abuse by American soldiers ion the county, relatives of those still held at Abu Ghraib prison said the only suitable punishment would be death
MAY 19, 2004Bulgaria
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Bulgaria's Foreign Minister said he hoped for a quick...
Bulgaria's Foreign Minister said he hoped for a quick solution to a dispute with Tripoli over death sentences imposed on five Bulgarian nurses convicted of infecting Libyan children with the HIV virus
MAY 19, 2004
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The House Administration of Criminal Justice Committee...
The House Administration of Criminal Justice Committee committee voted 6-2 for a bill that would ban the state from imposing the death penalty for crimes committed by people younger than 18

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MAY 18, 2004Bangladesh
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A Speedy Trail Tribunal in Sylhet, Bangladesh, sentenced...
A Speedy Trail Tribunal in Sylhet, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Sujan Mia and Jasim Uddin, after convicting them of murdering Dr
MAY 18, 2004Bangladesh
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Rahmat Ali alias Shukur, 27, was sentenced to death...
Rahmat Ali alias Shukur, 27, was sentenced to death for the murder of an elderly woman at Chandiber para village in Bhairab, Bangladesh, on May 16, 2003
MAY 18, 2004Iran
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The Iranian parliament passed legislation introducing...
The Iranian parliament passed legislation introducing the death penalty as maximum punishment for those found guilty of human trafficking
MAY 18, 2004Bulgaria
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The EU chief executive reiterated a call to Libya to...
The EU chief executive reiterated a call to Libya to release five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor it has sentenced to death for allegedly infecting hundreds of children with the virus that causes AIDS
MAY 18, 2004Bulgaria
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The EU chief executive reiterated a call to Libya to...
The EU chief executive reiterated a call to Libya to release five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor it has sentenced to death for allegedly infecting hundreds of children with the virus that causes AIDS
MAY 18, 2004Oman
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A court in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) sentenced...
A court in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) sentenced to death an Omani for smuggling in large amounts of hashish and opium, a newspaper reported
MAY 18, 2004
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The EU chief executive reiterated a call to Libya to...
The EU chief executive reiterated a call to Libya to release five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor it has sentenced to death for allegedly infecting hundreds of children with the virus that causes AIDS
MAY 18, 2004Libya
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The EU chief executive reiterated a call to Libya to...
The EU chief executive reiterated a call to Libya to release five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor it has sentenced to death for allegedly infecting hundreds of children with the virus that causes AIDS
MAY 18, 2004United Arab Emirates
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A court in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) sentenced...
A court in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) sentenced to death an Omani for smuggling in large amounts of hashish and opium, a newspaper reported
MAY 18, 2004Louisiana
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The Senate Judiciary B Committee approved Senate Bill...
The Senate Judiciary B Committee approved Senate Bill 221 by Sen
MAY 18, 2004Texas
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Kelsey Patterson, 50, a diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic,...
Kelsey Patterson, 50, a diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic, was executed this evening as Gov
MAY 17, 2004China
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The Shanghai No
The Shanghai No
MAY 17, 2004Iran
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The Iranian Judiciary denied having received any decree...
The Iranian Judiciary denied having received any decree from supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamene'i to review a court ruling on the execution of jailed dissident Hashem Aghajari
MAY 17, 2004Japan
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The Tokyo High Court upheld a death sentence imposed...
The Tokyo High Court upheld a death sentence imposed on former senior AUM Shinrikyo member Kiyohide Hayakawa for crimes including the murders of a lawyer and his family and of an AUM member who wanted to leave the cult
MAY 17, 2004Kazakhstan
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Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev wants the death...
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev wants the death penalty to be fully abolished in Kazakhstan
MAY 17, 2004Saudi Arabia
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Saudi national Sarhan bin Hassen bin Mahdi al-Kobra,...
Saudi national Sarhan bin Hassen bin Mahdi al-Kobra, convicted of murdering a compatriot after a quarrel, was beheaded by the sword in the country's capital Riyadh
MAY 17, 2004Pakistan
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Fazal-ur-Rehman, the leader of a hardline Islamic alliance...
Fazal-ur-Rehman, the leader of a hardline Islamic alliance in Pakistan, vowed to resist any attempt by President Pervez Musharraf to amend Islamic laws that discriminate against women and non-Muslims
MAY 17, 2004Vietnam
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A court in Vietnam's northern province of Hai Duong...
A court in Vietnam's northern province of Hai Duong sentenced to death Tran Huy Son after finding him guilty of running a syndicate that smuggled 390 million dong (25,000 dollars) in counterfeit Vietnamese banknotes from China in 2002
MAY 17, 2004
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The Supreme Court refused to consider whether the 9th U
The Supreme Court refused to consider whether the 9th U
MAY 17, 2004Missouri
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A federal appeals court has, in effect, ordered Richard...
A federal appeals court has, in effect, ordered Richard Clay, an accused hit man, back to Missouri's death row for the May 1994 murder of businessman Randy Martindale
MAY 17, 2004North Carolina
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63 % of North Carolinians support a temporary suspension...
63 % of North Carolinians support a temporary suspension of executions while the state's capital punishment system is studied, according to a major statewide public opinion poll released today by the North Carolina Coalition for a Moratorium
MAY 17, 2004Pennsylvania
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Mark D
Mark D
MAY 16, 2004Honduras
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Honduras asked Governor Rick Perry to spare the lives...
Honduras asked Governor Rick Perry to spare the lives of two of its citizens on Texas' death row, saying its consulate wasn't properly notified about the charges the men were facing
MAY 16, 2004
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Honduras asked Governor Rick Perry to spare the lives...
Honduras asked Governor Rick Perry to spare the lives of two of its citizens on Texas' death row, saying its consulate wasn't properly notified about the charges the men were facing
MAY 16, 2004Pakistan
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Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf called on religious...
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf called on religious scholars to re-examine strict Islamic laws which discriminate against women and non-Muslims
MAY 15, 2004Iran
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Iranian reformist academic Hashem Aghajari, whose death...
Iranian reformist academic Hashem Aghajari, whose death sentence for blasphemy in 2002 led to mass protests, is unlikely to be executed although a provincial court has upheld the sentence, his lawyer Saleh Nikbakht said
MAY 15, 2004Iran
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Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told the...
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told the head of the justice department to re-examine "as quickly as possible" the file on dissident intellectual Hashem Aghajari, condemned to death for blasphemy, the student news agency ISNA said
MAY 15, 2004Myanmar (Burma)
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Myanmar's junta dropped death sentences against nine...
Myanmar's junta dropped death sentences against nine men accused of high treason, including a journalist and three men charged over contacts with the International Labour Organisation (ILO)
MAY 14, 2004Mexico
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Mexican President Vicente Fox welcomed the decision...
Mexican President Vicente Fox welcomed the decision by the governor of Oklahoma Brad Henry commuting the death sentence of Mexican citizen Osvaldo Torres who had been scheduled to die next on May 18 for the murders of a man and woman during a burglary
MAY 14, 2004Kazakhstan
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It was reported that Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev...
It was reported that Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev wanted the death penalty to be fully abolished in Kazakhstan

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MAY 14, 2004Oklahoma
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Mexican President Vicente Fox welcomed the decision...
Mexican President Vicente Fox welcomed the decision by the governor of Oklahoma Brad Henry commuting the death sentence of Mexican citizen Osvaldo Torres who had been scheduled to die next on May 18 for the murders of a man and woman during a burglary
MAY 14, 2004Iran
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Iranian dissident Hashem Aghajari's death sentence...
Iranian dissident Hashem Aghajari's death sentence for blasphemy will most probably be quashed by the supreme court, the student news agency ISNA said, quoting the head of the judiciary in western Hamadan province, Zekrollah Ahmadi
MAY 14, 2004China
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The Baoji Intermediate People's Court in Shaanxi Province,...
The Baoji Intermediate People's Court in Shaanxi Province, China, sentenced Zhao Shouyi and Wang Rangke to death; Chen Baoping to 15 years imprisonment; and Zhang Haixue to 10 years imprisonment for murder, the Xibu Fazhi Bao newspaper reported
MAY 13, 2004Oklahoma
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Gov. Brad Henry commuted the death sentence of Osbaldo...
Gov. Brad Henry commuted the death sentence of Osbaldo Torres to life without parole. Henry's decision came shortly after the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals voted 3-2 to give Osbaldo Torres' an indefinite stay of execution and grant his request for a
MAY 13, 2004Iran
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Three Iranians convicted of murder were hanged in Tehran...
Three Iranians convicted of murder were hanged in Tehran and the northeastern city of Mashhad, Iranian dailies reported
MAY 13, 2004China
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Major General Liu Guangzhi, commandant of China's Air...
Major General Liu Guangzhi, commandant of China's Air Force Command Academy, and another academy officer were sentenced to death on charges of spying for rival Taiwan
MAY 13, 2004China
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A court in central China's Henan province sentenced...
A court in central China's Henan province sentenced to death a woman convicted of buying and selling 13 children in a case linked to a nationwide network of baby trafficking, state press said
MAY 13, 2004Guyana
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The UN applauded Guyana's national security chief for...
The UN applauded Guyana's national security chief for offering to step down and clearing the way for an independent inquiry into allegations of a state-sponsored death squad
MAY 13, 2004
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The UN applauded Guyana's national security chief for...
The UN applauded Guyana's national security chief for offering to step down and clearing the way for an independent inquiry into allegations of a state-sponsored death squad
MAY 13, 2004China
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the Meizhou Intermediate People's Court in Guangdong Province...
the Meizhou Intermediate People's Court in Guangdong Province...
MAY 13, 2004Iran
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a man named Sammy Kh. was sentenced to 80 whips
a man named Sammy Kh. was sentenced to 80 whips
MAY 12, 2004Iran
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Hoseyn Shari'atmadari, managing editor of the Iranian...
Hoseyn Shari'atmadari, managing editor of the Iranian daily Keyhan Persian, criticized the chief of the Judiciary Ayatollah Mahmud Hashemi-Shahrudi for his failure to put an end to the unjustifiable death sentence against academic Hashem Aghajari
MAY 12, 2004Brazil
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Indonesian prosecutors said they were seeking the death...
Indonesian prosecutors said they were seeking the death penalty for Brazilian national Marco Archer Cardoso Moreira on trial for trying to smuggle 13 kilograms (29
MAY 12, 2004Indonesia
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Indonesian prosecutors said they were seeking the death...
Indonesian prosecutors said they were seeking the death penalty for Brazilian national Marco Archer Cardoso Moreira on trial for trying to smuggle 13 kilograms (29
MAY 12, 2004Florida
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Lloyd Johnson will not die for killing a woman in a...
Lloyd Johnson will not die for killing a woman in a restaurant, but he will face the death penalty for killing 2 other women in the same shooting spree
MAY 12, 2004Texas
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After acknowledging to police that he had shot and...
After acknowledging to police that he had shot and killed a woman, Juan Jose Reynosa said he didn't want to spend a long time in prison
MAY 11, 2004Vietnam
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It was reported that three people were put to death...
It was reported that three people were put to death at dawn in Vietnam at the Cau Nga execution site in the capital's Tu Liem district
MAY 11, 2004Zimbabwe
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Philemon Muchapararwa was sentenced to death by the...
Philemon Muchapararwa was sentenced to death by the High Court in Zimbabwe after being found guilty of shooting two police officers at a roadblock
MAY 11, 2004China
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The Shanghai Railway Intermediate People's Court sentenced...
The Shanghai Railway Intermediate People's Court sentenced Zhou Wenling to death for a murder he committed in Nanjing in 1994
MAY 11, 2004Iraq
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"UK soldiers have opened fire and killed civilians...
"UK soldiers have opened fire and killed civilians in southern Iraq in circumstances where there was apparently no imminent threat of death or serious injury to themselves or others," Amnesty International said in a report
MAY 11, 2004Iraq
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The punishments to be handed down by an Iraqi tribunal...
The punishments to be handed down by an Iraqi tribunal that will try former dictator Saddam Hussein and other top officials may include the death penalty, Salem Chalabi, the lawyer co-ordinating the trial, said
MAY 11, 2004United Kingdom
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"UK soldiers have opened fire and killed civilians...
"UK soldiers have opened fire and killed civilians in southern Iraq in circumstances where there was apparently no imminent threat of death or serious injury to themselves or others," Amnesty International said in a report
MAY 11, 2004Iran
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Some 600 students gathered at Tehran University to...
Some 600 students gathered at Tehran University to hear the sister of jailed Iranian dissident Hashem Aghajari, who was sentenced to death for blasphemy, denounce "religion in the service of power"
MAY 11, 2004Zambia
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Zambian lawyer Kelvin Hang'andu was seeking to abolish...
Zambian lawyer Kelvin Hang'andu was seeking to abolish the death penalty in Zambia
MAY 10, 2004Iran
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Salman Nassiri, 30, was hanged in a prison in the city...
Salman Nassiri, 30, was hanged in a prison in the city of Lahijan, northern Iran
MAY 10, 2004Bangladesh
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Ershad Shikder was hanged till death in Khulna jail,...
Ershad Shikder was hanged till death in Khulna jail, Bangladesh, at one minute past midnight between May 10 and 11
MAY 10, 2004Iran
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An Iranian judge who reconfirmed a controversial death...
An Iranian judge who reconfirmed a controversial death sentence against dissident Hashem Aghajari ignored objections to the original sentence made by the Supreme Court, newspapers quoted his lawyer as saying
MAY 10, 2004China
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A Chinese court sentenced to death Lu Wangli for taking...
A Chinese court sentenced to death Lu Wangli for taking 26 million yuan (3
MAY 10, 2004China
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The Chinese government systematically hunts down starving...
The Chinese government systematically hunts down starving North Korean refugees and sends them home to face detention in prison camps and possible execution, said Jean Ziegler, the United Nation's special rapporteur on the right to food
MAY 10, 2004North Korea
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The Chinese government systematically hunts down starving...
The Chinese government systematically hunts down starving North Korean refugees and sends them home to face detention in prison camps and possible execution, said Jean Ziegler, the United Nation's special rapporteur on the right to food

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MAY 10, 2004
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The Chinese government systematically hunts down starving...
The Chinese government systematically hunts down starving North Korean refugees and sends them home to face detention in prison camps and possible execution, said Jean Ziegler, the United Nation's special rapporteur on the right to food
MAY 10, 2004China
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In its initial trial, the Kunming Intermediate People's...
In its initial trial, the Kunming Intermediate People's Court in Yunnan Province, China, sentenced Tan Minglin, to death and confiscation of all personal assets for smuggling, trafficking, and transporting drugs
MAY 10, 2004New Hampshire
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In Concord, Gov
In Concord, Gov
MAY 10, 2004Texas
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A jury recommended District Judge Cliff Stricklin to...
A jury recommended District Judge Cliff Stricklin to impose the death sentence on 19-year-old Anthony Doyle for the January 2003 slaying of 47-year-old Hyun Mi Cho
MAY 9, 2004Iran
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The Association of the Defenders of Human Rights issued...
The Association of the Defenders of Human Rights issued a statement following the confirmation of the verdict in Hashem Agajari's case at the Iranian court of the first instance in Hamedan
MAY 9, 2004Iran
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in a joint session of the cabinet and the Majlis, mullahs’ President Mohammad Khatami
in a joint session of the cabinet and the Majlis, mullahs’ President Mohammad Khatami
MAY 8, 2004Bosnia & Herzegovina
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Forensic experts uncovered a new mass grave in eastern...
Forensic experts uncovered a new mass grave in eastern Bosnia suspected to contain over 70 bodies of Muslim civilians including many women and children
MAY 8, 2004Oman
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An Omani court referred its secret verdict on a German...
An Omani court referred its secret verdict on a German woman physiotherapist, Dana Gerlish, and her alleged lover, a wheelchair-bound Omani, to the grand mufti, normal procedure for death sentences, a court source said
MAY 8, 2004Taiwan
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The Judicial Reform Foundation announced its intention...
The Judicial Reform Foundation announced its intention to seek international support to help Hsu Tzu-chiang , a death-row inmate whose case has been controversial for years
MAY 8, 2004Germany
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An Omani court referred its secret verdict on a German...
An Omani court referred its secret verdict on a German woman physiotherapist, Dana Gerlish, and her alleged lover, a wheelchair-bound Omani, to the grand mufti, normal procedure for death sentences, a court source said
MAY 7, 2004Zambia
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Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa commuted the death...
Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa commuted the death sentences of 15 prisoners who were convicted for murder and aggravated robbery
MAY 7, 2004Italy
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On occasion of the visit to Italy of Chinese Prime...
On occasion of the visit to Italy of Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jibao, the Italian government and the Italian economists seemed positively impressed solely by the figures associated with Chinese development
MAY 7, 2004China
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On occasion of the visit to Italy of Chinese Prime...
On occasion of the visit to Italy of Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jibao, the Italian government and the Italian economists seemed positively impressed solely by the figures associated with Chinese development
MAY 7, 2004Sudan
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The Sudanese government is responsible for "ethnic...
The Sudanese government is responsible for "ethnic cleansing" and crimes against humanity in the western region of Darfur, Human Rights Watch said in a new report
MAY 7, 2004Türkiye
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Turkish lawmakers adopted a series of amendments to...
Turkish lawmakers adopted a series of amendments to the country's constitution in a bid to meet EU democracy norms and win the go-ahead to begin talks on joining the bloc
MAY 7, 2004Tajikistan
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Tajikistani President Emomali Rakhmonov submitted for...
Tajikistani President Emomali Rakhmonov submitted for consideration of the lower house of the national parliament a draft law which would put into place a moratorium on executions
MAY 7, 2004Oklahoma
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In McAlester, the state Pardon and Parole Board voted...
In McAlester, the state Pardon and Parole Board voted 3-2 to recommend clemency for death-row inmate Osbaldo Torres, 29
MAY 7, 2004Texas
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Gerardo Flores, 18, was arrested by Lufkin police after...
Gerardo Flores, 18, was arrested by Lufkin police after his 16-year-old girlfriend delivered twin boys stillborn at home and sought medical attention at an East Texas hospital, an arrest affidavit states
MAY 6, 2004Palestinian Territories
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A Libyan court sentenced 5 Bulgarian medics and a Palestinian...
A Libyan court sentenced 5 Bulgarian medics and a Palestinian doctor to death by firing squad for deliberately infecting hundreds of Libyan children with the deadly HIV virus, court officials said
MAY 6, 2004Italy
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Following a visit to the Italian Senate by a delegation...
Following a visit to the Italian Senate by a delegation of Vietnamese parliamentarians, a communiqué was released stating, "the president of the parliamentary foreign commission, Gustavo Selva, highlighted the lack of human rights in the country, demonstr
MAY 6, 2004Bulgaria
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A Libyan court sentenced 5 Bulgarian medics and a Palestinian...
A Libyan court sentenced 5 Bulgarian medics and a Palestinian doctor to death by firing squad for deliberately infecting hundreds of Libyan children with the deadly HIV virus, court officials said
MAY 6, 2004Libya
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A Libyan court sentenced 5 Bulgarian medics and a Palestinian...
A Libyan court sentenced 5 Bulgarian medics and a Palestinian doctor to death by firing squad for deliberately infecting hundreds of Libyan children with the deadly HIV virus, court officials said
MAY 6, 2004Vietnam
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Following a visit to the Italian Senate by a delegation...
Following a visit to the Italian Senate by a delegation of Vietnamese parliamentarians, a communiqué was released stating, "the president of the parliamentary foreign commission, Gustavo Selva, highlighted the lack of human rights in the country, demonstr
MAY 6, 2004Mexico
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Amnesty International sent letters to the Oklahoma...
Amnesty International sent letters to the Oklahoma Attorney General, Drew Edmonson and the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board urging them to demonstrate their respect for justice and human life by recommending clemency for Osvaldo Torres to Governor Henry a
MAY 6, 2004
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Amnesty International sent letters to the Oklahoma...
Amnesty International sent letters to the Oklahoma Attorney General, Drew Edmonson and the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board urging them to demonstrate their respect for justice and human life by recommending clemency for Osvaldo Torres to Governor Henry a
MAY 6, 2004Bangladesh
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A Speedy Trial Tribunal in Bangladesh sentenced to...
A Speedy Trial Tribunal in Bangladesh sentenced to death Kurush Miah and Wasiur Rahman and sentenced 10 others to life imprisonment for murder
MAY 6, 2004Libya
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The EU condemned death sentences handed in Libya to...
The EU condemned death sentences handed in Libya to five Bulgarian health workers and a Palestinian doctor for spreading AIDS, saying they cast a "shadow" over improving ties with Tripoli
MAY 6, 2004
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The EU condemned death sentences handed in Libya to...
The EU condemned death sentences handed in Libya to five Bulgarian health workers and a Palestinian doctor for spreading AIDS, saying they cast a "shadow" over improving ties with Tripoli
MAY 6, 2004
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The EU condemned death sentences handed in Libya to...
The EU condemned death sentences handed in Libya to five Bulgarian health workers and a Palestinian doctor for spreading AIDS, saying they cast a "shadow" over improving ties with Tripoli
MAY 6, 2004Bulgaria
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The EU condemned death sentences handed in Libya to...
The EU condemned death sentences handed in Libya to five Bulgarian health workers and a Palestinian doctor for spreading AIDS, saying they cast a "shadow" over improving ties with Tripoli

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MAY 6, 2004North Carolina
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In Asheboro, John Scott Badgett, 36, received the death...
In Asheboro, John Scott Badgett, 36, received the death penalty
MAY 6, 2004
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LIBYA. FIVE BULGARIAN MEDICS AND PALESTINIAN DOCTOR SENTENCED TO DEATH
May 6, 2004: a Libyan court sentenced five Bulgarian medics and a Palestinian doctor to death by firing squad.
MAY 6, 2004Iran
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according to reports from the intelligence and foreign relations offices...
according to reports from the intelligence and foreign relations offices...
MAY 5, 2004Iran
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A 19 year old Iranian woman named as Leila M
A 19 year old Iranian woman named as Leila M
MAY 5, 2004China
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Canada's parliament launched a wide-ranging probe into...
Canada's parliament launched a wide-ranging probe into China's human rights record, with damning evidence of the treatment meted out to Tibetans by Beijing
MAY 5, 2004Kenya
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Kenya's Appeal Court expressed shock at the high number...
Kenya's Appeal Court expressed shock at the high number of prisoners who had died at the country's Naivasha Maximum Prison
MAY 5, 2004Canada
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Canada's parliament launched a wide-ranging probe into...
Canada's parliament launched a wide-ranging probe into China's human rights record, with damning evidence of the treatment meted out to Tibetans by Beijing
MAY 5, 2004Germany
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Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer expressed Germany's...
Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer expressed Germany's dismay over the confirmation of a death sentence ordered against a dissident Iranian academic Hashem Aghajari
MAY 5, 2004Iran
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Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer expressed Germany's...
Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer expressed Germany's dismay over the confirmation of a death sentence ordered against a dissident Iranian academic Hashem Aghajari
MAY 5, 2004China
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A Chinese court in Yunnan province, Southwest China,...
A Chinese court in Yunnan province, Southwest China, pronounced null and void the death penalty handed down to Russian citizen Yelena Timchenko who was arrested at Kunming airport for carrying more than one kilogram of heroin in 2001
MAY 5, 2004Russia
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A Chinese court in Yunnan province, Southwest China,...
A Chinese court in Yunnan province, Southwest China, pronounced null and void the death penalty handed down to Russian citizen Yelena Timchenko who was arrested at Kunming airport for carrying more than one kilogram of heroin in 2001
MAY 4, 2004Kenya
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Kenya's Court of Appeal learnt that a judge had illegally...
Kenya's Court of Appeal learnt that a judge had illegally sentenced a 16-year-old hired assassin to death
MAY 4, 2004Iran
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Iranian university professor Hashem Aghajari vowed...
Iranian university professor Hashem Aghajari vowed he wouldn't appeal against a reinstated death sentence, effectively challenging Iran's judges to execute him for criticizing clerical rule, his lawyer said
MAY 4, 2004Iran
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Iran's hardline judiciary hastened to play down a provincial...
Iran's hardline judiciary hastened to play down a provincial judge's confirmation of a death sentence for blasphemy on dissident academic Hashem Aghajari, saying the verdict was not final
MAY 4, 2004Iran
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Wife of the jailed university professor Hashem Aghajari...
Wife of the jailed university professor Hashem Aghajari questioned the veracity of the death sentence issued in her husband's case
MAY 4, 2004Equatorial Guinea
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Fearing possible death penalty they could face after...
Fearing possible death penalty they could face after being extradited to Equatorial Guinea, 70 accused mercenaries held in Zimbabwe Tuesday appealed to South Africa through their lawyers to intervene to block their extradition
MAY 4, 2004South Africa
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Fearing possible death penalty they could face after...
Fearing possible death penalty they could face after being extradited to Equatorial Guinea, 70 accused mercenaries held in Zimbabwe Tuesday appealed to South Africa through their lawyers to intervene to block their extradition
MAY 4, 2004Kenya
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The High Court in Nakuru, Kenya, sentenced to death...
The High Court in Nakuru, Kenya, sentenced to death 28-year-old James Mwangi Gichomo after convicting him of slitting his employer's throat and drinking his blood
MAY 4, 2004Zimbabwe
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Fearing possible death penalty they could face after...
Fearing possible death penalty they could face after being extradited to Equatorial Guinea, 70 accused mercenaries held in Zimbabwe Tuesday appealed to South Africa through their lawyers to intervene to block their extradition
MAY 4, 2004Iran
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a man was hanged in public at 8 am Sunday
a man was hanged in public at 8 am Sunday
MAY 4, 2004Iran
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Iran daily reported that a prisoner, 43, was hanged
Iran daily reported that a prisoner, 43, was hanged
MAY 3, 2004France
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On April 8, a bill was very discreetly proposed for...
On April 8, a bill was very discreetly proposed for the reintroduction of the death penalty for those guilty of committing "terrorist acts"
MAY 3, 2004Côte d’Ivoire
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Security forces and pro-government militias in Ivory...
Security forces and pro-government militias in Ivory Coast killed at least 120 people, including many innocent civilians, in a two-day crackdown on a banned opposition protest in March, a United Nations report said
MAY 3, 2004Iran
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An Iranian court reimposed the death sentence for blasphemy...
An Iranian court reimposed the death sentence for blasphemy against university professor and dissident Hashem Aghajari
MAY 3, 2004
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Security forces and pro-government militias in Ivory...
Security forces and pro-government militias in Ivory Coast killed at least 120 people, including many innocent civilians, in a two-day crackdown on a banned opposition protest in March, a United Nations report said
MAY 3, 2004Uganda
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The Ugandan Ministry of Justice and Constitutional...
The Ugandan Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs stated that the death penalty would only be replaced with life imprisonment for those who defiled girls between 10 to 17 years, those found guilty of defiling girls under nine years of age would s
MAY 3, 2004Massachusetts
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An 11-member panel of scientists, prosecutors and legal...
An 11-member panel of scientists, prosecutors and legal experts appointed on September 2003 (see) by Gov
MAY 3, 2004South Carolina
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Shawn Paul Humphries is entitled to a new sentencing...
Shawn Paul Humphries is entitled to a new sentencing because his lawyers failed to object when the prosecutor compared the value of the killer's life to that of his victim, a federal appeals court in Richmond, Va
MAY 3, 2004Italy
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Hands Off Cain Secretary Sergio d’Elia heavily criticised...
Hands Off Cain Secretary Sergio d’Elia heavily criticised...
MAY 2, 2004Bangladesh
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Cook Alauddin Munshi, 30, caretaker Mehdi Mamun Rana,...
Cook Alauddin Munshi, 30, caretaker Mehdi Mamun Rana, 28, and to hired killers Nasiruddin, 26 and Emdadul Haq, 27 were sentenced to death by a Speedy Trial Tribunal in Dhaka, Bangladesh for the murder of Sultana Khan Panni, 70-year old wife of former depu

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MAY 2, 2004Mexico
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It was reported that relatives of Osvaldo Torres, a...
It was reported that relatives of Osvaldo Torres, a Mexican awaiting execution in the US state of Oklahoma, would submit 12,500 signatures to the Prison Pardons Board on his behalf to strengthen their plea for a stay of execution
MAY 2, 2004Mexico
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It was reported that relatives of Osvaldo Torres, a...
It was reported that relatives of Osvaldo Torres, a Mexican awaiting execution in the US state of Oklahoma, would submit 12,500 signatures to the Prison Pardons Board on his behalf to strengthen their plea for a stay of execution
MAY 2, 2004North Macedonia
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Pakistan condemned the killing of seven Pakistani immigrants...
Pakistan condemned the killing of seven Pakistani immigrants by Macedonian police in a staged anti-terrorism action, saying the act was a "heinous" crime and a "diabolical plot" aimed at impressing the US
MAY 2, 2004Iran
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the Jomhouri-Islami reported that Hassan Pirdadeh Piranvand was hanged in public
the Jomhouri-Islami reported that Hassan Pirdadeh Piranvand was hanged in public
MAY 2, 2004Iran
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a prisoner, named Abolghassem, was hanged in Salman Farsi Street
a prisoner, named Abolghassem, was hanged in Salman Farsi Street
MAY 1, 2004Saudi Arabia
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Prince Fahd bin Nayef, a minor Saudi prince aged 19,...
Prince Fahd bin Nayef, a minor Saudi prince aged 19, was saved from the executioner's sword by a last-minute pardon by the father of the teenager he murdered

May 2004

The incoming Netherlands presidency of the European...

Two Saudi nationals and a Kuwaiti convicted of the...

Iran's Supreme Court decided to quash a death sentence...

Two Saudi nationals and a Kuwaiti convicted of the...

The incoming Netherlands presidency of the European...

Canada supported Bulgaria in connection with the trial...

Canada supported Bulgaria in connection with the trial...

Canada supported Bulgaria in connection with the trial...

Kenny Richey, the Scot who has spent more than 17 years...

Kenny Richey, the Scot who has spent more than 17 years...

Kenny Richey, the Scot who has spent more than 17 years...

agents arrested 32 men and women at a birthday party.

according to the decree issued by...

The Iranian judiciary had started to take steps to...

Hoang Van Xuan, a 27-year-old builder, was sentenced...

At a symposium on capital punishment in Tokyo, sponsored...

At a symposium on capital punishment in Tokyo, sponsored...

A South Korean man was executed in China on for murdering...

A South Korean man was executed in China on for murdering...

The Tokyo High Court sentenced a former doomsday cult...

Serbia and Montenegro's President Svetozar Marovic...

Serbia and Montenegro's President Svetozar Marovic...

"China will use its influence to encourage a fair solution...

A group of 12 convicted drug traffickers was sentenced...

The Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)...

"China will use its influence to encourage a fair solution...

A special court in Rajshahi sentenced Shariful Haq...

The Golkar Party's presidential aspirant, General Wiranto,...

"China will use its influence to encourage a fair solution...

Serbia and Montenegro's President Svetozar Marovic...

Britain wanted to push through an extradition request...

Britain wanted to push through an extradition request...

Gordon Steidl was freed from an Illinois prison May...

In Columbia, at the Capital Punishment Facility at...

the Sanqin Dushi Bao (Sanqin Daily) newspaper reported that...

The South African government told the Pretoria High...

The South African government told the Pretoria High...

The South African government told the Pretoria High...

Oliviero Toscani's new video clip against the death...

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I said he had learnt...

Amnesty International highlighted reports of torture...

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew said he had learnt...

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I said he had learnt...

in its initial trial, the Anshan Intermediate People's Court in Liaoning Province...

in its initial trial, the Shantou Intermediate People's Court in Guangdong Province...

The Philippines High Court sentenced to death John...

Lawyers for the South African government said the state...

Lawyers for the South African government said the state...

Lawyers for the South African government said the state...

The Brazilian government acknowledged, as the recently-released...

Amnesty International said in its report for 2003 that...

It was reported that Turkey would raise the issue of...

North Koreans were deprived of basic human rights by...

China's rights record has made little progress in the...

Indonesia resorted to increasingly repressive methods...

Torture, extrajudicial executions and "disappearances"...

Thailand's bloody "war on drugs" marred its rights...

It was reported that Turkey would raise the issue of...

It was reported that Turkey would raise the issue of...

In the Florida State Prison near Starke, John Blackwelder,...

in its initial trial, the Haikou Intermediate People's Court in Hainan Province...

the hand of a man in Andimeshk was cut off in public

South Africa is obliged to protect 70 suspected mercenaries...

Bulgarian Assembly chairman Ognyan Gerdzhikov, who...

South Africa is obliged to protect 70 suspected mercenaries...

Tran Quang Luan, a 22-year-old man, was sentenced to...

The district court in Sirajganj sentenced to death...

South Africa is obliged to protect 70 suspected mercenaries...

Malawi national Adam Wilson was sentenced by the district...

Bulgarian Assembly chairman Ognyan Gerdzhikov, who...

Malawi national Adam Wilson was sentenced by the district...

Bulgarian Assembly chairman Ognyan Gerdzhikov, who...

Three brothers were hanged in Pakistan after President...

Joseph, 30, and Masud alias Masum, 32, were sentenced...

Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Solomon Pasi conferred...

Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Solomon Pasi conferred...

Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Solomon Pasi conferred...

The Federal Court of Malaysia commuted the death sentence...

Luo Jinqiao and Luo Guosheng, two members of a criminal...