Chronological archive
June 2004
The 240 news items published by Hands Off Cain in June 2004, in chronological order.
Ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein will get the death...
Ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein will get the death penalty if he is found guilty of the serious crimes leveled against him, Iraq's interim Justice Minister Malek Dohan al-Hassan said
- JUNE 30, 2004FranceDEATH PENALTY
France reiterated its opposition to death penalty "under...
France reiterated its opposition to death penalty "under any circumstances" and called for the trial for Iraqi former president Saddam Hussein to be in compliance with the international law
- JUNE 30, 2004QatarDEATH PENALTY
Two Russian men were sentenced to life in prison on...
Two Russian men were sentenced to life in prison on charges of complicity in the assassination of Chechen separatist Zelimkhan Yandarbiev
- JUNE 30, 2004RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Two Russian men were sentenced to life in prison on...
Two Russian men were sentenced to life in prison on charges of complicity in the assassination of Chechen separatist Zelimkhan Yandarbiev
- JUNE 30, 2004United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Britain accepted that Saddam Hussein...
It was reported that Britain accepted that Saddam Hussein was likely to be executed by the Iraqi government for war crimes
- JUNE 30, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
Three Iraqi Kurds convicted over a spate of armed robberies,...
Three Iraqi Kurds convicted over a spate of armed robberies, extortion and rape were hanged publicly in the northern Iranian city of Qazvin, Qods newspaper reported
- JUNE 30, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Three Iraqi Kurds convicted over a spate of armed robberies,...
Three Iraqi Kurds convicted over a spate of armed robberies, extortion and rape were hanged publicly in the northern Iranian city of Qazvin, Qods newspaper reported
- JUNE 30, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
The Iraqi government approved reinstating the death...
The Iraqi government approved reinstating the death penalty, President Sheikh Ghazi al-Yawar said in an interview the day the interim authority took legal custody of former president Saddam Hussein
- JUNE 30, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
France reiterated its opposition to death penalty "under...
France reiterated its opposition to death penalty "under any circumstances" and called for the trial for Iraqi former president Saddam Hussein to be in compliance with the international law
- JUNE 30, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Britain accepted that Saddam Hussein...
It was reported that Britain accepted that Saddam Hussein was likely to be executed by the Iraqi government for war crimes
- JUNE 30, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
A French lawyer on Saddam Hussein's defense team called...
A French lawyer on Saddam Hussein's defense team called the Iraqi penal code "Stone Age" legislation and said it was ill-suited to address the ousted Iraqi president's case
- JUNE 30, 2004South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
A federal jury returned a death sentence against Chadrick...
A federal jury returned a death sentence against Chadrick Fulks, who pleaded guilty to kidnapping and carjacking resulting in the death of a woman
- JUNE 30, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Huntsville, David Ray Harris has been executed today
In Huntsville, David Ray Harris has been executed today
- JUNE 29, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Shanghai Railway Intermediate People's Court sentenced...
The Shanghai Railway Intermediate People's Court sentenced Hunan Province natives Yang Yan to death with reprieve and Yao Zhiqi to 15 years in imprisonment after convicting them of for drug trafficking
- JUNE 29, 2004MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Mexico's attorney general called for Congress to study...
Mexico's attorney general called for Congress to study reinstituting the death penalty in the country, a day after hundreds of thousands of Mexicans filled the streets of Mexico City to protest a rising tide of kidnappings, theft and corruption
- JUNE 29, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Shanghai Railway Intermediate People's Court sentenced...
The Shanghai Railway Intermediate People's Court sentenced Hunan Province natives Yang Yan to death with reprieve and Yao Zhiqi to 15 years in imprisonment after convicting them of for drug trafficking
- JUNE 29, 2004ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Zambia has released 14 coup-plotters from prison after...
Zambia has released 14 coup-plotters from prison after President Levy Mwanawasa commuted their death sentences to various prison terms earlier this year, a statement said
- JUNE 29, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Four people were sentenced to death in India for raping...
Four people were sentenced to death in India for raping and strangulating a six-year-old girl
- JUNE 29, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain greeted the new Iraqi government that...
Hands Off Cain greeted the new Iraqi government that took power on June 28, two days before the scheduled handover from coalition authorities led by the US
- JUNE 29, 2004ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain greeted the new Iraqi government that...
Hands Off Cain greeted the new Iraqi government that took power on June 28, two days before the scheduled handover from coalition authorities led by the US
- JUNE 29, 2004AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
An Afghani Supreme Court official said that three people...
An Afghani Supreme Court official said that three people suspected of involvement in the assassination of the former deputy head of state and public works minister, Haji Abdol Qadir, had pleaded guilty
- JUNE 29, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
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- JUNE 29, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
a woman, Diba Zomorodian, a microbiology student, was hanged in Qazvin
a woman, Diba Zomorodian, a microbiology student, was hanged in Qazvin
- JUNE 28, 2004DEATH PENALTY
Bert Hunter, 53, white, was executed by lethal injection
Bert Hunter, 53, white, was executed by lethal injection
- JUNE 28, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri said she...
Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri said she would not pardon any convicted drug traffickers on death row
- JUNE 28, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The place where convicted drug trafficker, Ayodhya...
The place where convicted drug trafficker, Ayodhya Prasad Chaubey, was due to be executed was still being kept a secret although police in Indonesia had prepared the team for carrying out the execution
- JUNE 28, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The place where convicted drug trafficker, Ayodhya...
The place where convicted drug trafficker, Ayodhya Prasad Chaubey, was due to be executed was still being kept a secret although police in Indonesia had prepared the team for carrying out the execution
- JUNE 28, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's hard-line judiciary dropped all charges against...
Iran's hard-line judiciary dropped all charges against dissident academic Hashem Aghajari that could lead to the death penalty, finally backing down in an affair that has sparked widespread protests
- JUNE 28, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Invoking the Ashokan edict that the state cannot kill...
Invoking the Ashokan edict that the state cannot kill an individual with vengeance, the Indian Law Commission recommended that authorities do away with hanging because found to be degrading and implement instead lethal injection
- JUNE 28, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
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- JUNE 28, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
a man was sentenced to death
a man was sentenced to death
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- JUNE 27, 2004JapanDEATH PENALTY
People who had had experience dealing with death row...
People who had had experience dealing with death row inmates told a symposium in Tokyo that they believed such criminals could be rehabilitated
- JUNE 27, 2004AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
Algerian Justice Minister Tayeb Belaiz pledged to abandon...
Algerian Justice Minister Tayeb Belaiz pledged to abandon the death penalty for all but serious crimes such as terrorism and treason
- JUNE 27, 2004SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that the Indonesian Embassy in Singapore...
It was reported that the Indonesian Embassy in Singapore would strive to save Sundarti Supriyanto, a 23 year old Indonesian female worker from Central Java who was due to face execution on July 6 in Singapore
- JUNE 27, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that the Indonesian Embassy in Singapore...
It was reported that the Indonesian Embassy in Singapore would strive to save Sundarti Supriyanto, a 23 year old Indonesian female worker from Central Java who was due to face execution on July 6 in Singapore
- JUNE 27, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
"The death sentence awarded to the accused in the case...
"The death sentence awarded to the accused in the case of rape and murder of the 14-year-old Hetal Parekh in Kolkata in 1990 has understandably raised a controversy
- JUNE 27, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
In the first public demand for the execution of Dhananjoy...
In the first public demand for the execution of Dhananjoy Chatterjee, sentenced to death for the rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl, politicians across the political divide and people from diverse backgrounds called for immediate implementation of the
- JUNE 27, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
a young man 17 years old named Mojtaba was sentenced to death
a young man 17 years old named Mojtaba was sentenced to death
- JUNE 27, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
a young man 22 years old named Aziz was sentenced to death
a young man 22 years old named Aziz was sentenced to death
- JUNE 26, 2004Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
10 convicted drug traffickers were executed in China...
10 convicted drug traffickers were executed in China as the country marked international day against drug abuse and illicit trafficking
- JUNE 26, 2004Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
The Saudi government beheaded 52 men and one woman...
The Saudi government beheaded 52 men and one woman last year for crimes including murder, homosexuality, armed robbery and drug trafficking
- JUNE 26, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A day after the President, A
A day after the President, A
- JUNE 26, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that prominent Iranian dissident Hasham...
It was reported that prominent Iranian dissident Hasham Aghajari might be released from prison on bail while awaiting the latest review of his death sentence for apostasy, recently quashed by the Supreme Court, the tribunal's chief justice said
- JUNE 26, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Some 17 drug traffickers were executed in China's southwestern...
Some 17 drug traffickers were executed in China's southwestern Chongqing and eastern Shanghai municipalities to mark International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
- JUNE 26, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
following a quarrel between two men, the head of Ahwaz prisons
following a quarrel between two men, the head of Ahwaz prisons
- JUNE 25, 2004MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Texas Governor Rick Perry vowed to review the cases...
Texas Governor Rick Perry vowed to review the cases of at least 16 Mexicans on death row in Texas
- JUNE 25, 2004DEATH PENALTY
Texas Governor Rick Perry vowed to review the cases...
Texas Governor Rick Perry vowed to review the cases of at least 16 Mexicans on death row in Texas
- JUNE 25, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Cong Tuan and Nguyen Van Giang were sentenced...
Nguyen Cong Tuan and Nguyen Van Giang were sentenced to death after being convicted by a court in Vietnam's southern commercial hub of Ho Chi Hinh City of murdering a friend in order to loot his house
- JUNE 25, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Dozens of drug dealers were sentenced to death in a...
Dozens of drug dealers were sentenced to death in a series of drug-related criminal cases across China as the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking drew near
- JUNE 25, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Liu Zhigeng, a Chinese police officer, was given a...
Liu Zhigeng, a Chinese police officer, was given a suspended death sentence for beating a detainee to death and burying his body in secret to avoid discovery
- JUNE 25, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International urged Indonesia to commute the...
Amnesty International urged Indonesia to commute the death sentence passed on an Indian who, the government hoped, would be the first drug trafficker executed in the country in recent years
- JUNE 25, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International urged Indonesia to commute the...
Amnesty International urged Indonesia to commute the death sentence passed on an Indian who, the government hoped, would be the first drug trafficker executed in the country in recent years
- JUNE 25, 2004JapanDEATH PENALTY
Japan's Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling that...
Japan's Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling that sentenced three men to death for the kidnapping of three people and murder of two of them between 1986 and 1991
- JUNE 25, 2004FloridaDEATH PENALTY
In Fort Lauderdale, a Broward Circuit Court jury recommended...
In Fort Lauderdale, a Broward Circuit Court jury recommended that Russell Scott Hudson receive a death sentence for the October 2001 murder of Lance Peller, 22
- JUNE 25, 2004PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
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- JUNE 25, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
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- JUNE 25, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
six men were executed in China for murder.
six men were executed in China for murder.
- JUNE 25, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
13 men, Li Hong, Zhang Qingji, Tan Minglin and ten unnamed men, were executed
13 men, Li Hong, Zhang Qingji, Tan Minglin and ten unnamed men, were executed
- JUNE 24, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Indian authorities stayed the hanging of Dhananjoy...
Indian authorities stayed the hanging of Dhananjoy Chatterjee in what would have been India's first execution in 15 years
- JUNE 24, 2004MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Mexican President Vicente Fox said he opposed the application...
Mexican President Vicente Fox said he opposed the application of the death penalty for kidnappers and claimed his government was decisively combating crime
- JUNE 24, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
A court in Indonesia sentenced Gunawan Santoso to death...
A court in Indonesia sentenced Gunawan Santoso to death for hiring four members of the marines to kill a prominent businessman
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- JUNE 24, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The Indonesian Attorney General's Office announced...
The Indonesian Attorney General's Office announced it was making preparations for the execution of convicted Indian drug dealer Ayodhya Prasadh Chaubey following the Supreme Court's rejection of his second request for a review
- JUNE 24, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Indonesian Attorney General's Office announced...
The Indonesian Attorney General's Office announced it was making preparations for the execution of convicted Indian drug dealer Ayodhya Prasadh Chaubey following the Supreme Court's rejection of his second request for a review
- JUNE 24, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Indian intellectuals were leading protests against...
Indian intellectuals were leading protests against capital punishment after a hangman came out of retirement to prepare for the first execution in Calcutta for more than a decade
- JUNE 24, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Three drug traffickers were executed in Wuhan, capital...
Three drug traffickers were executed in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province
- JUNE 24, 2004New YorkDEATH PENALTY
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- JUNE 24, 2004DEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in the case of Warren Summerlin...
The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in the case of Warren Summerlin v
- JUNE 24, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
three men named Xiao Tianhua, Xiao Zige and Cai Xiudong were executed
three men named Xiao Tianhua, Xiao Zige and Cai Xiudong were executed
- JUNE 24, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
a man named Hafiz Najeebullah Khan was hanged
a man named Hafiz Najeebullah Khan was hanged
- JUNE 23, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The European Union (EU) handed over to India a demarche...
The European Union (EU) handed over to India a demarche asking it to think about abolishing capital punishment as the nation discussed the possible hanging of Dhananjoy Chatterjee a man convicted of the rape and murder of a teenager
- JUNE 23, 2004DEATH PENALTY
The European Union (EU) handed over to India a demarche...
The European Union (EU) handed over to India a demarche asking it to think about abolishing capital punishment as the nation discussed the possible hanging of Dhananjoy Chatterjee a man convicted of the rape and murder of a teenager
- JUNE 23, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Ho Son, a 36-year-old man, was sentenced to death by...
Ho Son, a 36-year-old man, was sentenced to death by Ho Chi Minh City People's Court in Vietnam for murdering a man, Tran Van Hung, in April 2002 and stealing his motorbike while in a drunken state
- JUNE 23, 2004ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain's 2004 report, edited by Elisabetta...
Hands Off Cain's 2004 report, edited by Elisabetta Zamparutti and published in Italian by Marsilio, is dedicated to Levy Mwanawasa, the President of Zambia
- JUNE 23, 2004CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
The man convicted last week of the Oct
The man convicted last week of the Oct
- JUNE 22, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Wong Kan-ming, Wong Hon-tsing and Wong Shui-lun received...
Wong Kan-ming, Wong Hon-tsing and Wong Shui-lun received suspended death sentences by the Guangzhou People's Intermediate Court, China, for producing more than 600kg of Ecstasy
- JUNE 22, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The US ruled out the possible return of 22 Chinese...
The US ruled out the possible return of 22 Chinese prisoners held at its Guantanamo Bay detention centre to China because it feared they could be tortured or executed, according to a senior US official
- JUNE 22, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The US ruled out the possible return of 22 Chinese...
The US ruled out the possible return of 22 Chinese prisoners held at its Guantanamo Bay detention centre to China because it feared they could be tortured or executed, according to a senior US official
- JUNE 22, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
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- JUNE 22, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
the judicial system of the Islamic regime issued death sentences for three people
the judicial system of the Islamic regime issued death sentences for three people
- JUNE 21, 2004DEATH PENALTY
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe...
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) would take a many-sided approach to Libya to support the Bulgarian medical workers unfairly convicted in that country, PACE President Peter Schieder said referring to the case of five Bulgarian nu
- JUNE 21, 2004LibyaDEATH PENALTY
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe...
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) would take a many-sided approach to Libya to support the Bulgarian medical workers unfairly convicted in that country, PACE President Peter Schieder said referring to the case of five Bulgarian nu
- JUNE 21, 2004SenegalDEATH PENALTY
Indonesian prosecutor asked judges to pass a death...
Indonesian prosecutor asked judges to pass a death sentence on Seck Osmane, a Senegalese accused of heroin trafficking
- JUNE 21, 2004BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe...
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) would take a many-sided approach to Libya to support the Bulgarian medical workers unfairly convicted in that country, PACE President Peter Schieder said referring to the case of five Bulgarian nu
- JUNE 21, 2004Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe...
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) would take a many-sided approach to Libya to support the Bulgarian medical workers unfairly convicted in that country, PACE President Peter Schieder said referring to the case of five Bulgarian nu
- JUNE 21, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesian prosecutor asked judges to pass a death...
Indonesian prosecutor asked judges to pass a death sentence on Seck Osmane, a Senegalese accused of heroin trafficking
- JUNE 21, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran angrily rejected European Union criticism of its...
Iran angrily rejected European Union criticism of its human rights record and said the 25-nation bloc had much to learn from the Islamic Republic about respecting rights
- JUNE 21, 2004DEATH PENALTY
Iran angrily rejected European Union criticism of its...
Iran angrily rejected European Union criticism of its human rights record and said the 25-nation bloc had much to learn from the Islamic Republic about respecting rights
- JUNE 21, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
a prisoner in the city of Tabriz was sentenced to public execution
a prisoner in the city of Tabriz was sentenced to public execution
- JUNE 20, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A man named Bipul was sentenced to death in absentia...
A man named Bipul was sentenced to death in absentia by a Speedy trial Tribunal in Dhaka, Bangladesh, for the murder of a neighbour in Kotiadi, Kishoreganj
- JUNE 20, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
The European Union gave Iran a tough rebuke over the...
The European Union gave Iran a tough rebuke over the Islamic republic's human rights record, saying it was "gravely concerned" at widespread abuses despite several rounds of talks with Tehran
- JUNE 20, 2004DEATH PENALTY
The European Union gave Iran a tough rebuke over the...
The European Union gave Iran a tough rebuke over the Islamic republic's human rights record, saying it was "gravely concerned" at widespread abuses despite several rounds of talks with Tehran
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- JUNE 20, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein could face the...
Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein could face the death penalty if he is convicted of war crimes, the head of the Iraqi tribunal due to try him said
- JUNE 20, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesian authorities may soon begin the execution...
Indonesian authorities may soon begin the execution of the many drug offenders currently on death row, National Police Chief General Da'i Bachtiar said
- JUNE 20, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
four people in Qazvin will be hanged on charges of armed robbery
four people in Qazvin will be hanged on charges of armed robbery
- JUNE 19, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Li Guoju, a woman, was sentenced to death by the Puyang...
Li Guoju, a woman, was sentenced to death by the Puyang intermediate and two others were given life imprisonment after being found guilty of trafficking 120 babies in central China's impoverished Henan province
- JUNE 18, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Six people convicted of trafficking heroin and ecstasy...
Six people convicted of trafficking heroin and ecstasy into Vietnam from Cambodia were sentenced to death by the People's court of Tay Ninh in southern Vietnam
- JUNE 18, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Xiao Yang, president of the Supreme People's Court...
Xiao Yang, president of the Supreme People's Court of China urged all Chinese judges to respect criminals' human rights
- JUNE 18, 2004JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Kagoshima District Court, Japan, sentenced Keishi...
The Kagoshima District Court, Japan, sentenced Keishi Nago to death for stabbing to death his sister-in-law and her daughter and seriously injuring her son in 2002
- JUNE 18, 2004JapanDEATH PENALTY
Masumi Hayashi, facing the death sentence for murdering...
Masumi Hayashi, facing the death sentence for murdering four people with poisoned curry at a 1998 community festival in Wakayama, denied the charges in an appeal hearing, breaking more than five years of silence
- JUNE 18, 2004Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
The Saudi Interior ministry said the country had executed...
The Saudi Interior ministry said the country had executed Saqr bin Abdulaziz al-Subayee in the western city of Taif after he had been convicted the previous month of fatally shooting another Saudi during an argument
- JUNE 18, 2004DEATH PENALTY
ITALY. HOC PRESENTS 2004 REPORT ON THE DEATH PENALTY WORLDWIDE
June 18, 2004: Hands Off Cain is launching its annual report on the death penalty at its Rome headquarters on Wednesday, 23rd June, 2004
- JUNE 17, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Tran Hong Truong, a Vietnamese prisoner who was had...
Tran Hong Truong, a Vietnamese prisoner who was had been jailed for robbery, was sentenced to death for murdering another prison inmate
- JUNE 17, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Ma Jiajue, a university student convicted of killing...
Ma Jiajue, a university student convicted of killing four of his classmates and stuffing their bodies into a dormitory closet, was executed in southwestern China's Yunnan province
- JUNE 17, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Khadijeh Shahla Jahed, the mistress of an Iranian football...
Khadijeh Shahla Jahed, the mistress of an Iranian football star, was sentenced to death for murdering the wife of her lover
- JUNE 17, 2004MarylandDEATH PENALTY
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- JUNE 16, 2004TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
The European Union issued a press release regarding...
The European Union issued a press release regarding progress in Tajikistan towards a moratorium on the death penalty
- JUNE 16, 2004Bosnia & HerzegovinaDEATH PENALTY
Forensic experts found the remains of 16 people believed...
Forensic experts found the remains of 16 people believed to be victims of the Srebrenica massacre in a mass grave identified by a Bosnian Serb commission
- JUNE 16, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Senior Iranian judiciary officials said they paid little...
Senior Iranian judiciary officials said they paid little attention to European opinions on human rights, undermining European Union efforts to encourage reform in the Islamic state
- JUNE 16, 2004European UnionDEATH PENALTY
Senior Iranian judiciary officials said they paid little...
Senior Iranian judiciary officials said they paid little attention to European opinions on human rights, undermining European Union efforts to encourage reform in the Islamic state
- JUNE 16, 2004DEATH PENALTY
The European Union issued a press release regarding...
The European Union issued a press release regarding progress in Tajikistan towards a moratorium on the death penalty
- JUNE 16, 2004SpainDEATH PENALTY
As the Spanish Parliament debated the signing of protocols...
As the Spanish Parliament debated the signing of protocols to the European Convention on Human Rights, and the inclusion of the same in the new European Constitution, Catalonian Parliamentary Group (Convergence and Union) MP Jordi Xucla I Costa urged a mo
- JUNE 16, 2004CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
After 10 days, a San Mateo County jury deadlocked in...
After 10 days, a San Mateo County jury deadlocked in the case of a bank robber who has already pleaded guilty to murder and has repeatedly asked to be put to death
- JUNE 16, 2004DEATH PENALTY
Clemency bill awaits Blanco's signature----Law would...
Clemency bill awaits Blanco's signature----Law would reduce chances for lifers A proposed law awaiting Gov
- JUNE 16, 2004IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
One of the death row inmates pardoned last year by...
One of the death row inmates pardoned last year by former Governor George Ryan is facing drug charges for the 2nd time in 5 months
- JUNE 16, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
a man named Rustam Baig was hanged in Pakistan for murder
a man named Rustam Baig was hanged in Pakistan for murder
- JUNE 16, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
State Security agents attacked a party in North Tehran
State Security agents attacked a party in North Tehran
- JUNE 15, 2004LibyaDEATH PENALTY
The motives for the death sentences of the five Bulgarian...
The motives for the death sentences of the five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor, charged with intentionally infecting over 400 Libyan children with HIV, were given to the lawyers eight days after the legal deadline expired
- JUNE 15, 2004LibyaDEATH PENALTY
The motives for the death sentences of the five Bulgarian...
The motives for the death sentences of the five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor, charged with intentionally infecting over 400 Libyan children with HIV, were given to the lawyers eight days after the legal deadline expired
- JUNE 15, 2004BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
The motives for the death sentences of the five Bulgarian...
The motives for the death sentences of the five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor, charged with intentionally infecting over 400 Libyan children with HIV, were given to the lawyers eight days after the legal deadline expired
- JUNE 15, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
"Prisoners in Pakistan, especially those on the death...
"Prisoners in Pakistan, especially those on the death row, live in cramped, overcrowded cells and often face abuse
- JUNE 15, 2004JapanDEATH PENALTY
Japan's Supreme Court upheld lower court rulings sentencing...
Japan's Supreme Court upheld lower court rulings sentencing to death Seiha Fujima, 43, for killing five people during eight months in the early 1980s
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- JUNE 15, 2004DEATH PENALTY
Bill outlines competency to die----Severe mental illness...
Bill outlines competency to die----Severe mental illness will prevent execution Prisoners on Louisiana's death row who are so mentally incapacitated that they don't understand that they are going to die could be spared execution after being examined by me
- JUNE 15, 2004MissouriDEATH PENALTY
A divided federal appeals court reversed one of its...
A divided federal appeals court reversed one of its own 3-judge panels and reinstated a death sentence
- JUNE 15, 2004OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
In Sapulpa, Calvin Lee Johnson will get a new trial...
In Sapulpa, Calvin Lee Johnson will get a new trial after the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals reversed his conviction because the trial judge allowed the jury to go to lunch
- JUNE 15, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a man named Li Pingping was executed in China for murder
a man named Li Pingping was executed in China for murder
- JUNE 15, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
two brother, Dossa e Naseer Ahmed, were executed
two brother, Dossa e Naseer Ahmed, were executed
- JUNE 14, 2004UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The Uzbek authorities slammed Human Rights Watch for...
The Uzbek authorities slammed Human Rights Watch for what they called a "groundless" allegation that an Uzbek prisoner, Andrey Shelkavenko, had been tortured to death by police
- JUNE 14, 2004JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Japan Federation of Bar Associations urged the...
The Japan Federation of Bar Associations urged the Justice Ministry on not to execute death row inmates after the current Diet session ended on May 16
- JUNE 14, 2004KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
The human rights commissioner of Kyrgyzstan, Tursunbai...
The human rights commissioner of Kyrgyzstan, Tursunbai Bakir-uulu, proposed introducing a moratorium on the death penalty
- JUNE 14, 2004UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The Uzbek authorities slammed Human Rights Watch for...
The Uzbek authorities slammed Human Rights Watch for what they called a "groundless" allegation that an Uzbek prisoner, Andrey Shelkavenko, had been tortured to death by police
- JUNE 14, 2004IdahoDEATH PENALTY
The death sentence of Richard Albert Leavitt, 45, was...
The death sentence of Richard Albert Leavitt, 45, was thrown out because it was imposed by a judge without the involvement of a jury
- JUNE 13, 2004EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Egyptian lawyer Hanan Mohammed Ali Rashed was sentenced...
Egyptian lawyer Hanan Mohammed Ali Rashed was sentenced to death for killing her husband in collusion with her lover
- JUNE 13, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Major Singh and Baldev Singh were sentenced to death...
Major Singh and Baldev Singh were sentenced to death by an Additional District and Sessions Court in India after being convicted of killing their brother in law
- JUNE 13, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
The European Union and Iran were to hold a fourth round...
The European Union and Iran were to hold a fourth round of talks on human rights, as EU diplomats admitted their efforts to engage the Islamic republic had so far failed to stem widespread abuses
- JUNE 13, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
The case against prominent Iranian dissident Hasham...
The case against prominent Iranian dissident Hasham Aghajari, whose death sentence for blasphemy was quashed by the Islamic republic's supreme court, was handed over to a Tehran court for a "full reexamination", press reports said
- JUNE 13, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
The European Union and Iran were to hold a fourth round...
The European Union and Iran were to hold a fourth round of talks on human rights, as EU diplomats admitted their efforts to engage the Islamic republic had so far failed to stem widespread abuses
- JUNE 13, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
The case against prominent Iranian dissident Hasham...
The case against prominent Iranian dissident Hasham Aghajari, whose death sentence for blasphemy was quashed by the Islamic republic's supreme court, was handed over to a Tehran court for a "full reexamination", press reports said
- JUNE 13, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
six youth were flogged in public in Fardis district in Karaj.
six youth were flogged in public in Fardis district in Karaj.
- JUNE 12, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Four sadhus and a disciple of the Vadtal Swaminarayan...
Four sadhus and a disciple of the Vadtal Swaminarayan sect were sentenced to death by a Nadiad sessions court in India
- JUNE 12, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Following the fourth session of the EU/Iran human rights...
Following the fourth session of the EU/Iran human rights dialogue in Tehran, the Federation Internationale des ligues des droits de l'homme (FIDH) sent a note to member states confirming that the prospects of reform in Iran were less than positive, partic
- JUNE 12, 2004European UnionDEATH PENALTY
Following the fourth session of the EU/Iran human rights...
Following the fourth session of the EU/Iran human rights dialogue in Tehran, the Federation Internationale des ligues des droits de l'homme (FIDH) sent a note to member states confirming that the prospects of reform in Iran were less than positive, partic
- JUNE 12, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
a man whose death sentence had been upheld by the Supreme Court was hanged
a man whose death sentence had been upheld by the Supreme Court was hanged
- JUNE 11, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
HOC General Secretary Sergio D'Elia requested Italian...
HOC General Secretary Sergio D'Elia requested Italian authorities to ensure that Jury Angione, the Italian national risking the firing squad for drug charges in Indonesia, gets all the consular assistance necessary, and said the association is informing o
- JUNE 11, 2004ItalyDEATH PENALTY
HOC General Secretary Sergio D'Elia requested Italian...
HOC General Secretary Sergio D'Elia requested Italian authorities to ensure that Jury Angione, the Italian national risking the firing squad for drug charges in Indonesia, gets all the consular assistance necessary, and said the association is informing o
- JUNE 11, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Three convicted Hong Kong drug traffickers weere executed...
Three convicted Hong Kong drug traffickers weere executed in Shenzhen, China
- JUNE 11, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
Iyad Allawi, Iraq's newly appointed prime minister...
Iyad Allawi, Iraq's newly appointed prime minister planed to resurrect domestic intelligence services and consider reinstituting the death penalty as ways to combat the country's persistent lawlessness and violence
- JUNE 11, 2004SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Tan Chee Wee, a 30 year old Malaysian who bludgeoned...
Tan Chee Wee, a 30 year old Malaysian who bludgeoned his friend's wife to death in 2003 was hanged in Changi Prison in Singapore
- JUNE 11, 2004MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Tan Chee Wee, a 30 year old Malaysian who bludgeoned...
Tan Chee Wee, a 30 year old Malaysian who bludgeoned his friend's wife to death in 2003 was hanged in Changi Prison in Singapore
- JUNE 11, 2004JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
A Senate debate on the Caribbean Court of Justice was...
A Senate debate on the Caribbean Court of Justice was postponed after Jamaica's main opposition party filed a court challenge seeking to block establishment of the regional appellate body, officials said
- JUNE 11, 2004United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Judges rejected the latest appeal by Kenny Richey,...
Judges rejected the latest appeal by Kenny Richey, the Scot on death row in America
- JUNE 11, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Rajshahi, Bangladesh, convicted Nurunnabi,...
A court in Rajshahi, Bangladesh, convicted Nurunnabi, 30, and sentenced him to death for killing his wife for dowry in 2003
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- JUNE 11, 2004United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Judges rejected the latest appeal by Kenny Richey,...
Judges rejected the latest appeal by Kenny Richey, the Scot on death row in America
- JUNE 11, 2004OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Terry Nichols avoided a death sentence - again - when...
Terry Nichols avoided a death sentence - again - when the 12 jurors at his state trial deadlocked Friday night over his punishment for the Oklahoma City bombing
- JUNE 11, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
Death row inmate Alberto Valdez, 48, was deemed mentally...
Death row inmate Alberto Valdez, 48, was deemed mentally retarded by Judge Sandra Watts, and his sentence was commuted to life in prison
- JUNE 11, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
the Xinxi Shibao newspaper reported that...
the Xinxi Shibao newspaper reported that...
- JUNE 11, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
a woman, Monireh Ghasempour, was hanged in public in Tehran
a woman, Monireh Ghasempour, was hanged in public in Tehran
- JUNE 10, 2004ItalyDEATH PENALTY
An Italian national is risking the firing squad for...
An Italian national is risking the firing squad for drug charges in Indonesia
- JUNE 10, 2004JapanDEATH PENALTY
Almost 70 percent of lawmakers supported a proposed...
Almost 70 percent of lawmakers supported a proposed bill to set up an ad hoc commission in the Diet to discuss capital punishment in Japan, a recent Meiji University survey showed
- JUNE 10, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Hazrat Ali Bhuti, Liton Sarder and Md Kamal were sentenced...
Hazrat Ali Bhuti, Liton Sarder and Md Kamal were sentenced to death by a court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, for the murder of CID inspector Nazrul Islam
- JUNE 10, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Philippine President Gloria Arroyo gave a 90-day reprieve...
Philippine President Gloria Arroyo gave a 90-day reprieve to six convicted rapists who were scheduled to be executed in June, her spokesman Ignacio Bunye said
- JUNE 10, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
An Italian national is risking the firing squad for...
An Italian national is risking the firing squad for drug charges in Indonesia
- JUNE 10, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A Speedy Trial Tribunal in Chittagong, Bangladesh,...
A Speedy Trial Tribunal in Chittagong, Bangladesh, sentenced five people to death and seven others to life imprisonment after convicting them of murdering Srikanta Rakkhit
- JUNE 10, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The Hanoi People's Court, Vietnam, sentenced to death...
The Hanoi People's Court, Vietnam, sentenced to death Pham Xuan Thang, 35, for stabbing a man to death following a brawl at a bar in August 2003
- JUNE 10, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
To Van Tuan, 26, was sentenced to death by a court...
To Van Tuan, 26, was sentenced to death by a court in Vietnam's southern business capital of Ho Chi Minh City for stabbing to death his ex-lover in November 2003 after she left him
- JUNE 10, 2004JapanDEATH PENALTY
Tomoko Miyazaki, a 58-year-old woman who was sentenced...
Tomoko Miyazaki, a 58-year-old woman who was sentenced to death for kidnapping and killing two young women in Toyama and Nagano prefectures in 1980, asked the Toyama District Court for a retrial in November 2003, her lawyers said
- JUNE 10, 2004TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Leaders of Central Asian governments gathered in the...
Leaders of Central Asian governments gathered in the Tajik capital of Dushanbe for a two-day conference entitled "The Death Penalty and the Right to Live
- JUNE 10, 2004ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Leaders of Central Asian governments gathered in the...
Leaders of Central Asian governments gathered in the Tajik capital of Dushanbe for a two-day conference entitled "The Death Penalty and the Right to Live
- JUNE 10, 2004RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Leaders of Central Asian governments gathered in the...
Leaders of Central Asian governments gathered in the Tajik capital of Dushanbe for a two-day conference entitled "The Death Penalty and the Right to Live
- JUNE 10, 2004BelarusDEATH PENALTY
Leaders of Central Asian governments gathered in the...
Leaders of Central Asian governments gathered in the Tajik capital of Dushanbe for a two-day conference entitled "The Death Penalty and the Right to Live
- JUNE 10, 2004JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
Charles Learmond, the member of the Jamaican parliament...
Charles Learmond, the member of the Jamaican parliament for South West Clarendon, chastised his colleagues saying they were unwilling to take a firm stand on whether the government should hold a referendum on capital punishment
- JUNE 10, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Yan'an Intermediate People's Court, in Shaanxi...
The Yan'an Intermediate People's Court, in Shaanxi Province, executed Li Hongwu, Li Fafu and Yang Lin for intentional homicide
- JUNE 10, 2004DEATH PENALTY
An attempt to bar the death penalty as punishment for...
An attempt to bar the death penalty as punishment for capital crimes for anyone under the age of 18 was rejected by the full House, falling 10 votes short of what it needed to pass
- JUNE 9, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The West Bengal government was preparing for the state's...
The West Bengal government was preparing for the state's first hanging in decades
- JUNE 9, 2004ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
A South African court rejected a bid by the families...
A South African court rejected a bid by the families of 70 suspected mercenaries held in Zimbabwe to force President Thabo Mbeki's government to bring the men back to South Africa
- JUNE 9, 2004South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
A South African court rejected a bid by the families...
A South African court rejected a bid by the families of 70 suspected mercenaries held in Zimbabwe to force President Thabo Mbeki's government to bring the men back to South Africa
- JUNE 9, 2004Equatorial GuineaDEATH PENALTY
A South African court rejected a bid by the families...
A South African court rejected a bid by the families of 70 suspected mercenaries held in Zimbabwe to force President Thabo Mbeki's government to bring the men back to South Africa
- JUNE 9, 2004TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
A Taiwan high court judge turned down the appeal by...
A Taiwan high court judge turned down the appeal by Chen Chao-chin against the death sentence by the Keelung district court for hiring a killer to assassinate a rival candidate for the city legislature
- JUNE 8, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
An Indonesian court on sentenced Marco Archer Cardoso...
An Indonesian court on sentenced Marco Archer Cardoso Moreira, a Brazilian, to death after convicting him of trying to smuggle 13
- JUNE 8, 2004BrazilDEATH PENALTY
An Indonesian court on sentenced Marco Archer Cardoso...
An Indonesian court on sentenced Marco Archer Cardoso Moreira, a Brazilian, to death after convicting him of trying to smuggle 13
- JUNE 8, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Tran Trung Dung, 23, was sentenced to death by firing...
Tran Trung Dung, 23, was sentenced to death by firing squad in Vietnam after being convicted of murdering his girlfriend in a jealous rage
- JUNE 8, 2004BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
The London-based Privy Council was expected to hand...
The London-based Privy Council was expected to hand down a ruling that would affect the imposition of the death penalty in several Caribbean countries, according to a statement issued by the Barbados government
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- JUNE 8, 2004Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
The London-based Privy Council was expected to hand...
The London-based Privy Council was expected to hand down a ruling that would affect the imposition of the death penalty in several Caribbean countries, according to a statement issued by the Barbados government
- JUNE 8, 2004QatarDEATH PENALTY
Qatari prosecutors demanded the death penalty for two...
Qatari prosecutors demanded the death penalty for two Russian spies accused of killing a Chechen rebel leader
- JUNE 8, 2004JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
The London-based Privy Council was expected to hand...
The London-based Privy Council was expected to hand down a ruling that would affect the imposition of the death penalty in several Caribbean countries, according to a statement issued by the Barbados government
- JUNE 8, 2004RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Qatari prosecutors demanded the death penalty for two...
Qatari prosecutors demanded the death penalty for two Russian spies accused of killing a Chechen rebel leader
- JUNE 8, 2004United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The London-based Privy Council was expected to hand...
The London-based Privy Council was expected to hand down a ruling that would affect the imposition of the death penalty in several Caribbean countries, according to a statement issued by the Barbados government
- JUNE 8, 2004OhioDEATH PENALTY
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- JUNE 8, 2004OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Robert Leroy Bryan, 63, was given a lethal injection...
Robert Leroy Bryan, 63, was given a lethal injection of chemicals at the state's death chamber in McAlester for killing his aunt Mildred Inabell Bryan on Sept
- JUNE 7, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Three Iranians convicted of rape, kidnapping and extortion...
Three Iranians convicted of rape, kidnapping and extortion were hanged publicly in the western city of Khoramabad, the conservative Jaam-e Jam newspaper reported
- JUNE 7, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran had stepped up its suppression of political opposition...
Iran had stepped up its suppression of political opposition with an intense campaign of torture and arbitrary arrests, the New York-based Human Rights Watch said in a report released
- JUNE 7, 2004UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
A poll carried out by the Uzbek's Public Opinion Center...
A poll carried out by the Uzbek's Public Opinion Center revealed that residents of the country objected to imposing a moratorium on the death penalty or abolishing capital punishment
- JUNE 7, 2004RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Alexander Yakovenko, an official representative of...
Alexander Yakovenko, an official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, said that new reasons had arisen for Russia to ratify the protocol on abolishing the death penalty
- JUNE 7, 2004United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
International human rights lawyer Clive Stafford Smith...
International human rights lawyer Clive Stafford Smith appealed to Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) to help save the life of fellow Scot Kenny Richey who had spent 18 years on Death Row in the US state of Ohio
- JUNE 7, 2004United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
International human rights lawyer Clive Stafford Smith...
International human rights lawyer Clive Stafford Smith appealed to Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) to help save the life of fellow Scot Kenny Richey who had spent 18 years on Death Row in the US state of Ohio
- JUNE 7, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
five members of the Islamic Society of the University of Ferdowsi
five members of the Islamic Society of the University of Ferdowsi
- JUNE 6, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
Justice minister Malik Dohan al-Hassan said Iraq was...
Justice minister Malik Dohan al-Hassan said Iraq was to restore the death penalty after the return of sovereignty later in the month
- JUNE 6, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
Bringing back the death penalty after the handover...
Bringing back the death penalty after the handover of power by the Coalition Provisional Authority to a new Iraqi government on June 30 "is not the best way to present the new Iraq to the world," HOC General Secretary Sergio D'Elia said
- JUNE 6, 2004LibyaDEATH PENALTY
The motives for the death sentences passed on five...
The motives for the death sentences passed on five Bulgarian nurses and the Palestinian doctor on charges of infecting over 400 Libyan children with AIDS were not presented, as required by Libyan law
- JUNE 6, 2004LibyaDEATH PENALTY
The motives for the death sentences passed on five...
The motives for the death sentences passed on five Bulgarian nurses and the Palestinian doctor on charges of infecting over 400 Libyan children with AIDS were not presented, as required by Libyan law
- JUNE 6, 2004BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
The motives for the death sentences passed on five...
The motives for the death sentences passed on five Bulgarian nurses and the Palestinian doctor on charges of infecting over 400 Libyan children with AIDS were not presented, as required by Libyan law
- JUNE 6, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
For the second time the Supreme Court voided the hanging...
For the second time the Supreme Court voided the hanging sentences issued to six members of the Basij, a militant Islamic group of the Iranian regime, thought to be responsible for the murder of five people they had accused of committing "immoral" acts
- JUNE 6, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
twenty-four men as well as 14 women who had participated in a night party in Mashad were arrested
twenty-four men as well as 14 women who had participated in a night party in Mashad were arrested
- JUNE 5, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The death sentence on Rehmat Shah Afridi, chief editor...
The death sentence on Rehmat Shah Afridi, chief editor of the Frontier Post,was reduced to life imprisonment by a court in Lahore, Pakistan, which ruled that the drug trafficking charge for which he had been convicted did not warrant capital punishment
- JUNE 5, 2004JapanDEATH PENALTY
Hiromoto Haruyama, a death row inmate who spent more...
Hiromoto Haruyama, a death row inmate who spent more than a decade fighting his conviction for the brutal rape, murder or injury inflicting of three women, died from in Sapporo Prison, police said
- JUNE 5, 2004LibyaDEATH PENALTY
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said he planned to...
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said he planned to contact the Libyan government "at a high level" about the death sentences for five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor convicted of infecting hundreds of Libyan children with the AIDS virus
- JUNE 5, 2004DEATH PENALTY
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said he planned to...
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said he planned to contact the Libyan government "at a high level" about the death sentences for five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor convicted of infecting hundreds of Libyan children with the AIDS virus
- JUNE 5, 2004DEATH PENALTY
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said he planned to...
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said he planned to contact the Libyan government "at a high level" about the death sentences for five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor convicted of infecting hundreds of Libyan children with the AIDS virus
- JUNE 5, 2004BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said he planned to...
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said he planned to contact the Libyan government "at a high level" about the death sentences for five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor convicted of infecting hundreds of Libyan children with the AIDS virus
- JUNE 4, 2004KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Paul Kutosi , a Ugandan who won an appeal against a...
Paul Kutosi , a Ugandan who won an appeal against a death sentence in Kenya petitioned a human rights body seeking compensation
- JUNE 4, 2004UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Paul Kutosi , a Ugandan who won an appeal against a...
Paul Kutosi , a Ugandan who won an appeal against a death sentence in Kenya petitioned a human rights body seeking compensation
- JUNE 4, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Van Thi, a 31-year-old farmer, was sentenced...
Nguyen Van Thi, a 31-year-old farmer, was sentenced to death by firing squad by the provincial court of Dak Lak province in Vietnam after being convicted of raping and murdering a woman
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- JUNE 4, 2004UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Ugandan High Court sentenced to death Charles Wafula,...
The Ugandan High Court sentenced to death Charles Wafula, Stephen Lulakala and Godfrey Namanda after finding them guilty of murdering a resident of Nalyamagonja, in the Wakiso district
- JUNE 4, 2004North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
A United Nations committee expressed its concern about...
A United Nations committee expressed its concern about the conditions of children who had defected from North Korea and were living in China
- JUNE 4, 2004DEATH PENALTY
A United Nations committee expressed its concern about...
A United Nations committee expressed its concern about the conditions of children who had defected from North Korea and were living in China
- JUNE 4, 2004CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Conservative leader Stephen Harper was on the defensive...
Conservative leader Stephen Harper was on the defensive about his party's social agenda after he said a Tory government would allow free votes in Canada on issues such as abortion and capital punishment
- JUNE 4, 2004CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Virendra "Victor" Govin, 37, should be executed for...
Virendra "Victor" Govin, 37, should be executed for murdering 4 members of a family in a business dispute, a Los Angeles County Superior Court jury decided Friday
- JUNE 4, 2004DelawareDEATH PENALTY
Linda Lou Charbonneau will die by injection for orchestrating...
Linda Lou Charbonneau will die by injection for orchestrating the "egregious, cold-blooded, horrible" killings of her husband and former husband in 2001, Sussex County Superior Court Judge Richard F
- JUNE 4, 2004OhioDEATH PENALTY
Judge David Ellwood announced in the Guernsey County...
Judge David Ellwood announced in the Guernsey County Common Pleas Court that Marvin Johnson would receive the death penalty for the fatal beating and kidnapping of Daniel Bailey, 13
- JUNE 4, 2004OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
A jury recommended that Richard Eugene Glossip should...
A jury recommended that Richard Eugene Glossip should die for his role in the death of Barry Alan Van Treese, 54, who was beaten to death on Jan
- JUNE 3, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Following the introduction of Speedy Trial Tribunals...
Following the introduction of Speedy Trial Tribunals by the government, a total of 336 cases had been seen to resulting in 166 death sentences, Justice and Parliament Affairs Minister Barrister Moudud Ahmed said while addressing a seminar on the 'NGOs rol
- JUNE 3, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
One of Vietnam's most notorious gangsters, Truong Van...
One of Vietnam's most notorious gangsters, Truong Van Cam, better known as Nam Cam, was executed for murder and bribery along with four of his men
- JUNE 3, 2004FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Quawn Moses Franklin received the death penalty and...
Quawn Moses Franklin received the death penalty and a life sentence without parole for the Dec
- JUNE 2, 2004RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Rwandan tribunals sentenced 18 people to death in 2003...
Rwandan tribunals sentenced 18 people to death in 2003 for their participation in the 1994 genocide, according to Amnesty International in a report it released the previous week on the state of human rights in the world
- JUNE 2, 2004KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Kenya scored highly in its human rights protection...
Kenya scored highly in its human rights protection index in 2003, according to a report by Amnesty International
- JUNE 2, 2004YemenDEATH PENALTY
Sanaa's criminal court condemned four Yemenis to death,...
Sanaa's criminal court condemned four Yemenis to death, three of them in absentia, for murder
- JUNE 2, 2004SudanDEATH PENALTY
The Nyala court in Southern Darfur State, western Sudan,...
The Nyala court in Southern Darfur State, western Sudan, headed by judge Mukhtar Ibrahim Adam, passed a death sentence on Adam Harun Issa, Ahmad Muhammad Abd-al Qadir and Musa Issa Diku
- JUNE 2, 2004TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Tajikistan's lower house of parliament passed a moratorium...
Tajikistan's lower house of parliament passed a moratorium on carrying out the death penalty in the country
- JUNE 2, 2004GhanaDEATH PENALTY
Ghanaian national Martin Anderson, alias Belo, was...
Ghanaian national Martin Anderson, alias Belo, was sentenced to death by the South Jakarta district court, Indonesia, for trying to sell 50 grams (1
- JUNE 2, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Ghanaian national Martin Anderson, alias Belo, was...
Ghanaian national Martin Anderson, alias Belo, was sentenced to death by the South Jakarta district court, Indonesia, for trying to sell 50 grams (1
- JUNE 2, 2004CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
A jury says that Scott Erskine, who molested and strangled...
A jury says that Scott Erskine, who molested and strangled 2 boys in March 1993, should die for his crimes
- JUNE 2, 2004DEATH PENALTY
A May 2004 Gallup Poll found that a growing number...
A May 2004 Gallup Poll found that a growing number of Americans support a sentence of life without parole rather than the death penalty for those convicted of murder
- JUNE 2, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
Carroll Joe Parr, 26, was sentenced to death in the...
Carroll Joe Parr, 26, was sentenced to death in the January 11, 2003 murder of Joel Dominguez during a drug-related robbery
- JUNE 2, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
four men named Nam Cam, Nguyen Viet Hung, Chau Phat Lai Em and Pham Van Minh were executed
four men named Nam Cam, Nguyen Viet Hung, Chau Phat Lai Em and Pham Van Minh were executed
- JUNE 2, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
a man named Faiz Bakhsh was hanged in Pakistan for murder
a man named Faiz Bakhsh was hanged in Pakistan for murder
- JUNE 1, 2004TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
The Church was fighting for the abolition of the death...
The Church was fighting for the abolition of the death penalty in Taiwan, cardinal Paul Shan said in an interview for the Catholic press agency Fides
- JUNE 1, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Jengchiang, alias Archong sae Chee, a 42 year old Chinese...
Jengchiang, alias Archong sae Chee, a 42 year old Chinese farmer in Chiang Rai, was sentenced to death by the Thai Criminal after being found guilty of possessing drugs with intent to sell
- JUNE 1, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Ahsan Habib Titu was sentenced to death in absentia...
Ahsan Habib Titu was sentenced to death in absentia by a Speedy Trail Tribunal and seven others were sentenced to life imprisonment for killing a Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader at Dewanganj in Jamalpur district in 1999
- JUNE 1, 2004ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Jengchiang, alias Archong sae Chee, a 42 year old Chinese...
Jengchiang, alias Archong sae Chee, a 42 year old Chinese farmer in Chiang Rai, was sentenced to death by the Thai Criminal after being found guilty of possessing drugs with intent to sell
- JUNE 1, 2004CanadaDEATH PENALTY
The bedrock conservative issue of the death penalty...
The bedrock conservative issue of the death penalty in Canada had been abandoned by the new Conservative party in its policy platform for the June 28, 2004 election
- JUNE 1, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Reza Foulad Amoli, head of Mazandaran's judiciary...
Mohammad Reza Foulad Amoli, head of Mazandaran's judiciary...