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- MAY 26, 2004South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
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, 2004BrazilDEATH PENALTY
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 ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
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, 2004LibyaDEATH PENALTY
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 KoreaDEATH PENALTY
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, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
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, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
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, 2004NepalDEATH PENALTY
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, 2004ThailandDEATH PENALTY
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, 2004DEATH PENALTY
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, 2004BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
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, 2004DEATH PENALTY
In the Florida State Prison near Starke, John Blackwelder,...
In the Florida State Prison near Starke, John Blackwelder, 49, executed