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- JANUARY 17, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, sentenced to death...
A court in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Akhter Hossain, 26, after convicting him of raping and killing eight year old Mina Akhter Monu of Dewli Chowrapara in Bandar in 1997 as she went to the Shitalakhya river to take a bath
- JANUARY 17, 2004DEATH PENALTY
In Rusk, Cherokee County jury sentenced Richard Cobb,...
In Rusk, Cherokee County jury sentenced Richard Cobb, 19, to die by lethal injection
- JANUARY 17, 2004DEATH PENALTY
The European Union was planning to expand its campaign...
The European Union was planning to expand its campaign against capital punishment worldwide as part of its reign policy, an EU official said
- JANUARY 17, 2004DEATH PENALTY
THREE EXECUTED AT DAWN IN LEBANON, FIRST EXECUTIONS SINCE 1998
January 17, 2004: three Lebanese men sentenced to death for murder were executed at dawn on Saturday in the first use of the death penalty in the country since public hangings took place in 1998.
- JANUARY 16, 2004EgyptDEATH PENALTY
The Lebanese government announced in a statement that...
The Lebanese government announced in a statement that six prisoners on death row had their sentences reduced to life in prison with hard labour
- JANUARY 16, 2004LebanonDEATH PENALTY
The Lebanese government announced in a statement that...
The Lebanese government announced in a statement that six prisoners on death row had their sentences reduced to life in prison with hard labour
- JANUARY 16, 2004SyriaDEATH PENALTY
The Lebanese government announced in a statement that...
The Lebanese government announced in a statement that six prisoners on death row had their sentences reduced to life in prison with hard labour
- JANUARY 16, 2004SamoaDEATH PENALTY
Samoa began formal measures to abolish the death penalty,...
Samoa began formal measures to abolish the death penalty, which should not be in the law books if it is not going to be carried out, Prime Minister Sailele Malielegaoi told parliament when introducing the bill to delete the statute
- JANUARY 16, 2004ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Italian photographer Oliviero Toscani creator of Benetton's...
Italian photographer Oliviero Toscani creator of Benetton's controversial "We, on death row" campaign in 2000, slammed his country for its weak commitment against the death penalty
- JANUARY 16, 2004LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, whose country held...
Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, whose country held the rotating EU presidency, called on Lebanese President Emil Lahoud to intervene to stop the execution of three men, due to be put to death on January 17
- JANUARY 16, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Lawmakers were urging President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo...
Lawmakers were urging President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to suspend the execution by lethal injection of convicted kidnappers Robert Lara and Roderick Licayan on January 30, following the arrest of two key suspects in the original kidnapping case
- JANUARY 16, 2004DEATH PENALTY
Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, whose country held...
Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, whose country held the rotating EU presidency, called on Lebanese President Emil Lahoud to intervene to stop the execution of three men, due to be put to death on January 17