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51,054 ARTICLES · 1999—2026The news from the three battles.
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- MARCH 2, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
a man named Javed Rasheed was hanged in Pakistan for murder.
a man named Javed Rasheed was hanged in Pakistan for murder.
- MARCH 1, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE
a special court in Comilla, Bangladesh, convicted Enam Hossain alias Emam and condemned him to death for killing his wife for dowry.
- MARCH 1, 2005KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA. MAN WHO KILLED HIV POSITIVE GRANDSON SENTENCED TO DEATH
Joseph Wambirwa Mwathi, 70, was sentenced to death in Kenya for killing his grandson on suspicion that the child was HIV positive.
- MARCH 1, 2005MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. RESTAURANT OWNER ESCAPES GALLOWS
restaurant owner Cheah Yoon Lim escaped the gallows when the Malaysian Court of Appeals amended a drug charge from trafficking to possessing 70.2 grammes of the prohibited substance.
- MARCH 1, 2005NepalDEATH PENALTY
NEPAL. ARMY TO BLAME FOR WIDESPREAD DISAPPEARANCES - HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
Nepal's army, which backed King Gyanendras February 1 [2005] seizure of power, is responsible for widespread enforced disappearances and rights abuses, Human Rights Watch said.
- MARCH 1, 2005UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
UZBEKISTAN. MAN EXECUTED AFTER TORTURE, RIGHTS GROUP
it was reported that Uzbekistan executed Akhrorkhodzha Tolipkhodzhayev, bringing to at least 10 the number killed since a 2003 UN appeal for it to suspend the death penalty due to torture concerns, the human rights group Mothers Against Execution and Tort
- MARCH 1, 2005GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
GEORGIA, USA. MOBLEY EXECUTED FOR MURDER OF PIZZA MANAGER
Stephen Mobley, a man who shot a pizza store manager in the back of the head during a 1991 robbery, was executed in Georgia after courts rejected his last-minute appeals.
- MARCH 1, 2005EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
ETHIOPIA. GENOCIDE CONVICT SENTENCED TO DEATH
the Federal High Court of Ethiopia sentenced to death Colonel Tiruneh Habteselassie for genocide committed during the Dergue regime in the former Kembata and Hadiya district. Habteselassie was found guilty on two charges, homicide and extrajudicial impris
- FEBRUARY 28, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. US STATE ANNUAL REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN 2004 DENOUNCES SUMMARY EXECUTIONS
the United States on Monday kept up its feud with Syria and Iran, blasting their regimes as represseive and their human rights records as fraught with abuses ranging from arbitrary arrest to torture.
- FEBRUARY 28, 2005IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
a panel of judges led by Bambang Widyatmoko at the Purwokerto District Court...
a panel of judges led by Bambang Widyatmoko at the Purwokerto District Court...
- FEBRUARY 28, 2005North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
NORTH KOREA. HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT CITES CONTINUED ABUSES IN COUNTRY INCLUDING EXTRAJUDICIAL EXECUTIONS
one of the congressionally mandated 2004 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, released by the US Department of State, painted a grim picture of conditions in North Korea.
- FEBRUARY 28, 2005DEATH PENALTY
NEW MEXICO, USA. HOUSE PASSES DEATH PENALTY REPEAL
the House of New Mexico voted to abolish the death penalty in the state and replace it with a sentence of life without parole.