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- NOVEMBER 18, 2005VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. MAN EXECUTED FOR ZOO MURDER
Do Cong Toan, a hired assassin, was executed in Vietnam by a Ho Chi Minh city firing squad for the slashing to death Dang Vu Thang, the deputy chief of the HCM city zoo’s accounting department, in August 2001.
- NOVEMBER 18, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
UNITED NATIONS. UN VOICES SERIOUS CONCERN ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN IRAN
the UN General Assembly passed a resolution expressing "serious concern" about human rights violations in Iran, including the use of torture and public executions, and called on Tehran to end the abuses.
- NOVEMBER 18, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. THREE MEN CONVICTED OF RAPE HANGED
three Iranian men convicted of raping and kidnapping a male in his late teens were hanged in the western Iranian city of Kermanshah.
- NOVEMBER 18, 2005DEATH PENALTY
Elias Syriani, 67, was executed by injection at Central Prison.
Elias Syriani, 67, was executed by injection at Central Prison.
- NOVEMBER 18, 2005DEATH PENALTY
Cody James Martinez, 23, was sentenced to death.
Cody James Martinez, 23, was sentenced to death.
- NOVEMBER 18, 2005DEATH PENALTY
former death row inmate Stephen Virgil McGilberry...
former death row inmate Stephen Virgil McGilberry has been resentenced to 4 consecutive life sentences without parole.
- NOVEMBER 18, 2005ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
ARMENIA. DEATH PENALTY IS STATE'S MAJOR CRIME, OMBUDSWOMAN
Armenian Ombudswoman Larissa Alaverdyan, speaking at a session held by the Expert Council dealing with motions by people sentenced to life imprisonment, said she viewed the death penalty as the state's major crime.
- NOVEMBER 18, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. FORMER PUBLICITY OFFICIAL GETS SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR TAKING BRIBES
Gao Yong, former head of the Chinese Communist Party publicity department at the Chengdu municipal committee in southwest China's Sichuan Province, received a suspended death sentence by the Intermediate People's Court in Neijiang for taking bribes valued
- NOVEMBER 18, 2005DEATH PENALTY
DRC. TWO SOLDIERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF PRIEST
two soldiers from the Democratic Republic of Congo were sentenced to death in Kinshasa by a military tribunal for the murder of a Belgian Jesuit priest.
- NOVEMBER 17, 2005AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE. EXECUTION DATE SET FOR AUSTRALIAN MAN CONVICTED OF DRUG SMUGGLING
Singapore will hang 25-year-old Australian drug smuggler Nguyen Tuong Van on December 2, despite numerous pleas by Canberra for clemency, his Australian lawyer Lex Lasry said.
- NOVEMBER 17, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
MEXICO. PRESENTATION OF HANDS OFF CAIN’S 2005 REPORT – THE DEATH PENALTY WORLDWIDE
the presentation of the Spanish edition of Hands Off Cain’s 2005 report – The Death Penalty Worldwide took place in Mexico City.
- NOVEMBER 17, 2005North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
UNITED NATIONS. UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONCERNED ABOUT N. KOREA RIGHTS RECORD
the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution expressing serious concern about the precarious human rights and humanitarian situation in North Korea, but South Korea abstained and China voted against. The vote was 84 in favor, 22 against with 62 abstention