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- SEPTEMBER 5, 2005PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. REPEAL OF DEATH PENALTY URGED
despite the death penalty, at least 18 murders were being committed every day in the Philippines.
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. JAMA MASJID IMAM URGES PAKISTAN’S MUSHARRAF TO FREE DEATH ROW INMATE SARABJIT SINGH
the Imam of New Delhi's Jama Masjid, Syed Abdullah Bukhari and his son Syed Yahaya Bukhari, who is the President of the Jama Masjid United Front, appealed to Pakistan's President General Pervez Musharraf to release Indian death row inmate Sarabjit Singh o
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2005IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. SADDAM TO GO ON TRIAL OCTOBER 19
former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and seven of his henchmen would go on trial on October 19 over the massacre of 143 people more than two decades ago, government spokesman Laith Kubba.
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2005DEATH PENALTY
IRAN. CONVICTED MURDER HANGED
Houshang Bameri, an Iranian man convicted of murder and armed robbery was hanged in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan.
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. ISMAYIL MUHEMEDI EXECUTED BY THE IRANIAN AUTHORITIES
the Iranian authorities’ executed the Kurdish political prisoner Ismayil Muhemedi, his brother was reported as telling local media.
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. SAUDI MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER BEHEADED BY SWORD
Saudi Arabia executed Jameel bin Abdullah bin Safar al-Fahmy, a Saudi man convicted of murdering a compatriot after a feud.
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2005IraqDEATH PENALTY
UNITED NATIONS. UN REGRETS IRAQ'S USE OF DEATH PENALTY
reacting to the Iraqi Government's decision to execute by hanging three men accused of kidnapping, killing and rape, the United Nations Assistance Mission for the country (UNAMI) urged that future death penalty sentences be commuted.
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF CALLS ON CHINA TO RELEASE DATA ON EXECUTIONS
the United Nation's human rights chief, Louise Arbour, has said she is "guardedly optimistic" that China is making progress on human rights. But she questioned Beijing's widespread use of the death penalty, warning that some of those being executed mig
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China. Death penalty for corruption to remain for now
officials with the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislative body, denied discussions were under way to abolish the use of capital punishment for those involved in serious economic crimes.
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2005IraqDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN UNION. EU OPPOSES APPLICATION OF DEATH PENALTY IN IRAQ
the European Union adopted a declaration in which it expresses its regret that the death penalty had been applied once more in Iraq.
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2005IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. FIRST POST-SADDAM EXECUTIONS
Iraq executed three convicted murderers, the first time the government has carried out the death penalty since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003, government spokesman Laith Kubba said.
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2005JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. HIGH COURT REDUCES MAN'S DEATH SENTENCE TO LIFE IN PRISON
the Sendai High Court, Japan, reduced from a death sentence to life in prison the punishment for Kiyoshi Ishii, a man convicted of killing a couple by torching their house in Fukushima Prefecture in 2000, denying he intended to kill.