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- JULY 11, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
AUSTRALIA. CHINA OPPOSES THE GIVING OF ASYLUM TO DIPLOMAT FOR FEAR OF EXECUTION
China voiced "resolute opposition" to Australia's decision to grant asylum to Chen Yonglin, a former Chinese diplomat, and dismissed his accusations that he faced execution if repatriated as "lies not worthy of response".
- JULY 11, 2005JapanDEATH PENALTY
HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DEATH FOR DOG BREEDER FOR KILLING 4 PEOPLE
the Tokyo High Court upheld a March 2001 ruling by the Urawa District Court sentencing to death Gen Sekine, 63, and his former wife Hiroko Kazama, 48, for murdering four people in 1993 following disputes over the sale of dogs.
- JULY 11, 2005BelarusDEATH PENALTY
BELARUS. COUNTRY MAY ANNUL DEATH SENTENCE THROUGH REFERENDUM, OFFICIAL
Belarus deputy presidential chief of staff Natalya Petkevich said the death sentence might be annulled in the country via a national referendum.
- JULY 10, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR HEROIN SMUGGLING
the semi-official Saudi Ukaz daily said a tribunal in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah had sentenced a Pakistani and an Afghan to death for smuggling heroin into the country.
- JULY 10, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. WOMAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Saudi Arabia executed Noura al-Faydi, a Saudi woman convicted of stabbing to death another woman and setting her body on fire.
- JULY 10, 2005BahrainDEATH PENALTY
BAHRAIN. TWO BANGLADESHI NATIONALS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
two people were sentenced to death for the murder of a Bahraini housewife, Latifa Abdulla Abdulaziz.
- JULY 10, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH AND 18 OTHERS TO LIFE FOR MURDER
a court in Naogaon, sentenced to death Awami League leader Dr Nurul Islam, 72, for the murder of Hashem Reza Chowdhury, a former chairman of the Badalgachhi region, following an argument on June 3, 1994.
- JULY 9, 2005JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL URGES JORDAN TO END THE DEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International urged the Jordanian government to commute all death sentences and establish a moratorium on the death penalty, a statement issued by the human rights body said.
- JULY 9, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
a young man, identified only as Abbas, was sentenced to death
a young man, identified only as Abbas, was sentenced to death
- JULY 8, 2005NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA. MAN FACES DEATH FOR SODOMY IN SHARIA CASE, UN
Philip Alston, the UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions raised the alarm over the case of a man who was on death row in northern Nigeria awaiting execution by stoning after a Sharia court found him guilty of sodomy.
- JULY 8, 2005DEATH PENALTY
in El Cajon, a jury recommended the death penalty for Eric Anderson
in El Cajon, a jury recommended the death penalty for Eric Anderson
- JULY 8, 2005RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. KUDRIN CALLS FOR REVIVAL OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR TERRORISTS
in responce to the explosions in London on July 7, Russian Finance Minister Alexey Kudrin said: “Terrorists are to be caught and brought before court