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NO to the Death Penalty
International Campaign
       Comunità di Sant'Egidio

August 2003

31/08/03  Belarus

Courts reduced number of crimes that can result in capital punishment to a minimum. (EN)

31/08/03  Nigeria

EU Urges Nigeria to Drop Capital Punishment. (EN)

30/08/03  Armenia

President commutes 42 death sentences and closes the death row, in september hopefully the abolition. The Community of Sant'Egidio expresses satisfaction for the event. (EN)

30/08/03  Australia-Indonesia

Australian gov't welcomes death penalty for Bali bomber. (EN)

30/08/03  Rwanda

Court Sentences 11 to Death for Genocide. (EN)

28/08/03  Nigeria

Amina - The court has heard both sides in this case and hereby adjourns until September 25 for judgement.   (IT-EN)

28/08/03  Texas/USA

Rickey Lynn Lewis, execution postponed. (EN)

28/08/03  Russia

Kemerovo governor calls for public execution of terrorists, but people do not agree. (EN)

27/08/03  Nigeria

Court to examine Amina's appeal today. (IT-EN)

27/08/03  Moroc

4 sentenced to death for terrorism. (IT-EN-FR)

27/08/03  USA

The story of T. Eidosn, inventor of bubl, as well as of the electrci chair. (IT)

26/08/03  Armenia

Council of Europe welcomes the commuting of 42 death sentences. (EN)

26/08/03  China

The executions could be 10,000 in one year; yet many talk about abolition. (IT)

26/08/03  Nigeria

Council for sharia threatens: if Federal Govt. ratifies UN Convention on human rights or abolishes the death penalty, Nigeria will become ungovernable. (EN)

24/08/03  Uzbekistan

Azamat Uteev secretly executed on May.  (IT-EN)

24/08/03  USA

Will Capital Punishment Ever Die?- A Review of The Contradictions of American Capital Punishment. (IT)

24/08/03  Pakistan

Man sentenced to death for blasphemy. (IT)

24/08/03  Australia

The call by the Prime Minister for a national debate on reintroduction of the death penalty sparked a furious dispute, dividing political parties and the community.  (EN)

22/08/03  Nigeria

Court overturns death sentence (stoning) to Sarimu Mohamed. See our urgent appeal.  (IT-EN)

22/08/03  Marocco

Minister of Justice to back the abolition of the death penalty.  (IT)

20/08/03  North Carolina/USA
Henry Lee Hunt execution date set for Sept. 12. We invite again everyone to send our appeal. (EN)

20/08/03  Afghanistan

Supreme court confirms death sentence for 2 journalists for "blasphemy".  (EN)

18/08/03  Nigeria

Abolition of Death Penalty to Be Debated - Obasanjo.  (EN)

18/08/03  Ohio/USA

Federal judge postponed the execution of Richard Cooey.  (EN)

16/08/03  Alabama/USA

Jerry Fortenberry, 39, was executed.  (EN)

16/08/03  Pakistan

Another Christian's Blasphemy Trial Starts in Pakistan. Jailed Schoolteacher Faces Death Penalty. (EN)

15/08/03  Texas/USA

Controversial execution of J.A. Rivera halted. Circuit court finds that convicted murderer's mental ability is in doubt.  (EN)

15/08/03  USA

Mario Cuomo Asks New Yorkers to Rethink the Death Penalty.  (EN)

13/08/03  Florida/USA

We invite everybody to join the appeal launched by  Paul Rougeau Committee to save the life of Tommy Zeigler  (see our urgent appeal of sometime ago)  (IT-EN)

13/08/03  Australia

Australian Judge and Parent of Bombing Victim Rejects Death Penalty.  (EN)

10/08/03  Ohio/USA

Two Former Death Row Inmates Exonerated and Freed.  (EN)

10/08/03  Texas/USA

"Texas is a 'state of denial' over the death penalty", by David Atwood (Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty).  (EN)

08/08/03  Uganda

Keep the Death Penalty Says President.  (EN)

04/08/03  Japan

Japanese Parliamentarians visit the death chamber. (IT-EN)

04/08/03  Armenia

For the Constitutional Court the European Convention ban on the death penalty in peacetime does not violate the Constitution. (EN)

01/08/03  Indiana/ USA

Governor Delays Execution for DNA Testing (IT-EN)

01/08/03  Texas/ USA

Cedric Ransom, 29, was executed. (IT-EN)

01/08/03  California/USA

Death sentence vacated for poor jury instructions. (EN)