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31/08/03
Belarus |
Courts
reduced number of crimes that can result in capital
punishment to a minimum.
(EN) |
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31/08/03
Nigeria |
EU
Urges Nigeria to Drop Capital Punishment.
(EN) |
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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) |
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28/08/03
Texas/USA |
Rickey Lynn Lewis, execution
postponed.
(EN) |
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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) |
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27/08/03
Moroc |
4
sentenced to death for terrorism.
(IT-EN-FR) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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08/08/03
Uganda |
Keep the Death Penalty Says President.
(EN) |
|
04/08/03
Japan |
Japanese Parliamentarians visit the death chamber.
(IT-EN) |
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04/08/03
Armenia |
For the Constitutional Court the European Convention
ban on the death penalty in peacetime does not violate the
Constitution.
(EN) |
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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) |
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01/08/03
California/USA |
Death sentence vacated for poor jury instructions.
(EN) |
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