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30/04/03
Cuba/Vatican |
Pope
had asked Castro clemency for the terrorists sentenced to
death.
(IT-EN) |
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29/04/03 USA |
Amnesty
Int'l Assesses Death Penalty Use.
(EN) |
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28/04/03
Illinois/USA |
New
Governor to maintain moratorium.
(IT-EN) |
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28/04/03
Texas/USA |
Juan
Chavez, 34, was executed.
(EN-ES) |
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26/04/03
ONU/Commissione Diritti Umani |
U.N.
rights body backs end to death penalty. The Community of
Sant'Egidio: it is a great occasion to relaunch the campaign:
a world moratorium is now a target that can be more
achievable. (IT-EN) |
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26/04/03
Cuba |
According
to the Ambassador of Cuba to the EU the 3 executions were
legal and there was no violation of human rights.
(IT) |
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26/04/03
Cuba |
Reactions
in the world after the 3 executions.
(ES-IT) |
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25/04/03
Zambia |
President
Mwanawasa appointed commission to review the constitution
and advise on whether to abolish the death penalty.
(EN) |
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24/04/03
Arabia Saudita |
A
man was beheaded for drug trafficking.
(IT) |
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23/04/03
Texas/USA |
Kenneth
Wayne Morris won a reprieve two hours before his scheduled
execution
(EN-ES) |
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22/04/03
Armenia |
Armenian
parliament approved new Criminal Code that abolishes the
death penalty, except for special cases.
(EN-ES) |
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21/04/03
Cuba |
Nobel
Prize Saramago, after the executions in Cuba, speaks against
Castro.
(IT-ES) |
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19/04/03
USA/Iraq |
Abu
Abbas was arrested in Iraq. Now the daughters of Leo
Klinghoffer say: "We want justice, not the death
penalty for the killer of our father."
(IT) |
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19/04/03
Amnesty International/Cuba |
Amnesty
speaks out after the esecutions in Cuba.
(EN) |
|
19/04/03
Oklahoma/USA |
Larry
Kenneth Jackson, 40, was executed.
(IT-EN) |
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17/04/03
Sry Lanka |
Sri
Lankan Christians Opposing Reintroduction of Death
Penalty---Looking for Alternative Ways to Deal With Rising
Crime Rate.
(EN) |
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17/04/03
Virginia/USA |
Earl
C. Bramblett, 61, was executed in the electric chair.
(EN) |
|
17/04/03
Virginia/USA |
He
has chosen the electric chair.
(IT) |
|
16/04/03
Oklahoma/USA |
Don
Wilson Hawkins, 43, was executed.
(IT-EN) |
|
15/04/03
Council of Europe/USA |
Council
of Europe launches a campaign directed to the Members of US
Parliament to abolish the death penalty.
(IT) |
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14/04/03
Cuba |
Three
men sentenced to death and executed by a firing squad..
(IT) |
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13/04/03
Amnesty International |
1,526
executions in the world in 2002. China, Iran and U.S. Top
Executioners, Amnesty Says.
(EN-IT) |
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12/04/03
Florida/USA-Switzerland |
American
Pastor Masters at the UN Human Rights Commission: no life
sentence and no death penalty for juveniles.
(EN) |
|
12/04/03
USA |
Justice
O'Connor Speaks About Death Penalty Cases.
(EN) |
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11/04/03
Libia |
Amnesty
International asks the judges to quash 2 death sentences.
(FR) |
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11/04/03
United Kingdom |
Government
would not send people to the US under new extradition
measures if they might face the death penalty.
(EN) |
|
10/04/03
Armenia |
The
deadline set by the Council of Europe for Armenia to abolish
death penalty is expiring.
(EN) |
|
10/04/03
Illinois/USA |
Pulittzer
Prize 2003 to Cornelia Grumman for writing a series of
editorials against the death penalty.
(EN) |
|
10/04/03
Arizona/USA |
Supreme
Court to examine 27 death sentences.
(IT-EN) |
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09/04/03
Italy/Nigeria/ |
Nigerian
Embassy in Rome clears up - after many conflicting voices -
that Amina had not yet a definitive death sentence and it
will be necessary to wait for the hearing of June 3rd.
(IT-EN) |
|
09/04/03
Kansas/USA |
Kansas
Chief Justice Notes High Cost of Death Penalty.
(EN) |
|
09/04/03
Vietnam |
Nong
Quoc Luong, 25, was executed.
(EN) |
|
08/04/03
Texas/USA
Urgent
Appeal |
Bruce
Jacobs - 57 years old - Sentenced to death (EN) |
|
08/04/03
Texas/USA |
James
Colburn, 43, (mentally ill), was executed.
(IT-EN) |
|
07/04/03
Botswana |
Pending
execution.
(EN) |
|
06/04/03
Oklahoma/USA |
Scott
Allen Hain, 32, was executed.
(IT) |
|
05/04/03
Nigeria/Italy |
Ambassador
of Nigeria invites Mayor of Rome to be at the next hearing
for Amina, next June 3rd.
(IT) |
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03/04/03
Texas/USA |
For
the first time a hearing on a bill to abolish the death
penalty was held in the State Capitol in Austin. The
testimony of Dave Atwood (Texas
Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty)
(EN) |
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02/04/03
Indonesia |
Indon
delays execution of death row convicts.
(EN) |
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01/04/03
Texas/USA |
Sympathizers
gain some relief that mom spared death penalty.
(EN) |
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01/04/03
Saudi Arabia |
Mis'ed
bin Ziyab al-Mutairi was beheaded with sword.
(EN) |
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