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29/04/04
Afghanistan |
Abdullah
Shah was executed. First execution after the fall of taleban
regime. (EN) |
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29/04/04
USA |
Rosalynn
Carter Calls for End to Juvenile Death Penalty. (EN) |
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27/04/04
Uzbekistan |
Evgenij
Gugnin, already sentenced to death, was given 20 years of
prison (see our urgent appeal).
(IT) |
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27/04/04
Sud Carolina/USA |
Jerry
McWee, 51, was executed
(EN) |
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27/04/04
China |
18
vans used as 'death on wheels' . (EN) |
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25/04/04
ONU - Ginevra |
U.N.
Human Rights Commission Calls for International Death
Penalty Moratorium.
(EN-IT) |
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25/04/04
Italy |
On
April 28th public meeting in Salerno with Tamara Chicunova,
founder of the Association �Mothers against the Death
Penalty and Torture, from Uzbekistan. (IT) |
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25/04/04
Sud Carolina/USA |
Jason
Scott Byram, 38, was executed. (EN) |
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23/04/04
Sri Lanka |
Amnesty
protests Sri Lanka death penalty (at present it is
considered as abolitionist in practice). (EN) |
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23/04/04
Illinois/USA |
Community
of Sant'Egidio - Our interview with Rev. D. Kantzavelos,
President of Illinois Coalition Against The Death Penalty. (EN-IT) |
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21/04/04
Vaticano-Filippine |
The
Pope urges Filipino Govt., by means of the new ambassador,
to avoid to resort to capital punishment. (EN-IT) |
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21/04/04
New Mexico/USA |
Bill
Pelke, with Friends of Journey of Hope and some former
inmates on death row: "When the state kills, it kills
in your name and it kills in my name, and I don't won't
anybody killed in my name". (EN) |
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19/04/04
Alabama/USA |
Esther
Brown has pushed for death penalty moratorium forr many
years. At the beginning she was alone. (EN) |
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19/04/04
USA |
Is
Lethal injection uncostitutional? High Court examines the
most commonly used method of execution. (EN) |
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17/04/04
Amnesty International |
Report
of Amnesty International: The death penalty worldwide,
developments in 2003. (EN) |
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17/04/04
Arizona/USA |
An
interview with Richard Rossi, on death row in Arizona. (EN) |
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15/04/04
Florida/USA |
Florida
one step closer to halt the execution of minors. (EN) |
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15/04/04
Mexico |
Fox
wants death penalty cases reviewed. Will U.S. follow the
order of the High Court? (EN) |
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15/04/04
USA |
Over
900 executions carried out in US since 1976. (EN) |
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13/04/04
Malawi |
President
Muluzi commuted the death sentences of 79 prisoners as
Easter pardons. (EN) |
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13/04/04
Vietnam |
Nguyen
Thi Ha, 48, was executed by firing squad for drug
trafficking. (EN) |
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12/04/04
Texas/USA |
Federal
appeals court overturns death sentence to Victor Saldano,
Argentine laborer sentenced to death, "because he was
hispanic". The Community of Sant'Egidio in Argentina
had supported the case several times. Now a new (and fair)
trial is expected. (EN-ES) |
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12/04/04
Cina |
Rahmutulla
Islayil and Arken Yakuf were executed. (EN) |
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11/04/04
Zambia |
Zambian
Church Seeks Total Ban on Death Penalty. (EN) |
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11/04/04
Mexico |
The
International Court of Justice at The Hague has ruled that
the US violated the rights of 51 Mexicans on death row. (EN) |
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11/04/04
Sud Africa |
'No
single party can reinstate death penalty - said South
African Human Rights Commissioner - and it would be
necessary a two-thirds majority in the national assembly to
amend the constitution. (EN) |
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10/04/04
USA |
Bishop
Masters: Demonstration, Prayer Vigil to Highlight Issue of
Juvenile Death Penalty Before U.S. Supreme Court. (EN) |
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10/04/04
Oklahoma/USA |
Hung
Tranh Le, 37, Vietnamese refugee man, was executed. (EN) |
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10/04/04
Sud Africa |
Some
parties ask for re-introduction of the death penalty. In the
meanwhile 4 death-row inmates ask Court to free them because
their detention is unconstitutional. (EN) |
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08/04/04
India |
Four
secret agents from Pakistan were sentenced to death. (EN) |
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08/04/04
USA |
Amnesty
launches an appeal to save Kelsey Patterson, a mentally ill
man whose esecution is planned on May 18th.. (EN) |
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08/04/04
USA |
US
Presidential Elections: Kerry, a firm foe of death penalty. (EN) |
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05/04/04
Pakistan |
President
stays execution of four prisoners on death row. (EN) |
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05/04/04
USA |
Supreme
Court to Consider Death Penalty for Teens. (EN) |
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05/04/04
Singapore |
2
Thai drug traffickers nabbed, face death penalty. (EN) |
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05/04/04
Cina |
Amnesty
calls for moratorium on death penalty in China. (EN) |
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02/04/04
Comunit� di Sant'Egidio |
The
speech of Tamara Chicunova, founder of the Uzbek Association
"Mothers against the death penalty and torture",
during the evening prayer of the Sant'Egidio Community in
Brussels. (IT) |
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02/04/04
Vietnam |
2
Vietnamese men were executed. (FR) |
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02/04/04
Philippines |
Archbishop
F. Capalla to discuss with President Arroyo about the death
penalty. (EN) |
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01/04/04
Bhutan |
Capital
punishment abolished. (EN) |
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01/04/04
Nevada/USA |
Lawrence
Colwell Junior, 35, was executed. (IT-EN) |
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01/04/04
Ohio/USA |
William
Wickline, 52, was executed. (IT-EN) |
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