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

January 2003

31/01/03  Bangladesh

Bangladesh hands down 1st death penalty for acid attack. (EN)

31/01/03  Texas/USA

Richard Dinkins, 40, was executed. (IT-EN)

31/01/03  USA

Perry slams Illinois' ex-governor for emptying death row. (EN)

30/01/03  Texas/USA     Urgent Appeal

Gregory Van Alstyne -  37 years old  - Sentenced to death  - Execution set on February, 18th 2003.   (EN)

30/01/03  China

2 Tibetans Sentenced to Death, one already executed. (IT-EN)

30/01/03  Texas/USA

Alva Curry, 33, was executed.    (IT-EN)

29/01/03  Florida/USA

Rudolph Holton Freed After 16 Years on death row. (IT-EN)

29/01/03  Nigeria

American Newspapers debate on the case of Amina. (EN)

28/01/03  Italy-European Parliament

Tuscany proposes that November 30 becomes World Day Against The Death Penalty. (IT-EN)

28/01/03  Brazil

At the Forum the former death row - inmates too speak. (IT)

28/01/03  California/USA

Resolution of the Sebastopol City Council calling for the abolition of capital punishment in the state of California. (EN)

27/01/03  Libia-Nigeria-Ghana

The death sentence of a man and from Nigeria and of 3 from Ghana were commuted. (FR)

27/01/03  Illinois/USA

The consciousness of the Governor. (IT)

27/01/03  Texas/USA

2 TX Church Groups urge DP moratorium - Moderates urge moratorium on death penalty  (EN)

26/01/03  South Africa - Illinois/USA

Mandela, Tutu 'influenced' death-row decision.  (EN)

26/01/03  Maryland/USA

Death penalty moratorium to end when new Maryland governor takes office.  (EN)

25/01/03  Nigeria

March 25th the appeal hearing for Amina.  (IT-FR)

25/01/03  USA

Scott Turow: "Innocent people on death row? That's a serious problem in all the U.S."  (FR)

24/01/03  North Carolina/USA

The North Carolina Supreme Court stayed the execution of Henry Lee Hunt. (see our urgent appeal)(EN)

24/01/03  Texas/USA

Robert Lookingbill, 37, was executed.  (IT-EN)

24/01/03  UE/Congo

European Union appeals to Congo to commute 30 death penalty sentences.  (EN)

23/01/03  USA

Coretta Scott King calls for end to death penalty.   (EN)

23/01/03  Kenya

Man sentenced to death for a 70� - theft.   (IT)

22/01/03  Texas/USA
Execution reprieve for Elkie Taylor. Court to examine mental retardation issue.
See our urgent appeal     (EN)

22/01/03   NEW

See the archives site about the International Campaign for the World Moratorium on the Death Penalty.  (EN)

22/01/03  Uzbekistan     Urgent Appeal

Ilchomzhon Chakimzhon Karimov - 22 years old - Evgenij Jurevic Gugnin - 22 years old     (EN)

22/01/03  Illinois/USA

Taking 167 inmates off death row may save the state $ 28,000 each inmate..  (EN)

21/01/03  Taiwan

3 death row inmates were acquitted and released.  (EN)

21/01/03  USA

We explain how we saved 123 people on death row.  (IT)

20/01/03  Turkey

Turkey signed European Protocol on the abolition of the death penalty.  (IT)

20/01/03  Texas/USA

2002 was a banner year for Texas and the death penalty, says D. Atwood, one of the most famous abolitionists in Texas.   (EN)

19/01/03  Texas/USA     Urgent Appeal

Elkie Taylor - Texas - USA -  42 anni - Sentenced to death - Execution set to January, 24th 2003.    (EN)

19/01/03  Kenya

New Govt. Hopes to abolish the death penalty by June.   (IT-EN)

19/01/03  Sudan/UE

UE protests against 3 executions in Sudan.   (IT)

18/01/03  Zimbabwe

Man's Death Sentence Commuted to Life Imprisonment.   (EN)

18/01/03  Texas/USA

John Baltazar, 30 was executed.   (IT)

18/01/03  Texas/USA

Samuel Gallamore, 31, was executed.   (IT-EN)

18/01/03  Maryland/USA

Md. Study Finds Death Penalty Inequality.   (EN)

17/01/03  Indonesia

Courts imposes death penalty for Dutchman accused of running ecstasy factory.   (EN)

17/01/03  USA

National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty wants to stop juvenile executions.   (EN)

16/01/03  Iran

Six executions in Teheran.   (IT)

16/01/03  Texas/USA

The execution of Henry Earl Dunn is set to next February, 6th 2003. We call for sending again our urgent appeal to Texas authorities.   (EN)

15/01/03  Illinois/USA

Gov. Ryan explains his decision.     (IT)

15/01/03  Iran

Teen ager Faces Death Penalty for Drinking Alcohol.     (EN)

15/01/03  Saudi Arabia

Man executed.    (EN)

14/01/03  Illinois/USA

Comments and reactions after the decision of Ryan.    (EN-IT-FR-ES-DE)

14/01/03  North Carolina/USA     Urgent Appeal

Henry Lee Hunt -  USA - Texas - 58 years old - Sentenced to death - Execution set to January, 24th 2003.  (EN)

14/01/03  Illinois/USA

Illinois' Death Penalty Chronology .    (EN)

14/01/03  Illinois/USA

The speech of Gov. Ryan.    (EN)

14/01/03  Congo

Le Monde and the death sentences for Kabila's murder.    (FR)

12/01/03  Illinois/USA

Gov. Ryan commutes 156 death sentences  - Colosseum is lit up.   (IT-EN-FR-DE)

12/01/03  Illinois/USA

4 death row prisoners pardoned.  (IT-EN)

12/01/03  Iran

Another man saved on the scaffold, after the intervention of the victim's family.  (IT)

12/01/03  Virginia/USA

Retardation Debate to Set Killer's Fate Va. Court, Lawmakers Working on Standards.  (EN)

11/01/03  Mexico

Mexico asks Hague court to intervene on behalf of Mexicans on death row in U.S.  (IT-EN)

11/01/03  Kyrgyzstan

President prolongs moratorium on death penalty.  (EN)

11/01/03  Maryland/USA

Study Finds that Race and Geography Play Key Roles in Death Penalty.  (IT-EN)

10/01/03  Congo

30 death sentences for the murder of Kabila.  (IT-EN)

10/01/03  Singapore

Update (execution of Anthony Ler).  (EN)

10/01/03  Iran

Mehdi Masumi was hanged in a public square.  (IT)

09/01/03  Illinois/USA

Opponents of Death Penalty Express Hope.  (EN)

09/01/03  USA

Capital punishment adversary notes 'exonerations' of 102 (R. Dieter, DPIC).   (EN)

08/01/03  China

Huang Hu, 29, was executed for Kindergarten Poisoning.  (IT-EN)

08/01/03  USA

R.Dieter (DPIC), says 102 "exonerated" oblige public to reflect about the innocent.  (EN)

07/01/03  Texas/USA     Urgent Appeal

Hector Torres Garcia -  USA - Texas - 41 years old - Sentenced to death  (EN)

07/01/03  Iran

When he was already on the scaffold, he was forgiven by the family of the victim and saved.  (IT)

07/01/03  USA

The 71 executions in 2002.  (EN)

06/01/03  USA

The Year in Death: the decline (The Washington Post).  (EN)

05/01/03  Iran

The new year starts with 3 hangings.   (IT-FR)

04/01/03  Illinois/USA

Open letter of 400 experts who ask Ryan to consider granting each of the clemency requests of commutation.    (EN)

04/01/03  USA

Lawyer of the year: James Ellis. He convinced court and country that executing the retarded is wrong.    (EN)

03/01/03  Vietnam

Appeal Court confirms death sentence to an Australian woman.    (FR)

03/01/03  Thailand/United Kingdom

Briton facing death penalty for heroin trafficking refuses to beg for pardon.    (EN)

02/01/03  Texas/USA

Texas leads in executions: 33 people executed this year, double the number put to death in 2001.    (IT-EN)

02/01/03  India

India and the death penalty (BBC).    (EN)