October 2003

	31/10/03  Iran
	Maybe the execution of Afsaneh Nowruzi was stayed.  (EN)
	31/10/03  Taiwan
	Taiwan moves to abolish death penalty (EN)
	29/10/03  USA
	Toward death penalty reform.  (EN)
	27/10/03  Uzbekistan
	We invite everyone to support the appeal presented by Tamara Chicunova, in order to urge the President of Uzbekistan to fulfil a moratorium of executions (IT)
	26/10/03  Trinidad & Tobago
	Robert Mohammed was released from the death row. (IT)
	26/10/03  France/USA
	Mumia Abu-Jamal honorary citizen of Paris. (EN)
	24/10/03  Vietnam
	Seven prisoners on death row in Vietnam have had their sentences commuted to life imprisonment by the President. (EN)
	24/10/03  USA
	People convicted to death with severe mental health problems can be forced to take drugs that would make them clinically sane, so that they can be executed, the US supreme court has ruled. (EN)
	22/10/03  New York/USA
	The appeal presented by the defense team of J.F. Cahill, a man of "broken mind and spirit", brings a new focus on death penalty law. (EN)
	21/10/03  USA
	A warning on lethal injections. Executions seem humane but may cause acute pain. (EN)
	21/10/03  USA
	"Legal but wrong" is the title of an editorial regarding the case of L. B. Malvo, a juvenile who could be sentenced to death. (EN)
	19/10/03  Iran
	Shirin Ebadi, just new Nobel Prize for peace, urged Govt. to abolish stoning. (FR-IT)
	19/10/03  Lituania
	Parliament has ratified protocol of Council of Europe for abolition of the death penalty in any circumstance. (IT)
	18/10/03  Kenya
	Govt. reccommends Commission to study thoroughly on the proposal of abolition of the death penalty. (IT)
	18/10/03  Italy
	The intervention of the Community of Sant'Egidio at the Human Rights Commission of Italian Parliament. (IT)
	18/10/03  Iran
	Supreme Court promises clemency to inmates sentenced to death, if organs donors. (IT)
	15/10/03  Iran        Urgent Appeal
	Afsaneh Nouroozi - 32 years old - Sentenced to death by stoning.   (EN)
	15/10/03  Vietnam
	Tong Thanh Thao, 28, and Pham Nhat Tri, 32, were executed by firing squad. (IT)
	15/10/03  Nigeria
	The biography of Safiya, the Nigerian woman sentenced to be stoned and then acquitted. (IT)
	14/10/03  Iran
	Juvenile death penalty to be banned soon. (EN)
	14/10/03  Massachusetts/USA
	Gov. launched his bid to bring the death penalty back. (IT-EN)
	12/10/03  WCADP
	WDADP: Press review (IT-EN-ES-FR)
	11/10/03 UE
	On the World Day against the death penalty, EU determined to abolish death penalty worldwide.  (EN-IT)
	10/10/03  WCADP - Italy
	WDADP: Message from the Chairman of the House of Representatives  (IT)
	10/10/03  Filippine
	According to Amnesty International at least 7 child offenders are on death row. Govt. reject report. (EN)
	10/10/03  Nigeria
	National debate on death penalty and abolition. (EN)
	08/10/03  USA
	No Death Penalty in Moussaoui Case, U.S. Judge Says.  (EN)
	07/10/03  World Coalition Against the Death Penalty
	Oct.10th 2003 - World Day Against the Death Penalty - The initiatives of the Community of Sant'Egidio"  (IT-EN)
	07/10/03  Italy
	"The Friends" against the Death Penalty. (IT-EN)
	07/10/03  Iran
	Woman sentenced to death, after killing policeman who wanted to rape her. (IT-EN)
	07/10/03  Singapore
	Vignes Mourthi and Moorthy Angappan, from Malaysia, were hanged for drug trafficking. (EN)
	05/10/03  Nigeria
	Agenda for Justice Sector Reform and constructive dialogue on whether or not to abolish the death penalty.  (EN)
	04/10/03  Senegal
	Abolitionists in Senegal speak out and will partecipate to the events of Oct. 10th (World Day against the death penalty) and Nov. 30th (Cities for Life).  (FR)
	04/10/03  ONU/UE
	At the UN General Assembly President Berlusconi, on behalf of the European Union, supports a universal abolition of the death penalty and in the meanwhile also a general moratorium on executions.  (IT-EN)
	04/10/03  North Carolina/USA
	Edward Ernest Hartman was executed.  (EN)
	03/10/03  Nigeria        Urgent Appeal
	Jibrin Babaji - 43 years old - Sentenced to death by stoning.   (EN)
	03/10/03  Texas/USA
	A life of death. L. Fitzgerald retired. He witnessed the execution of 219 people, before announcing their deaths to the world. (BBC)  (EN)
	03/10/03  Singapore
	Singapore death penalty rate triples. (IT-FR-EN)
	02/10/03  Uzbekistan
	Tamara Chicunova and the Mothers against the death penalty present in a press conference an open letter to the President to call for a moratorium. (IT-FR)
	02/10/03  Indonesia
	Imam Samudra was sentenced to death for Bali attack. (IT-FR)
	02/10/03  Arabia Saudita
	Pakistani man and Nigerian man beheaded. (EN)
	01/10/03  India
	Missionary's killer sentenced to death. (IT)
	01/10/03  Vietnam
	Amnesty International speaks out against the increase of executions. (ES)