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

June 2003

30/06/03  USA

U.S. Supreme Court Rules Lawyers Failed Client, K. Wiggins Voids Death Sentence. (IT-EN)

30/06/03  Nigeria/Italia

Abdul Oroh, member of Nigerian Parliament, is sure: Amina will be acquitted. (IT)

27/06/03  USA

50 years ago the Rosenbergs were executed on the electric chair. (IT)

27/06/03  Japan

Homeless man gets death penalty. (EN)

25/06/03  Texas/USA

C. Burdine, Client Of Sleeping Lawyer, Gets Life Sentence. (EN)

25/06/03  Saudi Arabia

Mohammed bin Jowainan al-Arjani al-Ajmi was beheaded.  (EN)

23/06/03  USA

Courtroom and execution chamber ready in Guantanamo. (EN)

23/06/03  Indiana/USA

Joseph Trueblood, 46, was executed.  (EN)

21/06/03  Virginia/USA        Urgent Appeal

Bobby Wayne Swisher - 27 years old - Sentenced to death - Execution set on July 1st 2003  (EN)

21/06/03  Texas/USA

Kia Levoy Johnson, 38, was executed.  (EN-IT)

19/06/03  Nigeria

Amina: the interview with a Brasilian newspaper: I am not afraid, I want to get married again."  (IT)

19/06/03  China

9 death sentences in one day in Bejing. The executiuons just after the trial.  (IT_FR)

17/06/03  Oklahoma/USA

Kenneth Charm, 37, was executed.  (IT_EN)

17/06/03  Saudi Arabia

Saudi executioner says proud to do "God's work"  (IT-EN)

15/06/03  South Africa

Hundreds Still On Death Row Years After Hanging Ended.  (EN)

15/06/03  Nigeria

After Amina also the appeal of Fatima Usman and Ahmadu Ibrahim was postponed. (IT-EN-FR-ES)

12/06/03  Sudan        Urgent Appeal

24 people sentenced to death in the region of South Darfour - Sudan   (EN)

12/06/03  United States/UE

United States will not use the death penalty, in case of extradition from Europe. (IT)

10/06/03  Cuba/UE

UE to limit visits to Cuba, against the recent executions and imprisonment of opposers. (IT)

09/06/03  Iran

Ayatollah in favour of penalties alternative to stoning. (IT)

07/06/03  Japan

Moratorium bill at Parliament. A. Quattrucci (Sant'Egidio Community) from Japan: "Many changes in Japan. The number of those who are against the death penalty is increasing a lot."   (IT -EN)

07/06/03  Iran

Afghan man hanged for murder. (EN-FR)

05/06/03  Oklahoma/USA

Robert Wesley Knighton, 62, was executed.  (IT-EN)

05/06/03  Colorado/USA

Death Sentence Overturned Because Jury Used Bible.  (IT-EN)

04/06/03  Nigeria

Amina - The Sharia Appeal Court put off to August 27 the appeal.  (IT-EN)

03/06/03  Nigeria

Today the Appeal for Amina. Press Conference of her lawyer in Paris.  (IT-EN)

03/06/03  Cina-New Zealand

NZ man risks death penalty in China.  (EN)

01/06/03  Utah/USA

Utah seeks volunteers to serve on 2 firing squads.  (IT-EN)

01/06/03  Jordan

2 men hanged.  (IT)