August 2003

	31/08/03  Belarus
	Courts reduced number of crimes that can result in capital punishment to a minimum. (EN)
	31/08/03  Nigeria
	EU Urges Nigeria to Drop Capital Punishment. (EN)
	30/08/03  Armenia
	President commutes 42 death sentences and closes the death row, in september hopefully the abolition. The Community of Sant'Egidio expresses satisfaction for the event. (EN)
	30/08/03  Australia-Indonesia
	Australian gov't welcomes death penalty for Bali bomber. (EN)
	30/08/03  Rwanda
	Court Sentences 11 to Death for Genocide. (EN)
	28/08/03  Nigeria
	Amina - The court has heard both sides in this case and hereby adjourns until September 25 for judgement.   (IT-EN)
	28/08/03  Texas/USA
	Rickey Lynn Lewis, execution postponed. (EN)
	28/08/03  Russia
	Kemerovo governor calls for public execution of terrorists, but people do not agree. (EN)
	27/08/03  Nigeria
	Court to examine Amina's appeal today. (IT-EN)
	27/08/03  Moroc
	4 sentenced to death for terrorism. (IT-EN-FR)
	27/08/03  USA
	The story of T. Eidosn, inventor of bubl, as well as of the electrci chair. (IT)
	26/08/03  Armenia
	Council of Europe welcomes the commuting of 42 death sentences. (EN)
	26/08/03  China
	The executions could be 10,000 in one year; yet many talk about abolition. (IT)
	26/08/03  Nigeria
	Council for sharia threatens: if Federal Govt. ratifies UN Convention on human rights or abolishes the death penalty, Nigeria will become ungovernable. (EN)
	24/08/03  Uzbekistan
	Azamat Uteev secretly executed on May.  (IT-EN)
	24/08/03  USA
	Will Capital Punishment Ever Die?- A Review of The Contradictions of American Capital Punishment. (IT)
	24/08/03  Pakistan
	Man sentenced to death for blasphemy. (IT)
	24/08/03  Australia
	The call by the Prime Minister for a national debate on reintroduction of the death penalty sparked a furious dispute, dividing political parties and the community.  (EN)
	22/08/03  Nigeria
	Court overturns death sentence (stoning) to Sarimu Mohamed. See our urgent appeal.  (IT-EN)
	22/08/03  Marocco
	Minister of Justice to back the abolition of the death penalty.  (IT)
	20/08/03  North Carolina/USA
	Henry Lee Hunt execution date set for Sept. 12. We invite again everyone to send our appeal. (EN)
	20/08/03  Afghanistan
	Supreme court confirms death sentence for 2 journalists for "blasphemy".  (EN)
	18/08/03  Nigeria
	Abolition of Death Penalty to Be Debated - Obasanjo.  (EN)
	18/08/03  Ohio/USA
	Federal judge postponed the execution of Richard Cooey.  (EN)
	16/08/03  Alabama/USA
	Jerry Fortenberry, 39, was executed.  (EN)
	16/08/03  Pakistan
	Another Christian's Blasphemy Trial Starts in Pakistan. Jailed Schoolteacher Faces Death Penalty. (EN)
	15/08/03  Texas/USA
	Controversial execution of J.A. Rivera halted. Circuit court finds that convicted murderer's mental ability is in doubt.  (EN)
	15/08/03  USA
	Mario Cuomo Asks New Yorkers to Rethink the Death Penalty.  (EN)
	13/08/03  Florida/USA
	We invite everybody to join the appeal launched by  Paul Rougeau Committee to save the life of Tommy Zeigler  (see our urgent appeal of sometime ago)  (IT-EN)
	13/08/03  Australia
	Australian Judge and Parent of Bombing Victim Rejects Death Penalty.  (EN)
	10/08/03  Ohio/USA
	Two Former Death Row Inmates Exonerated and Freed.  (EN)
	10/08/03  Texas/USA
	"Texas is a 'state of denial' over the death penalty", by David Atwood (Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty).  (EN)
	08/08/03  Uganda
	Keep the Death Penalty Says President.  (EN)
	04/08/03  Japan
	Japanese Parliamentarians visit the death chamber. (IT-EN)
	04/08/03  Armenia
	For the Constitutional Court the European Convention ban on the death penalty in peacetime does not violate the Constitution. (EN)
	01/08/03  Indiana/ USA
	Governor Delays Execution for DNA Testing.  (IT-EN)
	01/08/03  Texas/ USA
	Cedric Ransom, 29, was executed. (IT-EN)
	01/08/03  California/USA
	Death sentence vacated for poor jury instructions. (EN)