Palestinian Territories
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- administration of the ANP
RELIGIONS
Muslim majority; Christian and Jewish minorities
From the country
- NOVEMBER 29, 2004Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
two Palestinians, Mohammed Abu Ganas, 53, and Rami, 22, father and son, were convicted
two Palestinians, Mohammed Abu Ganas, 53, and Rami, 22, father and son, were convicted
- OCTOBER 20, 2004Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
The Gaza court of first instance sentenced Yousef Hasan...
The Gaza court of first instance sentenced Yousef Hasan Abdullah Al-Sinwar, from Khan Younis district, to death, after finding him guilty of collaborating with a Zionist security apparatus in liquidating three Palestinian resistance fighters and wounding
- JULY 5, 2004Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
The parliamentary wing of the Organisation for Security...
The parliamentary wing of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), a pan-European security body, urged Libya not to execute six foreign medical workers convicted of infecting children with AIDS
- MAY 6, 2004Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
A Libyan court sentenced 5 Bulgarian medics and a Palestinian...
A Libyan court sentenced 5 Bulgarian medics and a Palestinian doctor to death by firing squad for deliberately infecting hundreds of Libyan children with the deadly HIV virus, court officials said
- APRIL 13, 2004Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Three young Palestinian men found guilty of the gang...
Three young Palestinian men found guilty of the gang rape and murder of a 15-year-old schoolgirl in the Gaza Strip were sentenced to death
- JANUARY 24, 2004Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
the Gaza City Criminal Court handed down two death sentences
the Gaza City Criminal Court handed down two death sentences
- DECEMBER 17, 2003Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Zayd Hassan Abd Al-Latif Masud Al Safarini, the leader...
Zayd Hassan Abd Al-Latif Masud Al Safarini, the leader of a group of Palestinian rebels who took over a Pan Am jet in Pakistan in 1986 and killed 22 people, avoided the death penalty under a plea bargain with the US government
- JANUARY 1, 2003Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
In Palestine three types of legislation are applied
In Palestine three types of legislation are applied
- OCTOBER 28, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
A Palestinian security court sentenced to death a Palestinian...
A Palestinian security court sentenced to death a Palestinian human rights worker in a one-day trial, finding he had supplied Israel with information that led to the killing of militants, Reuters reported
- OCTOBER 24, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
A Palestinian security court sentenced a 22-year-old...
A Palestinian security court sentenced a 22-year-old university student to death by firing squad for giving Israel information that led to a July air raid, which killed a top Muslim militant and 15 others
- OCTOBER 24, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
A Palestinian National Authority (PNA) court sentenced...
A Palestinian National Authority (PNA) court sentenced a Palestinian student to death after charging him with collaborating with Israel
- OCTOBER 19, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Amin Halef Ala, 31, a Palestinian man was sentenced...
Amin Halef Ala, 31, a Palestinian man was sentenced to death by firing squad for supplying Israel with information about top Islamic militants