Palestinian Territories
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- administration of the ANP
RELIGIONS
Muslim majority; Christian and Jewish minorities
From the country
- JUNE 8, 2005LibyaDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN UNION. EU SLAMS LIBYAN RULING ON TORTURE OF CONDEMNED MEDICS
the EU was "seriously concerned" by a Libyan court's acquittal of police officers accused of having tortured six foreign medics facing death sentence over an AIDS-tainted blood scandal, officials said.
MAY 31, 2005BulgariaDEATH PENALTYLIBYA. RULING DELAYED IN DEATH SENTENCE AIDS CASE
Libya's high court delayed a ruling on an appeal by six foreign medics sentenced to death for infecting hundreds of children with the AIDS virus. Judge Ali al-Allush said the case involving five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor, who have already
- MAY 29, 2005LibyaDEATH PENALTY
LIBYA. LIBYA READY TO COMPROMISE ON BULGARIAN MEDICS
the death sentences of the Bulgarian medics in Libya may be revoked if the interested parties manage to reach a consensus, the BBC cited Tripoli's foreign minister Abdel Rahman Mohammed Shalkam as saying after the visit of Bulgarian president Georgi Parva
MAY 4, 2005Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYEU. THE COMISSION ASKS THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY TO PUT AN END TO EXECUTIONS
“The Commission, in conjunction with the Presidency of the European Union, has raised this matter [of the death penalty] with the Palestinian Authority, and has transmitted a message of serious concern at the prospect of a resumption of executions. It has
MAY 2, 2005Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYJORDAN. THREE MEN EXECUTED FOR MURDER AND THEFT
Jordan executed a Palestinian, a Jordanian and an Iraqi convicted of killing a jeweler during a robbery, a security official said.
- MARCH 31, 2005Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Human Rights Watch (HRW)
Human Rights Watch (HRW)
- MARCH 18, 2005LibyaDEATH PENALTY
LIBYA. EU BACKS CAMPAIGN TO FREE BULGARIAN NURSES CONDEMNED TO DEATH
a European Union official backed Bulgaria’s attempts to secure the release of five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death in Libya for the infection of hundreds of children with the AIDS virus.
- MARCH 14, 2005BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
EU. LIBYA URGED TO RELEASE BULGARIAN NURSES
the European Union appealed to Libya to free the five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor condemned to death after being found guilty of infecting 426 children with the HIV virus
MARCH 3, 2005Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYPALESTINIAN AUTHORITY. TOP CLERIC APPROVES PALESTINIAN EXECUTIONS
the Palestinian Authority is set to resume the execution of prisoners on death row, with at least five sentences due to be carried out in March.
- FEBRUARY 25, 2005Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. ABBAS 'CONSIDERING DEATH PENALTY'
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas is considering bringing back the use of death sentences in a bid to keep law and order in the Gaza Strip.
- FEBRUARY 18, 2005Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
“It is serious that the new President of the Palestinian Authority...
“It is serious that the new President of the Palestinian Authority...
FEBRUARY 18, 2005Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYPALESTINIAN AUTHORITY. ABU MAZEN PLANNING TO EXECUTE DOZENS OF PALESTINIANS ON DEATH ROW
according to news in the Jerusalem Post the President of the Palestinian Authority Abu Mazen has authorized the execution of three Palestinians sentenced to death for having collaborated with Israel.