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- SEPTEMBER 19, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
The European Union said it was concerned about human...
The European Union said it was concerned about human rights in China and will raise the issue when their leaders meet on September 22-24, diplomats said
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
The EU reaffirmed its concerns regarding human rights...
The EU reaffirmed its concerns regarding human rights in Algeria, calling on the Algerian authorities to abolish the death penalty, improve the country's prison legislation and the its status of women
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
The Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities...
The Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities of the European Parliament today called for Miss World contestants to withdraw from the pageant in protest of the Sharia death sentence passed by host country Nigeria on a woman convicted of adultery
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
US attorney general, and the European Union's justice...
US attorney general, and the European Union's justice and interior ministers are to meet in Copenhagen on September 14-15 to take stock of progress on sharing intelligence and combating terrorism since the September 11 attacks
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
Nationalist Action Party (MHP) applied to the Constitutional...
Nationalist Action Party (MHP) applied to the Constitutional Court requesting the annulment of six articles of the EU Adjustment Law and asking the court to stop their enforcement
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
The EU expressed concern over death sentences given...
The EU expressed concern over death sentences given to 88 people in Nyala in the Darfour region of Sudan
- AUGUST 5, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
The European Commission asked Turkey to provide details...
The European Commission asked Turkey to provide details on a package of human rights reforms, including the abolition of the death penalty, seen as the country's first step towards starting membership talks with the European Union
- AUGUST 3, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
The European Union (EU) Commission welcomed the adoption...
The European Union (EU) Commission welcomed the adoption of the third European Union (EU) Reform Package by the Turkish Parliament as an important signal of the determination of the majority of Turkey's political leaders towards further alignment to the v
- JULY 25, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
The European Union urged the United States to lift...
The European Union urged the United States to lift the death sentences on three men convicted of murder
- JULY 11, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
The European Parliament's Citizens' Rights Committee...
The European Parliament's Citizens' Rights Committee called for people not to be extradited to countries where they could face the death penalty for their crimes
- MAY 16, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
The European Parliament adopted a resolution by 354...
The European Parliament adopted a resolution by 354 votes in favour, 29against with 31 abstentions deploring the situation in Iraq, eleven years after the Gulf War
- MAY 15, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
President Vicente Fox Quesada of Mexico, in an address...
President Vicente Fox Quesada of Mexico, in an address to the European Parliament welcomed the support from the EP in taking up the cases of citizens facing the death penalty and inparticular that of Gerardo Valdis whose life has now been saved