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- APRIL 10, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
MEPs approved a resolution supporting increased cooperation...
MEPs approved a resolution supporting increased cooperation between the EU and China
- MARCH 28, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
Human rights must become a priority in all areas of...
Human rights must become a priority in all areas of the EU's external relations, said the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee in adopting its annual report on human rights in the world and EU human rights policy
- MARCH 21, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
The European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs,...
The European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy recommended that the conclusion or renewal of any kind of agreement with a non-EU country where the death penalty is still used should lead to 'heavy an
- MARCH 16, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
European Union leaders urged Nigeria to show clemency...
European Union leaders urged Nigeria to show clemency towards a woman sentenced to death by stoning for having sex outside of marriage
- MARCH 11, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
The European Union vowed to keep pressuring China over...
The European Union vowed to keep pressuring China over its human rights record and urged Beijing to curtail its frequent use of the death penalty
- MARCH 11, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
The fifteen EU member countries will express "their...
The fifteen EU member countries will express "their deep concern over serious human rights violations in China and lack of progress in several areas" before the UN Human rights Commission's 58th session in Geneva
- MARCH 2, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
The civil liberties group Statewatch made a stinging...
The civil liberties group Statewatch made a stinging attack on a recent European Commission Communication on asylum policy and the threat of terrorism
- FEBRUARY 26, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
A survey of a representative sample of 10,000 young...
A survey of a representative sample of 10,000 young people aged 15-24 published by the European Union's Eurobarometer shows that 27 per cent of European youngsters favour the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 20, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
Recently, the European Parliament passed a resolution...
Recently, the European Parliament passed a resolution condemning all forms of religious intolerance 'in particular the northern Nigerian Islamic courts' selective justice that sentenced Safiya Hussaini to death by stoning"
- FEBRUARY 14, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
At an EU-India Ministerial meeting in Madrid, EU Foreign...
At an EU-India Ministerial meeting in Madrid, EU Foreign Relations Commissioner Chris Patten raised questions of human rights and democracy with Indian External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh, as well as the EU's concern about the use of the death penalty
- JANUARY 31, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
"The death penalty, in the 21st Century! Form of torture...
"The death penalty, in the 21st Century! Form of torture of times gone by, this cruel and degrading practice is in our eyes, as in yours, unacceptable
- JANUARY 12, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
Greek Socialist, Anna Karamanou, and around sixty other...
Greek Socialist, Anna Karamanou, and around sixty other MEPs wrote to the Nigerian Ambassador to the EU, Mr Akunwafor, demanding that the execution of Safiya Husaini Tungar-Tudu by stoning, for having committed adultery, is not carried out