United Kingdom 2002
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News on United Kingdom in 2002
- JULY 11, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Britain said it had agreed to send a man to the United...
Britain said it had agreed to send a man to the United States to face a murder trial after obtaining assurances he would not face death penalty
- JULY 8, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Three men who pulverised a security guard's face in...
Three men who pulverised a security guard's face in a "sadistic and savage" attack were given life sentences for a murder that a senior judge said was like no case he had ever experienced before
- JULY 4, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Britain's highest court has rejected a bid by relatives...
Britain's highest court has rejected a bid by relatives of James Hanratty, one of the last men hanged in Britain, to clear his name 40 years after he was executed for murder
- JUNE 27, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A UK MP representing Knowsley South, Eddie O'Hara,...
A UK MP representing Knowsley South, Eddie O'Hara, urged US President George Bush to scrap the death penalty
- JUNE 13, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Prime Minister Tony Blair has been asked to step in...
Prime Minister Tony Blair has been asked to step in to save death row Scot Kenny Richey from execution
- MAY 10, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A 53-year-old woman English woman from Chelmsford has...
A 53-year-old woman English woman from Chelmsford has met a 28-year-old killer on Ohio's death row
- MAY 10, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Britain's Court of Appeal dismissed a bid to clear...
Britain's Court of Appeal dismissed a bid to clear the name of James Hanratty, one of the last men hanged in Britain, saying 40 years after his execution that DNA evidence had proven his guilt
- MAY 3, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The United Kingdom signed Protocol 13 to the European...
The United Kingdom signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which ensures the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
- MAY 2, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty will not be used in Britain, even...
The death penalty will not be used in Britain, even in time of war, under the terms of an international agreement signed by the Government
- APRIL 30, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A human rights group criticised Saudi Arabia's "secretive"...
A human rights group criticised Saudi Arabia's "secretive" judicial system following confusion over the sentencing of seven Westerners on trial for alleged involvement in a bombing campaign in the kingdom
- APRIL 28, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
International human rights groups and British MPs expressed...
International human rights groups and British MPs expressed outrage after two Britons accused of masterminding a bombing campaign in Saudi Arabia were secretly given lengthy jail sentences
- APRIL 27, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A Labour MSP [Member of the Scottish Parliament] expressed...
A Labour MSP [Member of the Scottish Parliament] expressed "deep concern" at reports that a Scot had been sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia for alleged involvement in a bombing campaign
- APRIL 27, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Britain declined to comment on a report that two Britons...
Britain declined to comment on a report that two Britons had been secretly sentenced to 18 years in jail for alleged involvement in a fatal bombing campaign in Saudi Arabia
- APRIL 27, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A Briton faces beheading in Saudi Arabia after he admitted...
A Briton faces beheading in Saudi Arabia after he admitted planting a car bomb which killed a fellow expatriate
- APRIL 25, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
United Kingdom was a cosponsor and voted for the resolution...
United Kingdom was a cosponsor and voted for the resolution 2002/77 on the death penalty at the 58th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 22, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A British-born Islamic militant, Ahmed Omar Sheikh,...
A British-born Islamic militant, Ahmed Omar Sheikh, and three co-defendants pleaded not guilty to the kidnapping and murder earlier this year of the Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl as a Pakistani court began hearing the trial
- APRIL 9, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
America asked the UK for the extradition of a gun enthusiast...
America asked the UK for the extradition of a gun enthusiast who moved to Britain in 1991
- APRIL 9, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A British businessman who ran an illicit drinking club...
A British businessman who ran an illicit drinking club in Saudi Arabia was sentenced to 800 lashes in a secret trial
- APRIL 9, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
America asked the UK for the extradition of a gun enthusiast...
America asked the UK for the extradition of a gun enthusiast who moved to Britain in 1991
- APRIL 6, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani President Gen
Pakistani President Gen
- APRIL 5, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The trial of British born Omar Saeed Sheikh and three...
The trial of British born Omar Saeed Sheikh and three alleged accomplices accused of murdering the American reporter Daniel Pearl opened in Karachi amid tight security but was adjourned after just one hour
- APRIL 4, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani High Court rejected an appeal for an open...
A Pakistani High Court rejected an appeal for an open court trial of Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the British-born Islamic militant charged with the murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl
- APRIL 2, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
An Australian woman has escaped the death penalty but...
An Australian woman has escaped the death penalty but will spend five years in a Middle East jail after being found guilty on drugs charges
- MARCH 29, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The British-born militant Omar Saeed Sheikh, who was...
The British-born militant Omar Saeed Sheikh, who was charged in Pakistan with the kidnapping and murder of the US journalist Daniel Pearl, told the judge at the closed hearing in court in Karachi that he did not recognise the court, adding: "I request my
- MARCH 27, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A Florida court lifted the death sentence on a 63-year-old...
A Florida court lifted the death sentence on a 63-year-old British businessman, Krishna Maharaj, who has spent 15 years in prison for a double murder that hundreds of supporters are convinced he did not commit
- MARCH 22, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the British Islamist who confessed...
Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the British Islamist who confessed to masterminding the kidnapping of American reporter Daniel Pearl in Pakistan was charged with his murder and faces execution if convicted
- MARCH 17, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
British relatives of the Lockerbie victims said that...
British relatives of the Lockerbie victims said that they believed judges jailed the wrong man
- MARCH 15, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Five Britons accused of bomb attacks in Saudi Arabia...
Five Britons accused of bomb attacks in Saudi Arabia have retracted their confessions
- MARCH 14, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A British-Born man was indicted in the US in connection...
A British-Born man was indicted in the US in connection with the kidnapping in Pakistan of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl whose murder was later filmed on video tape
- MARCH 14, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A British-Born man was indicted in the US in connection...
A British-Born man was indicted in the US in connection with the kidnapping in Pakistan of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl whose murder was later filmed on video tape