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- MARCH 11, 2002ChinaDEATH 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, 2002Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
The law on capital punishment, as passed by Parliament,...
The law on capital punishment, as passed by Parliament, is yet to be carried out "to the fullest"
- MARCH 11, 2002ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
Latin America in 2001 again garnered the infamous record...
Latin America in 2001 again garnered the infamous record for the highest number of human rights advocates "under threat of death or summary executions," the annual report of human rights organizations stated
- 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 11, 2002ChinaDEATH 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 11, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Fifteen senators filed a bill to repeal the Death Penalty...
Fifteen senators filed a bill to repeal the Death Penalty Law and replace capital punishment with 30 years of imprisonment without parole as a penalty for heinous crimes
- MARCH 11, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In 2001 a total 150,913 criminals were sentenced to...
In 2001 a total 150,913 criminals were sentenced to imprisonment of five years or more, to life imprisonment, or to death penalty; an increase of 15
- MARCH 11, 2002GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Brushing aside pleas for mercy from the British government,...
Brushing aside pleas for mercy from the British government, European Union and prominent opponents of capital punishment, a Georgia pardons board refused to block the execution of a British man [Tracy Housel] sentenced to death for the 1985 murder of a fe
- MARCH 11, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Nigerian Army warned that the soldiers will face...
The Nigerian Army warned that the soldiers will face the death penalty if they took part a proposed strike by junior army officers and their counterparts in the police over pay and conditions
- MARCH 11, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
About 10,000 members of the Catholic Church staged...
About 10,000 members of the Catholic Church staged a protest in Enugu Sate after 14 worshippers died at the Government Technical College (GTC) on March 7 after a religious function
- MARCH 11, 2002KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
An appeal court commuted the death sentence of a Kuwaiti...
An appeal court commuted the death sentence of a Kuwaiti policeman who murdered a magazine editor for what he considered to be defamation of his tribe
- MARCH 11, 2002BelizeDEATH PENALTY
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC)...
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) delivered judgments in the appeals of Peter Hughes (St Lucia), Berthill Fox (St Kitts and Nevis) and Patrick Reyes (Belize)