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- FEBRUARY 21, 2002LatviaDEATH PENALTY
Latvia's Saeima [Unicameral Parliament] turned over...
Latvia's Saeima [Unicameral Parliament] turned over draft amendments to several laws that are to be harmonized with the international protocol aimed at the abolition of the death penalty to parliamentary commissions
- FEBRUARY 21, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The US-based organisation Human Rights Watch said an...
The US-based organisation Human Rights Watch said an "overly broad definition" of terrorism in the Suppression of Terrorism Bill under consideration in the Ugandan parliament means there is a risk that innocent people or petty criminals could be "branded"
- FEBRUARY 21, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Military Appeal Court, sitting at its Makindye...
The Military Appeal Court, sitting at its Makindye headquarters, Kampala, upheld a death sentence against a UPDF soldier accused of killing three of his colleagues in the barracks
- FEBRUARY 21, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister and Nationalist Action...
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister and Nationalist Action Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahceli reiterated that the death penalty dispute would not cause any problems in the coalition government
- FEBRUARY 21, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman Alexei...
Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman Alexei Gromov told journalists that Putin's position on the abolition of capital punishment has not changed
- FEBRUARY 21, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Assembly [parliament] Speaker Omer Izgi pointed out...
Assembly [parliament] Speaker Omer Izgi pointed out that certain EU countries, such as France and Greece, have retained the death penalty for war crimes or near war crimes
- FEBRUARY 21, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
Yukunari Kawamura, 37, and his employee, Tetsuya Nomura,...
Yukunari Kawamura, 37, and his employee, Tetsuya Nomura, 32, were sentenced to death for the kidnap and murder of two women to settle a debt, judicial officials said
- FEBRUARY 21, 2002DEATH PENALTY
ITALIAN FOOTBALLERS KICK OFF SOLIDARITY FOR SAFIYA
February 21, 2002: Italian top-flight footballers, referees and linesmen will launch an unprecedented humanitarian campaign next weekend. All 25 men on the pitch will line up for league matches wearing t-shirts bearing the picture of Safiya Hussaini and t
- FEBRUARY 20, 2002ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Hands off Cain, the Italian Radicals and other associations...
Hands off Cain, the Italian Radicals and other associations demonstrated in protest as Syrian dictator Bashar Assad met Rome Mayor Walter Veltroni and demanded that Italian authorities make human rights in Syria the focus of bilateral talks
- FEBRUARY 20, 2002SyriaDEATH PENALTY
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, on his first visit...
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, on his first visit to the West since the September 11 attacks, pledged to support the battle against terrorism, but warned that a complete victory would be impossible
- FEBRUARY 20, 2002SyriaDEATH PENALTY
Hands off Cain, the Italian Radicals and other associations...
Hands off Cain, the Italian Radicals and other associations demonstrated in protest as Syrian dictator Bashar Assad met Rome Mayor Walter Veltroni and demanded that Italian authorities make human rights in Syria the focus of bilateral talks
- FEBRUARY 20, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
A debt collector escaped the gallows when the Court...
A debt collector escaped the gallows when the Court of Appeal in Kuala Lumpur set aside the death sentence imposed on him by the High Court for heroin trafficking and amended the charge to one of possession