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- FEBRUARY 12, 2002LibyaDEATH PENALTY
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Pasi and Libyan...
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Pasi and Libyan Foreign Minister Abd al-Rahman Muhammed Shalqam discussed the case of the six Bulgarian medics facing the death penalty in Libya on charges of deliberately infecting 393 Libyan children with the HIV virus
- FEBRUARY 12, 2002LatviaDEATH PENALTY
The cabinet of ministers approved draft amendments...
The cabinet of ministers approved draft amendments to the Criminal Code, Criminal Law and the law on the enactment of the criminal law in order to bring this legislation in line with the international protocol on the abolition of the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 12, 2002BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Pasi and Libyan...
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Pasi and Libyan Foreign Minister Abd al-Rahman Muhammed Shalqam discussed the case of the six Bulgarian medics facing the death penalty in Libya on charges of deliberately infecting 393 Libyan children with the HIV virus
- FEBRUARY 12, 2002UkraineDEATH PENALTY
The Ukrainian embassy in the United Arab Emirates appealed...
The Ukrainian embassy in the United Arab Emirates appealed to court institutions in Dubai, asking them to commute the death sentence given to Andrei Svirid, who was condemned on February 9 for the murder of a Dubai jeweller
- FEBRUARY 12, 2002United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
The Ukrainian embassy in the United Arab Emirates appealed...
The Ukrainian embassy in the United Arab Emirates appealed to court institutions in Dubai, asking them to commute the death sentence given to Andrei Svirid, who was condemned on February 9 for the murder of a Dubai jeweller
- FEBRUARY 12, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Ugandan MPs on the joint committees of Legal and Parliamentary...
Ugandan MPs on the joint committees of Legal and Parliamentary Affairs and Defence and Internal Affairs recommended a mandatory death sentence for individuals who through terrorist acts cause the death of other people
- FEBRUARY 12, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Federal Government expressed reservations about...
The Federal Government expressed reservations about the European Union's concern over the death penalty for some offences in Nigeria
- FEBRUARY 12, 2002FijiDEATH PENALTY
The Fijian Cabinet agreed to amend the penal code to...
The Fijian Cabinet agreed to amend the penal code to remove the death penalty for treason charges [capital punishment was scrapped for most crimes in 1967, but was retained for treason and piracy]
- FEBRUARY 12, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said that the European...
Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said that the European Court of Human Rights was continuing to examine Turkey's death sentence against the chief of the terrorist organization [PKK] Abdullah Ocalan
- FEBRUARY 12, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A Pasig City court sentenced a man to die by lethal...
A Pasig City court sentenced a man to die by lethal injection for the abduction of a Chinese businessman in 1998
- FEBRUARY 12, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Iraj Rashvan was executed in Takestan, Iran
Iraj Rashvan was executed in Takestan, Iran
- FEBRUARY 11, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China released a Hong Kong businessman jailed for Bible...
China released a Hong Kong businessman jailed for Bible smuggling, following intense diplomatic pressure from America in the run-up to a visit to Beijing by President Bush