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- JANUARY 21, 2002DEATH PENALTY
ANOTHER NIGERIAN WOMAN RISKS DEATH BY STONING
January 21, 2002: another woman in Nigeria’s northern Sokoto State, Hafsatu Abubakar, faces trial for adultery and risks death by stoning.
- JANUARY 20, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz said the...
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz said the government aims to abolish the death penalty in 2002 as it strives to meet European Union standards
- JANUARY 20, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Rangpur gave the death penalty to Moksed...
A court in Rangpur gave the death penalty to Moksed Ali and a life term to his accomplice Akramul Hossain on charges of rape and murder
- JANUARY 20, 2002Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
Two men, a Thai and a Burmese, were sentenced to death...
Two men, a Thai and a Burmese, were sentenced to death for possessing 200,000 speed pills with intent to sell
- JANUARY 20, 2002TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
The chairman of the criminal collegium of the Supreme...
The chairman of the criminal collegium of the Supreme Court of Tajikistan, Fakhriddin Dodomatov, said: "I think the time for abolishing capital punishment has not yet come
- JANUARY 20, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Two men, a Thai and a Burmese, were sentenced to death...
Two men, a Thai and a Burmese, were sentenced to death for possessing 200,000 speed pills with intent to sell
- JANUARY 20, 2002RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Two people were sentenced to death in a joint trial...
Two people were sentenced to death in a joint trial of 23 suspects of genocide and other crimes against humanity, committed in the former Gungu Sector [phonetic] of Rwanda
- JANUARY 20, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian court in Poldokhtar sentenced Ali Safar...
An Iranian court in Poldokhtar sentenced Ali Safar pour Rajab to death
- JANUARY 19, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
In a seminar on Indonesian Transition to Democracy,...
In a seminar on Indonesian Transition to Democracy, legal expert Nursyahbani Katjasungkana said that capital punishment must be abolished from the Indonesian legal system
- JANUARY 19, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
An indicted murderer escaped death with the noose on...
An indicted murderer escaped death with the noose on his neck in Iran's northern city of Lahijan in the Gilan Province after being pardoned by the victim's family, the Persian daily Iran said
- JANUARY 19, 2002OmanDEATH PENALTY
An overseas Filipino worker sentenced to death by a...
An overseas Filipino worker sentenced to death by a Shariah Court in Oman in 1999 is safely back at home with his loved ones after he was pardoned by the Sultan of Oman at the close of the holy month of Ramadan
- JANUARY 19, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
An overseas Filipino worker sentenced to death by a...
An overseas Filipino worker sentenced to death by a Shariah Court in Oman in 1999 is safely back at home with his loved ones after he was pardoned by the Sultan of Oman at the close of the holy month of Ramadan