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- JANUARY 1, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Section 302 of the Penal Code carries a mandatory death...
Section 302 of the Penal Code carries a mandatory death sentence for murder
- JANUARY 1, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
More than 200 people have been hanged in Malaysia since...
More than 200 people have been hanged in Malaysia since a mandatory death penalty was introduced for convicted drug traffickers in 1975
- JANUARY 1, 2002SudanDEATH PENALTY
Up to 1998 Sudan was one of the few States in the world...
Up to 1998 Sudan was one of the few States in the world that allowed the death penalty for minors
- JANUARY 1, 2002MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
Some 40 prisoners have been sentenced to death in Morocco...
Some 40 prisoners have been sentenced to death in Morocco in recent years, including five Islamic activists of Moroccan and Algerian descent who were involved in arms smuggling and other crimes, human right groups say
- JANUARY 1, 2002RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Rwandan courts issued 74 death sentences in the first...
Rwandan courts issued 74 death sentences in the first six months of 2001, according to Amnesty International
- JANUARY 1, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The abolition of the death penalty begun in 1965 when...
The abolition of the death penalty begun in 1965 when hanging stopped being the punishment for murder
- JANUARY 1, 2002SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
According to recent government statistics, Singapore...
According to recent government statistics, Singapore has one of the highest execution rates in proportion to population in the world
- JANUARY 1, 2002DEATH PENALTY
East Timor became the first new sovereign state of...
East Timor became the first new sovereign state of the 21st century on the night between May 19 and 20, 2002
- JANUARY 1, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
President Arroyo suspended the law after taking office...
President Arroyo suspended the law after taking office in January 2001, but lifted the moratorium last October for convicted kidnappers after realizing that the freeze emboldened criminals
- JANUARY 1, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The abolishment of death penalty continues occupying...
The abolishment of death penalty continues occupying the political agenda
- JANUARY 1, 2002LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
An opinion poll held in July, 2002 showed that 73%...
An opinion poll held in July, 2002 showed that 73% of Lithuanians advocate the restoration of capital punishment for grave crimes and only 15% oppose capital punishment for all crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Nayereh Tohidi, a lecturer at the University of California...
Nayereh Tohidi, a lecturer at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA), in an interview with Radio Free Europe, said stoning is a double-standard punishment: "There is a double standard here, even though the practice is applied to both men and w