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- DECEMBER 5, 2001BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
The European Union's 15 member states were among 114...
The European Union's 15 member states were among 114 countries that agreed an unprecedented declaration reaffirming the illegality of Jewish settlements in the occupied territories and calling on Israel to respect international humanitarian law
- DECEMBER 5, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
In the northern Nigerian state of Sokoto, a woman is...
In the northern Nigerian state of Sokoto, a woman is awaiting the outcome of an appeal against a conviction for adultery by an Islamic, or Sharia, court
- DECEMBER 5, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Safiya Hussaini Tudu, the Sokoto woman convicted of...
Safiya Hussaini Tudu, the Sokoto woman convicted of adultery by a Sharia court cried out for justice to be done to her
- DECEMBER 5, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Safiya Hussaini's lawyer, a man called Abdulkadar Imam...
Safiya Hussaini's lawyer, a man called Abdulkadar Imam Ibrahim, does not inspire confidence
- DECEMBER 5, 2001ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Patriotic Front president Michael Sata said though...
Patriotic Front president Michael Sata said though Zambia had acceded to a number of international conventions, he would still put the issue of the death penalty to the people to decide
- DECEMBER 5, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A senior Chinese Communist Party official was executed...
A senior Chinese Communist Party official was executed for hiring hitmen to assassinate a political opponent and his wife and also for corruption, the official Xinhua News Agency reported
- DECEMBER 5, 2001SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
A man who claimed his offer of S$100,000 to a group...
A man who claimed his offer of S$100,000 to a group of four youths to kill his estranged wife was a joke was sentenced to hang for abetting her murder
- DECEMBER 5, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The Czech Justice Ministry received official files...
The Czech Justice Ministry received official files from the judiciary bodies of Uzbekistan asking for Uzbek dissident Mukhammed Salikh's extradition
- DECEMBER 5, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The Czech Justice Ministry received official files...
The Czech Justice Ministry received official files from the judiciary bodies of Uzbekistan asking for Uzbek dissident Mukhammed Salikh's extradition
- DECEMBER 5, 2001Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Markham Open MP Andrew Baing asked Papua New Guinea's...
Markham Open MP Andrew Baing asked Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Sir Mekere Morauta if his Government was bold enough to introduce the death penalty for major crimes like wilful murder, pack-rape and rape
- DECEMBER 5, 2001FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Circuit Judge Barbara Fleischer has ruled that death...
Circuit Judge Barbara Fleischer has ruled that death row inmate Juan Melendez deserves a new trial because prosecutors withheld evidence that may have changed the outcome of his trial
- DECEMBER 5, 2001DEATH PENALTY
SAFIYA AWAITS OUTCOME OF APPEAL
December 5, 2001: in the northern Nigerian state of Sokoto, a woman is awaiting the outcome of an appeal against a conviction for adultery by an Islamic, or Sharia, court. If the appeal fails, Safiyatu Huseini will be stoned to death.