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- DECEMBER 4, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
A Civil Forum attended by representatives of all 22...
A Civil Forum attended by representatives of all 22 organizations comprising the Russian Democratic Conference on November 21 and 22 adopted two documents
- DECEMBER 4, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Walter Schwimmer, Secretary-General of the Council...
Walter Schwimmer, Secretary-General of the Council of Europe, on initiatives to enhance police and judicial co-operation in the fight against terrorism:"The attacks of September 11 made the fight against terrorism a fundamental political priority for gove
- DECEMBER 4, 2001AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
Cuhuatemoc Hinricky Peraita, 25, a Holman Prison inmate...
Cuhuatemoc Hinricky Peraita, 25, a Holman Prison inmate found guilty in September of murdering Quincy Lewis, a fellow inmate, was sentenced to the electric chair in an Escambia County courtroom
- DECEMBER 4, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
The opposition Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) said it...
The opposition Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) said it wanted the death penalty imposed against child rapists
- DECEMBER 4, 2001TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
A handful of death row inmates could get their death...
A handful of death row inmates could get their death sentences reduced to life imprisonment thanks to a Tennessee Supreme Court ruling that says both the Tennessee and federal constitutions bar executing anyone who is mentally retarded
- DECEMBER 4, 2001JapanDEATH PENALTY
Shizuka Kamei, a former policy chief of the ruling...
Shizuka Kamei, a former policy chief of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), and seven other lawmakers belonging to a group opposing capital punishment asked Justice Minister Mayumi Moriyama not to carry out any further death sentences
- DECEMBER 4, 2001IraqDEATH PENALTY
The UN Third Committee concluded session by approving...
The UN Third Committee concluded session by approving draft resolutions on human rights in Myanmar, Afghanistan, Iraq, Democratic Republic of Congo
- DECEMBER 4, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The UN Third Committee concluded session by approving...
The UN Third Committee concluded session by approving draft resolutions on human rights in Myanmar, Afghanistan, Iraq, Democratic Republic of Congo
- DECEMBER 4, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The main opposition Grand National Party (GNP) said...
The main opposition Grand National Party (GNP) said that it would try to limit the government anti-terror body's investigative powers in a bid to prevent the possible abuse of power
- DECEMBER 3, 2001SudanDEATH PENALTY
Explaining his delegation's position before the vote...
Explaining his delegation's position before the vote on a draft proposal on the situation of human rights in Sudan at the UN Third Committee session, the representative of Sudan objected that the resolution continually cited the use of the death penalty
- DECEMBER 3, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
The Inkatha Freedom Party said that South Africans...
The Inkatha Freedom Party said that South Africans should be allowed a referendum to vote on whether the death penalty should be reinstated for child rapists
- DECEMBER 3, 2001AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
Judge Sue Bell Cobb, of an appeals court has ruled...
Judge Sue Bell Cobb, of an appeals court has ruled that death row inmate James Lewis Martin Jr