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- DECEMBER 2, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
An NGO based in Abuja, the Multmedia Centre for Democracy,...
An NGO based in Abuja, the Multmedia Centre for Democracy, decried the death sentence passed on Safiya Hussaini in Sokoto state
- DECEMBER 2, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The 16 Afghan employees of Shelter Now International...
The 16 Afghan employees of Shelter Now International [arrested with the eight Western aid-workers] were freed when the Northern Alliance forces entered Kabul
- DECEMBER 2, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The man hanged as an alleged American spy in Martyrs'...
The man hanged as an alleged American spy in Martyrs' Square in Kandahar, with a satellite phone strung to his corpse, was a senior aide of Mullah Khakser, the former intelligence minister who since his recent defection has revealed how Osama bin Laden ba
- DECEMBER 2, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
The African National Congress Youth League said it...
The African National Congress Youth League said it would stage protests at the justice departments in the Free State, Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal to highlight women and child abuse
- DECEMBER 2, 2001IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A division bench of the Patna High Court asked government...
A division bench of the Patna High Court asked government advocate S D Yadav to allow Arnit Das, a death-sentence convict, free movement out of the cell on the premises of the Phulwarisharif jail for two hours each in the morning and evening
- DECEMBER 2, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Halima Abdullahi, director of Help Eliminate Loneliness...
Halima Abdullahi, director of Help Eliminate Loneliness and Poverty, HELP, a non-governmental organisation, said the verdict condemning Safiya Hussaini to death by stoning for adultery "was a thorough embarrassment" to the majority of Nigerian Muslims
- DECEMBER 1, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
The death sentence is carried out by hanging for civilians...
The death sentence is carried out by hanging for civilians and by firing squad for soldiers
- DECEMBER 1, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Of the 371 sentenced to death, 247 were convicted on...
Of the 371 sentenced to death, 247 were convicted on drugs charges
- DECEMBER 1, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Attorney General, Daryl Williams is working on legislation...
Attorney General, Daryl Williams is working on legislation which will profoundly alter Australia's criminal justice system
- DECEMBER 1, 2001EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
The execution of ethnic Borenas in Oromiya Regional...
The execution of ethnic Borenas in Oromiya Regional State [central Ethiopia] resumed after a short lull
- DECEMBER 1, 2001EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Egypt condemned statements by the European Parliament...
Egypt condemned statements by the European Parliament (EP) expressing concern about human rights violations in Egypt, AFP said, citing a report published by the state-run press
- DECEMBER 1, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
United Nations High Commission for Human Rights Mary...
United Nations High Commission for Human Rights Mary Robertson said that she wants an inquiry in to the killings of Taliban prisoners at a fort in Afghanistan amid allegations that some of the men were shot execution style