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- NOVEMBER 5, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
South Africa is in shock over a surge in the rape of...
South Africa is in shock over a surge in the rape of children and even babies, fuelled by a myth that sex with a virgin will protect a man against AIDS, activists said
- NOVEMBER 5, 2001GermanyDEATH PENALTY
The German foreign ministry said that it was urgently...
The German foreign ministry said that it was urgently trying to contact eight aid workers accused by the Taliban of spreading Christianity among Afghans
- NOVEMBER 5, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A man who tortured a hotel worker to death in Cornwall...
A man who tortured a hotel worker to death in Cornwall was jailed for life
- NOVEMBER 5, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
The German foreign ministry said that it was urgently...
The German foreign ministry said that it was urgently trying to contact eight aid workers accused by the Taliban of spreading Christianity among Afghans
- NOVEMBER 5, 2001Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
The ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of...
The ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has had "a major impact on the human rights situation in the country", with torture reported in government-as well as rebel-held areas, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robi
- NOVEMBER 5, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Thousands of Muslims staged separate protests in several...
Thousands of Muslims staged separate protests in several cities across the country, urging authorities to take firm action against pornographic products
- NOVEMBER 5, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The Star and Crescent Party (PBB), a small Islamic...
The Star and Crescent Party (PBB), a small Islamic party, has proposed that people convicted of corruption be given the death penalty to help eradicate graft in Indonesia
- NOVEMBER 5, 2001Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
Forcing 63 Burmese immigrants to return home could...
Forcing 63 Burmese immigrants to return home could put their lives in danger, said Wasant Panich, a member of Thailand's National Human Rights Committee, as authorities revealed a plan to send the immigrants back by leaving them at a border village in Bur
- NOVEMBER 5, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Yugoslavia Monday abolished the death penalty, when...
Yugoslavia Monday abolished the death penalty, when the lower house of parliament adopted a revised penal code that had last been overhauled in 1977, Tanjug news agency reported
- NOVEMBER 5, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
The German foreign ministry said that it was urgently...
The German foreign ministry said that it was urgently trying to contact eight aid workers accused by the Taliban of spreading Christianity among Afghans
- NOVEMBER 5, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Forcing 63 Burmese immigrants to return home could...
Forcing 63 Burmese immigrants to return home could put their lives in danger, said Wasant Panich, a member of Thailand's National Human Rights Committee, as authorities revealed a plan to send the immigrants back by leaving them at a border village in Bur
- NOVEMBER 5, 2001SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
YUGOSLAVIA ABROGATES THE DEATH PENALTY
November 5, 2001: the Chamber of Citizens of Yugoslavia’s Federal parliament voted to replace capital punishment in the Criminal Code with a prison sentence of forty years.