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- SEPTEMBER 29, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The director of operations in the Uganda Prisons Service,...
The director of operations in the Uganda Prisons Service, Moses Kakungulu, proposed that the execution of convicts be privatised if the death penalty cannot be abolished
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2001IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
In a recent case before the Illinois Supreme Court (People v
In a recent case before the Illinois Supreme Court (People v
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Six convicted criminals were executed in south China,...
Six convicted criminals were executed in south China, after mass sentencing rallies organised in two different locations in the city of Zhuhai, just north of Macau
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Yao Xiaohong, the Chinese reporter who exposed the...
Yao Xiaohong, the Chinese reporter who exposed the unauthorised removal of organs from executed prisoners by Chinese authorities, was sacked again for damaging interests of senior officials, the Hong Kong Information Centre for Human Rights and Democracy
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The British woman undercover journalist was captured...
The British woman undercover journalist was captured in Afghanistan and suspected spying - an offence which carries the mandatory death penalty
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2001BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
Efforts to agree a European Union-wide extradition...
Efforts to agree a European Union-wide extradition deal with the United States are running into trouble over the death penalty
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2001IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
The Illinois Supreme Court ordered a new trial for...
The Illinois Supreme Court ordered a new trial for Murray Blue, who admitted shooting Louis Moret in 1995, but argues it was self defense
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2001IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
The federal grand jury of the U
The federal grand jury of the U
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2001JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Osaka High Court upheld a death sentence against...
The Osaka High Court upheld a death sentence against a former gang leader for robbing and murdering a wealthy man and his daughter in Kobe and later burning their bodies in 1991
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2001RwandaDEATH PENALTY
In the first six months of 2001 Rwandan courts sentenced...
In the first six months of 2001 Rwandan courts sentenced 74 people to death for their part in the 1994 mass killing of Tutsi and politically moderate Hutus, a Rwandan human rights said
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2001BelarusDEATH PENALTY
Regular invitations of a Belarussian National Assembly...
Regular invitations of a Belarussian National Assembly delegation to sessions of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) show that the Belarussian parliament's status in this organization could be restored, the head of the Belarussian F
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2001UkraineDEATH PENALTY
Yabluko party deputies in the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada...
Yabluko party deputies in the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada (parliament) Mykhailo Brodsky, Viktor Chaika, and Yuri Sakhno submitted a bill to amend the Ukrainian Criminal Code to partially restore the application of the death penalty in the country