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- MAY 22, 2000AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
Inmates sentenced to death and awaiting execution at...
Inmates sentenced to death and awaiting execution at Batna's Tazoult prison entered their second day of hunger strike to complain against detention conditions
- MAY 22, 2000Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
Sri Lanka's police narcotics bureau said it had seized...
Sri Lanka's police narcotics bureau said it had seized 38 kilograms (kg) of heroin, the largest ever haul in the country, considered a major transit point for international drug smugglers
- MAY 22, 2000SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Chan Choon Wai, a 20-year old Malaysian electrician,...
Chan Choon Wai, a 20-year old Malaysian electrician, failed to have his death sentence overturned by the Court of Appeal
- MAY 22, 2000EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
"Swazis believe in justice and letting the punishment...
"Swazis believe in justice and letting the punishment fit the crime," said Justice Minister Maweni Simelane
- MAY 22, 2000Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
Ka Hsaw Wa, a member of Burma's Karen ethnic minority...
Ka Hsaw Wa, a member of Burma's Karen ethnic minority and co-director of the Earthrights International (ERI) documented hundreds of cases of rape, execution and confiscation of property carried out by the military, from 1995 to 2000, during the building o
- MAY 21, 2000RomaniaDEATH PENALTY
The foreign policy commissions of the Romanian and...
The foreign policy commissions of the Romanian and Moldovan parliaments signed a joint declaration in which the two countries requested a new trial of the Ilie Ilascu case
- MAY 21, 2000MoldovaDEATH PENALTY
The foreign policy commissions with the parliaments...
The foreign policy commissions with the parliaments of Moldova and Romania signed a joint declaration in which the two countries expressed their bid to join the EU and request a new trial of the Ilascu case
- MAY 21, 2000Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
A Palestinian military court sentenced Kamal and Husam...
A Palestinian military court sentenced Kamal and Husam Hammad to death in absentia
- MAY 20, 2000SyriaDEATH PENALTY
The Syrian journalist Faysal Sha'bu, who was residing...
The Syrian journalist Faysal Sha'bu, who was residing in Jordan illegally and seeking political asylum, said he faced the death penalty if he decided to return to Syria
- MAY 20, 2000JordanDEATH PENALTY
The Syrian journalist Faysal Sha'bu, who was residing...
The Syrian journalist Faysal Sha'bu, who was residing in Jordan illegally and seeking political asylum, said he faced the death penalty if he decided to return to Syria
- MAY 19, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Following a rally held by the Yinchuan Intermediate...
Following a rally held by the Yinchuan Intermediate People's Court to pronounce their sentences, five convicted criminals were taken to the execution ground and executed by a firing squad
- MAY 19, 2000Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
The New York-based Human Rights Watch said that Sankoh,...
The New York-based Human Rights Watch said that Sankoh, who took up arms in 1991, should not be subjected to "mob rule" and that any trial should be fair, and preferably before an international tribunal