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54,405 ARTICLES · 1998—2026The news from the three battles.
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- DECEMBER 3, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On December 3, Judge Rahmat Hussain Jafferi of Anti...
On December 3, Judge Rahmat Hussain Jafferi of Anti Terrorism Court-1 sentenced to death Amir Buksh, 28, for killing HC Muhammed Yousuf on October 20, in his desperate bid to avoid arrest by a team of Anti-Dacoity and Robbery Cell (ADRC) in Malir
- DECEMBER 3, 1999UkraineDEATH PENALTY
On December 3, Deputy Justice Minister Lidia Gorbunova...
On December 3, Deputy Justice Minister Lidia Gorbunova said Ukraine was moving towards abolition of death penalty even though the society regarded this as premature because the Council of Europe was pressing for abolition, and Ukraine itself was willing t
- DECEMBER 3, 1999EstoniaDEATH PENALTY
A survey released on December 3, made by the private...
A survey released on December 3, made by the private EMOR polling firm, showed support for capital punishment was highest in Estonia, where 64% of people said they would like it restored
- DECEMBER 3, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On December 3, Lin Guoti, former director of the Machinery...
On December 3, Lin Guoti, former director of the Machinery Industry Bureau of Hunan Province, was sentenced to death following his conviction on charges of bribery
- DECEMBER 2, 1999TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
On December 2, a Chinese court sentenced 2 Taiwan citizens...
On December 2, a Chinese court sentenced 2 Taiwan citizens to death and jailed 2 others for trying to smuggle out 44
- DECEMBER 2, 1999BelizeDEATH PENALTY
On December 2, Alan Cal, 20, and Estevan Sho, 21, were...
On December 2, Alan Cal, 20, and Estevan Sho, 21, were sentenced to death by a jury at the Dangriga Supreme Court after a two-week trial for the murder of Anna Lightfoot, a 27-year-old British aid worker stabbed in the jungle in August 1998
- DECEMBER 2, 1999ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
On December 2, constitutional commissioners made frantic...
On December 2, constitutional commissioners made frantic last minute efforts to stop Commission Chairman, Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku from bulldozing them into accepting a "defective" final draft of a new Constitution
- DECEMBER 2, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On December 2, a Chinese court sentenced 2 Taiwan citizens...
On December 2, a Chinese court sentenced 2 Taiwan citizens to death and jailed 2 more for trying to smuggle out 44
- DECEMBER 1, 1999BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
In December, according to Cumhuriyet, the Public Prosecutor's...
In December, according to Cumhuriyet, the Public Prosecutor's Office in Istanbul has officially requested the extradition of Yalcin Ozbey, one of the key figures in the Abdi Ipekci murder, from Belgium
- DECEMBER 1, 1999AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
In December, at a Kabul soccer stadium, a woman identified...
In December, at a Kabul soccer stadium, a woman identified solely as Zarmeena, her face covered by a blue "burka," was shot before about 4,000 people
- DECEMBER 1, 1999LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
In December, a poll, by the private EMOR polling firm,...
In December, a poll, by the private EMOR polling firm, showed support for capital punishment in Lithuania as being 63 %
- DECEMBER 1, 1999New ZealandDEATH PENALTY
In December, Bret Bestic, regional manager of Auckland...
In December, Bret Bestic, regional manager of Auckland Prison at Paremoremo for the last 16 months, said: "There are people who are exceptionally violent and show little or no remorse and there is a strong case for capital punishment for those people