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- APRIL 19, 1999CanadaDEATH PENALTY
On April 19, Justice Minister Anne McLellan said that...
On April 19, Justice Minister Anne McLellan said that the European Union's resolution being debated at the Commission on Human Rights would, if passed, make Canada a safe haven for killers
- APRIL 19, 1999South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
On April 19, the Inkatha Freedom Party said numerous...
On April 19, the Inkatha Freedom Party said numerous surveys had shown that South Africans, irrespective of race, creed or color, were anxious about crime and believed the death penalty was an option
- APRIL 18, 1999TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
On April 18, the Party of the Democratic Left of Prime...
On April 18, the Party of the Democratic Left of Prime Minister Bulet Ecevit, the man responsible for Ocalan's arrest, and the Movement for Nationalist Action of the extreme right which asked for the death penalty for the Kurd leader, triumphed in the ele
- APRIL 18, 1999EgyptDEATH PENALTY
On April 18, in Heikstep, an Egyptian military court...
On April 18, in Heikstep, an Egyptian military court sentenced to death 9 of 107 defendants in the biggest trial of Muslim militants since those which followed the 1981 assassination of President Anwar Sadat
- APRIL 17, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
On April 17, Nasser Saffarian, film critic of the newspaper...
On April 17, Nasser Saffarian, film critic of the newspaper Salam, was arrested for signing a letter protesting against the killing of writers and intellectuals
- APRIL 17, 1999CubaDEATH PENALTY
On April 17, Fidel Castro promised to consider sparing...
On April 17, Fidel Castro promised to consider sparing the lives of the two Salvadorans sentenced to death for terrorism
- APRIL 17, 1999El SalvadorDEATH PENALTY
On April 17, Fidel Castro promised to consider sparing...
On April 17, Fidel Castro promised to consider sparing the lives of the two Salvadorans sentenced to death for terrorism in Cuba
- APRIL 17, 1999South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
On April 17, South Africa's President-in-waiting Thabo...
On April 17, South Africa's President-in-waiting Thabo Mbeki rejected a return to the death penalty, despite a string of brutal crimes
- APRIL 16, 1999LebanonDEATH PENALTY
On April 16, Beirut Chief Investigating Magistrate...
On April 16, Beirut Chief Investigating Magistrate Said Mirza demanded the death sentence for a woman, Fawz Hajj Hussein Ellao, her sons Abbas and Ellao, and two other men, Imad Matar and Youssef Mohammed, for allegedly murdering a 5-year-old girl, Zeinab
- APRIL 16, 1999UgandaDEATH PENALTY
On April 16, Supreme Court Justice George Kanyeihamba,...
On April 16, Supreme Court Justice George Kanyeihamba, a former attorney general, said that the death penalty was not supposed to apply to persons who defile girls over 13, and accused those who drafted the amended Penal Code of making the death penalty a
- APRIL 15, 1999LatviaDEATH PENALTY
On April 15, Parliament (64-15) voted to abolish the...
On April 15, Parliament (64-15) voted to abolish the death penalty
- APRIL 15, 1999AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
On April 15, Abdelaziz Bouteflika was elected President...
On April 15, Abdelaziz Bouteflika was elected President of Algeria