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- FEBRUARY 26, 1999SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
On February 26, Singapore hanged 3 people, 2 men and...
On February 26, Singapore hanged 3 people, 2 men and a woman, for strangling and stabbing a woman to death
- FEBRUARY 25, 1999SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
On February 25, the High Court condemned to death odd-job...
On February 25, the High Court condemned to death odd-job laborer Mohamed Ibrahim Moulana Abdul Kader, 35, but his brother, bartender Mohamed Makar Moulana Abdul Kader, 24, was acquitted
- FEBRUARY 25, 1999ItalyDEATH PENALTY
On February 25, the Italian Senate passed a motion,...
On February 25, the Italian Senate passed a motion, first signatory Ersilia Salvato, engaging the Government to expand the text of the resolution for presentation at the UN Commission on Human Rights in Geneva, by including paragraphs regarding the refusa
- FEBRUARY 25, 1999MissouriDEATH PENALTY
On February 25, a bill to abolish the death penalty,...
On February 25, a bill to abolish the death penalty, sponsored by Springfield Democratic State Representative Mike Schilling, was defeated in the House Criminal Law Committee
- FEBRUARY 24, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On February 24, the Anti-Terrorism Court in Gujranwala...
On February 24, the Anti-Terrorism Court in Gujranwala announced a 7-times death sentence, a 2-times life imprisonment, and a 321-year imprisonment for each of the three agents of the Research and Analysis Wing [RAW] for conducting bomb blasts in Gujranwa
- FEBRUARY 24, 1999Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
On February 24, Human Rights Watch released a report...
On February 24, Human Rights Watch released a report stating that in areas of actual fighting government forces and some of its foreign allies, particularly Angola, had carried out summary executions
- FEBRUARY 24, 1999New MexicoDEATH PENALTY
A bill to abolish the death penalty passed 6-5 the...
A bill to abolish the death penalty passed 6-5 the House Judiciary Committee on February 24
- FEBRUARY 24, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On February 24, Luzhou City Intermediate Court in Sichuan...
On February 24, Luzhou City Intermediate Court in Sichuan sentenced Zhou Yan to death on charges of corruption
- FEBRUARY 23, 1999Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
On February 23, the Forum of the Representatives of...
On February 23, the Forum of the Representatives of State Corporations and Statutory Bodies urged the Government to take steps to arrest the rising wave of crime in the country by amending Section 296 of the Penal Code to include murder, sexual abuse agai
- FEBRUARY 22, 1999CyprusDEATH PENALTY
On February 22, the Cyprus Government supported a joint...
On February 22, the Cyprus Government supported a joint statement by EU foreign ministers expressing the view that PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan should have an open and fair trial before an independent court and in the presence of lawyers chosen by him and i
- FEBRUARY 20, 1999BahrainDEATH PENALTY
On February 20, the trial of Sheikh Abdul-Amir al-Jamri,...
On February 20, the trial of Sheikh Abdul-Amir al-Jamri, Bahrain's leading Shiite Muslim opposition activist began in the island's State Security Court and was adjourned to allow Jamri's wife, who was also present with their three sons, to form a group of
- FEBRUARY 19, 1999PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
On February 19, President Estrada wrote to Supreme...
On February 19, President Estrada wrote to Supreme Court Chief Justice Hilario Davide to ensure that "pauper" litigants in capital cases are given competent lawyers