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- JANUARY 26, 1999Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
On January 26, the Privy Council ruled on constitutional...
On January 26, the Privy Council ruled on constitutional motions brought by Darrin Roger Thomas and Haniff Hilaire, who were both under sentence of death in Trinidad and Tobago, stating "that to carry out the death sentences imposed on the men before the
- JANUARY 25, 1999VietnamDEATH PENALTY
On January 25, Prime Minister Phan Van Khai said he...
On January 25, Prime Minister Phan Van Khai said he wanted fewer death penalties handed down, and dislikes the use of firing squads
- JANUARY 25, 1999JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
On January 25, Justice Wesley James dismissed Patrick...
On January 25, Justice Wesley James dismissed Patrick Taylor's and Anthony McLeod's summonses complaining about the inhumane conditions in which they are being kept in prison
- JANUARY 25, 1999MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
On January 25, the independent Moroccan Human Rights...
On January 25, the independent Moroccan Human Rights Association (AMDH) urged the authorities to abolish the death sentence
- JANUARY 25, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On January 25, the No
On January 25, the No
- JANUARY 23, 1999Vatican CityDEATH PENALTY
On January 23, addressing 10,000 Roman Catholics crammed...
On January 23, addressing 10,000 Roman Catholics crammed into the Basilica of Guadalupe, in Mexico, one of the church's most venerated sites, Pope John Paul II appeared to be wagging his finger both at Mexico and the United States, his two hosts on his 85
- JANUARY 23, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On January 23, Syed Ayub Haider Naqvi alias Chanda,...
On January 23, Syed Ayub Haider Naqvi alias Chanda, a 26-year-old auto-engineer was sentenced to death by a military court in Karachi for his involvement in the murder of Mohammad Ismail Memon, Chairman of the Board of Secondary Education and his driver,
- JANUARY 23, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On January 23, the Federal Government filed a review...
On January 23, the Federal Government filed a review petition in the Supreme Court urging the Apex Court to vacate its interim decision taken on January 11 that bars executions ordered by military courts established under Art
- JANUARY 22, 1999AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
On January 22, Azerbaijan acceded to the Second Optional...
On January 22, Azerbaijan acceded to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights aiming at the abolition of the death penalty
- JANUARY 22, 1999LebanonDEATH PENALTY
On January, 22, Military Prosecutor Nasri Lahoud requested...
On January, 22, Military Prosecutor Nasri Lahoud requested the death sentence for Lieut
- JANUARY 22, 1999GuatemalaDEATH PENALTY
On January 22, a Guatemala City court handed down 100-year...
On January 22, a Guatemala City court handed down 100-year sentences to each of 4 police detectives, including the former chief of an anti-kidnapping squad, finding them guilty of 2 kidnappings
- JANUARY 21, 1999RussiaDEATH PENALTY
On January 21, Anatoly Pristavkin, a writer and chairman...
On January 21, Anatoly Pristavkin, a writer and chairman of the presidential pardons commission, said it was a struggle to persuade the public of the need to do away with capital punishment