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- DECEMBER 19, 2002DEATH PENALTY
The European Parliament drew attention to the human...
The European Parliament drew attention to the human rights situation in Tibet by adopting a resolution calling on the Chinese Government to pursue the dialogue with the representatives of the Dalai Lama and urging the EU to link its financial aid to China
- DECEMBER 19, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Thirty people, including lawyers and separatist leaders,...
Thirty people, including lawyers and separatist leaders, were taken into preventive custody as violent demonstrations marked day-long demonstrations staged by the Kashmir Bar Association to protest the death sentence issued to the Parliament attack case c
- DECEMBER 19, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Praveen Togadia, secretary-general of the Vishwa Hindu...
Praveen Togadia, secretary-general of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad welcomed the death sentence awarded to three of the four accused in the Parliament attack case, saying that to control "jehadi" terrorism, it was imperative that capital punishment be handed
- DECEMBER 19, 2002MississippiDEATH PENALTY
A man found guilty of capital murder in the death of...
A man found guilty of capital murder in the death of a 6-month-old girl was sentenced to the death penalty
- DECEMBER 19, 2002OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
A Mayes County judge sentenced Steven Thacker to death...
A Mayes County judge sentenced Steven Thacker to death for fatally stabbing and strangling a young woman during a three-state crime spree nearly 3 years ago
- DECEMBER 19, 2002OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
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- DECEMBER 19, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
In a 6-3 ruling, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals...
In a 6-3 ruling, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals reduced the capital murder conviction and overturned the death sentence for John Milton Herrin, who had been on death row since August 2000
- DECEMBER 19, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Philippines Supreme Court ordered the release of...
The Philippines Supreme Court ordered the release of a death row inmate after it determined that there was insufficient evidence to support his conviction for rape and murder
- DECEMBER 19, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Pakistan-based militants promised to step up attacks...
Pakistan-based militants promised to step up attacks in Indian Kashmir to protest the death sentences handed to Syed Abdul Rahman Geelani, Mohammed Afzal and Shaukat Hussain Guru on December 18 for their part in a deadly attack on the Indian Parliament
- DECEMBER 18, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
The European Union handed to Iran a list of individual...
The European Union handed to Iran a list of individual human rights cases during two days of talks on the thorny issue in Tehran, a statement from the 15-member bloc said
- DECEMBER 18, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
76 per cent of respondents to an online survey conducted...
76 per cent of respondents to an online survey conducted by the New Straits Times said they wanted to see the death penalty applied to people convicted of child rape
- DECEMBER 18, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Ang Iem Soei, a Dutch citizen of 50, was a sentenced...
Ang Iem Soei, a Dutch citizen of 50, was a sentenced to death by the Tangerang district court for a producing and trafficking millions of ecstasy pills between September 1999 and March 2002
- DECEMBER 18, 2002Côte d’IvoireDEATH PENALTY
Radio France Internationale reported Ibrahim Doumbia,...
Radio France Internationale reported Ibrahim Doumbia, vice-president of the Ivorian Human Rights Movement, as saying that arbitrary arrests, house searches without warrants, and summary executions had turned into a daily phenomenon in certain parts of the
- DECEMBER 18, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
Kunihiko Hamakawa, 42, was sentenced to death by the...
Kunihiko Hamakawa, 42, was sentenced to death by the Tsu District Court for murdering two men and stealing approximately 12 million yen in Mie Prefecture in 1994
- DECEMBER 18, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Officials revealed that six drug traffickers were executed...
Officials revealed that six drug traffickers were executed by firing squad in Ha Tinh province, central Vietnam
- DECEMBER 18, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The Indonesian police investigation chief Made Mangku...
The Indonesian police investigation chief Made Mangku Pastika said that the Perpetrators of the Bali bombing would not be found innocent when they faced judgment in February 2003
- DECEMBER 18, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
The Indonesian police investigation chief Made Mangku...
The Indonesian police investigation chief Made Mangku Pastika said that the Perpetrators of the Bali bombing would not be found innocent when they faced judgment in February 2003
- DECEMBER 18, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Police in Jammu and Kashmir were put on high alert...
Police in Jammu and Kashmir were put on high alert after a POTA (Prevention of Terrorism Act) designated court in New Delhi awarded death sentences to three Kashmiris, namely Syed Abdur, Rehman Geelani, Showkat Guru and Mohammad Afzal for the attack on pa
- DECEMBER 18, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Abdul Sattar Guru, father of Shaukat Guru, one of the...
Abdul Sattar Guru, father of Shaukat Guru, one of the men sentenced to death by a POTA court in New Delhi for the Parliament attack case, spoke out in his son's defence: "I can say with authority that my son Shaukat has been sentenced for nothing
- DECEMBER 18, 2002NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
Ang Iem Soei, a Dutch citizen of 50, was a sentenced...
Ang Iem Soei, a Dutch citizen of 50, was a sentenced to death by the Tangerang district court in Indonesia for a producing and trafficking millions of ecstasy pills between September 1999 and March 2002
- DECEMBER 18, 2002UkraineDEATH PENALTY
Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma signed into law the...
Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma signed into law the bill on ratification of Protocol 13 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, dealing with abolition of death penalty under all circumstances
- DECEMBER 18, 2002PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
Dauphin County Judge Jeannine Turgeon has thrown out...
Dauphin County Judge Jeannine Turgeon has thrown out the death sentence of a condemned serial killer, citing a Supreme Court of the United States ruling that determined executing the mentally retarded is unconstitutional
- DECEMBER 18, 2002DEATH PENALTY
2 death sentences were canceled and a 3rd was upheld...
2 death sentences were canceled and a 3rd was upheld as the Nevada Supreme Court revised state laws to comply with a recent U
- DECEMBER 18, 2002FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Death row inmate Rudolph Holton deserves a new trial...
Death row inmate Rudolph Holton deserves a new trial for the 1986 murder of a girl, the state Supreme Court ruled
- DECEMBER 18, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
An anti-terrorism court in Delhi sentenced to death...
An anti-terrorism court in Delhi sentenced to death three men convicted of helping militants attack India's parliament in 2001
- DECEMBER 18, 2002DEATH PENALTY
THREE DEATH SENTENCES FOR INDIA PARLIAMENT RAID
December 18, 2002: an anti-terrorism court in Delhi has sentenced to death three men convicted of helping militants attack India´s parliament last year. Mohammed Afzal, a 35-year-old fruit merchant, Shaukat Hussain and Abdul Rehman Geelani, a Delhi colleg
- DECEMBER 18, 2002DEATH PENALTY
KAZAKHSTAN ANNOUNCES MORATORIUM ON DEATH PENALTY, HOC WELCOMES NEWS
December 18, 2002: Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has signed a death penalty moratorium, deputy head of the presidential administration in charge of the state and legal department Igor Rogov said at a Thursday briefing in Astana.
- DECEMBER 17, 2002South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
In its "2001 Human Rights Report," the Korean Bar Association...
In its "2001 Human Rights Report," the Korean Bar Association said the U
- DECEMBER 17, 2002GambiaDEATH PENALTY
The Gambia Bar Association criticised the proposed...
The Gambia Bar Association criticised the proposed amendment bills on criminal and civil proceedings to be tabled for enactment to the National Assembly
- DECEMBER 17, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Supreme Court Chairman Vyacheslav Lebedev said that...
Supreme Court Chairman Vyacheslav Lebedev said that jury-based courts would begin to operate in 70 of Russia's 89 regions on January 1, 2003