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- NOVEMBER 6, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China has executed 46 people in two days, ahead of...
China has executed 46 people in two days, ahead of the 16th Communist Party Congress, human rights group Amnesty International has said
- NOVEMBER 6, 2002SwedenDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain's online moratorium campaign moves to...
Hands Off Cain's online moratorium campaign moves to Sweden today with the fourth national launch of the online appeal to the United Nations to approve a resolution for a worldwide moratorium on executions
- NOVEMBER 6, 2002DEATH PENALTY
MORATORIUM CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED IN SWEDEN
November 6, 2002: Hands Off Cain’s online campaign for a worldwide moratorium on executions is launched in Stockholm today. The campaign has already taken in Rome, Madrid, Nuremberg and will now move on to Paris, Athens, Tokyo and New York.
- NOVEMBER 5, 2002CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Jurors voted for death as the punishment for Paul Smith, 25
Jurors voted for death as the punishment for Paul Smith, 25
- NOVEMBER 5, 2002OhioDEATH PENALTY
Gregory Esparza will not be executed and eventually...
Gregory Esparza will not be executed and eventually could be paroled
- NOVEMBER 5, 2002VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
The Williamsburg-James City County Circuit Court jury...
The Williamsburg-James City County Circuit Court jury recommended that Jerry T
- NOVEMBER 5, 2002DenmarkDEATH PENALTY
Harlem Desir, French member of the European Parliament's...
Harlem Desir, French member of the European Parliament's Socialist Group, expressed concern that envisaging the extradition of Mr Akhmed Zakaiev, who was arrested at Russia's request when representing the Chechen President Mashkadov at the World Congress
- NOVEMBER 5, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Harlem Desir, French member of the European Parliament's...
Harlem Desir, French member of the European Parliament's Socialist Group, expressed concern that envisaging the extradition of Mr Akhmed Zakaiev, who was arrested at Russia's request when representing the Chechen President Mashkadov at the World Congress
- NOVEMBER 5, 2002FranceDEATH PENALTY
Harlem Desir, French member of the European Parliament's...
Harlem Desir, French member of the European Parliament's Socialist Group, expressed concern that envisaging the extradition of Mr Akhmed Zakaiev, who was arrested at Russia's request when representing the Chechen President Mashkadov at the World Congress
- NOVEMBER 5, 2002South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
The SA Human Rights Commission released its report...
The SA Human Rights Commission released its report on prisoners still on death row despite the abolition of the death penalty seven years ago
- NOVEMBER 5, 2002VenezuelaDEATH PENALTY
After that some 2 million signatures have been handed...
After that some 2 million signatures have been handed in, Venezuelan jurists and academics debated whether a referendum can be held asking if the president should resign and, if held, what its effect might be
- NOVEMBER 5, 2002United NationsDEATH PENALTY
At the Third Committee Ellen Margrethe Loj from Denmark,...
At the Third Committee Ellen Margrethe Loj from Denmark, speaking on behalf of the European Union, said capital punishment ought to be a feature of the past
- NOVEMBER 5, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Two executions were carried in western Iranian city...
Two executions were carried in western Iranian city of Marivan, the scene of bloody clashes and a prison riot in September
- NOVEMBER 5, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian woman found guilty of complicity to murder...
An Iranian woman found guilty of complicity to murder survived her execution by stoning by managing to escape the hole she was buried in, the Women In Iran website reported
- NOVEMBER 4, 2002New ZealandDEATH PENALTY
Prime Minister Helen Clark disagrees with the decision...
Prime Minister Helen Clark disagrees with the decision by Miss New Zealand, Rachel Huljich, to attend the Miss World contest in Nigeria
- NOVEMBER 4, 2002TurkmenistanDEATH PENALTY
The OSCE chairman-in-office, Portuguese Foreign Minister...
The OSCE chairman-in-office, Portuguese Foreign Minister Antonio Martins da Cruz, had talks at the Turkmen Ministry of Foreign Affairs to discuss further development of cooperation between Turkmenistan and the OSCE
- NOVEMBER 4, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
On the death penalty for raping young children, veteran...
On the death penalty for raping young children, veteran social activist and Nation Crime Prevention Foundation chairman Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye said the punishment is only one part of the solution and that the more important aspect lies in education
- NOVEMBER 4, 2002SpainDEATH PENALTY
Peter Raben, the attorney for Pablo Ibar, a Spaniard...
Peter Raben, the attorney for Pablo Ibar, a Spaniard on death row in Florida, plans to appeal the sentence against his client
- NOVEMBER 4, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
The Afarinesh daily reported that a man was sentenced...
The Afarinesh daily reported that a man was sentenced to execution by a court in Shiraz (southern Fars Province) and the verdict was upheld by the Supreme Court
- NOVEMBER 4, 2002South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
Sister Helen Prejean, the author and real life protagonist...
Sister Helen Prejean, the author and real life protagonist of the book that inspired the movie "Dead Man Walking", visited South Korea to join a death penalty abolishment campaign currently underway in the country
- NOVEMBER 3, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A court in the northeastern city of Mashhad sentenced...
A court in the northeastern city of Mashhad sentenced to death five culprits convicted of kidnapping and rape
- NOVEMBER 3, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The United Committee for the Abolition of the Death...
The United Committee for the Abolition of the Death Penalty, a Hong Kong-based group, launched a signature campaign along with religious and human rights organisations in Italy, Australia, France, the US and Taiwan
- NOVEMBER 3, 2002New ZealandDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International says Miss New Zealand's got it...
Amnesty International says Miss New Zealand's got it wrong on their position about a boycott of Miss World
- NOVEMBER 3, 2002New ZealandDEATH PENALTY
New Zealand's Miss World contestant, Rachel Huljich,...
New Zealand's Miss World contestant, Rachel Huljich, said she will go to the beauty pageant in Nigeria because she believes a boycott will not help a woman who faces a death sentence
- NOVEMBER 3, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Iranian state radio reported that Nader Sepah, who...
Iranian state radio reported that Nader Sepah, who was convicted of armed robbery, "immoral acts" and clashing with security forces was hanged in public in Khorramabad, located in the western province of Lorestan
- NOVEMBER 3, 2002AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Sidi Bel Abbes court, sitting in criminal session,...
The Sidi Bel Abbes court, sitting in criminal session, handed down the death penalty in absentia to elements from the terrorist group made up of "emir" Djilali D
- NOVEMBER 3, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Ettelaat newspaper reported that a drug trafficker...
Ettelaat newspaper reported that a drug trafficker found with close to a kilogram of heroin, named as Mohammad Keramti, was hanged in Tabriz jail, situated in the northwestern area of Iran
- NOVEMBER 3, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
The Information Service of the Student Movement Co-Ordination...
The Information Service of the Student Movement Co-Ordination Committee for Democracy in Iran (SMCCDI) said a person had been executed in the City of Tabriz
- NOVEMBER 3, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Iranian reformist legislators said they wanted to replace...
Iranian reformist legislators said they wanted to replace death by stoning with another form of punishment following European criticism of the practice
- NOVEMBER 3, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's parliament approved a bill providing for equal...
Iran's parliament approved a bill providing for equal "blood money" compensation to be paid for the deaths or injuries of non-Muslim Iranians as Muslims, a move aimed at protecting the rights of Iran's religious minorities