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- OCTOBER 29, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigeria vowed to block Islamic courts from carrying...
Nigeria vowed to block Islamic courts from carrying out any executions by stoning, promising to hold the line against sentences in northern states that have provoked international protests and boycott threats
- OCTOBER 29, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Six criminals convicted of murder, kidnapping and robbery...
Six criminals convicted of murder, kidnapping and robbery were executed in Haikou, capital of south China's Hainan Province
- OCTOBER 29, 2002KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
Kasymzhomart Tokayev, the Kazakh foreign minister also...
Kasymzhomart Tokayev, the Kazakh foreign minister also said in an interview with journalists following a meeting with acting OSCE Chairman, Portuguese Minister of Foreign Affairs and [Portuguese Communities Antonio Martins da Cruz in [Kazakh capital] Asta
- OCTOBER 29, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Six criminals convicted of murder, kidnapping and robbery...
Six criminals convicted of murder, kidnapping and robbery were executed in Haikou, capital of south China's Hainan Province
- OCTOBER 29, 2002GermanyDEATH PENALTY
The Stop the death penalty through Internet campaign...
The Stop the death penalty through Internet campaign launch in Nuremberg was attended by city mayor Horst Förther (SPD), Elisabetta Zamparutti; HOC Board Member , Emma Bonino, MEP, Sophia Hedmark, Miss Sweden World and Peter Beat of the Pocket Opera Compa
- OCTOBER 29, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Three ethnic minority Christians have been executed...
Three ethnic minority Christians have been executed by Vietnamese authorities as part of a recent crackdown on "illegal" Christian churches, according to the Montagnard Foundation, a human rights watch group based in South Carolina
- OCTOBER 28, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed a Palestinian man, identified...
Saudi Arabia executed a Palestinian man, identified as Emad al-Deeb, who burnt his father to death after an argument, the Interior Ministry said
- OCTOBER 28, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
UN's special rapporteur of the Commission on the independence...
UN's special rapporteur of the Commission on the independence of judges and lawyers Dato'Param Cumaraswamy has expressed appreciation for facilitating his mission, and said the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia had shown utmost cooperation with him, as well as expr
- OCTOBER 28, 2002NamibiaDEATH PENALTY
Several MPs have suggested that re-introducing capital...
Several MPs have suggested that re-introducing capital punishment is what is needed to effectively stop the wave of crime that has rolled over Namibia in recent years
- OCTOBER 28, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Abia State governor, Chief Orji Uzor Kalu may grant...
The Abia State governor, Chief Orji Uzor Kalu may grant the prerogative of mercy to four condemned persons by commuting their convicts to prison terms
- OCTOBER 28, 2002IraqDEATH PENALTY
Iraq has recently executed six political Iraqi prisoners...
Iraq has recently executed six political Iraqi prisoners suspected of having ties with the Iraqi opposition, a newspaper reported in Kurdish-populated northern Iraq
- OCTOBER 28, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
UN's special rapporteur of the Commission on the independence...
UN's special rapporteur of the Commission on the independence of judges and lawyers Dato'Param Cumaraswamy has expressed appreciation for facilitating his mission, and said the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia had shown utmost cooperation with him, as well as expr
- OCTOBER 28, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
District and Sessions Judge Bhabani Prosad Singh found...
District and Sessions Judge Bhabani Prosad Singh found Poritosh, 38, guilty of killing his wife Sunita Prova Rudra and daughter Nishi Rudra (4), and handed down the death penalty in a jam-packed court
- OCTOBER 28, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
A former construction worker, who murdered a woman...
A former construction worker, who murdered a woman during a probation period after being released from jail on parole, has rescinded his appeal against a death sentence for his second crime
- OCTOBER 28, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Women's rights activists are urging Miss India to give...
Women's rights activists are urging Miss India to give up aspirations of fame and join the boycott of this year's Miss World pageant in Nigeria over the sentencing of a single mother to death by stoning
- OCTOBER 28, 2002Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
Dana Seetahal, an independent legislator and former...
Dana Seetahal, an independent legislator and former magistrate here told the Senate that she has been lobbying the Mercy Committee that is chaired by the Minister of National Security for a number of years to pardon convicted killers who had spent 16 year
- OCTOBER 28, 2002IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Illinois' marathon death penalty clemency hearings...
Illinois' marathon death penalty clemency hearings drew to an end after more than two weeks of gruesome accounts and tearful pleas by victims' families
- OCTOBER 28, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
A Palestinian security court sentenced to death a Palestinian...
A Palestinian security court sentenced to death a Palestinian human rights worker in a one-day trial, finding he had supplied Israel with information that led to the killing of militants, Reuters reported
- OCTOBER 27, 2002JordanDEATH PENALTY
Hundreds of Jordanian women have marched in Abdun district...
Hundreds of Jordanian women have marched in Abdun district in western Amman, appealing to the Qatari people to help release Jordanian journalist Firas al-Majali, who faces a death penalty by a Qatari court
- OCTOBER 27, 2002QatarDEATH PENALTY
Hundreds of Jordanian women marched in Abdun District...
Hundreds of Jordanian women marched in Abdun District in western Amman, appealing to the Qatari people to help release Jordanian journalist Firas al-Majali
- OCTOBER 27, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran said it was happy to discuss its stance on human...
Iran said it was happy to discuss its stance on human rights issues such as hanging with concerned European countries, but wouldn't change it
- OCTOBER 27, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Two Iranian men convicted of murder were hanged publicly...
Two Iranian men convicted of murder were hanged publicly in Tehran at dawn, one of them in a park better known as a spot for dining out or hiking, witnesses said
- OCTOBER 27, 2002SwitzerlandDEATH PENALTY
Iran said it was happy to discuss its stance on human...
Iran said it was happy to discuss its stance on human rights issues such as hanging with concerned European countries, but wouldn't change it
- OCTOBER 26, 2002AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
During the debate on the new Constitution, moderates...
During the debate on the new Constitution, moderates fear the growing influence of religious conservatives over the judicial system and regard Fazul Hadi Shinwari, the chief justice of the Supreme Court, with suspicion
- OCTOBER 26, 2002JordanDEATH PENALTY
Prime Minister Ali Abu-al-Raghibhe was shocked over...
Prime Minister Ali Abu-al-Raghibhe was shocked over a verdict made by a Qatari court, which sentenced to death Jordanian journalist Firas al-Majali
- OCTOBER 26, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian court, in a rare departure from traditional...
An Iranian court, in a rare departure from traditional practice that spares the life of fathers who kill their children, sentenced to death a man who cut off his daughter's head, a newspaper reported
- OCTOBER 25, 2002SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Wan Kamil Mohamed Shafian, Ibrahim Mohamed and Rosli...
Wan Kamil Mohamed Shafian, Ibrahim Mohamed and Rosli Ahmat were hanged
- OCTOBER 25, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Amina Lawal, the Nigerian mother condemned to death...
Amina Lawal, the Nigerian mother condemned to death by stoning said she wants Miss World contestants to go to Nigeria for the beauty pageant due to be held in Abuja
- OCTOBER 25, 2002JordanDEATH PENALTY
Abu Qatada, a Moslem cleric said to be Osama Bin Laden's...
Abu Qatada, a Moslem cleric said to be Osama Bin Laden's European 'ambassador' has been arrested in Britain
- OCTOBER 25, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Abu Qatada, a Moslem cleric said to be Osama Bin Laden's...
Abu Qatada, a Moslem cleric said to be Osama Bin Laden's European 'ambassador' has been arrested in Britain