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- NOVEMBER 10, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A man was condemned to death by a court for killing...
A man was condemned to death by a court for killing his wife in 1993
- NOVEMBER 10, 2002NorwayDEATH PENALTY
Miss Norway, one of the women planning to boycott the...
Miss Norway, one of the women planning to boycott the contest, to return to the fold as contestants gathered in London last night
- NOVEMBER 10, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Five convicted drug traffickers were hanged in a prison...
Five convicted drug traffickers were hanged in a prison in the Tehran satellite city of Karaj, Kayhan reported
- NOVEMBER 10, 2002RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Rwandan delegates who reviewed the country's pre-draft...
Rwandan delegates who reviewed the country's pre-draft constitution in a national constitutional conference over the weekend rejected a proposal to abolish the death penalty
- NOVEMBER 10, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Hundreds of Iranian students protested for a second...
Hundreds of Iranian students protested for a second day, outraged at a death sentence for blasphemy imposed on a reformist academic that has ignited a battle for political control of the Islamic Republic
- NOVEMBER 10, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's pro-reform parliamentary majority protested...
Iran's pro-reform parliamentary majority protested against the death sentence imposed on dissident academic Hashem Aghajari, then passed the first draft of controversial legislation intended to curb the powers of their hardline opponents in the judiciary
- NOVEMBER 10, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
The Islamic Students' Society of Al-Zahra University,...
The Islamic Students' Society of Al-Zahra University, the Legal and Political Science Faculty of Tehran University, the Social Science Faculty of Tehran University and the Faculty of Science of Tehran University issued separate statements protesting the d
- NOVEMBER 9, 2002IrelandDEATH PENALTY
Lynda Duffy from Glencorrib, Co Mayo and Gayle Williamson...
Lynda Duffy from Glencorrib, Co Mayo and Gayle Williamson from Lurgan, Co Armagh, vowed to take part in the beauty pageant
- NOVEMBER 9, 2002South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
A High Court judge in Mpumalanga province, South Africa,...
A High Court judge in Mpumalanga province, South Africa, called on the Constitutional Court to review the abolition of the death penalty, saying violence was out of control, politicians did nothing but talk, and jail terms were simply not a deterrent
- NOVEMBER 9, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Miss Uganda beauty queen, Rehema Nakuya, is carrying...
Miss Uganda beauty queen, Rehema Nakuya, is carrying her mantle to the glamour of the Miss World beauty contest in Abuja, Nigeria
- NOVEMBER 9, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Hundreds of Iranian students chanting "Political prisoners...
Hundreds of Iranian students chanting "Political prisoners should be released!" protested against Iran's hardline judiciary and Hashem Aghajari's death sentence for blasphemy in the biggest political demonstration for over three years
- NOVEMBER 9, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
The front pages of many Tehran newspapers reflected...
The front pages of many Tehran newspapers reflected the predictable outrage that Hashem Aghajari's death sentence provoked among reformists in Iran
- NOVEMBER 8, 2002IraqDEATH PENALTY
An investigation by a UK television outfit, Channel...
An investigation by a UK television outfit, Channel 4's Dispatches team, uncovered eyewitness accounts of the execution of 15 women in a market square in the port of Basra
- NOVEMBER 7, 2002FloridaDEATH PENALTY
In a 4-3 decision, the Florida Supreme Court reversed...
In a 4-3 decision, the Florida Supreme Court reversed the death sentence of Ronald Bell, because he was 2 months shy of his 18th birthday at the time of the murder of Cordell Richards in February 1999
- NOVEMBER 7, 2002DenmarkDEATH PENALTY
Masja Juel, Miss Denmark, the most forceful of the...
Masja Juel, Miss Denmark, the most forceful of the boycotters, said in one interview: "I knew I had to make a choice
- NOVEMBER 7, 2002FranceDEATH PENALTY
Sylvie Teller, who was to go as Miss France, said:...
Sylvie Teller, who was to go as Miss France, said: "When a woman faces the most agonising death, there are more important things in life than winning a crown for being beautiful
- NOVEMBER 7, 2002TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Tajikistan cannot abolish the death penalty at present,...
Tajikistan cannot abolish the death penalty at present, an official from the Justice Ministry, Sh
- NOVEMBER 7, 2002DenmarkDEATH PENALTY
The Russian-based Revolutionary Contact Association,...
The Russian-based Revolutionary Contact Association, which describes itself as a body of Russian dissidents, has sent an appeal to the Danish government and the "international democratic community" to prevent the possible extradition of Chechen presidenti
- NOVEMBER 7, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Euro-MP Glenys Kinnock renewed calls for Miss Wales...
Euro-MP Glenys Kinnock renewed calls for Miss Wales to abandon her aesthetic ambition
- NOVEMBER 7, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Prince Edward has withdrawn from a reception in honour...
Prince Edward has withdrawn from a reception in honour of this year's controversial Miss World contest, Buckingham Palace said
- NOVEMBER 7, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The so-called Supreme Council for Shariah in Nigeria...
The so-called Supreme Council for Shariah in Nigeria condemned the recent call by President Obasanjo for the abolition of the death penalty worldwide
- NOVEMBER 7, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Hurera Akilu-Atta, who is one of Amina Lawal's lawyers...
Hurera Akilu-Atta, who is one of Amina Lawal's lawyers and who works for Baobab, a women's human rights organisation in Nigeria said: "When we heard that participants were boycotting this event, we felt happy and hopeful," she said
- NOVEMBER 7, 2002PanamaDEATH PENALTY
Miss Panama, Yoselyn Sanchez, 21, said: "If my refusal...
Miss Panama, Yoselyn Sanchez, 21, said: "If my refusal to go helps save the young Amina from execution , then it is something I do with much pleasure
- NOVEMBER 7, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A court in Pakistan condemned a man to death and 100...
A court in Pakistan condemned a man to death and 100 lashes for killing his aunt and her one-year-old baby
- NOVEMBER 7, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian court sentenced an academic and close ally...
An Iranian court sentenced an academic and close ally of President Mohammad Khatami to death for blasphemy after he questioned the right of the clergy to rule the Islamic Republic, his lawyer said
- NOVEMBER 7, 2002United StatesDEATH PENALTY
In blocking the execution of a Texas killer, the Supreme...
In blocking the execution of a Texas killer, the Supreme Court revealed interest in a new area of capital punishment: the mentally ill
- NOVEMBER 7, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
REFORMIST SCHOLAR SENTENCED TO DEATH IN IRAN
November 7, 2002: an Iranian court has sentenced an academic and close ally of President Mohammad Khatami to death for blasphemy after he questioned the right of the clergy to rule the Islamic Republic, his lawyer said on Thursday.
- NOVEMBER 6, 2002KenyaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that the Constitution of Kenya Review...
It was reported that the Constitution of Kenya Review Commission wrote Part (2) of the same Clause 12 seeks to abolish the death penalty
- NOVEMBER 6, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Huntsville, a mentally ill convicted killer won...
In Huntsville, a mentally ill convicted killer won a reprieve from the U
- NOVEMBER 6, 2002IraqDEATH PENALTY
At the Third Committee Andreas Mavrommatis, Special...
At the Third Committee Andreas Mavrommatis, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iraq, introduced his report by welcoming the recent decree of the Revolutionary Command Council signed by President Saddam Hussein on 20 October, granting a