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- OCTOBER 2, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
A loan shark who was charged with using his mistresses...
A loan shark who was charged with using his mistresses to murder two men and sicken another to collect hefty life insurance payouts was sentenced to death
- OCTOBER 2, 2002LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Lebanese former Finance Minister Georges Corm, said...
Lebanese former Finance Minister Georges Corm, said that the death sentence by stoning passed on Amina Lawal by a Nigerian Sharia Court did not serve the cause of Islam
- OCTOBER 2, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Lebanese former Finance Minister Georges Corm, said...
Lebanese former Finance Minister Georges Corm, said that the death sentence by stoning passed on Amina Lawal by a Nigerian Sharia Court did not serve the cause of Islam
- OCTOBER 2, 2002AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Zarmina never admitted her daughter's role, and no...
Zarmina never admitted her daughter's role, and no one was looking to champion the cause of a woman in such a predicament
- OCTOBER 2, 2002AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Footage of a faceless, nameless woman shot dead in...
Footage of a faceless, nameless woman shot dead in Kabul's Olympic Stadium was secretly smuggled out of Afghanistan by members of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA), a women's group
- OCTOBER 2, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A convicted murderer was publicly hanged in southern...
A convicted murderer was publicly hanged in southern Fars province
- OCTOBER 2, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A convicted murderer was hanged inside a police station...
A convicted murderer was hanged inside a police station in the northern Iranian city of Ramsar
- OCTOBER 2, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A five-member delegation from the European Union's...
A five-member delegation from the European Union's Human Rights Commission on a visit to Iran met with Majlis representatives Mohammad Dadfar and Ebrahim Amini in Tehran to discuss issues of human rights and religious minorities in the Islamic Republic of
- OCTOBER 2, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Reports from the southern Iranian city of Lamerd, located...
Reports from the southern Iranian city of Lamerd, located in the Fars province, said two more public executions were carried out
- OCTOBER 1, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The United States is to move to bar entry to Chinese...
The United States is to move to bar entry to Chinese nationals linked to the controversial global trade in organ harvesting
- OCTOBER 1, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A controversial Supreme Court judgement in the Devender...
A controversial Supreme Court judgement in the Devender Pal Singh case- in which several persons were killed when the accused made an attempt on the life of Congress activist M S Bitta - did not enforce the need for corroboration of evidence while convict
- OCTOBER 1, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesian Army Chief of Staff Ryamizard Ryacudu said...
Indonesian Army Chief of Staff Ryamizard Ryacudu said he would support the death penalty on undisciplined Army soldiers involved in the attack on the police station in Langkat, North Sumatra province
- OCTOBER 1, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
Shigeru Yagi, a moneylender who flaunted his wealth...
Shigeru Yagi, a moneylender who flaunted his wealth on TV and ridiculed police, was sentenced to death for murdering two acquaintances and seriously injuring another with poison and overdoses of cold medicine
- OCTOBER 1, 2002Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
Sri Lanka's Colombo High Court sentenced to death three...
Sri Lanka's Colombo High Court sentenced to death three suspects charged with murdering a customs officer, the Island newspaper said
- OCTOBER 1, 2002DEATH PENALTY
The United States is to move to bar entry to Chinese...
The United States is to move to bar entry to Chinese nationals linked to the controversial global trade in organ harvesting
- OCTOBER 1, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
New Zealand lawmakers of all parties wrote to Nigeria's...
New Zealand lawmakers of all parties wrote to Nigeria's president urging him to overturn the sentence of death by stoning imposed on a woman for having a child out of wedlock
- OCTOBER 1, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Huntsville, James Rexford Powell, 56 was executed...
In Huntsville, James Rexford Powell, 56 was executed evening for abducting, raping and strangling 10-year-old Falyssa Van Winkle 12 years ago
- OCTOBER 1, 2002New ZealandDEATH PENALTY
New Zealand lawmakers of all parties wrote to Nigeria's...
New Zealand lawmakers of all parties wrote to Nigeria's president urging him to overturn the sentence of death by stoning imposed on a woman for having a child out of wedlock
- OCTOBER 1, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
The "General Affairs and External Relations" Council...
The "General Affairs and External Relations" Council adopted a declaration on the death penalty and particularly cruel forms of execution
- OCTOBER 1, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Church warned President Arroyo against succumbing...
The Church warned President Arroyo against succumbing to pressure from influential Chinese factions lobbying for the execution of death convicts, in particular kidnappers
- OCTOBER 1, 2002LebanonDEATH PENALTY
A Lebanese military court sentenced six men convicted...
A Lebanese military court sentenced six men convicted of spying for Israel
- OCTOBER 1, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
An anti-crime group criticized the government of "toying...
An anti-crime group criticized the government of "toying around" with the death penalty law by ordering an indefinite halt to executions
- OCTOBER 1, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo gave assurances...
Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo gave assurances that the country's higher appeal courts would quash the death-by-stoning sentences for adultery passed by Islamic courts
- OCTOBER 1, 2002GuyanaDEATH PENALTY
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- OCTOBER 1, 2002KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Nine gangsters were sentenced to death
Nine gangsters were sentenced to death
- OCTOBER 1, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A man convicted of murder and armed robbery was publicly...
A man convicted of murder and armed robbery was publicly executed by hanging in the southern part of Iran, the Ettelaat evening newspaper reported, cited by AFP
- OCTOBER 1, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A court in Tehran sentenced two more men to death for...
A court in Tehran sentenced two more men to death for a series of rapes
- OCTOBER 1, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Senate Committee on Justice endorsed the early...
The Senate Committee on Justice endorsed the early approval of a bill authored by Senator Aquilino Pimentel Jr
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2002South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
The African National Congress (ANC) called on South...
The African National Congress (ANC) called on South African president Thabo Mbeki to urge his Nigerian counterpart to prevent the execution of Amina Lawal, who has been sentenced to death by stoning for adultery
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Bangladesh condemned three men to death...
A court in Bangladesh condemned three men to death for the murder of a ten-year-old schoolgirl