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- SEPTEMBER 14, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
State press reported that two pimps were executed in...
State press reported that two pimps were executed in Guangdong after being convicted of kidnapping or buying women and forcing them into prostitution
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
The EU reaffirmed its concerns regarding human rights...
The EU reaffirmed its concerns regarding human rights in Algeria, calling on the Algerian authorities to abolish the death penalty, improve the country's prison legislation and the its status of women
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2002South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
South Africa supported the nomination of Libya to chair...
South Africa supported the nomination of Libya to chair the United Nations (UN) Commission on Human Rights, Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini- Zuma told Parliament
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2002South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Michael Passaro, 40, was pronounced dead at 6:15 p
Michael Passaro, 40, was pronounced dead at 6:15 p
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2002LibyaDEATH PENALTY
South Africa supported the nomination of Libya to chair...
South Africa supported the nomination of Libya to chair the United Nations (UN) Commission on Human Rights, Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini- Zuma told Parliament
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2002AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
The Albanian government took the decision to approve...
The Albanian government took the decision to approve "in principle" Protocol No 13 of the European Convention for the Defence of Human Rights and Essential Freedoms, which would abolish the death penalty under all circumstances
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Organisers of the Miss World beauty pageant asked the...
Organisers of the Miss World beauty pageant asked the Nigerian Government not to carry out the death sentence of Amina Lawal, a single mother condemned to stoning
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Nigerian government pledged that no woman would...
The Nigerian government pledged that no woman would be sentenced to death by stoning under the country's laws
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Organisers of the Miss World beauty pageant asked the...
Organisers of the Miss World beauty pageant asked the Nigerian Government not to carry out the death sentence of Amina Lawal, a single mother condemned to stoning
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Calcutta Eastern Indian Metropolis High Court acquitted...
The Calcutta Eastern Indian Metropolis High Court acquitted ten convicts on the grounds that the prosecution had failed to substantiate charges against them
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Calcutta Eastern Indian Metropolis High Court acquitted...
The Calcutta Eastern Indian Metropolis High Court acquitted ten convicts on the grounds that the prosecution had failed to substantiate charges against them
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2002VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
In arguments before the Virginia Supreme Court in Richmond,...
In arguments before the Virginia Supreme Court in Richmond, a group of newspapers joined with an inmate-aid organization and asked the state's highest court to allow DNA testing that could show whether a convicted killer executed a decade ago was, in fact
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2002FranceDEATH PENALTY
Former Central African President Andre Kolingba, sentenced...
Former Central African President Andre Kolingba, sentenced to death [on August 26] for leading a coup against the country's president, has relocated from Kampala to Paris, France
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Italian police, acting on a tip from US intelligence...
Italian police, acting on a tip from US intelligence officials, arrested 15 Pakistanis allegedly linked to Osama bin Laden's al Qaida network
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2002ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Italian police, acting on a tip from US intelligence...
Italian police, acting on a tip from US intelligence officials, arrested 15 Pakistanis allegedly linked to Osama bin Laden's al Qaida network
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2002Central African RepublicDEATH PENALTY
Former Central African President Andre Kolingba, sentenced...
Former Central African President Andre Kolingba, sentenced to death [on August 26] for leading a coup against the country's president, has relocated from Kampala to Paris, France
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Former Central African President Andre Kolingba, sentenced...
Former Central African President Andre Kolingba, sentenced to death [on August 26] for leading a coup against the country's president, has relocated from Kampala to Paris, France
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Women's Rights Advancement and Protection Alternative...
Women's Rights Advancement and Protection Alternative (WRAPA) appealed the death sentence passed on Amina Lawal by a Katsina Sharia Court, for having a child out of wedlock
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Miss World organisers asked Nigeria for an assurance...
The Miss World organisers asked Nigeria for an assurance that a woman sentenced to death by stoning for having sex outside marriage will be spared
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Alleged kidnappers Wang Yingcai, Ma Zhiguo and Zhang...
Alleged kidnappers Wang Yingcai, Ma Zhiguo and Zhang Fei were executed in Yuelin, Shaanxi Province, China
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
The Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities...
The Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities of the European Parliament today called for Miss World contestants to withdraw from the pageant in protest of the Sharia death sentence passed by host country Nigeria on a woman convicted of adultery
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities...
The Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities of the European Parliament today called for Miss World contestants to withdraw from the pageant in protest of the Sharia death sentence passed by host country Nigeria on a woman convicted of adultery
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Rioting broke out in Mahabad, northwestern Iran, after...
Rioting broke out in Mahabad, northwestern Iran, after police killed three people smuggling alcoholic beverages, the Resalat newspaper reported
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2002KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
The first appeal hearing of the sensational murder...
The first appeal hearing of the sensational murder case of six-year old Amna Al-Khaldi will begin shortly, according to judicial sources
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The EU Parliament committee on women's rights voted...
The EU Parliament committee on women's rights voted unanimously in favor of the boycott of Miss World pageant to protest a death sentence given to a woman there for having sex outside of marriage
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The EU Parliament committee on women's rights voted...
The EU Parliament committee on women's rights voted unanimously in favor of the boycott of Miss World pageant to protest a death sentence given to a woman there for having sex outside of marriage
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistan's Supreme Court has ruled that the death penalty...
Pakistan's Supreme Court has ruled that the death penalty can be awarded to a defendant in a murder case even when the fatal shot is not attributed to him
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2002South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Crowds gathered outside the Magistrate's Court in the...
Crowds gathered outside the Magistrate's Court in the South African town of Newcastle called for the death penalty for four people arrested in connection with the murder of a pastor
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
After a cacophony of screams and shouted abuse and...
After a cacophony of screams and shouted abuse and a hail of cans, coins and eggs, the man accused of the murder of two young girls made his first appearance in court in the United Kingdom
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2002GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
A Clayton County judge granted Keith D
A Clayton County judge granted Keith D