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- AUGUST 12, 2002DEATH PENALTY
A jury has recommended the death penalty for Calvin...
A jury has recommended the death penalty for Calvin Parker, 33, convicted of the Aug
- AUGUST 12, 2002YemenDEATH PENALTY
The Saudi authorities executed Yemeni national Muhammad...
The Saudi authorities executed Yemeni national Muhammad Bin-Hasan Bin-Umar Bin-Ali in Jedda after he was convicted by the Islamic Sharia Court of rape and theft
- AUGUST 12, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
The Saudi authorities executed Yemeni national Muhammad...
The Saudi authorities executed Yemeni national Muhammad Bin-Hasan Bin-Umar Bin-Ali in Jedda after he was convicted by the Islamic Sharia Court of rape and theft
- AUGUST 12, 2002DEATH PENALTY
The Palestinian radio Voice of Palestine said Israeli...
The Palestinian radio Voice of Palestine said Israeli occupation forces executed Ghazal Fyrayhat in Al-Yamun village, west of Jenin, this morning
- AUGUST 12, 2002IsraelDEATH PENALTY
The Palestinian radio Voice of Palestine said Israeli...
The Palestinian radio Voice of Palestine said Israeli occupation forces executed Ghazal Fyrayhat in Al-Yamun village, west of Jenin, this morning
- AUGUST 12, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Chief Prosecutor of Prosecutor General's Office of...
Chief Prosecutor of Prosecutor General's Office of Russia George Tsurtsumia actively cooperates with Prosecutor General's Office of Georgia regarding issue of extradition of Chechens detained for penetration of border
- AUGUST 12, 2002GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Chief Prosecutor of Prosecutor General's Office of...
Chief Prosecutor of Prosecutor General's Office of Russia George Tsurtsumia actively cooperates with Prosecutor General's Office of Georgia regarding issue of extradition of Chechens detained for penetration of border
- AUGUST 12, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
The beheading of an Indian national, convicted of smuggling...
The beheading of an Indian national, convicted of smuggling heroin into Saudi Arabia, at a public place in al Khobar highlights the need for creating awareness among job seekers from being exploited as drug carriers
- AUGUST 12, 2002JordanDEATH PENALTY
An editorial in English by Jordan Times web site said...
An editorial in English by Jordan Times web site said it appears that the brutal killing of women in the name of family honour continues despite all the efforts and the campaigns to eradicate this social phenomenon
- AUGUST 12, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The beheading of an Indian national, convicted of smuggling...
The beheading of an Indian national, convicted of smuggling heroin into Saudi Arabia, at a public place in al Khobar highlights the need for creating awareness among job seekers from being exploited as drug carriers
- AUGUST 12, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigeria warned Miss World contestants to steer clear...
Nigeria warned Miss World contestants to steer clear of parts of the country practising sharia law during the pageant's finals in the capital, Abuja, in November
- AUGUST 12, 2002IraqDEATH PENALTY
Iraqi Communist Party newspaper Tariq al-Sha'b reported...
Iraqi Communist Party newspaper Tariq al-Sha'b reported that on 25 June, the [Iraqi] authorities handed over the bodies of three citizens, that they had executed earlier, to their families in Al-Hindiyah Administrative District and its environs
- AUGUST 12, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Five notorious dacoits were sentenced to death, one...
Five notorious dacoits were sentenced to death, one of them in absentia, for murder of a housewife and her brother-in-law in the suburb of the town in May 1999
- AUGUST 12, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Moved to tears by the wails of the parents of Bappi...
Moved to tears by the wails of the parents of Bappi and Ratna, two children brutally killed within a span of five days, opposition leader Sheikh Hasina urged people to stand united to end "misrule" as she said this government failed to provide public secu
- AUGUST 11, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The residents of Noorani Basti held demonstration before...
The residents of Noorani Basti held demonstration before press club demanding death sentence for killers of married girl Ishrat who was burnt by in laws some 10 days back and expired in civil hospital on Friday last
- AUGUST 11, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, sentenced to...
Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, sentenced to death in 1999, praised Turkey's abolition of capital punishment as the most important decision in its modern history, in an interview
- AUGUST 11, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court has affirmed the 25 counts of death...
The Supreme Court has affirmed the 25 counts of death penalty the Pasig City Regional Trial Court imposed on a man who raped his 13-year-old daughter in 1998, at the time his wife was pregnant with their fifth child
- AUGUST 11, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Despite tough laws against human trafficking, which...
Despite tough laws against human trafficking, which carries the death penalty, hundreds of Bangladeshi children are kidnapped every year, humanitarian groups say
- AUGUST 11, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia flogged 12 teenage boys in public for...
Saudi Arabia flogged 12 teenage boys in public for harassing women, Saudi media reported
- AUGUST 11, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Mohammed Ali Haji, an Indian national convicted of...
Mohammed Ali Haji, an Indian national convicted of smuggling heroin into Saudi Arabia, was beheaded in Al Khobar, the Saudi news agency (SPA) said
- AUGUST 11, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Mohammed Ali Haji, an Indian national convicted of...
Mohammed Ali Haji, an Indian national convicted of smuggling heroin into Saudi Arabia, was beheaded in Al Khobar, the Saudi news agency (SPA) said
- AUGUST 11, 2002SyriaDEATH PENALTY
Syria released a leading communist dissident after...
Syria released a leading communist dissident after 27 years in jail because of serious health problems, human rights lawyers said
- AUGUST 11, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Businessman Alex Wong Teck Choy was sentenced to death...
Businessman Alex Wong Teck Choy was sentenced to death early in August for the murder of 27-year-old car spare parts assistant Seow Nan Keong
- AUGUST 11, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Residents of the Indian village of Noorani Basti held...
Residents of the Indian village of Noorani Basti held a demonstration demanding the death sentence for the killers of Ishrat, a married girl who was burnt by her in-laws and died in civil hospital ten days later, on August 9
- AUGUST 11, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
In May 1991, they blew up the man who would be India's...
In May 1991, they blew up the man who would be India's Prime Minister
- AUGUST 11, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
In May 1991, they blew up the man who would be India's...
In May 1991, they blew up the man who would be India's Prime Minister
- AUGUST 10, 2002South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
The African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) called...
The African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) called on the New National Party (NNP) to disband after its leader promoted the reinstatement of the death penalty in his Women's Day message
- AUGUST 10, 2002United StatesDEATH PENALTY
A trend that sees women drawn to marry killers waiting...
A trend that sees women drawn to marry killers waiting to die on death row is increasing
- AUGUST 10, 2002IndianaDEATH PENALTY
Benjamin Ritchie, 22, had a jury's death penalty verdict...
Benjamin Ritchie, 22, had a jury's death penalty verdict in a Marion Superior Courtroom for the Sept
- AUGUST 10, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court has modified the death sentence imposed...
The Supreme Court has modified the death sentence imposed on two accused in a multiple murder case into life imprisonment on the ground that death sentence could be awarded only to those who could not be reformed or rehabilitated and if they constituted a