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- AUGUST 10, 2002UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Human rights organisations and diplomats believe 6,500...
Human rights organisations and diplomats believe 6,500 Muslims are currently in jail in Uzbekistan for supposed sympathies with Muslim extremist groups
- AUGUST 10, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Devlet Bahceli, Nationalist Action Party [MHP] leader...
Devlet Bahceli, Nationalist Action Party [MHP] leader and deputy prime minister, declared that embarking on a road based on the notions of blackmail and surrender in Turkey's ties with the EU will prepare the ground for more excessive demands pertaining t
- AUGUST 9, 2002South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
The murder and possible rape of former first lady Marike...
The murder and possible rape of former first lady Marike de Klerk strengthened the New National Party's case for the reinstatement of the death penalty, NNP leader Marthinus van Schalkwyk said
- AUGUST 9, 2002South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
South Africa should impose the death penalty on criminals...
South Africa should impose the death penalty on criminals who committed murder, rape and armed robbery to protect the lives of its citizens, especially women, an opposition party leader said
- AUGUST 9, 2002PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
After less than a half-hour of deliberations, a jury...
After less than a half-hour of deliberations, a jury decided that Herbert Blakeney should be put to death for the near decapitation of his stepson
- AUGUST 9, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Communists presented four questions to be raised...
The Communists presented four questions to be raised in a projected referendum aimed at blocking the government's reforms
- AUGUST 9, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
In a letter to the editor of the UK Independent daily,...
In a letter to the editor of the UK Independent daily, MP Ann Clwyd wrote: "Along with other members of the All-Party Parliamentary Human Rights Group, I am encouraged by the recent legislative reforms in Turkey, which pave the way for the abolition of th
- AUGUST 9, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The files of those who were sentenced to death on charges...
The files of those who were sentenced to death on charges of terrorism will be reviwed after Turkey abolished the death sentence except for the "crimes committed in times of war and situations of imminent war"
- AUGUST 9, 2002BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
The verdict in the trial of 15 people charged with...
The verdict in the trial of 15 people charged with the wilful contamination of 393 Libyan children with AIDS was again postponed to an unspecified date, according to legal sources in Tripoli
- AUGUST 9, 2002LibyaDEATH PENALTY
The verdict in the trial of 15 people charged with...
The verdict in the trial of 15 people charged with the wilful contamination of 393 Libyan children with AIDS was again postponed to an unspecified date, according to legal sources in Tripoli
- AUGUST 9, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Xiamen Intermediate People's Court, in Fujian Province,...
Xiamen Intermediate People's Court, in Fujian Province, sentenced Zhao Keming, Xiamen vice-mayor, to death with two years reprieve and confiscation of all assets for accepting bribes
- AUGUST 9, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
The head of Iran's Assembly of Experts, Great Ayatollah...
The head of Iran's Assembly of Experts, Great Ayatollah Ali Meshkini, has sought the death penalty for a pro-reform journalist who allegedly insulted Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) in a speech in the western city of Hamedan
- AUGUST 9, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Hangzhou Intermediate People's Court, in Zhejiang Province,...
Hangzhou Intermediate People's Court, in Zhejiang Province, sentenced Zhou Hang, director of the Provincial Pharmaceutical Supervision Administration, to death with a two year reprieve
- AUGUST 9, 2002KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
Kyrgyzstan rebutted a report by Amnesty International...
Kyrgyzstan rebutted a report by Amnesty International that it applied the death penalty to mentally retarded people published the international NGO on June 20, 2002
- AUGUST 9, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
India's Supreme Court modified the death sentence imposed...
India's Supreme Court 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
- AUGUST 9, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
India's Supreme Court modified the death sentence imposed...
India's Supreme Court 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
- AUGUST 8, 2002KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
Mijya Stoyanov and two other unnamed men convicted...
Mijya Stoyanov and two other unnamed men convicted for murder were executed by shooting
- AUGUST 8, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Amarillo, Christopher Chad Britton, a Canadian man,...
In Amarillo, Christopher Chad Britton, a Canadian man, was sentenced to death after being convicted to killing a sheriff's deputy
- AUGUST 8, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Episcopal Commission on Prison Pastoral Care (ECPPC)...
The Episcopal Commission on Prison Pastoral Care (ECPPC) of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) implored President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's administration to opt for justice that heals and not justice that kills
- AUGUST 8, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
T.J. Jones was executed today in the death chamber...
T.J. Jones was executed today in the death chamber of the Huntsville "Walls" Unit
- AUGUST 8, 2002LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Chief Beirut Investigating Magistrate Hatem Madi requested...
Chief Beirut Investigating Magistrate Hatem Madi requested the death penalty for the deputy leader of Esbat al-Ansar and six other members of the Islamic fundamentalist group, for their role in the 1996 murder of a Sidon man
- AUGUST 8, 2002SloveniaDEATH PENALTY
Slovenia supports the EU's efforts for the abolition...
Slovenia supports the EU's efforts for the abolition of death penalty and a global moratorium on death penalty, and has therefore urged Texas Governor Rick Perry to prevent the execution of Mexican national Javier Suarez Medina, who is to be killed by let
- AUGUST 8, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Indian police are hunting the sons of a woman who burnt...
Indian police are hunting the sons of a woman who burnt herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre
- AUGUST 8, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A mail bomb designer in east China was sentenced to...
A mail bomb designer in east China was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve by a local court
- AUGUST 8, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Singapore has promised Australia it will not hang a...
Singapore has promised Australia it will not hang a British businessman if he is extradited to the city state and convicted of a grisly double murder
- AUGUST 8, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Three persons wiped out an entire family in cold blood...
Three persons wiped out an entire family in cold blood due to sibling rivalry and were sentenced to death
- AUGUST 8, 2002SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Singapore has promised Australia it will not hang a...
Singapore has promised Australia it will not hang a British businessman if he is extradited to the city state and convicted of a grisly double murder
- AUGUST 8, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Deaf mute Darryl Beamish, who was on death row in Australia...
Deaf mute Darryl Beamish, who was on death row in Australia 41 years ago for the murder of a wealthy Melbourne heiress, began a new legal fight
- AUGUST 8, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
An average of six overseas Filipino workers arrive...
An average of six overseas Filipino workers arrive in coffins while others are awaiting beheading in the Middle East
- AUGUST 8, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer formally ratified...
Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer formally ratified a package of human rights reforms aimed at preparing the country for European Union membership, his official Web site said