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- JULY 24, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
The Iranian government spokesman Abdullah Ramezanzadeh...
The Iranian government spokesman Abdullah Ramezanzadeh rejected the Iraqi government assertions on arresting and execution of two individuals allegedly spying for Iran
- JULY 24, 2002IraqDEATH PENALTY
The Iranian government spokesman Abdullah Ramezanzadeh...
The Iranian government spokesman Abdullah Ramezanzadeh rejected the Iraqi government assertions on arresting and execution of two individuals allegedly spying for Iran
- JULY 24, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The death sentences of 74 juvenile delinquents were...
The death sentences of 74 juvenile delinquents were converted into life imprisonment with the enforcement of the Juvenile Justice System Ordinance 2002 in Punjab, Punjab's Law Minister Rana Ijaz Ahmad Khan said during a visit to Lahore's Camp Jail
- JULY 24, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A Scot who faces execution in Saudi Arabia appealed...
A Scot who faces execution in Saudi Arabia appealed against the sentence, claiming his televised confession was beaten out of him by officials
- JULY 24, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A woman was sentenced to execution in Tehran
A woman was sentenced to execution in Tehran
- JULY 24, 2002HungaryDEATH PENALTY
Hungarian police said they had arrested two men suspected...
Hungarian police said they had arrested two men suspected of killing eight people in the country's bloodiest bank robbery
- JULY 24, 2002United NationsDEATH PENALTY
A senior United Nations official from Brazil has been...
A senior United Nations official from Brazil has been appointed the new UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
- JULY 24, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Many prisoners are languishing on death row in Nigeria's...
Many prisoners are languishing on death row in Nigeria's various prisons due to the failure of some state governors to endorse their execution warrants
- JULY 24, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistan's Supreme Court ordered a probe into an alleged...
Pakistan's Supreme Court ordered a probe into an alleged deal by which four men on death row won freedom in exchange for cash and allowing their victims' clan to marry eight young women
- JULY 24, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Four Pakistani convicts were saved from the gallows...
Four Pakistani convicts were saved from the gallows after they agreed to pay eight million rupees in compensation and eight girls of their families as "compensation" to the aggrieved party
- JULY 24, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Philippine officials said they would assert their right...
Philippine officials said they would assert their right to prosecute any captured leaders of a Muslim guerrilla group linked to al Qaeda, despite US moves to indict the guerrillas for taking American hostages
- JULY 24, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz sought...
Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz sought to underline his pro-European credentials ahead of likely elections, accusing rival parties of half-hearted support for EU reforms
- JULY 23, 2002ItalyDEATH PENALTY
On initiative of Hands off Cain, the Human Rights Commission...
On initiative of Hands off Cain, the Human Rights Commission of the Italian Senate granted an informal hearing on the freedom of cult and expression to Uighur and Falun Gong representatives
- JULY 23, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
An international human rights organisation accused...
An international human rights organisation accused the Russian military of a campaign of executions in Chechnya to deliberately reduce the break-away republic's male population
- JULY 23, 2002SudanDEATH PENALTY
A Sudanese court sentenced fifteen people, including...
A Sudanese court sentenced fifteen people, including a woman, to death for deadly April attacks on two villages of the Fur ethnic minority, the official SUNA news agency reported
- JULY 23, 2002OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
In McAlester, Randall Eugene Cannon was executed for...
In McAlester, Randall Eugene Cannon was executed for the June 24, 1985 slaying of Addie Hawley, 84
- JULY 23, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
An Tehran court condemned a young man to death, the...
An Tehran court condemned a young man to death, the Khorasan daily reported
- JULY 23, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Communist Party of the Russian Federation intends...
The Communist Party of the Russian Federation intends to collect signatures for a petition to hold a referendum on the most important problems facing the country, Ivan Melnikov, deputy chairman of the party's Central Committee and a State Duma member, sai
- JULY 23, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Court in Bangladesh convicted four people and gave...
Court in Bangladesh convicted four people and gave capital punishment to one of them and life terms to the other three for killing a man in 1998
- JULY 23, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An ex-Taliban commander said Islamic militants led...
An ex-Taliban commander said Islamic militants led by Al-Qaeda want to strike quickly against US interests in Pakistan in retaliation for the death sentence in the Daniel Pearl murder case and a crackdown on Muslim extremists
- JULY 23, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Lawyers for the five Britons held in connection with...
Lawyers for the five Britons held in connection with anti-western bombings in Saudi Arabia lodged defence submissions with the supreme court in the kingdom
- JULY 23, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Lawyers for the five Britons held in connection with...
Lawyers for the five Britons held in connection with anti-western bombings in Saudi Arabia lodged defence submissions with the supreme court in the kingdom
- JULY 23, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The draft bill presented by Deputy Prime Minister Mesut...
The draft bill presented by Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz to political party leaders regarding the EU regulations proposes changes on 14 laws, including the of the death penalty and its replacement with life imprisonment
- JULY 22, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
A mother of six was duped into parting with RM50,000...
A mother of six was duped into parting with RM50,000 by a confidence trickster who claimed that he had the "connections" to help her son who is in death row
- JULY 22, 2002TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
The abolition of the death penalty in Taiwan is not...
The abolition of the death penalty in Taiwan is not yet around the corner, but draft legislation that seeks to plug some of the law's weaknesses marks no small step in the government's efforts to get it out of the statute books eventually
- JULY 22, 2002AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
A jury recommended the death penalty for Wilson Earl...
A jury recommended the death penalty for Wilson Earl Robitaillie, convicted in the stabbing deaths of a woman and her 2 children on May 11, 2001
- JULY 22, 2002BurundiDEATH PENALTY
A five-day seminar on national and international law...
A five-day seminar on national and international law opened in Bujumbura, the capital of Burundi, a country traumatised by years of inter-ethnic conflict
- JULY 22, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
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- JULY 22, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court has dismissed prosecution of a 63-year-old...
The Supreme Court has dismissed prosecution of a 63-year-old man convicted of murdering two people and committing robberies in 1994 and 1995 because he died July 2, court officials
- JULY 21, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
For P18,000 a month, you could become a phlebotomist-the...
For P18,000 a month, you could become a phlebotomist-the executioner who delivers the lethal injection to a condemned convict