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- JULY 17, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Visit Puengrasamee was sentenced to death after being...
Visit Puengrasamee was sentenced to death after being found guilty of conspiring to murder businessman Kasem Khamwongsa, although the gunman he had hired mistakenly shot dead Kasem's adopted son, Chaiyakorn Maihom
- JULY 16, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The US welcomed the Pakistani court verdict sentencing...
The US welcomed the Pakistani court verdict sentencing Sheikh Omar to death and three of his accomplices to life imprisonment for the kidnapping and murder of US journalist Daniel Pearl
- JULY 16, 2002BelarusDEATH PENALTY
About 1,900 inmates will be released from prisons in...
About 1,900 inmates will be released from prisons in keeping with a law on amnesty signed by Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko
- JULY 16, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Rapists may face the death penalty in Nigeria under...
Rapists may face the death penalty in Nigeria under a new law to enhance children's rights, according to Women Affairs and Youth Development Minister Aisha Isma'il
- JULY 16, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The UK Foreign Office said that although it welcomed...
The UK Foreign Office said that although it welcomed the verdict on Omar Sheikh, Britain was opposed to the death penalty in all circumstances
- JULY 16, 2002DEATH PENALTY
The state Supreme Court has ordered attorneys to submit...
The state Supreme Court has ordered attorneys to submit new briefs in 8 death penalty cases in the wake of a U
- JULY 16, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
Judge David Folsom of the U
Judge David Folsom of the U
- JULY 16, 2002Central African RepublicDEATH PENALTY
Rwandan-backed rebels killed at least 163 civilians...
Rwandan-backed rebels killed at least 163 civilians and soldiers following a mutiny in Kisangani in northeastern Congo, far more than the rebels have acknowledged, a UN official said
- JULY 16, 2002South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, who has only a...
South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, who has only a few months left in office, said this was the most difficult time of his life
- JULY 16, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The UK Foreign Office said that although it welcomed...
The UK Foreign Office said that although it welcomed the verdict on Omar Sheikh, Britain was opposed to the death penalty in all circumstances
- JULY 16, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An alliance of Pakistan's non-Muslim minority communities...
An alliance of Pakistan's non-Muslim minority communities urged the military government to repeal a controversial blasphemy law they say is being used against them to settle personal scores
- JULY 16, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani prosecutors said they had filed an appeal...
Pakistani prosecutors said they had filed an appeal seeking death penalty for three men found guilty of involvement in the kidnapping and murder of US reporter Daniel Pearl
- JULY 16, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Omar Sheikh was locked up last night in an isolation...
Omar Sheikh was locked up last night in an isolation cell in the Hyderabad central jail, a grim British-built limestone edifice that holds more than 4,000 prisoners near the heart of the city
- JULY 16, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The US welcomed the Pakistani court verdict sentencing...
The US welcomed the Pakistani court verdict sentencing Sheikh Omar to death and three of his accomplices to life imprisonment for the kidnapping and murder of US journalist Daniel Pearl
- JULY 16, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Awais Sheikh publicly defended his beloved older brother...
Awais Sheikh publicly defended his beloved older brother Sheikh Omar against accusations of terrorism, kidnapping and now murder
- JULY 16, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh's father, Ahmed Sheikh, said...
Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh's father, Ahmed Sheikh, said that he expected such a verdict after his son was sentenced to death for murdering US journalist Daniel Pearl
- JULY 16, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistan was bracing for a violent backlash over the...
Pakistan was bracing for a violent backlash over the conviction of four men for the murder of US journalist Daniel Pearl, after police received tip-offs that militants were plotting retaliation
- JULY 16, 2002NebraskaDEATH PENALTY
Nebraska Attorney General Don Stenberg has asked the...
Nebraska Attorney General Don Stenberg has asked the state's Supreme Court to decide whether Nebraska can continue sentencing people to death despite the recent U
- JULY 15, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
In Bangladesh, BNP leaders demanded the execution of...
In Bangladesh, BNP leaders demanded the execution of Awami League MP Col (rtd) Shawkat Ali, the principal suspect in the murder of Kazi Delwar Hosain and seven others
- JULY 15, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Prosecutors in the trial of the Tommy Suharto demanded...
Prosecutors in the trial of the Tommy Suharto demanded he face a 15 year jail sentence for masterminding the murder of a Supreme Court judge -- a punishment critics described as 'a joke
- JULY 15, 2002New JerseyDEATH PENALTY
The New Jersey Supreme Court, citing a trial judge's...
The New Jersey Supreme Court, citing a trial judge's error, reversed Daron Josephs'death sentence, but upheld his conviction for murder
- JULY 15, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Religious parties in Pakistan reacted sharply to the...
Religious parties in Pakistan reacted sharply to the death sentence gievn to Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh for the killing of American journalist Daniel Pearl saying his trial was unfair and aimed at appeasing the US
- JULY 15, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Massoud Parvizi was sentenced to death in Tehran
Massoud Parvizi was sentenced to death in Tehran
- JULY 15, 2002Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
The DVB [Democratic Voice of Burma] said that authorities...
The DVB [Democratic Voice of Burma] said that authorities are hearing the case involving former dictator U Ne Win's son-in-law U Aye Zaw Win and three grandchildren five days a week in order to conclude it quickly
- JULY 15, 2002GuyanaDEATH PENALTY
Two men were charged with attempting to overthrow the...
Two men were charged with attempting to overthrow the Guyana government, with one of them being remanded to prison
- JULY 15, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
A Palestinian human rights group condemned the killing...
A Palestinian human rights group condemned the killing of an alleged collaborator with Israel, who was shot while standing trial in the Gaza Strip on July 14
- JULY 15, 2002Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
A regional Caribbean human rights group welcomed an...
A regional Caribbean human rights group welcomed an Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) order that Trinidad and Tobago [must] update its laws on the death penalty, in compliance with international standards
- JULY 15, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The death sentence passed on Uchenna Uwachukwu for...
The death sentence passed on Uchenna Uwachukwu for killing his business partner, Benjamin Iheama, by the high court and court of appeal was confirmed by the Supreme Court
- JULY 15, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Hundreds of common Pakistanis were gathered outside...
Hundreds of common Pakistanis were gathered outside the court when the judgment against Omar Sheikh and the three other accused in the Daniel Pearl murder case was announced
- JULY 15, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Crusade Against Violence president Carina Agarao lashed...
Crusade Against Violence president Carina Agarao lashed at the Catholic Church for opposing President Arroyo's decision to forge ahead with the executions of convicts