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- JULY 10, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
In yet another what's-in-a-name mix-up, the President...
In yet another what's-in-a-name mix-up, the President of the Philippines was all set to send two convicts to the death chamber when, as it turned out, they were not the ones scheduled for execution
- JULY 10, 2002DEATH PENALTY
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO AWAITS COURT TESTING ON DEATH ROW CASES
July 10, 2002: Trinidad and Tobago´s attorney general said on Wednesday the government would wait for courts to test a ruling by a human rights tribunal telling the country not to execute 32 death row prisoners.
- JULY 10, 2002DEATH PENALTY
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO AWAITS COURT TESTING ON DEATH ROW CASES
July 10, 2002: Trinidad and Tobago´s attorney general said on Wednesday the government would wait for courts to test a ruling by a human rights tribunal telling the country not to execute 32 death row prisoners.
- JULY 9, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A young man was sentenced to execution in the Iranian...
A young man was sentenced to execution in the Iranian capital Tehran
- JULY 9, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
In Gaza, a Palestinian sentenced to death for collaborating...
In Gaza, a Palestinian sentenced to death for collaborating with Israeli security was shot and killed by Palestinian police while trying to escape, the Palestinian prosecutor said
- JULY 9, 2002New YorkDEATH PENALTY
New York's highest court threw out the death sentence...
New York's highest court threw out the death sentence for the first man condemned under the state's 1995 capital punishment law, saying the law was unconstitutional at the time he was sentenced
- JULY 9, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Armenia should continue complying with its commitments...
Armenia should continue complying with its commitments to the Council of Europe, according to the Council's secretary general, Walter Schwimmer, who spoke in Yerevan
- JULY 9, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Bangladesh convicted a man and sentenced...
A court in Bangladesh convicted a man and sentenced him to death in absentia for killing a woman
- JULY 9, 2002TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
The Tanzanian government said there are no plans whatsoever...
The Tanzanian government said there are no plans whatsoever to repeal the death penalty in the country
- JULY 9, 2002Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
The Trinidad and Tobago government said it was still...
The Trinidad and Tobago government said it was still awaiting the ruling by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) that has ordered it to pay 50,000 US dollars to support and educate the son of an executed multiple murderer
- JULY 9, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
In the Philippines an Ilonggo businessman was meted...
In the Philippines an Ilonggo businessman was meted the death penalty after he was found guilty of masterminding the kidnap-slaying of Bacolod-based businesswoman Roberta Cokin in 1995
- JULY 9, 2002Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
Armenia should continue complying with its commitments...
Armenia should continue complying with its commitments to the Council of Europe, according to the Council's secretary general, Walter Schwimmer, who spoke in Yerevan
- JULY 9, 2002SenegalDEATH PENALTY
Seven Senegalese human rights NGOs and associations...
Seven Senegalese human rights NGOs and associations have embarked on a campaign to end the death penalty in the country
- JULY 9, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Armenia should continue complying with its commitments...
Armenia should continue complying with its commitments to the Council of Europe, according to the Council's secretary general, Walter Schwimmer, who spoke in Yerevan
- JULY 9, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Bangladesh convicted a man and sentenced...
A court in Bangladesh convicted a man and sentenced him to death in absentia for killing a woman
- JULY 9, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
President Gloria Arroyo has allowed the execution of...
President Gloria Arroyo has allowed the execution of two of the 17 convicts on death row on October 16, said a source, who did not identify the two convicts
- JULY 9, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that the Intermediate People's Court...
It was reported that the Intermediate People's Court in Shijiazhuang, capital of Hebei, sentenced Zhao Jianlin and Zhao Jianbo to death
- JULY 9, 2002FloridaDEATH PENALTY
FLORIDA DELAYS TWO EXECUTIONS AFTER US SUPREME COURT RULING
July 9, 2002: Florida has delayed two executions scheduled for this week as it considers the impact of a recent US Supreme Court ruling that said death penalty laws in five states are unconstitutional.
- JULY 8, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
A 20-year-old man, Aliyu Ibrahim, from Adamawa State,...
A 20-year-old man, Aliyu Ibrahim, from Adamawa State, who claimed to have blasphemed against the Prophet Muhammad has taken himself to the Upper Sharia Court Two, Sokoto, asking for the death penalty, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported
- JULY 8, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
An Islamic court in northern Nigeria began hearing...
An Islamic court in northern Nigeria began hearing an appeal from a woman convicted of adultery and sentenced to death by stoning under controversial Sharia, or Islamic, law
- JULY 8, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Islamic hardliners running Malaysia's eastern Terengganu...
Islamic hardliners running Malaysia's eastern Terengganu state passed criminal laws allowing amputation and death by stoning, ignoring protests they breached the constitution and human rights
- JULY 8, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Florida has delayed two executions scheduled for this...
Florida has delayed two executions scheduled for this week as it considers the impact of a recent US Supreme Court ruling that said death penalty laws in five states are unconstitutional
- JULY 8, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Three men who pulverised a security guard's face in...
Three men who pulverised a security guard's face in a "sadistic and savage" attack were given life sentences for a murder that a senior judge said was like no case he had ever experienced before
- JULY 8, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A court in India condemned a man to death for murdering...
A court in India condemned a man to death for murdering his wife
- JULY 8, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
A 24-year-old man was sentenced to death by a High...
A 24-year-old man was sentenced to death by a High Court in Malaysia after he was found guilty of murdering a Felda settler
- JULY 8, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Zahra Shojaei, Iran's presidential adviser on women's...
Zahra Shojaei, Iran's presidential adviser on women's issues, defended the practice of stoning women to death for the crime of adultery, saying the punishment is correct under Islamic sharia law and protects the institution of the family
- JULY 8, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani police said they had arrested two more men...
Pakistani police said they had arrested two more men accused of gang-raping a woman on the orders of a village jury, bringing to four the total held so far, but a fifth suspect was still at large
- JULY 8, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Zahra Shojaei, Iran's presidential adviser on women's...
Zahra Shojaei, Iran's presidential adviser on women's issues, defended the practice of stoning women to death for the crime of adultery, saying the punishment is correct under Islamic sharia law and protects the institution of the family
- JULY 8, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines...
The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines raised alarms over plans by President Macapagal-Arroyo to "re-activate" the execution of convicts
- JULY 8, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Barring any change of heart by President Arroyo, the...
Barring any change of heart by President Arroyo, the first ever execution of a death convict under her administration will happen on October 16, Justice Secretary Hernando Perez said