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- JUNE 13, 2002DEATH PENALTY
The European Parliament approved a resolution calling...
The European Parliament approved a resolution calling on the parliaments of Japan, South Korea and Taiwan to intensify their efforts for a rapid abolition of the death penalty and for the introduction of a moratorium on executions
- JUNE 13, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Together with DSP deputy chairmen Zeki Sezer, Tayfun...
Together with DSP deputy chairmen Zeki Sezer, Tayfun Icli and Suleyman Yagiz, Halici paid visits to the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), the Motherland Party (ANAP), and the Justice and Development Party groups to abolish death sentence
- JUNE 12, 2002VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
Walter R
Walter R
- JUNE 12, 2002IraqDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Saddam's eldest son, Udai, together,...
It was reported that Saddam's eldest son, Udai, together, with his brother, Qusai, has signed an estimated 10,000 execution orders
- JUNE 12, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
In some of the leading stories in the official Vietnamese...
In some of the leading stories in the official Vietnamese press Reuters that has not verified it and does not vouch for it accuracy reported that a court in the northern province of Lai Chau has sentenced to death two people found guilty of killing an ant
- JUNE 12, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A Tehran court condemned a man to death
A Tehran court condemned a man to death
- JUNE 12, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Premier Bulent Ecevit said he did not foresee any problems...
Premier Bulent Ecevit said he did not foresee any problems in gaining support from the opposition Islamist parties for the reform amid Turkey's efforts to begin EU membership talks by the end of 2002
- JUNE 12, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Van Lap and Pho Van Chinh were shot aftre being...
Nguyen Van Lap and Pho Van Chinh were shot aftre being convicted of raping minors
- JUNE 12, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Van Lap and Pho Van Chinh were executed by firing...
Nguyen Van Lap and Pho Van Chinh were executed by firing squad in Vietnam for raping minors
- JUNE 11, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A convicted murderer -identified as Mostafa R
A convicted murderer -identified as Mostafa R
- JUNE 11, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Belgian Foreign Minister Louis Michel said that any...
Belgian Foreign Minister Louis Michel said that any trade agreement between the European Union and Iran would have to include provisions on human rights and the global fight against terrorism
- JUNE 11, 2002RwandaDEATH PENALTY
The long-awaited trials to be conducted by Gacaca courts...
The long-awaited trials to be conducted by Gacaca courts - an adapted form of Rwandan traditional participatory justice - are to begin on 18 June to deal with the perpetrators of the 1994 genocide, in which Hutu extremists in the country killed some 800,0
- JUNE 11, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Belgian Foreign Minister Louis Michel said that any...
Belgian Foreign Minister Louis Michel said that any trade agreement between the European Union and Iran would have to include provisions on human rights and the global fight against terrorism
- JUNE 11, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International accused Thailand's police and...
Amnesty International accused Thailand's police and army of widely using torture in prisons and while interrogating criminal suspects
- JUNE 11, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Special Investiga tion/Legal Section Narcotics Department...
Special Investiga tion/Legal Section Narcotics Department Supt Nooryah Mohd Anvar said that since the implementation of the mandatory death sentence and life imprisonment for drug offences in 1975, 155 Malaysians and 45 foreigners were hanged under Sectio
- JUNE 11, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A Vietnamese man was sentenced to death for killing...
A Vietnamese man was sentenced to death for killing his parents with a meal laced with rat poison, a court official said
- JUNE 11, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Toh Su Kuan, a mechanic sentenced to death in 1998...
Toh Su Kuan, a mechanic sentenced to death in 1998 for having 356 packets of heroin strapped to his torso and stuffed in his shoes was acquitted by the Court of Appeal on the basis that the prosecution had not proved that he had known what he was carrying
- JUNE 11, 2002DEATH PENALTY
The present situation impedes Belarus's integration...
The present situation impedes Belarus's integration into Europe, said Wolfgang Behrendt, rapporteur on Belarus in the political committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), said in Minsk
- JUNE 11, 2002BelarusDEATH PENALTY
The present situation impedes Belarus's integration...
The present situation impedes Belarus's integration into Europe, said Wolfgang Behrendt, rapporteur on Belarus in the political committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), said in Minsk
- JUNE 11, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Deputy Prime Minister and Motherland Party (ANAP) leader...
Deputy Prime Minister and Motherland Party (ANAP) leader Mesut Yilmaz said that the parties in Parliament were searching for an agreement on the issues of the death penalty and teaching and broadcasting in mother tongues
- JUNE 11, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
Japan's Supreme Court upheld death sentences for two...
Japan's Supreme Court upheld death sentences for two Chinese men found guilty of a 1992 triple murder and robbery at a pachinko parlor in Tama, western Tokyo
- JUNE 11, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A former Pakistan army captain sentenced to death for...
A former Pakistan army captain sentenced to death for claiming to be a prophet was shot dead by another prisoner, an official said
- JUNE 11, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A court in Tehran sentenced a man to death
A court in Tehran sentenced a man to death
- JUNE 10, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Hossein Najafi, a convicted murderer was hanged in...
Hossein Najafi, a convicted murderer was hanged in a prison in the northeatern holy city of Mashhad, the daily Qods said
- JUNE 10, 2002St. Vincent & GrenadinesDEATH PENALTY
The Committee on the Rights of the Child concluded...
The Committee on the Rights of the Child concluded its thirtieth session, having considered reports of 10 States parties to the Convention on the Rights of the Child
- JUNE 10, 2002Equatorial GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Some 68 opposition leaders have been sentenced to jail...
Some 68 opposition leaders have been sentenced to jail terms ranging from six to 20 years for reportedly plotting to overthrow President Teodoro Obiang Nguema
- JUNE 10, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A Vietnamese man was sentenced to death for strangling...
A Vietnamese man was sentenced to death for strangling his 107-year-old grandfather, a court official said
- JUNE 10, 2002MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Forty-four percent of all foreigners sentenced to death...
Forty-four percent of all foreigners sentenced to death in the United States are Mexican, officials said
- JUNE 10, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkey has appealed to Libya not to execute two Turkish...
Turkey has appealed to Libya not to execute two Turkish nationals sentenced to death for murder
- JUNE 10, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Rasoul Imani, 63, was hanged in jail in Tabriz, Iran
Rasoul Imani, 63, was hanged in jail in Tabriz, Iran