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- JUNE 10, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Three men were sentenced to execution in Abadan, Iran
Three men were sentenced to execution in Abadan, Iran
- JUNE 9, 2002Vatican CityDEATH PENALTY
Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga, a Honduran, a top...
Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga, a Honduran, a top Vatican official accused the American media of persecuting the Roman Catholic Church over paedophile priests, but even as he did so a Washington Post survey laid bare the extent of the scandal
- JUNE 9, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Mohammed A
Mohammed A
- JUNE 8, 2002KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
Kuwait's court of appeals upheld the death sentence...
Kuwait's court of appeals upheld the death sentence on a police officer found guilty of shooting dead a female editor in a crowded street
- JUNE 8, 2002Equatorial GuineaDEATH PENALTY
A court sentenced 68 people to up to 20 years each...
A court sentenced 68 people to up to 20 years each over an alleged plot to seize power
- JUNE 7, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
A jury sentenced Perry Eugene Williams Jr
A jury sentenced Perry Eugene Williams Jr
- JUNE 7, 2002OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Keating vetoes bill banning executions of mentally...
Keating vetoes bill banning executions of mentally retarded Legislation that would have exempted mentally retarded defendants from the death penalty was vetoed by Gov
- JUNE 7, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The authorities of Zanzibar Island assured Russian...
The authorities of Zanzibar Island assured Russian Ambassador to Tanzania Doku Zavgayev that "two citizens of Russia sentenced to death will not be executed
- JUNE 7, 2002TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
The authorities of Zanzibar Island assured Russian...
The authorities of Zanzibar Island assured Russian Ambassador to Tanzania Doku Zavgayev that "two citizens of Russia sentenced to death will not be executed
- JUNE 7, 2002MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Survivors of a massacre perpetrated in 1998 in Mexico,...
Survivors of a massacre perpetrated in 1998 in Mexico, who also withstood prison time and torture, say they will not rest until the members of the military they accuse of the crimes are brought to justice
- JUNE 7, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Martin Burnham, an American missionary, held by Muslim...
Martin Burnham, an American missionary, held by Muslim rebels for more than a year, was shot dead in the Philippines during an operation to free him and his wife, Gracia Burnham who was wounded during the rescue on the southern island of Mindanao
- JUNE 7, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
A 13-year-old boy was charged in the Magistrate's Court...
A 13-year-old boy was charged in the Magistrate's Court in Kuala Lumpur with murder of an 11-year-old girl at her house in Taman Seri Rampai in Wangsa Maju
- JUNE 7, 2002North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The "conservative" number of North Korean defectors...
The "conservative" number of North Korean defectors hiding in China was estimated at 50,000 at the end of 2001, with 583 of them fleeing to freedom in South Korea, a non-profit United States organisation helping refugees said in its recent annual report
- JUNE 7, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Vietnam executed a school teacher for raping six pupils...
Vietnam executed a school teacher for raping six pupils aged between seven and eight, despite an appeal for clemency by parents' of his victims, a court official said
- JUNE 7, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer summoned the heads...
Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer summoned the heads of all parties to discuss the reforms Turkey must implement to start membership talks with the European Union
- JUNE 7, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Mobile subunits of Chechen fighters entered the villages...
Mobile subunits of Chechen fighters entered the villages of Kotar-Yurt and Staryy Achkhoy on the night of 5-6 June and conducted a special operation against local traitors and accomplices of the occupying regime
- JUNE 7, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russia must retain the moratorium on the death penalty,...
Russia must retain the moratorium on the death penalty, Justice Minister Yuri Chaika told a news conference
- JUNE 6, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Gov. Frank Keating signed legislation establishing...
Gov. Frank Keating signed legislation establishing state crimes and penalties for terrorist acts in Oklahoma. The terrorism measure (Senate Bill 822) by Sen
- JUNE 6, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
The Palestinian Authority executed by firing squad...
The Palestinian Authority executed by firing squad two Palestinians convicted of raping and murdering a seven-year-old girl, Palestinian security and hospital officials said
- JUNE 6, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
A bilateral treaty on extradition of suspects and criminal...
A bilateral treaty on extradition of suspects and criminal defendants between Japan and South Korea will take effect June 21 following an exchange of ratification documents by Tokyo and Seoul, the Foreign Ministry said
- JUNE 6, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
Shozo Nishiyama, 49, a man in Hiroshima convicted of...
Shozo Nishiyama, 49, a man in Hiroshima convicted of one count of robbery-murder and facing another, said through his lawyer that he wants a legal revision so he can donate his bone marrow and organs while he is in detention and after his death
- JUNE 6, 2002South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
A bilateral treaty on extradition of suspects and criminal...
A bilateral treaty on extradition of suspects and criminal defendants between Japan and South Korea will take effect June 21 following an exchange of ratification documents by Tokyo and Seoul, the Foreign Ministry said
- JUNE 6, 2002GhanaDEATH PENALTY
The Director General of Prisons, Mr
The Director General of Prisons, Mr
- JUNE 6, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Wan Ruizhong, a Communist Party official, was sentenced...
Wan Ruizhong, a Communist Party official, was sentenced to death for accepting bribes to cover up a mine accident that killed 81 people
- JUNE 6, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Bowing to public outrage, the Pakistani [Federal Sharia]...
Bowing to public outrage, the Pakistani [Federal Sharia] court freed Zafran Bibi, a rape victim who was sentenced to death by stoning for the crime of having extramarital relations
- JUNE 6, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A Tehran court sentenced five men to death
A Tehran court sentenced five men to death
- JUNE 6, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
With the approval of the Hubei Provincial Higher People's...
With the approval of the Hubei Provincial Higher People's Court, courts in Xiangfan, Jingzhou, and Yichang carried out execution orders on three principal suspects: Yu Lin, Yang Yiyong, and Zhao Hongyan
- JUNE 6, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Municipal Intermediate People's Court in Xiangfan,...
The Municipal Intermediate People's Court in Xiangfan, Hubei Province, pronounced death sentences on principal triad organization members, Yu Lin (0151 2651) and Li Guojun (2621 0948 6511), the daily newspaper of the Ministry of Public Security reported
- JUNE 6, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
With the approval of the Supreme People's Court, the...
With the approval of the Supreme People's Court, the Intermediate People's court in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, executed Li Lixin, a Hunan "Yiyang Bang" gangster
- JUNE 6, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Bui Hiep Thang, Ngo Anh Cuong and Pham Quang Huy were...
Bui Hiep Thang, Ngo Anh Cuong and Pham Quang Huy were shot in Vietnam for murder