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- MAY 28, 2002GuyanaDEATH PENALTY
Eleven Caribbean countries were cited in the latest...
Eleven Caribbean countries were cited in the latest Amnesty International report on international human rights violations
- MAY 28, 2002BelizeDEATH PENALTY
Eleven Caribbean countries were cited in the latest...
Eleven Caribbean countries were cited in the latest Amnesty International report on international human rights violations
- MAY 28, 2002JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
Eleven Caribbean countries were cited in the latest...
Eleven Caribbean countries were cited in the latest Amnesty International report on international human rights violations
- MAY 28, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Conference sponsored by the Council of Europe on...
The Conference sponsored by the Council of Europe on "Justice and the Rights of Man in the observer countries of the CoE: the abolition of the death penalty", just come to an end in Tokyo, was attended by the Minister of Justice, Mrs
- MAY 28, 2002BelarusDEATH PENALTY
Belarusian Interior Minister Uladzimir Navumaw said...
Belarusian Interior Minister Uladzimir Navumaw said that it is premature to abolish capital punishment in this country
- MAY 28, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
In the Amnesty International annual report it was said...
In the Amnesty International annual report it was said that two men were hanged in February 2001, marking a resumption of executions after more than three years
- MAY 28, 2002DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS EXECUTES MAN FOR MURDER COMMITTED AT 17, MISSOURI STAYS EXECUTION IN SIMILAR CASE
May 28, 2002: Napoleon Beazley, 26, of Texas, and Christopher Simmons, 26, of Missouri, both committed murder when they were 17. They filed identical claims before federal and state courts, arguing that executing an inmate who was younger than 18 at the t
- MAY 27, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Shaaban Ali, a man who killed his wife and brother-in-law...
Shaaban Ali, a man who killed his wife and brother-in-law in January was publicly hanged in the western town of Malayer
- MAY 27, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Australia held inaugural talks with Vietnam on human...
Australia held inaugural talks with Vietnam on human rights and raised concerns about the treatment of dissidents and Australians facing possible death sentences in Vietnam
- MAY 27, 2002GreeceDEATH PENALTY
US national Peter Sedom, 32,who was serving multiple...
US national Peter Sedom, 32,who was serving multiple sentences, including a life-sentence for intentional homicide, excaped from Korydallos prison
- MAY 27, 2002HaitiDEATH PENALTY
Three gang members were shot to death in an impoverished...
Three gang members were shot to death in an impoverished quarter of the Haitian capital after opening fire on Haitian National Police officers, a police spokesman said
- MAY 27, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Director of the Public Security Bureau of Lucheng District,...
Director of the Public Security Bureau of Lucheng District, Wenzhou, in East China's Zhejiang Province, was sentenced to death for taking bribes and owning a huge amount of property of unkown sources
- MAY 27, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian military court spared the lives of two secret...
An Iranian military court spared the lives of two secret agents sentenced to death in 2001 for the murder of a dissident and his wife, Iran's IRNA news agency reported
- MAY 27, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte the campaign against...
Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte the campaign against illegal drugs would now be directed at big-time local distributors and suppliers from other regions in the Philippines
- MAY 27, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Australia held inaugural talks with Vietnam on human...
Australia held inaugural talks with Vietnam on human rights and raised concerns about the treatment of dissidents and Australians facing possible death sentences in Vietnam
- MAY 27, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
In recent days there has been a noticeable increase...
In recent days there has been a noticeable increase in talk of lifting Russia's current moratorium on the death penalty
- MAY 27, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Farhad was hanged in public in the ancient central...
Farhad was hanged in public in the ancient central Iranian city of Isfahan
- MAY 27, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Rahim Amiri, an Afghan national, was hanged in public...
Rahim Amiri, an Afghan national, was hanged in public in Semnan, Iran
- MAY 26, 2002TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Tajik Prosecutor-General Bobojon Bobokhonov said that...
Tajik Prosecutor-General Bobojon Bobokhonov said that the crime rate in 2001 was down on that of 2000
- MAY 25, 2002GermanyDEATH PENALTY
German officials are negotiating with the Turkish government...
German officials are negotiating with the Turkish government to extradite a Turk who is serving a four-year sentence in Germany for operating a terrorist organisation and calling for the murder of a rival, the German interior minister said
- MAY 25, 2002DEATH PENALTY
German officials are negotiating with the Turkish government...
German officials are negotiating with the Turkish government to extradite a Turk who is serving a four-year sentence in Germany for operating a terrorist organisation and calling for the murder of a rival, the German interior minister said
- MAY 25, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Marie Hilao-Enriquez, National Alliance for People's...
Marie Hilao-Enriquez, National Alliance for People's Rights secretary general, in a media forum held at the University of the Philippines, spoke about on an undeclared military attack in predominantly Muslim southern Sulu province, (Southern Philippines)
- MAY 25, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Uganda Law Society (ULS) launched a new book attacking...
The Uganda Law Society (ULS) launched a new book attacking the use of death penalty in Uganda at the International Conference Centre in Kampala
- MAY 24, 2002MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
Morocco's King Mohammed pardoned 979 prisoners on the...
Morocco's King Mohammed pardoned 979 prisoners on the eve of the Muslim Eid El Mawlid, which marks Prophet Mohammed's birthday
- MAY 24, 2002Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
A court in Myanmar sentenced to death a man convicted...
A court in Myanmar sentenced to death a man convicted of killing the Yangon office manager of Mitsubishi Corp
- MAY 24, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Former police officer Wang Luxiong and five gang members...
Former police officer Wang Luxiong and five gang members were given the death sentence for engaging in triad activities, the China News Service said
- MAY 24, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe has positively assessed changes...
The Council of Europe has positively assessed changes in Russia's penitentiary system, Deputy Justice Minister Yuri Kalinin said
- MAY 24, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The National Assembly of Dagestan has called for lifting...
The National Assembly of Dagestan has called for lifting the moratorium on the death penalty for persons committing especially grave crimes in Russia
- MAY 24, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
A survey published in Friday's Sabah newspaper showed...
A survey published in Friday's Sabah newspaper showed that in response to the question of whether Turkey should join the EU, 32
- MAY 24, 2002BelarusDEATH PENALTY
Lithuanian and Belarusian diplomats discussed bilateral...
Lithuanian and Belarusian diplomats discussed bilateral and regional cooperation, issues of trade and transport, and development of the legal base at a meeting in Druskininkai, southern Lithuania