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- MAY 16, 2002KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Eleven prison officers appeared in a Nairobi Court...
Eleven prison officers appeared in a Nairobi Court charged with the murder of six inmates at Nyeri prison, popularly known as King'ong'o
- MAY 16, 2002MaliDEATH PENALTY
The Malian government has adopted a bill suspending...
The Malian government has adopted a bill suspending the death sentence for two years
- MAY 16, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court said that life imprisonment should...
The Supreme Court said that life imprisonment should be the normal rule of punishment in murder cases
- MAY 16, 2002IraqDEATH PENALTY
The European Parliament adopted a resolution - drafted...
The European Parliament adopted a resolution - drafted by Emma Nicholson (ELDR, United Kingdom) - by 354 votes in favour, 29against with 31 abstentions deploring the situation in Iraq, eleven years after the Gulf War
- MAY 16, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
The European Parliament adopted a resolution by 354...
The European Parliament adopted a resolution by 354 votes in favour, 29against with 31 abstentions deploring the situation in Iraq, eleven years after the Gulf War
- MAY 16, 2002PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
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U.S. District Judge Anita B
- MAY 16, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
The jury of the 319th District Court sentenced Jose...
The jury of the 319th District Court sentenced Jose Luis Villegas, 27, to death
- MAY 16, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
The Farsi language newspaper Nowrouz said 20 men were...
The Farsi language newspaper Nowrouz said 20 men were to be hanged in Tehran the following week, including Ali Goosh Shekastah
- MAY 15, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The leader of the Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch...
The leader of the Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Alexi II believes the question of lifting the moratorium on the death penalty in Russia should be decided by legislators
- MAY 15, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
President Vicente Fox Quesada of Mexico, in an address...
President Vicente Fox Quesada of Mexico, in an address to the European Parliament welcomed the support from the EP in taking up the cases of citizens facing the death penalty and inparticular that of Gerardo Valdis whose life has now been saved
- MAY 15, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Four convicted murderers were hanged in Tehran
Four convicted murderers were hanged in Tehran
- MAY 15, 2002MexicoDEATH PENALTY
President Vicente Fox Quesada of Mexico, in an address...
President Vicente Fox Quesada of Mexico, in an address to the European Parliament welcomed the support from the EP in taking up the cases of citizens facing the death penalty and inparticular that of Gerardo Valdis whose life has now been saved
- MAY 15, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
A man who stabbed his wife to death was sentenced to...
A man who stabbed his wife to death was sentenced to death by the Uganda High Court which sat in Lira
- MAY 15, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
State Minister Nejat Arseven said that the Finnish...
State Minister Nejat Arseven said that the Finnish parliamentary delegation and he had evaluated the developments in Turkey's European Union (EU) candidacy process, adding, "parliamentarians stated that they would support Turkey's EU membership
- MAY 14, 2002United StatesDEATH PENALTY
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- MAY 14, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Janata Party president Dr Subramanian Swamy said he...
Janata Party president Dr Subramanian Swamy said he would go to the Supreme Court if the federal government failed to carry out the death sentence awarded to four persons convicted in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case by August 15
- MAY 14, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The North Caucasus anti-terror headquarters confirmed...
The North Caucasus anti-terror headquarters confirmed it received reports on the execution of a person who might have eliminated the notorious [Chechen] terrorist Khattab
- MAY 14, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Chechen rebels have executed by a firing squad a man...
Chechen rebels have executed by a firing squad a man accused of murdering Khattab, a prominent rebel warlord of Arab origin
- MAY 14, 2002ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
As the May 26th presidential elections approach, the...
As the May 26th presidential elections approach, the situation in the country remains tense
- MAY 14, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani woman sentenced to death by stoning for...
A Pakistani woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery said she had been misled by her lawyers into claiming she was raped
- MAY 14, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The wife of the Governor of North West Frontier Province...
The wife of the Governor of North West Frontier Province (NWFP) Lt
- MAY 14, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The Women's Action Forum (WAF) and the Lahore High...
The Women's Action Forum (WAF) and the Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) demanded that the government repeal the Hudood (Zina) Ordinance, 1979, and abolish the Federal Sharia Court immediately
- MAY 13, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The Central Jakarta district court sentenced to death...
The Central Jakarta district court sentenced to death Dani alias Taufik bin Abdullah, another suspect in the bombing of a market center in the city in August 2001
- MAY 13, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
An Indonesian court sentenced to death an accomplice...
An Indonesian court sentenced to death an accomplice of a Malaysian bomber over an explosion at a Jakarta shopping mall in August 2001 that was linked by the judge to an international terrorist network
- MAY 13, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded an Afghan man convicted of smuggling...
Saudi Arabia beheaded an Afghan man convicted of smuggling an unspecified amount of heroin into the kingdom, the Saudi Press Agency reported
- MAY 13, 2002CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
Cambodia's Prince Norodom Ranariddh called for the...
Cambodia's Prince Norodom Ranariddh called for the United Nations to return to talks on setting up a genocide tribunal for the leaders of country's brutal 1970s Khmer Rouge "Killing Fields" regime
- MAY 13, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The identity of three people involved in the death...
The identity of three people involved in the death of Chechen commander Amir Khattab has been established, Chechen sources reported
- MAY 13, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The State Council and National Assembly of Dagestan...
The State Council and National Assembly of Dagestan will appeal to President Vladimir Putin and the State Duma to cancel the moratorium on the death penalty
- MAY 13, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russian human rights commissioner Oleg Mironov said...
Russian human rights commissioner Oleg Mironov said terrorist acts, horrendous as they are, cannot provide an argument for lifting the moratorium on the death penalty in Russia
- MAY 13, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The State Council of Dagestan resolved to appeal to...
The State Council of Dagestan resolved to appeal to President Vladimir Putin to lift the ban on capital punishment