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- APRIL 24, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A court in Pakistan condemned Mumtaz Ali Buledi to...
A court in Pakistan condemned Mumtaz Ali Buledi to death on two counts of murder
- APRIL 24, 2002GreeceDEATH PENALTY
The General Secretariat for Equality asked that Greece...
The General Secretariat for Equality asked that Greece officially intervene in the case of a Nigerian woman sentenced to death by stoning on charges of adultery by a Muslim sharia court in Nigeria
- APRIL 24, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The General Secretariat for Equality asked that Greece...
The General Secretariat for Equality asked that Greece officially intervene in the case of a Nigerian woman sentenced to death by stoning on charges of adultery by a Muslim sharia court in Nigeria
- APRIL 24, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
A Ugandan High Court sentenced three people to death...
A Ugandan High Court sentenced three people to death for committing murder
- APRIL 24, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
Accused poison curry killer Masumi Hayashi should be...
Accused poison curry killer Masumi Hayashi should be sentenced to death for her crime, the father of a victim told a Japanese court
- APRIL 24, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Five prisoners were executed at Bang Kwang Maxium Security...
Five prisoners were executed at Bang Kwang Maxium Security Prison in Thailand
- APRIL 24, 2002SpainDEATH PENALTY
Human rights defence lawyers, commissioners and prosecutors...
Human rights defence lawyers, commissioners and prosecutors from Europe and America took part at the international meeting being held in Madrid, where the abolition of the death penalty worldwide and the workings of the International Criminal Court
- APRIL 24, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
Richard Allen Masterson, 30, has been sentenced to...
Richard Allen Masterson, 30, has been sentenced to death in the Jan
- APRIL 24, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
April, 24/26, 2002: Taiyuan Municipal Courts, in Shanxi...
April, 24/26, 2002: Taiyuan Municipal Courts, in Shanxi Province, convened meetings to announce judgments on 117 criminal suspects in 10 places
- APRIL 24, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Justice organs in Xining City, Qinghai Province, convened...
Justice organs in Xining City, Qinghai Province, convened a meeting to try 28 alleged criminals for homicide, kidnapping, robbery, and injury cases
- APRIL 24, 2002New MexicoDEATH PENALTY
The jury that convicted Robert Fry last week in the...
The jury that convicted Robert Fry last week in the June 9, 2000 murder of Betty Lee voted to sentence him to the death penalty
- APRIL 24, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A man was hanged in public in Abadan, Iran
A man was hanged in public in Abadan, Iran
- APRIL 23, 2002Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe welcomed progress on human rights...
The Council of Europe welcomed progress on human rights in Russia but said more should be done in a number of key areas
- APRIL 23, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe welcomed progress on human rights...
The Council of Europe welcomed progress on human rights in Russia but said more should be done in a number of key areas
- APRIL 23, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
The visit by Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi...
The visit by Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to a Tokyo war shrine on April 21 sparked scattered protests around Asia, particularly in countries that suffered at the hands of Japan in World War II
- APRIL 23, 2002GuatemalaDEATH PENALTY
Police recaptured a convict who escaped with 78 other...
Police recaptured a convict who escaped with 78 other prisoners from a maximum-security jail on Guatemala's southern coast on June 17, 2001, but 19 of the escapees remain at large
- APRIL 23, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
In Malaysia a member of the Pahang State Legislative...
In Malaysia a member of the Pahang State Legislative Assembly, Abdul Aziz Long, suggested that the mandatory death sentence be applied to incest offenders
- APRIL 23, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Public whipping to punish those who commit incest can...
Public whipping to punish those who commit incest can be carried out if the people support the move, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said
- APRIL 23, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Following the Supreme Court's approval of their sentences,...
Following the Supreme Court's approval of their sentences, a number of people will be executed in the near future for causing social disorder, Chairman of Tehran Province Justice Administration Abbas Ali Alizadeh announced
- APRIL 23, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
NGOs working in the field of human rights condemned...
NGOs working in the field of human rights condemned the verdict of stoning to death of a woman by a Kohat court and demanded that proper justice be done to the woman
- APRIL 23, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A woman sentenced to death by stoning in public for...
A woman sentenced to death by stoning in public for adultery by a trial court filed an appeal before Pakistan's Federal Sharia Court
- APRIL 23, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Mesut Yilmaz, ANAP [Motherland Party] leader and deputy...
Mesut Yilmaz, ANAP [Motherland Party] leader and deputy prime minister, has said that a conciliation excluding coalition partner MHP [Nationalist Action Party] will not be sought on issues other than capital punishment
- APRIL 23, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
An appeals court in Zanzibar, Tanzania, sentenced two...
An appeals court in Zanzibar, Tanzania, sentenced two Russians to the death penalty
- APRIL 23, 2002TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
An appeals court in Zanzibar, Tanzania, sentenced two...
An appeals court in Zanzibar, Tanzania, sentenced two Russians to the death penalty
- APRIL 23, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Hooded gunmen shot dead three fellow-Palestinians for...
Hooded gunmen shot dead three fellow-Palestinians for collaborating with Israel, taking swift vengeance on them for an Israeli missile strike that killed two Palestinian militants
- APRIL 22, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A British-born Islamic militant, Ahmed Omar Sheikh,...
A British-born Islamic militant, Ahmed Omar Sheikh, and three co-defendants pleaded not guilty to the kidnapping and murder earlier this year of the Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl as a Pakistani court began hearing the trial
- APRIL 22, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A British-born Islamic militant, Ahmed Omar Sheikh,...
A British-born Islamic militant, Ahmed Omar Sheikh, and three co-defendants pleaded not guilty to the kidnapping and murder earlier this year of the Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl as a Pakistani court began hearing the trial
- APRIL 22, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A British-born Islamic militant, Ahmed Omar Sheikh,...
A British-born Islamic militant, Ahmed Omar Sheikh, and three co-defendants pleaded not guilty to the kidnapping and murder earlier this year of the Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl as a Pakistani court began hearing the trial
- APRIL 22, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Jail authorities in Kohat are not allowing a woman...
Jail authorities in Kohat are not allowing a woman sentenced to death for adultery to receive any visits, saying she is a "dangerous prisoner"
- APRIL 22, 2002BelarusDEATH PENALTY
The former chief executioner of Belarus said he was...
The former chief executioner of Belarus said he was ready to testify in an international court against President Alexander Lukashenko on charges of abusing human rights in the ex-Soviet country