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- APRIL 1, 2002Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
Four relatives of Myanmar's former dictator Ne Win,...
Four relatives of Myanmar's former dictator Ne Win, who were arrested in March on suspicion of plotting a coup, will stand trial on charges of high treason, an offence carrying the death penalty
- APRIL 1, 2002IsraelDEATH PENALTY
Palestinian head of preventive security in the West...
Palestinian head of preventive security in the West Bank Jibril Rajoub said Israeli forces killed about 30 Palestinian security officers in Ramallah
- APRIL 1, 2002IsraelDEATH PENALTY
As the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians...
As the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians turns increasingly ugly, Israeli troops face charges that they are carrying out execution-style killings
- APRIL 1, 2002DEATH PENALTY
As the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians...
As the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians turns increasingly ugly, Israeli troops face charges that they are carrying out execution-style killings
- APRIL 1, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Twelve Palestinians were executed by Palestinian gunmen...
Twelve Palestinians were executed by Palestinian gunmen who suspected them of collaborating with the Israelis
- APRIL 1, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Two army officers and a civilian were sentenced to...
Two army officers and a civilian were sentenced to death after the Criminal Court found them guilty of possessing 40,000 methamphetamine pills with intent to sell
- APRIL 1, 2002IraqDEATH PENALTY
Andreas Mavrommatis, special rapporteur on Iraq, reported...
Andreas Mavrommatis, special rapporteur on Iraq, reported to the Human Rights Commission
- APRIL 1, 2002UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
April-May 20, 2002: Nigmatullo Fayzullayev and Maksim...
April-May 20, 2002: Nigmatullo Fayzullayev and Maksim Strakhov were executed at the end of April and on 20 May respectively despite interventions by the UN Human Rights Committee on 16 October 2001 urging the Uzbek authorities to put the executions on hol
- MARCH 31, 2002UkraineDEATH PENALTY
The court of appeal in the United Arab Emirates upheld...
The court of appeal in the United Arab Emirates upheld the verdict of a court of lower instance condemning Ukrainian Andriy Svirid to death for assassination
- MARCH 31, 2002United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
The court of appeal in the United Arab Emirates upheld...
The court of appeal in the United Arab Emirates upheld the verdict of a court of lower instance condemning Ukrainian Andriy Svirid to death for assassination
- MARCH 31, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Australia is negotiating with Iran to return more than...
Australia is negotiating with Iran to return more than 200 asylum seekers who have been refused refugee status in Australia
- MARCH 31, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Australia is negotiating with Iran to return more than...
Australia is negotiating with Iran to return more than 200 asylum seekers who have been refused refugee status in Australia
- MARCH 31, 2002RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Four people were sentenced to death by the Nyamata...
Four people were sentenced to death by the Nyamata court of first instance in the joint trial of 74 people charged with involvement in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda and other crimes against humanity
- MARCH 31, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A court in Pakistan sentenced to death Falak Sher and...
A court in Pakistan sentenced to death Falak Sher and Allah Ditta for the double murder of Shahbaz and Bashir following a minor dispute
- MARCH 31, 2002IsraelDEATH PENALTY
A Palestinian minister slammed as barbaric Israel's...
A Palestinian minister slammed as barbaric Israel's occupation of its territories and said the United States was wrong to describe Israel's latest moves as self-defence
- MARCH 31, 2002IsraelDEATH PENALTY
A Palestinian minister slammed as barbaric Israel's...
A Palestinian minister slammed as barbaric Israel's occupation of its territories and said the United States was wrong to describe Israel's latest moves as self-defence
- MARCH 31, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Hussein Ahmad al-Ramahi was publicly beheaded for armed...
Hussein Ahmad al-Ramahi was publicly beheaded for armed robbery
- MARCH 30, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Bangladesh sentenced a young man to death...
A court in Bangladesh sentenced a young man to death by hanging in absentia for violating a girl
- MARCH 30, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Five young men were sentenced to death for raping and...
Five young men were sentenced to death for raping and stabbing to death a young woman in Bangladesh
- MARCH 30, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Nigerian Army said that it has no place for trade...
The Nigerian Army said that it has no place for trade unionism and that it is impossible for its soldiers to go on strike since such an action would be viewed as a mutiny, which carries the death penalty
- MARCH 30, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A woman who amassed a fortune after bribing and corrupting...
A woman who amassed a fortune after bribing and corrupting officials with sexual favours lost her appeal against the death sentence
- MARCH 29, 2002KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev called for a...
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev called for a moratorium on the death penalty and its abolition in the future
- MARCH 29, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The British-born militant Omar Saeed Sheikh, who was...
The British-born militant Omar Saeed Sheikh, who was charged in Pakistan with the kidnapping and murder of the US journalist Daniel Pearl, told the judge at the closed hearing in court in Karachi that he did not recognise the court, adding: "I request my
- MARCH 29, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The British-born militant Omar Saeed Sheikh, who was...
The British-born militant Omar Saeed Sheikh, who was charged in Pakistan with the kidnapping and murder of the US journalist Daniel Pearl, told the judge at the closed hearing in court in Karachi that he did not recognise the court, adding: "I request my
- MARCH 29, 2002IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
2 men sentenced to die by a corrupt judge should receive...
2 men sentenced to die by a corrupt judge should receive a new sentencing hearing, but their convictions will stand, according to a ruling issued by the U
- MARCH 29, 2002United StatesDEATH PENALTY
The British-born militant Omar Saeed Sheikh, who was...
The British-born militant Omar Saeed Sheikh, who was charged in Pakistan with the kidnapping and murder of the US journalist Daniel Pearl, told the judge at the closed hearing in court in Karachi that he did not recognise the court, adding: "I request my
- MARCH 29, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Police in Nigeria's Enugu state arrested the Divisional...
Police in Nigeria's Enugu state arrested the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) for Nsukka and seven of his men over the alleged murder of Nnaemeka Ugwoke and Izuchukwu Ayogu, both former students of Nsukka high school
- MARCH 29, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo lauded the verdict...
Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo lauded the verdict of the Sharia Appeal Court in Sokoto which overturned the death sentence passed on Safiya Tungar-Tudu by a lower sharia court in October 2001for committing adultery
- MARCH 29, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Muhammad Ejaz was condemned to death by a Lahore court...
Muhammad Ejaz was condemned to death by a Lahore court for the murder of Maqbool Ahmad on August 10, 1999
- MARCH 29, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An anti-terrorist court in Pakistan sentenced to death...
An anti-terrorist court in Pakistan sentenced to death a man on four counts of murder