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- MARCH 12, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
A Palestinian suspected of collaborating with Israeli...
A Palestinian suspected of collaborating with Israeli security forces was lynched and hung by his feet in the main square of Ramallah
- MARCH 12, 2002IraqDEATH PENALTY
Addressing a meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party...
Addressing a meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party over the prospect of British involvement in US military action against Iraq, UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw emphasised that no decision had been taken on opening a second front in the War on Terror,
- MARCH 12, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Addressing a meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party...
Addressing a meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party over the prospect of British involvement in US military action against Iraq, UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw emphasised that no decision had been taken on opening a second front in the War on Terror,
- MARCH 12, 2002UkraineDEATH PENALTY
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry is taking measures to...
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry is taking measures to have the death sentence lifted from Ukrainian national Viktoria Mamontova, who was convicted of heroin possession and sentenced to death in Thailand
- MARCH 12, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Senators seeking the repeal of the Death Penalty Law...
Senators seeking the repeal of the Death Penalty Law denied the bill they filed was meant to benefit jailed ex-President Joseph Estrada, under trial for plunder
- MARCH 12, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry is taking measures to...
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry is taking measures to have the death sentence lifted from Ukrainian national Viktoria Mamontova, who was convicted of heroin possession and sentenced to death in Thailand
- MARCH 12, 2002Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
The chief of staff of slain Congolese President Laurent...
The chief of staff of slain Congolese President Laurent Kabila was charged with helping mastermind his assassination, and 80 others were charged with plotting the murder, family and officials said
- MARCH 12, 2002DEATH PENALTY
A Palestinian suspected of collaborating with Israeli...
A Palestinian suspected of collaborating with Israeli security forces was lynched and hung by his feet in the main square of Ramallah
- MARCH 12, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
A group of relatives of terrorism victims threw a black...
A group of relatives of terrorism victims threw a black wreath into the sea in Mudanya on Tuesday to protest the efforts to abolish death penalty
- MARCH 12, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran has set $18,750 for the "blood money" a murderer...
Iran has set $18,750 for the "blood money" a murderer can pay to his victim's family to avoid execution
- MARCH 12, 2002GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Ignoring pleas from Great Britain, Georgia executed...
Ignoring pleas from Great Britain, Georgia executed a man with dual British-American citizenship for the murder and rape of Jean D
- MARCH 11, 2002Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC)...
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) delivered judgments in the appeals of Peter Hughes (St Lucia), Berthill Fox (St Kitts and Nevis) and Patrick Reyes (Belize)
- MARCH 11, 2002BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC)...
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) delivered judgments in the appeals of Peter Hughes (St Lucia), Berthill Fox (St Kitts and Nevis) and Patrick Reyes (Belize)
- MARCH 11, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
A jury sentenced to death Joshua Maxwell, 23, for the...
A jury sentenced to death Joshua Maxwell, 23, for the shooting-death of Sgt
- MARCH 11, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China plans to increase the use of lethal injections...
China plans to increase the use of lethal injections to execute criminals as a "civilised way of law enforcement", the official Xinhua news agency said
- MARCH 11, 2002MissouriDEATH PENALTY
U.S. District Judge Fernando Gaitan approved a November...
U.S. District Judge Fernando Gaitan approved a November 2001 jury decision to sentence Keith D
- MARCH 11, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A man was publicly beheaded in Saudi Arabia for murdering...
A man was publicly beheaded in Saudi Arabia for murdering a man by running over him several times with his car
- MARCH 11, 2002IsraelDEATH PENALTY
A suspected Palestinian suicide bomber was "executed...
A suspected Palestinian suicide bomber was "executed in cold blood after his arrest", witnesses said
- MARCH 11, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Brushing aside pleas for mercy from the British government,...
Brushing aside pleas for mercy from the British government, European Union and prominent opponents of capital punishment, a Georgia pardons board refused to block the execution of a British man [Tracy Housel] sentenced to death for the 1985 murder of a fe
- MARCH 11, 2002DEATH PENALTY
A suspected Palestinian suicide bomber was "executed...
A suspected Palestinian suicide bomber was "executed in cold blood after his arrest", witnesses said
- MARCH 11, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Five Palestinians accused of collaborating with Israel...
Five Palestinians accused of collaborating with Israel escaped from a Palestinian Authority jail in Nablus after Israeli forces bombed the building, Israel Radio reported
- MARCH 11, 2002DEATH PENALTY
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC)...
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) delivered judgments in the appeals of Peter Hughes (St Lucia), Berthill Fox (St Kitts and Nevis) and Patrick Reyes (Belize)
- MARCH 11, 2002JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC)...
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) delivered judgments in the appeals of Peter Hughes (St Lucia), Berthill Fox (St Kitts and Nevis) and Patrick Reyes (Belize)
- MARCH 11, 2002DEATH PENALTY
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC)...
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) delivered judgments in the appeals of Peter Hughes (St Lucia), Berthill Fox (St Kitts and Nevis) and Patrick Reyes (Belize)
- MARCH 11, 2002DominicaDEATH PENALTY
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC)...
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) delivered judgments in the appeals of Peter Hughes (St Lucia), Berthill Fox (St Kitts and Nevis) and Patrick Reyes (Belize)
- MARCH 11, 2002DEATH PENALTY
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC)...
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) delivered judgments in the appeals of Peter Hughes (St Lucia), Berthill Fox (St Kitts and Nevis) and Patrick Reyes (Belize)
- MARCH 11, 2002DEATH PENALTY
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC)...
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) delivered judgments in the appeals of Peter Hughes (St Lucia), Berthill Fox (St Kitts and Nevis) and Patrick Reyes (Belize)
- MARCH 11, 2002St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC)...
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) delivered judgments in the appeals of Peter Hughes (St Lucia), Berthill Fox (St Kitts and Nevis) and Patrick Reyes (Belize)
- MARCH 11, 2002GrenadaDEATH PENALTY
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC)...
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) delivered judgments in the appeals of Peter Hughes (St Lucia), Berthill Fox (St Kitts and Nevis) and Patrick Reyes (Belize)
- MARCH 11, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
The European Union vowed to keep pressuring China over...
The European Union vowed to keep pressuring China over its human rights record and urged Beijing to curtail its frequent use of the death penalty