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- JANUARY 18, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The PM's Office Minister Thammarak Issarangkura na...
The PM's Office Minister Thammarak Issarangkura na Ayuthaya said Thailand had seized over 500 million baht worth of drug suspects' assets in the 2001
- JANUARY 18, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
A 26-year-old former newspaper delivery man was sentenced...
A 26-year-old former newspaper delivery man was sentenced to death for a September 1999 random stabbing spree in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district that left two people dead and six injured
- JANUARY 18, 2002South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Six South African men accused of raping a nine-month-old...
Six South African men accused of raping a nine-month-old baby in October 2001 were freed by a court in Upington after insufficient evidence was gathered for the case to proceed
- JANUARY 18, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Six of 23 offenders charged with drug trafficking were...
Six of 23 offenders charged with drug trafficking were sentenced to death by the People's Court in Vietnam's Nghe An province, according to a report of Vietnam's official news agency VNA
- JANUARY 18, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
David Hicks, a 26-year-old Autralian captured fighting...
David Hicks, a 26-year-old Autralian captured fighting with al-Qaeda forces in Afghanistan in December 2001, has been transferred to a US marine base at Cuba's Guantanamo Bay
- JANUARY 18, 2002United StatesDEATH PENALTY
There has been speculation - it is nothing more - that...
There has been speculation - it is nothing more - that David Hicks, the Australian captured in battle against the Taliban and al-Qa'ida, could be condemned to death by US military tribunal
- JANUARY 18, 2002UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Refat Tulyaganov was executed despite intervention...
Refat Tulyaganov was executed despite intervention by the UN Human Rights Committee urging the Uzbek authorities to put the execution on hold
- JANUARY 17, 2002ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain and 30 Falun Gong practitioners from...
Hands Off Cain and 30 Falun Gong practitioners from Taiwan demonstrated ion front of the Chinese embassy in Rome in protest against repression by the Chinese authorities of the spiritual movement, and the death sentences handed out to two Christians
- JANUARY 17, 2002SyriaDEATH PENALTY
Syria applies the death penalty for drug trafficking...
Syria applies the death penalty for drug trafficking whilst the punishment for possession of drugs is life imprisonment
- JANUARY 17, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
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- JANUARY 17, 2002KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
Earlier in January Kyrgyzstan adopted a human rights...
Earlier in January Kyrgyzstan adopted a human rights program under which the death penalty could be abolished by 2010
- JANUARY 17, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
A 33-year-old Singaporean was sentenced to death by...
A 33-year-old Singaporean was sentenced to death by the High Court in Penang for trafficking in 801
- JANUARY 17, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
An inter-party group of lawmakers calling for the abolition...
An inter-party group of lawmakers calling for the abolition of the death penalty in Japan visited Justice Minister Mayumi Moriyama to protest the execution of two death-row inmates in late December 2001
- JANUARY 17, 2002SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
A 33-year-old Singaporean was sentenced to death by...
A 33-year-old Singaporean was sentenced to death by the High Court in Penang for trafficking in 801
- JANUARY 17, 2002NorwayDEATH PENALTY
Two neo-Nazis were found guilty of Norway's first racist...
Two neo-Nazis were found guilty of Norway's first racist killing after stabbing to death a mixed-race teenager because they did not like the colour of his skin
- JANUARY 17, 2002EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
Swaziland has given up a global search for a hangman...
Swaziland has given up a global search for a hangman and is thinking of switching to lethal injection for its death row inmates to end a 19-year hiatus in executions, the justice minister said
- JANUARY 17, 2002United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
A British hairdresser could face the death penalty...
A British hairdresser could face the death penalty after being charged with drug dealing in the United Arab Emirates
- JANUARY 17, 2002MexicoDEATH PENALTY
A Mexican court blocked the extradition of a man wanted...
A Mexican court blocked the extradition of a man wanted in the 1994 murder of an American drug agent because the U
- JANUARY 17, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Human Rights Watch harshly criticized the human rights...
Human Rights Watch harshly criticized the human rights situation in Armenia, saying that the country's authorities practically do not take any measures to improve it
- JANUARY 17, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Shoe bomber Richard Reid is facing the death penalty...
Shoe bomber Richard Reid is facing the death penalty in America after it emerged he will be accused of further charges
- JANUARY 17, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A British hairdresser could face the death penalty...
A British hairdresser could face the death penalty after being charged with drug dealing in the United Arab Emirates
- JANUARY 17, 2002United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International released a new report, "Arbitrary,...
Amnesty International released a new report, "Arbitrary, Discriminatory, and Cruel: An aide-mémoire to 25 Years of Judicial Killing," a report marking the 25th anniversary of the resumption of executions in the U
- JANUARY 17, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Nigerian embassy in Bangkok confirmed the execution...
The Nigerian embassy in Bangkok confirmed the execution of five Nigerians by firing squad in Bangwang, Thailand, for drug trafficking
- JANUARY 17, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Nigerian embassy in Bangkok confirmed the execution...
The Nigerian embassy in Bangkok confirmed the execution of five Nigerians by firing squad in Bangwang, Thailand, for drug trafficking
- JANUARY 17, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain and 30 Falun Gong practitioners from...
Hands Off Cain and 30 Falun Gong practitioners from Taiwan demonstrated ion front of the Chinese embassy in Rome in protest against repression by the Chinese authorities of the spiritual movement, and the death sentences handed out to two Christians
- JANUARY 17, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Shoe bomber Richard Reid is facing the death penalty...
Shoe bomber Richard Reid is facing the death penalty in America after it emerged he will be accused of further charges
- JANUARY 17, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A man was sentenced to death in Ghom, Iran, the Farsi...
A man was sentenced to death in Ghom, Iran, the Farsi language newspaper Keyhan reported
- JANUARY 17, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Guangxi provincial judicial organs sentenced Rao Ping...
Guangxi provincial judicial organs sentenced Rao Ping to death for drug trafficking
- JANUARY 17, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Nanping Municipal Intermediate People's Court, Fujian...
Nanping Municipal Intermediate People's Court, Fujian Province, sentenced Xu Jie to death for organizing a triad gang, assault, offering bribes and gambling, the Fujian Daily reported
- JANUARY 16, 2002KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
The Mazhilis voted in favour of amendments to the antiterrorism...
The Mazhilis voted in favour of amendments to the antiterrorism legislation to make any attempt on the life of the president punishable by the death penalty