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- JANUARY 24, 2002DEATH PENALTY
NIGERIAN ‘ADULTERESS’ FREED
January 24, 2002: an Islamic court in northern Nigeria acquitted Hafsatu Abubakar from alleged adultery, a charge that carries death by stoning.
- JANUARY 23, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
A jury sentenced Robert Gene Will II, 23, to death...
A jury sentenced Robert Gene Will II, 23, to death for killing sheriff's deputy Barrett Hill, 38, on Dec
- JANUARY 23, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
Japan and South Korea reached a basic agreement on...
Japan and South Korea reached a basic agreement on a draft of an extradition treaty, Japanese and South Korean officials said
- JANUARY 23, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
A Sokoto [northern Nigeria] Upper Shari'ah Court ordered...
A Sokoto [northern Nigeria] Upper Shari'ah Court ordered the amputation of the right hand of a middle-aged man, Bello Garba for stealing a donkey valued at 2,500 naira [21dollars]
- JANUARY 23, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
A sharia court in Nigeria acquitted an 18-year-old...
A sharia court in Nigeria acquitted an 18-year-old mother of adultery in a ruling that could save other Muslims from being stoned to death on similar charges, her lawyer said
- JANUARY 23, 2002ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe signed into law...
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe signed into law a draconian Bill allowing him to use extreme measures to silence opponents ahead of a crunch presidential ballot in March
- JANUARY 23, 2002FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Amos King, who was scheduled for execution on January...
Amos King, who was scheduled for execution on January 24, was granted a stay of execution by the U
- JANUARY 23, 2002VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
In Richmond, the Senate Courts of Justice Committee...
In Richmond, the Senate Courts of Justice Committee committee killed legislation that would have allowed Virginians to register their opposition to the death penalty with a registry maintained by the Virginia Supreme Court
- JANUARY 23, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
About 300 members of militant groups in Nueva Ecija...
About 300 members of militant groups in Nueva Ecija demanded justice for the 24 victims of unsolved killings in three towns in Nueva Ecija
- JANUARY 23, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Eight Iranians were hanged, four of them for rape and...
Eight Iranians were hanged, four of them for rape and the others for the murder and armed robbery of motorist
- JANUARY 23, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A court in the ancient central Iranian city of Isfahan...
A court in the ancient central Iranian city of Isfahan sentenced Rasool Chatrali to public hanging, the Farsi language newspaper Jame Jam reported
- JANUARY 23, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Guangzhou Daily reported that in early January...
The Guangzhou Daily reported that in early January Neijiang Municipal Intermediate People's Court, Sichuan Province, sentenced "gangsters" Li Ke and Xu Shuliang to death and Ye Ping to death with a reprieve of two years
- JANUARY 23, 2002North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
A new law in North Carolina allows prosecutors to seek...
A new law in North Carolina allows prosecutors to seek a first-degree murder conviction with a sentence of life in prison without parole instead of the death penalty
- JANUARY 22, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The UK Government is to ask America to ensure British...
The UK Government is to ask America to ensure British al Qaida suspects held in Cuba will not face the death penalty if tried in the US, Junior Foreign Office Minister Ben Bradshaw told MPs
- JANUARY 22, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
An angry demonstration was staged in Nablus
An angry demonstration was staged in Nablus
- JANUARY 22, 2002United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International demanded access to the al Qaeda...
Amnesty International demanded access to the al Qaeda and Taliban suspects held by the United States at Camp X-ray on Cuba
- JANUARY 22, 2002AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
Gov. Don Siegelman has announced a package of crime...
Gov. Don Siegelman has announced a package of crime bills he wants the Legislature to pass during the regular session. The governor's plan would give judges and juries the option of giving a death sentence to repeat sexual offenders when the victim was 12
- JANUARY 22, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption called...
The Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption called on government to mete out the death penalty on seven Chinese arrested recently for allegedly running a shabu laboratory in San Juan
- JANUARY 22, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Hasan Alizadeh was hanged in public in Sabzevar, Iran
Hasan Alizadeh was hanged in public in Sabzevar, Iran
- JANUARY 21, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
The father of murder victim Mami Takahashi called the...
The father of murder victim Mami Takahashi called the death sentence given to Hiroshi Zota, 26, on January 19 satisfactory
- JANUARY 21, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The rightwing National Action Party (MHP) is openly...
The rightwing National Action Party (MHP) is openly hostile to some the human rights reforms which are a precondition for starting talks on joining the European Union including a ban on the death penalty, a medium-term step agreed by Turkey with the EU
- JANUARY 21, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Reform in the sphere of human rights and democracy...
Reform in the sphere of human rights and democracy in China should be gradual rather than arise from a revolutionary process, Jan Ruml, the deputy chairman of the Senate from the Freedom Union, told CTK after meeting Chinese dissident Wang Dan
- JANUARY 21, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An activist of a banned extremist organisation, convicted...
An activist of a banned extremist organisation, convicted of killing two policemen, will be executed on January 22 after President Pervez Musharraf rejected his mercy petition, police said
- JANUARY 21, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Reform in the sphere of human rights and democracy...
Reform in the sphere of human rights and democracy in China should be gradual rather than arise from a revolutionary process, Jan Ruml, the deputy chairman of the Senate from the Freedom Union, told CTK after meeting Chinese dissident Wang Dan
- JANUARY 21, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
An 18-year-old Muslim who could face death if convicted...
An 18-year-old Muslim who could face death if convicted of adultery in northern Nigeria was released on bail after spending five weeks in jail with her new-born daughter, her lawyer said
- JANUARY 21, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Poursalehi was hanged in public in Khorramshahr,...
Mohammad Poursalehi was hanged in public in Khorramshahr, Iran
- JANUARY 21, 2002DEATH PENALTY
ANOTHER NIGERIAN WOMAN RISKS DEATH BY STONING
January 21, 2002: another woman in Nigeria’s northern Sokoto State, Hafsatu Abubakar, faces trial for adultery and risks death by stoning.
- JANUARY 20, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz said the...
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz said the government aims to abolish the death penalty in 2002 as it strives to meet European Union standards
- JANUARY 20, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Rangpur gave the death penalty to Moksed...
A court in Rangpur gave the death penalty to Moksed Ali and a life term to his accomplice Akramul Hossain on charges of rape and murder
- JANUARY 20, 2002Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
Two men, a Thai and a Burmese, were sentenced to death...
Two men, a Thai and a Burmese, were sentenced to death for possessing 200,000 speed pills with intent to sell