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- DECEMBER 26, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Some 3,000 people held a vigil at the Nigerian Embassy...
Some 3,000 people held a vigil at the Nigerian Embassy in Rome to call on the West African government spare the life of a woman due to be stoned to death under sharia law
- DECEMBER 26, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court of Appeals reversed the death sentence...
The Supreme Court of Appeals reversed the death sentence handed down on Salih Izzet Erdis, also known as Salih Mirzabeyoglu, the head of the fundamentalist terrorist organization IBDA-C
- DECEMBER 26, 2001CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
In San Francisco, a divided 9th U
In San Francisco, a divided 9th U
- DECEMBER 26, 2001ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Zimbabwe's opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, said...
Zimbabwe's opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, said that his supporters were being attacked and killed by an unofficial militia established by President Mugabe's government
- DECEMBER 26, 2001Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A south China court sentenced a Hong Kong drug lord...
A south China court sentenced a Hong Kong drug lord and his four associates to death following what is said to be the world's largest haul of "ice," local reports said
- DECEMBER 26, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A south China court sentenced a Hong Kong drug lord...
A south China court sentenced a Hong Kong drug lord and his four associates to death following what is said to be the world's largest haul of "ice," local reports said
- DECEMBER 26, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russia's Prosecutor-General Vladimir Ustinov said Chechen...
Russia's Prosecutor-General Vladimir Ustinov said Chechen rebel commander Salman Raduyev, sentenced December 25 to life imprisonment, deserved the death penalty
- DECEMBER 26, 2001VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
A legislator from northern Virginia is proposing a...
A legislator from northern Virginia is proposing a law he says would make opponents of the death penalty accountable for their opinions
- DECEMBER 25, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed five members of a violent gang that...
China executed five members of a violent gang that murdered 21 people over the eight years in China's northernmost province of Heilongjiang
- DECEMBER 25, 2001CubaDEATH PENALTY
The Venezuelan government formally requested that Panama...
The Venezuelan government formally requested that Panama extradite a Cuban man, Luis Posada Carriles, accused of blowing up a Cubana Aviacion airliner in 1976 shortly after take-off from Barbados
- DECEMBER 25, 2001VenezuelaDEATH PENALTY
The Venezuelan government formally requested that Panama...
The Venezuelan government formally requested that Panama extradite a Cuban man, Luis Posada Carriles, accused of blowing up a Cubana Aviacion airliner in 1976 shortly after take-off from Barbados
- DECEMBER 25, 2001PanamaDEATH PENALTY
The Venezuelan government formally requested that Panama...
The Venezuelan government formally requested that Panama extradite a Cuban man, Luis Posada Carriles, accused of blowing up a Cubana Aviacion airliner in 1976 shortly after take-off from Barbados
- DECEMBER 25, 2001JapanDEATH PENALTY
A right-wing activist will be sent to the gallows after...
A right-wing activist will be sent to the gallows after an appeal court overruled a life term handed down at a district court
- DECEMBER 25, 2001SudanDEATH PENALTY
Muhammad Adam Yahya and Ahmad Sulayman Muhammad were...
Muhammad Adam Yahya and Ahmad Sulayman Muhammad were sentenced to amputation of the right hand followed by death by hanging, for armed robbery, Human Rights Watch reported
- DECEMBER 25, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
[political journalist] Valery Vyzhutovich wrote in...
[political journalist] Valery Vyzhutovich wrote in [the Russian daily business newspaper ] Vremya MN that the life-sentence handed to [Chechen terrorist] Salman Raduyev was "in fact passed long before the end of the trial
- DECEMBER 25, 2001SudanDEATH PENALTY
Muhammad Adam Yahya and Ahmad Sulayman Muhammad were...
Muhammad Adam Yahya and Ahmad Sulayman Muhammad were sentenced to amputation of the right hand followed by death by hanging, for armed robbery, Human Rights Watch said
- DECEMBER 25, 2001SudanDEATH PENALTY
Three men were executed in northern Darfur in Sudan
Three men were executed in northern Darfur in Sudan
- DECEMBER 24, 2001Burkina FasoDEATH PENALTY
The abolition of capital punishment in Burkina Faso,...
The abolition of capital punishment in Burkina Faso, though it is rarely applied, generated a heated debate
- DECEMBER 24, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
South Africa's opposition parties urged the government...
South Africa's opposition parties urged the government to let the public decide whether to reinstate capital punishment, amid increasing calls for the return of death penalty in the country
- DECEMBER 24, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The shadow foreign secretary Michael Ancram, said:...
The shadow foreign secretary Michael Ancram, said: " I look at every issue on its merit, and on capital punishment I voted for it in two very clear categories: indiscriminate terrorism where the bomber doesn't care whom he is killing, and I think that's a
- DECEMBER 24, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A draft amendment to China's Criminal Law, which was...
A draft amendment to China's Criminal Law, which was tabled at a session of the country's legislature National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, stipulates that those who commit crimes like spreading poisonous, radioactive or contagious material
- DECEMBER 24, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The State Administration of Taxation stated in Beijing...
The State Administration of Taxation stated in Beijing that in April 2001, the Chinese tax administration launched a campaign aimed at fighting tax fraud
- DECEMBER 23, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human...
The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, Kamal Hossain, expressed concern over the death and summary execution of prisoners in Afghanistan
- DECEMBER 23, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Two thieves were illegally hanged in Uganda's Karamoja...
Two thieves were illegally hanged in Uganda's Karamoja region
- DECEMBER 22, 2001BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
Tripoli People's Court postponed its verdict on six...
Tripoli People's Court postponed its verdict on six Bulgarian medics and a Palestinian doctor charged with deliberately infecting hundreds of Libyan children with the HIV virus to February 17, 2002 to complete the study of the case
- DECEMBER 22, 2001LibyaDEATH PENALTY
Tripoli People's Court postponed its verdict on six...
Tripoli People's Court postponed its verdict on six Bulgarian medics and a Palestinian doctor charged with deliberately infecting hundreds of Libyan children with the HIV virus to February 17, 2002 to complete the study of the case
- DECEMBER 22, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Afghanistan has an interim administration which was...
Afghanistan has an interim administration which was inaugurated on 22 December 2001 and which is due to govern for six months
- DECEMBER 21, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Kenton Keith, a spokesman for the US-led coalition...
Kenton Keith, a spokesman for the US-led coalition in Aghanistan said Washington would seek bin Laden's extradition if he was found in Afghanistan, Pakistan or elsewhere
- DECEMBER 21, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Kenton Keith, a spokesman for the US-led coalition...
Kenton Keith, a spokesman for the US-led coalition in Aghanistan said Washington would seek bin Laden's extradition if he was found in Afghanistan, Pakistan or elsewhere
- DECEMBER 21, 2001RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Rwandan President Paul Kagame said he will not sign...
Rwandan President Paul Kagame said he will not sign into law a controversial press bill which advocates death penalty for journalists inciting genocide