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- DECEMBER 9, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
The wife of a convicted killer who wants to be artificially...
The wife of a convicted killer who wants to be artificially inseminated before her husband's execution is forcing the justice system to clarify what it means to "strip a prisoner of his political and individual rights"
- DECEMBER 9, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The wife of a convicted killer who wants to be artificially...
The wife of a convicted killer who wants to be artificially inseminated before her husband's execution is forcing the justice system to clarify what it means to "strip a prisoner of his political and individual rights"
- DECEMBER 8, 2001MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
A leading human rights group said human rights suffered...
A leading human rights group said human rights suffered a setback in Morocco this year and demanded an independent inquiry into the disappearance of political opponents in the 1960s and 1970s
- DECEMBER 8, 2001SudanDEATH PENALTY
In Sudan an eighteen-year-old girl, Abok Alfa Akok,...
In Sudan an eighteen-year-old girl, Abok Alfa Akok, was condemned to death by stoning for adultery by the Nyala Criminal Court in southern Darfur
- DECEMBER 7, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Nine men who lived in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan...
Nine men who lived in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan have been convicted at the Old Bailey [London's main criminal court] of hijacking a jet and flying it to Stansted airport
- DECEMBER 7, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The European Union allocated 840,000 euros in support...
The European Union allocated 840,000 euros in support of small-scale human rights projects in China
- DECEMBER 7, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Hua Ruizhuo, who murdered 14 women, was sentenced to...
Hua Ruizhuo, who murdered 14 women, was sentenced to death by the Second Intermediate People's Court of Beijing
- DECEMBER 7, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Nine men who lived in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan...
Nine men who lived in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan have been convicted at the Old Bailey [London's main criminal court] of hijacking a jet and flying it to Stansted airport
- DECEMBER 7, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
The head of Amnesty International sees "positive trends"...
The head of Amnesty International sees "positive trends" in Lebanon's human rights record over the past decade, but remains concerned over the number of arbitrary arrests
- DECEMBER 7, 2001Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Speaking on the severity of punishment as a supposed...
Speaking on the severity of punishment as a supposed deterrence to crime, Auxiliary Bishop of Mt Hagen Bishop Douglas Young said it was the certainty of punishment that deterred crime-the knowledge that the criminal, high or low, rich or poor, powerful or
- DECEMBER 7, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
The head of Amnesty International sees "positive trends"...
The head of Amnesty International sees "positive trends" in Lebanon's human rights record over the past decade, but remains concerned over the number of arbitrary arrests
- DECEMBER 6, 2001TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
The Taiwan Association for Human Rights (TAHR) 2001...
The Taiwan Association for Human Rights (TAHR) 2001 report praised a move by the armed forces to reduce the number of crimes that bore a mandatory death sentence
- DECEMBER 6, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Sahib Al-Mosawi, 53, an Iraqi national who stabbed...
Sahib Al-Mosawi, 53, an Iraqi national who stabbed his wife Inaam Al-Nashi and her uncle Mohammad Al-Nashi to death on Nov
- DECEMBER 6, 2001FranceDEATH PENALTY
The Paris city council named U
The Paris city council named U
- DECEMBER 6, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Uzbekistan will work to extradite opposition member...
Uzbekistan will work to extradite opposition member Muhammad Salih, President Islam Karimov told the press
- DECEMBER 6, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe Human Rights Representative Alvaro...
The Council of Europe Human Rights Representative Alvaro Gil-Robles said that the Council of Europe was aware of the fact that a very important period started in Turkey
- DECEMBER 6, 2001PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
The Paris city council named U
The Paris city council named U
- DECEMBER 6, 2001NorwayDEATH PENALTY
Uzbekistan will work to extradite opposition member...
Uzbekistan will work to extradite opposition member Muhammad Salih, President Islam Karimov told the press
- DECEMBER 6, 2001NorwayDEATH PENALTY
Uzbekistan will work to extradite opposition member...
Uzbekistan will work to extradite opposition member Muhammad Salih, President Islam Karimov told the press
- DECEMBER 6, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
South African traditional leaders called for a referendum...
South African traditional leaders called for a referendum on the reinstatement of death penalty for rapists
- DECEMBER 6, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
KwaZulu-Natal agriculture and environmental affairs...
KwaZulu-Natal agriculture and environmental affairs MEC Narend Singh called for the return of death penalty for serious crimes such as murder
- DECEMBER 6, 2001IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Indian suspect Mohammed Afroz, 28, revealed that Al-Qaeda...
Indian suspect Mohammed Afroz, 28, revealed that Al-Qaeda [Osama Bin Laden's organisation] terrorists were planning to crash hijacked jets into the UK Parliament and Tower Bridge
- DECEMBER 6, 2001MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
An interior designer, who had been on death row since...
An interior designer, who had been on death row since 1997 for drug trafficking, walked free after his appeal was allowed by the Court of Appeal
- DECEMBER 6, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
Jesus Flores, 19, was sentenced to death for killing...
Jesus Flores, 19, was sentenced to death for killing Joseph N
- DECEMBER 6, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Indian suspect Mohammed Afroz, 28, revealed that Al-Qaeda...
Indian suspect Mohammed Afroz, 28, revealed that Al-Qaeda [Osama Bin Laden's organisation] terrorists were planning to crash hijacked jets into the UK Parliament and Tower Bridge
- DECEMBER 6, 2001VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The Vietnamese People's Supreme Court in November dismissed...
The Vietnamese People's Supreme Court in November dismissed five out of seven appeals by defendants in one of the biggest smuggling cases in the country, concerning the ring headed by Do Thi My Phuong
- DECEMBER 6, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe would not approve of a death...
The Council of Europe would not approve of a death sentence for suspected Chechen terrorist Salman Raduyev, who is currently being tried in Makhachkala, PACE rapporteur on Chechnya Lord Judd said in an interview with Interfax
- DECEMBER 6, 2001CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
In San Francisco, The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals...
In San Francisco, The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a death sentence given to Bruce Morris, 44, saying the jury's instructions contained a typographical error creating the impression that any other sentence might eventually set the man free on p
- DECEMBER 6, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The last victim of the Taliban was Abdullah, 28, from...
The last victim of the Taliban was Abdullah, 28, from Kandahar, a poet who became a soldier and a father of three
- DECEMBER 5, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
The European Union's 15 member states were among 114...
The European Union's 15 member states were among 114 countries that agreed an unprecedented declaration reaffirming the illegality of Jewish settlements in the occupied territories and calling on Israel to respect international humanitarian law