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- DECEMBER 5, 2001IsraelDEATH 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
- DECEMBER 5, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty could be an effective weapon against...
The death penalty could be an effective weapon against corruption, which has become a norm in Thailand, Constitutional Court judge Amorn Raksasat said
- DECEMBER 5, 2001BelgiumDEATH 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
- DECEMBER 5, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
In the northern Nigerian state of Sokoto, a woman is...
In the northern Nigerian state of Sokoto, a woman is awaiting the outcome of an appeal against a conviction for adultery by an Islamic, or Sharia, court
- DECEMBER 5, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Safiya Hussaini Tudu, the Sokoto woman convicted of...
Safiya Hussaini Tudu, the Sokoto woman convicted of adultery by a Sharia court cried out for justice to be done to her
- DECEMBER 5, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Safiya Hussaini's lawyer, a man called Abdulkadar Imam...
Safiya Hussaini's lawyer, a man called Abdulkadar Imam Ibrahim, does not inspire confidence
- DECEMBER 5, 2001ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Patriotic Front president Michael Sata said though...
Patriotic Front president Michael Sata said though Zambia had acceded to a number of international conventions, he would still put the issue of the death penalty to the people to decide
- DECEMBER 5, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A senior Chinese Communist Party official was executed...
A senior Chinese Communist Party official was executed for hiring hitmen to assassinate a political opponent and his wife and also for corruption, the official Xinhua News Agency reported
- DECEMBER 5, 2001SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
A man who claimed his offer of S$100,000 to a group...
A man who claimed his offer of S$100,000 to a group of four youths to kill his estranged wife was a joke was sentenced to hang for abetting her murder
- DECEMBER 5, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The Czech Justice Ministry received official files...
The Czech Justice Ministry received official files from the judiciary bodies of Uzbekistan asking for Uzbek dissident Mukhammed Salikh's extradition
- DECEMBER 5, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The Czech Justice Ministry received official files...
The Czech Justice Ministry received official files from the judiciary bodies of Uzbekistan asking for Uzbek dissident Mukhammed Salikh's extradition
- DECEMBER 5, 2001Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Markham Open MP Andrew Baing asked Papua New Guinea's...
Markham Open MP Andrew Baing asked Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Sir Mekere Morauta if his Government was bold enough to introduce the death penalty for major crimes like wilful murder, pack-rape and rape
- DECEMBER 5, 2001FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Circuit Judge Barbara Fleischer has ruled that death...
Circuit Judge Barbara Fleischer has ruled that death row inmate Juan Melendez deserves a new trial because prosecutors withheld evidence that may have changed the outcome of his trial
- DECEMBER 5, 2001DEATH PENALTY
SAFIYA AWAITS OUTCOME OF APPEAL
December 5, 2001: in the northern Nigerian state of Sokoto, a woman is awaiting the outcome of an appeal against a conviction for adultery by an Islamic, or Sharia, court. If the appeal fails, Safiyatu Huseini will be stoned to death.
- DECEMBER 4, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Outraged by the escalating incidence of baby rapes...
Outraged by the escalating incidence of baby rapes in South Africa, the Traditional and Faith Healers Association said perpetrators should either receive the death sentence or be castrated
- DECEMBER 4, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Lois Nadean Smith, 61, was pronounced dead at 9:13 p
Lois Nadean Smith, 61, was pronounced dead at 9:13 p
- DECEMBER 4, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The Indonesian government is preparing a draft law...
The Indonesian government is preparing a draft law on terrorism to provide a legal basis for its anti-terrorism program, according to Abdul Gani Abdullah, director general for legislation at the Justice and Human Rights Ministry
- DECEMBER 4, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A woman in east China's Zhejiang Province gave herself...
A woman in east China's Zhejiang Province gave herself and the justice department an unprecedented challenge: she wants to have a baby through artificial insemination, for her husband who is sentenced to death for murder but yet to be executed
- DECEMBER 4, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A regional trial court meted out the death penalty...
A regional trial court meted out the death penalty to two brothers for raping their young niece
- DECEMBER 4, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A judge meted out the death penalty on a 40-year-old...
A judge meted out the death penalty on a 40-year-old man for raping a 5-year-old girl in 1996
- DECEMBER 4, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The Czech Foreign Ministry received an official Norwegian...
The Czech Foreign Ministry received an official Norwegian note requesting that the Czech Republic extradite detained Uzbek dissident Mukhammed Salikh to Norway where he had been granted asylum, Foreign Ministry spokesman Ales Pospisil told CTK
- DECEMBER 4, 2001DEATH PENALTY
The Czech Foreign Ministry received an official Norwegian...
The Czech Foreign Ministry received an official Norwegian note requesting that the Czech Republic extradite detained Uzbek dissident Mukhammed Salikh to Norway where he had been granted asylum, Foreign Ministry spokesman Ales Pospisil told CTK
- DECEMBER 4, 2001LesothoDEATH PENALTY
Lesotho's proposed legislation to provide for the death...
Lesotho's proposed legislation to provide for the death sentence on men who rape knowing they are infected with Aids was published in the capital Maseru
- DECEMBER 4, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
The increase of child rapes and abuse in South Africa...
The increase of child rapes and abuse in South Africa was an indictment of the country, African National Congress president Winnie Madikizela-Mandela said
- DECEMBER 4, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
In Uganda defilement is a capital offence although...
In Uganda defilement is a capital offence although nobody has yet been sentenced to death for it
- DECEMBER 4, 2001NorwayDEATH PENALTY
The Czech Foreign Ministry received an official Norwegian...
The Czech Foreign Ministry received an official Norwegian note requesting that the Czech Republic extradite detained Uzbek dissident Mukhammed Salikh to Norway where he had been granted asylum, Foreign Ministry spokesman Ales Pospisil told CTK
- DECEMBER 4, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
A Civil Forum attended by representatives of all 22...
A Civil Forum attended by representatives of all 22 organizations comprising the Russian Democratic Conference on November 21 and 22 adopted two documents
- DECEMBER 4, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Walter Schwimmer, Secretary-General of the Council...
Walter Schwimmer, Secretary-General of the Council of Europe, on initiatives to enhance police and judicial co-operation in the fight against terrorism:"The attacks of September 11 made the fight against terrorism a fundamental political priority for gove
- DECEMBER 4, 2001AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
Cuhuatemoc Hinricky Peraita, 25, a Holman Prison inmate...
Cuhuatemoc Hinricky Peraita, 25, a Holman Prison inmate found guilty in September of murdering Quincy Lewis, a fellow inmate, was sentenced to the electric chair in an Escambia County courtroom
- DECEMBER 4, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
The opposition Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) said it...
The opposition Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) said it wanted the death penalty imposed against child rapists