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- NOVEMBER 29, 2001SudanDEATH PENALTY
The representative of Belgium submitted to the UN Third...
The representative of Belgium submitted to the UN Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) a resolution on the situation of human rights in Sudan
- NOVEMBER 29, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
America's proposed use of military tribunals to try...
America's proposed use of military tribunals to try accused terrorists goes against the current trend of international law, which has moved exclusively towards civilian courts, according to the Daily Telegraph
- NOVEMBER 29, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The Pentagon was investigating reports of the massacre...
The Pentagon was investigating reports of the massacre of about 160 unarmed Taliban prisoners by American and Pakistani-backed opposition forces
- NOVEMBER 29, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Three men were sentenced to death in Bangkok after...
Three men were sentenced to death in Bangkok after being convicted of possessing 400,000 methamphetamine tablets with intent to sell
- NOVEMBER 29, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The quashing of the rebellion at Qala-i-Jhangi fort...
The quashing of the rebellion at Qala-i-Jhangi fort in Afghanistan has raised questions on the circumstances surrounding the deaths of hundreds of Taliban fighters and the role played by British and US forces in the killings
- NOVEMBER 29, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Hundreds of Taliban prisoners who had seized rockets...
Hundreds of Taliban prisoners who had seized rockets and mortars in an attempt to take over the Northern Alliance fortress of Qala-e-Jangi near the city of Mazar-i-Sharif, were they were being held captive, died in three days of savage fighting
- NOVEMBER 28, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The Tangerang district court sentenced to death a Pakistani...
The Tangerang district court sentenced to death a Pakistani man for smuggling 1,050 grams of heroin from Pakistan into Indonesia
- NOVEMBER 28, 2001VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Courts nationwide handed down the death sentence to...
Courts nationwide handed down the death sentence to 77 drug traffickers and life imprisonment to 88 between the fourth quarter of 2000 and first nine months of 2001, reported the An Ninh Thu Do(Capital Security) newspaper
- NOVEMBER 28, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The Tangerang district court sentenced to death a Pakistani...
The Tangerang district court sentenced to death a Pakistani man for smuggling 1,050 grams of heroin from Pakistan into Indonesia
- NOVEMBER 28, 2001RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Two former administrative officials have been sentenced...
Two former administrative officials have been sentenced to death by a tribunal of Cyangugu (South-west)
- NOVEMBER 28, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Chinese government officially denied that police...
The Chinese government officially denied that police had tortured South Korean drug traffickers in the process of their investigation
- NOVEMBER 28, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The Chinese government officially denied that police...
The Chinese government officially denied that police had tortured South Korean drug traffickers in the process of their investigation
- NOVEMBER 28, 2001VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Courts nationwide handed down the death sentence to...
Courts nationwide handed down the death sentence to 77 drug traffickers and life imprisonment to 88 between the fourth quarter of 2000 and first nine months of 2001, reported the An Ninh Thu Do(Capital Security) newspaper
- NOVEMBER 27, 2001EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
About 100 ethnic Oromos were executed at the beginning...
About 100 ethnic Oromos were executed at the beginning of November after being detained by EPRDF [Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, ruling coalition] armed forces
- NOVEMBER 27, 2001Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Papua New Guinea politicians made renewed calls for...
Papua New Guinea politicians made renewed calls for the death penalty for the most serious cases of rape and murder following the callous killing of a Roman Catholic priest
- NOVEMBER 27, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
A South African man, Bongani Mkhwanazi, escaped the...
A South African man, Bongani Mkhwanazi, escaped the gallows in Swaziland, SABC radio news reported
- NOVEMBER 27, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
A week of activities to commemorate the abolition of...
A week of activities to commemorate the abolition of the death penalty in the Grand Duchy of Tuscany kicked off in Florence
- NOVEMBER 27, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
A state security court in Izmir sentenced to death...
A state security court in Izmir sentenced to death three leftist militants convicted of acts of terror - the first such judgment since parliament passed in October a law lifting the death penalty for most crimes
- NOVEMBER 27, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
As the controversy over the death sentence passed on...
As the controversy over the death sentence passed on Safiya Tungar-Tudu for adultery continued, an Islamic Scholar, Abdulfattai Adeyemi, urged the Sokoto Sharia committee to exercise restraint in carrying out the punishment
- NOVEMBER 27, 2001EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
A South African man, Bongani Mkhwanazi, escaped the...
A South African man, Bongani Mkhwanazi, escaped the gallows in Swaziland, SABC radio news reported
- NOVEMBER 27, 2001MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Ending decades of stonewalling, the Mexican government...
Ending decades of stonewalling, the Mexican government acknowledged that at least 74 officials from 37 government agencies were involved in a campaign of disappearances, torture and executions of leftists in the 1970s and 1980s
- NOVEMBER 27, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
South Korea and China agreed to sign a pact on consular...
South Korea and China agreed to sign a pact on consular affairs obliging both sides to give immediate notification when authorities arrest each other's citizens on criminal charges
- NOVEMBER 27, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
South Korea and China agreed to sign a pact on consular...
South Korea and China agreed to sign a pact on consular affairs obliging both sides to give immediate notification when authorities arrest each other's citizens on criminal charges
- NOVEMBER 27, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The Korean government finalized its anti-terrorism...
The Korean government finalized its anti-terrorism bill at the weekly Cabinet meeting chaired by President Kim Dae-jung, calling for at least two-year jail terms for terrorists and those who instigate or connive in related activities
- NOVEMBER 26, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
An Uzbek court sentenced a 30-year-old man to death...
An Uzbek court sentenced a 30-year-old man to death for premeditated murder and theft in the capital, Tashkent
- NOVEMBER 26, 2001WashingtonDEATH PENALTY
Gov. Gary Locke and Attorney General Christine Gregoire...
Gov. Gary Locke and Attorney General Christine Gregoire proposed legislation aimed at preventing attacks and prosecuting those who might try them. The new law would apply the death penalty to acts of terrorism that kill 1 or more people
- NOVEMBER 26, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The International Red Cross reported finding up to...
The International Red Cross reported finding up to 200 bodies in Kabul since the Northern Alliance offensives forced the Taliban regime's troops to retreat
- NOVEMBER 26, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
A committee of Russia's lower house of parliament said...
A committee of Russia's lower house of parliament said that it planned to propose replacing death with life imprisonment as the penalty for murder, high treason and other serious crimes
- NOVEMBER 26, 2001EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
Swaziland senators have presented a motion demanding...
Swaziland senators have presented a motion demanding the Ministers of Constitutional Affairs and Justice to eventually fix a date for the execution of 12 death row inmates [four of them have been given a royal pardon]
- NOVEMBER 26, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The Korean government and ruling Millennium Democratic...
The Korean government and ruling Millennium Democratic Party agreed on provisions for an anti terrorism bill, which includes sentences of five years to life imprisonment and the death penalty for people engaged in biological or chemical attacks against so