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- NOVEMBER 22, 2001GermanyDEATH PENALTY
A prominent Islamist in prison in Germany has foregone...
A prominent Islamist in prison in Germany has foregone his privilege of early release, reportedly because he fears deportation to Turkey, where he may face the death sentence
- NOVEMBER 22, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
A prominent Islamist in prison in Germany has foregone...
A prominent Islamist in prison in Germany has foregone his privilege of early release, reportedly because he fears deportation to Turkey, where he may face the death sentence
- NOVEMBER 22, 2001ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Beleaguered Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe was to...
Beleaguered Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe was to introduce the death sentence for anyone convicted of trying to overthrow the government
- NOVEMBER 22, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The former Brigade Commander in Fort-Portal, Major...
The former Brigade Commander in Fort-Portal, Major Smarts Kiggundu, whom the General Court Martial (GCM) sentenced to death in 1995 on robbery charges, was set free by the Court Martial of Appeal (CMA)
- NOVEMBER 22, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Spain cannot extradite suspected Islamic extremists...
Spain cannot extradite suspected Islamic extremists to the United States while the death penalty is in force there, judicial sources said
- NOVEMBER 21, 2001KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
Sen. Gerald Neal wants a 2-year moratorium on executions...
Sen. Gerald Neal wants a 2-year moratorium on executions while Kentucky studies whether capital punishment is fairly administered. The moratorium will be considered by the 2002 General Assembly
- NOVEMBER 21, 2001KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
Local residents and authorities in Central Asia actively...
Local residents and authorities in Central Asia actively resist attempts by Protestant preachers to convert traditionally Muslim population to Christianity, the Russian newspaper Nezavisimaya Gazeta claimed
- NOVEMBER 21, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Etim Okpoyo, Nigerian Ambassador to Rome, assured Hands...
Etim Okpoyo, Nigerian Ambassador to Rome, assured Hands Off Cain that the Federal Government will not allow Safiya Hussaini to be stoned to death
- NOVEMBER 21, 2001TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Local residents and authorities in Central Asia actively...
Local residents and authorities in Central Asia actively resist attempts by Protestant preachers to convert traditionally Muslim population to Christianity, the Russian newspaper Nezavisimaya Gazeta claimed
- NOVEMBER 21, 2001North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Pope John Paul II called on North Carolina's governor...
Pope John Paul II called on North Carolina's governor to grant clemency to John Hardy Rose, who is scheduled to be executed Nov
- NOVEMBER 21, 2001PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
In Philadelphia Common Pleas Judge Pamela Dembe refused...
In Philadelphia Common Pleas Judge Pamela Dembe refused to resurrect Mumia Abu-Jamal's state appeal
- NOVEMBER 21, 2001North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Rep. Paul Luebke, D., who has led efforts for a death...
Rep. Paul Luebke, D., who has led efforts for a death penalty moratorium, said he would try again as another execution date draws near because the state needs to examine whether the death penalty is administered fairly
- NOVEMBER 21, 2001NamibiaDEATH PENALTY
Namibia's National Society for Human Rights (NSHR)...
Namibia's National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) condemned a warning by Defence Minister Erkki Nghimtina that anybody found "collaborating" with Angolan UNITA rebels would be shot on sight
- NOVEMBER 21, 2001BelarusDEATH PENALTY
Lithuanian MP Jonas Cekuolis, head of Lithuanian delegation...
Lithuanian MP Jonas Cekuolis, head of Lithuanian delegation to the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly [PACE], said that the Vilnius forum decided to invite Belarusian delegations formed of both government and opposition representatives
- NOVEMBER 21, 2001LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
Lithuanian MP Jonas Cekuolis, head of Lithuanian delegation...
Lithuanian MP Jonas Cekuolis, head of Lithuanian delegation to the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly [PACE], said that the Vilnius forum decided to invite Belarusian delegations formed of both government and opposition representatives
- NOVEMBER 21, 2001BelarusDEATH PENALTY
The consultative council of [Belarusian] opposition...
The consultative council of [Belarusian] opposition parties met to express concerns about the recommendations issued by the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) to the Belarusian authorities
- NOVEMBER 21, 2001BruneiDEATH PENALTY
The police warned the public that anyone caught lighting...
The police warned the public that anyone caught lighting up fireworks during Hari Raya would face legal action
- NOVEMBER 21, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Etim Okpoyo, Nigerian Ambassador to Rome, assured Hands...
Etim Okpoyo, Nigerian Ambassador to Rome, assured Hands Off Cain that the Federal Government will not allow Safiya Hussaini to be stoned to death
- NOVEMBER 20, 2001IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
A Kane County jury sentenced Luther Casteel, 43, to...
A Kane County jury sentenced Luther Casteel, 43, to death for killing 2 people and injuring 16 others
- NOVEMBER 20, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Two convicts were executed by lethal injection for...
Two convicts were executed by lethal injection for the first time in northeast China' s Liaoning Province, officials said
- NOVEMBER 20, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
The Military Tribunal condemned to death in absentia...
The Military Tribunal condemned to death in absentia a Lebanese man convicted of collaborating with Israel during its occupation of the South
- NOVEMBER 20, 2001JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Osaka District Court sentenced Susumu Nakayama...
The Osaka District Court sentenced Susumu Nakayama a 53-year-old murderer to death for fatally stabbing Takemitsu Kikugawa, 37, his lover Minako Kobuchi, 40, a restaurant employee, on a street in Toyonaka in the Osaka prefecture, on February 19, 1998 with
- NOVEMBER 20, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Four foreign journalists murdered in eastern Afghanistan...
Four foreign journalists murdered in eastern Afghanistan on November 19 were probably the victims of Osama bin Laden's al-Qa'ida network, an anti-Taliban commander said
- NOVEMBER 20, 2001North MacedoniaDEATH PENALTY
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- NOVEMBER 20, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The Grand National Party (GNP) announced that its special...
The Grand National Party (GNP) announced that its special investigation group sent to China to probe diplomatic mishaps regarding the execution of a Korean national named Shin and imprisonment of three others, had uncovered more mistakes made by different
- NOVEMBER 20, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
President Yoweri Museveni warned soldiers who will...
President Yoweri Museveni warned soldiers who will be deployed for the Karamoja disarmament exercise to observe maximum discipline
- NOVEMBER 20, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
ITALIAN ACTIVISTS PROTEST AGAINST SAFIYA’S DEATH SENTENCE
November 20, 2001: Hands off Cain and Italian political parties will stage a protest in Rome tomorrow against the death sentence by stoning handed out to a Nigerian woman for pre-marital sex.
- NOVEMBER 19, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Philippine Supreme Court dealt a crushing blow...
The Philippine Supreme Court dealt a crushing blow to disgraced ex-president Joseph Estrada's hopes when it upheld the plunder law under which he is being tried
- NOVEMBER 19, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
Following the diplomatic humiliation over the execution...
Following the diplomatic humiliation over the execution of a Korean drug trafficker identified as Shin by the Chinese government, the government summoned home Shin Hyong-geun, general consul at the embassy to China and Jang Seok-chol, head of the consulat
- NOVEMBER 19, 2001IsraelDEATH PENALTY
Fighting was reported in the Palestinian territory...
Fighting was reported in the Palestinian territory of Gaza after three Israeli tanks entered the town of Beit Janun in an apparent operation to arrest Palestinian activists, Palestinian police said