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- NOVEMBER 13, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The Northern Alliance defied the world and roared into...
The Northern Alliance defied the world and roared into Afghan capital Kabul
- NOVEMBER 13, 2001IsraelDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International's new report 'Broken lives: a...
Amnesty International's new report 'Broken lives: a year of intifada', measured events of one year of the intifada against the universal human rights standards which should govern the actions of those in authority
- NOVEMBER 13, 2001BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
The European Union welcomed Turkish steps towards expanding...
The European Union welcomed Turkish steps towards expanding civil liberties, but said in its progress report on candidates that the reforms far from guarantee freedoms required for membership in the bloc
- NOVEMBER 13, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Sokoto State government declared that the Federal...
The Sokoto State government declared that the Federal Government can not change the judgement of death sentence by stoning [for adultery] passed on Hajiya Safiyatu Husseini by the Gwadabawa Upper Sharia Court
- NOVEMBER 13, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Federal Government stepped into the recent death...
The Federal Government stepped into the recent death sentence passed on Safiya Tungar-Tudu, 33, by a Sharia court in Sokoto State, with the Attorney-General of the Federation and Justice Minister, Chief Bola Ige declaring that Abuja would not fold its han
- NOVEMBER 13, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
November 13-15, 2001: hundreds of demonstrators protested...
November 13-15, 2001: hundreds of demonstrators protested outside a South African court, demanding the death penalty for six men accused of raping a nine-month-old girl
- NOVEMBER 13, 2001BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz said that Turkey...
Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz said that Turkey needs to take action as soon as possible to remedy shortcomings pointed out in the recent EU report on Turkey's progress towards membership
- NOVEMBER 13, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz said that Turkey...
Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz said that Turkey needs to take action as soon as possible to remedy shortcomings pointed out in the recent EU report on Turkey's progress towards membership
- NOVEMBER 13, 2001IndiaDEATH PENALTY
An Indian court sentenced four men to death for murder
An Indian court sentenced four men to death for murder
- NOVEMBER 13, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The European Union welcomed Turkish steps towards expanding...
The European Union welcomed Turkish steps towards expanding civil liberties, but said in its progress report on candidates that the reforms far from guarantee freedoms required for membership in the bloc
- NOVEMBER 13, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
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- NOVEMBER 13, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International's new report 'Broken lives: a...
Amnesty International's new report 'Broken lives: a year of intifada', measured events of one year of the intifada against the universal human rights standards which should govern the actions of those in authority
- NOVEMBER 12, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Luo Jianyu, former director of the Zhejiang Press and...
Luo Jianyu, former director of the Zhejiang Press and Publication Administration, in east China's Zhejiang Province was sentenced to death by a court at the first trial for accepting bribes totalling 2
- NOVEMBER 12, 2001CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
Cambodia plans to turn the remote jungle hideout of...
Cambodia plans to turn the remote jungle hideout of Pol Pot, the infamous leader of the 1970s Khmer Rouge "Killing Fields" regime, into a tourist spot
- NOVEMBER 12, 2001North MacedoniaDEATH PENALTY
Macedonia's peace process plunged into crisis when...
Macedonia's peace process plunged into crisis when three policemen were reported killed in fighting with ethnic Albanians enraged by arrests of kinfolk in a sudden sweep by special forces over truce lines
- NOVEMBER 12, 2001IraqDEATH PENALTY
Andreas Mavrommatis, Special Rapporteur at the UN Third...
Andreas Mavrommatis, Special Rapporteur at the UN Third Committee, expresses `grave concern' about human rights situation in Iraq
- NOVEMBER 12, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International urged ASEAN countries meeting...
Amnesty International urged ASEAN countries meeting in Bali, not to erode human rights protection by using the death penalty to fight drug trafficking
- NOVEMBER 12, 2001EgyptDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that after the Sept
It was reported that after the Sept
- NOVEMBER 12, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The United Nations reported that more than 100 Taliban...
The United Nations reported that more than 100 Taliban fighters hiding in a school had been executed in Mazar-e-Sharif, which the Northern Alliance captured on November 9
- NOVEMBER 12, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The one-time deputy general manager of a company under...
The one-time deputy general manager of a company under the oil deposit management bureau in northwestern Shaanxi Province was sentenced to death for massive embezzlement
- NOVEMBER 12, 2001DEATH PENALTY
UK FIGHTS TERRORISM
November 12, 2001: Home Secretary David Blunkett placed an order before the Commons to demand the derogation of Article Five of the Human Rights Act, which guarantees the right to liberty and prohibits detention without trial. However, he admitted that it
- NOVEMBER 11, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Home Secretary, David Blunkett brushed aside criticism...
Home Secretary, David Blunkett brushed aside criticism from "airy-fairy" civil rights groups as he prepared to seek approval for unprecedented new powers to allow the internment without trial of suspected terrorists
- NOVEMBER 11, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Tehran's Revolutionary Court opened the biggest political...
Tehran's Revolutionary Court opened the biggest political trial to be held in Iran since the 1979 Islamic revolution, accusing more than 30 members of the banned Freedom Movement, including two former ministers, of anti-state activities
- NOVEMBER 11, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
A number of Iranian film-makers whose movies have dealt...
A number of Iranian film-makers whose movies have dealt with Iran's revolution and the status of its women, have had their works censored or banned
- NOVEMBER 11, 2001SyriaDEATH PENALTY
Syria has extradited to Egypt the man behind the shooting...
Syria has extradited to Egypt the man behind the shooting of 58 British and other foreign tourists at Luxor in 1997
- NOVEMBER 11, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
DevNet, a development information NGO, called on the...
DevNet, a development information NGO, called on the Federal Government and the Sokoto State Government to speedily intervene and save Safiya Tungar-Tudu from death by stoning
- NOVEMBER 11, 2001EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Syria has extradited to Egypt the man behind the shooting...
Syria has extradited to Egypt the man behind the shooting of 58 British and other foreign tourists at Luxor in 1997
- NOVEMBER 11, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence of...
Iran's Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence of Qolam Reza Ameli, Kayhan newspaper reported
- NOVEMBER 11, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Four Xinjiang people were sentenced to death or given...
Four Xinjiang people were sentenced to death or given suspended death sentences for separatist activities, a human rights group said
- NOVEMBER 11, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
It is rare for Korean mainstream artists to team up...
It is rare for Korean mainstream artists to team up with some of this country's finest alternative musicians for some serious, thought provoking cause but November 11 presented such a coupling with the "Citizens' Concert" (also known as the "Ku Ka Mu Nar