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- NOVEMBER 6, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
Two Koreans on trial in Heilongjiang, China, on drug-trafficking...
Two Koreans on trial in Heilongjiang, China, on drug-trafficking charges are likely to be sentenced to death, court sources said
- NOVEMBER 6, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Two Koreans on trial in Heilongjiang, China, on drug-trafficking...
Two Koreans on trial in Heilongjiang, China, on drug-trafficking charges are likely to be sentenced to death, court sources said
- NOVEMBER 6, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The diplomatic row surrounding China's recent execution...
The diplomatic row surrounding China's recent execution of a South Korean drug trafficker appears to be winding down as China reportedly apologized to South Korea for violating the Vienna Convention on consular affairs, officials said
- NOVEMBER 6, 2001United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
A special committee formed to investigate the fire...
A special committee formed to investigate the fire at Bur Dubai jail in which 14 prisoners lost their lives, completed its investigation
- NOVEMBER 6, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Three Palestinians and an Israeli soldier were killed...
Three Palestinians and an Israeli soldier were killed in a gun battle that the Israeli army said was an ambush by gunmen but which Palestinian officials called a "pure execution" of Palestinian wounded
- NOVEMBER 6, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The diplomatic row surrounding China's recent execution...
The diplomatic row surrounding China's recent execution of a South Korean drug trafficker appears to be winding down as China reportedly apologized to South Korea for violating the Vienna Convention on consular affairs, officials said
- NOVEMBER 6, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The government's top auditor, Lee Jong-nam, said his...
The government's top auditor, Lee Jong-nam, said his Board of Audit and Inspection (BAI) would make a special inspection of the Foreign Ministry, including the minister, the vice-minister and the embassy in Beijing, over the diplomatic row with China stem
- NOVEMBER 6, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
18 convicted criminals were put to death in a mass-execution...
18 convicted criminals were put to death in a mass-execution in Beijing, ten of whom were shot inside 15 minutes
- NOVEMBER 6, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Court sentenced three people to death...
The Criminal Court sentenced three people to death for possessing 198,000 amphetamine pills with intent to traffic
- NOVEMBER 6, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
A first-year student from Kasetsart University, Jitra,...
A first-year student from Kasetsart University, Jitra, was held hostage and killed at knife-point by an amphetamine-driven abductor
- NOVEMBER 6, 2001BelizeDEATH PENALTY
Three men were condemned to death for murder
Three men were condemned to death for murder
- NOVEMBER 5, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Barrister Abdulkadir Iman Ibrahim, counsel for Hajiya...
Barrister Abdulkadir Iman Ibrahim, counsel for Hajiya Safiyatu Husseini of Tungar Tudu, the pregnant woman condemned to death for adultery on October 9, appealed against her conviction on October 25, and also filed for a stay of execution until the Sokoto
- NOVEMBER 5, 2001SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
An advisor to the Yugoslav justice minister, Goran...
An advisor to the Yugoslav justice minister, Goran Tokic, said that the new Yugoslav Penal Code envisages the possible extradition of Yugoslav and foreign citizens to an international tribunal, which Yugoslavia has agreed to recognize
- NOVEMBER 5, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Women In Nigeria condemned the death sentence for adultery...
Women In Nigeria condemned the death sentence for adultery given to Safiya Hussaini Tungar-Tudu, 30, by an Islamic court while her alleged lover, Yakubu Abubakar, 53, got off scot free
- NOVEMBER 5, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The German foreign ministry said that it was urgently...
The German foreign ministry said that it was urgently trying to contact eight aid workers accused by the Taliban of spreading Christianity among Afghans
- NOVEMBER 5, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
South Africa is in shock over a surge in the rape of...
South Africa is in shock over a surge in the rape of children and even babies, fuelled by a myth that sex with a virgin will protect a man against AIDS, activists said
- NOVEMBER 5, 2001GermanyDEATH PENALTY
The German foreign ministry said that it was urgently...
The German foreign ministry said that it was urgently trying to contact eight aid workers accused by the Taliban of spreading Christianity among Afghans
- NOVEMBER 5, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A man who tortured a hotel worker to death in Cornwall...
A man who tortured a hotel worker to death in Cornwall was jailed for life
- NOVEMBER 5, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
The German foreign ministry said that it was urgently...
The German foreign ministry said that it was urgently trying to contact eight aid workers accused by the Taliban of spreading Christianity among Afghans
- NOVEMBER 5, 2001Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
The ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of...
The ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has had "a major impact on the human rights situation in the country", with torture reported in government-as well as rebel-held areas, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robi
- NOVEMBER 5, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Thousands of Muslims staged separate protests in several...
Thousands of Muslims staged separate protests in several cities across the country, urging authorities to take firm action against pornographic products
- NOVEMBER 5, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The Star and Crescent Party (PBB), a small Islamic...
The Star and Crescent Party (PBB), a small Islamic party, has proposed that people convicted of corruption be given the death penalty to help eradicate graft in Indonesia
- NOVEMBER 5, 2001Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
Forcing 63 Burmese immigrants to return home could...
Forcing 63 Burmese immigrants to return home could put their lives in danger, said Wasant Panich, a member of Thailand's National Human Rights Committee, as authorities revealed a plan to send the immigrants back by leaving them at a border village in Bur
- NOVEMBER 5, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Yugoslavia Monday abolished the death penalty, when...
Yugoslavia Monday abolished the death penalty, when the lower house of parliament adopted a revised penal code that had last been overhauled in 1977, Tanjug news agency reported
- NOVEMBER 5, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
The German foreign ministry said that it was urgently...
The German foreign ministry said that it was urgently trying to contact eight aid workers accused by the Taliban of spreading Christianity among Afghans
- NOVEMBER 5, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Forcing 63 Burmese immigrants to return home could...
Forcing 63 Burmese immigrants to return home could put their lives in danger, said Wasant Panich, a member of Thailand's National Human Rights Committee, as authorities revealed a plan to send the immigrants back by leaving them at a border village in Bur
- NOVEMBER 5, 2001SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
YUGOSLAVIA ABROGATES THE DEATH PENALTY
November 5, 2001: the Chamber of Citizens of Yugoslavia’s Federal parliament voted to replace capital punishment in the Criminal Code with a prison sentence of forty years.
- NOVEMBER 4, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Women Advocate Research and Documentation Centre,...
The Women Advocate Research and Documentation Centre, [WARDC] a non-governmental organization, condemned the death sentence passed on Satiya Hussaina Tunger-Tudu for alleged adultery by an upper sharia court in Gwadebawa, in the northern Sokoto State
- NOVEMBER 4, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
According to a survey, 36 percent of 838 respondents...
According to a survey, 36 percent of 838 respondents over age 20 oppose capital punishment, compared with 20 percent in a Gallup Korea survey in 1994 and 34 percent in a Research World poll in 1999
- NOVEMBER 3, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Han Seung-soo, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade,...
Han Seung-soo, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and his Chinese counterpart Tang Jiaxuan expressed mutual regret over the diplomatic incident concerning the execution of a South Korean national in China