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- NOVEMBER 3, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The Afghan Taliban authorities strongly warned all...
The Afghan Taliban authorities strongly warned all foreign journalist not to enter Afghanistan illegally, Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) reported
- NOVEMBER 3, 2001IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A city court New Delhi sentenced a man to death for...
A city court New Delhi sentenced a man to death for burning his wife after she failed to arrange for Rs 5,000 as dowry
- NOVEMBER 3, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China failed to give a specific answer to Korea's queries...
China failed to give a specific answer to Korea's queries over the alleged torture of a Korean inmate, known as Park, by Chinese authorities
- NOVEMBER 3, 2001South KoreaDEATH 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
- NOVEMBER 3, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
China failed to give a specific answer to Korea's queries...
China failed to give a specific answer to Korea's queries over the alleged torture of a Korean inmate, known as Park, by Chinese authorities
- NOVEMBER 3, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The South Korean government said it would render appropriate...
The South Korean government said it would render appropriate punishment to those found responsible for failing in their duty concerning the execution of a South Korean national [identified as Shin] in China
- NOVEMBER 3, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The Grand National Party urged the resignation of the...
The Grand National Party urged the resignation of the cabinet en bloc after the disgraceful diplomatic incident in which the government wrongly accused China of not giving prior notice before executing a Korean national
- NOVEMBER 3, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Han Seung-soo apologized...
Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Han Seung-soo apologized to the Korean people for the recent unnoticed execution in China of a convicted Korean drug trafficker
- NOVEMBER 3, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Michel Peyrard, who slipped into Afghanistan to report...
Michel Peyrard, who slipped into Afghanistan to report on the US bombing and was arrested on October 9, was released and handed over to French diplomats along the Pakistani border
- NOVEMBER 3, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Three unidentified men were executed by the Taliban...
Three unidentified men were executed by the Taliban Afghan authorities for treason
- NOVEMBER 3, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
TALIBAN HAND OVER FRENCH JOURNALIST
November 3, 2001: Michel Peyrard, who slipped into Afghanistan to report on the U.S. bombing and arrested last month, was released on Saturday and handed over to French diplomats along the Pakistani border.
- NOVEMBER 2, 2001FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Almost 15 years after being sent to Florida's death...
Almost 15 years after being sent to Florida's death row for the murder of Katrina Graddy, 17, Rudolph Holton, 48, was granted a new trial
- NOVEMBER 2, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court commuted into life imprisonment the...
The Supreme Court commuted into life imprisonment the death sentences handed down to 10 defendants convicted on charges of killing 34 people in three separate incidents of sectarian violence
- NOVEMBER 2, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The opposition Grand National Party (GNP) urged President...
The opposition Grand National Party (GNP) urged President Kim Dae-jung to apologize for a diplomatic spat with China and to take action against those who tarnished the country's image in the diplomatic debacle concerning the execution of a Korean drug tra
- NOVEMBER 2, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Kim Gyeong-geun, the head of external affairs for Koreans...
Kim Gyeong-geun, the head of external affairs for Koreans overseas at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, said that he had confirmed the Chinese government's investigation results into the notification procedure regarding the execution of a Korean
- NOVEMBER 2, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The Cardiff mother of a young girl indecently assaulted...
The Cardiff mother of a young girl indecently assaulted by rapist Jonathan Richards told the Echo she wishes he had been given the death penalty
- NOVEMBER 2, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
Kim Gyeong-geun, the head of external affairs for Koreans...
Kim Gyeong-geun, the head of external affairs for Koreans overseas at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, said that he had confirmed the Chinese government's investigation results into the notification procedure regarding the execution of a Korean
- NOVEMBER 2, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
A pregnant woman sentenced to death by stoning by an...
A pregnant woman sentenced to death by stoning by an Islamic court in Nigeria has fled her home, an official said
- NOVEMBER 2, 2001JapanDEATH PENALTY
Shizuka Kamei, a former policy chief of the ruling...
Shizuka Kamei, a former policy chief of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), was elected head of a group of 76 Diet members who want to abolish the death penalty in Japan
- NOVEMBER 2, 2001MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Woman witchdoctor, her husband and assistant were hanged...
Woman witchdoctor, her husband and assistant were hanged for the murder of a Malaysian state assemblyman
- NOVEMBER 2, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
One person was sentenced to death and another to long-term...
One person was sentenced to death and another to long-term imprisonment for fraud using value-added tax (VAT) invoices valued at 400m yuan, by a court in Shanwei, south China's Guangdong Province
- NOVEMBER 2, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The opposition Grand National Party (GNP) urged President...
The opposition Grand National Party (GNP) urged President Kim Dae-jung to apologize for a diplomatic spat with China and to take action against those who tarnished the country's image in the diplomatic debacle concerning the execution of a Korean drug tra
- NOVEMBER 2, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
A pregnant woman sentenced to death by stoning by an...
A pregnant woman sentenced to death by stoning by an Islamic court in Nigeria has fled her home, an official said
- NOVEMBER 2, 2001North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
A Johnston County jury sentenced 18-year-old Lamorris J
A Johnston County jury sentenced 18-year-old Lamorris J
- NOVEMBER 2, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
An official record from the Philippine police show that 9
An official record from the Philippine police show that 9
- NOVEMBER 2, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Justice Department tasked with studying the possibility...
The Justice Department tasked with studying the possibility of de-commuting the death penalty cases defended the Philippines President Gloria Arroyo's turnaround on the death penalty as a matter of duty
- NOVEMBER 2, 2001DEATH PENALTY
TALIBAN CAPTURE FORMER KING’S SUPPORTERS
November 2, 2001: reports from Afghanistan say the Taliban have captured 25 supporters of a top aide to the exiled former king Zahir Shah and will hang them today.
- NOVEMBER 1, 2001CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
In Napa, Judge W
In Napa, Judge W
- NOVEMBER 1, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Apparently embarrassed by the widespread criticism...
Apparently embarrassed by the widespread criticism of the death sentence passed on a pregnant woman by an Islamic court in Nigeria's northern Sokoto State, the federal government joined in appealing against the ruling
- NOVEMBER 1, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Seoul government asked Beijing to investigate allegations...
The Seoul government asked Beijing to investigate allegations that two South Korean citizens imprisoned in China on drug trafficking charges were denied their rights to due protection from Korean consular offices and one of them was physically abused by C