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- OCTOBER 29, 2001FranceDEATH PENALTY
French Foreign Ministry said that Michel Peyrard, Paris...
French Foreign Ministry said that Michel Peyrard, Paris Match reporter who has been detained by Taliban since October 9 on charges of espionage, should be freed as soon as possible
- OCTOBER 29, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Constitutional Review Commission has extended for...
The Constitutional Review Commission has extended for one day in Kampala, secretary Dr
- OCTOBER 29, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Sen. Panfilo M. Lacson proposed the Anti-Firearms Smuggling...
Sen. Panfilo M. Lacson proposed the Anti-Firearms Smuggling Act which seeks to define and penalize the smuggling of firearms in the Philippines
- OCTOBER 29, 2001BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
Two Botswana nationals detained in connection with...
Two Botswana nationals detained in connection with murder and rape in their country and who handed themselves over to South African police after escaping from custody in Lobatse could be extradited, officials said
- OCTOBER 29, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Two Botswana nationals detained in connection with...
Two Botswana nationals detained in connection with murder and rape in their country and who handed themselves over to South African police after escaping from custody in Lobatse could be extradited, officials said
- OCTOBER 29, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Filipinos generally are in favour of the death penalty,...
Filipinos generally are in favour of the death penalty, according to most independent polls
- OCTOBER 29, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Two Iranian men, Feraydoun Gorji and Mohammadyar Zahouri-Rad,...
Two Iranian men, Feraydoun Gorji and Mohammadyar Zahouri-Rad, were hanged for banditry
- OCTOBER 28, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Fifteen Christian worshippers, including six children,...
Fifteen Christian worshippers, including six children, and a Muslim guard were massacred when gunmen opened fire on a Protestant church service in southern Pakistan in an attack being blamed on Islamic extremists
- OCTOBER 28, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Burhanuddin Rabbani, the political head of the Northern...
Burhanuddin Rabbani, the political head of the Northern Alliance and president of Afghanistan from 1992 to 1996, denounced Abdul Haq's execution
- OCTOBER 28, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Four gang members were sentenced to death in Sichuan...
Four gang members were sentenced to death in Sichuan for gang-raping eight college women and murdering seven of them, AFP reported
- OCTOBER 28, 2001New MexicoDEATH PENALTY
New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson recently sent a letter...
New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson recently sent a letter to the hundreds of people who wrote to him about the upcoming execution of Terry Clark, whose execution was decided for November 6
- OCTOBER 28, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
The latest FBI Uniform Crime Report shows that in 2000,...
The latest FBI Uniform Crime Report shows that in 2000, the national murder rate decreased 3
- OCTOBER 27, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On September 25 the Chinese government executed a South...
On September 25 the Chinese government executed a South Korean, who was sentenced to death for drug trafficking, without any prior notice to the Korean government, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) said
- OCTOBER 27, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
On September 25 the Chinese government executed a South...
On September 25 the Chinese government executed a South Korean, who was sentenced to death for drug trafficking, without any prior notice to the Korean government, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) said
- OCTOBER 27, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
About 60 percent of Koreans favour retaining the death...
About 60 percent of Koreans favour retaining the death penalty according to a recent poll
- OCTOBER 27, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Taliban fighters have a chilling four-year history...
Taliban fighters have a chilling four-year history of atrocities, a United Nations human rights investigator said
- OCTOBER 27, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Afghanistan's ruling Taliban said that the investigation...
Afghanistan's ruling Taliban said that the investigation against detained French journalist Michel Peyrard was nearly over and that the findings would be presented in court soon
- OCTOBER 27, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
One in three homes in a poor village of the Ningxia...
One in three homes in a poor village of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in west China had seen at least one family member die from a drug overdose, the Workers' Daily found
- OCTOBER 27, 2001FranceDEATH PENALTY
Afghanistan's ruling Taliban said that the investigation...
Afghanistan's ruling Taliban said that the investigation against detained French journalist Michel Peyrard was nearly over and that the findings would be presented in court soon
- OCTOBER 27, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Iranian police said they had renewed a crackdown on...
Iranian police said they had renewed a crackdown on satellite dishes after the authorities blamed a spate of riots on television broadcasts by exiled opposition groups
- OCTOBER 27, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo threw...
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo threw her weight behind the execution of kidnappers because some gang leaders continued to operate from their jails using cellular phones
- OCTOBER 26, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The New York-based rights organisation, Human Rights...
The New York-based rights organisation, Human Rights Watch (HRW), condemned a recent ruling by an Islamic court in northern Nigeria that sentenced a woman to death by stoning for having sex before marriage
- OCTOBER 26, 2001FranceDEATH PENALTY
A US anti-abortion activist wanted for the 1998 killing...
A US anti-abortion activist wanted for the 1998 killing of a gynaecologist lost his last judicial appeal against an order for his extradition
- OCTOBER 26, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Judge Arshad Mehmood Tabbasum handed down the death...
Judge Arshad Mehmood Tabbasum handed down the death sentence to Muhammad Anwar in a murder case
- OCTOBER 26, 2001ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
High Court Judge Peter Chitengi, speaking at a two-day...
High Court Judge Peter Chitengi, speaking at a two-day seminar organised by the Human Rights Commission, said law enforcement officers in Zambia have a total disregard or "a deliberate and conscious conviction and a decision to ignore human rights
- OCTOBER 26, 2001BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
China will let an investigator from the United Nations...
China will let an investigator from the United Nations look into allegations of torture carried out by police and prison officials, the head of a European Union human rights delegation said
- OCTOBER 26, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The European Parliament called on Turkey to ban the...
The European Parliament called on Turkey to ban the death penalty as part of constitutional reforms aimed at bolstering its campaign to join the EU
- OCTOBER 26, 2001BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
The European Parliament called on Turkey to ban the...
The European Parliament called on Turkey to ban the death penalty as part of constitutional reforms aimed at bolstering its campaign to join the EU
- OCTOBER 26, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
A Taliban Foreign Ministry spokesman said that the...
A Taliban Foreign Ministry spokesman said that the Taliban executed key opposition leader Abdul Haq in Kabul
- OCTOBER 26, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Court convicted Esbat al-Ansar leader...
The Criminal Court convicted Esbat al-Ansar leader Ahmed Abdel-Karim Saadi in absentia on charges of inciting a follower to carry out an assassination attempt