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- OCTOBER 16, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Jordan helped Lebanon to foil terrorist plots on October...
Jordan helped Lebanon to foil terrorist plots on October 13 and 14 against the British, US, Jordanian and other embassies in Beirut, officials in Jordan said
- OCTOBER 16, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Legislators greeted President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's...
Legislators greeted President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's call for the execution of convicted kidnappers with mixed reactions
- OCTOBER 16, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Two alleged Mexican drug smugglers would not be extradited...
Two alleged Mexican drug smugglers would not be extradited from Australia if it meant they would face the death penalty in the US
- OCTOBER 16, 2001New YorkDEATH PENALTY
Responding to a rash of anthrax scares, Gov
Responding to a rash of anthrax scares, Gov
- OCTOBER 16, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Federal and state law enforcement officials fear that...
Federal and state law enforcement officials fear that a recent Mexico Supreme Court ruling may hamper prosecution of more than 100 U
- OCTOBER 16, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
An Oklahoma City federal judge overturned the death...
An Oklahoma City federal judge overturned the death sentence of a man convicted of the 1993 rape and murder of a 21-year-old Indonesian student, Sri Sedjati Sugeng U
- OCTOBER 15, 2001BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
Two leading human rights organisations appealed to...
Two leading human rights organisations appealed to the European Union not to approve security measures which could harm individual freedoms following the attacks on the United States
- OCTOBER 15, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo called...
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo called for the execution of convicted members of kidnap-for-ransom gangs to rid the country of its image as Asia's "kidnap capital
- OCTOBER 15, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed two accused Muslim separatists in the...
China executed two accused Muslim separatists in the far western region of Xinjiang, a state newspaper reported
- OCTOBER 15, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
A Collin County jury sentenced Michael Adam Sigala to death
A Collin County jury sentenced Michael Adam Sigala to death
- OCTOBER 14, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
An editorial published in the Ugandan newspaper The...
An editorial published in the Ugandan newspaper The New Vision urged Parliament to pass the Suppression of Terrorism bill 2001 tabled by the minister of state in charge of security, Muruli Mukasa, on October 11, "as soon as possible"
- OCTOBER 14, 2001RwandaDEATH PENALTY
A court in Gikongoro [southern Rwanda] sentenced five...
A court in Gikongoro [southern Rwanda] sentenced five people to death and seven to life imprisonment
- OCTOBER 14, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The trial of eight foreign aid workers accused of promoting...
The trial of eight foreign aid workers accused of promoting Christianity in Afghanistan resumed and their lawyer was set to present their defence after a one-day delay to translate his rebuttal, officials said
- OCTOBER 13, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The trial of eight foreign aid workers accused of promoting...
The trial of eight foreign aid workers accused of promoting Christianity was immediately adjourned after the Supreme Court ordered the Pakistani defence lawyer to present his case in a recognised local language
- OCTOBER 13, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Acaitum Omanyikor Isyagi, during an hearing at the...
Acaitum Omanyikor Isyagi, during an hearing at the Constitutional Review Commission, proposed a change in the national flag, anthem, motto and the abolition of the death penalty
- OCTOBER 13, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Acaitum Omanyikor Isyagi, during an hearing at the...
Acaitum Omanyikor Isyagi, during an hearing at the Constitutional Review Commission, proposed a change in the national flag, anthem, motto and the abolition of the death penalty
- OCTOBER 13, 2001ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
Warren Summerlin, who has spent nearly 20 years on...
Warren Summerlin, who has spent nearly 20 years on death row in Arizona, is entitled to have his sentence reconsidered because the judge who imposed it was addicted to marijuana at the time
- OCTOBER 13, 2001ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
A federal appeals court commuted the death sentence...
A federal appeals court commuted the death sentence of Charles Singleton in Arkansas because he could understand his punishment only if the state forced him to take anti-psychotic drugs
- OCTOBER 12, 2001SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe warned the Yugoslav republic...
The Council of Europe warned the Yugoslav republic of Montenegro that it could be shut out of the organisation if it carries out a death sentence handed down to two of its citizens
- OCTOBER 12, 2001BelarusDEATH PENALTY
Belarusian Foreign Minister Mikhail Khvastow, questioned...
Belarusian Foreign Minister Mikhail Khvastow, questioned by the Belarusian newspaper Belorusskaya Delovaya Gazeta said "the moratorium on the death penalty is a standard of the European community and we will consider it
- OCTOBER 12, 2001SwedenDEATH PENALTY
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and the...
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and the organization he leads were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their role in reforming the 56-year-old institution and reshaping the world's post-Cold War pursuit for peace
- OCTOBER 12, 2001North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
David Junior Ward, 39, died by injection at 2:17 a
David Junior Ward, 39, died by injection at 2:17 a
- OCTOBER 12, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Chinese cooperation in the global war on terrorism...
Chinese cooperation in the global war on terrorism depends on Western support and understanding for Beijing's widely criticized attempts to resolve its own Islamic terrorist problem
- OCTOBER 12, 2001SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
Two Montenegrin were condemned to death from a Podgorica...
Two Montenegrin were condemned to death from a Podgorica tribunal, as they killed a Slovenian citizen last February
- OCTOBER 11, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Eleven people were executed in Kunming, capital of...
Eleven people were executed in Kunming, capital of the Yunnan province, the Yunnan Daily reported
- OCTOBER 11, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
An Islamic court in northern Nigeria sentenced a pregnant...
An Islamic court in northern Nigeria sentenced a pregnant woman to death by stoning for having pre-marital sex, court officials said
- OCTOBER 11, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) called on the...
The Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) called on the Sokoto State Governor, Alhaji Attahiru Barafawa and the President of the Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs, Sultan Muhammed Maccido to review the death sentence passed on a pregnant woman, Safiya Hussa
- OCTOBER 11, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Uzbek authorities have to date failed to publish any...
Uzbek authorities have to date failed to publish any statistics on the use of the death penalty, which remains classified as a state secret, Amensty International said
- OCTOBER 11, 2001FranceDEATH PENALTY
Afghanistan's ruling Taliban militia charged a French...
Afghanistan's ruling Taliban militia charged a French journalist and two Pakistani colleagues with spying, a crime that carries the death penalty
- OCTOBER 11, 2001FranceDEATH PENALTY
President Jacques Chirac came to the defence of a French...
President Jacques Chirac came to the defence of a French reporter held by the Taliban and accused of spying after entering Afghanistan disguised as a woman