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- OCTOBER 11, 2001AfghanistanDEATH 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, 2001AfghanistanDEATH 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
- OCTOBER 11, 2001MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
A thorough study must be done before the age of a "juvenile...
A thorough study must be done before the age of a "juvenile delinquent" is revised upwards or downwards to facilitate the passing of the death sentence
- OCTOBER 11, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A man who killed his former girlfriend's parents 15...
A man who killed his former girlfriend's parents 15 years ago was captured and sentenced to death by the Beijing Second Intermediate Court
- OCTOBER 11, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesian President Megawati Soekarnoputri gave her...
Indonesian President Megawati Soekarnoputri gave her approval for the implementation of the death sentence for drug traffickers
- OCTOBER 11, 2001GuineaDEATH PENALTY
EU special envoy Ange Dagrine, on a mission Guinea,...
EU special envoy Ange Dagrine, on a mission Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia to promote peace efforts in the Mano River area, also discussed human rights and the death penalty with the Guinean minister of foreign affairs, the Speaker of parliament and UN
- OCTOBER 11, 2001ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Zimbabwe's Roman Catholic Commission for Justice and...
Zimbabwe's Roman Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace has conducted a prolonged campaign against the death penalty but President Robert Mugabe amended the Constitution to block challenges to hanging of those left languishing on death row
- OCTOBER 11, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Budbud Osting, a 65-year-old member of the tribal organization...
Budbud Osting, a 65-year-old member of the tribal organization in the Philippine Mindoro Oriental province, was beheaded allegedly by soldiers of the Philippine Army's 16th Infantry Battalion
- OCTOBER 11, 2001JordanDEATH PENALTY
A Jordanian national was hanged in Sawaka jail, south...
A Jordanian national was hanged in Sawaka jail, south of Amman
- OCTOBER 10, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani man sentenced to be strangled, chopped...
A Pakistani man sentenced to be strangled, chopped into 100 pieces and dissolved in acid for the murders of dozens of children was found dead in his cell in an apparent suicide, prison authorities said
- OCTOBER 10, 2001MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
A High Court judge suggested that the provision in...
A High Court judge suggested that the provision in the Juvenile Courts Act barring a juvenile from being sentenced to death be reviewed
- OCTOBER 10, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Since June 2000, the Military Tribunal has sentenced...
Since June 2000, the Military Tribunal has sentenced more than 3,000 people for collaborating with Israel to jail terms of up to 25 years
- OCTOBER 10, 2001JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Fukuoka High Court upheld a death penalty given...
The Fukuoka High Court upheld a death penalty given to a 63-year-old man for abducting and murdering two elementary school girls in Fukuoka Prefecture in 1992
- OCTOBER 10, 2001FranceDEATH PENALTY
The French journalist who was captured disguised in...
The French journalist who was captured disguised in a burka after entering Afghanistan was pelted with stones as the Taleban paraded him through the streets of Jalalabad
- OCTOBER 10, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The French journalist who was captured disguised in...
The French journalist who was captured disguised in a burka after entering Afghanistan was pelted with stones as the Taleban paraded him through the streets of Jalalabad
- OCTOBER 10, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China sentenced to death a former vice mayor of the...
China sentenced to death a former vice mayor of the northeastern city of Shenyang for his involvement in a web of corruption around City Hall, state television reported
- OCTOBER 10, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Eight Yemeni men executed for nine murders
Eight Yemeni men executed for nine murders
- OCTOBER 10, 2001DEATH PENALTY
TALIBAN CHARGE THREE JOURNALISTS WITH SPYING
October 10, 2001: a Frenchman arrested in Afghanistan dressed as a woman and two Pakistani colleagues have been charged with spying, the Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) news agency has reported. The charge carries the death penalty.
- OCTOBER 9, 2001UkraineDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court of Thailand postponed till 2002 the...
The Supreme Court of Thailand postponed till 2002 the consideration of the appeal of Ukrainian citizen Viktoriya Mamontova, sentenced to death for smuggling drugs on August 17, 2001
- OCTOBER 9, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court of Thailand postponed till 2002 the...
The Supreme Court of Thailand postponed till 2002 the consideration of the appeal of Ukrainian citizen Viktoriya Mamontova, sentenced to death for smuggling drugs on August 17, 2001
- OCTOBER 9, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Analysing Turkey's constitutional changes the Economist...
Analysing Turkey's constitutional changes the Economist Intelligence Unit said that though "the death penalty is to be abolished for ordinary crimes, it will stay in place for those committed in the course of terrorism or in a war - a restriction tailored
- OCTOBER 9, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
A grandson of former Indonesian President Suharto went...
A grandson of former Indonesian President Suharto went on trial on charges of illegal firearms possession, facing the death sentence
- OCTOBER 9, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
British Prime Minister Tony Blair all but ruled out...
British Prime Minister Tony Blair all but ruled out the prospect of bin Laden's being captured and tried in America
- OCTOBER 9, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Michel Peyrard, who works for the French news magazine...
Michel Peyrard, who works for the French news magazine Paris Match, and two Pakistani guides identified as Mohammed Irfan and Mukkaram Khan were arrested in the east of the country wearing a full-length women's veil, or burqa
- OCTOBER 9, 2001FranceDEATH PENALTY
Michel Peyrard, who works for the French news magazine...
Michel Peyrard, who works for the French news magazine Paris Match, and two Pakistani guides identified as Mohammed Irfan and Mukkaram Khan were arrested in the east of the country wearing a full-length women's veil, or burqa
- OCTOBER 9, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Australian Prime Minister John Howard rang the families...
Australian Prime Minister John Howard rang the families of two aid workers on trial in Afghanistan after an apparent slip of the tongue in which he said they were guilty of no more than preaching Christianity
- OCTOBER 9, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Seven residents of the Staryye Atagi village had been...
Seven residents of the Staryye Atagi village had been sentenced to capital punishment by guerrilla leaders, a spokesman for the district administration told Interfax-Military News Agency
- OCTOBER 9, 2001ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
The leader of the Zimbabwe National Debate Association,...
The leader of the Zimbabwe National Debate Association, Kurauone Chivhai, urged the President and Cabinet Ministers to abolish the death sentence
- OCTOBER 9, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
European justice ministers representing Council of...
European justice ministers representing Council of Europe member countries and observers, proposed an action plan to combat terrorism at the end of their 24th Conference held in Moscow on October 4 and 5
- OCTOBER 9, 2001OhioDEATH PENALTY
In Cincinnati, a federal appeals court extended Ohio...
In Cincinnati, a federal appeals court extended Ohio inmate John Byrd Jr