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- OCTOBER 4, 2001MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Zainuzzaman Mohammed Jasadi was hanged for murder
Zainuzzaman Mohammed Jasadi was hanged for murder
- OCTOBER 4, 2001DEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN
October 4, 2001: last Sunday, the trial of eight detained aid workers accused of preaching Christianity resumed.
- OCTOBER 4, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe commended Turkey for its constitutional...
The Council of Europe commended Turkey for its constitutional reforms, but said the country's refusal to abolish the death penalty remained a roadblock in its campaign to join the EU
- OCTOBER 3, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Political writer and scientist Leonid Radzikhovsky...
Political writer and scientist Leonid Radzikhovsky said Russia not only has vast experience of combating terrorism but it has much more political will and resolve in the actual struggle than the West
- OCTOBER 3, 2001MissouriDEATH PENALTY
Michael Roberts, convicted for the Feb
Michael Roberts, convicted for the Feb
- OCTOBER 3, 2001MissouriDEATH PENALTY
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In St
- OCTOBER 3, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An anti-terrorism court on Karachi sentenced Shaikh...
An anti-terrorism court on Karachi sentenced Shaikh Muhammad Amjad to death on charges of killing his next-door neighbour Barrister Shakir Latif
- OCTOBER 2, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
A woman was sentenced to life in jail for possessing...
A woman was sentenced to life in jail for possessing methamphetamine pills with intent to sell
- OCTOBER 2, 2001MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Kofri Mustafar, 26, an unemployed man was sentenced...
Kofri Mustafar, 26, an unemployed man was sentenced to death in Kuantan after being guilty of murdering Jemilah Idris, 36, a woman who refused to let him marry her daughter, on July 23, 1999
- OCTOBER 2, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Six men were arrested in the southeast of the country...
Six men were arrested in the southeast of the country for distributing leaflets in support of the king and the US, Taliban sources said
- OCTOBER 2, 2001IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The death sentence imposed on Ajit Seth, the Paschim...
The death sentence imposed on Ajit Seth, the Paschim Vihar resident who had burnt two small children alive, was commuted to life imprisonment by the Delhi High Court
- OCTOBER 2, 2001SwedenDEATH PENALTY
Sweden will have to negotiate with the USA on an exemption...
Sweden will have to negotiate with the USA on an exemption from the death penalty in the event of a suspected terrorist being extradited to the USA, Foreign Minister Anna Lindh said
- OCTOBER 2, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
US embassy diplomats in Uganda had appeared before...
US embassy diplomats in Uganda had appeared before the Defence and Internal Affairs Committee and urged parliament to pass the bill expeditiously that seeks to impose a mandatory death sentence for terrorists and any person who aids, finances or supports
- OCTOBER 2, 2001North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Gov. Mike Easley commuted to life in prison the death...
Gov. Mike Easley commuted to life in prison the death sentence of Robert Bacon Jr. Robert Bacon Jr
- OCTOBER 1, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Disgraced former Philippine President Joseph Estrada...
Disgraced former Philippine President Joseph Estrada made a late appearance on the first day of his trial on the charge of economic plunder after saying he would not show up
- OCTOBER 1, 2001KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
A court in Almaty sentenced to death by shooting two...
A court in Almaty sentenced to death by shooting two of the three men accused of cannibalism
- OCTOBER 1, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is reviewing...
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is reviewing the work of former agency serologist Kenneth Ede after a recent DNA test contradicted testimony he gave in a 1983 murder trial
- OCTOBER 1, 2001DEATH PENALTY
CHINA CELEBRATES NATIONAL DAY WITH MORE REPRESSION
October 1, 2001: China marks national festivities with new crackdowns on criminality and mass executions. National day will also see further round-ups of Falun Gong practitioners.
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The trial of eight foreigners (Americans Dayna Curry...
The trial of eight foreigners (Americans Dayna Curry and Heather Mercer, Australians Peter Bunch and Diana Thomas, and Germans Georg Taubmann, Katrin Jelinek, Margrit Stebner and Silke Durrkopf ) accused of trying to convert Afghan Muslims to Christianity
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2001BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
European Union President, Belgium's Justice Minister...
European Union President, Belgium's Justice Minister Marc Verwilghen, said neither Osama bin Laden nor his followers [wanted for the September 11 terrorist attacks on the US] would be handed to the US if caught in Europe because the EU would not extradite
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2001SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
A man who killed the driver of Colonel Tafase, an Ethiopian...
A man who killed the driver of Colonel Tafase, an Ethiopian official who is based in Baydhabo, was sentenced to death in the town
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The People's Deputy party, reorganized and renamed...
The People's Deputy party, reorganized and renamed as the People's Party of the Russian Federation, expressed support for President Vladimir Putin's efforts to unite the country at a party conference
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The director of operations in the Uganda Prisons Service,...
The director of operations in the Uganda Prisons Service, Moses Kakungulu, proposed that the execution of convicts be privatised if the death penalty cannot be abolished
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2001IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
In a recent case before the Illinois Supreme Court (People v
In a recent case before the Illinois Supreme Court (People v
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Six convicted criminals were executed in south China,...
Six convicted criminals were executed in south China, after mass sentencing rallies organised in two different locations in the city of Zhuhai, just north of Macau
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Yao Xiaohong, the Chinese reporter who exposed the...
Yao Xiaohong, the Chinese reporter who exposed the unauthorised removal of organs from executed prisoners by Chinese authorities, was sacked again for damaging interests of senior officials, the Hong Kong Information Centre for Human Rights and Democracy
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The British woman undercover journalist was captured...
The British woman undercover journalist was captured in Afghanistan and suspected spying - an offence which carries the mandatory death penalty
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2001BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
Efforts to agree a European Union-wide extradition...
Efforts to agree a European Union-wide extradition deal with the United States are running into trouble over the death penalty
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2001IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
The Illinois Supreme Court ordered a new trial for...
The Illinois Supreme Court ordered a new trial for Murray Blue, who admitted shooting Louis Moret in 1995, but argues it was self defense
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2001IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
The federal grand jury of the U
The federal grand jury of the U