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- JULY 24, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Four Chinese were executed after a court in southern...
Four Chinese were executed after a court in southern China's Guangdong province found them guilty of counterfeiting Chinese currency
- JULY 24, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In Zhejiang province, Lu Zhengchun was executed for...
In Zhejiang province, Lu Zhengchun was executed for having produced 2
- JULY 24, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
Senior State District Judge C
Senior State District Judge C
- JULY 24, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Zhong Chongming, who was found guilty of robbing a...
Zhong Chongming, who was found guilty of robbing a local bank and illegally possessing firearms and ammunition, was sentenced to death and executed in Linyi, in east China's Shandong Province
- JULY 24, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A court in the central Chinese province of Hunan handed...
A court in the central Chinese province of Hunan handed down the death sentence to a female manager found guilty of large-scale corruption
- JULY 24, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Yang Xiaojian was sentenced to death for raping nine...
Yang Xiaojian was sentenced to death for raping nine women taxi drivers in 40 days
- JULY 24, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe called on the US to stay the...
The Council of Europe called on the US to stay the execution of Napoleon Beazley, who is due to be put to death in Texas on August 15th
- JULY 24, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
The authorities in Saudi Arabia carried out two executions
The authorities in Saudi Arabia carried out two executions
- JULY 24, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's supreme court approved the death sentence for...
Iran's supreme court approved the death sentence for three customs officials accused of being "economic terrorists," the afternoon Kayhan paper reported
- JULY 24, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in Austin halted...
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in Austin halted the execution of Richard William Kutzner to determine if DNA tests should be run on forensic evidence
- JULY 24, 2001EgyptDEATH PENALTY
A court in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria sentenced...
A court in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria sentenced to death Khamis Said, 28, who killed his mother in March for her refusal to give him money to travel to Israel and marry the woman
- JULY 24, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Two Yemeni men executed by firing squad in Dali' and...
Two Yemeni men executed by firing squad in Dali' and Hajjah provinces for murder
- JULY 24, 2001DEATH PENALTY
ITALIAN NGOs BACK MORATORIUM ON EXECUTIONS
July 24, 2001: at a conference against racism in Rome, Italian non-governmental organisations supported a global moratorium on executions through a UN resolution.
- JULY 23, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Court sentenced to death two foreigners...
The Criminal Court sentenced to death two foreigners and a Thai for trafficking heroin
- JULY 23, 2001SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
The Thai Criminal Court sentenced to death a Singaporean,...
The Thai Criminal Court sentenced to death a Singaporean, Tan Wan Kiang, 40, together with a Hong Kong citizen and another from Thailand
- JULY 23, 2001CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
Cambodia's Senate unanimously approved a re-debated...
Cambodia's Senate unanimously approved a re-debated final draft on establishing a UN-assisted tribunal to bring former Khmer Rouge leaders to justice
- JULY 23, 2001Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Hong Kong woman was sentenced to death by Thailand's...
A Hong Kong woman was sentenced to death by Thailand's main criminal court for trafficking in 6
- JULY 23, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
During his visit in Italy, President Bush was received...
During his visit in Italy, President Bush was received by Pope John Paul II who admonished him for his support of capital punishment, saying the death penalty does not belong in "a free and virtuous society
- JULY 23, 2001WashingtonDEATH PENALTY
The state Supreme Court decided that Henry Lewis Marshall,...
The state Supreme Court decided that Henry Lewis Marshall, condemned to death for the June 18, 1994 killing of Griswold, will get a new trial
- JULY 23, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Yemeni man executed by firing squad in Sana'a province...
Yemeni man executed by firing squad in Sana'a province for murder
- JULY 23, 2001Vatican CityDEATH PENALTY
Pope John Paul II held talks with visiting U
Pope John Paul II held talks with visiting U
- JULY 22, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China has launched a campaign of forced repatriation...
China has launched a campaign of forced repatriation of North Korean refugees, according to the international humanitarian organization, Doctors Without Borders
- JULY 22, 2001North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
China has launched a campaign of forced repatriation...
China has launched a campaign of forced repatriation of North Korean refugees, according to the international humanitarian organization, Doctors Without Borders
- JULY 21, 2001MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Oklahoma Gov
Oklahoma Gov
- JULY 20, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
The official Saudi Press Agency reported that two Saudi...
The official Saudi Press Agency reported that two Saudi brothers were beheaded for raping a woman at knife-point
- JULY 20, 2001North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
Sim Hyong-il, a director of the Supreme People's Assembly's...
Sim Hyong-il, a director of the Supreme People's Assembly's legislation committee, announced at a question-and-answer session on the first of a two-day review of its second periodic report, submitted to the UN Human Rights Committee, that the number of de
- JULY 20, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Oman sentenced two Pakistanis to death for drug dealing...
Oman sentenced two Pakistanis to death for drug dealing and machineguns possession
- JULY 20, 2001Côte d’IvoireDEATH PENALTY
A U.N. panel investigating political violence in the...
A U.N. panel investigating political violence in the Ivory Coast said that government security forces bore responsibility for hundreds of killings and beatings that took place in the West African nation in October and December 2000
- JULY 20, 2001FranceDEATH PENALTY
Ira Einhorn, the ex-hippie guru at the centre of a...
Ira Einhorn, the ex-hippie guru at the centre of a controversial extradition case between France and the United States arrived back in the US to face trial for the murder of his former girlfriend
- JULY 20, 2001OmanDEATH PENALTY
Oman sentenced two Pakistanis to death for drug dealing...
Oman sentenced two Pakistanis to death for drug dealing and machineguns possession