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- JULY 6, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nine northern Nigerian states have adopted the Sharia code
Nine northern Nigerian states have adopted the Sharia code
- JULY 6, 2001DEATH PENALTY
NEW TURKISH PENAL CODE ABOLISHES THE DEATH PENALTY
July 06, 2001: Turkish officials on Friday unveiled a new penal code that abolishes the death penalty and eliminates laws under which intellectuals and politicians were jailed for expressing opinions contrary to official government policy.
- JULY 5, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Adnan Maleknejad, 26, convicted of murdering a man...
Adnan Maleknejad, 26, convicted of murdering a man five years ago, was hanged at dawn in the yard of a prison in Ilam in western Iran, IRNA said
- JULY 5, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Chinese official admitted that 14 Falun Gong followers...
A Chinese official admitted that 14 Falun Gong followers died in a labour camp - but the government and the spiritual movement have given sharply conflicting accounts of how they died
- JULY 5, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Eighty percent of Russians think that the death penalty...
Eighty percent of Russians think that the death penalty is permissible, the Public Opinion Foundation said based on a June 30 poll of 1,500 village and town residents nationwide
- JULY 5, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The Uzbek newspaper Na Postu reported that a man named as A
The Uzbek newspaper Na Postu reported that a man named as A
- JULY 5, 2001MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Mohamad Deraman, a 31 year old lorry driver, was sentenced...
Mohamad Deraman, a 31 year old lorry driver, was sentenced to death by the High Court for murdering businessman Ismail Sulaiman in Chini, Pekan, in 1999
- JULY 5, 2001FloridaDEATH PENALTY
1 death row inmate, condemned for a 1980 Jacksonville...
1 death row inmate, condemned for a 1980 Jacksonville murder, won a new trial
- JULY 5, 2001BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
During the extraordinary session the European Parliament...
During the extraordinary session the European Parliament passed Resolution No
- JULY 4, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Nayereh Tohidi, a lecturer at the University of California...
Nayereh Tohidi, a lecturer at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA), says stoning is a double-standard punishment: "There is a double standard here, even though the practice is applied to both men and women, because it is usually a punishment
- JULY 4, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Xinhua news agency, the official Chinese government...
Xinhua news agency, the official Chinese government agency, denied allegations regarding organs being transplanted from executed prisoners
- JULY 4, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Pong Ketsiri, 64, was executed by a firing squad in...
Pong Ketsiri, 64, was executed by a firing squad in a Bangkok prison after being convicted of smuggling 275lb of heroin into Thailand
- JULY 4, 2001BeninDEATH PENALTY
Government officials said that they had decided to...
Government officials said that they had decided to replace the colonial criminal code with a new law, PANA news agency reported
- JULY 4, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Two Yemenis were executed separately in Lahj and Mahweet...
Two Yemenis were executed separately in Lahj and Mahweet provinces for premeditated murder, according a statement by the public prosecution
- JULY 3, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Three armed drug-traffickers, sentenced to death by...
Three armed drug-traffickers, sentenced to death by a revolutionary court, were hanged at dawn in public in the southeastern city of Zahedan, that borders neighbouring leading drug-producer Afghanistan
- JULY 3, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian woman convicted for murder was hanged in...
An Iranian woman convicted for murder was hanged in public in the southwestern Lorestan province, the state IRNA news agency reported
- JULY 3, 2001KenyaDEATH PENALTY
A police inspector and his lover were sentenced to...
A police inspector and his lover were sentenced to death by hanging for the murder of the woman's husband
- JULY 3, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Court of Cassation upheld the death sentences given...
The Court of Cassation upheld the death sentences given to 31 Moslem activists accused of participating in an Islamist riot in 1993 in which 37 people were killed
- JULY 3, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Fifteen female Dafa practitioners died due to "brutal...
Fifteen female Dafa practitioners died due to "brutal torture" in the Wanjia Labour Camp, the Falun Gong said
- JULY 3, 2001ChadDEATH PENALTY
N'Djamena's criminal court sentenced five people to...
N'Djamena's criminal court sentenced five people to death, including one in absentia after convicting them for armed robbery
- JULY 3, 2001VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The People's Supreme Court has issued a resolution...
The People's Supreme Court has issued a resolution guiding the implementation of six Criminal Law regulations
- JULY 3, 2001VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The punishment imposed on heroin traffickers is to...
The punishment imposed on heroin traffickers is to be reduced, the vice chief justice of the Criminal Court Dinh Van Que said
- JULY 3, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Thirty-five percent of 1,600 respondents polled by...
Thirty-five percent of 1,600 respondents polled by the All-Russian Public Opinion Research centre said that if Chechen rebel leaders do not put down their arms and are caught by the federal forces, they should be killed without any trial and investigation
- JULY 3, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
More than 400 bills were filed at the House of Representatives...
More than 400 bills were filed at the House of Representatives on the first working day of the 12th Congress, ranging from proposed constitutional amendments to punishing kidnappers by amputating their legs
- JULY 3, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China's top policeman urged stronger implementation...
China's top policeman urged stronger implementation of a three month-old "strike hard" crackdown on crime that has already resulted in at least 1,300 executions
- JULY 3, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
FALUN GONG ACCUSES CHINA OF TORTURING PRACTITIONERS TO DEATH
July 3, 2001: fifteen female Dafa practitioners died due to “brutal torture” in the Wanjia Labour Camp, the Falun Gong said.
- JULY 3, 2001MissouriDEATH PENALTY
Missouri does not forbid the execution of juvenile...
Missouri does not forbid the execution of juvenile offenders but does have life without parole
- JULY 2, 2001SudanDEATH PENALTY
The official Sudanese news agency, Suna, reported that...
The official Sudanese news agency, Suna, reported that President Umar al-Bashir warned that armed robbers and "outlaws" operating in the Darfur states in western Sudan would face amputations and hanging if caught
- JULY 2, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The death sentence handed down to owner of The Frontier...
The death sentence handed down to owner of The Frontier Post newspaper Rehmat Shah Afridi aroused only a muted reaction in the Pakistani press
- JULY 2, 2001MissouriDEATH PENALTY
Governor Holden signed a bill approved by th legislature...
Governor Holden signed a bill approved by th legislature onMay 11, 2001 that prohibits the imposition of the death penalty on a defendant who suffers from mental retardation