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- JANUARY 25, 2001AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
Azerbaijan was officially admitted to the Council of Europe
Azerbaijan was officially admitted to the Council of Europe
- JANUARY 25, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Saudi man convicted of murdering a fellow citizen...
A Saudi man convicted of murdering a fellow citizen was beheaded in southern Saudi Arabia
- JANUARY 25, 2001ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Armenia was officially admitted to the Council of Europe
Armenia was officially admitted to the Council of Europe
- JANUARY 25, 2001BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO)...
Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO) chairman Krassimir Karakachanov said it is high time the schools, the police and the prosecuting authorities did what is necessary to prevent the victimization of children by criminals and paedophiles
- JANUARY 25, 2001FloridaDEATH PENALTY
The brother of US President George W Bush is to re-examine...
The brother of US President George W Bush is to re-examine the case of a Londoner who has been on death row for 14 years
- JANUARY 25, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Billy Ray Fox, 35, was executed by injection for the...
Billy Ray Fox, 35, was executed by injection for the summer 1985 murders of 3 night employees at Wynn's IGA
- JANUARY 25, 2001NepalDEATH PENALTY
The Tangerang District Court in Indonesia condemned...
The Tangerang District Court in Indonesia condemned Nar Bahadur Tamang and Bala Tamang, both Nepalese nationals, to death for drug trafficking
- JANUARY 25, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The Tangerang District Court condemned Nar Bahadur...
The Tangerang District Court condemned Nar Bahadur Tamang and Bala Tamang, both Nepalese nationals, to death for drug trafficking
- JANUARY 25, 2001DEATH PENALTY
LEBANON
January 25, 2001: 15 people risk being executed. The European Union called for Lebanon to drop the death penalty and asked Justice Minister Samir Jisr to suspend 15 planned executions for various crimes. Italian Senator urges the Italian Government to int
- JANUARY 24, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
British Foreign Office Minister Keith Vaz, told Members...
British Foreign Office Minister Keith Vaz, told Members of Parliament that Turkey should not be allowed to join the European Union without huge improvements in its human rights record
- JANUARY 24, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Bill Feldman leader of the City Country Alliance, a...
Bill Feldman leader of the City Country Alliance, a political party made up of six former One Nation MPs, has launched its election campaign in the Australian state of Queensland where polls will be held on February 17, with a call for a referendum on the
- JANUARY 24, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Committee for the Abolition of the Death Penalty...
The Committee for the Abolition of the Death Penalty presented its conclusive report to the Italian Senate
- JANUARY 24, 2001South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
The State Supreme Court has ordered a new trial for...
The State Supreme Court has ordered a new trial for a man sentenced to death
- JANUARY 24, 2001New JerseyDEATH PENALTY
Assemblyman Alfred E
Assemblyman Alfred E
- JANUARY 24, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Chiew-ming sae Chow and Suvit Lachan, two drug dealers...
Chiew-ming sae Chow and Suvit Lachan, two drug dealers were sentenced to death for possession of 94,000 speed pills for sale
- JANUARY 24, 2001Rhode IslandDEATH PENALTY
Rep. Barr filed HB 5253 to reintroduce the death penalty.
Rep. Barr filed HB 5253 to reintroduce the death penalty.
- JANUARY 24, 2001DelawareDEATH PENALTY
(SJR 3) a Joint Resolution, sponsored by Sen
(SJR 3) a Joint Resolution, sponsored by Sen
- JANUARY 24, 2001ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
A bill that would make murder of a child 12 or younger...
A bill that would make murder of a child 12 or younger an aggravating circumstance for purposes of imposing the death penalty easily won approval in the Arkansas House of Representatives
- JANUARY 24, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Workers group Migrante International sought the intervention...
Workers group Migrante International sought the intervention of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for the release and repatriation of some 1,000 overseas Filipino workers allegedly unjustly imprisoned, particularly the death row cases in Saudi Arabia and
- JANUARY 24, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russian Main Military Prosecutor Mikhail Kislitsyn,...
Russian Main Military Prosecutor Mikhail Kislitsyn, said it was too soon for Russia to abolish the death penalty
- JANUARY 24, 2001DEATH PENALTY
ITALIA
January 24, 2001: the Committee for the Abolition of the Death Penalty presented its conclusive report to the Italian Senate.
- JANUARY 23, 2001FranceDEATH PENALTY
(French actress) Catherine Deneuve handed a petition...
(French actress) Catherine Deneuve handed a petition against the death penalty signed by over half a million people to the US embassy in Paris
- JANUARY 23, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Swedish Ambassador Anne Desmorr on behalf of the European...
Swedish Ambassador Anne Desmorr on behalf of the European Community's called for Lebanon to drop the death penalty and asked Justice Minister Samir Jisr to suspend 15 planned executions for various crimes
- JANUARY 23, 2001IsraelDEATH PENALTY
The Reverend Rob Marshall criticised the disgraceful...
The Reverend Rob Marshall criticised the disgraceful actions of the Palestinian Authority and its show trials
- JANUARY 23, 2001Bosnia & HerzegovinaDEATH PENALTY
The first local trial of six Bosnian Muslims charged...
The first local trial of six Bosnian Muslims charged with war crimes committed against Bosnian Croat prisoners in the Mostar region during the conflict of 1993-94, has begun in Mostar
- JANUARY 23, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Victor Ombu, advocated...
Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Victor Ombu, advocated the death penalty on communal war mongers as a deterrent
- JANUARY 23, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Mark Andrew Fowler, 35, was pronounced dead at 9:07 p
Mark Andrew Fowler, 35, was pronounced dead at 9:07 p
- JANUARY 23, 2001SudanDEATH PENALTY
Five men who were convicted of armed robbery had their...
Five men who were convicted of armed robbery had their right hands and left feet amputated as punishment
- JANUARY 22, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
EU foreign ministers criticised China for its ongoing...
EU foreign ministers criticised China for its ongoing use of the death penalty and its continued human rights violations
- JANUARY 22, 2001RomaniaDEATH PENALTY
Senator Corneliu Vadim Tudor, leader of the Greater...
Senator Corneliu Vadim Tudor, leader of the Greater Romania Party (PRM, the second-biggest party in parliament,) presented the case of Romanian patriot Ilie Ilascu, currently a PRM senator, to the president of the European Democrats' Political Group, to w