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- DECEMBER 7, 2000KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
President Askar Akayev pardoned six men found guilty...
President Askar Akayev pardoned six men found guilty of plotting to assassinate him
- DECEMBER 7, 2000FranceDEATH PENALTY
French President Jacques Chirac wrote a letter to his...
French President Jacques Chirac wrote a letter to his US counterpart Bill Clinton asking him to suspend the execution of a murderer who was condemned to death by a US federal court
- DECEMBER 7, 2000Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
The decision triggered a heated debate among human...
The decision triggered a heated debate among human rights activists and the media
- DECEMBER 7, 2000PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
From 1995 to 1999 the Court accelerated its review...
From 1995 to 1999 the Court accelerated its review of capital cases
- DECEMBER 7, 2000JordanDEATH PENALTY
Bilal Musa, convicted of robbing and murdering 11 people...
Bilal Musa, convicted of robbing and murdering 11 people in 10 separate crimes during a five-year span, was hanged at Swaqa prison at dawn
- DECEMBER 7, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
In their Iran Report 2001, Human Rights Watch stated...
In their Iran Report 2001, Human Rights Watch stated "The (Iranian) government continued to make frequent use of the death penalty after trials which failed to comply with international standards
- DECEMBER 7, 2000GermanyDEATH PENALTY
The Bundestag, called for the United States to abolish...
The Bundestag, called for the United States to abolish the death penalty, defining the practice as "inhuman" and "scarcely efficient"
- DECEMBER 7, 2000FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Edward Castro, 50, of Latin-American origin was executed...
Edward Castro, 50, of Latin-American origin was executed by lethal injection
- DECEMBER 7, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Claude Jones, 60, white, was executed by lethal injection
Claude Jones, 60, white, was executed by lethal injection
- DECEMBER 6, 2000BrazilDEATH PENALTY
Brazil's human rights record suffered a setback this...
Brazil's human rights record suffered a setback this year due to an upsurge in police brutality and the government's failure to act against it, the non-governmental Global Justice Center (CJG) warned
- DECEMBER 6, 2000AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
Mohamed Slimani, Ahmed Rabhi and Abdelkader Bouabdellah...
Mohamed Slimani, Ahmed Rabhi and Abdelkader Bouabdellah were condemned to death by the criminal court at Tizi Ouzou [100 km east of Algiers]
- DECEMBER 6, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Six [unidentified] people were executed in Panjshir...
Six [unidentified] people were executed in Panjshir [the Northern Alliance's stronghold in the eastern Kapisa Province] for the murder of prominent opposition commander Abdullah Jan Wahidi
- DECEMBER 6, 2000JordanDEATH PENALTY
The State Security Court was to hold a retrial of Ra'id...
The State Security Court was to hold a retrial of Ra'id Hijazi, a member of the "Base" Organization led by Usamah Bin-Ladin
- DECEMBER 6, 2000VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The Vietnamese journal An Ninh Thu Do (Police Journal)...
The Vietnamese journal An Ninh Thu Do (Police Journal) reported that during November the police division in charge of drug prevention and control of Hanoi City worked closely with public security units in districts and precincts to successfully handle 150
- DECEMBER 6, 2000VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
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- DECEMBER 6, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Daniel Hittle, 50, white, was executed by lethal injection
Daniel Hittle, 50, white, was executed by lethal injection
- DECEMBER 5, 2000FijiDEATH PENALTY
The Fiji military charged 39 rebel soldiers with mutiny...
The Fiji military charged 39 rebel soldiers with mutiny over a failed uprising at Suva's Queen Elizabeth Barracks on November 2 in which eight soldiers were killed and seven wounded
- DECEMBER 5, 2000CameroonDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International expressed grave concerns about...
Amnesty International expressed grave concerns about the discovery of a mass grave with more than 36 bodies close to the Douala international airport in Cameroon
- DECEMBER 5, 2000UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
According to a survey, most Uzbeks believe that terrorists...
According to a survey, most Uzbeks believe that terrorists should be given the death penalty
- DECEMBER 5, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Gary Miller, 33, white, was executed by lethal injection
Gary Miller, 33, white, was executed by lethal injection
- DECEMBER 4, 2000KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev signed a decree prolonging...
Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev signed a decree prolonging two-year moratorium on capital punishment, which expired on 31st December 2000
- DECEMBER 4, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
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- DECEMBER 4, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
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- DECEMBER 4, 2000Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
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- DECEMBER 4, 2000KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev signed a decree prolonging...
Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev signed a decree prolonging two-year moratorium on capital punishment, which expired on 31st December 2000
- DECEMBER 4, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
A collection of signatures against the death penalty...
A collection of signatures against the death penalty was presented to the President of Italy, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, at the end of a meeting with Archbishop Piovanelli organised by the Florentine church to mark the year of the Jubilee
- DECEMBER 3, 2000JapanDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International leader Pierre Sane renewed the...
Amnesty International leader Pierre Sane renewed the group's call for Japan to abolish the death penalty and also criticized the country's treatment of death-row inmates
- DECEMBER 3, 2000PanamaDEATH PENALTY
Cuba's President Fidel Castro said the four Cuban exiles...
Cuba's President Fidel Castro said the four Cuban exiles accused in Panama of plotting to assassinate him would not be executed if they were extradited back to the communist-ruled island for trial
- DECEMBER 3, 2000CubaDEATH PENALTY
Cuba's President Fidel Castro said the four Cuban exiles...
Cuba's President Fidel Castro said the four Cuban exiles accused in Panama of plotting to assassinate him would not be executed if they were extradited back to the communist-ruled island for trial
- DECEMBER 3, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
In an interview with Radio Free Europe Iraqi former...
In an interview with Radio Free Europe Iraqi former secret police officer Captain Khalid Sachit Al-Janabi said he had witnessed the execution of 2,000 Iraqi dissidents in one day at the Abu Ghraib prison