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- DECEMBER 22, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Lin Zhiguo, former deputy director of the Siping City...
Lin Zhiguo, former deputy director of the Siping City Chemical Industry Bureau, was sentenced to death by the Jilin Provincial Higher People's Court for receiving bribes when he was manager of the Siping City Paint Plant
- DECEMBER 22, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Qiao Benping, deputy manager of a state-owned international...
Qiao Benping, deputy manager of a state-owned international trade company in Changchun City of northeast China's Jilin Province, was sentenced to death for embezzlement, misuse of funds and accepting bribes valued at 15
- DECEMBER 22, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Li Yaping, head of a gang of robbers, who organised...
Li Yaping, head of a gang of robbers, who organised 45 robberies and thefts in several Beijing districts, was sentenced to death by the No
- DECEMBER 22, 2000Côte d’IvoireDEATH PENALTY
Human Rights Watch, has implicated the government of...
Human Rights Watch, has implicated the government of Cote d'Ivoire in the violence that claimed hundreds of lives during the 22 October presidential elections
- DECEMBER 22, 2000VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A court in central Vietnam sentenced 43-year-old Lieutenant-Colonel...
A court in central Vietnam sentenced 43-year-old Lieutenant-Colonel Le Van Luen a former senior police officer, to death by firing squad for dealing in heroin, bringing the number of people sentenced to death for drug trafficking in 2000 to at least 49
- DECEMBER 21, 2000ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
Witnesses said to have seen members of a right-wing...
Witnesses said to have seen members of a right-wing paramilitary squad to kill 10 people
- DECEMBER 21, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Yu Bufan, a state engineering company manager, was...
Yu Bufan, a state engineering company manager, was sentenced to death by the Xiamen Intermediate Court for taking bribes worth 2
- DECEMBER 21, 2000TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
The criminal board of the Tajik Supreme Court sentenced...
The criminal board of the Tajik Supreme Court sentenced Abdurahim Naimov to death and his accomplice, Ubaydullo Rajabov, to 15 years imprisonment with confiscation of his property
- DECEMBER 21, 2000Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International accused the Sri Lankan navy of...
Amnesty International accused the Sri Lankan navy of extrajudicial killings of civilians in the country's east
- DECEMBER 21, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Jharkhand High Court has upheld the death sentence...
The Jharkhand High Court has upheld the death sentence of Surendra Singh Rautela alias Bengali
- DECEMBER 21, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A total of 52 Indians were awarded the death penalty...
A total of 52 Indians were awarded the death penalty in different countries during the last three years, Indian Junior Minister for External Affairs Ajit Kumar Panja informed Rajya Sabha (Upper House of Indian Parliament)
- DECEMBER 21, 2000DEATH PENALTY
2nd WORLD DAY FOR THE MORATORIUM ON CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
ROME, 21ST DECEMBER, 2000TOR VERGATA UNIVERSITY.MAIN HALL OF THE FACULTY OF ECONOMICS
- DECEMBER 20, 2000South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
A thesis attached to the Korean version of the U
A thesis attached to the Korean version of the U
- DECEMBER 20, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The General Assembly adopted, without a vote, a resolution...
The General Assembly adopted, without a vote, a resolution on Afghanistan
- DECEMBER 19, 2000Congo - BrazzavilleDEATH PENALTY
The Brazaville branch of the ruling Congolese Labour...
The Brazaville branch of the ruling Congolese Labour Party (PCT), opposed any form of amnesty to former President Pascal Lissouba and his last Prime Minister Bernard Kolelas who were sentenced to death
- DECEMBER 19, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
President Saddam Hussein ordered the execution of a...
President Saddam Hussein ordered the execution of a new group of senior Iraqi army officers from the city of Mosul
- DECEMBER 19, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Muhammad Akhtar, Muhammad Yasin and Sarfraz Ahmad were...
Muhammad Akhtar, Muhammad Yasin and Sarfraz Ahmad were sentenced to death by the Anti Terrorist Court
- DECEMBER 19, 2000ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
David Dewayne Johnson, 37, black, was executed by lethal...
David Dewayne Johnson, 37, black, was executed by lethal injection in Cummins Prison, Varner
- DECEMBER 18, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Hebei Higher People's Court examined and approved...
The Hebei Higher People's Court examined and approved the death penalty, to be executed by a firing squad, passed on Li Yonghui, a convict involved in a bombing case in Shijiazhuang that had attracted public attention
- DECEMBER 18, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Five criminals were executed in Beijing after being...
Five criminals were executed in Beijing after being convicted of violent crimes, including murder and armed robbery
- DECEMBER 18, 2000ChadDEATH PENALTY
The National Front for a Renewed Chad charged that...
The National Front for a Renewed Chad charged that President Idriss Deby's army was guilty of atrocities against civilians in Ouaddai province, including the execution of three villagers on December 16 for refusing "to hand over their property to governme
- DECEMBER 18, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Top leaders of the ruling Awami League demanded the...
Top leaders of the ruling Awami League demanded the quick execution of the death sentences awarded to all the 15 convicts for killing Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family members
- DECEMBER 18, 2000Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
The Presidency of the European Union called upon the...
The Presidency of the European Union called upon the Sri Lankan Government to identify and bring to justice those responsible for human rights violations in the country
- DECEMBER 18, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Declining a reference made by the District and Sessions...
Declining a reference made by the District and Sessions Judge, Hisar, a division bench comprising Justice HS Bedi and AS Garg commuted the death sentence of Kuldip Singh, a resident of Gorakhpur village to life imprisonment
- DECEMBER 18, 2000KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
An army sergeant was sentenced to die by firing squad...
An army sergeant was sentenced to die by firing squad after being convicted of murder by a military court in the southern Kazakh Zhambyl region
- DECEMBER 18, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan, upon receiving 3
U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan, upon receiving 3
- DECEMBER 17, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
December 17-18, 2000: An investigative series by the...
December 17-18, 2000: An investigative series by the Chicago Tribune examined the cases of four death row inmates who were executed despite evidence of their innocence
- DECEMBER 17, 2000Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
A senior army officer denied allegations by a human...
A senior army officer denied allegations by a human rights group that a former security adviser of President Laurent Kabila and several other soldiers had been executed
- DECEMBER 17, 2000Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
The [Palestinian] Preventive Security Services arrested...
The [Palestinian] Preventive Security Services arrested Majdi Muhammad Makawi, 28, who was suspected of being behind the assassination of four of the Fatah movement's cadres
- DECEMBER 17, 2000TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
Suspected US embassy bomber Khalfan Khamis Mohamed...
Suspected US embassy bomber Khalfan Khamis Mohamed won his bid in the Cape High Court to secure information relating to his arrest, detention and deportation from South Africa to the US