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- DECEMBER 10, 2000RwandaDEATH PENALTY
The prosecution in the specialized chamber of Gitarama...
The prosecution in the specialized chamber of Gitarama Court of First Instance asked for the death penalty for a priest, Joseph Ndagijimana of Byimana in Mukingi Commune of Gitarama Prefecture
- DECEMBER 10, 2000PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Philippine President Joseph Estrada, threatened with...
Philippine President Joseph Estrada, threatened with removal from office for alleged corruption, ordered all death sentences affirmed by the Supreme Court to be commuted to life imprisonment
- DECEMBER 9, 2000RomaniaDEATH PENALTY
Ultranationalist Corneliu Vadim Tudor tapped a rich...
Ultranationalist Corneliu Vadim Tudor tapped a rich vein of anger among Romanians against crime, corruption and minorities to reach a runoff second round for president against leftist Ion Iliescu
- DECEMBER 9, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Three Indonesian domestic workers facing the death...
Three Indonesian domestic workers facing the death penalty in Singapore were saved from the gallows thanks to a long legal struggle conducted by the Indonesian embassy
- DECEMBER 9, 2000SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Three Indonesian domestic workers facing the death...
Three Indonesian domestic workers facing the death penalty were saved from the gallows thanks to a long legal struggle conducted by the Indonesian embassy
- DECEMBER 9, 2000JordanDEATH PENALTY
The public prosecutor of the State Security Court,...
The public prosecutor of the State Security Court, Lt-Col Mahmud Ubaydat pressed several charges against Ra'id Muhammad Hasan Muhammad Hijazi, a former fugitive who had been sentenced to death in absentia by the State Security Court as a member of the Afg
- DECEMBER 8, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Dozens of members of the City Forum (Forkot) rallied...
Dozens of members of the City Forum (Forkot) rallied near former president Soeharto's residence on Jl
- DECEMBER 7, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed Taiwan national Chen Kun-Zhang for producing...
China executed Taiwan national Chen Kun-Zhang for producing and selling 25kg of the drug "ice"
- DECEMBER 7, 2000DominicaDEATH PENALTY
Britain's parliamentary undersecretary of state in...
Britain's parliamentary undersecretary of state in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Baroness Patricia Scotland, said that Whitehall was committed to seeing through the implementation of the process of bringing the overseas territories under Britain's
- 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