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- 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
- DECEMBER 3, 2000SyriaDEATH PENALTY
Judicial officials confirmed that Syria handed over...
Judicial officials confirmed that Syria handed over Ra'id Hijazi to Jordan
- DECEMBER 3, 2000JordanDEATH PENALTY
Judicial officials confirmed that Syria handed over...
Judicial officials confirmed that Syria handed over Ra'id Hijazi to Jordan
- DECEMBER 1, 2000Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Police in Indonesia's easternmost province detained...
Police in Indonesia's easternmost province detained pro-independence Papuan Presidium Council Chairman Theys Hiyo Eluay, his secretary general Thaha al-Hamid, Don Flassy, the man behind the concept of Papuan independence, and former political prisoner Joh
- NOVEMBER 30, 2000JapanDEATH PENALTY
Three convicted killers, Kiyotaka Katsuta, 52, who...
Three convicted killers, Kiyotaka Katsuta, 52, who changed his family name to Fujiwara, Takashi Miyawaki, 57, and Kunikatsu Oishi, 55 were hanged
- NOVEMBER 30, 2000JapanDEATH PENALTY
Activists in strongly anti-death penalty Italy picketed...
Activists in strongly anti-death penalty Italy picketed outside the Japanese Embassy in protest of Japan's hanging of three murderers
- NOVEMBER 30, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
In occasion of the of the Tuscan Florence festival,...
In occasion of the of the Tuscan Florence festival, held to celebrate the decision taken in 1786 by the Grand-Duke of Tuscany, to make it the first state in the world to have abolished the death penalty and the use of torture, there was held a conference
- NOVEMBER 29, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A court in China's Anhui Province sentenced Xiao Zuoxin,...
A court in China's Anhui Province sentenced Xiao Zuoxin, the former mayor of Fuyang to life imprisonment for corruption and his wife Zhou Jimei to two years of probation followed by death for accepting bribes totalling over 1
- NOVEMBER 29, 2000PanamaDEATH PENALTY
Luis Posada Carriles, 72, was arrested on November...
Luis Posada Carriles, 72, was arrested on November 17 at a Panama hotel after Fidel Castro accused him and three others of planning to assassinate him arrived for the 10th Ibero-American summit
- NOVEMBER 29, 2000CubaDEATH PENALTY
Luis Posada Carriles, 72, was arrested on November...
Luis Posada Carriles, 72, was arrested on November 17 at a Panama hotel after Fidel Castro accused him and three others of planning to assassinate him arrived for the 10th Ibero-American summit
- NOVEMBER 29, 2000FinlandDEATH PENALTY
Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja said he wanted to enhance...
Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja said he wanted to enhance the role of human rights in the Finnish foreign policy on presenting a new report on the government's human rights policy to the Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee
- NOVEMBER 28, 2000Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
The acting UN emergency relief co-ordinator in DRC,...
The acting UN emergency relief co-ordinator in DRC, Carolyn McAskie, said random violence against civilian and flagrant human rights violations were prevalent throughout the country
- NOVEMBER 28, 2000NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Nigerian Government unfolded its plan to reintroduce...
The Nigerian Government unfolded its plan to reintroduce the death penalty for those found guilty of engaging in the vandalisation of public utilities, including the properties of the National Electric Power Authority (NEPA)
- NOVEMBER 28, 2000SudanDEATH PENALTY
Sudan's President Bashir urged his troops to continue...
Sudan's President Bashir urged his troops to continue their "jihad
- NOVEMBER 28, 2000VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Deputy Nong Thai Nghiep from Thai Nguyen province criticized...
Deputy Nong Thai Nghiep from Thai Nguyen province criticized the judiciary for not carrying out the sentences issued by the courts
- NOVEMBER 27, 2000ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
On November 27, 2000: the UN Committee against Torture...
On November 27, 2000: the UN Committee against Torture considered reports submitted by Armenia and commended the country's current moratorium on capital punishment and the absence of capital punishment in Armenia's draft Penal Code
- NOVEMBER 27, 2000VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The Hanoi People's Court handed down five death sentences...
The Hanoi People's Court handed down five death sentences and six life imprisonment sentences to 11 defendants for involvement in a drug trafficking ring
- NOVEMBER 27, 2000GuatemalaDEATH PENALTY
The UN Committee against torture cited concern over...
The UN Committee against torture cited concern over what it called a deterioration of the human rights situation in Guatemala, including matters involving torture
- NOVEMBER 27, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
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- NOVEMBER 26, 2000South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Farmers' leaders requested a meeting with President...
Farmers' leaders requested a meeting with President Thabo Mbeki to convey the findings a memorandum and discuss urgent steps to stop the attacks on farmers
- NOVEMBER 25, 2000CubaDEATH PENALTY
Cuba is willing to abolish the death penalty, the Cuban...
Cuba is willing to abolish the death penalty, the Cuban Cardinal Jaime Ortega said
- NOVEMBER 25, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
According to the Committee in Defence of Iraqi Women's...
According to the Committee in Defence of Iraqi Women's Rights, an Australian organisation, more than 200 women were executed in a three week period