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- NOVEMBER 8, 2000KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
Kazakh Commercial TV reported that a total of 17 people...
Kazakh Commercial TV reported that a total of 17 people had been executed so far in the year 2000
- NOVEMBER 7, 2000AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
The Committee of CE Foreign Ministers' Council (permanent...
The Committee of CE Foreign Ministers' Council (permanent representatives of member countries) postponed its decision on the admission of Azerbaijan into the Council of Europe
- NOVEMBER 7, 2000TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Ilhom Rasulov, Fazliddin Zaripov and Iskandar Sherov...
Ilhom Rasulov, Fazliddin Zaripov and Iskandar Sherov were sentenced to death for their role in three murders and numberous robberies and other crimes committed , from September 1999 to April 2000 in hahr-i Nav, Tursunzoda and Hisor Districts
- NOVEMBER 7, 2000PortugalDEATH PENALTY
President Jorge Sampaio wrote a letter to Texas govenor...
President Jorge Sampaio wrote a letter to Texas govenor George W
- NOVEMBER 6, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Additional Judge of the District and Session Court,...
The Additional Judge of the District and Session Court, Comilla Khan Md Abdul Mannan, sentenced Dulal, son of late Tajir Mia and Bulbul, son of Karamat Ali to death for the murder of advocate Mahiuddin Sharif on August 17, 1997
- NOVEMBER 6, 2000ChileDEATH PENALTY
The Chilean senate voted to end the death penalty and...
The Chilean senate voted to end the death penalty and increase the number of years that must be served under a life sentence
- NOVEMBER 6, 2000CzechiaDEATH PENALTY
It is dangerous to pull out the card of the reintroduction...
It is dangerous to pull out the card of the reintroduction of the death penalty more than ten years after the capital punishment was abolished by the then Czechoslovak parliament, Zemske Noviny (ZN) member Josef Petru wrote in the daily newspaper Pravo
- NOVEMBER 6, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Convicted criminal charged with rape, drug trafficking...
Convicted criminal charged with rape, drug trafficking and extortion was hanged in a Tehran prison after the Supreme Court upheld his death sentence
- NOVEMBER 6, 2000VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
A Richmond Times-Dispatch/News-Channel 10 poll found...
A Richmond Times-Dispatch/News-Channel 10 poll found that 58% of Virginians favor a moratorium on executions until issues surrounding the death penalty can be resolved
- NOVEMBER 5, 2000FranceDEATH PENALTY
A state prosecutor in Bali sought the death penalty...
A state prosecutor in Bali sought the death penalty for Frenchman Michael Loic Blanc, who was charged with trying to smuggle in hashish
- NOVEMBER 5, 2000IsraelDEATH PENALTY
The Chechen man who hijacked a Dagestan airliner and...
The Chechen man who hijacked a Dagestan airliner and forced it to land in Israel was handed over to Russian authorities after they pledged not to seek the death penalty for the crime
- NOVEMBER 5, 2000CzechiaDEATH PENALTY
In a televised debate Prime Minister Milos Zeman (Czech...
In a televised debate Prime Minister Milos Zeman (Czech Social Democratic Party) said he was against the death penalty being re-established in the Czech Republic to handle the most serious cases
- NOVEMBER 5, 2000South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Parliament gave the go-ahead for South Africa to conclude...
Parliament gave the go-ahead for South Africa to conclude revamped extradition and anti-crime treaties with the United States geared to swifter action against international crime syndicates and money laundering
- NOVEMBER 4, 2000BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
A Libyan court postponed for the seventh time the trial...
A Libyan court postponed for the seventh time the trial of the six Bulgarian medical staff
- NOVEMBER 4, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
A report from the British Foreign Office claimed that...
A report from the British Foreign Office claimed that the Iraqi government was systematically violating the human rights of its citizens
- NOVEMBER 4, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A man was executed in Dammam after being convicted...
A man was executed in Dammam after being convicted of shooting and killing a compatriot during a dispute
- NOVEMBER 4, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The head of the Senate Nicola Mancini declared before...
The head of the Senate Nicola Mancini declared before Pope John Paul II and the 'world parliament' assembly on occasion of the Jubilee of politicians that "the death penalty, which many States still provide for, dissappear from criminal law"
- NOVEMBER 3, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Hunan Changsha Intermediate People's Court sentenced...
The Hunan Changsha Intermediate People's Court sentenced Ou Yang Song, the Director of the Industry and Commerce Bureau of Hunan Province, and Liao Zizhong, the Deputy Director of the Bureau, to death with a two-year reprieve for abuse of power and accept
- NOVEMBER 3, 2000Vatican CityDEATH PENALTY
Pope John Paul said in an address to Ministers from...
Pope John Paul said in an address to Ministers from the 41 countries of the Council of Europe who were in Rome to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the signing of the European Convention on Human Rights, that the Council of Europe has succeeded in having
- NOVEMBER 3, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
The Islamic Shari'ah Court convicted and sentenced...
The Islamic Shari'ah Court convicted and sentenced to death Ahmad Bin-Mitrik Bin-Abdallah al-Utaybi for killing a compatriot, Humud Bin-Muhammad Bin-Dayfallah al-Utaybi
- NOVEMBER 3, 2000South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Kevin Dean Young, 32, black, was executed by lethal...
Kevin Dean Young, 32, black, was executed by lethal injection
- NOVEMBER 3, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
During a ministerial conference on human rights held...
During a ministerial conference on human rights held by the Council of Europe at the Italian Foreign Ministry, it was said that following the signing of the European Convention on Human Rights, the main priorities lay in obtaining the aboltion of the deat
- NOVEMBER 2, 2000EstoniaDEATH PENALTY
The Riigikogu [parliament] speaker, Toomas Savi, said...
The Riigikogu [parliament] speaker, Toomas Savi, said that many EU [European Union] developments approved by politicians were against the will of the majority of people
- NOVEMBER 2, 2000SwedenDEATH PENALTY
Sweden submitted a draft resolution to a U
Sweden submitted a draft resolution to a U
- NOVEMBER 2, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani man was executed in Riyadh after he was...
A Pakistani man was executed in Riyadh after he was found guilty of smuggling heroin into the country
- NOVEMBER 2, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani man was executed in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)...
A Pakistani man was executed in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) after he was found guilty of smuggling heroin into the country
- NOVEMBER 2, 2000CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
According to a Los Angeles Times Poll, support for...
According to a Los Angeles Times Poll, support for capital punishment in California has fallen 20% in the past decade, from 78% in 1990 to 58% in 2000
- NOVEMBER 2, 2000North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
David Smith, attorney for North Carolina death row...
David Smith, attorney for North Carolina death row inmate Russell Tucker, recently admitted that he purposely tried to sabotage the defence so that his client would be executed
- NOVEMBER 1, 2000CameroonDEATH PENALTY
Two men were killed by the security forces in Cameroon,...
Two men were killed by the security forces in Cameroon, apparently caught up in a controversial crackdown on crime
- NOVEMBER 1, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Musallat Bin-Abdallah Bin-Musallat al-Mash'abi al-Subay'i...
Musallat Bin-Abdallah Bin-Musallat al-Mash'abi al-Subay'i was executed in Bishah in the Asir after he had been found guilty of murdering another Saudi national, Sa'd Bin-Shari Bin-Mutrik al-Shahrani