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- OCTOBER 25, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Presenting his case in the European Parliament, Francesco...
Presenting his case in the European Parliament, Francesco Rutelli asked that a 'European day against the death penalty' be instituted, and that an international moratorium on capital executions be a priority within international politics and for the gener
- OCTOBER 24, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Zhangzhou City Intermediate People's Court sentenced...
The Zhangzhou City Intermediate People's Court sentenced Lai Jinglin, the Director of the Shiwei and Longwen Sub-Branch of the Bank of China's Zhangzhou Branch, to death for embezzling 44
- OCTOBER 24, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Four convicted criminals were executed in the Jiangsu...
Four convicted criminals were executed in the Jiangsu province after being convicted of kidnapping and selling women and girls into prostitution in southern Hainan province between 1997 and in 1999
- OCTOBER 24, 2000TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Four armed supporters of rebel Colonel Makhmud Khudoiberdyev...
Four armed supporters of rebel Colonel Makhmud Khudoiberdyev were sentenced to death and fifty-nine others to various terms of imprisonment by the military department of the Tajik Supreme Court at a closed trial held in Dushanbe
- OCTOBER 24, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Khulayf Bin-Tarish Bin-Milfi al-Ja'fari al-Inizi was...
Khulayf Bin-Tarish Bin-Milfi al-Ja'fari al-Inizi was sentenced to death and executed in the northwestern city of Ha'il for shooting and killing Ayyad Bin-Sumaylil Bin-Mu'awwad al-Ja'fari al-Inizi
- OCTOBER 24, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
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- OCTOBER 23, 2000TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
A court in Tajikistan sentenced two Tajik nationals...
A court in Tajikistan sentenced two Tajik nationals to be executed for drugs smuggling
- OCTOBER 23, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Allah Bakhsh Ranjha was sentenced to death by an Additional...
Allah Bakhsh Ranjha was sentenced to death by an Additional Session court in Okara for shooting dead Muhammad Ibrahim over a minor argument at Hujra Shah Mauqeem
- OCTOBER 23, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Special Anti Terrorist Court in Lahore gave the death...
A Special Anti Terrorist Court in Lahore gave the death sentence to Shabir Ahmad and Manzoor Ahmad in a murder cum dacoity case
- OCTOBER 23, 2000VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The Ninh Binh People's Court handed down death sentence...
The Ninh Binh People's Court handed down death sentence to three defendants in the second biggest opium trafficking ring in the northern Ninh Binh province since the ring led by Nguyen Ngoc Phu was detected in 1999
- OCTOBER 22, 2000Côte d’IvoireDEATH PENALTY
Laurent Gbagbo became the new President through a series...
Laurent Gbagbo became the new President through a series of remarkable events
- OCTOBER 22, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Dad Mohammad was executed in public at a sports stadium...
Dad Mohammad was executed in public at a sports stadium in the town of Kandahar after being found guilty of murdering Aleph Khan, a resident of Ghazni Province
- OCTOBER 21, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Russian border guards were officially informed that...
Russian border guards were officially informed that the People's Supreme Court of Zilin had sentenced Cen Ango, 30, to death for the murder of a Russian border guard five years ago
- OCTOBER 21, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Several hundred European politicians, lawmakers and...
Several hundred European politicians, lawmakers and international activists gathered in Paris on Saturday to urge the United States to abolish the death penalty
- OCTOBER 21, 2000FranceDEATH PENALTY
Several hundred European politicians, lawmakers and...
Several hundred European politicians, lawmakers and international activists gathered in Paris to urge the United States to abolish the death penalty
- OCTOBER 21, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Delhi High Court upheld a death sentence given...
The Delhi High Court upheld a death sentence given to Shakila and Babu Lal for sacrificing one-and-half-year-old girl in a witchcraft fertility ritual
- OCTOBER 20, 2000PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
William Nieves was freed from death row when a Philadelphia...
William Nieves was freed from death row when a Philadelphia jury acquitted him of the 1992 murder of Eric McAiley
- OCTOBER 20, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The local Council of Siena presented the Rocco Derek...
The local Council of Siena presented the Rocco Derek Barnabeu Foundation, which will campaign for the abolition of the death penalty around the world
- OCTOBER 19, 2000BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
A letter was sent from Belgium Justice Ministry to...
A letter was sent from Belgium Justice Ministry to Istanbul State Security Court saying that Fehriye Erdal, would not be extradited to Turkey
- OCTOBER 19, 2000BurundiDEATH PENALTY
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Two Burundi army soldiers, Sgt
- OCTOBER 19, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Najibollah was publicly executed for murder after being...
Najibollah was publicly executed for murder after being convicted by a judicial panel of the military court
- OCTOBER 19, 2000DEATH PENALTY
The Belgian Justice Ministry sent a letter to Istanbul...
The Belgian Justice Ministry sent a letter to Istanbul State Security Court which said that Fehriye Erdal, one of the suspects of the Sabanci murder, would not be extradited to Turkey
- OCTOBER 19, 2000DEATH PENALTY
Una lettera è stata inviata dal ministro belga della...
Una lettera è stata inviata dal ministro belga della Giustizia alla Corte di sicurezza dello stato ad Istanbul, con la quale si dice che Fehrije Erdal non sarebbe stata estradata in Turchia
- OCTOBER 18, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An Additional District and Sessions condemned [a man...
An Additional District and Sessions condemned [a man identified only as] Khalid to death for gunning down [a man identified only as] Malook during a minor dispute in 1998
- OCTOBER 18, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
In a report on rights violations by soldiers, the Army...
In a report on rights violations by soldiers, the Army said it had investigated 1,426 complaints and punished 124 soldiers posted in Kashmir and the Northeast over the past 11 years
- OCTOBER 18, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Describing a cold-blooded murder as the "rarest of...
Describing a cold-blooded murder as the "rarest of rare cases", a city court sentenced Ashok Kumar Pandey to death for killing his 22-year-old pregnant wife and 19-month-old daughter in New Delhi in September 1996
- OCTOBER 17, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Dian Guoyen a former deputy executive general manager...
Dian Guoyen a former deputy executive general manager of Sinopec Hubei Xinghua Co
- OCTOBER 17, 2000FijiDEATH PENALTY
Fiji's military said it was not ruling out the death...
Fiji's military said it was not ruling out the death penalty for soldiers found guilty of treason because of their involvement in the May 19 coup
- OCTOBER 17, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Iraq's Interior Minister Mohammed Zimam Abdul Razzaq...
Iraq's Interior Minister Mohammed Zimam Abdul Razzaq said that Iraq would not hand over to Saudi Arabia two Saudi men who hijacked a Saudi jetliner to Baghdad
- OCTOBER 17, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Akyn Birdal, the "Honourary Chairman" of the Human...
Akyn Birdal, the "Honourary Chairman" of the Human Rights Association (IHD) held a press briefing together with the Joint Parliamentary Commission Co-Chairman Daniel Cohn Bendit and IHD Chairman Husnu Ondul in the European Parliament building, in which he