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- OCTOBER 26, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An Anti Terrorist Court in Larkana gave the death sentence...
An Anti Terrorist Court in Larkana gave the death sentence to Irshad Mangi for kidnapping Amjad Khatri of Sukkur
- OCTOBER 26, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Special Anti Terrorist Court condemned to death Abdul...
A Special Anti Terrorist Court condemned to death Abdul Hameed in a murder cum dacoity case
- OCTOBER 26, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed an [unidentified] Indian man...
Saudi Arabia executed an [unidentified] Indian man convicted of killing a Saudi man over a financial dispute, state television reported
- OCTOBER 26, 2000GermanyDEATH PENALTY
In a Bundestag debate regarding the 50th anniversary...
In a Bundestag debate regarding the 50th anniversary of the signing of the European Human Rights Convention, Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer of the Alliance 90/Greens urged further efforts to implement human rights
- OCTOBER 26, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
A preliminary report of the Grassroots Investigation...
A preliminary report of the Grassroots Investigation Project of Equal Justice USA highlights the cases of 16 individuals who were executed despite evidence of their innocence
- OCTOBER 25, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The European Union's External Affairs Commissioner...
The European Union's External Affairs Commissioner Chris Patten, who served as the last British governor of Hong Kong before it reverted to Beijing, said that he regrets that China continues to make almost daily use of the death penalty
- OCTOBER 25, 2000FranceDEATH PENALTY
The EU's External Affairs Commissioner Chris Patten...
The EU's External Affairs Commissioner Chris Patten slammed the widespread use of the death penalty around the world and vowed no letup in the EU's campaign for a global moratorium
- OCTOBER 25, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
[Turkish] Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said that...
[Turkish] Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said that the "annulment of capital punishment is an obligatory condition for whole EU countries
- OCTOBER 25, 2000KenyaDEATH PENALTY
A motion, moved by opposition Democratic Party MP shadow...
A motion, moved by opposition Democratic Party MP shadow attorney-general Kiraitu Murungi, that urged the government to introduce the necessary legislation to abolish capital punishment in Kenya was defeated in Parliament by an overwhelming majority vote
- 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
Two Burundi army soldiers, Sgt
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