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- AUGUST 20, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Abdol-Hossein Mobaraki, 28, received a death sentence...
Abdol-Hossein Mobaraki, 28, received a death sentence on charges of stabbing to death Abbas Shoja-Khah, 55, whilst committing a burglary in the victim's apartment
- AUGUST 20, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
A man identified as Mohammad received two death sentences...
A man identified as Mohammad received two death sentences for murdering his sister and nephew in Autumn, 1999
- AUGUST 19, 2000ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Four men were sentenced to death for possessing 800,000...
Four men were sentenced to death for possessing 800,000 methamphetamine pills with intent to sell
- AUGUST 18, 2000BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
Fehriye Erdal resumed her 33-day hunger strike after...
Fehriye Erdal resumed her 33-day hunger strike after suspending it for one day
- AUGUST 18, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
An Indian, Abdel Mussa Sheikh Mussa was decapitated...
An Indian, Abdel Mussa Sheikh Mussa was decapitated by the sword in Riyadh, the Saudi Interior Ministry said
- AUGUST 18, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Five people, including two women, were condemned to...
Five people, including two women, were condemned to death for killing 12 people in Odra village in March 1994
- AUGUST 17, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Bangladesh Chhatra League began its fast unto death...
The Bangladesh Chhatra League began its fast unto death program at the Central Shaheed Minar demanding the execution of the verdict in the Bangabandhu murder case
- AUGUST 17, 2000CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
In a letter written to the Prime Minister Hun Sen and...
In a letter written to the Prime Minister Hun Sen and the National Assembly an umbrella group of 17 human rights groups accused the army of killing six anti-government activists and of being responsible for the disappearance of 25 other people in May this
- AUGUST 17, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
A resident of Sangcharak of Sar-e Pol District was...
A resident of Sangcharak of Sar-e Pol District was publicly executed in front of a thousand Muslims in the town of Mazar-e Sharif in northern Afghanistan
- AUGUST 17, 2000PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Inquiries were launched after TV footage contradicted...
Inquiries were launched after TV footage contradicted claims that government forces acted in self-defence in a jungle shootout involving 16 members of a religious cult
- AUGUST 17, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
It was announced that a football team from Spoleto...
It was announced that a football team from Spoleto would be sponsored by "Hands off Cain" in the forth-coming season
- AUGUST 16, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Russian Orthodox Church approved of the government's...
The Russian Orthodox Church approved of the government's efforts to abolish capital punishment
- AUGUST 16, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
John Satterwhite, 53, black, was executed by lethal...
John Satterwhite, 53, black, was executed by lethal injection
- AUGUST 15, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Thousands of people paid homage to Bangabandhu Sheikh...
Thousands of people paid homage to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the 25th anniversary of his death
- AUGUST 14, 2000Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
The UN Security Council decided to set up a war crimes...
The UN Security Council decided to set up a war crimes tribunal to try Foday Sankoh, leader of Sierra Leone's murderous Revolutionary United Front (RUF), and his lieutenants
- AUGUST 14, 2000UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan sent an open letter...
The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan sent an open letter to the Uzbek government demanding the immediate release of Muslims sentenced to death in prisons for their religious beliefs
- AUGUST 14, 2000SudanDEATH PENALTY
Yasir Arman, the official spokesman for the Sudan People's...
Yasir Arman, the official spokesman for the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM), stated that the SPLM's was willing to exchange prisoners with the government and expressed its regret over the government's treatment of SPLM prisoners
- AUGUST 13, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In the Stavropol Territory Russia's law-enforcement...
In the Stavropol Territory Russia's law-enforcement authorities for the first time officially consented to the sending home of foreigners accused of being mercenaries
- AUGUST 13, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
In Stavropol Territory Russia's law-enforcement authorities...
In Stavropol Territory Russia's law-enforcement authorities have for the first time officially consented to the sending home of foreigners accused of being mercenaries
- AUGUST 13, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Khaled bin Ali al-Assiri was beheaded in the south-western...
Khaled bin Ali al-Assiri was beheaded in the south-western city of Asir for the murder of Abdullah bin Yahya al-Assiri, a fellow Saudi
- AUGUST 13, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Additional District and Session court in Sidharthnagar...
The Additional District and Session court in Sidharthnagar sentenced to death Ramji Tiwari for shooting dead four persons in Chaurihari village in the Sidharthnagar area in October, 1997
- AUGUST 12, 2000ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed two Thai men in Mecca after...
Saudi Arabia executed two Thai men in Mecca after they were found guilty of smuggling drugs into Saudi Arabia
- AUGUST 12, 2000South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
A group of Catholic priests known as "Catholic Priests...
A group of Catholic priests known as "Catholic Priests for Justice," met with President Kim Dae-jung and pressed him to push for stronger reform
- AUGUST 12, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Kanok Bonsod Sai and Ansawan Song, two Thai men who...
Kanok Bonsod Sai and Ansawan Song, two Thai men who were convicted of drug trafficking, were executed in Jiddah
- AUGUST 12, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Kiumars Hatami, Saeed Yusef-Beigi and Parviz Safari...
Kiumars Hatami, Saeed Yusef-Beigi and Parviz Safari were reported to have been executed by hanging by the local newspaper Jaam-e Jam
- AUGUST 11, 2000FijiDEATH PENALTY
Fiji nationalist rebel leader George Speight was charged...
Fiji nationalist rebel leader George Speight was charged with treason because of his involvement in the May 19 coup
- AUGUST 11, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Muhammad Bin-Ahmad Bin-Musa al-Hamdan was executed...
Muhammad Bin-Ahmad Bin-Musa al-Hamdan was executed in Al-Zulfi in Riyad Province after he was convicted of the murder of Khalid Bin-Muhammad Bin-Jurays al-Juraysi
- AUGUST 11, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Ahmed Ali was to be hung on August 16 at the Central...
Ahmed Ali was to be hung on August 16 at the Central Jail in Sahiwal
- AUGUST 11, 2000DEATH PENALTY
Donald Miller, 36, white, was put to death by lethal...
Donald Miller, 36, white, was put to death by lethal injection
- AUGUST 10, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Four people, including a fisherman from Taiwan and...
Four people, including a fisherman from Taiwan and a resident of Hong Kong, were executed in southern China's Guangdong Province for manufacturing or trafficking in fake coins and currency