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- SEPTEMBER 5, 2000SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
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- SEPTEMBER 5, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Three gangsters of Dubai-based organisation were given...
Three gangsters of Dubai-based organisation were given capital punishment for a murderous attack on former city mayor Milind Vaidya in March 1999
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2000MalawiDEATH PENALTY
Chief Commissioner of Prisons Winston Manyela said...
Chief Commissioner of Prisons Winston Manyela said there are 11 prisoners on the death row, while 41 prisoners previously sentenced to death had their sentences substituted by life imprisonment by President Bakili Muluzi
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Abd-al-Khayr Bin-Abdallah Bin-Makhdur al-Mizyani al-Harbi...
Abd-al-Khayr Bin-Abdallah Bin-Makhdur al-Mizyani al-Harbi was convicted of the murder of Ahmad Bin-Makhdur Al-Mizyani al-Harbi and executed in Jiddah
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A District and Session Court sentenced three brothers,...
A District and Session Court sentenced three brothers, Abraru Hassan, Naeemul Hassan and Asrarul Hassan to death for a triple murder
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2000KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Six death row inmates were killed, at the King'ongo...
Six death row inmates were killed, at the King'ongo prison in Nyeri, during a failed escape attempt in which they had stripped naked and used their prison uniforms as a rope to scale a 25ft wall
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A man was executed in Hafar al-Batin after he was convicted...
A man was executed in Hafar al-Batin after he was convicted of selling hashish
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A Ugandan Court of Appeal upheld the death sentence...
A Ugandan Court of Appeal upheld the death sentence passed by the High Court against two Indian brothers, Kooky Sharmar and Davinder Kumar, for killing Kooky's wife Renu Joshi in 1997
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
A man was hanged in the south-eastern city of Kerman...
A man was hanged in the south-eastern city of Kerman for murdering his ex-wife after the Supreme Court upheld his death sentence issued by a lower court
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2000UgandaDEATH PENALTY
A Court of Appeal upheld the death sentence passed...
A Court of Appeal upheld the death sentence passed by the High Court against two Indian brothers, Kooky Sharmar and Davinder Kumar, for killing Kooky's wife Renu Joshi in 1997
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
The daily Iranian newspaper Qods reported that Ali...
The daily Iranian newspaper Qods reported that Ali Taqizadeh, a 70-year-old man, was executed by hanging in the holy city of Mashhad in north-eastern Iran
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
The "Student Movement Coordination Committee for Democracy...
The "Student Movement Coordination Committee for Democracy in Iran" (SMCCDI) wrote a letter to Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations, on the occasion of the 54th session of the UN General Assembly, in which they criticised President Khatami
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2000CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Canadian Foreign Minister Lloyd Axworthy welcomed Vietnam's...
Canadian Foreign Minister Lloyd Axworthy welcomed Vietnam's decision to release Nguyen's mother Tran Thi Cam, 74, executed in April
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2000BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt after a meeting of Belgian...
Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt after a meeting of Belgian Council of Ministers said Belgium will not extradite Fehriye Erdal to Turkey
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2000ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Legal Affairs Minister Vincent Malambo said that Zambia...
Legal Affairs Minister Vincent Malambo said that Zambia would not abolish the death penalty until it had achieved full national consensus on the issue
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
In Istanbul, a mothers' group released doves and called...
In Istanbul, a mothers' group released doves and called for a negotiated solution to the 16-year-long war between Turkish security forces and the separatist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in southeastern Turkey
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2000GuatemalaDEATH PENALTY
Carlos Chun Choc, Douglas Montt Solorzano and Gustavo...
Carlos Chun Choc, Douglas Montt Solorzano and Gustavo Carranza were sentenced to death by lethal injection for kidnapping and killing two businessmen and a 17-year-old university student in 1996 and 1997
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2000ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Legal Affairs Minister Vincent Malambo said that Zambia...
Legal Affairs Minister Vincent Malambo said that Zambia would not abolish the death penalty until it had achieved full national consensus on the issue
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2000ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Legal Affairs Minister Vincent Malambo said that Zambia...
Legal Affairs Minister Vincent Malambo said that Zambia would not abolish the death penalty until it had achieved full national consensus on the issue
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Fehriye Erdal, a Turkish woman wanted for murder in...
Fehriye Erdal, a Turkish woman wanted for murder in her homeland will be tried in Belgium on weapons charges, Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt said
- AUGUST 31, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China announced that it is planning to adopt a policy...
China announced that it is planning to adopt a policy of executions by lethal injection throughout the country, but added that executions by firing squad would continue
- AUGUST 31, 2000JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Justice Ministry rejected the petition for amnesty...
The Justice Ministry rejected the petition for amnesty submitted by Toshihiko Hasegawa
- AUGUST 31, 2000MaliDEATH PENALTY
Hamedoun ag Badi and Rhissa ag Alhousseini, former...
Hamedoun ag Badi and Rhissa ag Alhousseini, former members of the Republican Guard, were sentenced to death by the Bamako Criminal Court after being found guilty of murdering a Dutch expatriate
- AUGUST 31, 2000TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
A defendant took 21 court staff hostage in the building...
A defendant took 21 court staff hostage in the building of the Supreme Court of Tajikistan
- AUGUST 31, 2000ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Court sentenced to death Somsak Sinkhao,...
The Criminal Court sentenced to death Somsak Sinkhao, Thawil Srilimpanon, Worachet Yakhet, Pitak Pisailert, and Pathomchai Walee-anurak
- AUGUST 31, 2000PolandDEATH PENALTY
Poland's Justice Ministry asked the US government to...
Poland's Justice Ministry asked the US government to extradite to Poland Grzegorz Madej, a Pole sentenced to death in the US
- AUGUST 31, 2000RwandaDEATH PENALTY
A former Rwandan army major begged a Tanzanian court...
A former Rwandan army major begged a Tanzanian court not to extradite him to Rwanda, saying he feared execution
- AUGUST 31, 2000NamibiaDEATH PENALTY
The National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) said in...
The National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) said in its Human Rights 2000 report that the human rights situation in Namibia had deteriorated over the last year
- AUGUST 31, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Hamid Heydari was sentenced to death by Branch 12 of...
Hamid Heydari was sentenced to death by Branch 12 of the Public Court in Shahr-e Rey for the murder of a member of the Basij Resistance Force
- AUGUST 30, 2000CameroonDEATH PENALTY
Christian Action for the Abolition of Torture (ACAT)...
Christian Action for the Abolition of Torture (ACAT) released a report accusing a special military squad called Operational Command for killing around 50 people in the city of Douala between May and July during a crackdown on criminals