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- JULY 8, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Beijing Intermediate Court handed down a death sentence...
A Beijing Intermediate Court handed down a death sentence on Ju Jiantai, 56, former deputy director of the Contemporary World Publishing Company and a member of the Communist Party for 37 years, for accepting bribes amounting to US$400,000
- JULY 8, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
Brig-Gen Sa'ud Khalil al-Hindi, an officer in the Iraqi...
Brig-Gen Sa'ud Khalil al-Hindi, an officer in the Iraqi Army and member of the well-known Al-bu-Hindi Family in the city of Jalula in the Diyala Governorate, was executed on charges of "conspiracy against the state security and life of Iraqi President Sad
- JULY 8, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran executed six drug traffickers convicted of smuggling...
Iran executed six drug traffickers convicted of smuggling several tonnes of opium and morphine
- JULY 7, 2000ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The King commuted the death sentence of two Israeli...
The King commuted the death sentence of two Israeli drug traffickers to life imprisonment
- JULY 6, 2000RomaniaDEATH PENALTY
President Emil Constantinescu requested that the OSCE's...
President Emil Constantinescu requested that the OSCE's Parliamentary Assembly step in and help secure the release of Ilie Ilascu
- JULY 6, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Three [unidentified] Chinese men, were sentenced to...
Three [unidentified] Chinese men, were sentenced to death for arson, murder and other crimes
- JULY 6, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Three Muslim separatists (?Alimu Younusi), (?Duolikun...
Three Muslim separatists (?Alimu Younusi), (?Duolikun Ruozi), (?Tuerhong Awuti) were executed by firing squad for murder, bomb plots and setting up a `'Party of God" to create an independent Islamic government, immediately after a public sentencing rally
- JULY 6, 2000Central African RepublicDEATH PENALTY
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan expressed...
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan expressed concern at the "alarming increase" in reports of extrajudicial killings and summary executions in the Central African Republic
- JULY 6, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
A 23-year old man identified as Hassan was sentenced...
A 23-year old man identified as Hassan was sentenced to death in Tehran for murdering Manuchehr M
- JULY 6, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Beyhan Aslan, Deputy Chairman of the Motherland Party...
Beyhan Aslan, Deputy Chairman of the Motherland Party (ANAP) Group said he supported a draft law which called for the abolishment of capital punishment
- JULY 6, 2000VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
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- JULY 6, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Italian Prime Minister, Giuliano Amato, stated...
The Italian Prime Minister, Giuliano Amato, stated to the Chinese Prime Minister, Zhu Rongji, who considers the death penalty to be a internal matter, that Italy's position is against capital punishment wherever it be applied, and regardless of what count
- JULY 5, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Billal Hossain, 35, was given the death penalty for...
Billal Hossain, 35, was given the death penalty for murdering his wife in 1997
- JULY 5, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Two men found guilty of killing a minor were condemned...
Two men found guilty of killing a minor were condemned to death
- JULY 5, 2000TurkmenistanDEATH PENALTY
The crime level in Turkmenistan decreased by 16% in...
The crime level in Turkmenistan decreased by 16% in the first half of 2000 in comparison with the same period in 1999, President Saparmurad Niyazov said at a session of the Cabinet of Ministers
- JULY 5, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Mohammed Ersha was executed for murder by his victim's...
Mohammed Ersha was executed for murder by his victim's son before thousands of people in the provinces main sports field in Kandahar
- JULY 5, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A prisoner involved in a double murder case was hung...
A prisoner involved in a double murder case was hung to death at the central jail in Multan
- JULY 5, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A division bench of the Allahabad High Court set aside...
A division bench of the Allahabad High Court set aside the death sentence on three prisoners for committing two murders in Etah on July 20, 1999
- JULY 5, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit said that "The government's...
Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit said that "The government's initiative is not a must to abolish death penalty
- JULY 4, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Liu Jinfeng a woman who used nitric acid to burn the...
Liu Jinfeng a woman who used nitric acid to burn the face of a 14-year-old girl was sentenced to death
- JULY 4, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A man was executed in Jizan for strangling to death...
A man was executed in Jizan for strangling to death his mother-in-law
- JULY 4, 2000KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
Five members of the "Kenzhebekov gang" were sentenced...
Five members of the "Kenzhebekov gang" were sentenced to death by the Astana city court
- JULY 4, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Members of the European Parliament of the 15 member...
Members of the European Parliament of the 15 member states met at a conference in Assisi, organised by the Senate Committee against the death penalty, and approved a document for the abolition of capital punishment Nicola Mancino, President of the Senate,
- JULY 3, 2000Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Ugandan troops were reported to have been involved...
Ugandan troops were reported to have been involved in killings and other abuses against members of the Lendu ethnic group in Kibali-Ituri province in April and more than 500 unarmed civilians were killed by Ugandan and Rwandese troops fighting in Kisangan
- JULY 3, 2000ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The chairman of Armenia's National Assembly, Armen...
The chairman of Armenia's National Assembly, Armen Khachatryan said that by joining the Council of Europe Armenia had committed itself to human rights and would thus do its utmost to abolish capital punishment in the country
- JULY 3, 2000United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
David Anthony Chell, was found guilty at the Malaysian...
David Anthony Chell, was found guilty at the Malaysian High Court of smuggling 665 grams of heroin into the Asian country and subsequently sentenced to death by hanging
- JULY 3, 2000UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International appealed to Presidents Yoweri...
Amnesty International appealed to Presidents Yoweri Museveni of Uganda and Paul Kagame of Rwanda to end atrocities by their troops in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
- JULY 3, 2000MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
A Briton was sentenced to death by the High Court in...
A Briton was sentenced to death by the High Court in Malaysia's northern state of Pulau Pinang for trafficking 189
- JULY 3, 2000MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
British charity group Prisoners Abroad appealed to...
British charity group Prisoners Abroad appealed to the Malaysian government to revoke a court sentence condemning a Briton to death by hanging for drug trafficking
- JULY 3, 2000UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Mekhtiyev Girach Ali Ogly and Umar Haqberdiyev were...
Mekhtiyev Girach Ali Ogly and Umar Haqberdiyev were sentenced to death by the Samarkand Regional court in central Uzbekistan