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- AUGUST 6, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Naser bin Raja al-Inizi was beheaded in Dammam after...
Naser bin Raja al-Inizi was beheaded in Dammam after he was caught trying to smuggle an unspecified quantity of hashish into country
- AUGUST 6, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Shah Jihan Mayah of Bangladesh was convicted of murdering...
Shah Jihan Mayah of Bangladesh was convicted of murdering Abdullah bin Ali al-Ashwan and mutilating his body
- AUGUST 6, 2000UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The High Court sentenced Janet Nyero Mureeba, Ismail...
The High Court sentenced Janet Nyero Mureeba, Ismail Aliga and Kassim Byaruhanga to death for the murder of Norah Mureeba, who was eight months pregnant, and her one-and-a half-year-old daughter Gabriella last in July 2000
- AUGUST 6, 2000OhioDEATH PENALTY
Although a majority of Ohioans continue to support...
Although a majority of Ohioans continue to support the death penalty, a Buckeye State Poll, conducted by the Ohio State University, found the following: 46% would prefer life in prison without the possibility of parole as an alternative to the death penal
- AUGUST 5, 2000AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
The Albanian Republican Party (RP) stated that "the...
The Albanian Republican Party (RP) stated that "the organs of order and justice are not able to combat crime because they do not posses the basic element to confine crime; the death sentence"
- AUGUST 5, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Asghar Narejo and Makhan Narejo were condemned to death...
Asghar Narejo and Makhan Narejo were condemned to death by an Anti-Terrorist Court
- AUGUST 5, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani court sentenced a 60-year-old man, Mohammad...
A Pakistani court sentenced a 60-year-old man, Mohammad Yousuf Ali, to death for blasphemy after he claimed to be a prophet of God
- AUGUST 5, 2000KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
Alaa Hussein, the former head of Iraq's puppet occupation...
Alaa Hussein, the former head of Iraq's puppet occupation government in Kuwait, appealed against his death sentence in a final bid to escape possible execution for treason
- AUGUST 4, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
A report issued by the Centre for Human Rights of the...
A report issued by the Centre for Human Rights of the Iraqi Communist Party (ICP) in Irbil stated that seven employees of the Central Computers Department in Baghdad had been executed
- AUGUST 4, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
"Pakistan appears to have more prisoners on death row...
"Pakistan appears to have more prisoners on death row than any other country in the world," noted a Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) report
- AUGUST 2, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Du Shugui, 44, was executed about two months after...
Du Shugui, 44, was executed about two months after he drew his service revolver and shot a mini-van driver as he stood by his vehicle after an argument over a near-collision
- AUGUST 2, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
A Harris poll found that support for the death penalty...
A Harris poll found that support for the death penalty dropped to 64% this year, down from 75% in 1997 and 71% in 1999
- AUGUST 2, 2000TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
Cheng Tai-chi was executed after his fourth appeal...
Cheng Tai-chi was executed after his fourth appeal against his death sentence was rejected
- AUGUST 2, 2000TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
Tanzania's opposition party, the Civic United Front,...
Tanzania's opposition party, the Civic United Front, nominated five partisans facing a mandatory death penalty if found guilty of treason to contest in the 29th October general elections for parliamentary seats in the semi-autonomous state of Zanzibar
- AUGUST 2, 2000NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
At a press conference in Lagos the Chairman and Chief...
At a press conference in Lagos the Chairman and Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Mr Ihya D
- AUGUST 1, 2000JapanDEATH PENALTY
In reference to a debate regarding changes to the Juvenile...
In reference to a debate regarding changes to the Juvenile Law, Teikyo University Professor Takeshi Tsuchimoto said that the age at which a person could be sentenced to death should be lowered from 18 to 16, while the age at which a person could face crim
- AUGUST 1, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Jahangirnagar University unit of pro-Awami Chhatra...
The Jahangirnagar University unit of pro-Awami Chhatra League formed a 30-minute human chain on the Dhaka-Aricha highway demanding the execution of the killers of Bangabandhu
- AUGUST 1, 2000ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court passed a verdict on an amphetamine's...
The Supreme Court passed a verdict on an amphetamine's case, sentencing a millionaire to execution by firing squad
- AUGUST 1, 2000Côte d’IvoireDEATH PENALTY
With the promulgation of the new constitution, the...
With the promulgation of the new constitution, the Ivory Coast formally abolished the death penalty
- AUGUST 1, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
A London based Iraqi newspaper claimed that Baghdad's...
A London based Iraqi newspaper claimed that Baghdad's military court "carried out the execution of five navy officers holding different ranks who were convicted of stealing more than 200 kg of silver used in equipment that operates anti-missile missiles"
- AUGUST 1, 2000PolandDEATH PENALTY
Presidential candidate Andrzej Lepper spoke out in...
Presidential candidate Andrzej Lepper spoke out in Gdansk in favour of restoring the death penalty in Poland for a period of three to five years
- AUGUST 1, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
An Afghan man convicted of smuggling heroin was beheaded...
An Afghan man convicted of smuggling heroin was beheaded near Mecca
- AUGUST 1, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court in New Delhi upheld the death sentence...
The Supreme Court in New Delhi upheld the death sentence imposed on an [unidentified] Indian man
- AUGUST 1, 2000North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Some of North Carolina's leading jurists and law enforcement...
Some of North Carolina's leading jurists and law enforcement administrators voiced their concerns about capital punishment in their state
- JULY 31, 2000ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Bangkok Criminal Court sentenced seven people to...
The Bangkok Criminal Court sentenced seven people to death in three separate drug trafficking cases
- JULY 31, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Mumtaz Ahmed was to be executed in the New Central...
Mumtaz Ahmed was to be executed in the New Central Jail of Bahawalpur on August 10
- JULY 31, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An Additional District and Sessions Judge in Lahore...
An Additional District and Sessions Judge in Lahore handed out the death sentence to Muhammad Tayyab for murdering his brother
- JULY 31, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Special Anti-Terrorist Court handed down the death...
A Special Anti-Terrorist Court handed down the death sentence to Khushi Muhammad and Bashir Ahmad for rape
- JULY 30, 2000UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Vatican ambassador to Uganda, Archbishop Christophe...
The Vatican ambassador to Uganda, Archbishop Christophe Pierre, reaffirmed the Catholic church's strong stand against the death penalty which is still used in many countries
- JULY 29, 2000YemenDEATH PENALTY
Muhammad Haji Omar, a Somali refugee, was sentenced...
Muhammad Haji Omar, a Somali refugee, was sentenced to death for becoming a Christian, which is considered a capital crime under Islamic law