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- JUNE 17, 2000CzechiaDEATH PENALTY
The Office for the Documentation and Investigation...
The Office for the Documentation and Investigation of Crimes (UDV) said in its report Performed Capital Punishments in Czechoslovakia in 1918-1989 that Czechoslovak courts sentenced to death 1,207 people between 1918 and 1989 when the capital punishment w
- JUNE 17, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Three accomplices, Waheed alias Tadi, Shakeel alias...
Three accomplices, Waheed alias Tadi, Shakeel alias Shahjee and Zahid, were condemned to death for a double murder during a robbery by an additional district and session court in Faisalabad
- JUNE 17, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Yildirim Akbulut, Speaker of the Turkish Grand National...
Yildirim Akbulut, Speaker of the Turkish Grand National Assembly [TBMM], said that abolishing the death penalty was not as easy as one might think at the moment
- JUNE 16, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Guangzhou Municipal Intermediate People's Court...
The Guangzhou Municipal Intermediate People's Court sentenced Zhu Zexin, alias Zhang Xiong, to death with a two-year reprieve
- JUNE 16, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Jinzhou Municipal Intermediate People's Court announced...
The Jinzhou Municipal Intermediate People's Court announced its judgment on the extraordinary case of mass murder in the coal pits in Yi County, Liaoning
- JUNE 16, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Intermediate Court of the Ziyang Prefecture, Sichuan,...
The Intermediate Court of the Ziyang Prefecture, Sichuan, sentenced six backbone members of a criminal gang, including Zhang Yi, to death
- JUNE 16, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Hong Kong officials were seeking a guarantee from Beijing...
Hong Kong officials were seeking a guarantee from Beijing that mainlanders sent back to face trial under a rendition agreement would not be executed
- JUNE 16, 2000Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Hong Kong officials were seeking a guarantee from Beijing...
Hong Kong officials were seeking a guarantee from Beijing that mainlanders sent back to face trial under a rendition agreement would not be executed
- JUNE 16, 2000JapanDEATH PENALTY
Prosecutors filed an appeal at the Tokyo High Court...
Prosecutors filed an appeal at the Tokyo High Court against the lower court's June 6 ruling sentencing former Aum Shinri Kyo member Yoshihiro Inoue to life in prison
- JUNE 16, 2000Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
Sierra Leone's permanent representative to the UN,...
Sierra Leone's permanent representative to the UN, Ambassador Ibrahim Kamara, said the court would probably combine elements of Sierra Leonean and international law, and might be based in another country in the region, such as Nigeria, Mali or Senegal
- JUNE 16, 2000Vatican CityDEATH PENALTY
In a statement, the Vatican said it was happy about...
In a statement, the Vatican said it was happy about the acquittal but noted that thousands of other prisoners were still languishing in jails
- JUNE 16, 2000RwandaDEATH PENALTY
In a statement, the Vatican said it was happy about...
In a statement, the Vatican said it was happy about the acquittal but noted that thousands of other prisoners were still languishing in jails
- JUNE 16, 2000SyriaDEATH PENALTY
A Lebanese military court put 29 alleged followers...
A Lebanese military court put 29 alleged followers of Saudi-exile Osama bin Laden on trial on charges of planning attacks on U
- JUNE 16, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
The official Saudi Press Agency reported that a Pakistani...
The official Saudi Press Agency reported that a Pakistani man was beheaded in Dammam after being found guilty of smuggling an unspecified amount of heroin into the country
- JUNE 16, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Three Pakistanis and two Bangladeshis were executed...
Three Pakistanis and two Bangladeshis were executed Riyadh after having been found guilty of murder
- JUNE 16, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Gholam Ghaws was executed in public at the sports stadium...
Gholam Ghaws was executed in public at the sports stadium of the Herat Province
- JUNE 16, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
A Turkish court sentenced 33 Moslem activists to death...
A Turkish court sentenced 33 Moslem activists to death for their role in an Islamist riot in 1993 in which 37 people were killed
- JUNE 16, 2000KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
Aralbek Sherbotayev, 24, was sentenced to death by...
Aralbek Sherbotayev, 24, was sentenced to death by firing squad in Shymkent
- JUNE 15, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Five men, Xiaokelaiti Makmuti, Maimaiti Turxun, Kader...
Five men, Xiaokelaiti Makmuti, Maimaiti Turxun, Kader Asker Zunong, Abduriyimu Maimaitiyimin, Adbunur Abulimuti, all ethnic Turkic Uighurs native to the region, accused of terrorist activities in the far northern Chinese region of Xinjiang were executed i
- JUNE 15, 2000RwandaDEATH PENALTY
A Rwandan court acquitted the Roman Catholic bishop...
A Rwandan court acquitted the Roman Catholic bishop Augustin Misago of genocide charges, ruling he played no part in the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of ethnic Tutsis in 1994
- JUNE 15, 2000RwandaDEATH PENALTY
A Rwandan court acquitted the Roman Catholic bishop...
A Rwandan court acquitted the Roman Catholic bishop Augustin Misago of genocide charges, ruling he played no part in the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of ethnic Tutsis in 1994
- JUNE 15, 2000SyriaDEATH PENALTY
Syrian authorities arrested two suspects in the killing...
Syrian authorities arrested two suspects in the killing of University Military Training Department Commander, Major General Khalil Ibrahim al-Mustafa, who was stabbed to death in his Damascus apartment
- JUNE 15, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Molla Nasrollahi, Ali Rad, 27, Abbas Dasht-Peyman,...
Molla Nasrollahi, Ali Rad, 27, Abbas Dasht-Peyman, 22, and M
- JUNE 15, 2000OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
William Clifford Bryson, 29, black, was put to death...
William Clifford Bryson, 29, black, was put to death by lethal injection
- JUNE 15, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Paul Nuncio, 32, of Latin-American origin, was executed...
Paul Nuncio, 32, of Latin-American origin, was executed by lethal injection
- JUNE 15, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
At her weekly Justice Department news briefing, U
At her weekly Justice Department news briefing, U
- JUNE 14, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Zhanjiang court sentenced to death Zhang Zhenlian,...
A Zhanjiang court sentenced to death Zhang Zhenlian, 40, for issuing 72 copies of false value added specialized tax invoices with a total value of 175m yuan involving taxes of 29
- JUNE 14, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Vice-Minister of Justice Duan Zhengkun said that since...
Vice-Minister of Justice Duan Zhengkun said that since China introduced its legal aid system in late 1996, 400,000 disadvantaged people, have benefited from the government-funded programmes
- JUNE 14, 2000Vatican CityDEATH PENALTY
Senior Roman Catholic Church figures closed ranks in...
Senior Roman Catholic Church figures closed ranks in support of Bishop Augustin Misago, accused of helping to plan the 1994 genocide in Rwanda
- JUNE 14, 2000QatarDEATH PENALTY
Three Indians were executed for murder under Islamic...
Three Indians were executed for murder under Islamic Sharia law