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- 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
- JULY 3, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Hakim was put to death in the Baghlan province...
Mohammad Hakim was put to death in the Baghlan province for murder
- JULY 3, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The judge who passed the death sentence on Abdullah...
The judge who passed the death sentence on Abdullah Ocalan said that capital punishment would definitely be abolished in Turkey in 2000
- JULY 2, 2000AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
The results of a Mobile Register/University of South...
The results of a Mobile Register/University of South Alabama poll, show that capital punishment's support has dropped among adults in Alabama: 63% said they support capital punishment, a smaller number than polls in recent years showed; 70% said that it w
- JULY 2, 2000CubaDEATH PENALTY
The Cuban government described condemned or recently...
The Cuban government described condemned or recently executed African Americans as revolutionary martyrs
- JULY 2, 2000SyriaDEATH PENALTY
Husam Bin-Kamal Bin-Fu'ad, a Syrian national, was executed...
Husam Bin-Kamal Bin-Fu'ad, a Syrian national, was executed in Jiddah after being found guilty of smuggling cocaine into Saudi Arabia
- JULY 2, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Husam Bin-Kamal Bin-Fu'ad, a Syrian national, was executed...
Husam Bin-Kamal Bin-Fu'ad, a Syrian national, was executed in Jiddah in the Mecca region after being found guilty of smuggling cocaine into Saudi Arabia
- JULY 1, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A finance official in Zhejiang province was sentenced...
A finance official in Zhejiang province was sentenced to death for embezzling public funds and illegally granting loans to his own firms
- JULY 1, 2000FranceDEATH PENALTY
Henri Hadjenberg, head of the French Jewish organisation...
Henri Hadjenberg, head of the French Jewish organisation and President of the European Jewish Congress President, said that the 10 Jews sentenced to jail in Iran were innocent victims of fabricated charges in a "medieval" trial
- JULY 1, 2000FranceDEATH PENALTY
France, speaking for the 15-nation European Union,...
France, speaking for the 15-nation European Union, condemned the jail terms of between 4 and 13 years handed down to the 10 Jews in Iran by the Revolutionary Court in Shiraz
- JULY 1, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
President Rafiq Tarar promulgated the "Juvenile Justice...
President Rafiq Tarar promulgated the "Juvenile Justice System Ordinance 2000" abolishing the death penalty for children under 18 years of age and empowering provincial governments to establish juvenile courts for their trial
- JULY 1, 2000ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
A poll by the Behavior Research Center found that support...
A poll by the Behavior Research Center found that support for the death penalty in Arizona drops significantly when specific circumstances are introduced
- JULY 1, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A former agent of the National Security Bureau (NSB)...
A former agent of the National Security Bureau (NSB) Chang Chih-peng said that two People's Liberation Army officers - Liu Lienkun and Zhow Chengjung - were sentenced to death in China in August 2000 for spying on behalf of Taiwan
- JUNE 30, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
A CNN/USA Today/Gallup Poll shows that only a slim...
A CNN/USA Today/Gallup Poll shows that only a slim majority (51%) of Americans believe the death penalty is applied fairly
- JUNE 30, 2000LibyaDEATH PENALTY
The Libyan government rejected allegations that the...
The Libyan government rejected allegations that the Bulgarian medics had been tortured in prison
- JUNE 30, 2000MozambiqueDEATH PENALTY
The Mozambique Human Rights League [LDH] handed a petition...
The Mozambique Human Rights League [LDH] handed a petition to the attorney-general, listing cases of torture in the country
- JUNE 30, 2000ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Big Chitoro, a leading supporter of President Robert...
Big Chitoro, a leading supporter of President Robert Mugabe, was charged with the kidnap and murder of an opposition activist on June 9
- JUNE 30, 2000PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Mariano Santiago, chairman of the Kidney Patient Association...
Mariano Santiago, chairman of the Kidney Patient Association of the Philippines (KPAP) board of trustees, said his group would ask the House of Representatives to allow death row inmates and other convicts to donate their organs in exchange for commutatio
- JUNE 30, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Additional District and Sessions court in Lahore sentenced...
Additional District and Sessions court in Lahore sentenced Zulifqar Ali Bhutto to death, and Nadeem Abbas to life imprisonment, for shooting dead Tariq Mehmood, the manager of a utility store who had intervened in their dispute with the store's security g
- JUNE 30, 2000GermanyDEATH PENALTY
About 70 people demonstrated against human rights violations...
About 70 people demonstrated against human rights violations in China in front of the Chinese embassy in Berlin, coinciding with Chinese Prime Minister Zhu Rongji's visit to Germany
- JUNE 29, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Guangdong Higher People's Court pronounced death...
The Guangdong Higher People's Court pronounced death sentences on Zhuo Bing and Chen Pei for involvement in counterfeiting bills and coins cases
- JUNE 29, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A railway court in Shanghai sentenced Zhao Xianhui,...
A railway court in Shanghai sentenced Zhao Xianhui, a farmer from southwest China's Yunnan Province, to death with two years' probation