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- JUNE 1, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
June 23-26, 2000: the Higher People's Court pronounced...
June 23-26, 2000: the Higher People's Court pronounced the execution of seven principal drug traffickers including Zhang Qingai, Mo Daiqin, Jiang Xixin, Cheng Hua, Cheng Yun, Liu Guifen and Sun Gaolin
- JUNE 1, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Sichuan Provincial Higher People's Court approved...
The Sichuan Provincial Higher People's Court approved the death sentence on Gui Weishu for abducting and murdering Qu Chaoliang, a judge of the Xuanhan County Court
- JUNE 1, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Additional District and Sessions Judge, Shamsul...
The Additional District and Sessions Judge, Shamsul Arefin condemned to death Ershad Ali Sikder, a notorious terrorist, for the killing of a murder witness
- JUNE 1, 2000AngolaDEATH PENALTY
It was quoted that residents in the area of Camacupa...
It was quoted that residents in the area of Camacupa as saying that UNITA also executed 37 traditional chiefs by hanging
- JUNE 1, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
According to the information available to the Chief...
According to the information available to the Chief of Russia's General Staff Anatoly Kvashnin, Aslan Maskhadov signed a decree ordering to expose the Chechens cooperating with federal authorities
- JUNE 1, 2000BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
Georges Ruggiu, a Belgian journalist who worked for...
Georges Ruggiu, a Belgian journalist who worked for Radio Television libre des Mille Collines (RTLM) and who pleaded guilty to direct and public incitement to commit genocide and persecution in Rwanda in 1994 received a 12-year jail sentence from a United
- JUNE 1, 2000RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Georges Ruggiu, a Belgian national who worked as a...
Georges Ruggiu, a Belgian national who worked as a journalist in Rwanda during the events of 1994, pleaded guilty to, and was subsequently convicted by Trial Chamber I of direct and public incitement to commit genocide and crimes against humanity (persecu
- JUNE 1, 2000ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International accused the ruling ZANU PF party...
Amnesty International accused the ruling ZANU PF party of extrajudicial executions and of torturing opposition party Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) supporters in the run-up to the elections to be held on the 24th and 25th of June
- JUNE 1, 2000RwandaDEATH PENALTY
The courts sentenced eight people to death for taking...
The courts sentenced eight people to death for taking part in the country's 1994 genocide
- JUNE 1, 2000MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Mohd Zaiham Mislan, 25, from Johor Baru, was sentenced...
Mohd Zaiham Mislan, 25, from Johor Baru, was sentenced to death by the High Court after he was found guilty of trafficking 45
- JUNE 1, 2000SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
Zoran Balinovac, Deputy Justice Minster of the Republic...
Zoran Balinovac, Deputy Justice Minster of the Republic of Serbia said that "a law against terrorism is necessary in order for us to be able to react suitably and appropriately to the situation that our country is in, as well as to protect the constitutio
- JUNE 1, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Additional district session judge M H Shah meted out...
Additional district session judge M H Shah meted out the death sentence to Vashram Narsinh Rajpara for killing his wife and four daughters by setting them on fire while they were sleeping on May 22, 1999
- JUNE 1, 2000GuatemalaDEATH PENALTY
President Alfonso Portillo granted clemency to an illiterate...
President Alfonso Portillo granted clemency to an illiterate Kekchi-speaking peasant farmer, Pedro Rax Cucul, who had been sentenced to death for a 1996 murder
- JUNE 1, 2000MarylandDEATH PENALTY
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- JUNE 1, 2000OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
James Glenn Robedeaux, 51, black, was executed by lethal...
James Glenn Robedeaux, 51, black, was executed by lethal injection
- MAY 31, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Under pressure from Washington to extradite Ira Einhorn,...
Under pressure from Washington to extradite Ira Einhorn, French legal authorities wanted to study the case more before deciding whether to propose that the Prime Minister sign the final extradition order
- MAY 31, 2000FranceDEATH PENALTY
The French cabinet approved a draft law for extraditing...
The French cabinet approved a draft law for extraditing criminals to the United States
- MAY 31, 2000BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
Demir Sabanci, son of the assassinated Turkish industrialist...
Demir Sabanci, son of the assassinated Turkish industrialist Ozdemir Sabanci, was thinking of filing a lawsuit against the Belgium government in the European Court of Human Rights
- MAY 31, 2000JordanDEATH PENALTY
Muhammad Jaghamin was hanged at dawn in the Swaqa prison...
Muhammad Jaghamin was hanged at dawn in the Swaqa prison after a 10-month trial at the State Security Court
- MAY 31, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Sorour Al Kouze'i, a 40-year old Afghan, was...
Mohammad Sorour Al Kouze'i, a 40-year old Afghan, was executed on the Garmseer bridge in public in the town of Taft
- MAY 31, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Izmir State Security court handed down the death...
The Izmir State Security court handed down the death penalty on six of the 22 alleged members of the far-left urban guerrilla group Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-The indictment said they shot the soldiers in fighting with security forces in 1998
- MAY 31, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Robert Carter, 34, black, was put to death by lethal...
Robert Carter, 34, black, was put to death by lethal injection
- MAY 30, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Wang Zhiliang, the principal culprit of an extraordinary...
Wang Zhiliang, the principal culprit of an extraordinary tax evasion case causing economic losses of over 20m yuan to the State, was executed in Huludao, Liaoning
- MAY 30, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A corrupt official, Yang Shuhua, was executed in Hebei...
A corrupt official, Yang Shuhua, was executed in Hebei Renqiu City
- MAY 30, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Five men convicted on various counts of kidnapping,...
Five men convicted on various counts of kidnapping, raping and robbing children were executed, in various places across China, on the eve of Children's Day
- MAY 30, 2000AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
The new CE Special Representative to Albania, Jorgen...
The new CE Special Representative to Albania, Jorgen Grunnet, said that the abolition of the death sentence in Albania was de facto in force, although not yet ratified by the Albanian Parliament
- MAY 30, 2000NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed a Nigerian in Jeddah for smuggling...
Saudi Arabia executed a Nigerian in Jeddah for smuggling an unspecified quantity of cocaine into the kingdom
- MAY 30, 2000South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
On May 30, 2000, Parliament ratified the African Charter...
On May 30, 2000, Parliament ratified the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
- MAY 30, 2000South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
The New National Party (NNP) leader, Marthinus van...
The New National Party (NNP) leader, Marthinus van Schalkwyk, stated that "A crackdown on rapists and child abusers in South Africa is long overdue
- MAY 30, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Al-Haji Bin-Staro Bin-Adimola Bin-Yusuf, a Nigerian,...
Al-Haji Bin-Staro Bin-Adimola Bin-Yusuf, a Nigerian, was executed in Mecca after being convicted of smuggling heroin