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- MAY 15, 2000SudanDEATH PENALTY
Muhammad Al-Barqawi, a Sudanese who was found guilty...
Muhammad Al-Barqawi, a Sudanese who was found guilty of committing sodomy and other crimes, was executed in Makkah, Saudi Arabia
- MAY 15, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Isa Khan Sa'idallah, a Pakistani national, was executed...
Isa Khan Sa'idallah, a Pakistani national, was executed in Riyad after he was convicted of smuggling heroin into Saudi Arabia
- MAY 15, 2000PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Senator Loren Legarda urged the Department of Foreign...
Senator Loren Legarda urged the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) to look into the cases of three female Filipino workers facing execution overseas, for offences committed in their host countries
- MAY 15, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Special Anti Terrorist Court in Lahore meted out...
A Special Anti Terrorist Court in Lahore meted out the death penalty to [men identified only as] Shahid alias Shada, Akram and Ijaz in a dacoity cum rape case
- MAY 15, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani national was executed in Riyad, the Saudi...
A Pakistani national was executed in Riyad, the Saudi Interior Ministry said
- MAY 14, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Some members of the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles...
Some members of the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles have expressed doubts about Gov
- MAY 14, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The District and Sessions Judge Mohammad Anwarul Huq...
The District and Sessions Judge Mohammad Anwarul Huq condemned 12 people to death, and four others to rigorous imprisonment for life for the murder of eight people in a dispute over a six decimal piece of land in the Jorakhali village of Matlab thana in 1
- MAY 14, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Chechen Interior Minister Aydamir Abalayev reported...
Chechen Interior Minister Aydamir Abalayev reported the shooting of 11 hostages in the Russian PAP 5 concentration camp situated in the city of Dzhokhar [Groznyy]
- MAY 14, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The Taleban Minister of Information and Culture Mowlawi...
The Taleban Minister of Information and Culture Mowlawi Qudratollah Jamal, denied the opposition allegations regarding the killing of a number of opposition prisoners
- MAY 14, 2000LebanonDEATH PENALTY
South Lebanese Army (SLA) leader General Antoine Lahad...
South Lebanese Army (SLA) leader General Antoine Lahad called on Lebanese President Emile Lahoud to issue a blanket amnesty for all SLA militiamen and whoever else the Beirut government might consider a collaborator with Israel
- MAY 14, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Some members of the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles...
Some members of the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles have expressed doubts about Gov
- MAY 13, 2000NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Seven Nigerians were executed and three had limbs amputated...
Seven Nigerians were executed and three had limbs amputated in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, after being convicted of bank robbery and assault
- MAY 13, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Seven Nigerians convicted of holding up a bank in Jeddah...
Seven Nigerians convicted of holding up a bank in Jeddah were executed
- MAY 12, 2000ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
The Colombian United Self-Defence Groups (AUC) assumed...
The Colombian United Self-Defence Groups (AUC) assumed responsibility for the massacre that occurred early on May 11 in the corregimiento of Zabaletas and other villages in the municipality of Buenaventura, in which 12 people were murdered, including two
- MAY 12, 2000RwandaDEATH PENALTY
The prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal...
The prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), Carla Del Ponte, emphasised that there was no hope of ever transferring detainees from Arusha to Rwanda since the country still used the death penalty to prisoners
- MAY 12, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Since the fall of the capital Grozny, in February,...
Since the fall of the capital Grozny, in February, the Chechen forces have staged a series of ambushes against Russian units
- MAY 12, 2000BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
Flanders Liberal Party deputy Hugo Coveliers said that...
Flanders Liberal Party deputy Hugo Coveliers said that Fehriye Erdal, 23, a woman wanted for the alleged killing of businessman Ozdemir Sabanci in 1996, should be extradited to Turkey
- MAY 12, 2000CzechiaDEATH PENALTY
Czech anarchists were to hold demonstrations in Prague...
Czech anarchists were to hold demonstrations in Prague and in the Moravian capital Brno to protest against the planned execution in the US of African-American activist and journalist Mumia Abu Jamal, convicted of murdering a police officer
- MAY 12, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Hanifah Bin-Hamzah Bubakudi, an Indian national, was...
Hanifah Bin-Hamzah Bubakudi, an Indian national, was executed in the Riyadh after being convicted of smuggling heroin into the country
- MAY 12, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Mish'al Bin-Hamdan Bin-Hilal al-Harbi, convicted of...
Mish'al Bin-Hamdan Bin-Hilal al-Harbi, convicted of assaulting and raping a girl, was executed in Medina
- MAY 12, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Abdul Rahim, a 22-year-old Syrian, said he was facing...
Abdul Rahim, a 22-year-old Syrian, said he was facing possible execution in Afghanistan for espionage
- MAY 12, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Ashraf Masih and Nazeer Masih were given capital punishment...
Ashraf Masih and Nazeer Masih were given capital punishment for a dacoity-cum-double-murder case by a Special Judge Anti-Terrorist Court in Lahore
- MAY 12, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Mumbai city civil and sessions court sentenced...
The Mumbai city civil and sessions court sentenced Shekhar Kadam and Subhash Bind to death for murder
- MAY 12, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed an Indian man convicted of smuggling...
Saudi Arabia executed an Indian man convicted of smuggling an unspecified quantity of heroin into the Kingdom, the Saudi Interior Ministry said
- MAY 11, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno authorised federal...
U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno authorised federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty against Mohamed Rashed Daoud al-'Owhali, one of the terrorists involved in the bombings of the U
- MAY 11, 2000TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno authorised federal...
U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno authorised federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty against Mohamed Rashed Daoud al-'Owhali, one of the terrorists involved in the bombings of the U
- MAY 11, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Falih Bin-Muslih Bin-Hujayj Al-Luhaybi was executed...
Falih Bin-Muslih Bin-Hujayj Al-Luhaybi was executed in Medina
- MAY 11, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The Anti-Taleban North Alliance accused the Taleban...
The Anti-Taleban North Alliance accused the Taleban Islamic Movement of executing 198 supporters of the Alliance who had been captured during the conflict
- MAY 11, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Micheal McBride, 38, white, was executed by lethal injection
Micheal McBride, 38, white, was executed by lethal injection
- MAY 11, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Death penalty supporters became members of the National...
Death penalty supporters became members of the National Committee to Prevent Wrongful Executions formed to address innocence and the death penalty