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- MAY 4, 2000PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International said that opposition groups and...
Amnesty International said that opposition groups and other vigilante groups in Mindanao were responsible for human rights abuses, including hostage-taking and killings
- MAY 4, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
A man identified as Mohammad was sentenced to death...
A man identified as Mohammad was sentenced to death for killing his brother in law in Khavaran, near Tehran
- MAY 4, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Tommy Jackso, 43, black, was put to death by lethal...
Tommy Jackso, 43, black, was put to death by lethal injection
- MAY 3, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Saiful Alam, of Chandrapara village in Barahatta upazila,...
Saiful Alam, of Chandrapara village in Barahatta upazila, was sentenced to death by District and Sessions Judge Ishtiaq Hossain for the murder of a college student, [identified only as] Manik, at the Mohonganj railway station on April 14, 1999
- MAY 3, 2000ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Judge Cosmas Kabamba of the Ndola High Court sentenced...
Judge Cosmas Kabamba of the Ndola High Court sentenced to hang Mike Simbaya, an unemployed Kankoyo who allegedly brutally murdered his 12-year-old niece, Mercy Museya, between October 19 and 20 1997
- MAY 3, 2000Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebels...
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebels launched their biggest offensive in their more than two-decade-old bloody campaign for a separate Tamil homeland
- MAY 3, 2000BruneiDEATH PENALTY
The High Court sentenced Othman bin Abdullah, a water...
The High Court sentenced Othman bin Abdullah, a water taxi operator, to death for drug trafficking
- MAY 3, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Milha Bin-Abdallah Bin-Mid'ath al-Qahtani was beheaded...
Milha Bin-Abdallah Bin-Mid'ath al-Qahtani was beheaded in Arar for murdering his wife
- MAY 3, 2000UkraineDEATH PENALTY
Costa Rica confirmed its intention to deport Nazi criminal...
Costa Rica confirmed its intention to deport Nazi criminal Bogdan Kozy, a Ukrainian who served in the German police while his native country was occupied by the Nazis in World War II
- MAY 3, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court set aside a lower court order sentencing...
The Supreme Court set aside a lower court order sentencing to death four people for sacrificing three children at Newasa in 1992
- MAY 3, 2000VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Vietnam expressed regret over Canada's decision to...
Vietnam expressed regret over Canada's decision to stop contacts with Hanoi at the level of ministries and agencies
- MAY 3, 2000LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Two Syrians were sentenced to death in absentia for...
Two Syrians were sentenced to death in absentia for killing a man and his son in Metn in 1999
- MAY 3, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Libya arrested dozens of suspected Islamist opposition...
Libya arrested dozens of suspected Islamist opposition figures following deportations of dissidents to the north African country, the London-based Islamic Observation Centre said
- MAY 2, 2000South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Themba Makwanyane and Mvuso Mchunu, who were sentenced...
Themba Makwanyane and Mvuso Mchunu, who were sentenced to death in 1992, had their penalties commuted to life imprisonment in the Appeal Court in Bloemfontein
- MAY 2, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Syed Ali Asghar Shah, a convict in a murder case was...
Syed Ali Asghar Shah, a convict in a murder case was hung at Gujrat District Jail
- MAY 2, 2000VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The Canadian government froze all ministerial ties...
The Canadian government froze all ministerial ties with Vietnam to protest against the execution of Canadian citizen Nguyen Thi Hiep on drug smuggling charges on April 24
- MAY 2, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Christina Riggs, 28, a former nurse sentenced to death...
Christina Riggs, 28, a former nurse sentenced to death for smothering her two young children was executed in Arkansas
- MAY 2, 2000ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
Christina Marie Riggs, 28, white was executed by lethal...
Christina Marie Riggs, 28, white was executed by lethal injection
- MAY 1, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In May four convicted murderers, who conspired to kill...
In May four convicted murderers, who conspired to kill a prosecutor in retaliation for putting them in prison, were given death sentences by the Intermediate People's Court of Haikou, capital of south China's Hainan Province
- MAY 1, 2000Central African RepublicDEATH PENALTY
In May 2000 alone, a special anti-crime police squad...
In May 2000 alone, a special anti-crime police squad reportedly executed eight alleged armed robbery suspects without due process
- MAY 1, 2000BurundiDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that there were 155 death row inmates...
It was reported that there were 155 death row inmates who had their appeals exhausted and who could be executed
- MAY 1, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Amir Layla Huran al-Ruwayli was executed for drug smuggling
Amir Layla Huran al-Ruwayli was executed for drug smuggling
- MAY 1, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Court of Appeals sentenced to death two of the...
The Court of Appeals sentenced to death two of the three men accused of the Tuzla bombing incident in which five people were killed and 36 were injured
- MAY 1, 2000VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
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- MAY 1, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
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- APRIL 30, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Additional District and Sessions court in Jauharabad...
Additional District and Sessions court in Jauharabad condemned Fateh Mohammad and Ali Mohammad to death for a double murder
- APRIL 30, 2000VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman said the Vietnamese...
A Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman said the Vietnamese government regretted the reaction from the Canadian government on the execution of Nguyen Thi Hiep
- APRIL 30, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei approved...
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei approved the commutation of death sentences against Mehrdad Sohrabi, Ahmad Batebi, Abbas Deldar and Akbar Mohammadi for their part in the student demonstrations in capital Tehran, in July 1999
- APRIL 29, 2000RomaniaDEATH PENALTY
The Jurists' Union of Romania addressed an open letter...
The Jurists' Union of Romania addressed an open letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin, asking him to intervene to secure the prison release of Ilie Ilascu and the members of his group, who were sentenced to death in December 1993 by the separatist au
- APRIL 29, 2000CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Canada recalled its ambassador from Vietnam and cancelled...
Canada recalled its ambassador from Vietnam and cancelled its participation in 25th anniversary festivities for the end of the Vietnam War