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- APRIL 24, 2000South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
South Africa was one of three African countries that...
South Africa was one of three African countries that co-sponsored the resolution at the United Nations Commission on Human Rights to universally abolish the death penalty
- APRIL 24, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Himmat Bin-Sa'id Himmat Harun, a Sudanese national,...
Himmat Bin-Sa'id Himmat Harun, a Sudanese national, was executed in Riyad after being found guilty of murdering a fellow Sudanese national by striking him on the head with a hatchet
- APRIL 24, 2000VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Thi Hiep, a Canadian citizen of Vietnamese origin...
Nguyen Thi Hiep, a Canadian citizen of Vietnamese origin was executed in Hanoi, where she was arrested in 1996 for drug trafficking, a court spokesmen said
- APRIL 23, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Leaders and activists of the Bangladesh Chhatra League...
Leaders and activists of the Bangladesh Chhatra League observed a hunger strike on the premises of the Shaheed Minar in the town demanding immediate execution of the verdict in Bangabandhu murder case
- APRIL 23, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Li Chenglong, former vice-mayor of Guigang in the Guangxi...
Li Chenglong, former vice-mayor of Guigang in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, was executed following his conviction and sentencing for accepting bribes of 3
- APRIL 23, 2000EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
An Ethiopian man was executed in Saudi Arabia after...
An Ethiopian man was executed in Saudi Arabia after he was convicted of stabbing a Sudanese man to death while the victim was sleeping
- APRIL 23, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
State Minister for Communications Anisul Huq Chowdhury...
State Minister for Communications Anisul Huq Chowdhury led a stick procession demanding implementation of the verdict in Bangabandhu murder case
- APRIL 23, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
The United Nations Human Rights Commission adopted...
The United Nations Human Rights Commission adopted a resolution by roll-call vote of 31 in favour to none against and 22 abstentions, (E/
- APRIL 23, 2000NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Thousands of people gathered in Nigeria's Niger Delta...
Thousands of people gathered in Nigeria's Niger Delta for the symbolic reburial of the writer Ken Saro-Wiwa, whose execution by the military government in 1995 aroused worldwide condemnation
- APRIL 23, 2000YemenDEATH PENALTY
Two men were executed after they were convicted of...
Two men were executed after they were convicted of premeditated murder
- APRIL 23, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
An Ethiopian man was executed in Mecca after he was...
An Ethiopian man was executed in Mecca after he was convicted of stabbing a Sudanese man to death
- APRIL 23, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The District and Sessions court in Dinga condemned...
The District and Sessions court in Dinga condemned [a person identified only as] Shahbaz for shooting dead [a person identified only as] Ansar in the adjoining area of Kunjha in a dispute over a money transaction
- APRIL 23, 2000LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Sultan Abu Ennein, commander of the Palestinian Fatah...
Sultan Abu Ennein, commander of the Palestinian Fatah forces in Lebanon, was sentenced to death
- APRIL 22, 2000GreeceDEATH PENALTY
A small group of Amnesty International activists protested...
A small group of Amnesty International activists protested against China's human rights record and use of the death penalty while Chinese President Jiang Zemin toured the Athens Acropolis
- APRIL 22, 2000Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
Two Singaporeans have been sentenced to death for trafficking...
Two Singaporeans have been sentenced to death for trafficking in 5kg of heroin
- APRIL 21, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Cao Yufei, Gong Congying and Gao Zhenyu, members of...
Cao Yufei, Gong Congying and Gao Zhenyu, members of a major criminal gang who illegally raised over 500m yuan were sentenced to death in Beijing
- APRIL 21, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, addressing the inaugural...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, addressing the inaugural ceremony of the Advocates' Conference 2000, said that the people wanted due punishment for the killers of his father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the judiciary would have to fulfill the expectations of t
- APRIL 21, 2000CubaDEATH PENALTY
Cuban television broadcast a programme in which government...
Cuban television broadcast a programme in which government journalists and commentators rolled out a litany of accusations against European Union states, Canada and other nations that voted with the United States to censure Cuba at the United Nation's Hum
- APRIL 21, 2000HungaryDEATH PENALTY
Anatoly Bykov, Russian business tycoon charged with...
Anatoly Bykov, Russian business tycoon charged with money laundering and extortion, was extradited by the Hungarian Justice Minister, Ibolya David to Moscow after Russia guaranteed he would not be facing the death penalty
- APRIL 21, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Anatoly Bykov, Russian business tycoon charged with...
Anatoly Bykov, Russian business tycoon charged with money laundering and extortion, was extradited by the Hungarian Justice Minister, Ibolya David to Moscow after Russia guaranteed he would not be facing the death penalty
- APRIL 21, 2000PolandDEATH PENALTY
About 30 young people staged a picket outside the US...
About 30 young people staged a picket outside the US embassy in Warsaw to protest the death sentence given to Mumia Abu-Jamal by a US court
- APRIL 21, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistan's military ruler General Pervez Musharraf...
Pakistan's military ruler General Pervez Musharraf said blasphemy laws enacted by former strongman General Zia ul-Haq that were punishable by the death penalty had been grossly abused
- APRIL 21, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A 37-year-old woman was sentenced to death by a court...
A 37-year-old woman was sentenced to death by a court in Combaitore for murdering three persons, including her husband and mother-in-law, in 1998
- APRIL 20, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The opposition BNP leaders bitterly criticized the...
The opposition BNP leaders bitterly criticized the AL leaders and ministers for their remarks against judges over the delay in the execution of the court verdict in Bangabandhu murder case
- APRIL 20, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
According to some reports, 13 people were executed...
According to some reports, 13 people were executed by shooting in Khazhi-aul by Russian forces
- APRIL 19, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Portuguese representative to the UN Human Rights...
The Portuguese representative to the UN Human Rights Commission, Alvaro de Mendonca e Moura, regretted on behalf of the EU and the applicant countries, the Chinese attitude that blocked the voting of a resolution on Human Rights in China through a procedu
- APRIL 19, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Five officials and businessmen from the Chinese capital...
Five officials and businessmen from the Chinese capital were sentenced to death for embezzling public funds
- APRIL 19, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Four [unidentified] Pakistani men were sentenced to...
Four [unidentified] Pakistani men were sentenced to death for drug dealing by a United Arab Emirates court
- APRIL 19, 2000LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Three brothers and their father were sentenced to death...
Three brothers and their father were sentenced to death in absentia for killing a man near Baalbek last year
- APRIL 19, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Reza Zohrevand, 21, was publicly hanged in Khorramabad...
Reza Zohrevand, 21, was publicly hanged in Khorramabad for murder