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- APRIL 29, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China forcibly returned a group of 60 refugees to North...
China forcibly returned a group of 60 refugees to North Korea after they protested and rioted on April 16 over bad treatment in a northeastern Chinese detention centre
- APRIL 29, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
In the village of Tsatsan-yurt Russian took 15 local...
In the village of Tsatsan-yurt Russian took 15 local residents hostage and executed three people for the resistance which the latter offered them
- APRIL 29, 2000North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
China expatriated 60 refugees back to North Korea
China expatriated 60 refugees back to North Korea
- APRIL 29, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Italian reggae group Africa Unite backed a campaign...
Italian reggae group Africa Unite backed a campaign to gather signatures in favour of a global moratorium on the death penalty by the end of 2000
- APRIL 28, 2000CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Minister Lloyd Axworthy said Ottawa would continue...
Minister Lloyd Axworthy said Ottawa would continue to put pressure on Hanoi unless it explained its actions promptly
- APRIL 28, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China forcibly returned a group of 60 refugees to North...
China forcibly returned a group of 60 refugees to North Korea after they protested and rioted on April 16 over bad treatment in a northeastern Chinese detention center
- APRIL 28, 2000TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
President-elect Chen Shui-bian said that although the...
President-elect Chen Shui-bian said that although the abrogation of the death penalty is a world trend, he would leave the question to the legislature out of respect for the legislative branch of the government
- APRIL 28, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Chechen Interior Minister Aydamir Abalayev said that...
Chechen Interior Minister Aydamir Abalayev said that the number of Chechen citizens who have been taken hostage and are missing exceeds 10,000 people
- APRIL 28, 2000AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
Azerbaijani President Heydar Aliyev was included in...
Azerbaijani President Heydar Aliyev was included in the list of nominees under consideration for the Nobel Peace Prize
- APRIL 28, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Muhammad Al-Barqawi, a Sudanese man found guilty of...
Muhammad Al-Barqawi, a Sudanese man found guilty of committing sodomy and other crimes, was executed in Makkah
- APRIL 28, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Koliyil Kunhi Muhammad Abdul Razaq, an Indian, was...
Koliyil Kunhi Muhammad Abdul Razaq, an Indian, was executed in Shaqraa for murdering an elderly Saudi citizen, Abdul Aziz Al-Yousuf
- APRIL 28, 2000JordanDEATH PENALTY
Bilal Musa and his wife, Susan Ibrahim, 31, who posed...
Bilal Musa and his wife, Susan Ibrahim, 31, who posed as sales staff or journalists to bluff their way into homes before robbing and killing the occupants, were sentenced to death by a court in Jordan
- APRIL 28, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Two Indian men found guilty of the death of two people...
Two Indian men found guilty of the death of two people were executed in Saudi Arabia
- APRIL 27, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Foreign Ministry spokesman Sun Yuxi said in Beijing...
Foreign Ministry spokesman Sun Yuxi said in Beijing that China retained the death penalty but controls it strictly and uses it cautiously
- APRIL 27, 2000United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Foreign Office Minister Peter Hain welcomed the adoption...
Foreign Office Minister Peter Hain welcomed the adoption of the European Union's resolution on the death penalty at the Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 27, 2000AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
A research by Australia SCAN, which has tracked social...
A research by Australia SCAN, which has tracked social attitude and lifestyles for the past five years showed that in 2000 Australians felt private freedoms needed to be balanced with a strict behavioural code
- APRIL 27, 2000LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
The Bishops' Conference of Lithuania (the leading body...
The Bishops' Conference of Lithuania (the leading body of the Roman Catholic Church in Lithuania) issued a pastoral letter on the occasion of the Day of Life, which Catholics celebrate on the last Sunday of April
- APRIL 27, 2000UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Allaberdiyev Arslanbek was sentenced to capital punishment...
Allaberdiyev Arslanbek was sentenced to capital punishment for drug smuggling
- APRIL 27, 2000VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Canada's foreign affairs minister, Lloyd Axworthy,...
Canada's foreign affairs minister, Lloyd Axworthy, said he was shocked and disappointed by Vietnam's decision to execute a Canadian woman
- APRIL 27, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Azam Faryad-Shiran and Abbas Azadmard were sentenced...
Azam Faryad-Shiran and Abbas Azadmard were sentenced to death and 91 lashes for killing Faryad-Shiran's husband
- APRIL 27, 2000OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Ronald Keith Boyd, 43, black, was executed by lethal...
Ronald Keith Boyd, 43, black, was executed by lethal injection
- APRIL 26, 2000North MacedoniaDEATH PENALTY
Macedonia cosponsored the resolution on the death penalty...
Macedonia cosponsored the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- APRIL 26, 2000SpainDEATH PENALTY
Spain cosponsored and voted in favour of the resolution...
Spain cosponsored and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- APRIL 26, 2000New ZealandDEATH PENALTY
New Zealand cosponsored the resolution on the death...
New Zealand cosponsored the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- APRIL 26, 2000LatviaDEATH PENALTY
Latvia cosponsored and voted in favour of the resolution...
Latvia cosponsored and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- APRIL 26, 2000ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
Colombia cosponsored and voted in favour of the resolution...
Colombia cosponsored and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- APRIL 26, 2000MadagascarDEATH PENALTY
Madagascar abstained from the resolution on the death...
Madagascar abstained from the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- APRIL 26, 2000CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Canada cosponsored and voted in favour of the resolution...
Canada cosponsored and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- APRIL 26, 2000BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
Botswana voted against the resolution on the death...
Botswana voted against the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- APRIL 26, 2000BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
Bulgaria cosponsored the resolution on the death penalty...
Bulgaria cosponsored the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no