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- APRIL 25, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
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- APRIL 25, 2000SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
The Shirkoole Islamic court in Southern Mogadishu executed...
The Shirkoole Islamic court in Southern Mogadishu executed Farhan Muhammad Jama' for killing businessman Ahmad Muhammad Ali (Dhabareey), near the Baar Ubax road junction
- APRIL 25, 2000United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
An appeals court in the United Arab Emirates commuted...
An appeals court in the United Arab Emirates commuted a sentence against an Indonesian woman from death by stoning for adultery to one year in prison
- APRIL 25, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The governor of India's southern state of Tamil Nadu...
The governor of India's southern state of Tamil Nadu commuted the death sentence imposed on Nalini, a main defendant in the 1991 killing of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, to life imprisonment
- APRIL 24, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Liu Yong-zhen from Taiwan and Chen Linsong from Fujian...
Liu Yong-zhen from Taiwan and Chen Linsong from Fujian were given death sentences in trials of first instance in Zhangzhou city, in east China's Fujian Province
- APRIL 24, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesian migrant worker Kartini binti Karim narrowly...
Indonesian migrant worker Kartini binti Karim narrowly escaped death row after the Islamic high court in the United Arab Emirates town of Fujairah granted her appeal for clemency recently, foreign minister Alwi Shihab said
- APRIL 24, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Home Minister Mohammad Nasim renewed his plea that...
Home Minister Mohammad Nasim renewed his plea that the Supreme Court verdict in Bangabandhu murder case be executed within the year
- APRIL 24, 2000SudanDEATH PENALTY
A Sudanese man was executed in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,...
A Sudanese man was executed in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, after being convicted of murdering a fellow Sudanese national
- 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