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- 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
- APRIL 19, 2000TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
Robert Glen Coe, 44, was executed by injection in...
Robert Glen Coe, 44, was executed by injection in Tennessee for the rape and murder of eight-year-old Cary Ann Medlin 21 years ago
- APRIL 18, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Top leaders of the ruling Awami League (AL) including...
Top leaders of the ruling Awami League (AL) including some influential ministers criticised the higher judiciary for delaying the process of execution of the death sentences of the killers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
- APRIL 18, 2000NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
Foreign Affairs Ministry Buitenlandse Zaken said that...
Foreign Affairs Ministry Buitenlandse Zaken said that some 67% of the Dutch population support the admittance of 13 central and eastern European countries, including Turkey, into the European Union and 25% of those asked said countries should not have to
- APRIL 18, 2000United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
Four [unidentified] Pakistani men were sentenced to...
Four [unidentified] Pakistani men were sentenced to death for drug dealing by a UAE court
- APRIL 18, 2000Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
An opinion poll published in April by the St
An opinion poll published in April by the St
- APRIL 18, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
A Dubai court of appeal upheld the death sentence imposed...
A Dubai court of appeal upheld the death sentence imposed on a thirty-one-year-old Afghan man for possessing and selling drugs
- APRIL 18, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Faisal Maseeh was condemned to capital punishment by...
Faisal Maseeh was condemned to capital punishment by Additional District and Sessions court in Lahore for stabbing to death Muhammad Ashraf while he was sleeping in his house in the Harbanspura area over a minor dispute in 1997
- APRIL 18, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani prosecutors appealed against the life jail...
Pakistani prosecutors appealed against the life jail term for deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif, seeking the death sentence for his hijacking and terrorism convictions
- APRIL 18, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
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- APRIL 18, 2000KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Attorney-General Amos Wako said he will refer treason...
Attorney-General Amos Wako said he will refer treason charges against the National Convention Executive Council (NCEC) officials if they form a parallel government
- APRIL 17, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Jin Xiangwu, the owner of a video-game arcade who murdered...
Jin Xiangwu, the owner of a video-game arcade who murdered three primary school pupils over a 2
- APRIL 17, 2000CroatiaDEATH PENALTY
Croatian President Stipe Mesic said that the Hague...
Croatian President Stipe Mesic said that the Hague war crimes tribunal would not have had to investigate claims of war crimes in Croatia, if state mechanisms had functioned properly under his predecessor, the late President Franjo Tudjman
- APRIL 17, 2000SloveniaDEATH PENALTY
The Society for Tibetan Support in Slovenia, in co-operation...
The Society for Tibetan Support in Slovenia, in co-operation with Amnesty International, began an international action entitled 'Moratorium 2000
- APRIL 17, 2000United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
A Dubai appeals court upheld a death sentence against...
A Dubai appeals court upheld a death sentence against a 31-year-old Afghan man for possessing and selling drugs
- APRIL 17, 2000Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
Trinidad and Tobago's Attorney-General Ramesh Maharaj...
Trinidad and Tobago's Attorney-General Ramesh Maharaj denied Amnesty International's charges
- APRIL 17, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Some 50 children on death row may be the immediate...
Some 50 children on death row may be the immediate beneficiaries of the military government's plan to scrap the obsolete juvenile justice system and bring it in line with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, of which Pakistan is a signatory
- APRIL 16, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence passed...
The Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence passed on Abolfazl Allahgholi, 28
- APRIL 15, 2000AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Mevlud Fejzullahu, a Kosovar refugee, required to return...
Mevlud Fejzullahu, a Kosovar refugee, required to return home from Australia, leaft in trepidation
- APRIL 15, 2000SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
Kosovar refugees in Australia feared death
Kosovar refugees in Australia feared death
- APRIL 15, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The District and Session court in Faisalabad gave the...
The District and Session court in Faisalabad gave the death penalty to Afzal Ahmad for a double-murder case
- APRIL 14, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Prison governor Jiayong Renqing of Lhasa jail in Tibet...
Prison governor Jiayong Renqing of Lhasa jail in Tibet said that the number of prisoners in Tibet jails represents 0
- APRIL 14, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Municipal Higher Court rejected an appeal from...
The Municipal Higher Court rejected an appeal from Hu Weiguo, 45, who received a two-year suspended death sentence on February 3 for setting fire to his house while his 14-year-old daughter was asleep inside the building