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- APRIL 14, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Liang Kunmin, a 27-year-old peasant from southwest...
Liang Kunmin, a 27-year-old peasant from southwest China's Guizhou Province, was given the death sentence by a local court in east China's Jiangsu Province for the abduction and rape of five women
- APRIL 14, 2000CroatiaDEATH PENALTY
A retired Croatian Army colonel, Martin Jendrasic,...
A retired Croatian Army colonel, Martin Jendrasic, said that in autumn 1991 the Croatian military police were hunting down Serbs throughout the town of Gospic and taking them to execution grounds where they were executed by firing squads
- APRIL 14, 2000PolandDEATH PENALTY
The Sejm (the lower house of parliament) voted to authorise...
The Sejm (the lower house of parliament) voted to authorise the president to ratify Protocol Six of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights, which envisages a ban on capital punishment but allows for the possibility of the death penalty
- APRIL 14, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Diab al-Shamrani , who was convicted of shooting his...
Diab al-Shamrani , who was convicted of shooting his wife dead while she slept, was beheaded in public in Mecca
- APRIL 14, 2000South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
A survey showed that the public believed crime had...
A survey showed that the public believed crime had risen since 1994, while justice system had deteriorated
- APRIL 14, 2000Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International said that Trinidad and Tobago...
Amnesty International said that Trinidad and Tobago was quietly removing itself from international scrutiny with its withdrawal from the first Optional Protocol to the United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- APRIL 14, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani man who killed and robbed another man,...
A Pakistani man who killed and robbed another man, was executed in the city of Medina
- APRIL 14, 2000PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Senator Loren Legarda asked for the commutation of...
Senator Loren Legarda asked for the commutation of the death sentences of 13 convicts who are more than 70 years old, or about to turn 70 this year, saying the death penalty law precludes the execution of convicts over 70 for humanitarian reasons
- APRIL 14, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed a Pakistani who killed and robbed...
Saudi Arabia executed a Pakistani who killed and robbed another man, a Saudi Interior Ministry statement said
- APRIL 13, 2000EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Israel's National Infrastructure Minister Eli Suissa...
Israel's National Infrastructure Minister Eli Suissa told reporters he delivered a hand-written letter to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak from Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, the spiritual leader of Israel's Shas religious party, asking Egypt to intercede with Iran
- APRIL 13, 2000SamoaDEATH PENALTY
Leafa Vitale, 57, the former women's affairs minister,...
Leafa Vitale, 57, the former women's affairs minister, and Toi Aukuso, 68, former communications minister, were sentenced to death by hanging for plotting the murder of a cabinet colleague who had spearheaded a drive against corruption
- APRIL 13, 2000AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
An Australian Judge, Andrew Bray Cameron Wilson, 63,...
An Australian Judge, Andrew Bray Cameron Wilson, 63, has sentenced two former Samoan cabinet ministers, former Women's Affairs Minister Leafa Vitale, 57, and former Communications Minister Toi Aukuso, 68, to death for the shooting of Public Works Minister
- APRIL 13, 2000SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
The Minister for Law and Foreign Affairs, Professor S
The Minister for Law and Foreign Affairs, Professor S
- APRIL 13, 2000PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
President Joseph Estrada warned Islamic rebels holding...
President Joseph Estrada warned Islamic rebels holding 31 hostages that he would show no mercy if any of the captives were harmed
- APRIL 13, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Munshi Khan and Alam Sher were sentenced to death by...
Munshi Khan and Alam Sher were sentenced to death by the District and Sessions court in Jouharabad
- APRIL 13, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Five men were given the death penalty for a dacoity...
Five men were given the death penalty for a dacoity cum murder case
- APRIL 13, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Additional District and Sessions Judge in Jhang, Sohaib...
Additional District and Sessions Judge in Jhang, Sohaib Ahmed Roomi, condemned Muhammad Afzal to death for murdering pregnantwife, Kausar Bibi
- APRIL 12, 2000YemenDEATH PENALTY
A Yemeni man was executed in Saudi Arabia for raping...
A Yemeni man was executed in Saudi Arabia for raping several young girls and stealing their jewelery
- APRIL 12, 2000United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
The Dubai appeal court upheld the sentence on a 28-year-old...
The Dubai appeal court upheld the sentence on a 28-year-old Indian, identified only as a male, for stabbing to death a former colleague in 1998
- APRIL 12, 2000United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
Sheikh Rashid bin Humaid Al Qasimi, Deputy Director...
Sheikh Rashid bin Humaid Al Qasimi, Deputy Director of the Ras Al Khaimah Court, ordered the release of 24-year-old Khalid Mohammed Ahmed Al Mullah after prominent human rights activist Ansar Burney paid "diya" (blood money) of Dh 170,000
- APRIL 12, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Muhammad Al-Marwani, a Yemeni man who was convicted...
Muhammad Al-Marwani, a Yemeni man who was convicted of raping several young girls and stealing their jewellery, was executed in Riyadh
- APRIL 12, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
A murderer was executed in public by the Taliban authorities...
A murderer was executed in public by the Taliban authorities in Maimana city in Faryab province of Afghanistan
- APRIL 12, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Dubai (UAE) Appeals Court upheld the sentence on...
The Dubai (UAE) Appeals Court upheld the sentence on the 28-year-old Indian, identified only as a man, for stabbing to death a former colleague in 1998
- APRIL 11, 2000RomaniaDEATH PENALTY
Otto Weber, leader of the Ecologists' Party, proposed...
Otto Weber, leader of the Ecologists' Party, proposed amendments to the penal code to re-introduce the death sentence for aggravated murders
- APRIL 11, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
He Xinquan and Gao Xinglong from Shanghai were given...
He Xinquan and Gao Xinglong from Shanghai were given death sentences for torturing a Songjiang District taxi driver to death and burying the corpse in a roadside ditch in East China's Anhui Province
- APRIL 11, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
At the UN Commission on Human Rights Portugal's ambassador,...
At the UN Commission on Human Rights Portugal's ambassador, Alvaro Mendonca e Moura, said the EU was especially concerned at reported mass killings, summary executions, violence against women, torture, arbitrary detention and pillage in Chechnya
- APRIL 11, 2000LuxembourgDEATH PENALTY
The Turkey-European Union (EU) Partnership Council...
The Turkey-European Union (EU) Partnership Council met in Luxembourg under the chairmanship of Turkish Foreign Minister Ismail Cem
- APRIL 11, 2000UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
A court in the eastern Uzbek Namangan Region sentenced...
A court in the eastern Uzbek Namangan Region sentenced Anvarjon Mahmudov, a policeman, to death for shooting dead one person and badly injuring two others
- APRIL 11, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Filipino who was convicted of murder, robbery and...
A Filipino who was convicted of murder, robbery and having illicit sex with an Indonesian maid, was executed
- APRIL 11, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Two kidnappers, Nazar Mohammad and Ajab Khan, were...
Two kidnappers, Nazar Mohammad and Ajab Khan, were given capital punishment by a Special Anti Terrorism Court in Karachi