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- FEBRUARY 18, 2000Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, under public pressure...
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, under public pressure for a quick death sentence and execution, approved of a speedy trial in the Nablus state security court for Bilal Shaqo, 22, who was accused of raping a four-year-old girl
- FEBRUARY 18, 2000UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Two Afghan citizens, Nurkhonboy U
Two Afghan citizens, Nurkhonboy U
- FEBRUARY 18, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saqr ibn Muhamad ibn Marzouk Al-Otaibi was executed...
Saqr ibn Muhamad ibn Marzouk Al-Otaibi was executed in Taif after being convicted of shooting to death his wife, Masbouba bint Daheem ibn Marzouk Al-Otaibi, her father, Daheem ibn Marzouk and her mother, Haya bint Lafa Al-Mutairi
- FEBRUARY 18, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Two Afghan citizens, Nurkhonboy U
Two Afghan citizens, Nurkhonboy U
- FEBRUARY 18, 2000VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Deputy Minister of Justice Nguyen Van Trong said around...
Deputy Minister of Justice Nguyen Van Trong said around 10,000 to 14,000 prisoners were to be freed in amnesties in 2000
- FEBRUARY 18, 2000MissouriDEATH PENALTY
When all the new evidence was presented at re-trial,...
When all the new evidence was presented at re-trial, the jury acquitted Eric Clemmons in 3 hours
- FEBRUARY 17, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The European Parliament adopted a resolution calling...
The European Parliament adopted a resolution calling on the European Union to censure China at the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in Geneva
- FEBRUARY 17, 2000JapanDEATH PENALTY
Isamu Hirano,53, was sentenced to death by the Utsunomiya...
Isamu Hirano,53, was sentenced to death by the Utsunomiya District Court for killing his former employer and his employer's wife, stealing their money, and setting fire to their house in Ichikai, Tochigi Prefecture in 1994
- FEBRUARY 17, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Two Nepalese nationals, Til Bahadur Bhandari, 24, and...
Two Nepalese nationals, Til Bahadur Bhandari, 24, and Bahadur Gurung, 32, were sentenced to death by the Tangerang District Court for drug trafficking
- FEBRUARY 17, 2000KansasDEATH PENALTY
During a news conference, Kansas Governor Bill Graves...
During a news conference, Kansas Governor Bill Graves noted the importance of making sure innocent people were not convicted and urged governors to take another look at their death penalty systems
- FEBRUARY 17, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Benetton group said it would continue its advertising...
The Benetton group said it would continue its advertising campaign featuring death row convicts despite the American store chain Sears' decision to take the Benetton brand off its shelves
- FEBRUARY 16, 2000CubaDEATH PENALTY
In a briefing to Members of the European Parliament,...
In a briefing to Members of the European Parliament, Commissioner Chris Patten acknowledged that much remained to be done in the human rights field, especially in what he felt were the problem areas of the death penalty, Cuba and China
- FEBRUARY 16, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
About 1,000 Kurds demonstrated in Lebanon to mark the...
About 1,000 Kurds demonstrated in Lebanon to mark the first anniversary of the capture of Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan by Turkey and to demand his release
- FEBRUARY 16, 2000ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
Anthony Lee Chaney, 45, white, was executed by lethal...
Anthony Lee Chaney, 45, white, was executed by lethal injection
- FEBRUARY 15, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Lord David Russel-Johnston, British president of the...
Lord David Russel-Johnston, British president of the council's parliamentary assembly, called for an immediate investigation into "alarming reports from usually reliable sources on the executions of at least 38 civilians, on violence, looting and destruct
- FEBRUARY 15, 2000ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Kurds living in Yerevan organized a mass procession...
Kurds living in Yerevan organized a mass procession through Yerevan's streets to mark the first anniversary of the arrest of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan
- FEBRUARY 15, 2000ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Two villagers from Chavuma were sentenced to death...
Two villagers from Chavuma were sentenced to death for murder
- FEBRUARY 15, 2000GermanyDEATH PENALTY
Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer met with Turkish Foreign...
Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer met with Turkish Foreign Minister Ismail Cem to discuss Turkey's EU candidacy
- FEBRUARY 14, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Additional District and Sessions Judge of Bhola, Mia...
Additional District and Sessions Judge of Bhola, Mia Mohammad Sharif Hossain convicted Saiful Islam and his second wife Fazilatunessa for murder and sentenced them to death by hanging
- FEBRUARY 14, 2000NepalDEATH PENALTY
U.N. Special Rapporteur on summary executions Asma...
U.N. Special Rapporteur on summary executions Asma Jahangir voiced concern over what she said were increasing rights abuses in the Himalayan kingdom's fight with Maoist rebels
- FEBRUARY 14, 2000AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
Eldar Zeynalov, director of the Human Rights Resource...
Eldar Zeynalov, director of the Human Rights Resource Centre, said that according to data from the Supreme Court a total of 170 people were executed between 1992 and February 1998
- FEBRUARY 14, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
A ten-year-old-boy, watched by his mother, sister and...
A ten-year-old-boy, watched by his mother, sister and six-year-old brother executed Mohammad Hashem, the man convicted of his father's murder
- FEBRUARY 14, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Thirteen Afghans appeared in court charged with the...
Thirteen Afghans appeared in court charged with the Ariana hijacking after the Stansted airport four day stand-off
- FEBRUARY 14, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Special Anti Narcotics court handed out four death...
A Special Anti Narcotics court handed out four death sentences in two separate cases
- FEBRUARY 14, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Ali Gh was shot for the murder of Mostafa...
Mohammad Ali Gh was shot for the murder of Mostafa Sharilu, 84, in the city of Khoy
- FEBRUARY 13, 2000AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Northern Territory Chief Minister Denis Burke spoke...
Northern Territory Chief Minister Denis Burke spoke out against the death penalty after Western Australia (WA) Premier Richard Court claimed that the death penalty was appropriate in some cases
- FEBRUARY 13, 2000EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
Two peasants were killed in fresh attacks by the weyane...
Two peasants were killed in fresh attacks by the weyane (Ethiopian government) against the Hadiya people in the southwestern part of the country
- FEBRUARY 13, 2000ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Murder, rape, aggravated robbery, illegal possession...
Murder, rape, aggravated robbery, illegal possession of arms and arson are capital crimes
- FEBRUARY 12, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Florentino Moko Soares, 40, was accused of the possession...
Florentino Moko Soares, 40, was accused of the possession and sale of arms on the East Nusa Tenggara - East Timorese border
- FEBRUARY 12, 2000FranceDEATH PENALTY
About 16,000 Kurds, from Germany, Belgium, Switzerland,...
About 16,000 Kurds, from Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy and Britain demonstrated peacefully in Strasbourg, to demand the release of Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan