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- JANUARY 30, 2000KenyaDEATH PENALTY
The Catholic Church asked the government to abolish...
The Catholic Church asked the government to abolish the death penalty
- JANUARY 29, 2000ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The bodies of 10 hostage-takers who were killed by...
The bodies of 10 hostage-takers who were killed by Thai commandos on after a 24-hour hospital siege in Ratchaburi are rotting rapidly in temporary crypts instead of being taken to a police hospital where it can be preserved for examination
- JANUARY 28, 2000ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
Right-wing death squads killed at least 11 people in...
Right-wing death squads killed at least 11 people in Santa Cecilia in northern Colombia
- JANUARY 28, 2000CyprusDEATH PENALTY
The Portuguese Presidency made the following declaration...
The Portuguese Presidency made the following declaration on behalf of the EU: "The European Union welcomes the recent decision of the Republic of Cyprus to ratify Protocol No 6 to the European Convention on Human Rights concerning the abolition of the dea
- JANUARY 28, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme People's Court (SPC) approved the death...
The Supreme People's Court (SPC) approved the death sentences handed out by the Guangdong Provincial Higher People's Court and issued the order of execution for 13 pirates
- JANUARY 28, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
China executed 13 Chinese and Indonesian pirates, including...
China executed 13 Chinese and Indonesian pirates, including one identified as Soni Wee, in South China's Guangdong Province
- JANUARY 28, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russian First Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Avdeev...
Russian First Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Avdeev explained that the reason why Moscow did not consider President Maskhadov either the legitimate president of Chechnya or a suitable negotiating partner was that he introduced Islamic law in Chechnya,
- JANUARY 28, 2000PortugalDEATH PENALTY
The Portuguese Presidency made the following declaration...
The Portuguese Presidency made the following declaration on behalf of the EU: "The European Union welcomes the recent decision of the Republic of Cyprus to ratify Protocol No 6 to the European Convention on Human Rights concerning the abolition of the dea
- JANUARY 28, 2000MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Chan Choon Wai, 20, was sentenced to hang by a court...
Chan Choon Wai, 20, was sentenced to hang by a court in Singapore
- JANUARY 28, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The additional Session Judge Attock Rao Sultan Ali...
The additional Session Judge Attock Rao Sultan Ali Tahir sentenced to death two brothers, Mohammad Sarfaraz and Mohamad Nawaz, and imprisoned their two cousins, Ikhlaq Hussain and Shafqat Hussain, for 10 years
- JANUARY 28, 2000VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Ho Chi Minh City's People's Court sentenced to death...
Ho Chi Minh City's People's Court sentenced to death three narcotics traffickers, Tran Van Nghia, Nguyen Phuoc Duc and Nguyen Thanh Hai
- JANUARY 28, 2000LebanonDEATH PENALTY
The Permanent Military Court, chaired by Staff Brigadier-General...
The Permanent Military Court, chaired by Staff Brigadier-General Mahir Safiy al-Din issued a verdict of execution for Husayn Ulayyan, Chief Warrant Officer in the Lebanese army, for contacting the Israeli enemy and its agents and revealing security and mi
- JANUARY 28, 2000ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
In Malaysia, Jeffry Nyomi, 31, a Zimbabwean national...
In Malaysia, Jeffry Nyomi, 31, a Zimbabwean national was remanded by the Magistrate's Court for trafficking 2
- JANUARY 27, 2000NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Federal Government warned that it would invoke...
The Federal Government warned that it would invoke the death penalty or a 21-year jail term on hoarders of petroleum products
- JANUARY 27, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
The opposition Iraqi Communist Party said that Iraqi...
The opposition Iraqi Communist Party said that Iraqi authorities had executed 26 political prisoners in a Baghdad jail and that 13 people had died in a detention centre near Baghdad from torture and poor conditions
- JANUARY 27, 2000ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Human rights groups stepped up the pressure on the...
Human rights groups stepped up the pressure on the Thai government after more hostages, who all escaped unharmed, came forward with evidence that some of the gunmen were summarily executed
- JANUARY 27, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe...
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe approved Recommendation 1444 (2000) on the issue of the situation in the Chechen Republic, deciding limiting the credentials of the delegation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation to the Par
- JANUARY 27, 2000RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Trial Chamber I rendered its judgement on Alfred Musema
Trial Chamber I rendered its judgement on Alfred Musema
- JANUARY 27, 2000AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International co-ordinator Des Hogan accused...
Amnesty International co-ordinator Des Hogan accused the Australian Government of deporting an Algerian national despite an order by the United Nations Committee Against Torture to defer his deportation until his case could be assessed
- JANUARY 27, 2000AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Australia's Immigration Minister Phillip Ruddock defended...
Australia's Immigration Minister Phillip Ruddock defended the deportation of an Algerian asylum-seeker
- JANUARY 27, 2000SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
According to reports from Bratislava Slovakia witnessed...
According to reports from Bratislava Slovakia witnessed an increase in crime rates
- JANUARY 27, 2000ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Human Rights Association (ZimRights) chairman Nick...
Human Rights Association (ZimRights) chairman Nick Ndebele, appealed to the Commonwealth Lawyers' Association (CLA) and the Commonwealth Magistrates and Judges' Association (CMJA) in order to seek backing in his campaign against the judiciary
- JANUARY 27, 2000SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
Yugoslav police announced the arrest of Dobrosav Gavric,...
Yugoslav police announced the arrest of Dobrosav Gavric, whom they believed was the lone gunman who fired the shots which killed Zelijko Raznatovic, the Serbian warlord also known as Arkan
- JANUARY 27, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
James Moreland, 39, white, was executed by lethal injection
James Moreland, 39, white, was executed by lethal injection
- JANUARY 26, 2000BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe...
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) voted on a draft resolution that considered a democratic achievement the abolition of capital punishment in Bulgaria
- JANUARY 26, 2000BelarusDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe (CE) Parliamentary Assembly "expressed...
The Council of Europe (CE) Parliamentary Assembly "expressed its profound concern that Belarus continued to fall seriously short of Council of Europe standards as regards pluralist democracy, the rule of law and human rights"
- JANUARY 26, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Five militants were sentenced to death for separatism,...
Five militants were sentenced to death for separatism, murder, robbery and illegally dealing in weapons and ammunition in connection with a two-year spate of separatist activities across China's northwestern territory of Xinjiang
- JANUARY 26, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
State Minister for Women Affairs Khofifah Indar Parawansa...
State Minister for Women Affairs Khofifah Indar Parawansa condemned the gang rape of a young woman in a taxi and demanded the rapists be sentenced to death if necessary
- JANUARY 26, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
The Iraqi Higher Council, one of the opposition factions,...
The Iraqi Higher Council, one of the opposition factions, said in a statement received by `Ukaz' (Saudi Newspaper) that the Iraqi regime aborted a coup attempt by a number of army officers led by Staff Brig-Gen Salim Ali Abd al-Husayn
- JANUARY 26, 2000Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
Justice Ephrain Georges, a High Court judge granted...
Justice Ephrain Georges, a High Court judge granted a stay of execution to five convicted murderers scheduled to hang during the week