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- JANUARY 26, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Amash ibn Mohsen Al-Qahtani was executed in Riyadh...
Amash ibn Mohsen Al-Qahtani was executed in Riyadh after he was found guilty of shooting and killing Saleh ibn Muhammad Al-Otaibi, another Saudi man
- JANUARY 26, 2000SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
The Appeals Chamber, joining the appeals against the...
The Appeals Chamber, joining the appeals against the sentence of 14 July 1997 and that of 11 November 1999, reduced the sentence for Dusko Tadic from a maximum of 25 to a maximum of 20 years' imprisonment
- JANUARY 26, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Madras High Court upheld the President's order...
The Madras High Court upheld the President's order rejecting the mercy petition of Govindasamy, who had been sentenced to death for murdering five persons in 1984, holding that there had been no inordinate delay in the disposal of his clemency plea
- JANUARY 25, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Twelve convicted felons were sentenced and executed...
Twelve convicted felons were sentenced and executed in central Henan province, as courts embarked on the annual pre-Lunar New Year flurry of executions
- JANUARY 25, 2000ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Thai officials denied allegations that Burmese gunmen...
Thai officials denied allegations that Burmese gunmen holding an estimated 700 hostages at a hospital were shot in cold blood
- JANUARY 25, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
Brig.-Gen. Ibrahim Ali, commander of the Iraqi special...
Brig.-Gen. Ibrahim Ali, commander of the Iraqi special forces, was executed after being accused of maintaining connections with hostile parties and revealing military secrets
- JANUARY 25, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The Tangerang District Court sentenced two Nepalese...
The Tangerang District Court sentenced two Nepalese nationals Nar Bahadur Tamang, 59, and Bala Tamang, 30, to death for drug trafficking
- JANUARY 25, 2000Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
The European Union's Council of Ministers said it would...
The European Union's Council of Ministers said it would welcome an announcement by the Palestinian Authority of a moratorium on the death penalty
- JANUARY 25, 2000ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Viktor Dallakian, the chairman of the State Legal Commission...
Viktor Dallakian, the chairman of the State Legal Commission of Armenia's National Assembly, said there were 32 prisoners condemned to death
- JANUARY 25, 2000PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Senator Robert Z
Senator Robert Z
- JANUARY 25, 2000UgandaDEATH PENALTY
President Yoweri Museveni was under mounting pressure...
President Yoweri Museveni was under mounting pressure from church groups and human rights activists to pardon the 271 inmates on death row at the Luzira Maximum Prison, outside the capital city of Kampala
- JANUARY 25, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Glen McGinnis, 27, black was put to death by lethal...
Glen McGinnis, 27, black was put to death by lethal injection
- JANUARY 24, 2000KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
Taalaybek Beyshembiyev, Vyacheslav Abdrashitov and...
Taalaybek Beyshembiyev, Vyacheslav Abdrashitov and Vitaliy Kurkin were sentenced to death by the Bishkek garrison military court
- JANUARY 24, 2000ThailandDEATH PENALTY
10 Myanmar guerrillas of the God's Army who took over...
10 Myanmar guerrillas of the God's Army who took over a hospital and held 700 people hostage were all found dead, with single gun shot wounds to the head after Thai commandos stormed the building
- JANUARY 24, 2000TurkmenistanDEATH PENALTY
The European Union (EU) welcomed the decision taken...
The European Union (EU) welcomed the decision taken by the authorities of Turkmenistan to abolish the death penalty
- JANUARY 24, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The United Communist Party of India (UCPI) demanded...
The United Communist Party of India (UCPI) demanded execution "without any change" of the Supreme Court order sentencing to death the four accused in the 1991 Rajiv Gandhi assassination case
- JANUARY 24, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Billy Hughes Jr, 47, white was executed via lethal injection
Billy Hughes Jr, 47, white was executed via lethal injection
- JANUARY 23, 2000South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
A South Korean student studying at the Australian National...
A South Korean student studying at the Australian National University was so frightened to find himself in the same class with fellow students from communist North Korea that he went to his embassy to ask permission to speak to them
- JANUARY 23, 2000VenezuelaDEATH PENALTY
President Hugo Chavez pledged to investigate reports...
President Hugo Chavez pledged to investigate reports of alleged human rights abuses in the aftermath of December 1999's devastating mudslides, charges he first dismissed as irresponsible
- JANUARY 23, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Additional Sessions Judge Sargodha Zafar Iqbal Ahmad...
Additional Sessions Judge Sargodha Zafar Iqbal Ahmad awarded the death sentence to [a person identified only as] Zulfiqar in a murder case
- JANUARY 22, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Ata Mohammad was hung in New Central jail, Multan
Ata Mohammad was hung in New Central jail, Multan
- JANUARY 22, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Amjad Mushtaq was to be hung on January 27...
Mohammad Amjad Mushtaq was to be hung on January 27 in New Central Jail, Multan
- JANUARY 21, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Hong Kong man and his mainland accomplice So Kwai-biu...
A Hong Kong man and his mainland accomplice So Kwai-biu and Chen Wei-cheng, both 38, were executed in Guangzhou for the murder of seven people, including an Australian and an American, in southern China
- JANUARY 21, 2000Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Hong Kong man and his mainland accomplice, So Kwai-biu...
A Hong Kong man and his mainland accomplice, So Kwai-biu and Chen Wei-cheng, both 38, were executed in Guangzhou for the murder of seven people, including an Australian and an American, in southern China
- JANUARY 21, 2000South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Family, friends and members of the community staged...
Family, friends and members of the community staged a demonstration in the grounds outside the Port Alfred Magistrate's Court when brothers Tom and Zolani Bongani appeared in connection with the kidnapping and murder of Brenda Fairhead and her 11-year-old
- JANUARY 21, 2000GermanyDEATH PENALTY
German businessman Helmut Hofer returned home from...
German businessman Helmut Hofer returned home from Iran, where he spent two years on death row for having illicit sex with a Moslem woman
- JANUARY 21, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Larry Robinson, 42, white, was executed by lethal injection
Larry Robinson, 42, white, was executed by lethal injection
- JANUARY 20, 2000CyprusDEATH PENALTY
Cyprus ratified the sixth protocol of the European...
Cyprus ratified the sixth protocol of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, which refers to the abolition of the death penalty
- JANUARY 20, 2000EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
Deputy President Jacob Zuma asked rhetorically why...
Deputy President Jacob Zuma asked rhetorically why Ethiopia would apply to South Africa for the extradition of its former president Mengistu Haile Mariam when it had not put such a request to Zimbabwe, the refuge of the ousted dictator
- JANUARY 20, 2000GreeceDEATH PENALTY
Following a landmark trip to Turkey, George Papandreou,...
Following a landmark trip to Turkey, George Papandreou, the Greek Foreign Minister, said Greece would not tolerate terrorism, and said "human rights, protection of minorities, and capital punishment are important for us