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- JANUARY 20, 2000YemenDEATH PENALTY
Mohammed Thabit al-Sumi was stoned to death in Ibb...
Mohammed Thabit al-Sumi was stoned to death in Ibb for raping and murdering his 12-year-old daughter
- JANUARY 20, 2000South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
More than 30 farm workers gathered in front of the...
More than 30 farm workers gathered in front of the Tzaneen District Court and held up placards demanding the death penalty, when seven suspects accused of killing farmer Bill Bouller appeared in court
- JANUARY 20, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The District and Sessions Court in Assam handed out...
The District and Sessions Court in Assam handed out the death sentence to Dhaneswar Haloi for a double murder
- JANUARY 20, 2000VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Pham Van Hung, a senior official from Vietnam's National...
Pham Van Hung, a senior official from Vietnam's National Assembly, told a news conference that Vietnam's amended Penal Code cut by a third the number of crimes that carry the death penalty
- JANUARY 20, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Alireza Taraghikhah, 26, Mohammad Beigi, Nourkhoda...
Alireza Taraghikhah, 26, Mohammad Beigi, Nourkhoda Mahmoodi and Ali Salehi were executed by hanging in Tehran
- JANUARY 20, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
The Iranian daily newspaper Entekhab said a woman,...
The Iranian daily newspaper Entekhab said a woman, Masoumeh Fathi, had been executed by hanging in the north-western city of Tabriz, on January 19th, after the Supreme Court upheld her death sentence for murdering a female prison warder while trying to es
- JANUARY 20, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
The daily newspaper Hamshahri said a woman identified...
The daily newspaper Hamshahri said a woman identified only as Alieh and a male companion, Farhang Moradi, had been executed by hanging in Kermanshah, western Iran, for the murder of Alieh's husband
- JANUARY 20, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Divid Hicks, 38, black, was put to death by lethal injection
Divid Hicks, 38, black, was put to death by lethal injection
- JANUARY 19, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
As the representative of the Presidency of the European...
As the representative of the Presidency of the European Union, Portugal conveyed an urgent humanitarian appeal to Governor George Bush on behalf of Mr
- JANUARY 19, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
He Pu, a 29-year-old computer specialist of the People's...
He Pu, a 29-year-old computer specialist of the People's Bank of China, was shot by order of the Xinjiang Higher People's Court in the regional capital of Urumqi, in the northwestern Xinjiang region
- JANUARY 19, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
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According to an ABCNEWS
- JANUARY 19, 2000VenezuelaDEATH PENALTY
The Venezuelan government admitted that human rights...
The Venezuelan government admitted that human rights violations, including summary executions of looters by troops, might have occurred in the aftermath of the devastating mudslides
- JANUARY 19, 2000UkraineDEATH PENALTY
The substitution of the death penalty with imprisonment...
The substitution of the death penalty with imprisonment for life will raise the efficiency of punishment, Minister of the Interior Yurii Kravchenko said
- JANUARY 19, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The Afghanistan's ruling Taliban militia have publicly...
The Afghanistan's ruling Taliban militia have publicly executed a murderer in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif before thousands of spectators in a sports stadium
- JANUARY 19, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The leader of the Turkish Islamist Virtue Party, Recai...
The leader of the Turkish Islamist Virtue Party, Recai Kutan, said that he sees the maintenance of capital punishment as a "vital necessity" if its abolition was not required for Turkey's entry to the EU
- JANUARY 18, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
As representative of the Presidency of the European...
As representative of the Presidency of the European Union, Joao da Rocha Paris, Ambassador of Portugal, conveyed to Governor George Bush an urgent humanitarian appeal on behalf of Glen Charles McGinnis, scheduled to be executed on January 25
- JANUARY 18, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The European Parliament passed a resolution deploring...
The European Parliament passed a resolution deploring an increase in the number of executions and criticised the silencing of political dissidents and clampdowns on ethnic and religious minorities
- JANUARY 18, 2000South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
Yi Chong-pin, the Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister,...
Yi Chong-pin, the Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister, expressed deep regret over the repatriation, saying his ministry did not properly cope with the issue
- JANUARY 18, 2000ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Karabakh's president Arkadiy Ghoukassian signed a decree...
Karabakh's president Arkadiy Ghoukassian signed a decree granting amnesty to 16 prisoners following a petition
- JANUARY 18, 2000BrazilDEATH PENALTY
Lebanese and Brazilian negotiators concluded two draft...
Lebanese and Brazilian negotiators concluded two draft agreements aimed to facilitate the extradition of fugitives and improve judicial co-operation between the two countries
- JANUARY 18, 2000Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
The Chair of the EP Delegation for Relations with the...
The Chair of the EP Delegation for Relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council, Luisa Morgantini insisted that the Palestinians needed to respect human rights, in particular by abolishing the death penalty
- JANUARY 18, 2000UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Sharma Kooky, a Kampala Asian businessman, was convicted...
Sharma Kooky, a Kampala Asian businessman, was convicted and sentenced to death by hanging, for murdering his wife Renu Joshi
- JANUARY 18, 2000Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
The Attorney-General of Trinidad and Tobago, Ramesh...
The Attorney-General of Trinidad and Tobago, Ramesh Maharaj, spoke out in favour of a Caribbean Court of Appeal to replace the Privy Council
- JANUARY 18, 2000LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Lebanese and Brazilian negotiators concluded two draft...
Lebanese and Brazilian negotiators concluded two draft agreements to facilitate the extradition of fugitives and improve judicial cooperation between the two countries
- JANUARY 18, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
A delegation of the Kirikkale Relatives of Martyrs...
A delegation of the Kirikkale Relatives of Martyrs Association led by the chairman Mehmet Gencer, criticized the government's decision to postpone the capital punishment given to Abdullah Ocalan, the head of terrorist organization, during a visit to Presi
- JANUARY 18, 2000IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Steve Manning became the 13th inmate exonerated in...
Steve Manning became the 13th inmate exonerated in Illinois, when prosecutors announced that they are dropping charges and no longer plan to retry Manning for the 1990 slaying of trucking company owner Jimmy Pellegrino
- JANUARY 18, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Spencer Goodman, 31, white, was executed by lethal injection
Spencer Goodman, 31, white, was executed by lethal injection
- JANUARY 17, 2000JapanDEATH PENALTY
The defence made its closing arguments in the trial...
The defence made its closing arguments in the trial of thirty year old Yoshihiro Inoue, one of five Aum Shinri Kyo (Supreme Truth Sect) cult members accused of direct involvement in the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system
- JANUARY 17, 2000South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
Analysts said that despite the government's repeated...
Analysts said that despite the government's repeated pledges to guarantee the safety of the seven North Korean defectors, Seoul had few means to prevent the North Korean authorities from executing them
- JANUARY 17, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Terror, torture, rape and arbitrary executions had...
Terror, torture, rape and arbitrary executions had increased markedly in the troubled Indonesian province of Aceh, according to Sydney lawyer Hillary Ray of the International Commission of Jurists