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- JANUARY 17, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
A Turkish government commission began its proceedings...
A Turkish government commission began its proceedings to review the death penalty
- JANUARY 16, 2000Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
A Palestinian human rights group demanded that the...
A Palestinian human rights group demanded that the Palestinian Authority cancel 24 death sentences in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
- JANUARY 16, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk, said "capital punishment...
Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk, said "capital punishment in Turkey would be evaluated within the scope of new penal code
- JANUARY 16, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Omer Cicek, the Chairman of Adiyaman Relatives of Martyrs...
Omer Cicek, the Chairman of Adiyaman Relatives of Martyrs Solidarity Association, reacted against the coalition partners' decision to postpone execution of capital punishment given to Abdullah Ocalan, the head of terrorist organization PKK
- JANUARY 15, 2000VenezuelaDEATH PENALTY
Human rights groups uncovered a series of executions...
Human rights groups uncovered a series of executions and beatings allegedly carried out by the Venezuelan military in an attempt to stop widespread looting in the wake of the deadly floods and mudslides that rocked Venezuela between December 17 and 30 Dec
- JANUARY 15, 2000Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Despite a declaration in December 1999 by the Minister...
Despite a declaration in December 1999 by the Minister for Human Rights that the government was observing a moratorium on executions, a 14-year-old child soldier named Kasongo was executed within 30 minutes of his trial by the Cour d'ordre militaire (COM)
- JANUARY 15, 2000SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
A tract, signed by the Albanian National Army, was...
A tract, signed by the Albanian National Army, was found in Podujeve [in northeastern Kosovo]
- JANUARY 15, 2000LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Ali Khalil, Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee...
Ali Khalil, Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee at the Lebanese parliament, contacted the Egyptian Ambassador Adel al-Khudari to express his appreciation for Egypt's intervention in the case of two Lebanese nationals sentenced to death in the Cong
- JANUARY 15, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association...
The Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association (TUSIAD) in its report titled "Rising Democratic Standards in Turkey: Discussions and Latest Developments" included points about "implementing capital punishment only during war and similar situati
- JANUARY 15, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit warned Abdullah...
Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit warned Abdullah Ocalan that he was risking his neck by issuing statements from death row
- JANUARY 15, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Kurdistan Workers' Party Central Committee said...
The Kurdistan Workers' Party Central Committee said that the authorities' stay of execution in the case of its leader, Abdullah Ocalan, paved the way for a "democratic republic" in Turkey
- JANUARY 14, 2000BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
European Commission President Romano Prodi said that...
European Commission President Romano Prodi said that Bulgaria had made progress in political and economic reforms but would need to continue its efforts to gain EU membership
- JANUARY 14, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Zhuo Xiaojun, a Hong Kong national, was sentenced to...
Zhuo Xiaojun, a Hong Kong national, was sentenced to death for murder by the Fuzhou City's Intermediate People's Court
- JANUARY 14, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Two mainland farmers both from the Sichuan Province...
Two mainland farmers both from the Sichuan Province were executed for running a prostitution racket out of a hotel hair salon
- JANUARY 14, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Song Yongyi an American university academic was arrested...
Song Yongyi an American university academic was arrested after he uncovered evidence of atrocities during the Cultural Revolution
- JANUARY 14, 2000South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
President Kim Tae-chung instructed the Foreign Affairs...
President Kim Tae-chung instructed the Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister, Yi Chong-pin, to take all necessary measures to ensure the safety of the repatriated North Korean defectors
- JANUARY 14, 2000Bosnia & HerzegovinaDEATH PENALTY
The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former...
The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia convicted five ethnic Croats of ethnic cleansing in a 1993 rampage in a Bosnian village which left 116 Muslims dead
- JANUARY 14, 2000SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Lee Chin Seah, an unemployed 42-year-old Chinese man,...
Lee Chin Seah, an unemployed 42-year-old Chinese man, was sentenced to death by the High Court for drug trafficking
- JANUARY 14, 2000UkraineDEATH PENALTY
The European Union (EU) welcomed the decision of the...
The European Union (EU) welcomed the decision of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine regarding the death penalty as unconstitutional
- JANUARY 14, 2000North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
South Korean President Kim Tae-chung instructed the...
South Korean President Kim Tae-chung instructed the Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister, Yi Chong-pin, to take all necessary measures to ensure the safety of Ho Young Il, 30, and six other North Koreans defectors, whom China had repatriated on January 12
- JANUARY 14, 2000SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
Drago Josipovic, found guilty by virtue of his individual...
Drago Josipovic, found guilty by virtue of his individual criminal responsibility on 3 counts of crimes against humanity by Trial Chamber II, was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment
- JANUARY 14, 2000SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
Zoran Kupreskic, found guilty by virtue of his individual...
Zoran Kupreskic, found guilty by virtue of his individual criminal responsibility on one count of a crime against humanity by Trial Chamber II, was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment
- JANUARY 14, 2000SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
Vladimir Santic, found guilty by virtue of his individual...
Vladimir Santic, found guilty by virtue of his individual criminal responsibility on 3 counts of crimes against humanity by Trial Chamber II, was sentenced to 25 years' imprisonment
- JANUARY 14, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Four men convicted of murder were executed by hanging...
Four men convicted of murder were executed by hanging at a prison in Iran
- JANUARY 14, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Jasem Ebrahimi, 17, was executed by hanging in Gonaveh,...
Jasem Ebrahimi, 17, was executed by hanging in Gonaveh, in southern Iran, after his death sentence was confirmed by the supreme court
- JANUARY 14, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan said Turkey's...
Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan said Turkey's decision to delay his execution was a step towards its democratisation and European Union membership and called for cool heads to avoid a return to violence
- JANUARY 14, 2000FloridaDEATH PENALTY
The electric chair has ended its days as Florida's...
The electric chair has ended its days as Florida's sole means of execution after a decade that sometimes saw macabre spectacles in the state's death chamber
- JANUARY 14, 2000VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
The representative of the Portugal Presidency of the...
The representative of the Portugal Presidency of the European Union conveyed a humanitarian appeal to Governor James Gilmore on behalf of Mr
- JANUARY 13, 2000South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
South Korea strongly protested China's return of the...
South Korea strongly protested China's return of the seven North Korean defectors to North Korea on January 12
- JANUARY 13, 2000Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Lebanese Prime Minister Salim Hoss said President Laurent-Desire...
Lebanese Prime Minister Salim Hoss said President Laurent-Desire Kabila commuted the death sentence imposed on Sammi Yassine and Khalil Ghodban, two Lebanese convicted of illegal currency trafficking and spying for rebel forces in the Democratic Republic