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- JANUARY 13, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
A professor of criminology at the Indonesia University...
A professor of criminology at the Indonesia University in Jakarta, Professor Dr
- JANUARY 13, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Yevgeny Voronin...
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Yevgeny Voronin welcomed the decision of the Turkish government to suspend the death sentence imposed on Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan and said: "We regard this decision as the manifestation of the readiness of the Turk
- JANUARY 13, 2000AustriaDEATH PENALTY
Turkey's decision to postpone the execution of the...
Turkey's decision to postpone the execution of the death sentence given to Abdullah Ocalan, leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, until the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) decides on his case was welcomed by the Organisation for Security and Co-op
- JANUARY 13, 2000GreeceDEATH PENALTY
The government welcomed Turkey's decision to postpone...
The government welcomed Turkey's decision to postpone the hanging of Abdullah Ocalan, the leader of the PKK( the Kurdistan Workers' Party)
- JANUARY 13, 2000United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
A new environment law foresees the death penalty for...
A new environment law foresees the death penalty for offences involving nuclear waste
- JANUARY 13, 2000GermanyDEATH PENALTY
The Turkish government's decision to suspend the execution...
The Turkish government's decision to suspend the execution of Abdullah Ocalan was seen as a positive sign by the German government
- JANUARY 13, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Greek government spokesman Dimitris Reppas described...
Greek government spokesman Dimitris Reppas described the Turkish move to postpone the hanging of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan as a "correct decision," saying that Greece had opposed the PKK leader's execution from the time of his trial
- JANUARY 13, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
A spokeswoman for EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana...
A spokeswoman for EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana described Turkey's decision to postpone hanging Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan as "a firm step in the right direction" as Ankara tries to join the 15-nation bloc
- JANUARY 13, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe...
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) welcomed Turkey's decision to postpone execution of capital punishment given to Abdullah Ocalan, the head of the terrorist organization PKK, until the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) tak
- JANUARY 13, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The President of the European Parliament, Mrs Nicole...
The President of the European Parliament, Mrs Nicole Fontaine, defined the decision by the Turkish government to postpone Mr Oecalan's execution as a "small step in the right direction", which proves that the Turkish authorities are more sensitive than be
- JANUARY 13, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Moscow welcomed the decision of the Turkish government...
Moscow welcomed the decision of the Turkish government to suspend the death sentence imposed on Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan
- JANUARY 13, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The suspension of the execution of Kurdish leader Abdullah...
The suspension of the execution of Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan was received with a sigh of relief in Germany
- JANUARY 13, 2000VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
Steve Edward Roach, 23, white, was put to death by...
Steve Edward Roach, 23, white, was put to death by lethal injection in Greensville Correctional Center
- JANUARY 13, 2000OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Gary Alan Walker, 46, white, was executed by lethal...
Gary Alan Walker, 46, white, was executed by lethal injection in Oklahoma State Penitentiary
- JANUARY 13, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Government coalition member Rinnovamento Italiano senator...
Government coalition member Rinnovamento Italiano senator Ombretta Fumagalli Carulli said the Ankara government's decision to postpone the execution of Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan presented a good opportunity to request a moratorium on all death senten
- JANUARY 12, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China, despite being a signatory of the international...
China, despite being a signatory of the international convention on the treatment of refugees, decided to repatriate seven North Koreans who entered Russia in November and were expelled to China (see below)
- JANUARY 12, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China repatriated Ho Young Il, 30, and six other North...
China repatriated Ho Young Il, 30, and six other North Koreans, who entered Russia in November 1999 and were expelled to China in late December of the same year
- JANUARY 12, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
United Nations investigators opened mass graves thought...
United Nations investigators opened mass graves thought to contain the remains of 18 East Timorese who were tortured and executed by pro-Indonesian militia
- JANUARY 12, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
China returned Ho Young Il, 30, and six other North...
China returned Ho Young Il, 30, and six other North Koreans defectors to North Korea
- JANUARY 12, 2000GhanaDEATH PENALTY
President Jerry John Rawlings, in a gesture of reconciliation...
President Jerry John Rawlings, in a gesture of reconciliation as he neared the end of his final term, offered an apology to those who suffered as a result of the decisions he took during almost two decades of power
- JANUARY 12, 2000VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Four businessmen had their death sentences upheld by...
Four businessmen had their death sentences upheld by the Ho Chi Minh City Supreme People's Court
- JANUARY 12, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Human Rights Association chairman Husnu Ondul said...
The Human Rights Association chairman Husnu Ondul said that a petition signed by 540,000 people requesting the abolition of the death penalty was submitted to the Assembly chairmanship
- JANUARY 12, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Floodlights were switched on at Rome's Colosseum to...
Floodlights were switched on at Rome's Colosseum to mark Turkey's decision to suspend the process to execute Kurdish separatist leader Abdullah Ocalan
- JANUARY 12, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkey's government coalition decided to postpone hanging...
Turkey's government coalition decided to postpone hanging Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan until a European rights court had given its judgment on the case
- JANUARY 12, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Irate relatives of soldiers slain in action during...
Irate relatives of soldiers slain in action during the PKK terrorist campaign in southeastern Turkey protested against political leaders in Ankara by chanting slogans aimed at them during the funeral of an officer who died during clashes with renegade PKK
- JANUARY 12, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Foreign Minister Lamberto Dini welcomed the decision...
Foreign Minister Lamberto Dini welcomed the decision of the Turkish coalition government to postpone Kurdistan Worker's Party leader Abdullah Ocalan's execution following a request by the European Court of Human Rights
- JANUARY 12, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
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- JANUARY 11, 2000ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Several thousand Kurds held a rally in downtown Yerevan...
Several thousand Kurds held a rally in downtown Yerevan in protest against the capital punishment imposed on the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan
- JANUARY 11, 2000NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
200 Kurds in The Hague joined a Europe-wide demonstration...
200 Kurds in The Hague joined a Europe-wide demonstration to protest against the death sentence imposed on Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan
- JANUARY 11, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Mayors in Turkey's mainly-Kurdish southeast urged government...
Mayors in Turkey's mainly-Kurdish southeast urged government nationalists to wait for a European court ruling before pushing ahead with the execution of condemned Kurdish rebel Abdullah Ocalan