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- JANUARY 6, 2000OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Malcolm Robert Johnson, 41, black, was put to death...
Malcolm Robert Johnson, 41, black, was put to death by lethal injection in Oklahoma State Penitentiary
- JANUARY 5, 2000BahamasDEATH PENALTY
Death row inmate John Higgs, 51, killed himself while...
Death row inmate John Higgs, 51, killed himself while under suicide watch
- JANUARY 5, 2000ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Prison officials said nine people, including five foreigners,...
Prison officials said nine people, including five foreigners, are on death row in Thailand, all for heroin trafficking
- JANUARY 5, 2000ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Israel warned Bangkok that bilateral relations could...
Israel warned Bangkok that bilateral relations could suffer if it executes Yosef Ohana and Avraham Huri, two Israelis sentenced in 1997 for trying to smuggle 2
- JANUARY 5, 2000UkraineDEATH PENALTY
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe...
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe [PACE] hailed the 30 December 1999 decision by the Ukrainian Constitutional Court on the abolition of the death penalty
- JANUARY 5, 2000UkraineDEATH PENALTY
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), the...
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), the Geneva-based body that works for the rule of law around the world, hailed Ukraine's Constitutional Court for ruling that the death penalty must be abolished in the former Soviet republic
- JANUARY 5, 2000PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Briton Albert Wilson, 47, who was on death row for...
Briton Albert Wilson, 47, who was on death row for child rape, was freed after the Supreme Court squashed his conviction
- JANUARY 5, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court of India commuted to life imprisonment...
The Supreme Court of India commuted to life imprisonment the death sentence awarded to Kishori, the infamous "butcher of Trilokpuri" for killing several people during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots
- JANUARY 4, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Xu Jianshe, a vice-director of the land administration...
Xu Jianshe, a vice-director of the land administration bureau in Shangqiu, in the Henan province, his cousin Zhang Jixian and hired killer Xu Huaang were sentenced to death by a municipal court for the death of the official's boss Li Wenzhong
- JANUARY 4, 2000MaliDEATH PENALTY
Malian President Alpha Oumar Konare granted pardon...
Malian President Alpha Oumar Konare granted pardon to former army chief of staff Col Ousmane Coulibaly, who was sentenced to death in 1992 along with former President Moussa Traore after the massacre of pro-democracy protesters in Bamako
- JANUARY 4, 2000ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Hla Win, a 60-year-old Myanmar man was executed in...
Hla Win, a 60-year-old Myanmar man was executed in Thailand for attempting to smuggle 11
- JANUARY 4, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
Iraqi refugees have confirmed that government authorities...
Iraqi refugees have confirmed that government authorities executed three officers serving in the Iraqi army on charges of "treason and conspiracy"
- JANUARY 4, 2000NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo granted a...
The Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo granted a pardon to convicts waiting more than 20 years for execution
- JANUARY 4, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Special Anti Terrorism Judge Zaheeruddin Kakar sentenced...
Special Anti Terrorism Judge Zaheeruddin Kakar sentenced Muhammad Fayyaz to capital punishment
- JANUARY 4, 2000PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Alex Bartolome, 41, was executed by lethal injection...
Alex Bartolome, 41, was executed by lethal injection shortly after dawn
- JANUARY 4, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Virtue Party [FP] secretary-general Turan Alcelik...
The Virtue Party [FP] secretary-general Turan Alcelik said that on the issue of the execution of terrorist ringleader Ocalan it was necessary to act in line with the wishes of the nation and not those of the EU
- JANUARY 4, 2000Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
Hla Win, a 60-year-old Myanmar man was executed in...
Hla Win, a 60-year-old Myanmar man was executed in Thailand for attempting to smuggle 11
- JANUARY 3, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Six men were executed at public rallies after being...
Six men were executed at public rallies after being found guilty of selling 52 women as peasant brides
- JANUARY 3, 2000Marshall IslandsDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Marshall Island...
The Constitution of the Republic of Marshall Island (1979) under Section 6(1) states: "No crime under the law of the Republic of Marshall Island may be punished by death
- JANUARY 3, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
India's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said the federal...
India's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said the federal government should amend the laws dealing with terrorism to give "severe punishment", including capital punishment, to those involved in terrorist activities
- JANUARY 3, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
"If we want to join the European Union, we must rid...
"If we want to join the European Union, we must rid ourselves of the death penalty," Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit said in an interview about the [Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) leader Abdullah] Ocalan affair
- JANUARY 3, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Opposition True Path Party [DYP] deputy leader Mehmet...
Opposition True Path Party [DYP] deputy leader Mehmet Saglam declared that his party's stand at the Turkish Grand National Assembly with regard to the execution of terrorist leader Ocalan would be in favour of his execution
- JANUARY 3, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The annulment of the death sentence imposed on Ocalan...
The annulment of the death sentence imposed on Ocalan would constitute the first step towards a solution to the Kurdish issue, the Kurdistan Workers' Party said in a statement
- JANUARY 3, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Tensions were rising between the members of Turkey's...
Tensions were rising between the members of Turkey's coalition government over the fate of Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan, who had been sentenced to death by a Turkish court
- JANUARY 2, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Morteza Amini Moqaddam, a teenager who had been convicted...
Morteza Amini Moqaddam, a teenager who had been convicted of murder, escaped execution after the father of his victim pardoned him
- JANUARY 1, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
In 1999, at least 14 people, including a woman, were...
In 1999, at least 14 people, including a woman, were publicly executed
- JANUARY 1, 2000MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Another 212, including 12 foreigners, are on death...
Another 212, including 12 foreigners, are on death row for their sentences to be meted out
- JANUARY 1, 2000BahamasDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is mandatory for murder
The death penalty is mandatory for murder
- JANUARY 1, 2000ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
Colombia abolished the death penalty in 1910
Colombia abolished the death penalty in 1910
- JANUARY 1, 2000LiechtensteinDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished for all crimes on January...
The death penalty was abolished for all crimes on January 1, 1989