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- NOVEMBER 8, 1999Macao SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On November 8, the Chinese appointed future governor...
On November 8, the Chinese appointed future governor of Macao Edmond Ho, who would take over once Portugal hands over the territory to China on December 20, said that his Government has no intention of introducing the death penalty in Macao after the Chin
- NOVEMBER 8, 1999Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
On November 8, Ambassador Andre Mwamba Kapanga, speaking...
On November 8, Ambassador Andre Mwamba Kapanga, speaking at the Third Committee of the General Assembly, said with regard to the death penalty that his country had taken an abolitionist attitude
- NOVEMBER 8, 1999EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
On November 8, the High Court in Addis Ababa handed...
On November 8, the High Court in Addis Ababa handed down its first death sentence in the mass trial, which began 5 years ago, of thousands of former government officials accused of involvement in the "Red Terror" campaign of former dictator Mengistu Haile
- NOVEMBER 8, 1999RwandaDEATH PENALTY
On November 8, Ambassador Joseph Mutaboba, speaking...
On November 8, Ambassador Joseph Mutaboba, speaking at the Third Committee of the General Assembly, said that the International Criminal Tribunals were a less-than-perfect response to mass atrocities
- NOVEMBER 8, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On November 8, Sun Yanbiao, the deputy mayor of the...
On November 8, Sun Yanbiao, the deputy mayor of the southern city of Ningbo from 1993 to 1998 was sentenced to death for taking bribes
- NOVEMBER 8, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On November 8, Chinese police formally arrested 111...
On November 8, Chinese police formally arrested 111 members of the outlawed Falun Gong spiritual movement on charges ranging from obstruction of the law to stealing state secrets, said Li Bing, deputy head of the information office of the State Council, o
- NOVEMBER 5, 1999JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
On November 5, speaking at the Third Committee of the...
On November 5, speaking at the Third Committee of the General Assembly (human rights) under item 116a (death penalty), Alethia Barker referred to the draft resolution on the abolition of capital punishment to be introduced by the European Union and said I
- NOVEMBER 5, 1999CameroonDEATH PENALTY
On November 5, the UN Committee for Human Rights criticized...
On November 5, the UN Committee for Human Rights criticized Cameroon for extrajudicial executions and the application of the death penalty
- NOVEMBER 5, 1999TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
On November 5, Counselor Christine Kapalata, speaking...
On November 5, Counselor Christine Kapalata, speaking at the Third Committee of the General Assembly, said international law did not prohibit the imposition of the death penalty, and States had the sovereign right to impose the judicial systems they desir
- NOVEMBER 4, 1999IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
On November 4, Governor Sutiyoso introduced a new plan...
On November 4, Governor Sutiyoso introduced a new plan for meting out heavy punishment to drug dealers in the capital
- NOVEMBER 4, 1999Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On November 4, the Wuhan Intermediate People's Court...
On November 4, the Wuhan Intermediate People's Court sentenced to death Jin Jianpei, 55, a former senior official at the Hong Kong-based investment arm of Hubei Province who misappropriated $188 million for gambling and speculating
- NOVEMBER 4, 1999CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
On November 4, Ho Chi Minh City People's Court handed...
On November 4, Ho Chi Minh City People's Court handed down the death penalty to three Cambodian nationals - Chuan Oi, Seng Bun Si and Tran The Trung - and two Vietnamese nationals - Quach Kim Thuan and Nguyen Hong Minh Thanh
- NOVEMBER 4, 1999LebanonDEATH PENALTY
On November 4, Assem Safieddine, the Southern Lebanon...
On November 4, Assem Safieddine, the Southern Lebanon and Nabatieh chief investigating magistrate, asked that Jamal Deeb Amin, 39, be given the death penalty for brutally murdering his 17-year-old daughter, Wafa Amin, on October 13 with a butcher's knife
- NOVEMBER 4, 1999ThailandDEATH PENALTY
On November 4, the High Court sentenced to death Helen...
On November 4, the High Court sentenced to death Helen Ayoromi, 30, a businesswoman from the Republic of Benin
- NOVEMBER 4, 1999VietnamDEATH PENALTY
On November 4, Ho Chi Minh City People's Court handed...
On November 4, Ho Chi Minh City People's Court handed down the death penalty to 3 Cambodian nationals - Chuan Oi, Seng Bun Si and Tran The Trung - and two Vietnamese nationals - Quach Kim Thuan and Nguyen Hong Minh Thanh
- NOVEMBER 4, 1999BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
On November 4, the Deputy Permanent Representative...
On November 4, the Deputy Permanent Representative at the United Nations in New York, in a statement made at the Third Committee of the General Assembly on item 118, question of implementation of human rights instruments, said the movement to promote the
- NOVEMBER 4, 1999BeninDEATH PENALTY
On November 4, a businesswoman from the Republic of...
On November 4, a businesswoman from the Republic of Benin, Helen Ayoromi, 30, was sentenced to death by the High Court of Thailand
- NOVEMBER 4, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On November 4, Jin Jianpei, former director of the...
On November 4, Jin Jianpei, former director of the Hong Kong Office of Hubei Province was sentenced to death on charges of embezzlement and misappropriating public funds
- NOVEMBER 3, 1999Vatican CityDEATH PENALTY
On November 3 Ambassador Renato Martino, speaking at...
On November 3 Ambassador Renato Martino, speaking at the Third Committee of the General Assembly (human rights) under item 116a (death penalty), said that the right to life is an inalienable right of every human person
- NOVEMBER 3, 1999ItalyDEATH PENALTY
On November 3, Ambassador of Singapore Kishore Mahbubani,...
On November 3, Ambassador of Singapore Kishore Mahbubani, referring to this initiative at the Third Committe of the General Assembly, said, "We are puzzled to read that a decision has been taken by the UN to make the Coliseum in Rome a symbol of the cause
- NOVEMBER 3, 1999BruneiDEATH PENALTY
On November 3, Ambassador Jemat Ampal, speaking at...
On November 3, Ambassador Jemat Ampal, speaking at the Third Committee of the General Assembly (human rights) under item 116a (death penalty), said his country does not oppose discussions on the issue of death penalty but would have preferred it to be con
- NOVEMBER 3, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
On November 3, Bhuvanesh Chaturvedi, speaking at the...
On November 3, Bhuvanesh Chaturvedi, speaking at the Third Committee of the General Assembly (human rights) under item 116a (death penalty), said that the Second Optional Protocol, which opened for signature in 1989, till today has only 38 ratifications
- NOVEMBER 3, 1999JapanDEATH PENALTY
On November 3, speaking at the Third Committee of the...
On November 3, speaking at the Third Committee of the General Assembly (human rights) under item 116a (death penalty), Kunio Umeda said that as is clear from the discussion in the last three years in the Commission on Human Rights, in the ECOSOC and in th
- NOVEMBER 3, 1999KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
On November 3, a Kuwaiti criminal court sentenced a...
On November 3, a Kuwaiti criminal court sentenced a young Indian Qadeer Kaleeja, 22, who strangled Aisha Al-Fadalah in her bed to death, and also stole money and jewelry
- NOVEMBER 3, 1999SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
On November 3, Ambassador Mahbubani, speaking at the...
On November 3, Ambassador Mahbubani, speaking at the Third Committee of the General Assembly (human rights) under item 116a (death penalty), said, "
- NOVEMBER 3, 1999UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
On November 3, Tashkent City Court sentenced Arsen...
On November 3, Tashkent City Court sentenced Arsen Arutyunyan and Danis Sirazhev to death for murdering Laylo Aliyeva, a singer, and her 3-year-old son on May 1, 1998
- NOVEMBER 3, 1999Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
On November 3, at the Third Committee of the General...
On November 3, at the Third Committee of the General Assembly (human rights) under item 116a (death penalty), First Secretary Aqeel Akbar said any State has the right to determine the punishment, or lack of it, for the commission of a crime violating its
- NOVEMBER 3, 1999BahamasDEATH PENALTY
On November 3, the Second Secretary of the Bahamas'...
On November 3, the Second Secretary of the Bahamas' mission, Cecil C
- NOVEMBER 3, 1999CanadaDEATH PENALTY
On November 3, during a parliamentary debate, the Hon
On November 3, during a parliamentary debate, the Hon
- NOVEMBER 3, 1999ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
On November 3, Ambassador Alfonso Valdivieso, speaking...
On November 3, Ambassador Alfonso Valdivieso, speaking at the Third Committee of the General Assembly (human rights) under item 116a (death penalty), said it is certainly a prerogative of each country to decide on whether to maintain the death penalty or