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- OCTOBER 27, 1999KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
On October 27, a delegation from the Italian Senate,...
On October 27, a delegation from the Italian Senate, composed of Sen
- OCTOBER 27, 1999LebanonDEATH PENALTY
On October 27, a military court issued the death sentence...
On October 27, a military court issued the death sentence in absentia against Abu al-Aynayn the senior leader of Arafat's Fatah faction who has lived in Lebanon for many years
- OCTOBER 27, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On October 27, the Tianjin Municipal No
On October 27, the Tianjin Municipal No
- OCTOBER 26, 1999AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
On October 26, Saifuddin Haji Solayman was executed...
On October 26, Saifuddin Haji Solayman was executed in public at the Herat sports stadium, after the sentence was passed by all three court instances - the Court of First Instance, the Court of Litigation of Herat Province and the Court of Appeal of the S
- OCTOBER 26, 1999PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
But on October 26, 1999, Estrada upheld the death sentence...
But on October 26, 1999, Estrada upheld the death sentence on another man who raped a provincial student and killed her, smashing her face with concrete blocks to hide her identity
- OCTOBER 26, 1999UgandaDEATH PENALTY
On October 26, President Museveni announced that he...
On October 26, President Museveni announced that he had pardoned a notorious Idi Amin army officer
- OCTOBER 25, 1999PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
On October 25, Aro Lando Loudinez, a Filipino man convicted...
On October 25, Aro Lando Loudinez, a Filipino man convicted of stabbing a taxi driver and robbing him, was executed in Saudi Arabia
- OCTOBER 25, 1999Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
On October 25, Aro Lando Loudinez, a Filipino man convicted...
On October 25, Aro Lando Loudinez, a Filipino man convicted of stabbing a taxi driver and robbing him, was executed
- OCTOBER 24, 1999AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
On October 24, President Bouteflika sent MEP Emma Bonino...
On October 24, President Bouteflika sent MEP Emma Bonino a letter saying Algeria would abstain on the resolution for a moratorium on executions presented by the European Union at the 54th UN General Assembly
- OCTOBER 24, 1999EgyptDEATH PENALTY
On October 24, Maher Abdel-Wahid, Egypt's State Prosecutor...
On October 24, Maher Abdel-Wahid, Egypt's State Prosecutor called for two Muslim Egyptian brothers who killed a Coptic Christian priest to be given the death penalty
- OCTOBER 22, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
On October 22, Junior Minister for Human Resource Development...
On October 22, Junior Minister for Human Resource Development Sumitra Mahajan said that a draft of the legislation, proposing to bring a legislation in the next session of Parliament to make rape an offense punishable by death, has been sent to the NCW
- OCTOBER 22, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On October 22, Jinan City Intermediate People's Court...
On October 22, Jinan City Intermediate People's Court sentenced Zhou Haixing, 24, manager of Shandong Baosheng Jewellery to death for issuing false VAT invoices and bribery
- OCTOBER 21, 1999QatarDEATH PENALTY
On October 21, the Public Prosecutor asked that all...
On October 21, the Public Prosecutor asked that all 119 defendants implicated in the coup d'état in 1996 against the Emir of Qatar Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, be beheaded
- OCTOBER 20, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On October 20, Pakistani representative Munawar Saeed...
On October 20, Pakistani representative Munawar Saeed Bhatti, speaking at the Third Committee of the General Assembly on item 107, crime prevention and criminal justice, said that maintenance of societal peace and law and order through an effective crime
- OCTOBER 20, 1999CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
On October 20, Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister...
On October 20, Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sar Kheng told a seminar on security that he was considering reintroducing the death penalty
- OCTOBER 20, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
On October 20, 4 students faced the death penalty on...
On October 20, 4 students faced the death penalty on charges of insulting the Twelfth Imam, one of the holiest Shiite figures in Islam, by publishing a satirical play in The Wave, an obscure university magazine with about 150 readers
- OCTOBER 20, 1999Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
On October 20, at the Third Committe of the General...
On October 20, at the Third Committe of the General Assembly under item 107 on crime prevention and criminal justice, speaking on behalf of the member States of the Caribbean Community - Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint
- OCTOBER 20, 1999BurundiDEATH PENALTY
On October 20, 25 people were executed by armed forces...
On October 20, 25 people were executed by armed forces on Busimba Hill, in the province of Muramvya
- OCTOBER 20, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On October 20, China executed Yang Rongsong in the...
On October 20, China executed Yang Rongsong in the northeastern province of Liaoning for kidnapping and murdering Lin Ti-chuan, a Taiwan opposition politician in 1998
- OCTOBER 19, 1999IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
On October 19, Sadewo Joedo, speaking at the Third...
On October 19, Sadewo Joedo, speaking at the Third Committee of the General Assembly on items 107, crime prevention, and 108, international drug control, said that it is the responsibility of each country to establish its own domestic laws, and the positi
- OCTOBER 19, 1999MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
On October 19, Badrul Hisham Abdul Aziz, Malaysia's...
On October 19, Badrul Hisham Abdul Aziz, Malaysia's representative at the Third Committee of the General Assembly, speaking on items 107 and 108, crime prevention and criminal justice and international drug control respectively, said that each State has t
- OCTOBER 19, 1999United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
On October 19, the United Arab Emirates issued a tough...
On October 19, the United Arab Emirates issued a tough environmental protection law that provides for the death penalty and high fines for violators
- OCTOBER 18, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Also on November 18, during a debate at the Tamil Nadu...
Also on November 18, during a debate at the Tamil Nadu Assembly, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M
- OCTOBER 18, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
On October 18, the TADA Court, Chennai, had fixed November...
On October 18, the TADA Court, Chennai, had fixed November 5 for the hanging of the four condemned prisoners
- OCTOBER 18, 1999GuyanaDEATH PENALTY
On October 18, Justice Winston Moore ruled that he...
On October 18, Justice Winston Moore ruled that he found no merit in the case brought by convicted killers Abdool Saleem Yasseen and Noel Thomas
- OCTOBER 17, 1999YemenDEATH PENALTY
On October 17, Zayn al-Abidin Abu Bakr al-Mihdar, alias...
On October 17, Zayn al-Abidin Abu Bakr al-Mihdar, alias Abu al-Hasan, 28, leader of the Aden-Abyan Islamic Army, was put to death
- OCTOBER 16, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
On October 16, a court ordered a 33-year old woman,...
On October 16, a court ordered a 33-year old woman, identified only as Masoumeh, to be stoned for adultery in accordance with the country's Islamic laws and gave her a 15-year jail term for complicity in her husband's murder
- OCTOBER 16, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
On October 16, the execution of Majid Mehrparvar, a...
On October 16, the execution of Majid Mehrparvar, a gang leader accused of killing at least 3 truck drivers, was reported in Tehran
- OCTOBER 15, 1999Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
On October 15, Sultan al-Shahri, a Saudi man, was executed...
On October 15, Sultan al-Shahri, a Saudi man, was executed for shooting to death a fellow citizen after a dispute
- OCTOBER 15, 1999Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On October 15, Ye Cheng-jian, 38, and two mainland...
On October 15, Ye Cheng-jian, 38, and two mainland accomplices, He Jingsheng and Li Xinwen, members of a Hong Kong gang, were sentenced to death by the Zhuhai Municipal Intermediate People's Court for murder, robbery, kidnapping and firearms offenses carr