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- SEPTEMBER 8, 1999ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
On September 8, Father Patrick Simutowe, a Catholic...
On September 8, Father Patrick Simutowe, a Catholic priest in Mpika, said that the Prisons Service was not reforming inmates but destroying them
- SEPTEMBER 8, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On September 8, the Jiangxi Provincial Higher People's...
On September 8, the Jiangxi Provincial Higher People's Court gave its final judgment on the case of the wounding of the leading cadres of Jiangxi's Anyi County which shocked the whole country
- SEPTEMBER 4, 1999Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
On September 4, Safra Onaibi Slami, a Nigerian woman...
On September 4, Safra Onaibi Slami, a Nigerian woman convicted of drug trafficking, was beheaded in Jeddah
- SEPTEMBER 4, 1999IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
On September 4, the chief of the National Police narcotics...
On September 4, the chief of the National Police narcotics division, Col
- SEPTEMBER 4, 1999NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
On September 4, Safra Onaibi Slami, a Nigerian woman...
On September 4, Safra Onaibi Slami, a Nigerian woman convicted of drug trafficking, was beheaded in Jeddah
- SEPTEMBER 2, 1999Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
On September 2, Abdullah bin Ahmad al-Badawi was executed...
On September 2, Abdullah bin Ahmad al-Badawi was executed in the southern province of Aseer for killing another man after a dispute
- SEPTEMBER 2, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On September 2, a court in Guangzhou sentenced one...
On September 2, a court in Guangzhou sentenced one man to death and another to life imprisonment for forcing 5 women into prostitution
- SEPTEMBER 1, 1999AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
In September, 5 men were executed under a wall, another...
In September, 5 men were executed under a wall, another was hanged on a crane and his body was exposed
- SEPTEMBER 1, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
In September, the Supreme Court refused to commute...
In September, the Supreme Court refused to commute the death sentence to a life term for Dharmendra and Narendra, who brutally murdered 5 members of a family, including 3 children on the night between May 26-27, 1994
- SEPTEMBER 1, 1999IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
In September, it seems that the clemency requests made...
In September, it seems that the clemency requests made by Ayodya Prasad Chauboy of India, Saelon Prasad and Namsong Sirilok from Thailand, and Thom Tuck Yen from Malaysia were rejected
- SEPTEMBER 1, 1999IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Also in September, Maj
Also in September, Maj
- SEPTEMBER 1, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
In September, a court ordered the reformist Iranian...
In September, a court ordered the reformist Iranian newspaper Neshat to stop publishing because it had run articles seen as questioning a central principle of Islamic justice and challenging the authority of Iran's supreme clerical leader and, in particul
- SEPTEMBER 1, 1999JordanDEATH PENALTY
The Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Abdel Raouf al-Rawabdeh,...
The Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Abdel Raouf al-Rawabdeh, during a closed-door meeting at the end of September, approved a recommendation by the Justice Ministry to abolish Art
- SEPTEMBER 1, 1999South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
In September, some 100 lawmakers from the ruling and...
In September, some 100 lawmakers from the ruling and opposition parties including Lee Kun-kae of the United Liberal Democrats (ULD) were moving to pass a bill which allows the death penalty against those who make or distribute disqualified food, thus clai
- SEPTEMBER 1, 1999TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
In September, the southern Khatlon Regional Court sentenced...
In September, the southern Khatlon Regional Court sentenced to death Fayzidin Bobokhonov, a 29-year-old resident of Yovon District
- SEPTEMBER 1, 1999BoliviaDEATH PENALTY
During a Congressional debate held at the beginning...
During a Congressional debate held at the beginning of September, a bill to reinstate the death penalty was rejected by a majority of parliamentarians
- SEPTEMBER 1, 1999GuyanaDEATH PENALTY
Noel Thomas and Abdool Saleem Yassin convicted of killing...
Noel Thomas and Abdool Saleem Yassin convicted of killing Yassin's younger brother Abdool Kaleem Yassin in March 1987 in western Essequibo County, had death warrants read to them on September 7 and were scheduled to hang early on September 11, but a team
- SEPTEMBER 1, 1999Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
In September, human rights groups in the Democratic...
In September, human rights groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo demanded the abolition of the Court of Military Order, the country's notorious military tribunal that does not make provisions for appeal
- SEPTEMBER 1, 1999KenyaDEATH PENALTY
In September, during the launch of the University of...
In September, during the launch of the University of Nairobi Students Association of Legal Aid and Research (Salar), at the Faculty of Law campus in Parklands, while discussing legal aid in the country and if advocates take up cases on pro bono basis whic
- SEPTEMBER 1, 1999MaliDEATH PENALTY
In September the two death sentences handed down to...
In September the two death sentences handed down to the Traorès in January were commuted to life imprisonment during the celebrations for Independence Day
- SEPTEMBER 1, 1999TogoDEATH PENALTY
On September 1, Sierra Leone's rebel leader Foday Sankoh...
On September 1, Sierra Leone's rebel leader Foday Sankoh left Togo at the beginning of a winding journey back to his homeland, which is ravaged by a civil war he started
- SEPTEMBER 1, 1999ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
In September, many people sent letters from all corners...
In September, many people sent letters from all corners of the globe urging Robert Mugabe to use his presidential powers to reverse the death sentence imposed on Sukoluhle Kachipare, with most writers calling on the Government to abolish the death penalty
- SEPTEMBER 1, 1999OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Oklahoma may execute 20 convicted murderers in 2000,...
Oklahoma may execute 20 convicted murderers in 2000, state Attorney General Drew Edmondson said in September
- AUGUST 27, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On August 27, an Italian delegation composed of the Hon
On August 27, an Italian delegation composed of the Hon
- AUGUST 27, 1999Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
On August 27, a delegation led by the Italian Vice...
On August 27, a delegation led by the Italian Vice President of the Chamber of Deputies' Committee on Foreign Affairs Enzo Trantino, and composed of Ambassador Claudio Moreno, and Hands Off Cain's representatives Sergio D'Elia, Secretary, and Elisabetta Z
- AUGUST 26, 1999UkraineDEATH PENALTY
On August 26, the Ukrainian Supreme Court left unchanged...
On August 26, the Ukrainian Supreme Court left unchanged the death penalty for the serial killer Onopriyenko
- AUGUST 26, 1999UkraineDEATH PENALTY
On August 26, the Ukrainian Minister of Internal Affairs,...
On August 26, the Ukrainian Minister of Internal Affairs, Yuriy Kravchenko said Ukraine would be ready for life imprisonment of convicts sentenced to capital punishment in two years if 50m hryvnyas were invested in development of the Ukrainian penitentiar
- AUGUST 26, 1999Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
On the night between August 26 and 27, a Palestinian...
On the night between August 26 and 27, a Palestinian tribunal handed down a death sentence to a Palestinian from the Gaza Strip for killing a police officer
- AUGUST 26, 1999VietnamDEATH PENALTY
On August 26, the Hanoi City People's Court sentenced...
On August 26, the Hanoi City People's Court sentenced to death Nguyen Van Chau, 39, who had killed 4 people in a gold-shop robbery five weeks previously
- AUGUST 25, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
On August 25, Judge M
On August 25, Judge M