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- AUGUST 25, 1999IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
On August 25, the Director General of Correctional...
On August 25, the Director General of Correctional Institutions, Hasanuddin, said 16 convicts, including 3 women and 6 foreigners, were scheduled for execution in the near future after being convicted for premeditated murder or the production and traffick
- AUGUST 25, 1999GrenadaDEATH PENALTY
On August 25, a delegation composed of the Hon
On August 25, a delegation composed of the Hon
- AUGUST 25, 1999ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
On August 25, participants in the good governance workshop...
On August 25, participants in the good governance workshop that ended in Lusaka, recommended that an amendment should be made to the country's Constitution to allow Cabinet ministers to be appointed from outside Parliament
- AUGUST 25, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On August 25, a Chinese court sentenced a woman Zhou...
On August 25, a Chinese court sentenced a woman Zhou Mingrong to death for masterminding a fraudulent savings scheme that bilked depositors out of more than 70 million yuan ($8
- AUGUST 24, 1999St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
On August 24, a delegation led by the Italian Vice...
On August 24, 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 24, 1999GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
On August 24, District Attorney Pete Skandalakis said...
On August 24, District Attorney Pete Skandalakis said he would seek the death penalty for Jeffrey McGee, a New York man accused of killing a Villa Rica police officer
- AUGUST 22, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
On August 22, Additional Sessions Judge Sunita Gupta...
On August 22, Additional Sessions Judge Sunita Gupta held Janesh, 35, a resident of Rajpur Road, guilty of raping and murdering his 17-year-old daughter two years ago and sentenced him to death by hanging
- AUGUST 22, 1999BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
On August 22, a delegation from Hands off Cain went...
On August 22, a delegation from Hands off Cain went to Barbados to lobby for the resolution for a moratorium that the European Union was planning to present at the UN General Assembly
- AUGUST 21, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On August 21, a special anti-terrorism court in Pakistan...
On August 21, a special anti-terrorism court in Pakistan handed down the death penalty to Mohammad Saeed Alias Bharam and Saleem Alias Denter, two activists of the ethnic party Motahidda Qaumi Movement (MQM), for killing 4 Americans and their Pakistani dr
- AUGUST 18, 1999PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
On August 18, President Estrada announced that all...
On August 18, President Estrada announced that all executions would be suspended until a "Conscience Committee" had been set up to review the cases of prisoners scheduled for execution
- AUGUST 17, 1999Dominican RepublicDEATH PENALTY
On August 17, Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez,...
On August 17, Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez, Archbishop of Santo Domingo, manifested his opposition to the implementation of death sentence in the country
- AUGUST 16, 1999PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
On 16, 17 and 18 August, Jurry Andal, Ricardo Andal,...
On 16, 17 and 18 August, Jurry Andal, Ricardo Andal, Edwin Mendoza were scheduled for execution by lethal injection, but were given a 30- day presidential reprieve
- AUGUST 16, 1999PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
On August 16, a court ordered prison officials to execute...
On August 16, a court ordered prison officials to execute by lethal injection Josefina Esparas, 45, a woman convicted of a drug offense
- AUGUST 16, 1999EgyptDEATH PENALTY
On August 16, the Alexandria Criminal Court sentenced...
On August 16, the Alexandria Criminal Court sentenced to death two men Ashraf Abdel Fattah (24), a graduate of a technical institute, and Sherif Mohamed Al Sakhawy (27) holder of a diploma in social work, who killed 12-year-old Samer Mohamed Hafez and his
- AUGUST 15, 1999MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
On August 15, after an associate of jailed former Deputy...
On August 15, after an associate of jailed former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said boxes of government documents were being held overseas to expose malpractice, Ibrahim Ali, a deputy minister in the Prime Minister's Department, said he would propo
- AUGUST 15, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On August 15, Maj
On August 15, Maj
- AUGUST 14, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
On August 14, Iran's spiritual leader Khamenei named...
On August 14, Iran's spiritual leader Khamenei named Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi to replace Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi, who had been at the helm of Iran's judiciary since 1989
- AUGUST 14, 1999FranceDEATH PENALTY
On August 14, there was a poll that indicates the feelings...
On August 14, there was a poll that indicates the feelings of the French about the death penalty
- AUGUST 14, 1999MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
On August 14, Justice Kang Hwee Gee condemned M
On August 14, Justice Kang Hwee Gee condemned M
- AUGUST 14, 1999GuatemalaDEATH PENALTY
On August 14, A court in Guatemala gave suspended sentences...
On August 14, A court in Guatemala gave suspended sentences of up to 5 years to a group of 25 soldiers for killing 11 Indians, including 2 children, at a farm in the northern province of Xaman in 1995, in the last stages of the country's civil war
- AUGUST 13, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On August 13, Shareef Khan Nasser, a Pakistani man,...
On August 13, Shareef Khan Nasser, a Pakistani man, was executed in Saudi Arabia for smuggling an unspecified quantity of heroin into the Kingdom
- AUGUST 13, 1999Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
On August 13, Ibrahim Mohammad Ali, a Nigerian national,...
On August 13, Ibrahim Mohammad Ali, a Nigerian national, was executed in Jeddah and Shareef Khan Nasser, a Pakistani, was put to death in Mecca, both for smuggling heroin into the Kingdom
- AUGUST 13, 1999SamoaDEATH PENALTY
On August 13, Tuila'epa Sailele Malielegaoi, Minister...
On August 13, Tuila'epa Sailele Malielegaoi, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, had a meeting with Don McKinnon, Foreign Affairs Minister of New Zealand, and the latter sent a clear message about New Zealand's disapproval over the death penalty for mu
- AUGUST 13, 1999NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
On August 13, Ibrahim Mohammad Ali, a Nigerian national,...
On August 13, Ibrahim Mohammad Ali, a Nigerian national, was executed in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for smuggling heroin into the Kingdom
- AUGUST 12, 1999BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
On August 12, Abdul Karim, Hashmat Ali, Jonab Ali,...
On August 12, Abdul Karim, Hashmat Ali, Jonab Ali, Kafil Uddin, Samedul Huq and Dulal were condemned to death for killing Joinul Abedin Master of Balia village in Sadar District on January 31, 1995 while he was returning home, due to previous enmity
- AUGUST 11, 1999TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
On August 11, the Taiwan High Court handed down a death...
On August 11, the Taiwan High Court handed down a death sentence to Cho Changjen, Shih Xiaoning and Jiang Hongchun for murdering Wang Chun-chieh in Tamsui in suburban Taipei in August 1991
- AUGUST 11, 1999JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
On August 11, Prime Minister P
On August 11, Prime Minister P
- AUGUST 11, 1999SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
On August 11, a man, identified only as Kuke, was publicly...
On August 11, a man, identified only as Kuke, was publicly executed for murdering Farah Nur Labaale with a knife
- AUGUST 10, 1999BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
On August 10, Bulgaria ratified the Second Optional...
On August 10, Bulgaria ratified the Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR, signed on march 11
- AUGUST 10, 1999IraqDEATH PENALTY
On August 10, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein ordered...
On August 10, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein ordered the execution of 26 people in a Baghdad prison, according to a statement issued by the Iraqi Communist Party's Human Rights Center on September 13