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- AUGUST 9, 1999UkraineDEATH PENALTY
On August 9, the Supreme Court of the Crimea in Ukraine...
On August 9, the Supreme Court of the Crimea in Ukraine sentenced Dmitry Dyomin a member of a satanic cult to death for murdering and eating a 15 year-old girl, in November
- AUGUST 9, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On August 9, the most notorious smugglers in South-East...
On August 9, the most notorious smugglers in South-East Asia had their death sentences upheld by the Chinese Supreme Court
- AUGUST 6, 1999RussiaDEATH PENALTY
On August 6, President Yeltsin formally asked Parliament...
On August 6, President Yeltsin formally asked Parliament to abolish the death penalty in Russia, after sending to the State Duma the protocol of the European Convention on Human Rights which would remove capital punishment from the statute books
- AUGUST 6, 1999Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
On August 6, an Indian man was executed in Jeddah for...
On August 6, an Indian man was executed in Jeddah for smuggling an unspecified quantity of heroin into the country
- AUGUST 6, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
On August 6, an Indian man was executed in the Red...
On August 6, an Indian man was executed in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, for smuggling an unspecified quantity of heroin into the kingdom
- AUGUST 6, 1999SamoaDEATH PENALTY
On August 6, Eletise Leafa Vitale, the 34-year-old...
On August 6, Eletise Leafa Vitale, the 34-year-old son of a Samoan cabinet minister, was given a mandatory death sentence for admitting to killing Works Minister Luagalau Levaulu Kamu, in Apia's Supreme Court
- AUGUST 6, 1999IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
On August 6, Gov
On August 6, Gov
- AUGUST 4, 1999ThailandDEATH PENALTY
On August 4, Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai appealed...
On August 4, Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai appealed by letter to Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Van Khai to spare the first Thai national sentenced to death on a fraud charge
- AUGUST 4, 1999VietnamDEATH PENALTY
On August 4, after a trial lasting almost 3 months,...
On August 4, after a trial lasting almost 3 months, the Ho Chi Minh City People's Court handed down 6 death sentences and 6 of life imprisonment in the final hearing of the Minh Phung/Epco case in which 77 officials were charged with corruption
- AUGUST 4, 1999UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
On August 4, three bandits, K
On August 4, three bandits, K
- AUGUST 2, 1999United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
On August 2, an 36-year-old Iranian man was sentenced...
On August 2, an 36-year-old Iranian man was sentenced to death by a Dubai court for dealing in heroin
- AUGUST 2, 1999BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
On August 2, Ditshwanelo, the Botswana center for human...
On August 2, Ditshwanelo, the Botswana center for human rights in Gabarone, challenged the constitutionality of the death penalty handed down to the two condemned men
- AUGUST 2, 1999KenyaDEATH PENALTY
On August 2, Court of Appeal Judges R
On August 2, Court of Appeal Judges R
- AUGUST 1, 1999Vatican CityDEATH PENALTY
In August, Pope John Paul asked Texas Governor George W
In August, Pope John Paul asked Texas Governor George W
- AUGUST 1, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
On August 1, Iranian police re-arrested Helmut Hofer,...
On August 1, Iranian police re-arrested Helmut Hofer, "because of his connections with some suspicious foreign elements and the fear of his escaping from Iran," judicial spokesman Saeed Nobari said
- AUGUST 1, 1999IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
In August, East Timor was reduced to ruins following...
In August, East Timor was reduced to ruins following a vote for independence from Indonesia on August 30, by pro-Jakarta forces who opposed the vote
- AUGUST 1, 1999FijiDEATH PENALTY
In August, it was reported that a 35-year-old woman,...
In August, it was reported that a 35-year-old woman, Susan Eubanks, was convicted by a jury of murdering her four sons, ages 4 to 14, in October 1997, after an argument with her boyfriend
- AUGUST 1, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
In August, the daily Neshat reported that death sentences...
In August, the daily Neshat reported that death sentences had been handed down to six officials whom it identified only by their initials
- AUGUST 1, 1999IraqDEATH PENALTY
In August, President Saddam Hussein ordered the cancellation...
In August, President Saddam Hussein ordered the cancellation of the death penalty as a punishment for political offenses "provided that this does not include bombings and terrorist operations which lead to the killing of citizens or officials
- AUGUST 1, 1999JordanDEATH PENALTY
In August, it was reported that King Abdullah II helped...
In August, it was reported that King Abdullah II helped Jordanian women win an important legal victory by securing the abrogation of a law which either excuses or imposes sentences of three months to two years on men who kill allegedly adulterous female r
- AUGUST 1, 1999LebanonDEATH PENALTY
It was reported in August that a recent study on crime...
It was reported in August that a recent study on crime shows that sentences issued between 1994 and 1998 in 16 cases of murder included one acquittal, 4 one-year prison sentences, 4 sentences of less than 5 years in prison, 3 jail sentences of less than 1
- AUGUST 1, 1999MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
On August 1, unemployed Tan Kim Ho, 36, and plumber...
On August 1, unemployed Tan Kim Ho, 36, and plumber Ho Jin Lock, 31, were sentenced to death for firearms offenses, following a 1992 shooting at the Hot Lips Lounge where a teacher, M
- AUGUST 1, 1999ThailandDEATH PENALTY
In August, a leading member of the Opposition, Sanoh...
In August, a leading member of the Opposition, Sanoh Thienthong, proposed that the Government impose capital punishment on those producing or possessing narcotics, as the most effective way to wipe out the problem
- AUGUST 1, 1999BahamasDEATH PENALTY
In August, the Government of The Bahamas dealt another...
In August, the Government of The Bahamas dealt another blow to the inter-American system of human rights protection by scheduling the hangings of the two men, despite the fact that their petitions were pending before the Inter-American Commission on Human
- AUGUST 1, 1999BoliviaDEATH PENALTY
In August, the rape and murder of 10-year-old Patricia...
In August, the rape and murder of 10-year-old Patricia Flores in the capital, La Paz, sparked calls for reinstatement of the death penalty
- AUGUST 1, 1999TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
In August, Amnesty International noted that 18 prisoners...
In August, Amnesty International noted that 18 prisoners of conscience faced trial for treason - an offense carrying the death penalty - on the semi-autonomous islands of Zanzibar
- JULY 31, 1999YemenDEATH PENALTY
On July 31, Tawfiq Saad Saleh was publicly executed...
On July 31, Tawfiq Saad Saleh was publicly executed in Taiz Province
- JULY 30, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On July 30, 4 people were executed in the northern...
On July 30, 4 people were executed in the northern region of Ningxi Hui, after they had been given death sentences by a Yinchuan court
- JULY 30, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On July 30,2 chairmen of the Shanghai-listed Dongfang...
On July 30,2 chairmen of the Shanghai-listed Dongfang Boiler (Group) Company Ltd
- JULY 29, 1999FloridaDEATH PENALTY
On July 29, in a hearing on the use of the electric...
On July 29, in a hearing on the use of the electric chair in Orlando, a pathologist, Dr