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- JUNE 24, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On June 24, Urumqi City Intermediate People's Court...
On June 24, Urumqi City Intermediate People's Court sentenced 6 drug traffickers to death for selling heroin ranging from 190 to 717g
- JUNE 24, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On June 24, 3 drug traffickers were executed in Mianyang...
On June 24, 3 drug traffickers were executed in Mianyang City in Sichuan Province
- JUNE 23, 1999BelarusDEATH PENALTY
On June 23, two men were executed, after being convicted...
On June 23, two men were executed, after being convicted of murder
- JUNE 23, 1999GermanyDEATH PENALTY
On June 23, Interior Minister Otto Schily (SPD), said...
On June 23, Interior Minister Otto Schily (SPD), said that if Kurd leader Abdullah Ocalan's death sentence were carried out it would make Turkey's joining the European Union more problematical
- JUNE 23, 1999TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
On June 23, Ocalan was sentenced to death
On June 23, Ocalan was sentenced to death
- JUNE 23, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
On June 23, 9 men charged with theft had their right...
On June 23, 9 men charged with theft had their right hand cut off at Mashhad prison
- JUNE 22, 1999SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
On June 22, Slovakia acceded to the Second Optional...
On June 22, Slovakia acceded to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty
- JUNE 22, 1999SwitzerlandDEATH PENALTY
On June 22, the Swiss Foreign Minister, through his...
On June 22, the Swiss Foreign Minister, through his Spokeswoman Yasmine Chatila, said that he had taken diplomatic action with Tehran to ensure that the 13 Jews arrested on charges of spying for Israel (see Iran) receive "fair treatment
- JUNE 22, 1999Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
On June 22, a Saudi man was executed for shooting dead...
On June 22, a Saudi man was executed for shooting dead a compatriot in a dispute over land, in the southern Asir Province of the Kingdom
- JUNE 22, 1999SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
On June 22, 1999, Slovakia acceded to the Second Optional...
On June 22, 1999, Slovakia acceded to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty
- JUNE 21, 1999ThailandDEATH PENALTY
On June 21, Phan Saithong, 34, and Samruay Tosuk, 41,...
On June 21, Phan Saithong, 34, and Samruay Tosuk, 41, were executed by machine gun at Bang Khwang prison
- JUNE 21, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On June 21, a Chinese court sentenced Liu Jia-guo,...
On June 21, a Chinese court sentenced Liu Jia-guo, 34,the leader of Christian sect to death for swindling fellow sect members
- JUNE 20, 1999Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
On June 20, Abdullah Ibrahim Mohammed, a Nigerian man,...
On June 20, Abdullah Ibrahim Mohammed, a Nigerian man, was executed for armed robbery
- JUNE 20, 1999NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
On June 20, a Nigerian named Abdullah Ibrahim Mohammed...
On June 20, a Nigerian named Abdullah Ibrahim Mohammed was executed in Saudi Arabia for armed robbery
- JUNE 18, 1999Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
On June 18, Huwaymal Hulayyal Musallim al- 'Utwi, was...
On June 18, Huwaymal Hulayyal Musallim al- 'Utwi, was executed for smuggling an unspecified quantity of hashish
- JUNE 18, 1999TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
On June 18, the Turkish Parliament approved an amendment...
On June 18, the Turkish Parliament approved an amendment to the Constitution that eliminates military judges from the Tribunals for State Security, one of which was trying Ocalan
- JUNE 18, 1999AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
On June 18, Abdul-Rahman wild Habibullah, an Afghan...
On June 18, Abdul-Rahman wild Habibullah, an Afghan national convicted of smuggling heroin, was put to death near the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia
- JUNE 18, 1999Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
On June 18, Abdul-Rahman wild Habibullah, an Afghan...
On June 18, Abdul-Rahman wild Habibullah, an Afghan national convicted of smuggling heroin, was put to death near Mecca
- JUNE 18, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
On 18 June, 3 men accused of theft had the 4 fingers...
On 18 June, 3 men accused of theft had the 4 fingers of their right hand amputated during a public ceremony in Tabriz
- JUNE 18, 1999MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
On June 18, Italian Interior Minister Rosa Russo Jervolino...
On June 18, Italian Interior Minister Rosa Russo Jervolino and her counterpart of the Kingdom of Morocco, Driss Basri, signed an agreement enforcing the accord between the two countries concerning the accompaniment of foreign citizens in illegal situation
- JUNE 18, 1999UgandaDEATH PENALTY
On June 18, the Commissioner for Prisons, Joseph Etima,...
On June 18, the Commissioner for Prisons, Joseph Etima, said he supports the scrapping of the death penalty as a punishment for capital offenses
- JUNE 18, 1999AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
On June 18, Alabama executed Brian Keith Baldwin, convicted...
On June 18, Alabama executed Brian Keith Baldwin, convicted in the 1977 abduction and killing of a North Carolina girl, despite appeals for justice by President Jimmy Carter, Mrs
- JUNE 17, 1999GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
After acceding to the Council of Europe on April 27,...
After acceding to the Council of Europe on April 27, 1999, Georgia signed Protocol No
- JUNE 17, 1999MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
On June 17, a 17-year-old Indonesian was charged in...
On June 17, a 17-year-old Indonesian was charged in a juvenile court with murdering two youths earlier in the month
- JUNE 17, 1999CanadaDEATH PENALTY
On June 17, Stanley Faulder was executed in Texas,...
On June 17, Stanley Faulder was executed in Texas, becoming the first Canadian in almost a half-century to be put to death in the United States
- JUNE 17, 1999DEATH PENALTY
Convicted killer Joseph Stanley Faulder became the...
Convicted killer Joseph Stanley Faulder became the first Canadian in almost a half-century to be executed in the United States
- JUNE 17, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On June 17, Shanghai Railway Transport Intermediate...
On June 17, Shanghai Railway Transport Intermediate Court sentenced 4 drug traffickers to death, life imprisonment, and fixed-term imprisonment
- JUNE 16, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
On June 16, faced with a tough election, Chief Minister...
On June 16, faced with a tough election, Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu focused on women to bring in the votes and advocated the death sentence for rapists
- JUNE 15, 1999AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
On June 15, a court in Jijel condemned to death, in...
On June 15, a court in Jijel condemned to death, in absentia, 4 of the 16 Islamic terrorists accused of having killed 7 Italian sailors, the whole crew of "Lucina," during the night of July 6 and 7, 1994 in the port of Djendjen
- JUNE 14, 1999IraqDEATH PENALTY
On June 14, a report distributed by the opposition...
On June 14, a report distributed by the opposition Iraqi Communist Party revealed that Iraqi security organs and military forces in northern Kirkuk Governorate have received strict instructions "to use all kinds of weapons" and arrest Kurdish youths in Ki