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- JULY 22, 1999EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
Swaziland signed the letter, dated 22 July 1999, addressed...
Swaziland signed the letter, dated 22 July 1999, addressed to the President of the Economic and Social Council, in which the retentionist countries dissociated from the Commission on Human Rights resolution 1999/61 on the question of the death penalty
- JULY 22, 1999TogoDEATH PENALTY
Togo signed the letter, dated 22 July 1999, addressed...
Togo signed the letter, dated 22 July 1999, addressed to the President of the Economic and Social Council, in which the retentionist countries dissociated from the Commission on Human Rights resolution 1999/61 on the question of the death penalty
- JULY 22, 1999TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
Tanzania signed the letter, dated 22 July 1999, addressed...
Tanzania signed the letter, dated 22 July 1999, addressed to the President of the Economic and Social Council, in which the retentionist countries dissociated from the Commission on Human Rights resolution 1999/61 on the question of the death penalty
- JULY 22, 1999ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Zimbabwe signed the letter, dated July 22, 1999, addressed...
Zimbabwe signed the letter, dated July 22, 1999, addressed to the President of the Economic and Social Council, in which the retentionist countries dissociated themselves from the Commission on Human Rights resolution 1999/61 on the question of the death
- JULY 22, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China signed the letter, dated 22 July 1999, addressed...
China signed the letter, dated 22 July 1999, addressed to the President of the Economic and Social Council, in which the retentionist countries dissociated themselves from the Commission on Human Rights resolution 1999/61 on the question of the death pena
- JULY 22, 1999OregonDEATH PENALTY
A major new campaign called "Life for a Life," launched...
A major new campaign called "Life for a Life," launched on July 22, would substitute a life without parole sentence for the death penalty in Oregon
- JULY 22, 1999South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
Republic of Korea signed the letter, dated 22 July...
Republic of Korea signed the letter, dated 22 July 1999, addressed to the President of the Economic and Social Council, in which the retentionist countries dissociated from the Commission on Human Rights resolution 1999/61 on the question of the death pen
- JULY 21, 1999TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
On July 21, the parents of Kuo Ching-ho said in a letter...
On July 21, the parents of Kuo Ching-ho said in a letter that they felt ashamed of their son's cold-blooded crime
- JULY 21, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On July 21, the Yinchuan Intermediate People's Court...
On July 21, the Yinchuan Intermediate People's Court found that Xie Jianwen, Yang Jie, Yang Jun, and Zhang Yanbin stole 120 kg
- JULY 20, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
On July 20, the newspaper Resalat reported that 3 Evin...
On July 20, the newspaper Resalat reported that 3 Evin prison officials were executed for extortion
- JULY 20, 1999ThailandDEATH PENALTY
On July 20, Noppadol Khaektao, 30, was executed at...
On July 20, Noppadol Khaektao, 30, was executed at Bang Khwang prison
- JULY 19, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On July 19, a Taiwanese soldier was sentenced to death...
On July 19, a Taiwanese soldier was sentenced to death after he admitted raping and murdering a 17-year-old schoolgirl in a case which caused a public outcry and saw several officers reprimanded
- JULY 16, 1999AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
On July 16, Habib Qal Mohammad, an Afghan, convicted...
On July 16, Habib Qal Mohammad, an Afghan, convicted of smuggling cocaine and heroine, was executed in Saudi Arabia
- JULY 16, 1999Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
On July 16, a Nigerian woman named Aisha Saada Qassem...
On July 16, a Nigerian woman named Aisha Saada Qassem and Habib Qal Mohammad, an Afghan, were both executed after being convicted of smuggling cocaine and heroin into the country
- JULY 16, 1999NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
On July 16, a Nigerian woman named Aisha Saada Qassem,...
On July 16, a Nigerian woman named Aisha Saada Qassem, convicted of smuggling cocaine and heroin, was executed in Saudi Arabia
- JULY 16, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On July 16, a group of criminals were also executed...
On July 16, a group of criminals were also executed in Guangzhou for murder, robbery, kidnapping and drug trafficking, but the exact number of people put to death was not revealed
- JULY 15, 1999SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
On July 15, the ICTY's Appeals Chamber found Dusko...
On July 15, the ICTY's Appeals Chamber found Dusko Tadic additionally guilty by virtue of his individual criminal responsibility on 6 counts of grave breaches of the 1949 Geneva Conventions, one count of a violation of the laws or customs of war and one c
- JULY 15, 1999MalawiDEATH PENALTY
On July 15, Amnesty International called on Malawi...
On July 15, Amnesty International called on Malawi President Bakili Muluzi to take bold steps to scrap the death penalty from the country's statute books
- JULY 15, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On July 15, 20 people convicted of robbery and murder...
On July 15, 20 people convicted of robbery and murder were executed in Shenzhen, the Shenzhen Evening News reported
- JULY 14, 1999LesothoDEATH PENALTY
On July 14, the United Nations Resident Coordinator...
On July 14, the United Nations Resident Coordinator to Lesotho Edward Omotoso promised the wives of the 42 detained military officers charged with mutiny by the Court Martial to pass their petition to all relevant offices of the United Nations' systems
- JULY 14, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On July 14, the Higher People's Court of South China's...
On July 14, the Higher People's Court of South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region announced the result of its second-instance trial of Li Chenglong, former deputy mayor of Guigang City, and upheld a lower court ruling of the death penalty
- JULY 13, 1999LebanonDEATH PENALTY
On July 13, Tripoli's Criminal Court postponed the...
On July 13, Tripoli's Criminal Court postponed the trial of Ali Qaddour, 22, a man accused of raping and murdering an 8-year-old boy, Ahmad Mohammed Sidawi, in May and dumping his body in the sea, until the judiciary's vacation ended in October
- JULY 9, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
On July 9, the police's storming of a Tehran University...
On July 9, the police's storming of a Tehran University dormitory sparked mass protests, which highlighted the struggle between reformists and conservatives in the Government
- JULY 8, 1999IraqDEATH PENALTY
On July 8, as reported by London-based newspaper Al-Sharq...
On July 8, as reported by London-based newspaper Al-Sharq al-Awsat, Bayan Jabr, representative of the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Syria and Lebanon, said that after the haphazard arrests made in the wake of the incidents that occurred in
- JULY 8, 1999FloridaDEATH PENALTY
On July 8, Florida executed Allen Lee Davis, the first...
On July 8, Florida executed Allen Lee Davis, the first man to die in the new electric chair
- JULY 7, 1999PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
On July 7, Dante Piandiong, Jesus Moralles and Archie...
On July 7, Dante Piandiong, Jesus Moralles and Archie Bulan were executed
- JULY 7, 1999UkraineDEATH PENALTY
On July 7, the Ukrainian Parliament demanded that the...
On July 7, the Ukrainian Parliament demanded that the death sentence passed on Kurd leader Abdullah Ocalan be reversed
- JULY 7, 1999ThailandDEATH PENALTY
On July 7, Decha Suwannasuk, 38, was executed by machine...
On July 7, Decha Suwannasuk, 38, was executed by machine gun at Bang Khwang prison for raping and killing his 4-year-old daughter in July 1997
- JULY 7, 1999Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
On July 7, President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah signed a peace...
On July 7, President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah signed a peace deal with Sierra Leone's rebel leader Foday Sankoh in Togo, lifting the death sentence imposed on him for treason and giving the rebels seats in government
- JULY 5, 1999MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
On July 5, Deputy Home Minister Azmi Khalid, speaking...
On July 5, Deputy Home Minister Azmi Khalid, speaking after flagging off and taking part in an "Anti-Dadah Walkathon," said: "When the death penalty was introduced in the early 1980s, many called it 'barbaric' but today even the United Nations and the Uni