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- JULY 3, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On July 3, 37-year-old Zhao Lianrong, who murdered...
On July 3, 37-year-old Zhao Lianrong, who murdered 8 girls in Beijing, was sentenced to deathby the Beijing No
- JULY 3, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On July 3, 4 people were given death sentences for...
On July 3, 4 people were given death sentences for being members of a smuggling ring that sold thousands of skins and parts of endangered tigers, leopards, snakes and other animals through the post
- JULY 2, 1999Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
On July 2, a Jordanian man was beheaded in Saudi Arabia...
On July 2, a Jordanian man was beheaded in Saudi Arabia for smuggling drugs into the Kingdom
- JULY 2, 1999JordanDEATH PENALTY
On July 2, a Jordanian man was beheaded in Saudi Arabia...
On July 2, a Jordanian man was beheaded in Saudi Arabia for smuggling drugs into the kingdom
- JULY 1, 1999AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
In July, a political debate on the question of the...
In July, a political debate on the question of the death penalty was generated by the request of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe for the ratification of Protocol No
- JULY 1, 1999San MarinoDEATH PENALTY
On July 1, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Gabriele...
On July 1, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Gabriele Gatti instructed San Marino's permanent representative at the Council of Europe, Guido Ceccoli, "to communicate to the General Secretariat and to the Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of th
- JULY 1, 1999AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
In July, the murder of Rockhampton schoolgirl Keyra...
In July, the murder of Rockhampton schoolgirl Keyra Steinhardt was used to highlight the need for the reintroduction of the death penalty
- JULY 1, 1999TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
In July, the Human Rights Association (IHD) started...
In July, the Human Rights Association (IHD) started a signature collection campaign in a bid to abolish the death sentence
- JULY 1, 1999South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
In July, the General Affairs Council examined the European...
In July, the General Affairs Council examined the European Commission's communication of December 1998 on "a new European Union policy towards the Republic of Korea
- JULY 1, 1999North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
In July, North Korea shot a total of 30 people at a...
In July, North Korea shot a total of 30 people at a hop farm next to Yonbong airport in Hyesan city, North Hamgyong Province
- JULY 1, 1999MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
In July, the celebrated Sheikh of al-Azhar University,...
In July, the celebrated Sheikh of al-Azhar University, the late Mahmud Shaltut who was esteemed for his vast knowledge of Islamic jurisprudence and Koranic interpretation, wrote that many ulama (doctors of law) are in agreement that hudud [Koranic punishm
- JULY 1, 1999OmanDEATH PENALTY
In July, eight people were jailed on a charge of drug...
In July, eight people were jailed on a charge of drug trafficking, according to the Royal Oman Police
- JULY 1, 1999SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
In July, Shaiful Edham Adam, 22, and Norishyam Mohamed...
In July, Shaiful Edham Adam, 22, and Norishyam Mohamed Ali, 26, convicted of killing Jordanka Apostolova, 26, a young Bulgarian woman while robbing her, were hanged in Changi prison
- JULY 1, 1999JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
In July, during a debate in the British Parliament...
In July, during a debate in the British Parliament on capital punishment in the Caribbean, Gerald Kaufman a Labour government backbencher said Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica received £20
- JULY 1, 1999AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
In July, President Bouteflika granted mercy to about...
In July, President Bouteflika granted mercy to about one thousand fundamentalists
- JULY 1, 1999MalawiDEATH PENALTY
In July, Malawi's Ombudsman and Human Rights Commissioner...
In July, Malawi's Ombudsman and Human Rights Commissioner Enock Chibwana visited one of the prisons in the country where he found prisoners in a horrible state after having been held for long periods without even the knowledge of the Justice Ministry
- JULY 1, 1999RwandaDEATH PENALTY
In July, army Major Bernard Ntuyahaga, implicated in...
In July, army Major Bernard Ntuyahaga, implicated in the murder of 10 Belgian peacekeepers during the first hours of Rwanda's 1994 genocide, faced extradition in Tanzania
- JULY 1, 1999FloridaDEATH PENALTY
On July 1, 1999, Florida's Catholic bishops called on Gov
On July 1, 1999, Florida's Catholic bishops called on Gov
- JULY 1, 1999MissouriDEATH PENALTY
In July, opponents of capital punishment of "Missourians...
In July, opponents of capital punishment of "Missourians Working for Life" launched petitions in Missouri to force the nation's first referendum on abolishing the death penalty
- JUNE 30, 1999SpainDEATH PENALTY
On June 30, Spanish Premier José Maria Aznar, on a...
On June 30, Spanish Premier José Maria Aznar, on a visit to Ecuador, said he personally was "against" the death penalty in general and that he had said as much to Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit
- JUNE 30, 1999KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
On June 30, the Chairman of Kazakhstan's (opposition)...
On June 30, the Chairman of Kazakhstan's (opposition) Azamat party, Galym Abilsiitov said they do not support the imposition of the death penalty on the Kurdish leader, Abdullah Ocalan
- JUNE 30, 1999RwandaDEATH PENALTY
On June 30, a court in western Rwanda sentenced 9 people...
On June 30, a court in western Rwanda sentenced 9 people to death and 16 others to life imprisonment for involvement in the 1994 genocide
- JUNE 30, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On June 30, Zhou Xia, 36, a female drug dealer was...
On June 30, Zhou Xia, 36, a female drug dealer was executed in the city of Anshan, one of China's steel production bases in the northeastern province of Liaoning
- JUNE 29, 1999AustriaDEATH PENALTY
On June 29, Austrian Vice-Chancellor and Foreign Minister...
On June 29, Austrian Vice-Chancellor and Foreign Minister Wolfgang Schuessel, in statement regarding the case of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, expressed his deep concern that "the execution of Ocalan could aggravate feelings and consequently prevent a polit
- JUNE 29, 1999CyprusDEATH PENALTY
On June 29, when Turkey handed down a death sentence...
On June 29, when Turkey handed down a death sentence to Kurd rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, Government Spokesman Kostas Serezis voiced Cyprus' opposition to capital punishment
- JUNE 29, 1999United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
On June 29, apropos of the death sentence awarded to...
On June 29, apropos of the death sentence awarded to Kurd leader Abdullah Ocalan, the Blair Government said that the sentence was a question that concerned the Turkish authorities, but that the Government and the European Union would continue to insist un
- JUNE 29, 1999BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
On June 29, District and Sessions Judge M
On June 29, District and Sessions Judge M
- JUNE 29, 1999TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
On June 29, the Presidency of the European Union Council...
On June 29, the Presidency of the European Union Council noted that "in light of Turkey's aspirations to membership in the EU, it should be emphasized that non-application of the death penalty is one of the shared values, and consequently part of the "acq
- JUNE 28, 1999UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
On June 28, the Republic's Supreme Court completed...
On June 28, the Republic's Supreme Court completed proceedings, which started on June 2, on the criminal cases of 22 citizens involved in the act of terrorism carried out in Tashkent in 1999
- JUNE 28, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On June 28, Jiang Zhongsheng, the former chairman and...
On June 28, Jiang Zhongsheng, the former chairman and party secretary of the Dongfang Boiler (Group) Company Ltd