Chronological archive
February 2000
The 163 news items published by Hands Off Cain in February 2000, in chronological order.
The Libyan Justice Secretary gave his Bulgarian counterpart...
The Libyan Justice Secretary gave his Bulgarian counterpart guarantees that the Bulgarian medics would be given a fair trial
- FEBRUARY 29, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The EU held in Lisbon a marathon eleven-hour session...
The EU held in Lisbon a marathon eleven-hour session of "dialogue on human rights" with China
- FEBRUARY 29, 2000BrazilDEATH PENALTY
A human rights group reported that civil and military...
A human rights group reported that civil and military police in Latin America's most populous nation had participated in 2,500 killings since 1997, a figure that some activists and federal law enforcement officials considered a conservative estimate
- FEBRUARY 29, 2000SwitzerlandDEATH PENALTY
The Swiss Federal Council and the Albanian Government...
The Swiss Federal Council and the Albanian Government signed an agreement in Bern
- FEBRUARY 29, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesia's State Minister for Women's Affairs Khofifah...
Indonesia's State Minister for Women's Affairs Khofifah Indar Parawansa signed the UN Protocol of the Convention on the Eradication of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
- FEBRUARY 29, 2000AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
The Albanian People's Assembly adopted the agreement...
The Albanian People's Assembly adopted the agreement signed in Bern on February 29, 2000 between the Albanian Government and the Swiss Federal Council
- FEBRUARY 29, 2000LibyaDEATH PENALTY
The Libyan Justice Secretary gave his Bulgarian counterpart...
The Libyan Justice Secretary gave his Bulgarian counterpart guarantees that the Bulgarian medics would be given a fair trial
- FEBRUARY 29, 2000LatviaDEATH PENALTY
Indulis Berzins, Minister of Foreign Affairs, praised...
Indulis Berzins, Minister of Foreign Affairs, praised the report on the human rights situation worldwide, including Latvia, made by the U
- FEBRUARY 29, 2000PortugalDEATH PENALTY
The EU held in Lisbon a marathon eleven-hour session...
The EU held in Lisbon a marathon eleven-hour session of "dialogue on human rights" with China
- FEBRUARY 29, 2000RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Four people were sentenced to death in Rwanda for their...
Four people were sentenced to death in Rwanda for their involvement in the murder of 120 Tutsis who had taken refuge in a church during the 1994 massacres
- FEBRUARY 29, 2000UkraineDEATH PENALTY
The European Union welcomed the 22 February decision...
The European Union welcomed the 22 February decision of the Parliament of Ukraine to abolish the death penalty and to ratify Protocol 6 to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms concerning the abolition of the
- FEBRUARY 29, 2000PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court upheld a death penalty sentence for...
The Supreme Court upheld a death penalty sentence for Henry Lagarto and Ernesto CorderoVictim Alquiza
- FEBRUARY 29, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The hanging of a convict was stopped at the Kot Lakhpat...
The hanging of a convict was stopped at the Kot Lakhpat Jail as the sister of the deceased forgave him
- FEBRUARY 29, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A United Arab Emirates Criminal Court of First Instance...
A United Arab Emirates Criminal Court of First Instance sentenced a 30-year-old Pakistani [identified only as] S
- FEBRUARY 29, 2000MauritaniaDEATH PENALTY
Religious leaders from twenty states and 19 religious...
Religious leaders from twenty states and 19 religious organizations sent a letter to Secretary of State Madeleine Albright urging that the U
- FEBRUARY 29, 2000MarylandDEATH PENALTY
Baltimore City Council adopted a resolution urging...
Baltimore City Council adopted a resolution urging his state legislators to impose a moratorium on executions
- FEBRUARY 29, 2000DEATH PENALTY
Baltimore City Council adopted a resolution urging...
Baltimore City Council adopted a resolution urging his state legislators to impose a moratorium on executions
- FEBRUARY 29, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesia's State Minister for Women's Affairs Khofifah...
Indonesia's State Minister for Women's Affairs Khofifah Indar Parawansa signed the UN Protocol of the Convention on the Eradication of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
- FEBRUARY 28, 2000JapanDEATH PENALTY
Overruling a lower court decision that imposed a life...
Overruling a lower court decision that imposed a life sentence, the Tokyo High Court sentenced Takashi Mochida to death for robbing and murdering a 44-year-old female employee of Japan Tobacco Inc
- FEBRUARY 28, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
An Indonesian woman, Karteen Karikender, convicted...
An Indonesian woman, Karteen Karikender, convicted of adultery in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was sentenced to death by stoning under Islamic sharia law
- FEBRUARY 28, 2000FranceDEATH PENALTY
French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin wrote to US presidential...
French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin wrote to US presidential candidate and Texas governor, George W
- FEBRUARY 28, 2000SudanDEATH PENALTY
Hassan Awad al-Zubair was beheaded in Riyadh, Saudi...
Hassan Awad al-Zubair was beheaded in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for practising "black magic," which harmed the people he claimed to cure
- FEBRUARY 28, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Mansur ibn Jabir Bin Yahya Hazzazi was beheaded in Riyadh
Mansur ibn Jabir Bin Yahya Hazzazi was beheaded in Riyadh
- FEBRUARY 28, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Sudanese man, Hasan Bin Awad al-Zubayr, was beheaded...
A Sudanese man, Hasan Bin Awad al-Zubayr, was beheaded in Riyadh
- FEBRUARY 28, 2000LebanonDEATH PENALTY
The government rejected Japan's request to extradite...
The government rejected Japan's request to extradite five Japanese Red Army members for trial on terrorism charges, where they could face the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 28, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Reza Eslampour, 29, was shot in the city of...
Mohammad Reza Eslampour, 29, was shot in the city of Larijan following charges of murder
- FEBRUARY 27, 2000BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
Some 200 Bulgarians prayed and then marched through...
Some 200 Bulgarians prayed and then marched through central Sofia in solidarity for the six Bulgarian medical staff facing trial in Libya
- FEBRUARY 27, 2000SenegalDEATH PENALTY
Senegal's Interior Minister, General Lamine Cisse,...
Senegal's Interior Minister, General Lamine Cisse, said that all measures were taken to ensure free and fair elections
- FEBRUARY 27, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A District and Sessions Court in Chatta condemned to...
A District and Sessions Court in Chatta condemned to death Mohammad Akram for murder
- FEBRUARY 26, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
India's law minister, Ram Jethmalani strongly favoured...
India's law minister, Ram Jethmalani strongly favoured abolition of capital punishment saying the useless exercise has failed to eradicate crime or act as deterrent
- FEBRUARY 25, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
At bilateral talks it was agreed that a British Foreign...
At bilateral talks it was agreed that a British Foreign Office panel on the death penalty would make an early visit to China
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- FEBRUARY 25, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights,...
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Secretary-General of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe expressed their deep concern at continuing reports of violations of
- FEBRUARY 25, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana expressed...
European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana expressed great concern at reports of mass executions by Russian soldiers in Chechnya and urged Moscow to set up an independent inquiry
- FEBRUARY 25, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
A videotape taken by a German journalist for the N24...
A videotape taken by a German journalist for the N24 network showed Russian troops roughly disposing of the handcuffed bodies of executed Chechen fighters was aired on the BBC and on Russian NTV television
- FEBRUARY 25, 2000UgandaDEATH PENALTY
A USA 1999 country report on human rights practices...
A USA 1999 country report on human rights practices ranked Uganda among the top six African countries where human rights were grossly abused
- FEBRUARY 25, 2000UkraineDEATH PENALTY
In Zhytomyr, signatures were being collected for a...
In Zhytomyr, signatures were being collected for a request addressed to Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma demanding the death penalty for the serial killer Anatoliy Onopriyenko
- FEBRUARY 25, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
District and sessions Judge Muhammad Aslam Khan gave...
District and sessions Judge Muhammad Aslam Khan gave the death sentence to [a person identified only as] Azam involved in a murder case
- FEBRUARY 25, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Special Anti Terrorist Court handed out death sentences...
A Special Anti Terrorist Court handed out death sentences to two men for murdering six members of their family, including five children
- FEBRUARY 25, 2000JordanDEATH PENALTY
The Court of Cassation ratified a March 1999 State...
The Court of Cassation ratified a March 1999 State Security Court death sentence given to two men for their roles in what have become known as the "Rabia and Shmaysani murders," which left 12 people dead
- FEBRUARY 24, 2000BahamasDEATH PENALTY
Tennel McIntosh, 20, was saved from the gallows when...
Tennel McIntosh, 20, was saved from the gallows when a jury returned a majority verdict of not guilty to the murder and rape of 24-year-old British schoolteacher Joanne Clarke on Paradise Island
- FEBRUARY 24, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Betty Lou Beets was executed in Texas, two weeks before...
Betty Lou Beets was executed in Texas, two weeks before her 63rd birthday, for the murder of her fifth husband
- FEBRUARY 24, 2000BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
Bulgarian President Petar Stoyanov asked his Libyan...
Bulgarian President Petar Stoyanov asked his Libyan counterpart, Muammar Gheddafi, to intervene on behalf of six Bulgarians facing the death penalty in Libya
- FEBRUARY 24, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Betty Lou Beets was executed in Texas, two weeks before...
Betty Lou Beets was executed in Texas, two weeks before her 63rd birthday, for the murder of her fifth husband
- FEBRUARY 24, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
A Gallup Poll shows that although a majority of Americans...
A Gallup Poll shows that although a majority of Americans favor the death penalty, that percentage has been gradually decreasing and is now at 66%, its lowest level since 1981
- FEBRUARY 24, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
The regime executed some 25 Republican Guard officers
The regime executed some 25 Republican Guard officers
- FEBRUARY 24, 2000ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
The Ministry of Justice asked the Zimbabwe Human Rights...
The Ministry of Justice asked the Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) to give it details of allegations of corruption in Zimbabwe's justice delivery system
- FEBRUARY 24, 2000South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Dozens of people moved to the command centre where...
Dozens of people moved to the command centre where Johnny Jooste was being held and called for his execution
- FEBRUARY 24, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Three drug traffickers were executed by hanging after...
Three drug traffickers were executed by hanging after their death sentences were confirmed by Iran's Supreme Court
- FEBRUARY 24, 2000FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Anthony Brian, 40, white, was put to death by lethal...
Anthony Brian, 40, white, was put to death by lethal injection
- FEBRUARY 24, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
As representatives of the European Union, Joao da Rocha...
As representatives of the European Union, Joao da Rocha Paris, Ambassador of Portugal, Francois V
- FEBRUARY 23, 2000EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Egypt executed two Moslem militants, Ahmed el-Naggar...
Egypt executed two Moslem militants, Ahmed el-Naggar and Ahmed Ismail
- FEBRUARY 23, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Letters in the media urged capital punishment for rapists
Letters in the media urged capital punishment for rapists
- FEBRUARY 23, 2000MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
The Federal Court dismissed an appeal by a former soldier...
The Federal Court dismissed an appeal by a former soldier against the death sentence for drug trafficking
- FEBRUARY 23, 2000UkraineDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe welcomed the 22 February votes...
The Council of Europe welcomed the 22 February votes by Ukraine's parliament to abolish the death penalty and ratify Protocol No
- FEBRUARY 23, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Ubaid Bin Saud Bin Mishri Al-Beshi, a policeman, was...
Ubaid Bin Saud Bin Mishri Al-Beshi, a policeman, was sentenced to death and beheaded in Al-Dammam
- FEBRUARY 23, 2000UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Justice and Constitutional Affairs minister Jehoash...
Justice and Constitutional Affairs minister Jehoash Mayanja Nkangi warned that the ministry will not be bullied into changing the death penalty law
- FEBRUARY 23, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Cornelius Goss, 38, black, was put to death by lethal...
Cornelius Goss, 38, black, was put to death by lethal injection
- FEBRUARY 23, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Twenty four lady senators from different Italian political...
Twenty four lady senators from different Italian political formations invited New York senatorial candidate Hilary Clinton to rethink her stand in favour of the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 22, 2000LibyaDEATH PENALTY
Five Bulgarian nurses, Kristiyana Vulcheva, Nasya Stoicheva,...
Five Bulgarian nurses, Kristiyana Vulcheva, Nasya Stoicheva, Valentina Siropoulo, Valya Chervenyashka, Snezhana Dimitrova and one doctor, Zdravko Georgiev, were charged with intentionally infecting 393 Libyan children with the HIV virus in a Benghazi hosp
- FEBRUARY 22, 2000Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
The Jaffna Magistrate, M
The Jaffna Magistrate, M
- FEBRUARY 22, 2000UkraineDEATH PENALTY
Following the 30 December 1999 Constitutional Court's...
Following the 30 December 1999 Constitutional Court's decision, the Verkhovna Rada (parliament) abolished the death penalty clauses contained in the country's criminal code, criminal code of practice and correctional code replacing it with a maximum sente
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- FEBRUARY 22, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Two men, Sanad ibn Abdullah Khulaif and Atef ibn Mishwah...
Two men, Sanad ibn Abdullah Khulaif and Atef ibn Mishwah Hamdan, were executed in Medina after being convicted of kidnapping and raping a girl
- FEBRUARY 22, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Faiza bint Hamoud Al-Joufi, a Saudi woman, was beheaded...
Faiza bint Hamoud Al-Joufi, a Saudi woman, was beheaded for killing her husband, Ibrahim ibn Salama Al-Dakheelullah, in Arar
- FEBRUARY 22, 2000JordanDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Court handed Bilal Musa, 34, his third...
The Criminal Court handed Bilal Musa, 34, his third death sentence in nine days, convicting him of killing a 28-year-old mother and her infant in March 1997
- FEBRUARY 22, 2000AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court, voting 5-4 Tuesday, rejected a challenge...
The Supreme Court, voting 5-4 Tuesday, rejected a challenge to Alabama's use of the electric chair as the only means of execution
- FEBRUARY 22, 2000FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Terry Melvin Sims, 58, white, was put to death by lethal...
Terry Melvin Sims, 58, white, was put to death by lethal injection
- FEBRUARY 22, 2000UkraineDEATH PENALTY
Following the 30 December 1999 Constitutional Court's...
Following the 30 December 1999 Constitutional Court's decision, the Verkhovna Rada (parliament) abolished the death penalty clauses contained in the country's criminal code, criminal code of practice and correctional code replacing it with a maximum sente
- FEBRUARY 21, 2000SwitzerlandDEATH PENALTY
Swiss Foreign Minister Joseph Deiss met with Turkish...
Swiss Foreign Minister Joseph Deiss met with Turkish Foreign Minister Ismail Cem to discuss human rights issues
- FEBRUARY 21, 2000TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
The Ministry of National Defence (MND) denied that...
The Ministry of National Defence (MND) denied that it had ever disclosed any of its intelligence sources in its intelligence reports
- FEBRUARY 21, 2000IsraelDEATH PENALTY
Amnon Cohen, the man who asked to become the first...
Amnon Cohen, the man who asked to become the first Israeli sentenced to death, expressed deep regret and asked his family for forgiveness at the Tel Aviv District Court
- FEBRUARY 21, 2000ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Armenian justice minister David Arutyunyan expressed...
Armenian justice minister David Arutyunyan expressed support for the demand by the CE to repeal the death penalty as capital punishment in Armenia
- FEBRUARY 21, 2000SwedenDEATH PENALTY
Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh met with Turkish...
Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh met with Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit and Foreign Minister Ismail Cem during a visit to Ankara
- FEBRUARY 21, 2000ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights and the Legal Resources...
Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights and the Legal Resources Foundation wanted the Supreme Court to order Mugabe's office to release the reports of two commissions of inquiry he appointed: one of these covered mass executions, disappearances, illegal arrests
- FEBRUARY 21, 2000CzechiaDEATH PENALTY
61 percent of Czechs want the death penalty to be reintroduced...
61 percent of Czechs want the death penalty to be reintroduced while 26 percent disagree with it, according to a poll conducted by the IVVM polling agency
- FEBRUARY 21, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Akbar Mohammadi's conviction for the riots in the summer...
Akbar Mohammadi's conviction for the riots in the summer of 1999, at Tehran University, was overruled by the Supreme Court following strong International pressure in Mohammadi's favour
- FEBRUARY 21, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs Anna Lindh,...
The Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs Anna Lindh, visited the Human Rights Association, where she was greeted by its former president, Akin Birdal
- FEBRUARY 21, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The U
The U
- FEBRUARY 20, 2000AustriaDEATH PENALTY
Austria's new government including the radical Freedom...
Austria's new government including the radical Freedom Party, led by the controversial Joerg Haider, was not well received by the European Union's other 14 member nations, who condemned the new coalition government with an unprecedented unanimity
- FEBRUARY 20, 2000Vatican CityDEATH PENALTY
Pope John Paul II appealed to Texas Governor, George W
Pope John Paul II appealed to Texas Governor, George W
- FEBRUARY 18, 2000South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
Seo Yoon Bum's five-year-old grandson was killed when...
Seo Yoon Bum's five-year-old grandson was killed when a car plowed through a group of pedestrians in Seoul in 1991
- FEBRUARY 18, 2000South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
A group of 92 South Korean legislators presented a...
A group of 92 South Korean legislators presented a bill to the National Assembly that called for capital punishment sentences to be abolished and be replaced with life terms in prison sentences
- FEBRUARY 18, 2000South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
According to a Gallup survey conducted in December,...
According to a Gallup survey conducted in December, 43% of South Koreans oppose the death penalty (50% were in favour), up from just 20% in 1994
- FEBRUARY 18, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Justice Minister Yuri Chaika said Russia has 610 criminals...
Justice Minister Yuri Chaika said Russia has 610 criminals sentenced to lifetime incarceration, although jails for lifetime imprisonment have place only for 300, others were sentenced to death
- FEBRUARY 18, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Chechen rebels passed their second death sentence...
The Chechen rebels passed their second death sentence in a week on Vladimir Putin via the Internet
- FEBRUARY 18, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Ukrainian newspaper 'Segodnya' said Chechen field...
The Ukrainian newspaper 'Segodnya' said Chechen field commander Shamil Basayev "or his supporters" had announced a fatwa on an Internet website identified as www
- FEBRUARY 18, 2000Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, under public pressure...
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, under public pressure for a quick death sentence and execution, approved of a speedy trial in the Nablus state security court for Bilal Shaqo, 22, who was accused of raping a four-year-old girl
- FEBRUARY 18, 2000UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Two Afghan citizens, Nurkhonboy U
Two Afghan citizens, Nurkhonboy U
- FEBRUARY 18, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saqr ibn Muhamad ibn Marzouk Al-Otaibi was executed...
Saqr ibn Muhamad ibn Marzouk Al-Otaibi was executed in Taif after being convicted of shooting to death his wife, Masbouba bint Daheem ibn Marzouk Al-Otaibi, her father, Daheem ibn Marzouk and her mother, Haya bint Lafa Al-Mutairi
- FEBRUARY 18, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Two Afghan citizens, Nurkhonboy U
Two Afghan citizens, Nurkhonboy U
- FEBRUARY 18, 2000VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Deputy Minister of Justice Nguyen Van Trong said around...
Deputy Minister of Justice Nguyen Van Trong said around 10,000 to 14,000 prisoners were to be freed in amnesties in 2000
- FEBRUARY 18, 2000MissouriDEATH PENALTY
When all the new evidence was presented at re-trial,...
When all the new evidence was presented at re-trial, the jury acquitted Eric Clemmons in 3 hours
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- FEBRUARY 17, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The European Parliament adopted a resolution calling...
The European Parliament adopted a resolution calling on the European Union to censure China at the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in Geneva
- FEBRUARY 17, 2000JapanDEATH PENALTY
Isamu Hirano,53, was sentenced to death by the Utsunomiya...
Isamu Hirano,53, was sentenced to death by the Utsunomiya District Court for killing his former employer and his employer's wife, stealing their money, and setting fire to their house in Ichikai, Tochigi Prefecture in 1994
- FEBRUARY 17, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Two Nepalese nationals, Til Bahadur Bhandari, 24, and...
Two Nepalese nationals, Til Bahadur Bhandari, 24, and Bahadur Gurung, 32, were sentenced to death by the Tangerang District Court for drug trafficking
- FEBRUARY 17, 2000KansasDEATH PENALTY
During a news conference, Kansas Governor Bill Graves...
During a news conference, Kansas Governor Bill Graves noted the importance of making sure innocent people were not convicted and urged governors to take another look at their death penalty systems
- FEBRUARY 17, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Benetton group said it would continue its advertising...
The Benetton group said it would continue its advertising campaign featuring death row convicts despite the American store chain Sears' decision to take the Benetton brand off its shelves
- FEBRUARY 16, 2000CubaDEATH PENALTY
In a briefing to Members of the European Parliament,...
In a briefing to Members of the European Parliament, Commissioner Chris Patten acknowledged that much remained to be done in the human rights field, especially in what he felt were the problem areas of the death penalty, Cuba and China
- FEBRUARY 16, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
About 1,000 Kurds demonstrated in Lebanon to mark the...
About 1,000 Kurds demonstrated in Lebanon to mark the first anniversary of the capture of Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan by Turkey and to demand his release
- FEBRUARY 16, 2000ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
Anthony Lee Chaney, 45, white, was executed by lethal...
Anthony Lee Chaney, 45, white, was executed by lethal injection
- FEBRUARY 15, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Lord David Russel-Johnston, British president of the...
Lord David Russel-Johnston, British president of the council's parliamentary assembly, called for an immediate investigation into "alarming reports from usually reliable sources on the executions of at least 38 civilians, on violence, looting and destruct
- FEBRUARY 15, 2000ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Kurds living in Yerevan organized a mass procession...
Kurds living in Yerevan organized a mass procession through Yerevan's streets to mark the first anniversary of the arrest of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan
- FEBRUARY 15, 2000ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Two villagers from Chavuma were sentenced to death...
Two villagers from Chavuma were sentenced to death for murder
- FEBRUARY 15, 2000GermanyDEATH PENALTY
Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer met with Turkish Foreign...
Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer met with Turkish Foreign Minister Ismail Cem to discuss Turkey's EU candidacy
- FEBRUARY 14, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Additional District and Sessions Judge of Bhola, Mia...
Additional District and Sessions Judge of Bhola, Mia Mohammad Sharif Hossain convicted Saiful Islam and his second wife Fazilatunessa for murder and sentenced them to death by hanging
- FEBRUARY 14, 2000NepalDEATH PENALTY
U.N. Special Rapporteur on summary executions Asma...
U.N. Special Rapporteur on summary executions Asma Jahangir voiced concern over what she said were increasing rights abuses in the Himalayan kingdom's fight with Maoist rebels
- FEBRUARY 14, 2000AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
Eldar Zeynalov, director of the Human Rights Resource...
Eldar Zeynalov, director of the Human Rights Resource Centre, said that according to data from the Supreme Court a total of 170 people were executed between 1992 and February 1998
- FEBRUARY 14, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
A ten-year-old-boy, watched by his mother, sister and...
A ten-year-old-boy, watched by his mother, sister and six-year-old brother executed Mohammad Hashem, the man convicted of his father's murder
- FEBRUARY 14, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Thirteen Afghans appeared in court charged with the...
Thirteen Afghans appeared in court charged with the Ariana hijacking after the Stansted airport four day stand-off
- FEBRUARY 14, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Special Anti Narcotics court handed out four death...
A Special Anti Narcotics court handed out four death sentences in two separate cases
- FEBRUARY 14, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Ali Gh was shot for the murder of Mostafa...
Mohammad Ali Gh was shot for the murder of Mostafa Sharilu, 84, in the city of Khoy
- FEBRUARY 13, 2000AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Northern Territory Chief Minister Denis Burke spoke...
Northern Territory Chief Minister Denis Burke spoke out against the death penalty after Western Australia (WA) Premier Richard Court claimed that the death penalty was appropriate in some cases
- FEBRUARY 13, 2000EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
Two peasants were killed in fresh attacks by the weyane...
Two peasants were killed in fresh attacks by the weyane (Ethiopian government) against the Hadiya people in the southwestern part of the country
- FEBRUARY 13, 2000ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Murder, rape, aggravated robbery, illegal possession...
Murder, rape, aggravated robbery, illegal possession of arms and arson are capital crimes
- FEBRUARY 12, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Florentino Moko Soares, 40, was accused of the possession...
Florentino Moko Soares, 40, was accused of the possession and sale of arms on the East Nusa Tenggara - East Timorese border
- FEBRUARY 12, 2000FranceDEATH PENALTY
About 16,000 Kurds, from Germany, Belgium, Switzerland,...
About 16,000 Kurds, from Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy and Britain demonstrated peacefully in Strasbourg, to demand the release of Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan
- FEBRUARY 12, 2000DEATH PENALTY
EU Commissioner Guenter Verheugen expected Turkey to...
EU Commissioner Guenter Verheugen expected Turkey to abolish the death penalty during the European Court of Human Rights hearing dealing with the complaint from PKK [Kurdish Workers Party] chief Abdullah Ocalan
- FEBRUARY 12, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
About 16,000 Kurds demonstrated in the French city...
About 16,000 Kurds demonstrated in the French city of Strasbourg to demand the release of Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, who was sentenced to death in Turkey, police said
- FEBRUARY 11, 2000BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
Mariette Sonjaleen Bosch was sentenced to death by...
Mariette Sonjaleen Bosch was sentenced to death by the Botswana High Court at Lobatse, for killing Maria Magdalene Wolmarans the wife of Marthinus Johannes 'Tienie' Wolmarans, the man she later married, on June 26, 1996
- FEBRUARY 11, 2000South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
The Botswanan High Court sentenced 49-year old Mariette...
The Botswanan High Court sentenced 49-year old Mariette Bosch, a South African woman, to death
- FEBRUARY 11, 2000GermanyDEATH PENALTY
The EU Commissioner Guenter Verheugen said he expected...
The EU Commissioner Guenter Verheugen said he expected Turkey to abolish the death penalty during the European Court of Human Rights hearing that was to hear the complaint from Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) chief, Abdullah Ocalan
- FEBRUARY 11, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
U.S. President Bill Clinton urged Iran not to execute...
U.S. President Bill Clinton urged Iran not to execute three members of the Bahai faith, adding it believed the men were tried solely because of their religious beliefs
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- FEBRUARY 11, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont introduced the Innocence...
Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont introduced the Innocence Protection Act of 2000 in the U
- FEBRUARY 10, 2000NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mohammed Bello,...
Former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mohammed Bello, said that the introduction of full Sharia in any state of the country is unconstitutional, adding the adoption of Sharia would inflict capital punishment on its citizens without written law
- FEBRUARY 10, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Federal moratorium on executions (House)
Federal moratorium on executions (House)
- FEBRUARY 10, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Human Rights Watch charged that Russian occupying forces...
Human Rights Watch charged that Russian occupying forces executed at least 38 civilians-including two children-in in the Staroproyslovski district of Grozny
- FEBRUARY 10, 2000LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Ali Mohammed Qaddour, 22, was sentenced to death by...
Ali Mohammed Qaddour, 22, was sentenced to death by Tripoli's Criminal Court after he was found guilty of killing and raping the 8-year-old son of his employer in Tripoli
- FEBRUARY 10, 2000PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
The Philadelphia city council passed a resolution calling...
The Philadelphia city council passed a resolution calling for a moratorium on executions on by a vote of 12-4
- FEBRUARY 10, 2000Governo Federale degli Stati UnitiDEATH PENALTY
Introduced by Jesse Jackson Jr
Introduced by Jesse Jackson Jr
- FEBRUARY 10, 2000OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
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Micheal D
- FEBRUARY 10, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Liga Veneta (northern autonomist party) senator Antonio...
Liga Veneta (northern autonomist party) senator Antonio Serena tabled a parliamentary question to the Prime Minister probing the ethics of having photographs of American death row prisoners plastered on billboards all over Italian cities
- FEBRUARY 9, 2000JapanDEATH PENALTY
Hiroaki Hidaka, 37, was given the death sentence for...
Hiroaki Hidaka, 37, was given the death sentence for murdering four women over a five-month period in 1996
- FEBRUARY 9, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Following this campaign the American states of Missouri...
Following this campaign the American states of Missouri and North Carolina decided to sue Benetton whilst the Sears chain of shops decided not to sell Benetton products following pressure from pro-death penalty groups
- FEBRUARY 9, 2000ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Ovanes Ovanesyan, the Chairman of the Parliamentary...
Ovanes Ovanesyan, the Chairman of the Parliamentary Commission on Foreign Relations, speaking in favour of the abolition of the death penalty in Armenia, said that in his opinion the issue should be decided by a national referendum
- FEBRUARY 9, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Kurdistan Workers party (PKK) formally abandoned...
The Kurdistan Workers party (PKK) formally abandoned its 15-year separatist rebellion in south-east Turkey and adopted the democratic political programme pleaded for by its imprisoned leader, Abdullah Ocalan
- FEBRUARY 9, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Attorney General Jay Nixon filed a lawsuit in Circuit...
Attorney General Jay Nixon filed a lawsuit in Circuit Court, accusing the Italian clothing company Benetton and Gonzaga University law professor Speedy Rice of deceiving the state in their use of inmates at Potosi Correctional Center
- FEBRUARY 9, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon filed a lawsuit...
Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon filed a lawsuit in Circuit Court, accusing the Italian clothing company Benetton and Gonzaga University law professor Speedy Rice of deceiving the state in their use of inmates at the Potosi Correctional Centre
- FEBRUARY 8, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Two villagers from Seulunyok, Tanah Luas in North Aceh...
Two villagers from Seulunyok, Tanah Luas in North Aceh were abducted from their home and executed by four armed civilians
- FEBRUARY 8, 2000LesothoDEATH PENALTY
Private Tlala Ranchobe, one of 38 soldiers from the...
Private Tlala Ranchobe, one of 38 soldiers from the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) facing charges of mutiny went on trial
- FEBRUARY 8, 2000IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
The Portuguese Presidency on behalf of the European...
The Portuguese Presidency on behalf of the European Union welcomed the decision taken by Governor George Ryan of Illinois to declare a moratorium on all pending executions in that state and expressed its hope that this decision may constitute an important
- FEBRUARY 7, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
On February 7, 2000, court officials confirmed that...
On February 7, 2000, court officials confirmed that more than 100 death penalty cases were awaiting confirmation
- FEBRUARY 7, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Additional District and Sessions Judge Biplob Goshwami...
Additional District and Sessions Judge Biplob Goshwami sentenced Dulal Mridha, 35, to death by hanging for killing his wife, Piara Begum, over a dowry dispute on May 12, 1998 and burying the body behind his house
- FEBRUARY 7, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
United Nations officials said Indonesian troops and...
United Nations officials said Indonesian troops and police supervised the East Timorese Oecussi massacre on September 8, 1999
- FEBRUARY 7, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
District and Sessions Judge Khushab Mahmood Ahmed Chaudhry...
District and Sessions Judge Khushab Mahmood Ahmed Chaudhry sentenced to death twice Mohammad Amanat for killing two persons, Zafar Ali and his son Mohammad Idrees in Khushab in 1999
- FEBRUARY 6, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Despite repeated attempts by the prosecution, the High...
Despite repeated attempts by the prosecution, the High Court failed to fix a date for the hearing to confirm the lower court verdict that meted out death sentences to 15 former army officers for killing Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
- FEBRUARY 6, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The Ariana Airlines plane was hijacked en route from...
The Ariana Airlines plane was hijacked en route from the Afghan capital of Kabul to northern Mazar-e-Sharif
- FEBRUARY 5, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Human Rights Watch said that 62 civilians were shot...
Human Rights Watch said that 62 civilians were shot to death in Aldy, in western Grozny when Russian soldiers rampaged through this suburb of Chechnya's capital, calling it the worst massacre of the war in the separatist republic, after Chechen rebels aba
- FEBRUARY 5, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The families of the martyrs staged a demonstration...
The families of the martyrs staged a demonstration to protest the postponement of the execution of the capital punishment for [Kurdish leader] Abdullah Ocalan
- FEBRUARY 4, 2000JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court upheld a ruling from two earlier...
The Supreme Court upheld a ruling from two earlier trials sentencing Susumu Kitagawa, 52, to death for assaulting four women and killing two of them between 1983 and 1990
- FEBRUARY 4, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesia's top generals must be imprisoned but not...
Indonesia's top generals must be imprisoned but not executed if found guilty by a tribunal investigating the slaughter on East Timor, according to Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jose Ramos-Horta
- FEBRUARY 4, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A man was beheaded for shooting dead another Saudi...
A man was beheaded for shooting dead another Saudi man after a dispute
- FEBRUARY 3, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Three people, convicted of forcing more than 50 women...
Three people, convicted of forcing more than 50 women into prostitution after luring them with promises of factory jobs, were executed
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- FEBRUARY 3, 2000JapanDEATH PENALTY
Tokyo requested that Lebanon extradite five Japanese...
Tokyo requested that Lebanon extradite five Japanese Red Army members wanted on international terrorism charges including the 1972 Lod airport attack in Tel Aviv, which saw 26 people murdered
- FEBRUARY 3, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A special court for the suppression of terrorism condemned...
A special court for the suppression of terrorism condemned to death [a person identified only as] Shaukat for abducting a boy, Rashid (11) and committing unnatural offences with him in the area of Ghaziabad in 1999
- FEBRUARY 2, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Six leaders of a Chinese gang which butchered 77 people...
Six leaders of a Chinese gang which butchered 77 people between February 1998 and March 1999 with meat cleavers and scissors in a year-long orgy of rape and mutilation had been executed in Henan province
- FEBRUARY 2, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Three men were put to death in central Shaanxi province...
Three men were put to death in central Shaanxi province for stealing 15 murals from the tomb of an imperial concubine, Wei Guifei, a favourite of Tang dynasty emperor Li Shiming who lived 1300 years ago
- FEBRUARY 2, 2000Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
According to Amnesty International, nineteen other...
According to Amnesty International, nineteen other prisoners were executed in and around Kinshasa between January 28 and February 2, 2000
- FEBRUARY 2, 2000AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika said he might...
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika said he might offer amnesty to a radical Moslem guerrilla faction because it had not massacred civilians
- FEBRUARY 2, 2000South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
A petition calling for the re-introduction of the death...
A petition calling for the re-introduction of the death penalty was handed to Port Alfred magistrate Walter le Grange just before three men accused of the brutal murder of Cape Town businesswoman Brenda Fairhead and her 11-year-old daughter appeared in co
- FEBRUARY 2, 2000GuatemalaDEATH PENALTY
Three former Guatemalan paramilitary men on massacre...
Three former Guatemalan paramilitary men on massacre charges had their death penalty commuted to 50 years imprisonment for lack of direct evidence
- FEBRUARY 1, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
A number of Iraqi officers and soldiers, charged with...
A number of Iraqi officers and soldiers, charged with having contacts with Iraqi opposition, were executed at army Division Four headquarters
- FEBRUARY 1, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The Additional District and Sessions Judge of Attock,...
The Additional District and Sessions Judge of Attock, Mirza Rafi - u-Zuman meted out the death sentence to Zulfiqar Ahmed of Shakardara, Attock
- FEBRUARY 1, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A division bench of the Lahore High Court rejected...
A division bench of the Lahore High Court rejected the appeal of Muhammad Aziz and Haroon Rashid against their death sentences
- FEBRUARY 1, 2000PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
Testifying at the Pennsylvania Senate Judiciary Committee...
Testifying at the Pennsylvania Senate Judiciary Committee in the hearing on a bill to impose a 2-year moratorium on the state's death penalty, former state Attorney General Ernie Preate testified in favour of a moratorium, citing the politicisation of the