Chronological archive
July 2000
The 147 news items published by Hands Off Cain in July 2000, in chronological order.
The Bangkok Criminal Court sentenced seven people to...
The Bangkok Criminal Court sentenced seven people to death in three separate drug trafficking cases
- JULY 31, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Mumtaz Ahmed was to be executed in the New Central...
Mumtaz Ahmed was to be executed in the New Central Jail of Bahawalpur on August 10
- JULY 31, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An Additional District and Sessions Judge in Lahore...
An Additional District and Sessions Judge in Lahore handed out the death sentence to Muhammad Tayyab for murdering his brother
- JULY 31, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Special Anti-Terrorist Court handed down the death...
A Special Anti-Terrorist Court handed down the death sentence to Khushi Muhammad and Bashir Ahmad for rape
- JULY 30, 2000UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Vatican ambassador to Uganda, Archbishop Christophe...
The Vatican ambassador to Uganda, Archbishop Christophe Pierre, reaffirmed the Catholic church's strong stand against the death penalty which is still used in many countries
- JULY 29, 2000YemenDEATH PENALTY
Muhammad Haji Omar, a Somali refugee, was sentenced...
Muhammad Haji Omar, a Somali refugee, was sentenced to death for becoming a Christian, which is considered a capital crime under Islamic law
- JULY 29, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
A man identified as Abbas, was sentenced to death for...
A man identified as Abbas, was sentenced to death for stabbing Amir Fazli-nejad to death in March, 2000
- JULY 28, 2000JapanDEATH PENALTY
Kiyohide Hayakawa, 51, was sentenced to death by hanging...
Kiyohide Hayakawa, 51, was sentenced to death by hanging for the 1989 murders of anti-AUM lawyer Tsutsumi Sakamoto, 33, his wife Satoko, 29, and their 14-month-old son Tatsuhiko and for his role in building a plant to mass produce the nerve gas used in th
- JULY 28, 2000ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Gang members Armen Ter Sahakian and his cousin Alik...
Gang members Armen Ter Sahakian and his cousin Alik Grigorian were sentenced to capital punishment with complete confiscation of property
- JULY 28, 2000UgandaDEATH PENALTY
An army private was sentenced to death by hanging for...
An army private was sentenced to death by hanging for the murder of three fellow soldiers at Gulu barracks in northern Uganda
- JULY 28, 2000MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
A convicted drug trafficker, Sow Siow Yin, a 33 year...
A convicted drug trafficker, Sow Siow Yin, a 33 year old Malaysian woman, was executed at Changi Prison, Singapore
- JULY 28, 2000SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Two convicted drug traffickers, Sow Siow Yin, a 33...
Two convicted drug traffickers, Sow Siow Yin, a 33 year old Malaysian woman, and Tan Chwee Heng, 39, were executed at Changi Prison
- JULY 28, 2000South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Piers Pigou, a representative of the Community Agency...
Piers Pigou, a representative of the Community Agency for Social Enquiry, spoke at a conference on crime and human rights at the University of the Western Cape
- JULY 27, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
The European Union, in a demarche made at the White...
The European Union, in a demarche made at the White House with President Clinton's Chief Counsel Beth Nolan, called on the federal authorities not to break a de facto moratorium on the federal death penalty of almost forty years and to grant Mr
- JULY 27, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
A nation-wide NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll found...
A nation-wide NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll found that, in light of the many innocent inmates released from death row, 63% of voters favored a suspension of the death penalty until questions about its fairness can be studied
- JULY 27, 2000TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
Thirty eight year-old Yeng Ming, a Chinese crewman...
Thirty eight year-old Yeng Ming, a Chinese crewman for the 4,450-ton British steamer Caduceus, was executed and 10 others were sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment each on charges of affiliation with the Reds
- JULY 27, 2000FranceDEATH PENALTY
The European Union, in a demarche made at the White...
The European Union, in a demarche made at the White House with President Clinton's Chief Counsel Beth Nolan, called on the federal authorities not to break a de facto moratorium on the federal death penalty of almost forty years and to grant Juan Raul Gar
- JULY 27, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Execution is awaiting at least 20 female and male workers...
Execution is awaiting at least 20 female and male workers from Indonesia (Cianjur) in the Middle East for committing serious crimes, according to Dedeh Saryamah, Vice Chairman of the Cianjur Legislative Assembly
- JULY 27, 2000YemenDEATH PENALTY
Yemeni national Muhammad Bin-Amin Bin-Mansur was beheaded...
Yemeni national Muhammad Bin-Amin Bin-Mansur was beheaded in Uhud Rafidah (Saudi Arabia) after he was convicted of killing Muhammad Bin-Humaydi Bin-Misfir Al Abbud al-Qahtani
- JULY 27, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Mohammed Amin Mansour, a Yemeni, was found guilty of...
Mohammed Amin Mansour, a Yemeni, was found guilty of stabbing and shooting to death Mohammed bin Humaidi al-Qahtani
- JULY 27, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Ashraf was publicly executed in the football...
Mohammad Ashraf was publicly executed in the football ground of the provincial capital Jalalabad
- JULY 26, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A mainland court in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province,...
A mainland court in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, sentenced Hong Kong businessman Chu Kam-wing, 49, to death for using fake tax receipts to avoid more than 40 million yuan (HK$36
- JULY 26, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
An [unidentified] Chinese policeman who shot dead three...
An [unidentified] Chinese policeman who shot dead three people in a dispute over a 12
- JULY 26, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani man convicted of drug smuggling was executed...
A Pakistani man convicted of drug smuggling was executed in Dammam
- JULY 26, 2000VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The HCMC People's Court sentenced Tran Thi Hieu, 65,...
The HCMC People's Court sentenced Tran Thi Hieu, 65, former director of Ngoc Thao Co
- JULY 26, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Juan Soria, 33, of Hispanic origin, was executed by...
Juan Soria, 33, of Hispanic origin, was executed by lethal injection
- JULY 26, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Italian Parliament approved a motion against the...
The Italian Parliament approved a motion against the death penalty, which was signed by all political party leaders
- JULY 25, 2000BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
Bulgaria introduced a legal reform to smooth the way...
Bulgaria introduced a legal reform to smooth the way for one of its lawyers to defend the six Bulgarian medics
- JULY 25, 2000JapanDEATH PENALTY
Former AUM Shinrikyo member Satoru Hashimoto 33, was...
Former AUM Shinrikyo member Satoru Hashimoto 33, was sentenced to death by the Tokyo District Court for taking part in the murders of an anti-cult lawyer and his family as well as the fatal poison gas attack in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture 1989
- JULY 25, 2000MaliDEATH PENALTY
Cheikh Kanoute, the founder of a Malian sect of followers...
Cheikh Kanoute, the founder of a Malian sect of followers known as the "Bare-footed", and two of his disciples, were sentenced to death by the Bamako criminal court
- JULY 25, 2000Vatican CityDEATH PENALTY
Pope John Paul asked the governor of the U
Pope John Paul asked the governor of the U
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- JULY 25, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Ahmed bin Saad al-Ahmadi was found guilty of stabbing...
Ahmed bin Saad al-Ahmadi was found guilty of stabbing his nephew, Osama bin Ali al-Ahmadi, hitting him on the head with a rock and throwing his body in a well, an Interior Ministry statement said
- JULY 25, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Pope John Paul II sent a message to the Governor of...
Pope John Paul II sent a message to the Governor of Virginia in which he urged that Rocco Barnabei not be executed
- JULY 24, 2000EgyptDEATH PENALTY
A criminal court in Alexandria sentenced to death Ali...
A criminal court in Alexandria sentenced to death Ali Metwali, a 27- year-old carpenter, who choked and stabbed to death his would-be mother-in-law, 40-year-old Mahasen Ahmed Sanad, then stole her jewellery estimated at 8,000 Egyptian pounds (2,300 U
- JULY 24, 2000SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
The Court of Appeal rejected the trio's appeals against...
The Court of Appeal rejected the trio's appeals against their death sentence
- JULY 24, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Istanbul State Security No 3court handed down the...
The Istanbul State Security No 3court handed down the death penalty for "attempting to undermine the constitutional order by use of arms," in the trial of 41 members of the illegal Islamic Movement Organization who were accused of committing a number of h
- JULY 23, 2000Côte d’IvoireDEATH PENALTY
July 23-24, 2000: 86
July 23-24, 2000: 86
- JULY 23, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Three Yemeni men found guilty of engaging in homosexual...
Three Yemeni men found guilty of engaging in homosexual acts and sexually molesting young boys, were executed in Jizan
- JULY 23, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Majid Afshari, 20, convicted of stabbing an 18-year-old...
Majid Afshari, 20, convicted of stabbing an 18-year-old friend to death and Seyed Ismail-Zendeh and his wife Ayda Shafiie, convicted of double murder, were executed by hanging in Tehran prison
- JULY 22, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A number of Indian legal experts and social rights...
A number of Indian legal experts and social rights activists called for the abolition of the death penalty in the country, saying it had no deterring effect as perceived in some quarters
- JULY 21, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Ou Jianneng, convicted of kidnapping a Hong Kong businessman's...
Ou Jianneng, convicted of kidnapping a Hong Kong businessman's family, extorting money and burning two police cars, was executed in the Guangdong province by a firing squad
- JULY 21, 2000ChileDEATH PENALTY
Catholic Bishops stated their support in efforts to...
Catholic Bishops stated their support in efforts to abolish the death penalty from Chilean law
- JULY 21, 2000FranceDEATH PENALTY
More than 100 French deputies sent a letter to each...
More than 100 French deputies sent a letter to each member of the US Congress asking them to abolish the death penalty, the president of the Franco-American Friendship Committee said
- JULY 21, 2000ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
The high court sentenced to death two men for shooting...
The high court sentenced to death two men for shooting Teddy Mulonga, the former president of the Football Association of Zambia, in 1998
- JULY 21, 2000UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Uganda Human Rights Initiative (UFHRI) thanked...
The Uganda Human Rights Initiative (UFHRI) thanked President Yoweri Museveni for commuting sentences of 16 convicts on 13th July and called for a moratorium on the death penalty
- JULY 21, 2000MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
The High Court sentenced 38-year-old Syed Adnan Syed...
The High Court sentenced 38-year-old Syed Adnan Syed Abdullah of Rompin to death after finding him guilty of murdering a night club guest relations officer
- JULY 21, 2000SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
The Appeals Chamber dismissed the appeal for Anto Furundzija,...
The Appeals Chamber dismissed the appeal for Anto Furundzija, and affirmed the conviction and sentence handed down by the Trial Chamber, to 10 years' imprisonment
- JULY 21, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Hussein ibn Shuraidah Al-Ruwaili, a convicted murderer,...
Hussein ibn Shuraidah Al-Ruwaili, a convicted murderer, was spared from execution at the very last moment when his victim's brother granted a pardon
- JULY 21, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Mohammed Daoud was publicly executed for the murder...
Mohammed Daoud was publicly executed for the murder of two people
- JULY 21, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Members of the Italian Senate committee against the...
Members of the Italian Senate committee against the death penalty asked the governor of Virginia to grant a stay of execution to Derek Rocco Barnabei
- JULY 20, 2000United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
ITV's Teletext service conducted its own phone-in poll...
ITV's Teletext service conducted its own phone-in poll on whether the murderers of children should be hanged
- JULY 20, 2000ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Two Burmese men were sentenced to death by the Criminal...
Two Burmese men were sentenced to death by the Criminal Court for a series of crimes that culminated in five murders
- JULY 20, 2000UkraineDEATH PENALTY
Parliamentarians stated in the 'Kievskiye Vedomosti'...
Parliamentarians stated in the 'Kievskiye Vedomosti' newspaper that they thought the parliamentary procedure rules and the constitution were violated during the ratification of the No 6 protocol, which abolished the death penalty in Ukraine
- JULY 20, 2000VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A court in Ho Chi Minh City passed a death sentence...
A court in Ho Chi Minh City passed a death sentence on Nguyen Van Son, former deputy general director of the Gia Dinh Commercial Bank, for fraud
- JULY 20, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Justice Ministry commission made amendments to...
The Justice Ministry commission made amendments to the Turkish Penal Code (TCK) preliminary draft it had prepared in 1997
- JULY 20, 2000KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
UN Human Rights Committee considered a report presented...
UN Human Rights Committee considered a report presented by the Government of Kuwait on the fulfilment of its obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights including the question of capital punishment
- JULY 20, 2000OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Gregg Francis Braun, 39, was executed by lethal injection
Gregg Francis Braun, 39, was executed by lethal injection
- JULY 19, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Geng Yongxiang, 53, a former customs official in east...
Geng Yongxiang, 53, a former customs official in east China's Zhejiang Province was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for taking bribes worth 1
- JULY 19, 2000JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Nagoya District Court sentenced 56-year-old Yoshimi...
The Nagoya District Court sentenced 56-year-old Yoshimi Toyoda to death for murdering Kazuko Nakano, 44, and Hide Shinoda, 62 in 1996 and 1997
- JULY 18, 2000PortugalDEATH PENALTY
Portugal was among a number of European Union members...
Portugal was among a number of European Union members to protest with Germany against the death sentences issued to four Chinese who burgled and then murdered the automobile executive Jurgen Pfrang and his family last April in the eastern city of Nanjing
- JULY 18, 2000TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Mahmadrasul Sirojev was sentenced to death by the Supreme...
Mahmadrasul Sirojev was sentenced to death by the Supreme Court of Tajikistan
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- JULY 18, 2000RwandaDEATH PENALTY
A former local administrator in Taba commune was sentenced...
A former local administrator in Taba commune was sentenced to death by a court in the central town of Gitarama for his role in the country's 1994 genocide
- JULY 18, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani man, I'jaz Ali Ibrahim, was executed in...
A Pakistani man, I'jaz Ali Ibrahim, was executed in Jiddah Governorate for smuggling heroin into Saudi Arabia
- JULY 18, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Ibrahim Bin-Abdallah Bin-Muhammad al-Uthman, Abd-al-Ilah...
Ibrahim Bin-Abdallah Bin-Muhammad al-Uthman, Abd-al-Ilah Bin-Fahd Bin-Muhammad al-Twayyim, and Mishnan Bin-Mutlaq Bin-Ghanim al-Dawsari, were executed in Riyad for murdering and robbing a Saudi national, Ghannam Bin-Ghunayman Bin-Atiq al-Shammari
- JULY 18, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Mukhtiara Khadem Hussein, a Pakistani woman, was executed...
Mukhtiara Khadem Hussein, a Pakistani woman, was executed after she was convicted of drug trafficking
- JULY 18, 2000GermanyDEATH PENALTY
Germany protested the death sentence given to four...
Germany protested the death sentence given to four Chinese men for the murder of Jurgen Pfrang, a German executive with Daimler-Benz AG, his wife and their two children at their villa in Nanjing in April 2000
- JULY 18, 2000GuatemalaDEATH PENALTY
A poll conducted by a local newspaper indicated that...
A poll conducted by a local newspaper indicated that 80% of Guatemalans agree with the death penalty - which is also strongly supported by the main business organisations
- JULY 18, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The mother of Rocco Barnabei met with the Minister...
The mother of Rocco Barnabei met with the Minister of Justice Fassino, and was received in his Montecitorio (parliament) study by parliamentary vice-president Alfredo Biondi
- JULY 17, 2000JapanDEATH PENALTY
Toru Toyoda, 32, and Kenichi Hirose, 36, two former...
Toru Toyoda, 32, and Kenichi Hirose, 36, two former leaders of Aum Shinri Kyo, were sentenced to death by hanging for murder and attempted murder for their roles in releasing sarin nerve gas in the Tokyo subway in 1995
- JULY 17, 2000ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The head of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation...
The head of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Austrian Foreign Minister Benita Ferrero-Waldner in Yerevan met lawmakers to discuss alternative military service, the abolition of capital punishment and the freedom of conscienc
- JULY 17, 2000ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Deputy parliament speaker Gagik Aslanyan speaking at...
Deputy parliament speaker Gagik Aslanyan speaking at a meeting with the head of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), said that people and authorities in Armenia are unanimous in their understanding of the need to bring democrati
- JULY 17, 2000LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Relatives of prisoners sentenced to death for their...
Relatives of prisoners sentenced to death for their participation in clashes with the Lebanese Army in Dinnieh last January demonstrated outside the Mansouri Mosque in Tripoli
- JULY 17, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
A press conference was held in Rome in which Jane Barnabei,...
A press conference was held in Rome in which Jane Barnabei, mother of death row prisoner Rocco Barnabei, together with Walter Veltroni (leader of the Democratic Left) and Fabrizio Vigni (member of Parliament who has followed the case for years) appealed a
- JULY 16, 2000Puerto RicoDEATH PENALTY
U.S. District Court Judge Salvador Casellas ruled that...
U.S. District Court Judge Salvador Casellas ruled that the death penalty for federal crimes does not apply in Puerto Rico because its people have no vote in federal elections
- JULY 16, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Mohammadreza Rowshan received 3 death sentences after...
Mohammadreza Rowshan received 3 death sentences after he was found guilty of killing three policemen, Ali Kiani, Alibaba Khosravi and Hamid Derafshi
- JULY 16, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Democratic Left Party and Motherland Party have...
The Democratic Left Party and Motherland Party have developed a formula to persuade another ruling partner, the Nationalist Action Party, to accept the abolition of the death sentence from the Turkish Penal Code
- JULY 15, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister and State Minister Mesut...
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister and State Minister Mesut Yilmaz has said that a bill to abolish the death penalty was to be put on the agenda in the new legislative term of the Turkish Parliament
- JULY 14, 2000NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
It was revealed by the Post Express that a total of...
It was revealed by the Post Express that a total of 72 Nigerians were executed by the Saudi Arabian government in the past eight years on charges of drug smuggling and armed robbery
- JULY 14, 2000YemenDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed three Yemeni men found guilty...
Saudi Arabia executed three Yemeni men found guilty of engaging in homosexual acts and molesting young boys
- JULY 14, 2000United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
The Cassation Court confirmed death sentences issued to N
The Cassation Court confirmed death sentences issued to N
- JULY 14, 2000PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Philippine Bishops' Office on Bioethics said that...
The Philippine Bishops' Office on Bioethics said that the draft bill offering reduced sentences to death-row convicts who donate their kidneys sounded "creative" but was morally defective
- JULY 14, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Dubai Court confirmed the death sentences passed...
A Dubai Court confirmed the death sentences passed on two Pakistani nationals [identified only as] N
- JULY 14, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Develet Bahceli, deputy prime minister and leader of...
Develet Bahceli, deputy prime minister and leader of the Nationalist Action Party, said that it was too early to abolish capital punishment in Turkey
- JULY 14, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Vice-president of the Italian Senate, Ersilia Salvato,...
Vice-president of the Italian Senate, Ersilia Salvato, wrote to French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin in hope that the historic result of the presentation of the resolution on a world-wide moratorium on capital punishment, and its subsequent approval, wou
- JULY 13, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
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The Beijing No
- JULY 13, 2000JapanDEATH PENALTY
Yasuo Hayashi appealed his death sentence to the Tokyo...
Yasuo Hayashi appealed his death sentence to the Tokyo High Court
- JULY 13, 2000AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
Albania's National Assembly ratified Protocol 6 of...
Albania's National Assembly ratified Protocol 6 of the European Convention of Human Rights which sees the end of capital punishment in the country
- JULY 13, 2000AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
Albania's National Assembly ratified Protocol 6 of...
Albania's National Assembly ratified Protocol 6 of the European Convention of Human Rights which sees the end of capital punishment in the country
- JULY 13, 2000UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni commuted death sentences...
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni commuted death sentences of 16 condemned prisoners by reducing the sentences of 12 of them to life imprisonment and freeing four others
- JULY 12, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An Additional District and Sessions Judge in Lahore...
An Additional District and Sessions Judge in Lahore meted out the death sentence to Haji Azam for the murder of Karamat Ali on May 25,1998
- JULY 12, 2000VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Dang Ngoc Chieu, who was prosecuted for circulating...
Dang Ngoc Chieu, who was prosecuted for circulating fake money in Hai Duong Province was sentenced to death while his two accomplices received life imprisonment
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- JULY 12, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court of Appeals revoked the sentences...
The Supreme Court of Appeals revoked the sentences passed on Unal Osman Agaoglu and Bunyamin Adanali who were sentenced to death on seven counts of murder for the murder of even students in Ankara in 1978 in a case known as the Bahcelievler massacre
- JULY 12, 2000DEATH PENALTY
Oriel Cecil Joiner, 50, white, was executed by lethal...
Oriel Cecil Joiner, 50, white, was executed by lethal injection
- JULY 11, 2000MoldovaDEATH PENALTY
The Constitutional Court approved a draft legislation...
The Constitutional Court approved a draft legislation that removes the death penalty from fundamental law
- JULY 11, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Atiya ibn Obaid Atiya, Rajeh ibn Ibrahim Isa and Rajhi...
Atiya ibn Obaid Atiya, Rajeh ibn Ibrahim Isa and Rajhi ibn Hamad Ali were beheaded in Abha after they were convicted of sodomy, transvestitism, same-sex marriage and raping of young boys
- JULY 11, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Shew Padshah was executed in accordance with the verdict...
Shew Padshah was executed in accordance with the verdict passed by the Shari'ah courts for shooting and killing a resident of Qarabagh
- JULY 11, 2000KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
A man who killed two children, aged four and seven,...
A man who killed two children, aged four and seven, their father and a relative of the family was sentenced to death in Almaty
- JULY 11, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
The American Bar Association's new President, Martha...
The American Bar Association's new President, Martha Barnett, urged the legal profession to support a moratorium on executions
- JULY 10, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Afzal Omar Shah, a Pakistani, was publicly beheaded...
Afzal Omar Shah, a Pakistani, was publicly beheaded in Riyadh after he was convicted of drug trafficking
- JULY 10, 2000UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
According to Amnesty International 28- year-old Dimitry...
According to Amnesty International 28- year-old Dimitry Chikunov, who had been sentenced to death for the killing of two men in April 1999, was executed in secret in Tashkent
- JULY 10, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Division Bench of the Lahore High Court converted...
A Division Bench of the Lahore High Court converted the death sentence into life imprisonment for juvenile defendants Mohammad Arif and Ghulam Dastiger for committing gang rape on Rehana Kausar, 9, at Faisalabad on November 9, 1998
- JULY 10, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed Mir Afzal Omar Shah, a Pakistani...
Saudi Arabia executed Mir Afzal Omar Shah, a Pakistani national, for drug smuggling
- JULY 10, 2000GermanyDEATH PENALTY
Thousands of Iranians demonstrated in Berlin against...
Thousands of Iranians demonstrated in Berlin against a visit by Iranian President Mohammad Khatami
- JULY 9, 2000SyriaDEATH PENALTY
In a statement issued by its Information Office, the...
In a statement issued by its Information Office, the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood called for the release of all political prisoners, the halting of political pursuits, and the revocation of Law 49 of 1980, which imposes the death sentence against anyone who
- JULY 9, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Maryam Ayubi, 30, was found guilty of adultery with...
Maryam Ayubi, 30, was found guilty of adultery with her lover, Hossein Asna-Ashari, and of complicity in the murder of her husband
- JULY 8, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Beijing Intermediate Court handed down a death sentence...
A Beijing Intermediate Court handed down a death sentence on Ju Jiantai, 56, former deputy director of the Contemporary World Publishing Company and a member of the Communist Party for 37 years, for accepting bribes amounting to US$400,000
- JULY 8, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
Brig-Gen Sa'ud Khalil al-Hindi, an officer in the Iraqi...
Brig-Gen Sa'ud Khalil al-Hindi, an officer in the Iraqi Army and member of the well-known Al-bu-Hindi Family in the city of Jalula in the Diyala Governorate, was executed on charges of "conspiracy against the state security and life of Iraqi President Sad
- JULY 8, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran executed six drug traffickers convicted of smuggling...
Iran executed six drug traffickers convicted of smuggling several tonnes of opium and morphine
- JULY 7, 2000ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The King commuted the death sentence of two Israeli...
The King commuted the death sentence of two Israeli drug traffickers to life imprisonment
- JULY 6, 2000RomaniaDEATH PENALTY
President Emil Constantinescu requested that the OSCE's...
President Emil Constantinescu requested that the OSCE's Parliamentary Assembly step in and help secure the release of Ilie Ilascu
- JULY 6, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Three [unidentified] Chinese men, were sentenced to...
Three [unidentified] Chinese men, were sentenced to death for arson, murder and other crimes
- JULY 6, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Three Muslim separatists (?Alimu Younusi), (?Duolikun...
Three Muslim separatists (?Alimu Younusi), (?Duolikun Ruozi), (?Tuerhong Awuti) were executed by firing squad for murder, bomb plots and setting up a `'Party of God" to create an independent Islamic government, immediately after a public sentencing rally
- JULY 6, 2000Central African RepublicDEATH PENALTY
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan expressed...
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan expressed concern at the "alarming increase" in reports of extrajudicial killings and summary executions in the Central African Republic
- JULY 6, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
A 23-year old man identified as Hassan was sentenced...
A 23-year old man identified as Hassan was sentenced to death in Tehran for murdering Manuchehr M
- JULY 6, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Beyhan Aslan, Deputy Chairman of the Motherland Party...
Beyhan Aslan, Deputy Chairman of the Motherland Party (ANAP) Group said he supported a draft law which called for the abolishment of capital punishment
- JULY 6, 2000VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
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- JULY 6, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Italian Prime Minister, Giuliano Amato, stated...
The Italian Prime Minister, Giuliano Amato, stated to the Chinese Prime Minister, Zhu Rongji, who considers the death penalty to be a internal matter, that Italy's position is against capital punishment wherever it be applied, and regardless of what count
- JULY 5, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Billal Hossain, 35, was given the death penalty for...
Billal Hossain, 35, was given the death penalty for murdering his wife in 1997
- JULY 5, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Two men found guilty of killing a minor were condemned...
Two men found guilty of killing a minor were condemned to death
- JULY 5, 2000TurkmenistanDEATH PENALTY
The crime level in Turkmenistan decreased by 16% in...
The crime level in Turkmenistan decreased by 16% in the first half of 2000 in comparison with the same period in 1999, President Saparmurad Niyazov said at a session of the Cabinet of Ministers
- JULY 5, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Mohammed Ersha was executed for murder by his victim's...
Mohammed Ersha was executed for murder by his victim's son before thousands of people in the provinces main sports field in Kandahar
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- JULY 5, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A prisoner involved in a double murder case was hung...
A prisoner involved in a double murder case was hung to death at the central jail in Multan
- JULY 5, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A division bench of the Allahabad High Court set aside...
A division bench of the Allahabad High Court set aside the death sentence on three prisoners for committing two murders in Etah on July 20, 1999
- JULY 5, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit said that "The government's...
Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit said that "The government's initiative is not a must to abolish death penalty
- JULY 4, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Liu Jinfeng a woman who used nitric acid to burn the...
Liu Jinfeng a woman who used nitric acid to burn the face of a 14-year-old girl was sentenced to death
- JULY 4, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A man was executed in Jizan for strangling to death...
A man was executed in Jizan for strangling to death his mother-in-law
- JULY 4, 2000KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
Five members of the "Kenzhebekov gang" were sentenced...
Five members of the "Kenzhebekov gang" were sentenced to death by the Astana city court
- JULY 4, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Members of the European Parliament of the 15 member...
Members of the European Parliament of the 15 member states met at a conference in Assisi, organised by the Senate Committee against the death penalty, and approved a document for the abolition of capital punishment Nicola Mancino, President of the Senate,
- JULY 3, 2000Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Ugandan troops were reported to have been involved...
Ugandan troops were reported to have been involved in killings and other abuses against members of the Lendu ethnic group in Kibali-Ituri province in April and more than 500 unarmed civilians were killed by Ugandan and Rwandese troops fighting in Kisangan
- JULY 3, 2000ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The chairman of Armenia's National Assembly, Armen...
The chairman of Armenia's National Assembly, Armen Khachatryan said that by joining the Council of Europe Armenia had committed itself to human rights and would thus do its utmost to abolish capital punishment in the country
- JULY 3, 2000United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
David Anthony Chell, was found guilty at the Malaysian...
David Anthony Chell, was found guilty at the Malaysian High Court of smuggling 665 grams of heroin into the Asian country and subsequently sentenced to death by hanging
- JULY 3, 2000UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International appealed to Presidents Yoweri...
Amnesty International appealed to Presidents Yoweri Museveni of Uganda and Paul Kagame of Rwanda to end atrocities by their troops in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
- JULY 3, 2000MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
A Briton was sentenced to death by the High Court in...
A Briton was sentenced to death by the High Court in Malaysia's northern state of Pulau Pinang for trafficking 189
- JULY 3, 2000MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
British charity group Prisoners Abroad appealed to...
British charity group Prisoners Abroad appealed to the Malaysian government to revoke a court sentence condemning a Briton to death by hanging for drug trafficking
- JULY 3, 2000UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Mekhtiyev Girach Ali Ogly and Umar Haqberdiyev were...
Mekhtiyev Girach Ali Ogly and Umar Haqberdiyev were sentenced to death by the Samarkand Regional court in central Uzbekistan
- JULY 3, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Hakim was put to death in the Baghlan province...
Mohammad Hakim was put to death in the Baghlan province for murder
- JULY 3, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The judge who passed the death sentence on Abdullah...
The judge who passed the death sentence on Abdullah Ocalan said that capital punishment would definitely be abolished in Turkey in 2000
- JULY 2, 2000AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
The results of a Mobile Register/University of South...
The results of a Mobile Register/University of South Alabama poll, show that capital punishment's support has dropped among adults in Alabama: 63% said they support capital punishment, a smaller number than polls in recent years showed; 70% said that it w
- JULY 2, 2000CubaDEATH PENALTY
The Cuban government described condemned or recently...
The Cuban government described condemned or recently executed African Americans as revolutionary martyrs
- JULY 2, 2000SyriaDEATH PENALTY
Husam Bin-Kamal Bin-Fu'ad, a Syrian national, was executed...
Husam Bin-Kamal Bin-Fu'ad, a Syrian national, was executed in Jiddah after being found guilty of smuggling cocaine into Saudi Arabia
- JULY 2, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Husam Bin-Kamal Bin-Fu'ad, a Syrian national, was executed...
Husam Bin-Kamal Bin-Fu'ad, a Syrian national, was executed in Jiddah in the Mecca region after being found guilty of smuggling cocaine into Saudi Arabia
- JULY 1, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A finance official in Zhejiang province was sentenced...
A finance official in Zhejiang province was sentenced to death for embezzling public funds and illegally granting loans to his own firms
- JULY 1, 2000FranceDEATH PENALTY
Henri Hadjenberg, head of the French Jewish organisation...
Henri Hadjenberg, head of the French Jewish organisation and President of the European Jewish Congress President, said that the 10 Jews sentenced to jail in Iran were innocent victims of fabricated charges in a "medieval" trial
- JULY 1, 2000FranceDEATH PENALTY
France, speaking for the 15-nation European Union,...
France, speaking for the 15-nation European Union, condemned the jail terms of between 4 and 13 years handed down to the 10 Jews in Iran by the Revolutionary Court in Shiraz
- JULY 1, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
President Rafiq Tarar promulgated the "Juvenile Justice...
President Rafiq Tarar promulgated the "Juvenile Justice System Ordinance 2000" abolishing the death penalty for children under 18 years of age and empowering provincial governments to establish juvenile courts for their trial
- JULY 1, 2000ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
A poll by the Behavior Research Center found that support...
A poll by the Behavior Research Center found that support for the death penalty in Arizona drops significantly when specific circumstances are introduced
- JULY 1, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A former agent of the National Security Bureau (NSB)...
A former agent of the National Security Bureau (NSB) Chang Chih-peng said that two People's Liberation Army officers - Liu Lienkun and Zhow Chengjung - were sentenced to death in China in August 2000 for spying on behalf of Taiwan