Chronological archive
August 2000
The 124 news items published by Hands Off Cain in August 2000, in chronological order.
China announced that it is planning to adopt a policy...
China announced that it is planning to adopt a policy of executions by lethal injection throughout the country, but added that executions by firing squad would continue
- AUGUST 31, 2000JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Justice Ministry rejected the petition for amnesty...
The Justice Ministry rejected the petition for amnesty submitted by Toshihiko Hasegawa
- AUGUST 31, 2000MaliDEATH PENALTY
Hamedoun ag Badi and Rhissa ag Alhousseini, former...
Hamedoun ag Badi and Rhissa ag Alhousseini, former members of the Republican Guard, were sentenced to death by the Bamako Criminal Court after being found guilty of murdering a Dutch expatriate
- AUGUST 31, 2000TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
A defendant took 21 court staff hostage in the building...
A defendant took 21 court staff hostage in the building of the Supreme Court of Tajikistan
- AUGUST 31, 2000ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Court sentenced to death Somsak Sinkhao,...
The Criminal Court sentenced to death Somsak Sinkhao, Thawil Srilimpanon, Worachet Yakhet, Pitak Pisailert, and Pathomchai Walee-anurak
- AUGUST 31, 2000PolandDEATH PENALTY
Poland's Justice Ministry asked the US government to...
Poland's Justice Ministry asked the US government to extradite to Poland Grzegorz Madej, a Pole sentenced to death in the US
- AUGUST 31, 2000RwandaDEATH PENALTY
A former Rwandan army major begged a Tanzanian court...
A former Rwandan army major begged a Tanzanian court not to extradite him to Rwanda, saying he feared execution
- AUGUST 31, 2000NamibiaDEATH PENALTY
The National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) said in...
The National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) said in its Human Rights 2000 report that the human rights situation in Namibia had deteriorated over the last year
- AUGUST 31, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Hamid Heydari was sentenced to death by Branch 12 of...
Hamid Heydari was sentenced to death by Branch 12 of the Public Court in Shahr-e Rey for the murder of a member of the Basij Resistance Force
- AUGUST 30, 2000CameroonDEATH PENALTY
Christian Action for the Abolition of Torture (ACAT)...
Christian Action for the Abolition of Torture (ACAT) released a report accusing a special military squad called Operational Command for killing around 50 people in the city of Douala between May and July during a crackdown on criminals
- AUGUST 30, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Aziz Bin-Jubayr Bin-Hunaydib al-Majdali was executed...
Aziz Bin-Jubayr Bin-Hunaydib al-Majdali was executed in Mecca after he was convicted of killing compatriot Muslim Bin-Ayyaf Mu'afa al-Jahdali
- AUGUST 30, 2000VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
Russel Burket, 32, white, was put to death by lethal...
Russel Burket, 32, white, was put to death by lethal injection in Greensville Correctional Center
- AUGUST 30, 2000DEATH PENALTY
Gary Lee Roll, 47, white, was pit to death by lethal...
Gary Lee Roll, 47, white, was pit to death by lethal injection in Potosi Correctional Center
- AUGUST 30, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Jeffrey Caldwell, 37, black, was executed by lethal...
Jeffrey Caldwell, 37, black, was executed by lethal injection
- AUGUST 29, 2000JapanDEATH PENALTY
Yoshiro Takahashi, 50, was sentenced to death and three...
Yoshiro Takahashi, 50, was sentenced to death and three others given life imprisonment for the 1992 murder and robbery of Kazuhiro Obi, a 37-year-old Tokyo doctor, and Yoshihide Fukazawa, 32, a beauty parlor owner
- AUGUST 29, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Bangladeshi authorities asked Pakistan to ascertain...
Bangladeshi authorities asked Pakistan to ascertain the whereabouts of two of the killers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
- AUGUST 29, 2000JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
Following a decade of soaring violent crime rates,...
Following a decade of soaring violent crime rates, many Jamaicans were calling on the government to take a "zero tolerance" stance toward criminals
- AUGUST 29, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A death row prisoner, Muhammad Boota, was to be hung...
A death row prisoner, Muhammad Boota, was to be hung on August 30 at the Central Jail in Sahiwal
- AUGUST 29, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Pondicherry Chief Sessions Judge, handed down a...
The Pondicherry Chief Sessions Judge, handed down a death sentence to 27-year-old Kamal Shah in the sensational Parvathi Shah murder case
- AUGUST 29, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The European Parliament accepted a statute governing...
The European Parliament accepted a statute governing Turkey's preparations for the accession process
- AUGUST 29, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Texas Representative Ciro D
Texas Representative Ciro D
- AUGUST 28, 2000FranceDEATH PENALTY
Leading French politician Raymond Forni visited death...
Leading French politician Raymond Forni visited death row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal and urged both US presidential candidates to "take a chance and be brave" enough to abolish the death penalty
- AUGUST 28, 2000BurundiDEATH PENALTY
On August 28, 2000, a peace agreement was signed between...
On August 28, 2000, a peace agreement was signed between the government, major political parties and some armed opposition groups
- AUGUST 28, 2000NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed a Nigerian man convicted of drug...
Saudi Arabia executed a Nigerian man convicted of drug smuggling
- AUGUST 28, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Isa Muhammad Adam, a Nigerian national, was beheaded...
Isa Muhammad Adam, a Nigerian national, was beheaded in Jiddah after he was convicted by a shari'ah court of smuggling heroin and cocaine
- AUGUST 28, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Badshah was publicly executed for murder after being...
Badshah was publicly executed for murder after being caught by security services
- AUGUST 28, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Abdur Rahman was executed for murder by his victim's...
Abdur Rahman was executed for murder by his victim's brother in the sports stadium of southern Kandahar
- AUGUST 27, 2000ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
40 peasants were killed in murders attributed to the...
40 peasants were killed in murders attributed to the AUC (United Self-defence Groups of Colombia)
- AUGUST 27, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Dawi Bin-Abdallah Bin-Manahi al-Rushaydi was executed...
Dawi Bin-Abdallah Bin-Manahi al-Rushaydi was executed in Riyadh after being convicted of the abduction and rape of two girls
- AUGUST 26, 2000ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
According to a poll published by the Financial Institutions...
According to a poll published by the Financial Institutions National Associations (ANIF) most Colombians support the death penalty for kidnappers with 73% of those questioned being in favour and 23% being against
- AUGUST 26, 2000BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
Fehriye Erdal ended her 43-day hunger strike after...
Fehriye Erdal ended her 43-day hunger strike after Belgian authorities agreed she could serve her house arrest in a new, secret location, the Interior Ministry said
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- AUGUST 26, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
A man using the name of Taleban was executed in public...
A man using the name of Taleban was executed in public by hanging after a military court had found him guilty of murdering three women and kidnapping another
- AUGUST 25, 2000LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
The Tautos Frontas coalition proposed the reinstatement...
The Tautos Frontas coalition proposed the reinstatement of the death penalty for premeditated murder under special circumstances
- AUGUST 25, 2000FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Dan Houser, 30, white, was executed by lethal injection
Dan Houser, 30, white, was executed by lethal injection
- AUGUST 25, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Irene Pivetti, MP for the centre-left UDEUR party,...
Irene Pivetti, MP for the centre-left UDEUR party, called for a re-introduction of capital punishment in order to punish paedophiles
- AUGUST 24, 2000South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The government was to pardon more than 30,000 convicts...
The government was to pardon more than 30,000 convicts in order to promote national reconciliation on the anniversary of Korea's liberation from Japanese colonial rule
- AUGUST 24, 2000South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Jonny Steinberg, an opponent of capital punishment...
Jonny Steinberg, an opponent of capital punishment and a consultant at the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation wrote about capital punishment in South Africa
- AUGUST 23, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Higher People's Court in southern Guangxi Zhuang...
The Higher People's Court in southern Guangxi Zhuang province sentenced the head of a gang of 14 pirates from Myanmar, Maung Htay Aung, to death with a two-year reprieve for raiding the Marine Master, a Taiwanese cargo ship and setting its 21 crew members
- AUGUST 23, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Abdel Mussa Sheikh Mussa Abdel Mussa Sheikh Mussa,...
Abdel Mussa Sheikh Mussa Abdel Mussa Sheikh Mussa, an Indian man convicted of smuggling drugs, was beheaded in Riyadh
- AUGUST 23, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
David Gibbs, 39, white, was executed by lethal injection
David Gibbs, 39, white, was executed by lethal injection
- AUGUST 22, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The Tangerang District Court handed down the death...
The Tangerang District Court handed down the death sentence for defendants Deni Setya Maharwan, 28, Ranni Andriani, 25, and Merika Franola alias Ola, 30, for being part of an international drug ring and attempting to smuggle cocaine out of Indonesia
- AUGUST 22, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Pacha Khan was publicly executed for murder by the...
Pacha Khan was publicly executed for murder by the heir of the deceased before thousands of people in the Zormat district
- AUGUST 22, 2000GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
The UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges...
The UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Param Cumaraswamy, in an urgent communication to the United States Government, has expressed his grave concern over the scheduled execution of Alexander Edmund Williams on 24 August 2000
- AUGUST 22, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Richard Jones, 40, white, was put to death by lethal...
Richard Jones, 40, white, was put to death by lethal injection
- AUGUST 21, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
August 21 Cui Zhongliang, former senior engineer with...
August 21 Cui Zhongliang, former senior engineer with the Shandong Provincial Administration for Postal and Telecommunications Services was sentenced to death with a two-year suspension of execution, on charges of corruption and receiving bribes
- AUGUST 21, 2000Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
The Higher People's Court of south China's Guangxi...
The Higher People's Court of south China's Guangxi Zhuang handed down second court verdicts ranging from imprisonment to death for 14 Myanmar pirates charged with raiding a Taiwanese cargo ship and setting its 21 crew members adrift in the Andaman Sea
- AUGUST 21, 2000GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
The European Union called on the authorities of Georgia...
The European Union called on the authorities of Georgia to spare the life of Alexander Edmund Williams, a death row inmate, mentally ill and juvenile offender, facing electrocution on August 24
- AUGUST 20, 2000United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
A 29-year-old Afghan man who strangled a woman to death...
A 29-year-old Afghan man who strangled a woman to death with a pair of trousers was sentenced to death by the Dubai Court of First Instance
- AUGUST 20, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Three men were hanged in Rejaii Shahr prison in Karaj...
Three men were hanged in Rejaii Shahr prison in Karaj on charges of armed robbery
- AUGUST 20, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Abdol-Hossein Mobaraki, 28, received a death sentence...
Abdol-Hossein Mobaraki, 28, received a death sentence on charges of stabbing to death Abbas Shoja-Khah, 55, whilst committing a burglary in the victim's apartment
- AUGUST 20, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
A man identified as Mohammad received two death sentences...
A man identified as Mohammad received two death sentences for murdering his sister and nephew in Autumn, 1999
- AUGUST 19, 2000ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Four men were sentenced to death for possessing 800,000...
Four men were sentenced to death for possessing 800,000 methamphetamine pills with intent to sell
- AUGUST 18, 2000BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
Fehriye Erdal resumed her 33-day hunger strike after...
Fehriye Erdal resumed her 33-day hunger strike after suspending it for one day
- AUGUST 18, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
An Indian, Abdel Mussa Sheikh Mussa was decapitated...
An Indian, Abdel Mussa Sheikh Mussa was decapitated by the sword in Riyadh, the Saudi Interior Ministry said
- AUGUST 18, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Five people, including two women, were condemned to...
Five people, including two women, were condemned to death for killing 12 people in Odra village in March 1994
- AUGUST 17, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Bangladesh Chhatra League began its fast unto death...
The Bangladesh Chhatra League began its fast unto death program at the Central Shaheed Minar demanding the execution of the verdict in the Bangabandhu murder case
- AUGUST 17, 2000CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
In a letter written to the Prime Minister Hun Sen and...
In a letter written to the Prime Minister Hun Sen and the National Assembly an umbrella group of 17 human rights groups accused the army of killing six anti-government activists and of being responsible for the disappearance of 25 other people in May this
- AUGUST 17, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
A resident of Sangcharak of Sar-e Pol District was...
A resident of Sangcharak of Sar-e Pol District was publicly executed in front of a thousand Muslims in the town of Mazar-e Sharif in northern Afghanistan
- AUGUST 17, 2000PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Inquiries were launched after TV footage contradicted...
Inquiries were launched after TV footage contradicted claims that government forces acted in self-defence in a jungle shootout involving 16 members of a religious cult
- AUGUST 17, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
It was announced that a football team from Spoleto...
It was announced that a football team from Spoleto would be sponsored by "Hands off Cain" in the forth-coming season
- AUGUST 16, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Russian Orthodox Church approved of the government's...
The Russian Orthodox Church approved of the government's efforts to abolish capital punishment
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- AUGUST 16, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
John Satterwhite, 53, black, was executed by lethal...
John Satterwhite, 53, black, was executed by lethal injection
- AUGUST 15, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Thousands of people paid homage to Bangabandhu Sheikh...
Thousands of people paid homage to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the 25th anniversary of his death
- AUGUST 14, 2000Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
The UN Security Council decided to set up a war crimes...
The UN Security Council decided to set up a war crimes tribunal to try Foday Sankoh, leader of Sierra Leone's murderous Revolutionary United Front (RUF), and his lieutenants
- AUGUST 14, 2000UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan sent an open letter...
The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan sent an open letter to the Uzbek government demanding the immediate release of Muslims sentenced to death in prisons for their religious beliefs
- AUGUST 14, 2000SudanDEATH PENALTY
Yasir Arman, the official spokesman for the Sudan People's...
Yasir Arman, the official spokesman for the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM), stated that the SPLM's was willing to exchange prisoners with the government and expressed its regret over the government's treatment of SPLM prisoners
- AUGUST 13, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In the Stavropol Territory Russia's law-enforcement...
In the Stavropol Territory Russia's law-enforcement authorities for the first time officially consented to the sending home of foreigners accused of being mercenaries
- AUGUST 13, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
In Stavropol Territory Russia's law-enforcement authorities...
In Stavropol Territory Russia's law-enforcement authorities have for the first time officially consented to the sending home of foreigners accused of being mercenaries
- AUGUST 13, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Khaled bin Ali al-Assiri was beheaded in the south-western...
Khaled bin Ali al-Assiri was beheaded in the south-western city of Asir for the murder of Abdullah bin Yahya al-Assiri, a fellow Saudi
- AUGUST 13, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Additional District and Session court in Sidharthnagar...
The Additional District and Session court in Sidharthnagar sentenced to death Ramji Tiwari for shooting dead four persons in Chaurihari village in the Sidharthnagar area in October, 1997
- AUGUST 12, 2000ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed two Thai men in Mecca after...
Saudi Arabia executed two Thai men in Mecca after they were found guilty of smuggling drugs into Saudi Arabia
- AUGUST 12, 2000South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
A group of Catholic priests known as "Catholic Priests...
A group of Catholic priests known as "Catholic Priests for Justice," met with President Kim Dae-jung and pressed him to push for stronger reform
- AUGUST 12, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Kanok Bonsod Sai and Ansawan Song, two Thai men who...
Kanok Bonsod Sai and Ansawan Song, two Thai men who were convicted of drug trafficking, were executed in Jiddah
- AUGUST 12, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Kiumars Hatami, Saeed Yusef-Beigi and Parviz Safari...
Kiumars Hatami, Saeed Yusef-Beigi and Parviz Safari were reported to have been executed by hanging by the local newspaper Jaam-e Jam
- AUGUST 11, 2000FijiDEATH PENALTY
Fiji nationalist rebel leader George Speight was charged...
Fiji nationalist rebel leader George Speight was charged with treason because of his involvement in the May 19 coup
- AUGUST 11, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Muhammad Bin-Ahmad Bin-Musa al-Hamdan was executed...
Muhammad Bin-Ahmad Bin-Musa al-Hamdan was executed in Al-Zulfi in Riyad Province after he was convicted of the murder of Khalid Bin-Muhammad Bin-Jurays al-Juraysi
- AUGUST 11, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Ahmed Ali was to be hung on August 16 at the Central...
Ahmed Ali was to be hung on August 16 at the Central Jail in Sahiwal
- AUGUST 11, 2000DEATH PENALTY
Donald Miller, 36, white, was put to death by lethal...
Donald Miller, 36, white, was put to death by lethal injection
- AUGUST 10, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Four people, including a fisherman from Taiwan and...
Four people, including a fisherman from Taiwan and a resident of Hong Kong, were executed in southern China's Guangdong Province for manufacturing or trafficking in fake coins and currency
- AUGUST 10, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Jiang Kaifu, a Chinese miner of the central province...
Jiang Kaifu, a Chinese miner of the central province of Hunan, was sentenced to death in the southern province of Guangdong for setting bombs on major railway lines in a bid to steal cash for his bankrupt coal pit three times in November 1999 and January
- AUGUST 10, 2000TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Nazirmad Qurbonov, a contract serviceman in the town...
Nazirmad Qurbonov, a contract serviceman in the town of Chkalovsk (Leninobod Region), and of the Khujand airport guard, was sentenced to death by the Tajikistan Supreme Court
- AUGUST 10, 2000AngolaDEATH PENALTY
An Indonesian Court sentenced twenty-eight-year-old...
An Indonesian Court sentenced twenty-eight-year-old Thomas Daniel to death for smuggling 1
- AUGUST 10, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
A Tangerang District Court sentenced an Angolan national...
A Tangerang District Court sentenced an Angolan national to death for drug trafficking
- AUGUST 10, 2000FranceDEATH PENALTY
France voiced shock at the execution in Texas of a...
France voiced shock at the execution in Texas of a convicted murderer said to have been mentally retarded
- AUGUST 10, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An Additional Sessions court in Liaquatpur handed down...
An Additional Sessions court in Liaquatpur handed down the death sentence to Abdul Aziz Baluch for the murder of Mohammad Iqbal Bhatti in Moza Pakkalaran in 1998
- AUGUST 10, 2000OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
George Kent Wallace, 59, white, was executed by lethal...
George Kent Wallace, 59, white, was executed by lethal injection
- AUGUST 10, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Representatives of the European Union to the United...
Representatives of the European Union to the United States appealed by letter to Governor George W
- AUGUST 9, 2000MaliDEATH PENALTY
Abou Berthe, was sentenced to death in Bamako by the...
Abou Berthe, was sentenced to death in Bamako by the court of assizes for embezzlement
- AUGUST 9, 2000South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
Justice Ministry officials said that more than 40 prisoners...
Justice Ministry officials said that more than 40 prisoners on death row were to have their terms lightened to life sentences in honor of "National Liberation Day
- AUGUST 9, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Kemerovo Region governor Aman Tuleyev addressed...
The Kemerovo Region governor Aman Tuleyev addressed President Vladimir Putin, the Federation Council and the State Duma with a proposal to lift the moratorium on the death penalty for terrorism, murder and drug dealing
- AUGUST 9, 2000ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Flt Lt Prachin Imcharoen, 56, Nuang Kruchwong, 44,...
Flt Lt Prachin Imcharoen, 56, Nuang Kruchwong, 44, Vichien Sriyatyaem, 52, and Booncherd Yoddee, 30, were sentenced to death by the Criminal Court for possessing 40,000 methamphetamine pills with intent to sell
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- AUGUST 9, 2000CubaDEATH PENALTY
Elizardo Sanchez, President of the Cuban Commission...
Elizardo Sanchez, President of the Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation (CCDHRN) sent a report on the death penalty to foreign media in Havana
- AUGUST 9, 2000PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Kalinaw Mindanao came out with a comprehensive report...
Kalinaw Mindanao came out with a comprehensive report on its fact-finding, relief and medical mission in the war-torn areas of Central and Western Mindanao
- AUGUST 9, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Amanat Ali was given the death sentence for murdering...
Amanat Ali was given the death sentence for murdering Rajab Ali over a petty dispute in 1998 by an Additional District and Sessions court in Arifwala
- AUGUST 9, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Oliver Cruz, 39, of Hispanic origin was executed by...
Oliver Cruz, 39, of Hispanic origin was executed by lethal injection
- AUGUST 9, 2000DEATH PENALTY
Brian Robinson, 36, black, was executed by lethal injection
Brian Robinson, 36, black, was executed by lethal injection
- AUGUST 8, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
French representative of the European Union to the...
French representative of the European Union to the United States conveyed to Governor George Bush of Texas an urgent humanitarian appeal, on behalf of Oliver Cruz, in keeping with internationally agreed standards of human rights and on the grounds of the
- AUGUST 7, 2000SamoaDEATH PENALTY
The American Samoa House of Representatives passed...
The American Samoa House of Representatives passed legislation to abolish the death penalty
- AUGUST 7, 2000FloridaDEATH PENALTY
A Sun-Sentinel poll found that only 45% of Floridians...
A Sun-Sentinel poll found that only 45% of Floridians support the death penalty when offered the sentencing option of life in prison without parole, down from 60% last November
- AUGUST 7, 2000SamoaDEATH PENALTY
The American Samoa House of Representatives passed...
The American Samoa House of Representatives passed legislation to abolish the death penalty
- AUGUST 6, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Naser bin Raja al-Inizi was beheaded in Dammam after...
Naser bin Raja al-Inizi was beheaded in Dammam after he was caught trying to smuggle an unspecified quantity of hashish into country
- AUGUST 6, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Shah Jihan Mayah of Bangladesh was convicted of murdering...
Shah Jihan Mayah of Bangladesh was convicted of murdering Abdullah bin Ali al-Ashwan and mutilating his body
- AUGUST 6, 2000UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The High Court sentenced Janet Nyero Mureeba, Ismail...
The High Court sentenced Janet Nyero Mureeba, Ismail Aliga and Kassim Byaruhanga to death for the murder of Norah Mureeba, who was eight months pregnant, and her one-and-a half-year-old daughter Gabriella last in July 2000
- AUGUST 6, 2000OhioDEATH PENALTY
Although a majority of Ohioans continue to support...
Although a majority of Ohioans continue to support the death penalty, a Buckeye State Poll, conducted by the Ohio State University, found the following: 46% would prefer life in prison without the possibility of parole as an alternative to the death penal
- AUGUST 5, 2000AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
The Albanian Republican Party (RP) stated that "the...
The Albanian Republican Party (RP) stated that "the organs of order and justice are not able to combat crime because they do not posses the basic element to confine crime; the death sentence"
- AUGUST 5, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Asghar Narejo and Makhan Narejo were condemned to death...
Asghar Narejo and Makhan Narejo were condemned to death by an Anti-Terrorist Court
- AUGUST 5, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani court sentenced a 60-year-old man, Mohammad...
A Pakistani court sentenced a 60-year-old man, Mohammad Yousuf Ali, to death for blasphemy after he claimed to be a prophet of God
- AUGUST 5, 2000KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
Alaa Hussein, the former head of Iraq's puppet occupation...
Alaa Hussein, the former head of Iraq's puppet occupation government in Kuwait, appealed against his death sentence in a final bid to escape possible execution for treason
- AUGUST 4, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
A report issued by the Centre for Human Rights of the...
A report issued by the Centre for Human Rights of the Iraqi Communist Party (ICP) in Irbil stated that seven employees of the Central Computers Department in Baghdad had been executed
- AUGUST 4, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
"Pakistan appears to have more prisoners on death row...
"Pakistan appears to have more prisoners on death row than any other country in the world," noted a Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) report
- AUGUST 2, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Du Shugui, 44, was executed about two months after...
Du Shugui, 44, was executed about two months after he drew his service revolver and shot a mini-van driver as he stood by his vehicle after an argument over a near-collision
- AUGUST 2, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
A Harris poll found that support for the death penalty...
A Harris poll found that support for the death penalty dropped to 64% this year, down from 75% in 1997 and 71% in 1999
- AUGUST 2, 2000TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
Cheng Tai-chi was executed after his fourth appeal...
Cheng Tai-chi was executed after his fourth appeal against his death sentence was rejected
- AUGUST 2, 2000TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
Tanzania's opposition party, the Civic United Front,...
Tanzania's opposition party, the Civic United Front, nominated five partisans facing a mandatory death penalty if found guilty of treason to contest in the 29th October general elections for parliamentary seats in the semi-autonomous state of Zanzibar
- AUGUST 2, 2000NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
At a press conference in Lagos the Chairman and Chief...
At a press conference in Lagos the Chairman and Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Mr Ihya D
- AUGUST 1, 2000JapanDEATH PENALTY
In reference to a debate regarding changes to the Juvenile...
In reference to a debate regarding changes to the Juvenile Law, Teikyo University Professor Takeshi Tsuchimoto said that the age at which a person could be sentenced to death should be lowered from 18 to 16, while the age at which a person could face crim
- AUGUST 1, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Jahangirnagar University unit of pro-Awami Chhatra...
The Jahangirnagar University unit of pro-Awami Chhatra League formed a 30-minute human chain on the Dhaka-Aricha highway demanding the execution of the killers of Bangabandhu
- AUGUST 1, 2000ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court passed a verdict on an amphetamine's...
The Supreme Court passed a verdict on an amphetamine's case, sentencing a millionaire to execution by firing squad
- AUGUST 1, 2000Côte d’IvoireDEATH PENALTY
With the promulgation of the new constitution, the...
With the promulgation of the new constitution, the Ivory Coast formally abolished the death penalty
- AUGUST 1, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
A London based Iraqi newspaper claimed that Baghdad's...
A London based Iraqi newspaper claimed that Baghdad's military court "carried out the execution of five navy officers holding different ranks who were convicted of stealing more than 200 kg of silver used in equipment that operates anti-missile missiles"
- AUGUST 1, 2000PolandDEATH PENALTY
Presidential candidate Andrzej Lepper spoke out in...
Presidential candidate Andrzej Lepper spoke out in Gdansk in favour of restoring the death penalty in Poland for a period of three to five years
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- AUGUST 1, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
An Afghan man convicted of smuggling heroin was beheaded...
An Afghan man convicted of smuggling heroin was beheaded near Mecca
- AUGUST 1, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court in New Delhi upheld the death sentence...
The Supreme Court in New Delhi upheld the death sentence imposed on an [unidentified] Indian man
- AUGUST 1, 2000DEATH PENALTY
Some of North Carolina's leading jurists and law enforcement...
Some of North Carolina's leading jurists and law enforcement administrators voiced their concerns about capital punishment in their state