Chronological archive
September 2000
The 149 news items published by Hands Off Cain in September 2000, in chronological order.
A session of the EU/China "dialogue on human rights"...
A session of the EU/China "dialogue on human rights" took place in Beijing
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
Ghassan al-Atiyah and Mustafa al-Ani were sentenced...
Ghassan al-Atiyah and Mustafa al-Ani were sentenced to death in absentia on charges of "meeting Israelis" during a meeting that was held in Cairo in August to examine the prospects of the peace process
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2000BurundiDEATH PENALTY
Following an attack by the National Liberation Forces,...
Following an attack by the National Liberation Forces, a Hutu-armed opposition group, on a military post in the Kamenge area in northern Bujumbura, government soldiers of the Bataillon Para carried out reprisal killings in the Kamenge, Gasenyi, Gituro are
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Janjana Arana, an Indian, was executed in Al-Dawadimah...
Janjana Arana, an Indian, was executed in Al-Dawadimah in the Riyadh area after having been convicted of murdering Saudi national Salim Bin-Naffa Bin-Nuwayfi al-Mutayri
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
An Indian man, Janjana Arana, was executed in Saudi...
An Indian man, Janjana Arana, was executed in Saudi Arabia for murdering a Saudi man with a hatchet after a quarrel
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Seven members of a "terrorist network" in Iran "sponsored...
Seven members of a "terrorist network" in Iran "sponsored by the Iraqi Baath party" were sentenced to death, Intelligence Minister Ali Yunesi said
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
At least 14 more criminals have been executed, in keeping...
At least 14 more criminals have been executed, in keeping with the mainland tradition of getting tough on crime before key holidays, like the National Day
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2000JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Takamatsu High Court made a rare decision to uphold...
The Takamatsu High Court made a rare decision to uphold a lower court ruling that sentenced 73-year-old Haruno Sakamoto to death for the murder of her husband and an employee of the bar she ran
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2000ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Appeal Court Judge Jaran Pukditanakul broadly outlined...
Appeal Court Judge Jaran Pukditanakul broadly outlined key areas that the National Human Rights Commission needed to address, including a study of whether existing laws and government rules and regulations infringed on or contained elements which violate
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2000UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The Uzbek Supreme Court in the capital Tashkent sentenced...
The Uzbek Supreme Court in the capital Tashkent sentenced one man to death and another 13 to prison terms of up to 24 years for their part in Islamic separatist fighting in November 1999 that claimed 11 lives
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2000South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Hundreds of black protesters gathered at the court,...
Hundreds of black protesters gathered at the court, hoping to catch a glimpse of Pieter Odendaal, 44, a white South African accused of tying a black employee to the back of his pick-up truck and then dragging him five kilometres to his death
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An Additional District and Sessions court sentenced...
An Additional District and Sessions court sentenced Faqir Hussain to death for murder
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Kuwaiti court sentenced to death three Pakistanis...
A Kuwaiti court sentenced to death three Pakistanis for drug smuggling
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An Additional District and Sessions court meted out...
An Additional District and Sessions court meted out the death sentence to Shahid alias Chitta for murder on October 7, 1999
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2000KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
A Kuwaiti court sentenced to death a Kuwaiti national...
A Kuwaiti court sentenced to death a Kuwaiti national and three Pakistanis for drug smuggling
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Dulal Mia, 35, was sentenced to death by a special...
Dulal Mia, 35, was sentenced to death by a special court that deals with Woman and Child Repression after being found guilty of murdering his wife in 1997
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2000MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
S. Sivakumar, 27, V. Muruga, 24, S
S. Sivakumar, 27, V. Muruga, 24, S
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Ricky McGinn, 43, white, was executed by lethal injection
Ricky McGinn, 43, white, was executed by lethal injection
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The High People's Court of east China's Jiangsu Province...
The High People's Court of east China's Jiangsu Province rejected the appeals of four Chinese men found guilty of the murder of a German Daimler-Benz AG executive, his wife and their two children at their villa in Nanjing on April 1, 2000
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2000FranceDEATH PENALTY
A draft European Union charter of fundamental rights,...
A draft European Union charter of fundamental rights, which some politicians believe could one day form the basis of a European constitution, rules out extraditing someone to a state where there is a "serious risk that he or she would be subjected to the
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The President of the Republic, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi,...
The President of the Republic, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, criticised the death penalty by declaring that it be "abolished once and for all in all countries appartaining to the Council of Europe", that is to say even those countries where the death penalty is f
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Beijing City No 1 Intermediate People's Court sentenced...
The Beijing City No 1 Intermediate People's Court sentenced prostitute Hu Kaiying, 20, to death suspended for two years
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2000SloveniaDEATH PENALTY
The Koper District Court rejected Turkey's request...
The Koper District Court rejected Turkey's request for the extradition of Naci Muzaffer Oeztuerk, a 42-year old Swiss citizen of Turkish origin who had been jailed in Koper since July 17, 2000
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
An Afghan man was executed for smuggling drugs
An Afghan man was executed for smuggling drugs
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The hanging of Mohammed Arshad alias Mola, was set...
The hanging of Mohammed Arshad alias Mola, was set for October 14 in the new Central Jail of Bahawalpur
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A man was executed for stabbing to death a fellow citizen
A man was executed for stabbing to death a fellow citizen
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Afghanistan's ruling Taleban movement publicly executed...
Afghanistan's ruling Taleban movement publicly executed Ahmad Zaki and Gul Ahmad
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A local court in Suqian City in east China's Jiangsu...
A local court in Suqian City in east China's Jiangsu Province sentenced to death four leaders, among them Zheng Mingyue and Zheng Mingliang, of a gang which abducted, raped and then sold 240 poor rural women as brides in the city of Suqian
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2000United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Foreign Minister Robin Cook stated the Government's...
Foreign Minister Robin Cook stated the Government's plans to appoint a special envoy on the death penalty as part of a worldwide campaign to abolish capital punishment
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2000DEATH PENALTY
Murder rates and death penalty
Murder rates and death penalty
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2000ComorosDEATH PENALTY
Comoros signed the Convention Against Torture and Other...
Comoros signed the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
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- SEPTEMBER 22, 2000TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
Two mainland Chinese men were convicted of murder by...
Two mainland Chinese men were convicted of murder by the Supreme Court and sentenced to be executed
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2000VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The five-day appeal court trying Vietnam's biggest...
The five-day appeal court trying Vietnam's biggest drug case in Nam Dinh province reached its verdict
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Turkish Council of Ministers adopted a report prepared...
The Turkish Council of Ministers adopted a report prepared by the Human Rights Supreme Board which foresees the abolition of the capital punishment as a reference document
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2000MichiganDEATH PENALTY
A survey carried out by The New York Times using government...
A survey carried out by The New York Times using government statistics has revealed that over the past 20 years the homicide rate in states with the death penalty has been 48% to 101% higher than in states without the death penalty
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
A report by the State's Bar Committee on Legal Services...
A report by the State's Bar Committee on Legal Services to the Poor in Criminal Matters offers a collective assessment of the status of indigent defence in Texas and concludes that the system is in need of serious reform
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2000Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
A teenager was sentenced to death by hanging for the...
A teenager was sentenced to death by hanging for the abduction and murder of eight-year-old Sadeepa Lakshan
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Hadi Bin-Ali Bin-Sa'ud al-Safar al-Qahtani was executed...
Hadi Bin-Ali Bin-Sa'ud al-Safar al-Qahtani was executed in Khamis Mushayt in Asir Governorate after having been found guilty of drug smuggling and killing a policeman
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2000PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The House of Representatives proposed a bill which...
The House of Representatives proposed a bill which advocated reducing the amount of illegal drugs found on a person in order to be eligible for the death penalty
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2000TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Rustam Ubaydullayev, a 48-year-old inhabitant of Dushanbe,...
Rustam Ubaydullayev, a 48-year-old inhabitant of Dushanbe, was sentenced to death in Tajikistan for mugging a UN military observer in February 1999
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Prime Minister of Italy declared during a visit...
The Prime Minister of Italy declared during a visit to Washington, only a few days after the execution of Barnabei, that the death penalty is a problem that will grow in the conscience of the American people
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Seven gangsters and their associates were executed...
Seven gangsters and their associates were executed for crimes including murder, kidnapping and running gambling and prostitution rings
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2000TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Khudoydod Rasulov and Hasan Fayozov were found guilty...
Khudoydod Rasulov and Hasan Fayozov were found guilty of drug smuggling by the Leninobod regional court and sentenced to death
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2000FranceDEATH PENALTY
Ex-hippie guru Ira Einhorn appealed to French Prime...
Ex-hippie guru Ira Einhorn appealed to French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin to tear up an extradition order for his return to the United States to face trial for the murder of his girlfriend, his lawyers said
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2000Côte d’IvoireDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International said that groups of Ivory Coast...
Amnesty International said that groups of Ivory Coast soldiers had been summarily killing unarmed suspected criminals and mistreating lawyers and journalists since the military coup on Christmas Eve, 1999
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2000UkraineDEATH PENALTY
Vitaliy Boyko, the chairman of the Supreme Court said...
Vitaliy Boyko, the chairman of the Supreme Court said in an interview that before the death penalty was abolished as a Council of Europe requirement there used to be between 120 and 150 death sentences handed out every year
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Tambi Raj Kaisafan Mani Mandiram, an Indian national,...
Tambi Raj Kaisafan Mani Mandiram, an Indian national, was executed after being convicted of smuggling heroin into Saudi Arabia
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2000PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
There were reports that at least 600 civilians had...
There were reports that at least 600 civilians had been killed or injured after President Estrada ordered thousands of troops to launch an attack on the bases of the armed Islamic separatist group Abu Sayyaf on the southern Philippine island of Jolo
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed an [unidentified] Indian man...
Saudi Arabia executed an [unidentified] Indian man for smuggling heroin into the country
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The local Council of Milan approved a motion by counsellor...
The local Council of Milan approved a motion by counsellor Emanuele Fiano to name March 15th, the anniversary of Cesare Beccaria, philosopher who inspired the Italian justice system, as 'anti-death death penalty day'
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Shaanxi Higher Court confirmed the death sentence...
The Shaanxi Higher Court confirmed the death sentence meted out to the former general manager of the Xian Electro-mechanical Devices, Zhou Changqing, involved in the biggest corruption and embezzlement case since the founding of the People's Republic of C
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Mahbub Hashem Jewel, 24, a nephew of Capt (retd) Kismat...
Mahbub Hashem Jewel, 24, a nephew of Capt (retd) Kismat Hashem, a fugitive from the death sentence in the Bangabandhu murder Case, was sentenced to death for killing an engineer
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2000LiberiaDEATH PENALTY
Several Krahn political leaders were executed by government...
Several Krahn political leaders were executed by government officers in Monrovia
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2000JordanDEATH PENALTY
A military court sentenced six of the men to death...
A military court sentenced six of the men to death for plotting a bombing campaign against Jews and Christians during the Millennium celebrations at the start of the year
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2000KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Human rights activists questioned whether the inmates...
Human rights activists questioned whether the inmates were trying to escape in the first place after revelations that the guards on duty had been drinking
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2000BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
A Libyan court postponed until October 7 the trial...
A Libyan court postponed until October 7 the trial of the six Bulgarian medics after a request by Libyan and Bulgarian defence attorneys for more time to prepare and study the 1,600-page indictment
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2000EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Two Egyptians, Al-Sa'id Mahmud Ibrahim Naqrish and...
Two Egyptians, Al-Sa'id Mahmud Ibrahim Naqrish and Hasan al-Sa'id Ibrahim Muhammad, were executed in Saudi Arabia for the murder of Saudi national Mansur Bin-Salim Bin-Ajaj al-Anazi
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A man named Alamgir was sentenced to death by the district...
A man named Alamgir was sentenced to death by the district court for raping and then poisoning to death his sister-in-law aged 9 years
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2000LibyaDEATH PENALTY
A Libyan court postponed until October 7 the trial...
A Libyan court postponed until October 7 the trial of the six Bulgarian after a request by Libyan and Bulgarian defence attorneys for more time to prepare and study the 1,600-page indictment
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Ali Bin-Muhammad Bin-Ali Mushrum was executed in Jazan...
Ali Bin-Muhammad Bin-Ali Mushrum was executed in Jazan after he was convicted of killing fellow Saudi Muhammad Bin-Jubran Bin-Jahhaf
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Two Egyptians, Al-Sa'id Mahmud Ibrahim Naqrish and...
Two Egyptians, Al-Sa'id Mahmud Ibrahim Naqrish and Hasan al-Sa'id Ibrahim Muhammad were executed in Al-Ula Governorate in Medina region after having been convicted of killing Saudi national Mansur Bin-Salim Bin-Ajaj al-Anazi
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- SEPTEMBER 16, 2000BelarusDEATH PENALTY
A German citizen, Christoph Lez, was arrested on espionage...
A German citizen, Christoph Lez, was arrested on espionage charges
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Vladimir Putin stated that if a majority of the public...
Vladimir Putin stated that if a majority of the public favour an end to the moratorium on the death penalty, "the people's views must be accommodated"
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Amir Sadami, 21, and Morteza Abdollahi 22, were publicly...
Amir Sadami, 21, and Morteza Abdollahi 22, were publicly hanged in the north-western province of Qazvin
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2000Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
Sri Lankan convicted murderer Ranwilage Suren Sanjeewa...
Sri Lankan convicted murderer Ranwilage Suren Sanjeewa Fernando, 25, was hanged in Changi Prison, Singapore
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
In an "open letter to the people of the United States...
In an "open letter to the people of the United States of America," Mrs
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2000Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Jean-Pierre Bemba, a rebel leader in the Democratic...
Jean-Pierre Bemba, a rebel leader in the Democratic Republic of the Congo accused government troops of executing 51 civilians in the north eastern town of Dongo
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
According to figures from Interior Ministry institutes,...
According to figures from Interior Ministry institutes, 85 per cent of the public favour the implementation of death sentences which have already been passed
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2000SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Three convicted murderers were hanged in Changi Prison
Three convicted murderers were hanged in Changi Prison
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Sago Gham Mrogan, an Indian man convicted of smuggling...
Sago Gham Mrogan, an Indian man convicted of smuggling heroin into Saudi Arabia was beheaded, the Interior Ministry said
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Derek Rocco Barnabei died by lethal injection in Greensville...
Derek Rocco Barnabei died by lethal injection in Greensville prison after the Supreme Court rejected the last appeals presented by the lawyers of the Italo-American convict
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Cheng Kejie, 66, former vice-chairman of the body that...
Cheng Kejie, 66, former vice-chairman of the body that runs China's parliament was executed by the Intermediate People's Court of Beijing, after the confirmation and approval by China's Supreme People's Court of his death sentence
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2000JapanDEATH PENALTY
The three ruling parties, the Liberal Democratic Party,...
The three ruling parties, the Liberal Democratic Party, the New Komeito Party and the New Conservative Party , agreed on a draft of a bill to revise the Juvenile Law to make juveniles criminally responsible from the age of 14, down from the current age of
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2000JapanDEATH PENALTY
Policy planners of the three ruling parties-the Liberal...
Policy planners of the three ruling parties-the Liberal Democratic Party(LDP), New Komeito and Hoshuto (New Conservative Party)-decided to look into revising the Penal Code to pave the way for the introduction of life imprisonment without parole
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
A bi-partisan group of Senators and Representatives...
A bi-partisan group of Senators and Representatives released the results of a 802 voters poll by Peter Hart Research and American Viewpoint showing: 64% of Americans support a moratorium on executions until issues of fairness in capital punishment can be
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Chairman of the Russian State Duma's Legislation...
The Chairman of the Russian State Duma's Legislation Committee Panel Krasheninnikov announced that the Union of Right Forces (SPS) faction he represents categorically opposes the annulment of the moratorium on capital punishment
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russia's ombudsman, Oleg Mironov, criticized the idea...
Russia's ombudsman, Oleg Mironov, criticized the idea to cancel the moratorium on executions saying "It would cause a considerable damage to Russia's international prestige," adding that if such a decision is taken, the country's relations with the Counci
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2000MozambiqueDEATH PENALTY
The Mozambican Human Rights League has claimed that...
The Mozambican Human Rights League has claimed that about 30 people have been victims of torture and even summary execution at the hands of the Mozambican police since the beginning of the year
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Sago Gham Mrogan , an Indian man, was found guilty...
Sago Gham Mrogan , an Indian man, was found guilty of smuggling heroin and was beheaded in Dammam in eastern Saudi Arabia
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Special Anti-Terrorist Court in Karachi condemned...
A Special Anti-Terrorist Court in Karachi condemned Phool Chand, Mohammad Rizwan and Mohammad Shiraz, to death
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2000EritreaDEATH PENALTY
The Sawrawi [Revolutionary] Democratic Front of Eritrea...
The Sawrawi [Revolutionary] Democratic Front of Eritrea [opposition group] said the EPLF [Eritrean People's Liberation Front]-led government executed 15 soldiers for allegedly retreating from the fighting that took place between the Ethiopian and Eritrean
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
The Kar-o Kargar reported that authorities had executed...
The Kar-o Kargar reported that authorities had executed the ex-husband of a university professor in the southern Kerman province for shooting her to death last year
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2000DEATH PENALTY
Derek Rocco Barnabei, 33, white, was executed by lethal...
Derek Rocco Barnabei, 33, white, was executed by lethal injection in Greensville Correctional Center, Jarrat
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Italian Foreign Minister Lamberto Dini gave a speech...
Italian Foreign Minister Lamberto Dini gave a speech from New York, where he was attending the U
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
An extraordinary smuggling trial (about £5
An extraordinary smuggling trial (about £5
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Communist leader Gennady Zyuganov said that it...
The Communist leader Gennady Zyuganov said that it was untimely to abolish the death penalty in Russia
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
People's Deputy leader Gennady Raykov addressed Russian...
People's Deputy leader Gennady Raykov addressed Russian President Vladimir Putin with a request to cancel a moratorium on capital punishment in the country due to "the inexpedience of its observance
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2000Vatican CityDEATH PENALTY
Pope John Paul renewed appeals to U
Pope John Paul renewed appeals to U
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistan's Supreme Court upheld the death penalty imposed...
Pakistan's Supreme Court upheld the death penalty imposed Haq Nawaz, convicted of killing Sadiq Ganji, the Director General of the Iranian Cultural Centre in Lahore on December 19, 1990
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Bahman Savari, 22, was publicly hanged in the south-western...
Bahman Savari, 22, was publicly hanged in the south-western city of Ahvaz for killing a policeman
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Masoud Eslami, a drug addict who had killed his 53-year-old...
Masoud Eslami, a drug addict who had killed his 53-year-old aunt last year and stole her gold, was executed by hanging in Tehran's Qasr prison
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- SEPTEMBER 13, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Qolam Bandak was hanged in Qasr prison on charges of...
Qolam Bandak was hanged in Qasr prison on charges of having beaten to death a 22-year-old inmate
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2000KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Pathologists examining the bodies of the six death...
Pathologists examining the bodies of the six death row convicts killed in the bungled escape attempt found an appalling catalogue of injuries, none resembling bullet wounds
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2000North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
The North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers called...
The North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers called for a halt to executions until questions about the fairness of capital punishment could be resolved
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2000MissouriDEATH PENALTY
George Harris, 41, black, was put to death by lethal...
George Harris, 41, black, was put to death by lethal injection in Potosi Correctional Center
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Pontiff united his voice to "those who ask that...
The Pontiff united his voice to "those who ask that Derek Rocco Barnabei's life be spared"
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2000JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
Six convicted murderers in Jamaica were spared from...
Six convicted murderers in Jamaica were spared from hanging by a Privy Council ruling that all prisoners should be given access to the Jamaican Mercy Committee, the body which decides who will be executed and who should receive mercy
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2000TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Fayzullo Boymurotov, a resident of the Khatlon region,...
Fayzullo Boymurotov, a resident of the Khatlon region, was sentenced to death
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Racial and geographic disparities in the death penalty
Racial and geographic disparities in the death penalty
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2000Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
The right-wing Sinhalese party Sinhala Urumuya, one...
The right-wing Sinhalese party Sinhala Urumuya, one of the first few parties to make its campaign issues known to the public, released its political manifesto
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A man convicted of drowning a fellow Saudi by pushing...
A man convicted of drowning a fellow Saudi by pushing him into a sewage ditch after they drank alcohol was executed in Riyadh
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The mayor of Rome, Francesco Rutelli, Minister for...
The mayor of Rome, Francesco Rutelli, Minister for Parliamentary relations, Patrizia Toia, former European Commissioner Emma Bonino, Parliamentary vice president Alfredo Biondi and MP Fabrizio Vigni all sent messages to Governor Gilmore via a telematic po
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Chengdu City Intermediate People's Court sentenced...
The Chengdu City Intermediate People's Court sentenced Liu Zhongshan, former director of the Sichuan Provincial Communications Department and concurrently chairman of the board of the Sichuan Highway Construction and Development General Company, to death
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2000FranceDEATH PENALTY
France, as the current president of the European Union,...
France, as the current president of the European Union, called on the Governor of Virginia, James Gilmore, to spare the life of Rocco Derek Barnabei, scheduled to be executed on September 14 in Virginia
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2000SwedenDEATH PENALTY
The Swedish and French ambassadors to the United States...
The Swedish and French ambassadors to the United States and Gunter Burhoudt, the European Commission's representative in Washington, asked Virginia Governor James Gilmore for a stay of execution for Derek Rocco Barnabei
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Hassan Noruzian-Tabrizi was executed by hanging in...
Hassan Noruzian-Tabrizi was executed by hanging in the eastern city of Mashhad for murdering his pregnant wife in 1997
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2000VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
France, as the current president of the European Union,...
France, as the current president of the European Union, called on the Governor of Virginia, James Gilmore, to spare the life of Rocco Derek Barnabei, scheduled to be executed on 14 September in Virginia
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Colosseum was illuminated to mark the abolition...
The Colosseum was illuminated to mark the abolition of the death penalty in the Ivory Coast
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Jalil Badali, Ezatollah Badali and Sedqali Shokati...
Jalil Badali, Ezatollah Badali and Sedqali Shokati were hanged after Iran's Supreme Court approved the death sentences imposed on them
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The killing of Suai militia leader, Olivio Moruk in...
The killing of Suai militia leader, Olivio Moruk in West Timor, was reportedly linked to the Indonesian military
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2000NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed a Nigerian man for trying to...
Saudi Arabia executed a Nigerian man for trying to smuggle cocaine into the country
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Farhan Bin-Abdallah Bin-Radi was executed in Riyad...
Farhan Bin-Abdallah Bin-Radi was executed in Riyad after he was convicted of kidnapping and raping a woman, attempted kidnapping, forgery and impersonation of public officials
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Nigerian, Tawfiq Bin-Tasin Bin-Muhammad, was executed...
A Nigerian, Tawfiq Bin-Tasin Bin-Muhammad, was executed in Jiddah Governorate after he was convicted of drug smuggling
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Omer Izgi, the acting Chairman of the Nationalist Action...
Omer Izgi, the acting Chairman of the Nationalist Action Party (MHP) parliamentary group said that the MHP would not allow the abolition of the death penalty because of conditions in Turkey
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2000Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
Aung San Suu Kyi, special rapporteur to Burma in 1998...
Aung San Suu Kyi, special rapporteur to Burma in 1998 and head of the National League for Democracy, Myanmar's main opposition party, said that "extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, the practice of torture and forced labour" are commonplace vio
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2000South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
A July poll of Carolinians by the Charlotte Observer-MBTV...
A July poll of Carolinians by the Charlotte Observer-MBTV News Carolinas Poll found: only 45% preferred the death penalty as the appropriate penalty for those convicted of murder; 62% said they favoured a moratorium of executions until it is determined th
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2000DEATH PENALTY
A July poll of Carolinians by the Charlotte Observer-MBTV...
A July poll of Carolinians by the Charlotte Observer-MBTV News Carolinas Poll found: only 45% preferred the death penalty as the appropriate penalty for those convicted of murder; 62% said they favoured a moratorium of executions until it is determined th
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Fabrizio Vigni and Mauro Vannoni, MPs for the Democratic...
Fabrizio Vigni and Mauro Vannoni, MPs for the Democratic Left, together Parliamentary vice president Alfredo Biondi of Forza Italia, visited Rocco Barnabei in Virginia and pressured Governor Gilmore
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2000JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court upheld the death penalty for a 35-year-old...
The Supreme Court upheld the death penalty for a 35-year-old man convicted of killing four people in four prefectures between 1984 and 1991
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2000ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Jean-Pierre Bemba, the leader of the Ugandan-backed...
Jean-Pierre Bemba, the leader of the Ugandan-backed Congolese Liberation Movement (MLC), accused government troops of executing 51 civilians in a northeastern town before rebel troops captured it last week
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2000Bosnia & HerzegovinaDEATH PENALTY
Bosnia signed the Second Optional Protocol to the International...
Bosnia signed the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights aiming at the abolition of the death penalty
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- SEPTEMBER 7, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Ankara State Security Court (DGM) No
Ankara State Security Court (DGM) No
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Seven PKK [Kurdistan Workers' Party] prisoners were...
Seven PKK [Kurdistan Workers' Party] prisoners were sentenced to death at a trial at the Erzurum DGM (State Security Court)
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2000VenezuelaDEATH PENALTY
Fifty-one percent of the Venezuelans back the application...
Fifty-one percent of the Venezuelans back the application of death penalty in this country to reduce high crime rate, according to soundings by the Encuestadora Roxon polling firm
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2000São Tomé & PríncipeDEATH PENALTY
Sao Tome signed the Convention Against Torture and...
Sao Tome signed the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the 1st Optional Protocol to the ICCPR and the Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR aiming at the abolition of the death penalty
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2000PolandDEATH PENALTY
It was revealed that the US failed to inform Polish...
It was revealed that the US failed to inform Polish authorities of the arrest and trial of Grzegorz Madej, a Polish citizen in Illinois, on rape and murder charges in 1981 as required by the 1963 Vienna Convention and the US Polish 1972 Bilateral Conventi
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The chairman of the Supreme Court of Appeal Sami Selcuk...
The chairman of the Supreme Court of Appeal Sami Selcuk described the death penalty as "a primitive punishment" which "does not give the right to the convicted to return to the society again"
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
The shari'ah court convicted Ali Bin-Muhammad Bin-Abdallah...
The shari'ah court convicted Ali Bin-Muhammad Bin-Abdallah al-Sharif of murdering another Saudi national, Muhammad Bin-Sultan Bin-Fayiz al-Buqmi and he was sentenced to death
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2000South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Chinese and Taiwanese residents in Newcastle in northern...
Chinese and Taiwanese residents in Newcastle in northern KwaZulu-Natal took to the streets to protest against the murder of local Taiwanese businessman Shin-Chih Liao, who was shot dead at a factory in Field Street
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2000SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
Carla del Ponte, Chief U
Carla del Ponte, Chief U
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Three gangsters of Dubai-based organisation were given...
Three gangsters of Dubai-based organisation were given capital punishment for a murderous attack on former city mayor Milind Vaidya in March 1999
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2000MalawiDEATH PENALTY
Chief Commissioner of Prisons Winston Manyela said...
Chief Commissioner of Prisons Winston Manyela said there are 11 prisoners on the death row, while 41 prisoners previously sentenced to death had their sentences substituted by life imprisonment by President Bakili Muluzi
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Abd-al-Khayr Bin-Abdallah Bin-Makhdur al-Mizyani al-Harbi...
Abd-al-Khayr Bin-Abdallah Bin-Makhdur al-Mizyani al-Harbi was convicted of the murder of Ahmad Bin-Makhdur Al-Mizyani al-Harbi and executed in Jiddah
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A District and Session Court sentenced three brothers,...
A District and Session Court sentenced three brothers, Abraru Hassan, Naeemul Hassan and Asrarul Hassan to death for a triple murder
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2000KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Six death row inmates were killed, at the King'ongo...
Six death row inmates were killed, at the King'ongo prison in Nyeri, during a failed escape attempt in which they had stripped naked and used their prison uniforms as a rope to scale a 25ft wall
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A man was executed in Hafar al-Batin after he was convicted...
A man was executed in Hafar al-Batin after he was convicted of selling hashish
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A Ugandan Court of Appeal upheld the death sentence...
A Ugandan Court of Appeal upheld the death sentence passed by the High Court against two Indian brothers, Kooky Sharmar and Davinder Kumar, for killing Kooky's wife Renu Joshi in 1997
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
A man was hanged in the south-eastern city of Kerman...
A man was hanged in the south-eastern city of Kerman for murdering his ex-wife after the Supreme Court upheld his death sentence issued by a lower court
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2000UgandaDEATH PENALTY
A Court of Appeal upheld the death sentence passed...
A Court of Appeal upheld the death sentence passed by the High Court against two Indian brothers, Kooky Sharmar and Davinder Kumar, for killing Kooky's wife Renu Joshi in 1997
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
The daily Iranian newspaper Qods reported that Ali...
The daily Iranian newspaper Qods reported that Ali Taqizadeh, a 70-year-old man, was executed by hanging in the holy city of Mashhad in north-eastern Iran
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
The "Student Movement Coordination Committee for Democracy...
The "Student Movement Coordination Committee for Democracy in Iran" (SMCCDI) wrote a letter to Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations, on the occasion of the 54th session of the UN General Assembly, in which they criticised President Khatami
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2000CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Canadian Foreign Minister Lloyd Axworthy welcomed Vietnam's...
Canadian Foreign Minister Lloyd Axworthy welcomed Vietnam's decision to release Nguyen's mother Tran Thi Cam, 74, executed in April
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2000BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt after a meeting of Belgian...
Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt after a meeting of Belgian Council of Ministers said Belgium will not extradite Fehriye Erdal to Turkey
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2000ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Legal Affairs Minister Vincent Malambo said that Zambia...
Legal Affairs Minister Vincent Malambo said that Zambia would not abolish the death penalty until it had achieved full national consensus on the issue
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2000DEATH PENALTY
Fehriye Erdal, a Turkish woman wanted for murder in...
Fehriye Erdal, a Turkish woman wanted for murder in her homeland will be tried in Belgium on weapons charges, Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt said
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
In Istanbul, a mothers' group released doves and called...
In Istanbul, a mothers' group released doves and called for a negotiated solution to the 16-year-long war between Turkish security forces and the separatist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in southeastern Turkey
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2000GuatemalaDEATH PENALTY
Carlos Chun Choc, Douglas Montt Solorzano and Gustavo...
Carlos Chun Choc, Douglas Montt Solorzano and Gustavo Carranza were sentenced to death by lethal injection for kidnapping and killing two businessmen and a 17-year-old university student in 1996 and 1997
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2000ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Legal Affairs Minister Vincent Malambo said that Zambia...
Legal Affairs Minister Vincent Malambo said that Zambia would not abolish the death penalty until it had achieved full national consensus on the issue
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2000ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Legal Affairs Minister Vincent Malambo said that Zambia...
Legal Affairs Minister Vincent Malambo said that Zambia would not abolish the death penalty until it had achieved full national consensus on the issue