Chronological archive
October 2000
The 103 news items published by Hands Off Cain in October 2000, in chronological order.
The Criminal Court sentenced Anupat Saefan to death...
The Criminal Court sentenced Anupat Saefan to death for possessing 994,000 amphetamine tablets with intent to sell
- OCTOBER 31, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russian Deputy Justice Minister Yuri Kalinin said that...
Russian Deputy Justice Minister Yuri Kalinin said that that there are currently over 1,000 prisoners in Russia who have been sentenced to capital punishment
- OCTOBER 31, 2000GambiaDEATH PENALTY
Three convicted former military officers, ex-Lt
Three convicted former military officers, ex-Lt
- OCTOBER 31, 2000SpainDEATH PENALTY
Tens of thousands of Spaniards took to the streets...
Tens of thousands of Spaniards took to the streets of Madrid to protest the killing of supreme court judge Jose Francisco Querol, his bodyguard and his driver by the Basque separatist group ETA
- OCTOBER 31, 2000VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The People's Court in northern Quang Ninh province...
The People's Court in northern Quang Ninh province opened a court hearing of the biggest narcotics trafficking case ever in the province
- OCTOBER 30, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Ningbo City Intermediate People's Court sentenced...
The Ningbo City Intermediate People's Court sentenced Jiang Biming, the Legal Representative of Ningbo Tax Bond Zone Material Supply Company, to death with a reprieve of two years
- OCTOBER 30, 2000SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
Vlastimil N, a 39-year-old Czech who was the main defendant...
Vlastimil N, a 39-year-old Czech who was the main defendant in the trial of an international gang of kidnappers and murderers of lorry drivers, was sentenced to death by a court in Subotica
- OCTOBER 30, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Muhammad Akbar and Muhammad Sarwar were sentenced to...
Muhammad Akbar and Muhammad Sarwar were sentenced to death for the murder of Abdul Aziz on July 6th, 1993 in Burewala
- OCTOBER 30, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani court rejected the appeal of ousted prime...
A Pakistani court rejected the appeal of ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif against his conviction for hijacking, court officials said
- OCTOBER 29, 2000YemenDEATH PENALTY
The government announced it had executed Abu Hassan,...
The government announced it had executed Abu Hassan, the leader of the Islamic Army of Aden-Abyan
- OCTOBER 29, 2000RwandaDEATH PENALTY
The Catholic Church in Rwanda expressed appreciation...
The Catholic Church in Rwanda expressed appreciation for the acquittal of Father Edward Nturiye and Father Jean-Francois Kayiranga
- OCTOBER 29, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Abdallah Bin-Sa'id Bin-Abdallah al-Mu'ashi was executed...
Abdallah Bin-Sa'id Bin-Abdallah al-Mu'ashi was executed in Riyadh for murdering compatriot Badr Bin-Ghazi al-Ghamidi
- OCTOBER 28, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Zhao Wei, Zhang Enju and Zhang Yuchun were executed...
Zhao Wei, Zhang Enju and Zhang Yuchun were executed after being convicted of five armed robberies in Yingkou city, in the northeastern Liaoning province, between October 1997 and April 1998
- OCTOBER 28, 2000Côte d’IvoireDEATH PENALTY
A mass grave was discovered at an industrial zone of...
A mass grave was discovered at an industrial zone of Yopougon containing the bodies of 55 men, which all appeared to have been shot at close range
- OCTOBER 27, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Death sentence for Texas defendant represented by sleeping...
Death sentence for Texas defendant represented by sleeping lawyer
- OCTOBER 27, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Turayhib Bin-Dunayb Bin-Nasir al-Sahli was executed...
Turayhib Bin-Dunayb Bin-Nasir al-Sahli was executed in Hafr al-Batin in the Eastern Province after being convicted of murdering Saudi national Khalaf Bin-Mu'authiq Bin-Jad'an al-Anzi
- OCTOBER 26, 2000JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Takamatsu High Court sentenced 65 year-old Yoshio...
The Takamatsu High Court sentenced 65 year-old Yoshio Yamazaki to death for murdering two people in 1985 and 1990 for insurance money and overturned a lower court ruling of life imprisonment
- OCTOBER 26, 2000RwandaDEATH PENALTY
The Court of Appeal in northern Rwanda's Ruhengeri...
The Court of Appeal in northern Rwanda's Ruhengeri prefecture acquitted two priests who were facing death penalties on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity
- OCTOBER 26, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Sila Ban Rajamuni, an Indian national, was executed...
Sila Ban Rajamuni, an Indian national, was executed in the eastern governorate of Al-Qatif
- OCTOBER 26, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Tahir Ahmed was condemned to death for killing a police...
Tahir Ahmed was condemned to death for killing a police constable, Muhammad Ashraf, while looting a passenger wagon
- OCTOBER 26, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An Anti Terrorist Court in Larkana gave the death sentence...
An Anti Terrorist Court in Larkana gave the death sentence to Irshad Mangi for kidnapping Amjad Khatri of Sukkur
- OCTOBER 26, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Special Anti Terrorist Court condemned to death Abdul...
A Special Anti Terrorist Court condemned to death Abdul Hameed in a murder cum dacoity case
- OCTOBER 26, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed an [unidentified] Indian man...
Saudi Arabia executed an [unidentified] Indian man convicted of killing a Saudi man over a financial dispute, state television reported
- OCTOBER 26, 2000GermanyDEATH PENALTY
In a Bundestag debate regarding the 50th anniversary...
In a Bundestag debate regarding the 50th anniversary of the signing of the European Human Rights Convention, Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer of the Alliance 90/Greens urged further efforts to implement human rights
- OCTOBER 26, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
A preliminary report of the Grassroots Investigation...
A preliminary report of the Grassroots Investigation Project of Equal Justice USA highlights the cases of 16 individuals who were executed despite evidence of their innocence
- OCTOBER 25, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The European Union's External Affairs Commissioner...
The European Union's External Affairs Commissioner Chris Patten, who served as the last British governor of Hong Kong before it reverted to Beijing, said that he regrets that China continues to make almost daily use of the death penalty
- OCTOBER 25, 2000FranceDEATH PENALTY
The EU's External Affairs Commissioner Chris Patten...
The EU's External Affairs Commissioner Chris Patten slammed the widespread use of the death penalty around the world and vowed no letup in the EU's campaign for a global moratorium
- OCTOBER 25, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
[Turkish] Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said that...
[Turkish] Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said that the "annulment of capital punishment is an obligatory condition for whole EU countries
- OCTOBER 25, 2000KenyaDEATH PENALTY
A motion, moved by opposition Democratic Party MP shadow...
A motion, moved by opposition Democratic Party MP shadow attorney-general Kiraitu Murungi, that urged the government to introduce the necessary legislation to abolish capital punishment in Kenya was defeated in Parliament by an overwhelming majority vote
- OCTOBER 25, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Presenting his case in the European Parliament, Francesco...
Presenting his case in the European Parliament, Francesco Rutelli asked that a 'European day against the death penalty' be instituted, and that an international moratorium on capital executions be a priority within international politics and for the gener
- OCTOBER 24, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Zhangzhou City Intermediate People's Court sentenced...
The Zhangzhou City Intermediate People's Court sentenced Lai Jinglin, the Director of the Shiwei and Longwen Sub-Branch of the Bank of China's Zhangzhou Branch, to death for embezzling 44
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- OCTOBER 24, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Four convicted criminals were executed in the Jiangsu...
Four convicted criminals were executed in the Jiangsu province after being convicted of kidnapping and selling women and girls into prostitution in southern Hainan province between 1997 and in 1999
- OCTOBER 24, 2000TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Four armed supporters of rebel Colonel Makhmud Khudoiberdyev...
Four armed supporters of rebel Colonel Makhmud Khudoiberdyev were sentenced to death and fifty-nine others to various terms of imprisonment by the military department of the Tajik Supreme Court at a closed trial held in Dushanbe
- OCTOBER 24, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Khulayf Bin-Tarish Bin-Milfi al-Ja'fari al-Inizi was...
Khulayf Bin-Tarish Bin-Milfi al-Ja'fari al-Inizi was sentenced to death and executed in the northwestern city of Ha'il for shooting and killing Ayyad Bin-Sumaylil Bin-Mu'awwad al-Ja'fari al-Inizi
- OCTOBER 24, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
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- OCTOBER 23, 2000TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
A court in Tajikistan sentenced two Tajik nationals...
A court in Tajikistan sentenced two Tajik nationals to be executed for drugs smuggling
- OCTOBER 23, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Allah Bakhsh Ranjha was sentenced to death by an Additional...
Allah Bakhsh Ranjha was sentenced to death by an Additional Session court in Okara for shooting dead Muhammad Ibrahim over a minor argument at Hujra Shah Mauqeem
- OCTOBER 23, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Special Anti Terrorist Court in Lahore gave the death...
A Special Anti Terrorist Court in Lahore gave the death sentence to Shabir Ahmad and Manzoor Ahmad in a murder cum dacoity case
- OCTOBER 23, 2000VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The Ninh Binh People's Court handed down death sentence...
The Ninh Binh People's Court handed down death sentence to three defendants in the second biggest opium trafficking ring in the northern Ninh Binh province since the ring led by Nguyen Ngoc Phu was detected in 1999
- OCTOBER 22, 2000Côte d’IvoireDEATH PENALTY
Laurent Gbagbo became the new President through a series...
Laurent Gbagbo became the new President through a series of remarkable events
- OCTOBER 22, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Dad Mohammad was executed in public at a sports stadium...
Dad Mohammad was executed in public at a sports stadium in the town of Kandahar after being found guilty of murdering Aleph Khan, a resident of Ghazni Province
- OCTOBER 21, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Russian border guards were officially informed that...
Russian border guards were officially informed that the People's Supreme Court of Zilin had sentenced Cen Ango, 30, to death for the murder of a Russian border guard five years ago
- OCTOBER 21, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Several hundred European politicians, lawmakers and...
Several hundred European politicians, lawmakers and international activists gathered in Paris on Saturday to urge the United States to abolish the death penalty
- OCTOBER 21, 2000FranceDEATH PENALTY
Several hundred European politicians, lawmakers and...
Several hundred European politicians, lawmakers and international activists gathered in Paris to urge the United States to abolish the death penalty
- OCTOBER 21, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Delhi High Court upheld a death sentence given...
The Delhi High Court upheld a death sentence given to Shakila and Babu Lal for sacrificing one-and-half-year-old girl in a witchcraft fertility ritual
- OCTOBER 20, 2000PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
William Nieves was freed from death row when a Philadelphia...
William Nieves was freed from death row when a Philadelphia jury acquitted him of the 1992 murder of Eric McAiley
- OCTOBER 20, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The local Council of Siena presented the Rocco Derek...
The local Council of Siena presented the Rocco Derek Barnabeu Foundation, which will campaign for the abolition of the death penalty around the world
- OCTOBER 19, 2000BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
A letter was sent from Belgium Justice Ministry to...
A letter was sent from Belgium Justice Ministry to Istanbul State Security Court saying that Fehriye Erdal, would not be extradited to Turkey
- OCTOBER 19, 2000BurundiDEATH PENALTY
Two Burundi army soldiers, Sgt
Two Burundi army soldiers, Sgt
- OCTOBER 19, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Najibollah was publicly executed for murder after being...
Najibollah was publicly executed for murder after being convicted by a judicial panel of the military court
- OCTOBER 19, 2000DEATH PENALTY
The Belgian Justice Ministry sent a letter to Istanbul...
The Belgian Justice Ministry sent a letter to Istanbul State Security Court which said that Fehriye Erdal, one of the suspects of the Sabanci murder, would not be extradited to Turkey
- OCTOBER 19, 2000DEATH PENALTY
Una lettera è stata inviata dal ministro belga della...
Una lettera è stata inviata dal ministro belga della Giustizia alla Corte di sicurezza dello stato ad Istanbul, con la quale si dice che Fehrije Erdal non sarebbe stata estradata in Turchia
- OCTOBER 18, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An Additional District and Sessions condemned [a man...
An Additional District and Sessions condemned [a man identified only as] Khalid to death for gunning down [a man identified only as] Malook during a minor dispute in 1998
- OCTOBER 18, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
In a report on rights violations by soldiers, the Army...
In a report on rights violations by soldiers, the Army said it had investigated 1,426 complaints and punished 124 soldiers posted in Kashmir and the Northeast over the past 11 years
- OCTOBER 18, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Describing a cold-blooded murder as the "rarest of...
Describing a cold-blooded murder as the "rarest of rare cases", a city court sentenced Ashok Kumar Pandey to death for killing his 22-year-old pregnant wife and 19-month-old daughter in New Delhi in September 1996
- OCTOBER 17, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Dian Guoyen a former deputy executive general manager...
Dian Guoyen a former deputy executive general manager of Sinopec Hubei Xinghua Co
- OCTOBER 17, 2000FijiDEATH PENALTY
Fiji's military said it was not ruling out the death...
Fiji's military said it was not ruling out the death penalty for soldiers found guilty of treason because of their involvement in the May 19 coup
- OCTOBER 17, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Iraq's Interior Minister Mohammed Zimam Abdul Razzaq...
Iraq's Interior Minister Mohammed Zimam Abdul Razzaq said that Iraq would not hand over to Saudi Arabia two Saudi men who hijacked a Saudi jetliner to Baghdad
- OCTOBER 17, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Akyn Birdal, the "Honourary Chairman" of the Human...
Akyn Birdal, the "Honourary Chairman" of the Human Rights Association (IHD) held a press briefing together with the Joint Parliamentary Commission Co-Chairman Daniel Cohn Bendit and IHD Chairman Husnu Ondul in the European Parliament building, in which he
- OCTOBER 16, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Central Commission of Political Science and Law...
The Central Commission of Political Science and Law of the CCP [Chinese Communist Party] Central Committee announced that from early September to October 15, the political science and law departments nationwide pronounced judgment on 158,500 criminal and
- OCTOBER 16, 2000VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A Vietnamese court sentenced two men to death and another...
A Vietnamese court sentenced two men to death and another to life imprisonment for counterfeiting Vietnamese banknotes
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- OCTOBER 16, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
In the build-up to the publication of the Accession...
In the build-up to the publication of the Accession Partnership for Turkey the European Union indicated that the removal of the death penalty from the statute books would not be a precondition for the opening of full membership talks with Turkey
- OCTOBER 16, 2000Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
A U.N. human rights report described Myanmar's military...
A U.N. human rights report described Myanmar's military government as a Junta that marks itself with torture, rape, summary executions, anti-intellectualism and a general suffocating grip on all parts of society
- OCTOBER 16, 2000North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
The City Council of Greensboro, by an 8-1 vote, passed...
The City Council of Greensboro, by an 8-1 vote, passed a resolution urging a moratorium on executions in the state, whose death row is the fifth largest in the nation
- OCTOBER 16, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
The most comprehensive study ever done on the death...
The most comprehensive study ever done on the death penalty in Texas was released by the Texas Defender Service
- OCTOBER 15, 2000Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
Britain claimed it would attempt to stop Antigua executing...
Britain claimed it would attempt to stop Antigua executing Steadroy McDougal
- OCTOBER 15, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Lak, convicted of kidnapping a three-year-old...
Mohammad Lak, convicted of kidnapping a three-year-old Afghan girl in 1999 and Abbas Qomi, convicted of abducting infant girls were publicly executed by hanging at Qom, south of the capital
- OCTOBER 14, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
The UN's human rights special rapporteur for Iraq,...
The UN's human rights special rapporteur for Iraq, Andreas Mavrommatis, reported that on May 22 he had asked for "clarification and details" to the Iraqi government of allegations that 122 men had been executed between February 3 and March 9 of this year
- OCTOBER 12, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Zhuzhou Municipal Intermediate People's Court sentenced...
The Zhuzhou Municipal Intermediate People's Court sentenced Li Guiju (female), Li Xiaojun, Li Qiugao and Luo Yongguo to death
- OCTOBER 12, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Justice Minister Turk, responding to a question about...
Justice Minister Turk, responding to a question about capital punishment , said that in the Justice Commission's draft a new article replaced Article 312
- OCTOBER 12, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
The ABA held a conference at the Carter Center in Atlanta...
The ABA held a conference at the Carter Center in Atlanta to again urge attorneys, judges, and policymakers to support a moratorium on executions
- OCTOBER 11, 2000JapanDEATH PENALTY
Prosecutors demanded the death penalty for Noboru Nakamura,...
Prosecutors demanded the death penalty for Noboru Nakamura, 33, a former AUM Shinrikyo member who allegedly took part in the 1994 nerve-gas attack
- OCTOBER 11, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
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- OCTOBER 11, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Commenting on the rejection of the Italian candidature...
Commenting on the rejection of the Italian candidature for one of the two non-permanent seats assigned to Eurpoe by the U
- OCTOBER 10, 2000Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
Steadroy McDougal, 32, was sentenced to death for killing...
Steadroy McDougal, 32, was sentenced to death for killing his ex-girlfriend Louise Torrens, a 24-year-old woman from Stirlingshire, at Christmas 1998 and Mitchell Melius, a companion of Torrens from nearby St Lucia
- OCTOBER 10, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An Anti Terrorist Court in Bahawalpur handed down a...
An Anti Terrorist Court in Bahawalpur handed down a death sentence to Muhammad Habib for raping two women at gunpoint
- OCTOBER 10, 2000VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
Bobby Lee Ramdass, 28, white, was put to death by lethal...
Bobby Lee Ramdass, 28, white, was put to death by lethal injection in Greenville Correctional Center
- OCTOBER 9, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Hatem Ali was sentenced to death in absentia for stabbing...
Hatem Ali was sentenced to death in absentia for stabbing to death, in 1997, a woman who had turned down his proposal of marriage
- OCTOBER 9, 2000ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
President Robert Mugabe launched a crackdown on the...
President Robert Mugabe launched a crackdown on the opposition
- OCTOBER 7, 2000LibyaDEATH PENALTY
A Libyan court postponed the trial of the six Bulgarian...
A Libyan court postponed the trial of the six Bulgarian medics to November 4, 2000
- OCTOBER 7, 2000BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
A Libyan court postponed the trial of the six Bulgarian...
A Libyan court postponed the trial of the six Bulgarian medics to November 4, 2000
- OCTOBER 7, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Mur'i Bin-Muhammad Bin-Ahmad al-Subhi was convicted...
Mur'i Bin-Muhammad Bin-Ahmad al-Subhi was convicted of murdering Muhammad Bin-Ahmad Bin-Isa Asiri, and executed in Maha'il Governorate, Asir region
- OCTOBER 6, 2000MalawiDEATH PENALTY
Thomson Filai Bokoboko and Lewis Livio Jonathan were...
Thomson Filai Bokoboko and Lewis Livio Jonathan were sentenced to death after being found guilty of murdering six women in Chiradzulu between 30th January and 25th March 2000
- OCTOBER 6, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Walter Schwimmer, the Secretary General of the Council...
Walter Schwimmer, the Secretary General of the Council of Europe (COE), said that he believed Turkey would take the necessary steps to abolish capital punishment
- OCTOBER 5, 2000RomaniaDEATH PENALTY
Romania's Passport General Directorate announced that...
Romania's Passport General Directorate announced that Ilie Ilascu and his wife Nina were granted Romanian citizenship
- OCTOBER 5, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court upheld the Jakarta High Court's 1997...
The Supreme Court upheld the Jakarta High Court's 1997 death sentence for Harnoko Dewantono, alias Oki, for a triple murder committed in the United States between 1991 and 1992, a court official said
- OCTOBER 5, 2000Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
At the request of the Sierra Leonean government, the...
At the request of the Sierra Leonean government, the United Nation's Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on August 14, 2000 to set up a special court for Sierra Leone
- OCTOBER 4, 2000EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
Dawit Yohanes, the Speaker of the House of People's...
Dawit Yohanes, the Speaker of the House of People's Representatives called upon the international community to condemn the atrocities being committed against Ethiopian civilians by the Eritrean government at a "regional seminar of experts on the preventio
- OCTOBER 4, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An Additional Sessions Judge, Muhammad Razzaq Nawaz,...
An Additional Sessions Judge, Muhammad Razzaq Nawaz, handed down the death sentence to Mohammed Azam for murder
- OCTOBER 4, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Home Minister Lal Krishna Advani said that there was...
Home Minister Lal Krishna Advani said that there was no ruling that the death sentence of a prisoner would automatically be commuted to life imprisonment if the state failed to execute the sentence within a year
- OCTOBER 3, 2000Côte d’IvoireDEATH PENALTY
6 soldiers arrested in connection with an armed attack...
6 soldiers arrested in connection with an armed attack on the army ruler General Robert Guei's house on September 18 have disappeared
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- OCTOBER 2, 2000United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty for murder was abolished in Britain...
The death penalty for murder was abolished in Britain on December 18, 1969
- OCTOBER 2, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
Iraqi sources said that authorities executed eight...
Iraqi sources said that authorities executed eight prisoners on charges of forming an opposition organization and defacing several murals depicting Iraqi President Saddam Husayn
- OCTOBER 2, 2000South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Dullah Omar, architect of the amnesty process came...
Dullah Omar, architect of the amnesty process came face to face with Ferdi Barnard, the apartheid assassin who tried to gun him down in 1989
- OCTOBER 2, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Ahmad Bin-Muhammad Bin-Abd-al-Muhsin Al Qasim was executed...
Ahmad Bin-Muhammad Bin-Abd-al-Muhsin Al Qasim was executed in Al-Qatif after he was convicted of murdering Sabri Bin-Ahmad Bin-Muhammad Al Abd-al-Aziz
- OCTOBER 2, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Three men accused of murder and robbery were executed...
Three men accused of murder and robbery were executed in Kandahar, capital of the southern Kandahar Province
- OCTOBER 2, 2000PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A bill that sought to strengthen the government's drive...
A bill that sought to strengthen the government's drive against international and domestic terrorists was filed in the Senate
- OCTOBER 2, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The Additional Sessions court in Khanewal condemned...
The Additional Sessions court in Khanewal condemned two brothers to death for murder
- OCTOBER 2, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Shamsher Ali was given the death sentence by an Additional...
Shamsher Ali was given the death sentence by an Additional District and Session court for murdering Sajjad Hussain
- OCTOBER 2, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
In his address to the parliament at the start of the...
In his address to the parliament at the start of the new legislative year President Ahmet Necdet Sezer urged that constitutional reforms be carried out in order to see the death penalty abolished
- OCTOBER 2, 2000DEATH PENALTY
Recai Kutan, the leader of the Virtue Party (FP) said...
Recai Kutan, the leader of the Virtue Party (FP) said in a press conference at FP Headquarters that Turkey needs to make a key decision on the abolition of the death penalty if it to enter the EU, stating "my personal tendency is the abolishment of capita
- OCTOBER 1, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
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- OCTOBER 1, 2000DEATH PENALTY
After 17 years in prison, DNA tests confirmed Earl...
After 17 years in prison, DNA tests confirmed Earl Washington's innocence, and he was granted an absolute pardon by Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore for the 1982 rape and murder of a Culpeper County woman