Chronological archive

November 2001

The 359 news items published by Hands Off Cain in November 2001, in chronological order.

359 news items

Most frequent countriesAfghanistan · 39 China · 30 South Korea · 30 Nigeria · 19 Thailand · 15

DEATH PENALTYNOVEMBER 30, 2001 · Afghanistan

The Taliban publicly hanged a man suspected of spying...

The Taliban publicly hanged a man suspected of spying for the US in Kandahar and tied a satellite phone to his corpse, according to witnesses quoted by the Afghan Islamic Press

NOVEMBER 30, 2001Oklahoma
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In Poteau, District Judge Doug Gabbard sentenced convicted...
In Poteau, District Judge Doug Gabbard sentenced convicted murderer James L
NOVEMBER 30, 2001Indonesia
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Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra, the youngest son of former...
Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra, the youngest son of former president Soeharto, will face the death sentence if he is proven guilty of the charges against him, namely premeditated murder and illegal possession of firearms and explosives
NOVEMBER 30, 2001Guyana
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Amnesty International welcomed the unanimous verdict...
Amnesty International welcomed the unanimous verdict returned on 27 November 2001 by an inquest jury that the Guyana police should be held criminally responsible for the death of Mohammed Shafeek, a 47-year old fish-seller, in Brickdam police lock-up betw
NOVEMBER 30, 2001Nord Carolina
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John Hardy Rose, 43, died at 2:18 a
John Hardy Rose, 43, died at 2:18 a
NOVEMBER 30, 2001New Zealand
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Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda cited a...
Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda cited a prosecution call for the death penalty over the killing of a New Zealand soldier as evidence of his Administration's drive for justice
NOVEMBER 30, 2001Indonesia
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Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda cited a...
Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda cited a prosecution call for the death penalty over the killing of a New Zealand soldier as evidence of his Administration's drive for justice
NOVEMBER 30, 2001Congo - Kinshasa
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At the UN Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and...
At the UN Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) session the representative of Belgium, on behalf of the European Union, introduced a draft resolution on the Situation of Human Rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
NOVEMBER 30, 2001Belgium
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At the UN Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and...
At the UN Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) session the representative of Belgium, on behalf of the European Union, introduced a draft resolution on the Situation of Human Rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
NOVEMBER 29, 2001Uzbekistan
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If Czech authorities extradite Uzbek dissident Mohammad...
If Czech authorities extradite Uzbek dissident Mohammad Solih to Uzbekistan, it will mean his death, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) spokeswoman Sonia Winter said
NOVEMBER 29, 2001Uzbekistan
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If Czech authorities extradite Uzbek dissident Mohammad...
If Czech authorities extradite Uzbek dissident Mohammad Solih to Uzbekistan, it will mean his death, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) spokeswoman Sonia Winter said
NOVEMBER 29, 2001Sudan
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The representative of Belgium submitted to the UN Third...
The representative of Belgium submitted to the UN Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) a resolution on the situation of human rights in Sudan
NOVEMBER 29, 2001United States
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America's proposed use of military tribunals to try...
America's proposed use of military tribunals to try accused terrorists goes against the current trend of international law, which has moved exclusively towards civilian courts, according to the Daily Telegraph
NOVEMBER 29, 2001Afghanistan
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The Pentagon was investigating reports of the massacre...
The Pentagon was investigating reports of the massacre of about 160 unarmed Taliban prisoners by American and Pakistani-backed opposition forces
NOVEMBER 29, 2001Thailand
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Three men were sentenced to death in Bangkok after...
Three men were sentenced to death in Bangkok after being convicted of possessing 400,000 methamphetamine tablets with intent to sell
NOVEMBER 29, 2001Afghanistan
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The quashing of the rebellion at Qala-i-Jhangi fort...
The quashing of the rebellion at Qala-i-Jhangi fort in Afghanistan has raised questions on the circumstances surrounding the deaths of hundreds of Taliban fighters and the role played by British and US forces in the killings
NOVEMBER 29, 2001Afghanistan
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Hundreds of Taliban prisoners who had seized rockets...
Hundreds of Taliban prisoners who had seized rockets and mortars in an attempt to take over the Northern Alliance fortress of Qala-e-Jangi near the city of Mazar-i-Sharif, were they were being held captive, died in three days of savage fighting
NOVEMBER 28, 2001Pakistan
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The Tangerang district court sentenced to death a Pakistani...
The Tangerang district court sentenced to death a Pakistani man for smuggling 1,050 grams of heroin from Pakistan into Indonesia
NOVEMBER 28, 2001Vietnam
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Courts nationwide handed down the death sentence to...
Courts nationwide handed down the death sentence to 77 drug traffickers and life imprisonment to 88 between the fourth quarter of 2000 and first nine months of 2001, reported the An Ninh Thu Do(Capital Security) newspaper
NOVEMBER 28, 2001Indonesia
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The Tangerang district court sentenced to death a Pakistani...
The Tangerang district court sentenced to death a Pakistani man for smuggling 1,050 grams of heroin from Pakistan into Indonesia
NOVEMBER 28, 2001Rwanda
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Two former administrative officials have been sentenced...
Two former administrative officials have been sentenced to death by a tribunal of Cyangugu (South-west)
NOVEMBER 28, 2001China
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The Chinese government officially denied that police...
The Chinese government officially denied that police had tortured South Korean drug traffickers in the process of their investigation
NOVEMBER 28, 2001South Korea
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The Chinese government officially denied that police...
The Chinese government officially denied that police had tortured South Korean drug traffickers in the process of their investigation
NOVEMBER 28, 2001Vietnam
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Courts nationwide handed down the death sentence to...
Courts nationwide handed down the death sentence to 77 drug traffickers and life imprisonment to 88 between the fourth quarter of 2000 and first nine months of 2001, reported the An Ninh Thu Do(Capital Security) newspaper
NOVEMBER 27, 2001Ethiopia
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About 100 ethnic Oromos were executed at the beginning...
About 100 ethnic Oromos were executed at the beginning of November after being detained by EPRDF [Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, ruling coalition] armed forces
NOVEMBER 27, 2001Papua New Guinea
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Papua New Guinea politicians made renewed calls for...
Papua New Guinea politicians made renewed calls for the death penalty for the most serious cases of rape and murder following the callous killing of a Roman Catholic priest
NOVEMBER 27, 2001South Africa
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A South African man, Bongani Mkhwanazi, escaped the...
A South African man, Bongani Mkhwanazi, escaped the gallows in Swaziland, SABC radio news reported
NOVEMBER 27, 2001Italy
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A week of activities to commemorate the abolition of...
A week of activities to commemorate the abolition of the death penalty in the Grand Duchy of Tuscany kicked off in Florence
NOVEMBER 27, 2001Türkiye
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A state security court in Izmir sentenced to death...
A state security court in Izmir sentenced to death three leftist militants convicted of acts of terror - the first such judgment since parliament passed in October a law lifting the death penalty for most crimes
NOVEMBER 27, 2001Nigeria
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As the controversy over the death sentence passed on...
As the controversy over the death sentence passed on Safiya Tungar-Tudu for adultery continued, an Islamic Scholar, Abdulfattai Adeyemi, urged the Sokoto Sharia committee to exercise restraint in carrying out the punishment
NOVEMBER 27, 2001Eswatini
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A South African man, Bongani Mkhwanazi, escaped the...
A South African man, Bongani Mkhwanazi, escaped the gallows in Swaziland, SABC radio news reported

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NOVEMBER 27, 2001Mexico
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Ending decades of stonewalling, the Mexican government...
Ending decades of stonewalling, the Mexican government acknowledged that at least 74 officials from 37 government agencies were involved in a campaign of disappearances, torture and executions of leftists in the 1970s and 1980s
NOVEMBER 27, 2001China
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South Korea and China agreed to sign a pact on consular...
South Korea and China agreed to sign a pact on consular affairs obliging both sides to give immediate notification when authorities arrest each other's citizens on criminal charges
NOVEMBER 27, 2001South Korea
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South Korea and China agreed to sign a pact on consular...
South Korea and China agreed to sign a pact on consular affairs obliging both sides to give immediate notification when authorities arrest each other's citizens on criminal charges
NOVEMBER 27, 2001South Korea
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The Korean government finalized its anti-terrorism...
The Korean government finalized its anti-terrorism bill at the weekly Cabinet meeting chaired by President Kim Dae-jung, calling for at least two-year jail terms for terrorists and those who instigate or connive in related activities
NOVEMBER 26, 2001Uzbekistan
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An Uzbek court sentenced a 30-year-old man to death...
An Uzbek court sentenced a 30-year-old man to death for premeditated murder and theft in the capital, Tashkent
NOVEMBER 26, 2001Washington
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Gov. Gary Locke and Attorney General Christine Gregoire...
Gov. Gary Locke and Attorney General Christine Gregoire proposed legislation aimed at preventing attacks and prosecuting those who might try them. The new law would apply the death penalty to acts of terrorism that kill 1 or more people
NOVEMBER 26, 2001Afghanistan
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The International Red Cross reported finding up to...
The International Red Cross reported finding up to 200 bodies in Kabul since the Northern Alliance offensives forced the Taliban regime's troops to retreat
NOVEMBER 26, 2001Russia
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A committee of Russia's lower house of parliament said...
A committee of Russia's lower house of parliament said that it planned to propose replacing death with life imprisonment as the penalty for murder, high treason and other serious crimes
NOVEMBER 26, 2001Eswatini
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Swaziland senators have presented a motion demanding...
Swaziland senators have presented a motion demanding the Ministers of Constitutional Affairs and Justice to eventually fix a date for the execution of 12 death row inmates [four of them have been given a royal pardon]
NOVEMBER 26, 2001
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Conservative Columnist William Safire on military tribunals,...
Conservative Columnist William Safire on military tribunals, especially in capital cases: "The [Uniform Code of Military Justice] demands a public trial, proof beyond reasonable doubt, an accused's voice in the selection of juries and right to choose coun
NOVEMBER 26, 2001South Korea
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The Korean government and ruling Millennium Democratic...
The Korean government and ruling Millennium Democratic Party agreed on provisions for an anti terrorism bill, which includes sentences of five years to life imprisonment and the death penalty for people engaged in biological or chemical attacks against so
NOVEMBER 26, 2001South Korea
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The National Human Rights Commission an independent...
The National Human Rights Commission an independent state human rights body, comprising 11 members was launched
NOVEMBER 25, 2001Iraq
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The Iraqi authorities were reported to have secretly...
The Iraqi authorities were reported to have secretly executed nine pro-Syrian members of the Baath Party in October
NOVEMBER 25, 2001Iraq
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The Iraqi government executed 15 Kurdish oppositionists...
The Iraqi government executed 15 Kurdish oppositionists in Kirkuk
NOVEMBER 25, 2001North Macedonia
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Workers have found human body parts at an alleged mass...
Workers have found human body parts at an alleged mass grave in northwest Macedonia being excavated under the scrutiny of the U
NOVEMBER 25, 2001South Africa
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Thousands of men took to the streets in the southern...
Thousands of men took to the streets in the southern city of Cape Town to protest against the continuing violence against women and children in South Africa
NOVEMBER 25, 2001South Africa
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The New National Party (NNP) called for the death penalty...
The New National Party (NNP) called for the death penalty for baby rapists
NOVEMBER 24, 2001Sudan
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Two Sudanese had been executed two weeks earlier in...
Two Sudanese had been executed two weeks earlier in central Sudan
NOVEMBER 24, 2001China
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A man has been sentenced to death for killing 20 people...
A man has been sentenced to death for killing 20 people in 15 armed robberies during the past 10 years
NOVEMBER 24, 2001Afghanistan
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The UN high commissioner for human rights said that...
The UN high commissioner for human rights said that anyone found responsible for atrocities in Afghanistan should not be allowed to participate in any future government
NOVEMBER 24, 2001Afghanistan
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A mass grave of people believed to have been executed...
A mass grave of people believed to have been executed by the Taleban had been discovered in Herat, western Afghanistan
NOVEMBER 24, 2001Uzbekistan
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The trial of five people described as terrorists, presided...
The trial of five people described as terrorists, presided over by Judge Rustamov of the Tashkent Regional court, ended on 24 November, the banned Uzbek opposition Birlik web site reported on November 29
NOVEMBER 23, 2001Thailand
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Amorn Wanichwiwatana, a criminologist at the Faculty...
Amorn Wanichwiwatana, a criminologist at the Faculty of Political Science of Chulalongkorn University, said several policies broached by the government are poorly conceived and impractical
NOVEMBER 23, 2001Afghanistan
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The International Red Cross said they have found between...
The International Red Cross said they have found between 400 and 600 bodies in the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif following its capture by the Northern Alliance
NOVEMBER 23, 2001Vietnam
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Australian woman accused of drug smuggling is facing...
Australian woman accused of drug smuggling is facing the possible death penalty in Vietnam in a case which could strain diplomatic relations between Canberra and Hanoi
NOVEMBER 23, 2001Australia
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Australian woman accused of drug smuggling is facing...
Australian woman accused of drug smuggling is facing the possible death penalty in Vietnam in a case which could strain diplomatic relations between Canberra and Hanoi
NOVEMBER 23, 2001Nigeria
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"Safiya Hussaini was in court on November 22," Sokoto...
"Safiya Hussaini was in court on November 22," Sokoto state spokesman Mustapha Shehu told Reuters by phone from Sokoto city
NOVEMBER 23, 2001South Africa
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Hundreds of people protested outside a South African...
Hundreds of people protested outside a South African court, demanding death sentences for six men charged with raping a nine-month old baby, police said
NOVEMBER 23, 2001South Korea
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"The establishment of a Human Rights Commission has...
"The establishment of a Human Rights Commission has scope to be a great step forward for human rights protection and promotion in South Korea," Amnesty International said two days ahead of the Commission's inauguration
NOVEMBER 23, 2001Bosnia & Herzegovina
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The International Tribunal for Crimes in the former...
The International Tribunal for Crimes in the former Yugoslavia indicted former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic for genocide

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NOVEMBER 22, 2001Thailand
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The Criminal Court sentenced a Pakistani to death for...
The Criminal Court sentenced a Pakistani to death for possessing about 7
NOVEMBER 22, 2001Pakistan
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A Thai Criminal Court sentenced a Pakistani to death...
A Thai Criminal Court sentenced a Pakistani to death for possessing about 7
NOVEMBER 22, 2001Singapore
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Six death-row inmates have had their death sentences...
Six death-row inmates have had their death sentences commuted to life imprisonment since Singapore became independent in 1965
NOVEMBER 22, 2001Spain
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Spain cannot extradite suspected Islamic extremists...
Spain cannot extradite suspected Islamic extremists to the United States while the death penalty is in force there, judicial sources said
NOVEMBER 22, 2001South Africa
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South Africa Deputy President Jacob Zuma called for...
South Africa Deputy President Jacob Zuma called for a rethink on the way serious crime was being dealt with, saying the country's laws appeared to be no deterrent
NOVEMBER 22, 2001Kenya
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A Kenyan musician who murdered his German lover in...
A Kenyan musician who murdered his German lover in Kwale District in the country's Coastal Province in 1997 was sentenced to death by a Mombasa High Court
NOVEMBER 22, 2001
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Spain cannot extradite suspected Islamic extremists...
Spain cannot extradite suspected Islamic extremists to the United States while the death penalty is in force there, judicial sources said
NOVEMBER 22, 2001India
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A Bill to amend the Explosive Substances Act was introduced...
A Bill to amend the Explosive Substances Act was introduced in the House by the minister of state for the Interior Vidyasagar Rao
NOVEMBER 22, 2001Indonesia
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Indonesia's Supreme Court upheld the death sentences...
Indonesia's Supreme Court upheld the death sentences passed on three leaders of an armed Christian group accused of a series of murders in Sulawesi province
NOVEMBER 22, 2001Uzbekistan
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An 18-year-old man was sentenced to death for murdering...
An 18-year-old man was sentenced to death for murdering a woman and her son in order to steal money in central Uzbekistan, the Uzbek newspaper Ozbekiston Ovozi reported
NOVEMBER 22, 2001South Korea
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While a majority of lawmakers favour abolition of the...
While a majority of lawmakers favour abolition of the death penalty, the nation's largest group of attorneys said it opposed the move
NOVEMBER 22, 2001Germany
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A prominent Islamist in prison in Germany has foregone...
A prominent Islamist in prison in Germany has foregone his privilege of early release, reportedly because he fears deportation to Turkey, where he may face the death sentence
NOVEMBER 22, 2001Türkiye
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A prominent Islamist in prison in Germany has foregone...
A prominent Islamist in prison in Germany has foregone his privilege of early release, reportedly because he fears deportation to Turkey, where he may face the death sentence
NOVEMBER 22, 2001Zimbabwe
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Beleaguered Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe was to...
Beleaguered Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe was to introduce the death sentence for anyone convicted of trying to overthrow the government
NOVEMBER 22, 2001Uganda
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The former Brigade Commander in Fort-Portal, Major...
The former Brigade Commander in Fort-Portal, Major Smarts Kiggundu, whom the General Court Martial (GCM) sentenced to death in 1995 on robbery charges, was set free by the Court Martial of Appeal (CMA)
NOVEMBER 21, 2001Kentucky
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Sen. Gerald Neal wants a 2-year moratorium on executions...
Sen. Gerald Neal wants a 2-year moratorium on executions while Kentucky studies whether capital punishment is fairly administered. The moratorium will be considered by the 2002 General Assembly
NOVEMBER 21, 2001Kyrgyzstan
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Local residents and authorities in Central Asia actively...
Local residents and authorities in Central Asia actively resist attempts by Protestant preachers to convert traditionally Muslim population to Christianity, the Russian newspaper Nezavisimaya Gazeta claimed
NOVEMBER 21, 2001Nigeria
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Etim Okpoyo, Nigerian Ambassador to Rome, assured Hands...
Etim Okpoyo, Nigerian Ambassador to Rome, assured Hands Off Cain that the Federal Government will not allow Safiya Hussaini to be stoned to death
NOVEMBER 21, 2001Tajikistan
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Local residents and authorities in Central Asia actively...
Local residents and authorities in Central Asia actively resist attempts by Protestant preachers to convert traditionally Muslim population to Christianity, the Russian newspaper Nezavisimaya Gazeta claimed
NOVEMBER 21, 2001Nord Carolina
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Pope John Paul II called on North Carolina's governor...
Pope John Paul II called on North Carolina's governor to grant clemency to John Hardy Rose, who is scheduled to be executed Nov
NOVEMBER 21, 2001Pennsylvania
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In Philadelphia Common Pleas Judge Pamela Dembe refused...
In Philadelphia Common Pleas Judge Pamela Dembe refused to resurrect Mumia Abu-Jamal's state appeal
NOVEMBER 21, 2001Nord Carolina
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Rep. Paul Luebke, D., who has led efforts for a death...
Rep. Paul Luebke, D., who has led efforts for a death penalty moratorium, said he would try again as another execution date draws near because the state needs to examine whether the death penalty is administered fairly
NOVEMBER 21, 2001Namibia
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Namibia's National Society for Human Rights (NSHR)...
Namibia's National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) condemned a warning by Defence Minister Erkki Nghimtina that anybody found "collaborating" with Angolan UNITA rebels would be shot on sight
NOVEMBER 21, 2001Belarus
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Lithuanian MP Jonas Cekuolis, head of Lithuanian delegation...
Lithuanian MP Jonas Cekuolis, head of Lithuanian delegation to the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly [PACE], said that the Vilnius forum decided to invite Belarusian delegations formed of both government and opposition representatives
NOVEMBER 21, 2001Lithuania
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Lithuanian MP Jonas Cekuolis, head of Lithuanian delegation...
Lithuanian MP Jonas Cekuolis, head of Lithuanian delegation to the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly [PACE], said that the Vilnius forum decided to invite Belarusian delegations formed of both government and opposition representatives
NOVEMBER 21, 2001Belarus
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The consultative council of [Belarusian] opposition...
The consultative council of [Belarusian] opposition parties met to express concerns about the recommendations issued by the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) to the Belarusian authorities
NOVEMBER 21, 2001Brunei
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The police warned the public that anyone caught lighting...
The police warned the public that anyone caught lighting up fireworks during Hari Raya would face legal action
NOVEMBER 21, 2001Italy
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Etim Okpoyo, Nigerian Ambassador to Rome, assured Hands...
Etim Okpoyo, Nigerian Ambassador to Rome, assured Hands Off Cain that the Federal Government will not allow Safiya Hussaini to be stoned to death
NOVEMBER 20, 2001Illinois
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A Kane County jury sentenced Luther Casteel, 43, to...
A Kane County jury sentenced Luther Casteel, 43, to death for killing 2 people and injuring 16 others
NOVEMBER 20, 2001China
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Two convicts were executed by lethal injection for...
Two convicts were executed by lethal injection for the first time in northeast China' s Liaoning Province, officials said

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NOVEMBER 20, 2001Lebanon
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The Military Tribunal condemned to death in absentia...
The Military Tribunal condemned to death in absentia a Lebanese man convicted of collaborating with Israel during its occupation of the South
NOVEMBER 20, 2001Japan
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The Osaka District Court sentenced Susumu Nakayama...
The Osaka District Court sentenced Susumu Nakayama a 53-year-old murderer to death for fatally stabbing Takemitsu Kikugawa, 37, his lover Minako Kobuchi, 40, a restaurant employee, on a street in Toyonaka in the Osaka prefecture, on February 19, 1998 with
NOVEMBER 20, 2001Afghanistan
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Four foreign journalists murdered in eastern Afghanistan...
Four foreign journalists murdered in eastern Afghanistan on November 19 were probably the victims of Osama bin Laden's al-Qa'ida network, an anti-Taliban commander said
NOVEMBER 20, 2001North Macedonia
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NOVEMBER 20, 2001South Korea
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The Grand National Party (GNP) announced that its special...
The Grand National Party (GNP) announced that its special investigation group sent to China to probe diplomatic mishaps regarding the execution of a Korean national named Shin and imprisonment of three others, had uncovered more mistakes made by different
NOVEMBER 20, 2001Uganda
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President Yoweri Museveni warned soldiers who will...
President Yoweri Museveni warned soldiers who will be deployed for the Karamoja disarmament exercise to observe maximum discipline
NOVEMBER 20, 2001Nigeria
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ITALIAN ACTIVISTS PROTEST AGAINST SAFIYA’S DEATH SENTENCE
November 20, 2001: Hands off Cain and Italian political parties will stage a protest in Rome tomorrow against the death sentence by stoning handed out to a Nigerian woman for pre-marital sex.
NOVEMBER 19, 2001Philippines
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The Philippine Supreme Court dealt a crushing blow...
The Philippine Supreme Court dealt a crushing blow to disgraced ex-president Joseph Estrada's hopes when it upheld the plunder law under which he is being tried
NOVEMBER 19, 2001South Korea
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Following the diplomatic humiliation over the execution...
Following the diplomatic humiliation over the execution of a Korean drug trafficker identified as Shin by the Chinese government, the government summoned home Shin Hyong-geun, general consul at the embassy to China and Jang Seok-chol, head of the consulat
NOVEMBER 19, 2001Israel
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Fighting was reported in the Palestinian territory...
Fighting was reported in the Palestinian territory of Gaza after three Israeli tanks entered the town of Beit Janun in an apparent operation to arrest Palestinian activists, Palestinian police said
NOVEMBER 19, 2001South Korea
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The Korean Society in China (KSIC), which represents...
The Korean Society in China (KSIC), which represents some 200,000 nationals residing in China, insisted in a statement that officials at Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, as well as local legation representatives, are responsible for the diplomatic g
NOVEMBER 19, 2001Thailand
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A proposal to televise the execution of convicted drug...
A proposal to televise the execution of convicted drug traffickers may be shelved, the PM's Office minister who floated it said
NOVEMBER 19, 2001China
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Six criminals were sentenced to death, including a...
Six criminals were sentenced to death, including a mafia group accused of murder and extortion in Shandong province, the Beijing Youth Daily said
NOVEMBER 19, 2001Afghanistan
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At the Qala-I-Gulai battlefield outside Kabul, at least...
At the Qala-I-Gulai battlefield outside Kabul, at least half of 30 dead fighters that the International Committee of the Red Cross found had been shot in the head, officials close to the investigation of the deaths said
NOVEMBER 19, 2001Afghanistan
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Reports from stragglers coming out of the besieged...
Reports from stragglers coming out of the besieged northern city of Kunduz said the Arab, Chechen, Uzbek and Pakistani volunteers who have been fighting for Bin Laden's cause are in control of the situation, and have summarily executed hundreds of people
NOVEMBER 19, 2001Kazakhstan
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A court in Kazakhstan's northern Kostanay Region sentenced...
A court in Kazakhstan's northern Kostanay Region sentenced a man to death for murder, the Interfax-Kazakhstan news agency reported
NOVEMBER 19, 2001Singapore
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The High Court dismissed an appeal by a Thai national,...
The High Court dismissed an appeal by a Thai national, who was sentenced to death in August 2001, for the murder of a taxi driver
NOVEMBER 19, 2001Thailand
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The High Court of Singapore dismissed an appeal by...
The High Court of Singapore dismissed an appeal by a Thai national, who was sentenced to death in August 2001, for the murder of a taxi driver
NOVEMBER 19, 2001
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Fighting was reported in the Palestinian territory...
Fighting was reported in the Palestinian territory of Gaza after three Israeli tanks entered the town of Beit Janun in an apparent operation to arrest Palestinian activists, Palestinian police said
NOVEMBER 19, 2001Nigeria
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The House of Representatives Committee on Women and...
The House of Representatives Committee on Women and Youth Development intervened in the case of a woman, Safiya Hussaini sentenced to death by a Sharia court for committing adultery saying it had persuaded the Speaker, Hon
NOVEMBER 19, 2001Nigeria
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A Sharia court in Gusau Local Gov-ernment Area of Zamfara...
A Sharia court in Gusau Local Gov-ernment Area of Zamfara State sentenced a 40-year-old man, Nagogo Kakumi, to 40 strokes of the cane and two months imprisonment for contravening the Sharia law by marrying five wives at the same time
NOVEMBER 19, 2001United States
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Nearly 1/5 of doctors in the United States are willing...
Nearly 1/5 of doctors in the United States are willing to participate in the execution of condemned prisoners by administering a lethal injection despite opposition by leading medical societies, according to a study
NOVEMBER 19, 2001Afghanistan
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Four Western journalists were killed in Afghanistan...
Four Western journalists were killed in Afghanistan when a convoy of vehicles was ambushed
NOVEMBER 19, 2001Afghanistan
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President George W Bush will decide which terror suspects...
President George W Bush will decide which terror suspects are put on trial before controversial secret tribunals
NOVEMBER 19, 2001United Kingdom
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David Blunkett, the UK home secretary, came under fire...
David Blunkett, the UK home secretary, came under fire from backbench MPs who voiced opposition to his controversial anti-terrorist legislation, which proposes to detain terrorist suspects without trial
NOVEMBER 19, 2001Zimbabwe
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War veterans in Mutare condemned the gruesome killing...
War veterans in Mutare condemned the gruesome killing of Bulawayo war veterans' leader Comrade Cain Nkala, by suspected MDC supporters
NOVEMBER 19, 2001
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President George W Bush will decide which terror suspects...
President George W Bush will decide which terror suspects are put on trial before controversial secret tribunals
NOVEMBER 18, 2001Illinois
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The Illinois Death Penalty Education Project (IDPEP)...
The Illinois Death Penalty Education Project (IDPEP) today proposed 12 reform measures designed to create a more fair and equitable capital punishment system in Illinois
NOVEMBER 18, 2001Afghanistan
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The Northern Alliance claimed that 300 Afghans who...
The Northern Alliance claimed that 300 Afghans who tried to flee the besieged northern city of Kunduz and defect from the Taliban were massacred by foreign volunteers they had once fought beside
NOVEMBER 17, 2001Afghanistan
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The United Nations said it had evidence "clearly indicating"...
The United Nations said it had evidence "clearly indicating" summary executions of unarmed civilians by Taliban and other warring factions in Afghanistan

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NOVEMBER 17, 2001Iran
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An Iranian hanged for murder was cut down alive from...
An Iranian hanged for murder was cut down alive from the gallows after four minutes, following a pardon granted by his victim's family
NOVEMBER 16, 2001Pakistan
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A Wazirabad Additional and District Session Judge Khalid...
A Wazirabad Additional and District Session Judge Khalid Mehmood Malik gave the death sentence to Suleman for axing down his wife on a minor domestic dispute
NOVEMBER 16, 2001Afghanistan
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A Northern Alliance fighter described executing five...
A Northern Alliance fighter described executing five Taliban prisoners in revenge for his father and brother's death at Taliban hands
NOVEMBER 16, 2001Afghanistan
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Northern Alliance forces threatened to massacre up...
Northern Alliance forces threatened to massacre up to 6,000 foreigners fighting with the Taleban in the besieged province of Konduz
NOVEMBER 16, 2001Afghanistan
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Amnesty International is deeply troubled by the Military...
Amnesty International is deeply troubled by the Military Order signed by President George W
NOVEMBER 16, 2001Afghanistan
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US President George W
US President George W
NOVEMBER 16, 2001Australia
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US President George W
US President George W
NOVEMBER 16, 2001United Kingdom
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If Osama bin Laden was held in Britain he would not...
If Osama bin Laden was held in Britain he would not be extradited to any country where he could face the death penalty, the government confirmed
NOVEMBER 16, 2001
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Amnesty International is deeply troubled by the Military...
Amnesty International is deeply troubled by the Military Order signed by President George W
NOVEMBER 16, 2001New Jersey
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The brother of murder victim Paul Gale, Mark, said:...
The brother of murder victim Paul Gale, Mark, said: "I believe Marcinski should have got the death penalty
NOVEMBER 16, 2001
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If Osama bin Laden was held in Britain he would not...
If Osama bin Laden was held in Britain he would not be extradited to any country where he could face the death penalty, the government confirmed
NOVEMBER 16, 2001
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US President George W
US President George W
NOVEMBER 16, 2001Afghanistan
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Asma Jahangir, specialist on extrajudicial, summary...
Asma Jahangir, specialist on extrajudicial, summary and arbitrary executions for the 53-nation UN Human Rights Commission said reports of mass executions by warring factions in Afghanistan must be investigated properly and the perpetrators brought to just
NOVEMBER 16, 2001Lebanon
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The Military Tribunal convicted 14 people of forming...
The Military Tribunal convicted 14 people of forming an espionage ring and carrying out assassinations for Israel
NOVEMBER 16, 2001North Korea
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It has been learned that in May and June 2000 a group...
It has been learned that in May and June 2000 a group of more than 30 senior party and company officials, merchants and hooligans were executed in Hyesan City, Jagang province
NOVEMBER 16, 2001Thailand
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Reporters will get a closer look at executions and...
Reporters will get a closer look at executions and more access to death-row convicts, including a close-up look at their warm corpses, if PM's Office Minister General Thamarak Isarangura gets his way
NOVEMBER 16, 2001Afghanistan
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If captured, Osama bin Laden and other al-Qaeda terrorist...
If captured, Osama bin Laden and other al-Qaeda terrorist leaders could be executed by firing squad on an American warship or military base, according to the man who suggested having them tried by special military tribunals
NOVEMBER 16, 2001South Korea
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The public debate over the abolition of the death penalty...
The public debate over the abolition of the death penalty was rekindled after a total of 155 lawmakers signed a bill to ban capital punishment in October
NOVEMBER 16, 2001South Korea
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Lee Jun-yeong, one of 29 artists featured in "Invitation...
Lee Jun-yeong, one of 29 artists featured in "Invitation to Life" at Insa-dong's Hakojae Gallery, described herself as "oriented toward inner revolution" rather than political activism
NOVEMBER 16, 2001United States
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If captured, Osama bin Laden and other al-Qaeda terrorist...
If captured, Osama bin Laden and other al-Qaeda terrorist leaders could be executed by firing squad on an American warship or military base, according to the man who suggested having them tried by special military tribunals
NOVEMBER 16, 2001North Korea
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It has been learned that in May and June 2000 a group...
It has been learned that in May and June 2000 a group of more than 30 senior party and company officials, merchants and hooligans were executed in Hyesan City, Jagang province
NOVEMBER 15, 2001Georgia
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Fred Marion Gilreath Jr
Fred Marion Gilreath Jr
NOVEMBER 15, 2001Texas
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Emerson Rudd, 31, was pronounced dead at 6:26 p
Emerson Rudd, 31, was pronounced dead at 6:26 p
NOVEMBER 15, 2001Afghanistan
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A war photographer told how he watched in horror as...
A war photographer told how he watched in horror as Northern Alliance troops executed a Taliban soldier
NOVEMBER 15, 2001China
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Five people were executed in Beijing, including a former...
Five people were executed in Beijing, including a former top company executive, the Chinese news agency Xinhua reported
NOVEMBER 15, 2001Australia
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Eight Western aid workers, locked in Afghan prisons...
Eight Western aid workers, locked in Afghan prisons and fearing for their lives, were freed by anti-Taliban fighters and spirited to safety aboard U
NOVEMBER 15, 2001Afghanistan
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Eight Western aid workers, locked in Afghan prisons...
Eight Western aid workers, locked in Afghan prisons and fearing for their lives, were freed by anti-Taliban fighters and spirited to safety aboard U
NOVEMBER 15, 2001Malaysia
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Terrorism cannot be abolished by force or military...
Terrorism cannot be abolished by force or military action but by changing the people's minds and the provision of a peaceful and dignified life to all citizens, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) lecturer Prof Dr Jamil Farooqui said
NOVEMBER 15, 2001Iraq
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The Iraqi Communist Party Human Rights Office said...
The Iraqi Communist Party Human Rights Office said that in a savage Nazi way to eliminate detainees at dictator's prisons, the executioner, Qusay Saddam Husayn, supervised the execution of 15 detainees at the Gas Chamber
NOVEMBER 15, 2001Kyrgyzstan
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The Kyrgyz military tribunal confirmed the death penalty...
The Kyrgyz military tribunal confirmed the death penalty handed down earlier to two guerrilla members of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan

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NOVEMBER 15, 2001Thailand
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Executions of major drug traders could soon be televised...
Executions of major drug traders could soon be televised live as a deterrent to other traffickers, PM's Office Minister Thammarak Issarangkura na Ayuthaya said
NOVEMBER 15, 2001Thailand
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Legislation setting penalties for possession and trafficking...
Legislation setting penalties for possession and trafficking in methampethamines was overwhelmingly approved by the House
NOVEMBER 15, 2001Burundi
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Amnesty International said that between November 2...
Amnesty International said that between November 2 and 4, government troops in Burundi massacred at least 93 civilians in Bujumbura Rural province, apparently in response to a rebel attack on an army vehicle the day before
NOVEMBER 15, 2001Burundi
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The Ngozi criminal court, sitting in Muyinga [northeastern...
The Ngozi criminal court, sitting in Muyinga [northeastern Burundi] sentenced to death Methode Nivyumwami, the former administrator of Gasorwe [northeastern Burundi]
NOVEMBER 15, 2001Tajikistan
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The Kyrgyz military tribunal confirmed the death penalty...
The Kyrgyz military tribunal confirmed the death penalty handed down earlier to two guerrilla members of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
NOVEMBER 15, 2001Nigeria
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For the very first time since the reintroduction of...
For the very first time since the reintroduction of the Shari'ah legal system in Nigeria, a man, Sani Rodi, was sentenced to death by knifing
NOVEMBER 15, 2001Eswatini
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Four inmates out of the 12 on death row in Swaziland...
Four inmates out of the 12 on death row in Swaziland had their death sentences commuted to life-terms, to be served until they reach 75 years of age
NOVEMBER 15, 2001Russia
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The Kyrgyz military tribunal confirmed the death penalty...
The Kyrgyz military tribunal confirmed the death penalty handed down earlier to two guerrilla members of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
NOVEMBER 15, 2001Russia
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A group of about 30 women staged a protest outside...
A group of about 30 women staged a protest outside the courtroom in Russia's southern republic of Dagestan where Chechen warlord Salman Raduyev and three others were being tried on terrorist charges, Russia TV reported
NOVEMBER 15, 2001Germany
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Eight Western aid workers, locked in Afghan prisons...
Eight Western aid workers, locked in Afghan prisons and fearing for their lives, were freed by anti-Taliban fighters and spirited to safety aboard U
NOVEMBER 15, 2001Russia
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The Chairman of the Committee on security at the State...
The Chairman of the Committee on security at the State Duma lower house of parliament, Alexander Gurov, called the trial of [Chechen warlord] Salman Raduyev at the Dagestan Supreme Court, the first high-profile court procedure against a terrorist leader
NOVEMBER 15, 2001Russia
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The most important Chechen guerrilla leader ever captured...
The most important Chechen guerrilla leader ever captured by Russian forces smiled at his accusers from the dock at the start of his trial
NOVEMBER 15, 2001
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Eight Western aid workers, locked in Afghan prisons...
Eight Western aid workers, locked in Afghan prisons and fearing for their lives, were freed by anti-Taliban fighters and spirited to safety aboard U
NOVEMBER 15, 2001China
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Fourteen people were executed in Xinjiang, including...
Fourteen people were executed in Xinjiang, including members of a gang who buried a victim alive
NOVEMBER 15, 2001Ohio
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Ohio's electric chair, which has sat unused since 1963,...
Ohio's electric chair, which has sat unused since 1963, was idled permanently when the Senate voted 26-3 to abolish electrocution as a means of execution
NOVEMBER 15, 2001
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AID-WORKERS FACING THE DEATH PENALTY IN AFGHANISTAN FREED
November 15, 2001: eight Western aid workers, locked in Afghan prisons and fearing for their lives, were freed by anti-Taliban fighters and spirited to safety aboard US helicopters Thursday.
NOVEMBER 14, 2001Texas
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Jeffery Tucker was pronounced dead at 6:26 p
Jeffery Tucker was pronounced dead at 6:26 p
NOVEMBER 14, 2001Afghanistan
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Libyan leader Col Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi called on ousted...
Libyan leader Col Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi called on ousted Afghan President Borhanoddin Rabbani to rein in Northern Alliance troops in Kabul, the Libyan news agency Jana reported
NOVEMBER 14, 2001China
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In a recent survey, 99 per cent of residents in Tianjin...
In a recent survey, 99 per cent of residents in Tianjin felt that law and order in this coastal city has greatly improved since the 'Strike Hard' campaign - the third in the past two decades - began in April
NOVEMBER 14, 2001Australia
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Two American escapees recaptured in Geelong will not...
Two American escapees recaptured in Geelong will not face the death penalty if they are extradited from Australia
NOVEMBER 14, 2001New Zealand
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New Zealand's delegate to the UN Third Committee debate...
New Zealand's delegate to the UN Third Committee debate on human rights abuses, Deborah Geels, speaking on behalf of the South Pacific Group, said New Zealand was particularly concerned about the continued use of the death penalty, and urged those States
NOVEMBER 14, 2001China
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At the opening session of the UN Third Committee's...
At the opening session of the UN Third Committee's general debate on human rights, Norwegian representative Arne Honningstad said Norway appreciated China's efforts to improve its legal system and human rights standards, as well as social and economic con
NOVEMBER 14, 2001Malaysia
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The representative of Malaysia told the UN Third Committee...
The representative of Malaysia told the UN Third Committee debating human rights that her country believed capital punishment was an issue of criminal justice and not one of human rights
NOVEMBER 14, 2001Iraq
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At the opening session of the UN Third Committee's...
At the opening session of the UN Third Committee's general debate on human rights, Canadian delegate Gilbert Laurin said that the Iraqi Government continued to show complete disregard for the rights and dignity of its citizens
NOVEMBER 14, 2001Libya
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Libyan leader Col Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi called on ousted...
Libyan leader Col Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi called on ousted Afghan President Borhanoddin Rabbani to rein in Northern Alliance troops in Kabul, the Libyan news agency Jana reported
NOVEMBER 14, 2001Belgium
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At the opening session of the UN Third Committee's...
At the opening session of the UN Third Committee's general debate on human rights European Community representative Paola Amadei, said the European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights had been targeted on four key themes - support to strengthen demo
NOVEMBER 14, 2001Belgium
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Stephane de Loecker, the Belgian representative at...
Stephane de Loecker, the Belgian representative at the UN Third Committee debate on human rights, speaking on behalf of the European Union said the abolition of the death penalty would help further respect human rights
NOVEMBER 14, 2001Belgium
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True Path Party (DYP) leader Tansu Ciller criticized...
True Path Party (DYP) leader Tansu Ciller criticized the [EU] demands for Turkey to abolish capital punishment for everybody, without any exceptions, including terrorists, in a period when it is accepted that all terrorists, including Usamah Bin-Ladin, sh
NOVEMBER 14, 2001Belgium
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True Path Party (DYP) leader Tansu Ciller criticized...
True Path Party (DYP) leader Tansu Ciller criticized the [EU] demands for Turkey to abolish capital punishment for everybody, without any exceptions, including terrorists, in a period when it is accepted that all terrorists, including Usamah Bin-Ladin, sh
NOVEMBER 14, 2001Norway
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At the opening session of the UN Third Committee's...
At the opening session of the UN Third Committee's general debate on human rights, Norwegian representative Arne Honningstad said Norway appreciated China's efforts to improve its legal system and human rights standards, as well as social and economic con

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NOVEMBER 14, 2001Canada
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At the opening session of the UN Third Committee's...
At the opening session of the UN Third Committee's general debate on human rights, Canadian delegate Gilbert Laurin said that the Iraqi Government continued to show complete disregard for the rights and dignity of its citizens
NOVEMBER 14, 2001
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Two American escapees recaptured in Geelong will not...
Two American escapees recaptured in Geelong will not face the death penalty if they are extradited from Australia
NOVEMBER 14, 2001Afghanistan
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Pir Muhammad, an Northern Alliance commander, said...
Pir Muhammad, an Northern Alliance commander, said Taliban leaders in Kunduz executed five local commanders who were suspected of negotiating with the alliance
NOVEMBER 14, 2001South Africa
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South African legislators blamed the apparent increase...
South African legislators blamed the apparent increase in child rape and sex abuse on a belief perpetuated by some traditional healers that having sex with a virgin cures AIDS
NOVEMBER 14, 2001United States
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The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops renewed...
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops renewed their opposition to capital punishment, citing "its sheer inhumanity and its absolute finality, as well as concern about its inequitable use and an imperfect legal system that has condemned innocent
NOVEMBER 14, 2001Russia
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Chechen guerrillas executed a Russian hostage after...
Chechen guerrillas executed a Russian hostage after Moscow declined to swap him for Chechens arrested earlier by federal forces, the Chechen rebel website Kavkaz
NOVEMBER 14, 2001
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WORLD DAY OF NONVIOLENCE FOR WOMEN IN THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT OF AFGHANISTAN
November 14, 2001: Afghanistan: a nonviolent Satyagraha for 24 November entitled "World day of fasting and nonviolence for the women in the Afghani provisional government
NOVEMBER 13, 2001Afghanistan
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The United Nations reported that more than 100 Taliban...
The United Nations reported that more than 100 Taliban fighters hiding in a school had been executed in Mazar-e-Sharif, which the Northern Alliance captured on November 9
NOVEMBER 13, 2001Saudi Arabia
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Saudi national Abdallah Bin-Zafir Bin-Dabban al-Qahtani...
Saudi national Abdallah Bin-Zafir Bin-Dabban al-Qahtani was executed in Abha, according to the Saudi Interior Ministry, the Saudi news agency reported
NOVEMBER 13, 2001Afghanistan
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair called for the United...
British Prime Minister Tony Blair called for the United Nations to establish a presence in Kabul as soon as possible to fill the power vacuum left after the Taliban fled on the night of November 12
NOVEMBER 13, 2001Afghanistan
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The Northern Alliance defied the world and roared into...
The Northern Alliance defied the world and roared into Afghan capital Kabul
NOVEMBER 13, 2001Israel
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Amnesty International's new report 'Broken lives: a...
Amnesty International's new report 'Broken lives: a year of intifada', measured events of one year of the intifada against the universal human rights standards which should govern the actions of those in authority
NOVEMBER 13, 2001
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Amnesty International's new report 'Broken lives: a...
Amnesty International's new report 'Broken lives: a year of intifada', measured events of one year of the intifada against the universal human rights standards which should govern the actions of those in authority
NOVEMBER 13, 2001Belgium
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The European Union welcomed Turkish steps towards expanding...
The European Union welcomed Turkish steps towards expanding civil liberties, but said in its progress report on candidates that the reforms far from guarantee freedoms required for membership in the bloc
NOVEMBER 13, 2001Nigeria
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The Sokoto State government declared that the Federal...
The Sokoto State government declared that the Federal Government can not change the judgement of death sentence by stoning [for adultery] passed on Hajiya Safiyatu Husseini by the Gwadabawa Upper Sharia Court
NOVEMBER 13, 2001Nigeria
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The Federal Government stepped into the recent death...
The Federal Government stepped into the recent death sentence passed on Safiya Tungar-Tudu, 33, by a Sharia court in Sokoto State, with the Attorney-General of the Federation and Justice Minister, Chief Bola Ige declaring that Abuja would not fold its han
NOVEMBER 13, 2001
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The European Union welcomed Turkish steps towards expanding...
The European Union welcomed Turkish steps towards expanding civil liberties, but said in its progress report on candidates that the reforms far from guarantee freedoms required for membership in the bloc
NOVEMBER 13, 2001South Africa
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November 13-15, 2001: hundreds of demonstrators protested...
November 13-15, 2001: hundreds of demonstrators protested outside a South African court, demanding the death penalty for six men accused of raping a nine-month-old girl
NOVEMBER 13, 2001Belgium
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Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz said that Turkey...
Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz said that Turkey needs to take action as soon as possible to remedy shortcomings pointed out in the recent EU report on Turkey's progress towards membership
NOVEMBER 13, 2001Türkiye
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Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz said that Turkey...
Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz said that Turkey needs to take action as soon as possible to remedy shortcomings pointed out in the recent EU report on Turkey's progress towards membership
NOVEMBER 13, 2001
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The U
The U
NOVEMBER 13, 2001India
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An Indian court sentenced four men to death for murder
An Indian court sentenced four men to death for murder
NOVEMBER 12, 2001China
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Luo Jianyu, former director of the Zhejiang Press and...
Luo Jianyu, former director of the Zhejiang Press and Publication Administration, in east China's Zhejiang Province was sentenced to death by a court at the first trial for accepting bribes totalling 2
NOVEMBER 12, 2001Cambodia
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Cambodia plans to turn the remote jungle hideout of...
Cambodia plans to turn the remote jungle hideout of Pol Pot, the infamous leader of the 1970s Khmer Rouge "Killing Fields" regime, into a tourist spot
NOVEMBER 12, 2001North Macedonia
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Macedonia's peace process plunged into crisis when...
Macedonia's peace process plunged into crisis when three policemen were reported killed in fighting with ethnic Albanians enraged by arrests of kinfolk in a sudden sweep by special forces over truce lines
NOVEMBER 12, 2001Iraq
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Andreas Mavrommatis, Special Rapporteur at the UN Third...
Andreas Mavrommatis, Special Rapporteur at the UN Third Committee, expresses `grave concern' about human rights situation in Iraq
NOVEMBER 12, 2001Indonesia
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Amnesty International urged ASEAN countries meeting...
Amnesty International urged ASEAN countries meeting in Bali, not to erode human rights protection by using the death penalty to fight drug trafficking
NOVEMBER 12, 2001Egypt
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It was reported that after the Sept
It was reported that after the Sept
NOVEMBER 12, 2001Afghanistan
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The United Nations reported that more than 100 Taliban...
The United Nations reported that more than 100 Taliban fighters hiding in a school had been executed in Mazar-e-Sharif, which the Northern Alliance captured on November 9
NOVEMBER 12, 2001China
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The one-time deputy general manager of a company under...
The one-time deputy general manager of a company under the oil deposit management bureau in northwestern Shaanxi Province was sentenced to death for massive embezzlement

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NOVEMBER 12, 2001
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UK FIGHTS TERRORISM
November 12, 2001: Home Secretary David Blunkett placed an order before the Commons to demand the derogation of Article Five of the Human Rights Act, which guarantees the right to liberty and prohibits detention without trial. However, he admitted that it
NOVEMBER 11, 2001United Kingdom
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Home Secretary, David Blunkett brushed aside criticism...
Home Secretary, David Blunkett brushed aside criticism from "airy-fairy" civil rights groups as he prepared to seek approval for unprecedented new powers to allow the internment without trial of suspected terrorists
NOVEMBER 11, 2001Iran
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Tehran's Revolutionary Court opened the biggest political...
Tehran's Revolutionary Court opened the biggest political trial to be held in Iran since the 1979 Islamic revolution, accusing more than 30 members of the banned Freedom Movement, including two former ministers, of anti-state activities
NOVEMBER 11, 2001Iran
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A number of Iranian film-makers whose movies have dealt...
A number of Iranian film-makers whose movies have dealt with Iran's revolution and the status of its women, have had their works censored or banned
NOVEMBER 11, 2001Syria
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Syria has extradited to Egypt the man behind the shooting...
Syria has extradited to Egypt the man behind the shooting of 58 British and other foreign tourists at Luxor in 1997
NOVEMBER 11, 2001Nigeria
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DevNet, a development information NGO, called on the...
DevNet, a development information NGO, called on the Federal Government and the Sokoto State Government to speedily intervene and save Safiya Tungar-Tudu from death by stoning
NOVEMBER 11, 2001Egypt
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Syria has extradited to Egypt the man behind the shooting...
Syria has extradited to Egypt the man behind the shooting of 58 British and other foreign tourists at Luxor in 1997
NOVEMBER 11, 2001Iran
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Iran's Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence of...
Iran's Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence of Qolam Reza Ameli, Kayhan newspaper reported
NOVEMBER 11, 2001China
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Four Xinjiang people were sentenced to death or given...
Four Xinjiang people were sentenced to death or given suspended death sentences for separatist activities, a human rights group said
NOVEMBER 11, 2001South Korea
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It is rare for Korean mainstream artists to team up...
It is rare for Korean mainstream artists to team up with some of this country's finest alternative musicians for some serious, thought provoking cause but November 11 presented such a coupling with the "Citizens' Concert" (also known as the "Ku Ka Mu Nar
NOVEMBER 10, 2001Indonesia
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The daily newspaper Waspada reported the discovery...
The daily newspaper Waspada reported the discovery of the bodies of five civilians in North Aceh district, three or possibly four of them from Uteuen Koet village in Muara Dua subdistrict
NOVEMBER 10, 2001South Korea
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Cardinal Stephen Kim Sou-hwan urged the head of Korean...
Cardinal Stephen Kim Sou-hwan urged the head of Korean legislature to support a special bill aimed at abolishing capital punishment
NOVEMBER 10, 2001Uganda
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A total of 365,285 candidates, including 21 prisoners,...
A total of 365,285 candidates, including 21 prisoners, will sit the 2001's Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) on November14 and 15, according to the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB)
NOVEMBER 10, 2001Louisiana
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In Rayville, Sedrick Clark was convicted in the February...
In Rayville, Sedrick Clark was convicted in the February 2000 killings of his young daughter Mariah Barnes, 8, and the girl's great-grandmother Bertha Anderson, 68
NOVEMBER 9, 2001Belgium
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At its plenary session in Brussels last week, the Joint...
At its plenary session in Brussels last week, the Joint Parliamentary Assembly urged the Cuban authorities to provide a strong signal of the liberalisation by releasing political prisoners and abolishing the death sentence
NOVEMBER 9, 2001Germany
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Australian, US and German special forces may mount...
Australian, US and German special forces may mount a risky operation to rescue the eight western aid workers being held hostage by the Taliban in Afghanistan
NOVEMBER 9, 2001Australia
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Australian, US and German special forces may mount...
Australian, US and German special forces may mount a risky operation to rescue the eight western aid workers being held hostage by the Taliban in Afghanistan
NOVEMBER 9, 2001Germany
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Australian, US and German special forces may mount...
Australian, US and German special forces may mount a risky operation to rescue the eight western aid workers being held hostage by the Taliban in Afghanistan
NOVEMBER 9, 2001Afghanistan
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Australian, US and German special forces may mount...
Australian, US and German special forces may mount a risky operation to rescue the eight western aid workers being held hostage by the Taliban in Afghanistan
NOVEMBER 9, 2001Afghanistan
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Taliban fighters in Jalalabad, in the east, arrested...
Taliban fighters in Jalalabad, in the east, arrested 15 Afghan men who were suspected of spying
NOVEMBER 9, 2001China
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A man, who embezzled 110m yuan in state funds (13
A man, who embezzled 110m yuan in state funds (13
NOVEMBER 9, 2001Nigeria
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An Islamic court in the northern Nigerian state of...
An Islamic court in the northern Nigerian state of Katsina sentenced a pregnant teenage girl and her lover to 100 lashes each for pre-marital sex
NOVEMBER 9, 2001Cuba
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At its plenary session in Brussels last week, the Joint...
At its plenary session in Brussels last week, the Joint Parliamentary Assembly urged the Cuban authorities to provide a strong signal of the liberalisation by releasing political prisoners and abolishing the death sentence
NOVEMBER 9, 2001Ghana
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Three Ghanaian drug dealers were sentenced to death...
Three Ghanaian drug dealers were sentenced to death by hanging at the Klong Prem prison in Bangkok, Thailand
NOVEMBER 9, 2001Thailand
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The Senate panel on justice and human rights proposed...
The Senate panel on justice and human rights proposed banning members of the public from carrying guns
NOVEMBER 9, 2001Thailand
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Three Ghanaian drug dealers were sentenced to death...
Three Ghanaian drug dealers were sentenced to death by hanging at the Klong Prem prison in Bangkok, Thailand
NOVEMBER 9, 2001Armenia
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The deputy chairman of the Armenian National Assembly...
The deputy chairman of the Armenian National Assembly described his recent visit to London as "extremely packed and useful"
NOVEMBER 9, 2001Rwanda
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A Reporters Sans Frontieres (Reporters Without Borders...
A Reporters Sans Frontieres (Reporters Without Borders - RSF) delegation visited Rwanda between 2 and 10 October 2001, to examine the country's press freedom situation, and in particular the new press law, passed on 28 September 2001 by parliament
NOVEMBER 9, 2001Nord Carolina
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The state Supreme Court ordered a new sentencing hearing...
The state Supreme Court ordered a new sentencing hearing for Michael Lemark Ward, ruling that a lawyer's comment about the defendant's silence violated his rights
NOVEMBER 9, 2001
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LAOS SENTENCES AND DEPORTS RADICAL ACTIVISTS
November 9, 2001: five Radical activists have been given suspended two-year prison terms and ordered to be deported from Laos for mounting a pro-democracy demonstration.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2001Iran
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Gholamreza Ameli was sentenced to death for the attempted...
Gholamreza Ameli was sentenced to death for the attempted murder of the then head of the Justice Department of Tehran Province, Ali Razini
NOVEMBER 8, 2001Philippines
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Senators are set to resume deliberations on a measure...
Senators are set to resume deliberations on a measure which seeks to repeal the Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972 when Congress resumes session
NOVEMBER 8, 2001Ireland
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The Irish Minister for Justice, John O'Donoghue, must...
The Irish Minister for Justice, John O'Donoghue, must intervene in the case of a pregnant Nigerian woman sentenced to death by stoning, protesters outside the Justice Department said
NOVEMBER 8, 2001Belgium
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At the UN Third Committee hearing for calls for priority...
At the UN Third Committee hearing for calls for priority attention to incorporating human rights treaty provisions into domestic law, the European Union welcomed the recent signatures and ratifications of the Second Optional Protocol to the International
NOVEMBER 8, 2001Serbia
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Montenegrin Minister of Justice Zeljko Sturanovic said...
Montenegrin Minister of Justice Zeljko Sturanovic said that in the forthcoming months amendments to the current Penal Code would be completed, which would abolish the death penalty, as Montenegro is the only country in the region which has this penalty, a
NOVEMBER 8, 2001Belgium
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A Eurobarometer survey of 10,000 young Europeans between...
A Eurobarometer survey of 10,000 young Europeans between the ages of 15 and 24 found that the number of respondents believing their generation to be in favour of the death penalty has fallen drastically since 1997, from 36% to 27%
NOVEMBER 8, 2001India
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The Andhra Pradesh Control of Organised Crime Act (APCOCA)...
The Andhra Pradesh Control of Organised Crime Act (APCOCA) came into effect on November 6
NOVEMBER 8, 2001Indonesia
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A Pakistani is facing a possible death sentence for...
A Pakistani is facing a possible death sentence for allegedly smuggling 1,050 grams of heroin from Pakistan into the country in June
NOVEMBER 8, 2001Pakistan
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A Pakistani is facing a possible death sentence for...
A Pakistani is facing a possible death sentence for allegedly smuggling 1,050 grams of heroin from Pakistan into the country in June
NOVEMBER 8, 2001China
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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson said she would urge China not to use a war on terrorism to crack down on civil liberties and ethnic minorities, especially in its Muslim northwest
NOVEMBER 8, 2001Nigeria
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The Irish Minister for Justice, John O'Donoghue, must...
The Irish Minister for Justice, John O'Donoghue, must intervene in the case of a pregnant Nigerian woman sentenced to death by stoning, protesters outside the Justice Department said
NOVEMBER 8, 2001Germany
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Libya, a former state sponsor of terrorism, is backing...
Libya, a former state sponsor of terrorism, is backing the US-led war on terror and trying to free eight Western aid workers on trial for their lives in Afghanistan
NOVEMBER 8, 2001Australia
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Libya, a former state sponsor of terrorism, is backing...
Libya, a former state sponsor of terrorism, is backing the US-led war on terror and trying to free eight Western aid workers on trial for their lives in Afghanistan
NOVEMBER 8, 2001Zambia
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Two Zambians were sentenced to death for armed robbery...
Two Zambians were sentenced to death for armed robbery - one for stealing a bicycle and the other for stealing about £70
NOVEMBER 8, 2001Australia
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After committing one of the most heinous crimes this...
After committing one of the most heinous crimes this country has seen, Katherine Mary Knight, 45, became the first woman marked never to be released from jail
NOVEMBER 8, 2001Libya
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Libya, a former state sponsor of terrorism, is backing...
Libya, a former state sponsor of terrorism, is backing the US-led war on terror and trying to free eight Western aid workers on trial for their lives in Afghanistan
NOVEMBER 8, 2001Iraq
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Fifteen Iraqis were recently executed and buried in...
Fifteen Iraqis were recently executed and buried in a mass grave on the outskirts of Kirkuk city near Tobzawa camp on charges of opposing the ruling regime, an opposition group said
NOVEMBER 8, 2001Indonesia
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Three survivors of the boat tragedy in which 350 asylum...
Three survivors of the boat tragedy in which 350 asylum seekers drowned confronted the alleged organiser and called for his execution
NOVEMBER 8, 2001Australia
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Libya, a former state sponsor of terrorism, is backing...
Libya, a former state sponsor of terrorism, is backing the US-led war on terror and trying to free eight Western aid workers on trial for their lives in Afghanistan
NOVEMBER 8, 2001Afghanistan
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Libya, a former state sponsor of terrorism, is backing...
Libya, a former state sponsor of terrorism, is backing the US-led war on terror and trying to free eight Western aid workers on trial for their lives in Afghanistan
NOVEMBER 8, 2001Malaysia
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A National Dadah Agency report said 18,043 offenders...
A National Dadah Agency report said 18,043 offenders were arrested under the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 and Dangerous Drugs Act (Special Preventive Measures) 1985 in the first nine months of 2001
NOVEMBER 8, 2001Pennsylvania
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A federal judge overturned the death penalty of Otis...
A federal judge overturned the death penalty of Otis Peterkin, 52, who was convicted in the Nov
NOVEMBER 8, 2001Malaysia
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Malaysian police crippled a drug network in Limbang...
Malaysian police crippled a drug network in Limbang which could probably be a major supplier to addicts in Brunei
NOVEMBER 8, 2001
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MARY ROBINSON VISITS CHINA
November 8, 2001: UN High Commissioner Mary Robinson aims to ask Beijing not to use the war on terrorism to crack down on ethnic minorities.
NOVEMBER 7, 2001Canada
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The lawyer for China's most wanted fugitive, Lai Changxing,...
The lawyer for China's most wanted fugitive, Lai Changxing, launched a withering attack on China's judicial system, branding it untrustworthy and unfair
NOVEMBER 7, 2001China
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The South Korean government hinted that it would not...
The South Korean government hinted that it would not pursue charges that China violated the Vienna Convention on consular affairs concerning the alleged failure to promptly inform Seoul about the execution of a South Korean convict
NOVEMBER 7, 2001Azerbaijan
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The Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan, Vilayat Guliyev,...
The Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan, Vilayat Guliyev, in the presence of Council of Europe Secretary General Walter Schwimmer, signed five Council of Europe conventions
NOVEMBER 7, 2001China
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An ex-convict was indicted in China for the gruesome...
An ex-convict was indicted in China for the gruesome murder of a woman who was beheaded, scalped and the skin from her face cooked in a pot, a police official said
NOVEMBER 7, 2001China
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The lawyer for China's most wanted fugitive, Lai Changxing,...
The lawyer for China's most wanted fugitive, Lai Changxing, launched a withering attack on China's judicial system, branding it untrustworthy and unfair
NOVEMBER 7, 2001China
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21-year-old Zhu Hongjuan was condemned to death for...
21-year-old Zhu Hongjuan was condemned to death for smuggling 1

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NOVEMBER 7, 2001Georgia
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Georgian communists spoke in support of restoration...
Georgian communists spoke in support of restoration of death sentence in Georgia at a meeting for Representatives of United Communist Party of Georgia held in Gori, the native town of Ioseb Stalin
NOVEMBER 7, 2001Kenya
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A man who violently robbed a trader of a bottle of...
A man who violently robbed a trader of a bottle of Pilsner beer worth Sh55 was sentenced to hang
NOVEMBER 7, 2001South Korea
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The South Korean government hinted that it would not...
The South Korean government hinted that it would not pursue charges that China violated the Vienna Convention on consular affairs concerning the alleged failure to promptly inform Seoul about the execution of a South Korean convict
NOVEMBER 7, 2001South Korea
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The government established the post of consul general...
The government established the post of consul general or consul at all its smaller overseas missions to further strengthen consular affairs
NOVEMBER 7, 2001Iraq
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An Iraqi opposition leader living in London said that...
An Iraqi opposition leader living in London said that two officers in Iraq's special security intelligence unit tried to kill Saddam Hussein's son in October within the presidential palace grounds in Baghdad
NOVEMBER 7, 2001South Korea
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The opposition Grand National Party demanded that President...
The opposition Grand National Party demanded that President Kim Dae-jung apologize to the people for the diplomatic row surrounding China's execution of a South Korean drug trafficker, rebutting Foreign Minister Han Seung-soo's public apology as the heigh
NOVEMBER 7, 2001Thailand
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A cabinet screening committee approved a draft bill...
A cabinet screening committee approved a draft bill to change the method of capital punishment from firing squad to lethal injection
NOVEMBER 7, 2001California
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The 9th U
The 9th U
NOVEMBER 7, 2001India
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The All-India Anti-Terrorist Front (AIATF) chairman...
The All-India Anti-Terrorist Front (AIATF) chairman and former president of the Indian Youth Congress Maninderjit Singh Bitta, said that the proposal for the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance (POTO) was not forceful enough to combat terrorism
NOVEMBER 7, 2001Afghanistan
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The Taliban has executed a nephew of former mujahedin...
The Taliban has executed a nephew of former mujahedin commander Abdul Haq who was captured and hanged by the Islamic militia last month, family members said
NOVEMBER 6, 2001Nebraska
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In Omaha, Arthur Lee Gales Jr
In Omaha, Arthur Lee Gales Jr
NOVEMBER 6, 2001New Mexico
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Terry Clark, who raped and murdered 9-year-old Dena...
Terry Clark, who raped and murdered 9-year-old Dena Lynn on July 17, 1986, a year after he was convicted of raping another little girl, died by chemical injection - the first person executed in New Mexico in nearly 42 years
NOVEMBER 6, 2001Belgium
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Civil rights campaign group Human Rights Watch (HRW)...
Civil rights campaign group Human Rights Watch (HRW) expressed concern over recent EU moves to crack down on terrorism
NOVEMBER 6, 2001Georgia
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Jose Martinez High was pronounced dead at 8:07 p
Jose Martinez High was pronounced dead at 8:07 p
NOVEMBER 6, 2001Guinea
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Amnesty International called on President Lansana Conte...
Amnesty International called on President Lansana Conte of Guinea to commute all existing death sentences and to abolish the death penalty in practice and in law
NOVEMBER 6, 2001Israel
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Three Palestinians and an Israeli soldier were killed...
Three Palestinians and an Israeli soldier were killed in a gun battle that the Israeli army said was an ambush by gunmen but which Palestinian officials called a "pure execution" of Palestinian wounded
NOVEMBER 6, 2001South Korea
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Two Koreans on trial in Heilongjiang, China, on drug-trafficking...
Two Koreans on trial in Heilongjiang, China, on drug-trafficking charges are likely to be sentenced to death, court sources said
NOVEMBER 6, 2001China
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Two Koreans on trial in Heilongjiang, China, on drug-trafficking...
Two Koreans on trial in Heilongjiang, China, on drug-trafficking charges are likely to be sentenced to death, court sources said
NOVEMBER 6, 2001China
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The diplomatic row surrounding China's recent execution...
The diplomatic row surrounding China's recent execution of a South Korean drug trafficker appears to be winding down as China reportedly apologized to South Korea for violating the Vienna Convention on consular affairs, officials said
NOVEMBER 6, 2001United Arab Emirates
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A special committee formed to investigate the fire...
A special committee formed to investigate the fire at Bur Dubai jail in which 14 prisoners lost their lives, completed its investigation
NOVEMBER 6, 2001Palestinian Territories
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Three Palestinians and an Israeli soldier were killed...
Three Palestinians and an Israeli soldier were killed in a gun battle that the Israeli army said was an ambush by gunmen but which Palestinian officials called a "pure execution" of Palestinian wounded
NOVEMBER 6, 2001South Korea
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The diplomatic row surrounding China's recent execution...
The diplomatic row surrounding China's recent execution of a South Korean drug trafficker appears to be winding down as China reportedly apologized to South Korea for violating the Vienna Convention on consular affairs, officials said
NOVEMBER 6, 2001South Korea
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The government's top auditor, Lee Jong-nam, said his...
The government's top auditor, Lee Jong-nam, said his Board of Audit and Inspection (BAI) would make a special inspection of the Foreign Ministry, including the minister, the vice-minister and the embassy in Beijing, over the diplomatic row with China stem
NOVEMBER 6, 2001China
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18 convicted criminals were put to death in a mass-execution...
18 convicted criminals were put to death in a mass-execution in Beijing, ten of whom were shot inside 15 minutes
NOVEMBER 6, 2001Thailand
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The Criminal Court sentenced three people to death...
The Criminal Court sentenced three people to death for possessing 198,000 amphetamine pills with intent to traffic
NOVEMBER 6, 2001Thailand
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A first-year student from Kasetsart University, Jitra,...
A first-year student from Kasetsart University, Jitra, was held hostage and killed at knife-point by an amphetamine-driven abductor
NOVEMBER 6, 2001Belize
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Three men were condemned to death for murder
Three men were condemned to death for murder
NOVEMBER 5, 2001Nigeria
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Barrister Abdulkadir Iman Ibrahim, counsel for Hajiya...
Barrister Abdulkadir Iman Ibrahim, counsel for Hajiya Safiyatu Husseini of Tungar Tudu, the pregnant woman condemned to death for adultery on October 9, appealed against her conviction on October 25, and also filed for a stay of execution until the Sokoto
NOVEMBER 5, 2001Serbia
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An advisor to the Yugoslav justice minister, Goran...
An advisor to the Yugoslav justice minister, Goran Tokic, said that the new Yugoslav Penal Code envisages the possible extradition of Yugoslav and foreign citizens to an international tribunal, which Yugoslavia has agreed to recognize
NOVEMBER 5, 2001Nigeria
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Women In Nigeria condemned the death sentence for adultery...
Women In Nigeria condemned the death sentence for adultery given to Safiya Hussaini Tungar-Tudu, 30, by an Islamic court while her alleged lover, Yakubu Abubakar, 53, got off scot free

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NOVEMBER 5, 2001Afghanistan
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The German foreign ministry said that it was urgently...
The German foreign ministry said that it was urgently trying to contact eight aid workers accused by the Taliban of spreading Christianity among Afghans
NOVEMBER 5, 2001South Africa
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South Africa is in shock over a surge in the rape of...
South Africa is in shock over a surge in the rape of children and even babies, fuelled by a myth that sex with a virgin will protect a man against AIDS, activists said
NOVEMBER 5, 2001Germany
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The German foreign ministry said that it was urgently...
The German foreign ministry said that it was urgently trying to contact eight aid workers accused by the Taliban of spreading Christianity among Afghans
NOVEMBER 5, 2001United Kingdom
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A man who tortured a hotel worker to death in Cornwall...
A man who tortured a hotel worker to death in Cornwall was jailed for life
NOVEMBER 5, 2001United States
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The German foreign ministry said that it was urgently...
The German foreign ministry said that it was urgently trying to contact eight aid workers accused by the Taliban of spreading Christianity among Afghans
NOVEMBER 5, 2001Congo - Kinshasa
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The ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of...
The ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has had "a major impact on the human rights situation in the country", with torture reported in government-as well as rebel-held areas, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robi
NOVEMBER 5, 2001Indonesia
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Thousands of Muslims staged separate protests in several...
Thousands of Muslims staged separate protests in several cities across the country, urging authorities to take firm action against pornographic products
NOVEMBER 5, 2001Indonesia
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The Star and Crescent Party (PBB), a small Islamic...
The Star and Crescent Party (PBB), a small Islamic party, has proposed that people convicted of corruption be given the death penalty to help eradicate graft in Indonesia
NOVEMBER 5, 2001Myanmar (Burma)
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Forcing 63 Burmese immigrants to return home could...
Forcing 63 Burmese immigrants to return home could put their lives in danger, said Wasant Panich, a member of Thailand's National Human Rights Committee, as authorities revealed a plan to send the immigrants back by leaving them at a border village in Bur
NOVEMBER 5, 2001
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Yugoslavia Monday abolished the death penalty, when...
Yugoslavia Monday abolished the death penalty, when the lower house of parliament adopted a revised penal code that had last been overhauled in 1977, Tanjug news agency reported
NOVEMBER 5, 2001Australia
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The German foreign ministry said that it was urgently...
The German foreign ministry said that it was urgently trying to contact eight aid workers accused by the Taliban of spreading Christianity among Afghans
NOVEMBER 5, 2001Thailand
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Forcing 63 Burmese immigrants to return home could...
Forcing 63 Burmese immigrants to return home could put their lives in danger, said Wasant Panich, a member of Thailand's National Human Rights Committee, as authorities revealed a plan to send the immigrants back by leaving them at a border village in Bur
NOVEMBER 5, 2001Serbia
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YUGOSLAVIA ABROGATES THE DEATH PENALTY
November 5, 2001: the Chamber of Citizens of Yugoslavia’s Federal parliament voted to replace capital punishment in the Criminal Code with a prison sentence of forty years.
NOVEMBER 4, 2001Nigeria
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The Women Advocate Research and Documentation Centre,...
The Women Advocate Research and Documentation Centre, [WARDC] a non-governmental organization, condemned the death sentence passed on Satiya Hussaina Tunger-Tudu for alleged adultery by an upper sharia court in Gwadebawa, in the northern Sokoto State
NOVEMBER 4, 2001South Korea
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According to a survey, 36 percent of 838 respondents...
According to a survey, 36 percent of 838 respondents over age 20 oppose capital punishment, compared with 20 percent in a Gallup Korea survey in 1994 and 34 percent in a Research World poll in 1999
NOVEMBER 3, 2001China
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Han Seung-soo, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade,...
Han Seung-soo, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and his Chinese counterpart Tang Jiaxuan expressed mutual regret over the diplomatic incident concerning the execution of a South Korean national in China
NOVEMBER 3, 2001Pakistan
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Ali Sher, 21, was hanged for murder at the district...
Ali Sher, 21, was hanged for murder at the district prison in Timergarah, Pakistan
NOVEMBER 3, 2001Afghanistan
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The Afghan Taliban authorities strongly warned all...
The Afghan Taliban authorities strongly warned all foreign journalist not to enter Afghanistan illegally, Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) reported
NOVEMBER 3, 2001India
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A city court New Delhi sentenced a man to death for...
A city court New Delhi sentenced a man to death for burning his wife after she failed to arrange for Rs 5,000 as dowry
NOVEMBER 3, 2001China
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China failed to give a specific answer to Korea's queries...
China failed to give a specific answer to Korea's queries over the alleged torture of a Korean inmate, known as Park, by Chinese authorities
NOVEMBER 3, 2001South Korea
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Han Seung-soo, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade,...
Han Seung-soo, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and his Chinese counterpart Tang Jiaxuan expressed mutual regret over the diplomatic incident concerning the execution of a South Korean national in China
NOVEMBER 3, 2001South Korea
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China failed to give a specific answer to Korea's queries...
China failed to give a specific answer to Korea's queries over the alleged torture of a Korean inmate, known as Park, by Chinese authorities
NOVEMBER 3, 2001South Korea
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The South Korean government said it would render appropriate...
The South Korean government said it would render appropriate punishment to those found responsible for failing in their duty concerning the execution of a South Korean national [identified as Shin] in China
NOVEMBER 3, 2001South Korea
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The Grand National Party urged the resignation of the...
The Grand National Party urged the resignation of the cabinet en bloc after the disgraceful diplomatic incident in which the government wrongly accused China of not giving prior notice before executing a Korean national
NOVEMBER 3, 2001South Korea
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Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Han Seung-soo apologized...
Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Han Seung-soo apologized to the Korean people for the recent unnoticed execution in China of a convicted Korean drug trafficker
NOVEMBER 3, 2001Afghanistan
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Michel Peyrard, who slipped into Afghanistan to report...
Michel Peyrard, who slipped into Afghanistan to report on the US bombing and was arrested on October 9, was released and handed over to French diplomats along the Pakistani border
NOVEMBER 3, 2001Afghanistan
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Three unidentified men were executed by the Taliban...
Three unidentified men were executed by the Taliban Afghan authorities for treason
NOVEMBER 3, 2001Afghanistan
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TALIBAN HAND OVER FRENCH JOURNALIST
November 3, 2001: Michel Peyrard, who slipped into Afghanistan to report on the U.S. bombing and arrested last month, was released on Saturday and handed over to French diplomats along the Pakistani border.
NOVEMBER 2, 2001Florida
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Almost 15 years after being sent to Florida's death...
Almost 15 years after being sent to Florida's death row for the murder of Katrina Graddy, 17, Rudolph Holton, 48, was granted a new trial
NOVEMBER 2, 2001Pakistan
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The Supreme Court commuted into life imprisonment the...
The Supreme Court commuted into life imprisonment the death sentences handed down to 10 defendants convicted on charges of killing 34 people in three separate incidents of sectarian violence

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NOVEMBER 2, 2001China
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The opposition Grand National Party (GNP) urged President...
The opposition Grand National Party (GNP) urged President Kim Dae-jung to apologize for a diplomatic spat with China and to take action against those who tarnished the country's image in the diplomatic debacle concerning the execution of a Korean drug tra
NOVEMBER 2, 2001China
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Kim Gyeong-geun, the head of external affairs for Koreans...
Kim Gyeong-geun, the head of external affairs for Koreans overseas at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, said that he had confirmed the Chinese government's investigation results into the notification procedure regarding the execution of a Korean
NOVEMBER 2, 2001United Kingdom
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The Cardiff mother of a young girl indecently assaulted...
The Cardiff mother of a young girl indecently assaulted by rapist Jonathan Richards told the Echo she wishes he had been given the death penalty
NOVEMBER 2, 2001South Korea
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Kim Gyeong-geun, the head of external affairs for Koreans...
Kim Gyeong-geun, the head of external affairs for Koreans overseas at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, said that he had confirmed the Chinese government's investigation results into the notification procedure regarding the execution of a Korean
NOVEMBER 2, 2001Nigeria
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A pregnant woman sentenced to death by stoning by an...
A pregnant woman sentenced to death by stoning by an Islamic court in Nigeria has fled her home, an official said
NOVEMBER 2, 2001Japan
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Shizuka Kamei, a former policy chief of the ruling...
Shizuka Kamei, a former policy chief of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), was elected head of a group of 76 Diet members who want to abolish the death penalty in Japan
NOVEMBER 2, 2001Malaysia
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Woman witchdoctor, her husband and assistant were hanged...
Woman witchdoctor, her husband and assistant were hanged for the murder of a Malaysian state assemblyman
NOVEMBER 2, 2001China
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One person was sentenced to death and another to long-term...
One person was sentenced to death and another to long-term imprisonment for fraud using value-added tax (VAT) invoices valued at 400m yuan, by a court in Shanwei, south China's Guangdong Province
NOVEMBER 2, 2001South Korea
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The opposition Grand National Party (GNP) urged President...
The opposition Grand National Party (GNP) urged President Kim Dae-jung to apologize for a diplomatic spat with China and to take action against those who tarnished the country's image in the diplomatic debacle concerning the execution of a Korean drug tra
NOVEMBER 2, 2001Nigeria
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A pregnant woman sentenced to death by stoning by an...
A pregnant woman sentenced to death by stoning by an Islamic court in Nigeria has fled her home, an official said
NOVEMBER 2, 2001Nord Carolina
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A Johnston County jury sentenced 18-year-old Lamorris J
A Johnston County jury sentenced 18-year-old Lamorris J
NOVEMBER 2, 2001Philippines
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An official record from the Philippine police show that 9
An official record from the Philippine police show that 9
NOVEMBER 2, 2001Philippines
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The Justice Department tasked with studying the possibility...
The Justice Department tasked with studying the possibility of de-commuting the death penalty cases defended the Philippines President Gloria Arroyo's turnaround on the death penalty as a matter of duty
NOVEMBER 2, 2001
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TALIBAN CAPTURE FORMER KING’S SUPPORTERS
November 2, 2001: reports from Afghanistan say the Taliban have captured 25 supporters of a top aide to the exiled former king Zahir Shah and will hang them today.
NOVEMBER 1, 2001California
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In Napa, Judge W
In Napa, Judge W
NOVEMBER 1, 2001Nigeria
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Apparently embarrassed by the widespread criticism...
Apparently embarrassed by the widespread criticism of the death sentence passed on a pregnant woman by an Islamic court in Nigeria's northern Sokoto State, the federal government joined in appealing against the ruling
NOVEMBER 1, 2001China
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The Seoul government asked Beijing to investigate allegations...
The Seoul government asked Beijing to investigate allegations that two South Korean citizens imprisoned in China on drug trafficking charges were denied their rights to due protection from Korean consular offices and one of them was physically abused by C
NOVEMBER 1, 2001China
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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhu Bangzao called...
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhu Bangzao called on South Korea to conduct a thorough and all-round investigation and verification into the Shin Ok-tu [name as transliterated] case and immediately cease its unfounded allegations against China
NOVEMBER 1, 2001United Kingdom
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A jury at the Old Bailey, London's main criminal court,...
A jury at the Old Bailey, London's main criminal court, was given a graphic description of life inside Taliban-controlled Afghanistan by an alleged plane hijacker
NOVEMBER 1, 2001Afghanistan
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A jury at the Old Bailey, London's main criminal court,...
A jury at the Old Bailey, London's main criminal court, was given a graphic description of life inside Taliban-controlled Afghanistan by an alleged plane hijacker
NOVEMBER 1, 2001Ireland
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The European Commission appointed the Galway-based...
The European Commission appointed the Galway-based Irish Centre for Human Rights to co-ordinate a E1
NOVEMBER 1, 2001Thailand
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The Bangkok Southern Criminal Court sentenced a convicted...
The Bangkok Southern Criminal Court sentenced a convicted Thai drug trader to death and two Burmese to life imprisonment for possessing almost two million amphetamine tablets with intent to sell
NOVEMBER 1, 2001China
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Four gang members were sentenced to death for murder,...
Four gang members were sentenced to death for murder, kidnapping, robbery, and illegal detention of other citizens
NOVEMBER 1, 2001South Korea
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The Seoul government asked Beijing to investigate allegations...
The Seoul government asked Beijing to investigate allegations that two South Korean citizens imprisoned in China on drug trafficking charges were denied their rights to due protection from Korean consular offices and one of them was physically abused by C
NOVEMBER 1, 2001South Korea
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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhu Bangzao called...
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhu Bangzao called on South Korea to conduct a thorough and all-round investigation and verification into the Shin Ok-tu [name as transliterated] case and immediately cease its unfounded allegations against China
NOVEMBER 1, 2001Nigeria
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Nigeria's Senate president Anyim Pius Anyim condemned...
Nigeria's Senate president Anyim Pius Anyim condemned a ruling by an Islamic court in northern Nigeria that sentenced a woman to death by stoning after finding her guilty of having pre-marital sex, news reports said
NOVEMBER 1, 2001China
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The European Commission appointed the Galway-based...
The European Commission appointed the Galway-based Irish Centre for Human Rights to co-ordinate a E1
NOVEMBER 1, 2001Malaysia
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A labourer who was sentenced to death for dadah trafficking...
A labourer who was sentenced to death for dadah trafficking escaped the gallows when the Court of Appeal allowed his appeal

November 2001

The Taliban publicly hanged a man suspected of spying...

In Poteau, District Judge Doug Gabbard sentenced convicted...

Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra, the youngest son of former...

Amnesty International welcomed the unanimous verdict...

John Hardy Rose, 43, died at 2:18 a

Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda cited a...

Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda cited a...

At the UN Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and...

At the UN Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and...

If Czech authorities extradite Uzbek dissident Mohammad...

If Czech authorities extradite Uzbek dissident Mohammad...

The representative of Belgium submitted to the UN Third...

America's proposed use of military tribunals to try...

The Pentagon was investigating reports of the massacre...

Three men were sentenced to death in Bangkok after...

The quashing of the rebellion at Qala-i-Jhangi fort...

Hundreds of Taliban prisoners who had seized rockets...

The Tangerang district court sentenced to death a Pakistani...

Courts nationwide handed down the death sentence to...

The Tangerang district court sentenced to death a Pakistani...

Two former administrative officials have been sentenced...

The Chinese government officially denied that police...

The Chinese government officially denied that police...

Courts nationwide handed down the death sentence to...

About 100 ethnic Oromos were executed at the beginning...

Papua New Guinea politicians made renewed calls for...

A South African man, Bongani Mkhwanazi, escaped the...

A week of activities to commemorate the abolition of...

A state security court in Izmir sentenced to death...

As the controversy over the death sentence passed on...

A South African man, Bongani Mkhwanazi, escaped the...

Ending decades of stonewalling, the Mexican government...

South Korea and China agreed to sign a pact on consular...

South Korea and China agreed to sign a pact on consular...

The Korean government finalized its anti-terrorism...

An Uzbek court sentenced a 30-year-old man to death...

Gov. Gary Locke and Attorney General Christine Gregoire...

The International Red Cross reported finding up to...

A committee of Russia's lower house of parliament said...

Swaziland senators have presented a motion demanding...

Conservative Columnist William Safire on military tribunals,...

The Korean government and ruling Millennium Democratic...

The National Human Rights Commission an independent...

The Iraqi authorities were reported to have secretly...

The Iraqi government executed 15 Kurdish oppositionists...

Workers have found human body parts at an alleged mass...

Thousands of men took to the streets in the southern...

The New National Party (NNP) called for the death penalty...

Two Sudanese had been executed two weeks earlier in...

A man has been sentenced to death for killing 20 people...

The UN high commissioner for human rights said that...

A mass grave of people believed to have been executed...

The trial of five people described as terrorists, presided...

Amorn Wanichwiwatana, a criminologist at the Faculty...

The International Red Cross said they have found between...

Australian woman accused of drug smuggling is facing...

Australian woman accused of drug smuggling is facing...

"Safiya Hussaini was in court on November 22," Sokoto...

Hundreds of people protested outside a South African...

"The establishment of a Human Rights Commission has...

The International Tribunal for Crimes in the former...

The Criminal Court sentenced a Pakistani to death for...

A Thai Criminal Court sentenced a Pakistani to death...

Six death-row inmates have had their death sentences...

Spain cannot extradite suspected Islamic extremists...

South Africa Deputy President Jacob Zuma called for...

A Kenyan musician who murdered his German lover in...

Spain cannot extradite suspected Islamic extremists...

A Bill to amend the Explosive Substances Act was introduced...

Indonesia's Supreme Court upheld the death sentences...

An 18-year-old man was sentenced to death for murdering...

While a majority of lawmakers favour abolition of the...

A prominent Islamist in prison in Germany has foregone...

A prominent Islamist in prison in Germany has foregone...

Beleaguered Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe was to...

The former Brigade Commander in Fort-Portal, Major...

Sen. Gerald Neal wants a 2-year moratorium on executions...

Local residents and authorities in Central Asia actively...

Etim Okpoyo, Nigerian Ambassador to Rome, assured Hands...