Chronological archive
December 2001
The 327 news items published by Hands Off Cain in December 2001, in chronological order.
A trial against four ethnic Uighurs ended at the Sverdlov...
A trial against four ethnic Uighurs ended at the Sverdlov district court of Bishkek in Kyrgzstan
- DECEMBER 29, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Chinese authorities executed 41 people during an anti-corruption...
Chinese authorities executed 41 people during an anti-corruption campaign, newspapers reported
- DECEMBER 29, 2001IndiaDEATH PENALTY
An accused cannot be condemned only on the basis of...
An accused cannot be condemned only on the basis of circumstantial evidence, the Orissa High Court ruled
- DECEMBER 29, 2001MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad, commenting...
Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad, commenting on the death sentence and life imprisonment passed on the 19 Al-Ma'unah members, said the government has never tolerated violent acts like the one perpetrated by the Al-Ma'unah group and people shou
- DECEMBER 29, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russian President Vladimir Putin dissolved the Pardons...
Russian President Vladimir Putin dissolved the Pardons Commission, one of the country's most liberal organisations set up under his predecessor Boris Yeltsin in 1992
- DECEMBER 28, 2001DEATH PENALTY
The military tribunals that may be used to try Al Qaeda...
The military tribunals that may be used to try Al Qaeda members and others accused of terrorism will require a unanimous verdict to impose a death penalty, although a 2/3 vote of the panel of military officers will be enough to find someone guilty
- DECEMBER 28, 2001IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Gujarat state Cabinet approved the draft Gujarat...
The Gujarat state Cabinet approved the draft Gujarat Control of Organised Crime Bill, 2001
- DECEMBER 28, 2001EgyptDEATH PENALTY
A Cairo criminal court condemned to death a carpenter...
A Cairo criminal court condemned to death a carpenter found guilty of murdering his wife, her lover and his own four children
- DECEMBER 28, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
The Standing Military Court sentenced fugitives Kamal...
The Standing Military Court sentenced fugitives Kamal Ali al-Akhras and Imad Ali Murad to death in absentia for collaborating with Israel
- DECEMBER 28, 2001JapanDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International Japan condemned the [December...
Amnesty International Japan condemned the [December 27] hangings and called on the country to halt all scheduled executions and abolish the death penalty
- DECEMBER 28, 2001DelawareDEATH PENALTY
Delaware's longest-serving death row inmate should...
Delaware's longest-serving death row inmate should receive a new trial, the 3rd U
- DECEMBER 28, 2001KansasDEATH PENALTY
In a ruling the Kansas Supreme Court rejected a Kansas...
In a ruling the Kansas Supreme Court rejected a Kansas requirement that defendants be sentenced to death if the aggravating factors associated with the crime presented by prosecutors are equal to the mitigating circumstances presented by the defence
- DECEMBER 28, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
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- DECEMBER 28, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Members of various Islamic organizations in Lanao del...
Members of various Islamic organizations in Lanao del Sur and Lanao del Norte held a rally in Marawi City to protest the recent killing of a Muslim priest
- DECEMBER 28, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In Shanghai, China, three heroin traffickers were executed...
In Shanghai, China, three heroin traffickers were executed this week after being sentenced, an official at the No 1 Intermediate People's Court said
- DECEMBER 28, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade reprimanded...
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade reprimanded five officials including Political Charges d' Affaires at the Korean Embassy to China, Lee Kyu-hyung, over the bungled handling of the execution [in China] of a Korean national known as Shin for drug r
- DECEMBER 28, 2001MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
A court in Malaysia sentenced three leaders of a Muslim...
A court in Malaysia sentenced three leaders of a Muslim sect to death by hanging after convicting them of armed rebellion to create an Islamic state in the multi-cultural nation
- DECEMBER 28, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
A 24-year-old woman cried hysterically as a Jakarta...
A 24-year-old woman cried hysterically as a Jakarta court sentenced her to death for attempting to smuggle one kilogram of heroin from Thailand
- DECEMBER 28, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
In his New Year's message, South African President...
In his New Year's message, South African President Thabo Mbeki called on all South Africans to play a part in fighting the scourge of child rapes in the country
- DECEMBER 28, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
The South African Department of Home Affairs wants...
The South African Department of Home Affairs wants an assurance from the Botswana government that two of that country's fugitives being held in South Africa will not be hanged if they are extradited
- DECEMBER 28, 2001BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
The South African Department of Home Affairs wants...
The South African Department of Home Affairs wants an assurance from the Botswana government that two of that country's fugitives being held in South Africa will not be hanged if they are extradited
- DECEMBER 28, 2001JapanDEATH PENALTY
Justice Minister Mayumi Moriyama defended the government's...
Justice Minister Mayumi Moriyama defended the government's policy of not publicizing the names of death-row inmates who are executed and predicted Japan will maintain capital punishment
- DECEMBER 28, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Rules on Tribunal Require Unanimity on Death Penalty
December 28, 2001: the military tribunals that may be used to try Al Qaeda members and others accused of terrorism will require a unanimous verdict to impose a death penalty.
- DECEMBER 27, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Beijing court sentenced a former financial official...
A Beijing court sentenced a former financial official of Air China to death for embezzling public money
- DECEMBER 27, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In China two men involved in a killing spree that left...
In China two men involved in a killing spree that left 14 people dead were sentenced to death, while an accomplice was jailed for life, AFP reported
- DECEMBER 27, 2001MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Malaysia's High Court declared that an Islamic sect...
Malaysia's High Court declared that an Islamic sect was guilty of armed rebellion and 19 of its members could face the death penalty
- DECEMBER 27, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
At least 13 convicted criminals were executed and a...
At least 13 convicted criminals were executed and a spate of others sentenced to death as China began its end of the year judicial purge
- DECEMBER 27, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Movement Secretariat recommended the retention...
The Movement Secretariat recommended the retention of the death penalty
- DECEMBER 27, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Sani Yakubu, also known as Sani Rodi, failed to appeal...
Sani Yakubu, also known as Sani Rodi, failed to appeal against the death sentence passed on him by the Katsina State Sharia court
- DECEMBER 27, 2001JapanDEATH PENALTY
A former Japanese mental patient charged with stabbing...
A former Japanese mental patient charged with stabbing eight schoolchildren to death in June pleaded guilty, saying he wanted to pay for the brutal crime with his life
- DECEMBER 27, 2001JapanDEATH PENALTY
Japan hanged two male death row inmates, Japan's first...
Japan hanged two male death row inmates, Japan's first executions in 13 months and the first under the administration of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi
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- DECEMBER 27, 2001SudanDEATH PENALTY
Adam Ibrahim Uthman and Abdullah Isma'il Ibrahim were...
Adam Ibrahim Uthman and Abdullah Isma'il Ibrahim were convicted of banditry and possession of unlicensed weapons, and sentenced to cross amputation - amputation of the right hand and left foot, a Human Rights Watch statement said
- DECEMBER 27, 2001EgyptDEATH PENALTY
A court in Egypt passed the death sentence given to...
A court in Egypt passed the death sentence given to a 35-year-old woman, Afaf Abu al Magid Uthman, for infanticide to the Mufti, the highest religious authority in the country
- DECEMBER 26, 2001DEATH PENALTY
A legislator from northern Virginia is proposing a...
A legislator from northern Virginia is proposing a law he says would make opponents of the death penalty accountable for their opinions
- DECEMBER 26, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Some 3,000 people held a vigil at the Nigerian Embassy...
Some 3,000 people held a vigil at the Nigerian Embassy in Rome to call on the West African government spare the life of a woman due to be stoned to death under sharia law
- DECEMBER 26, 2001MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Following a letter from a concerned reader who lamented...
Following a letter from a concerned reader who lamented the rape of an eight-year-old girl in front of her parents in Kepong, saying that convicted rapists deserve to die, The Paper That Cares took up her rallying cry and conducted a public poll which rec
- DECEMBER 26, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Twenty six defendants were sentenced to death, and...
Twenty six defendants were sentenced to death, and 11 were acquitted according to a final verdict issued by the penal court in Sanaa
- DECEMBER 26, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Some 3,000 people held a vigil at the Nigerian Embassy...
Some 3,000 people held a vigil at the Nigerian Embassy in Rome to call on the West African government spare the life of a woman due to be stoned to death under sharia law
- DECEMBER 26, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court of Appeals reversed the death sentence...
The Supreme Court of Appeals reversed the death sentence handed down on Salih Izzet Erdis, also known as Salih Mirzabeyoglu, the head of the fundamentalist terrorist organization IBDA-C
- DECEMBER 26, 2001CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
In San Francisco, a divided 9th U
In San Francisco, a divided 9th U
- DECEMBER 26, 2001ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Zimbabwe's opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, said...
Zimbabwe's opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, said that his supporters were being attacked and killed by an unofficial militia established by President Mugabe's government
- DECEMBER 26, 2001Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A south China court sentenced a Hong Kong drug lord...
A south China court sentenced a Hong Kong drug lord and his four associates to death following what is said to be the world's largest haul of "ice," local reports said
- DECEMBER 26, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A south China court sentenced a Hong Kong drug lord...
A south China court sentenced a Hong Kong drug lord and his four associates to death following what is said to be the world's largest haul of "ice," local reports said
- DECEMBER 26, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russia's Prosecutor-General Vladimir Ustinov said Chechen...
Russia's Prosecutor-General Vladimir Ustinov said Chechen rebel commander Salman Raduyev, sentenced December 25 to life imprisonment, deserved the death penalty
- DECEMBER 25, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed five members of a violent gang that...
China executed five members of a violent gang that murdered 21 people over the eight years in China's northernmost province of Heilongjiang
- DECEMBER 25, 2001CubaDEATH PENALTY
The Venezuelan government formally requested that Panama...
The Venezuelan government formally requested that Panama extradite a Cuban man, Luis Posada Carriles, accused of blowing up a Cubana Aviacion airliner in 1976 shortly after take-off from Barbados
- DECEMBER 25, 2001VenezuelaDEATH PENALTY
The Venezuelan government formally requested that Panama...
The Venezuelan government formally requested that Panama extradite a Cuban man, Luis Posada Carriles, accused of blowing up a Cubana Aviacion airliner in 1976 shortly after take-off from Barbados
- DECEMBER 25, 2001PanamaDEATH PENALTY
The Venezuelan government formally requested that Panama...
The Venezuelan government formally requested that Panama extradite a Cuban man, Luis Posada Carriles, accused of blowing up a Cubana Aviacion airliner in 1976 shortly after take-off from Barbados
- DECEMBER 25, 2001JapanDEATH PENALTY
A right-wing activist will be sent to the gallows after...
A right-wing activist will be sent to the gallows after an appeal court overruled a life term handed down at a district court
- DECEMBER 25, 2001SudanDEATH PENALTY
Muhammad Adam Yahya and Ahmad Sulayman Muhammad were...
Muhammad Adam Yahya and Ahmad Sulayman Muhammad were sentenced to amputation of the right hand followed by death by hanging, for armed robbery, Human Rights Watch reported
- DECEMBER 25, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
[political journalist] Valery Vyzhutovich wrote in...
[political journalist] Valery Vyzhutovich wrote in [the Russian daily business newspaper ] Vremya MN that the life-sentence handed to [Chechen terrorist] Salman Raduyev was "in fact passed long before the end of the trial
- DECEMBER 25, 2001SudanDEATH PENALTY
Muhammad Adam Yahya and Ahmad Sulayman Muhammad were...
Muhammad Adam Yahya and Ahmad Sulayman Muhammad were sentenced to amputation of the right hand followed by death by hanging, for armed robbery, Human Rights Watch said
- DECEMBER 25, 2001SudanDEATH PENALTY
Three men were executed in northern Darfur in Sudan
Three men were executed in northern Darfur in Sudan
- DECEMBER 24, 2001Burkina FasoDEATH PENALTY
The abolition of capital punishment in Burkina Faso,...
The abolition of capital punishment in Burkina Faso, though it is rarely applied, generated a heated debate
- DECEMBER 24, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
South Africa's opposition parties urged the government...
South Africa's opposition parties urged the government to let the public decide whether to reinstate capital punishment, amid increasing calls for the return of death penalty in the country
- DECEMBER 24, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The shadow foreign secretary Michael Ancram, said:...
The shadow foreign secretary Michael Ancram, said: " I look at every issue on its merit, and on capital punishment I voted for it in two very clear categories: indiscriminate terrorism where the bomber doesn't care whom he is killing, and I think that's a
- DECEMBER 24, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A draft amendment to China's Criminal Law, which was...
A draft amendment to China's Criminal Law, which was tabled at a session of the country's legislature National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, stipulates that those who commit crimes like spreading poisonous, radioactive or contagious material
- DECEMBER 24, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The State Administration of Taxation stated in Beijing...
The State Administration of Taxation stated in Beijing that in April 2001, the Chinese tax administration launched a campaign aimed at fighting tax fraud
- DECEMBER 23, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human...
The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, Kamal Hossain, expressed concern over the death and summary execution of prisoners in Afghanistan
- DECEMBER 23, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Two thieves were illegally hanged in Uganda's Karamoja...
Two thieves were illegally hanged in Uganda's Karamoja region
- DECEMBER 22, 2001BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
Tripoli People's Court postponed its verdict on six...
Tripoli People's Court postponed its verdict on six Bulgarian medics and a Palestinian doctor charged with deliberately infecting hundreds of Libyan children with the HIV virus to February 17, 2002 to complete the study of the case
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- DECEMBER 22, 2001LibyaDEATH PENALTY
Tripoli People's Court postponed its verdict on six...
Tripoli People's Court postponed its verdict on six Bulgarian medics and a Palestinian doctor charged with deliberately infecting hundreds of Libyan children with the HIV virus to February 17, 2002 to complete the study of the case
- DECEMBER 22, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Afghanistan has an interim administration which was...
Afghanistan has an interim administration which was inaugurated on 22 December 2001 and which is due to govern for six months
- DECEMBER 21, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Kenton Keith, a spokesman for the US-led coalition...
Kenton Keith, a spokesman for the US-led coalition in Aghanistan said Washington would seek bin Laden's extradition if he was found in Afghanistan, Pakistan or elsewhere
- DECEMBER 21, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Kenton Keith, a spokesman for the US-led coalition...
Kenton Keith, a spokesman for the US-led coalition in Aghanistan said Washington would seek bin Laden's extradition if he was found in Afghanistan, Pakistan or elsewhere
- DECEMBER 21, 2001RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Rwandan President Paul Kagame said he will not sign...
Rwandan President Paul Kagame said he will not sign into law a controversial press bill which advocates death penalty for journalists inciting genocide
- DECEMBER 21, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
John Walker, the American Taleban fighter, admitted...
John Walker, the American Taleban fighter, admitted that he joined Arab mercenaries financed by Osama bin Laden and attended a training camp run by the al-Qaeda leader
- DECEMBER 21, 2001MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
State narcotics chief Supt Othman Harun said having...
State narcotics chief Supt Othman Harun said having small amounts of drugs does not mean that pushers can escape the gallows
- DECEMBER 21, 2001ComorosDEATH PENALTY
Two mercenaries among the 13 who on December 19 raided...
Two mercenaries among the 13 who on December 19 raided Moheli island, were indicted in Moroni for "breach of national security"
- DECEMBER 21, 2001IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Four people were sentenced to death for the murder...
Four people were sentenced to death for the murder of Rajwinder Kaur's husband and in-laws
- DECEMBER 21, 2001DEATH PENALTY
John Walker, the American Taleban fighter, admitted...
John Walker, the American Taleban fighter, admitted that he joined Arab mercenaries financed by Osama bin Laden and attended a training camp run by the al-Qaeda leader
- DECEMBER 21, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
A shari'ah court in Sokoto State, northern Nigeria,...
A shari'ah court in Sokoto State, northern Nigeria, ordered the amputation of the right hands and left legs of two convicted armed robbers
- DECEMBER 21, 2001AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
Louis Griffin, 36, once sent to Alabama's death row...
Louis Griffin, 36, once sent to Alabama's death row has been found innocent at his retrial for a 1992 killing
- DECEMBER 21, 2001PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
Specialists in criminal and constitutional law say:...
Specialists in criminal and constitutional law say: chances slim for Abu-Jamal retrial
- DECEMBER 21, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
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- DECEMBER 21, 2001DEATH PENALTY
The videotape of an interview with Walker that has...
The videotape of an interview with Walker that has been shown on CNN appears to have erased whatever sympathy some in government had expressed earlier for Walker as possibly a misguided naif
- DECEMBER 21, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A salesman who channelled millions of yuan into phony...
A salesman who channelled millions of yuan into phony bank accounts was recently sentenced to death by the Intermediate People's Court of Changchun City in northeast China's Jilin Province
- DECEMBER 21, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A bank director was sentenced to death by a court in...
A bank director was sentenced to death by a court in south China for embezzling 21
- DECEMBER 20, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
A Jakarta court sentenced former President Suharto's...
A Jakarta court sentenced former President Suharto's grandson Ari Sigit to two months and 22 days in jail for illegal possession of firearms
- DECEMBER 20, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Following a death warrant signed by the Beijing Municipal...
Following a death warrant signed by the Beijing Municipal Higher People's Court president, the Beijing Municipal No 2 Intermediate People's Court escorted a number of condemned criminals to the execution ground for execution, including Cheng Zhanming, a k
- DECEMBER 20, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Pennsylvania officials temporarily blocked a U
Pennsylvania officials temporarily blocked a U
- DECEMBER 20, 2001TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
December 20-21, 2001: a two-day international conference,...
December 20-21, 2001: a two-day international conference, entitled "The death penalty: pros and cons", opened in Dushanbe on December 20
- DECEMBER 20, 2001CubaDEATH PENALTY
With President Fidel Castro presiding, Cuban lawmakers...
With President Fidel Castro presiding, Cuban lawmakers unanimously approved an expanded antiterrorism law that reaffirmed the use of the death penalty for the most extreme acts of terror
- DECEMBER 20, 2001CubaDEATH PENALTY
The Venezuelan Supreme Court (TSJ) approved a request...
The Venezuelan Supreme Court (TSJ) approved a request for the extradition of alleged anti-Castro terrorist Luis Posada Carriles, who is jailed in Panama on charges of conspiring to kill the Cuban leader
- DECEMBER 20, 2001VenezuelaDEATH PENALTY
The Venezuelan Supreme Court (TSJ) approved a request...
The Venezuelan Supreme Court (TSJ) approved a request for the extradition of alleged anti-Castro terrorist Luis Posada Carriles, who is jailed in Panama on charges of conspiring to kill the Cuban leader
- DECEMBER 20, 2001PanamaDEATH PENALTY
The Venezuelan Supreme Court (TSJ) approved a request...
The Venezuelan Supreme Court (TSJ) approved a request for the extradition of alleged anti-Castro terrorist Luis Posada Carriles, who is jailed in Panama on charges of conspiring to kill the Cuban leader
- DECEMBER 20, 2001FloridaDEATH PENALTY
The Florida Supreme Court overturned the capital conviction...
The Florida Supreme Court overturned the capital conviction of Joseph Ramirez, saying it was based on the "extraordinary claim" of a police technician who testified that he could identify the murder weapon as the defendant's knife to the exclusion of ever
- DECEMBER 20, 2001TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
According to a Voice and Vision [of Iran] correspondent...
According to a Voice and Vision [of Iran] correspondent from Dushanbe, participants of the two-day conference said the number of those executed in Tajikistan in 2000 was 65, and a total of 100 people were executed in 2001
- DECEMBER 20, 2001EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
With a stroke of his pen, King Mswati commuted the...
With a stroke of his pen, King Mswati commuted the death sentences of four convicted murderers on November 13, and reduced the number of inmates on death row from 13 to nine
- DECEMBER 19, 2001CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
The death sentence of William Charles Payton, who stabbed...
The death sentence of William Charles Payton, who stabbed Pamela Montgomery to death in 1980, will be reviewed
- DECEMBER 19, 2001Governo Federale degli Stati UnitiDEATH PENALTY
Zacarias Moussaoui was brought to the federal court...
Zacarias Moussaoui was brought to the federal court where he will face charges of taking part in the conspiracy to attack New York City and Washington
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- DECEMBER 19, 2001PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
Leroy Stallworth, 26, was resentenced to life in prison...
Leroy Stallworth, 26, was resentenced to life in prison for killing on Jan
- DECEMBER 19, 2001PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
Judge David N
Judge David N
- DECEMBER 19, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
The House approved legislation to implement 2 international...
The House approved legislation to implement 2 international anti- terrorism treaties over the objections of some Democrats who warned that the creation of new death penalties could cause problems with American allies
- DECEMBER 19, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Three Iranians, convicted of murder, were sent to the...
Three Iranians, convicted of murder, were sent to the gallows at the Tehran Qasr Prison, while the fourth was pardoned while the noose was on his neck
- DECEMBER 19, 2001JapanDEATH PENALTY
An appeal court upheld a lower court ruling that sentenced...
An appeal court upheld a lower court ruling that sentenced a former newspaper deliveryman to death for murdering a woman and her elderly mother in Tokyo after they refused to lend him money
- DECEMBER 19, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The former vice-mayor of Shenyang in China's northeastern...
The former vice-mayor of Shenyang in China's northeastern province of Liaoning and the city's former deputy finance chief were executed for corruption and embezzlement, official media reported
- DECEMBER 18, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A former official of a Communist Party school in Beijing...
A former official of a Communist Party school in Beijing was sentenced to death for having his nephew kill his boss, the People's Daily reported
- DECEMBER 18, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
A legal practitioner and former Chairman of the Kaduna...
A legal practitioner and former Chairman of the Kaduna branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Daniel Enwelum, said that Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has no constitutional rights to stop the execution of the death sentence on Safiya Hussain,
- DECEMBER 18, 2001Governo Federale degli Stati UnitiDEATH PENALTY
Vice President Richard B
Vice President Richard B
- DECEMBER 18, 2001Nord CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
The state Supreme Court ordered a new sentencing hearing...
The state Supreme Court ordered a new sentencing hearing for Gary Wayne Long, who was given a death sentence for killing his mother, Wilma Yates Lowder in January 1998
- DECEMBER 18, 2001PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
U.S. District Judge William Yohn overturned Pennsylvania...
U.S. District Judge William Yohn overturned Pennsylvania death row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal's death sentence
- DECEMBER 18, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
The White House said that the U
The White House said that the U
- DECEMBER 18, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
A draft amendment bill to change the method of execution...
A draft amendment bill to change the method of execution from shooting to lethal injection is ready to go before parliament for approval
- DECEMBER 18, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
A man was sentenced to death for "cold-bloodedly" murdering...
A man was sentenced to death for "cold-bloodedly" murdering three people in eastern Uzbekistan, the Uzbek newspaper Inson va Qonun reported
- DECEMBER 18, 2001JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Utsunomiya District Court sentenced to death a...
The Utsunomiya District Court sentenced to death a 35-year-old man for murdering his wife and an acquaintance in the late 1980s in Tochigi Prefecture
- DECEMBER 18, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A man who set off three bombs that killed six people...
A man who set off three bombs that killed six people and injured three others to seek revenge against three of his doctors had been sentenced to death, the Beijing Morning Post said
- DECEMBER 18, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Staff and students at a Birmingham university are to...
Staff and students at a Birmingham university are to help carry out a major study of death penalty practices across America following a cash boost from the British Government
- DECEMBER 18, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Staff and students at a Birmingham university are to...
Staff and students at a Birmingham university are to help carry out a major study of death penalty practices across America following a cash boost from the British Government
- DECEMBER 18, 2001DEATH PENALTY
HANDS OFF CAIN
December 18, 2001: Hands Off Cain will host a press conference tomorrow to discuss the possible judiciary measures to be taken against Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaeda terrorists with ICTY and ICTR Chief Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte and photographer Oliviero To
- DECEMBER 17, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Nigerian Coalition of Women's Rights and Economic...
The Nigerian Coalition of Women's Rights and Economic Empowerment (CWREE) picked holes in the shari'ah court judgment that sentenced Safiya Hussaini, to death, saying that the death penalty runs counter to the constitution of all known international laws
- DECEMBER 17, 2001MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
Morocco's King Mohammed pardoned 1,144 people, on the...
Morocco's King Mohammed pardoned 1,144 people, on the Muslim feast of Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan
- DECEMBER 17, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A judge in Tarlac City meted out the death penalty...
A judge in Tarlac City meted out the death penalty to a man for raping his 19-year-old granddaughter in La Paz town in March
- DECEMBER 17, 2001SpainDEATH PENALTY
Spain said it will take anti-terrorist cooperation...
Spain said it will take anti-terrorist cooperation with the United States and Russia "beyond words" after it assumes the rotating presidency of the European Union early in 2002, Foreign Minister Josep Pique said
- DECEMBER 17, 2001GrenadaDEATH PENALTY
A prominent church leader was sentenced to death in...
A prominent church leader was sentenced to death in the murder of a 15-year-old girl who had attended his church for years
- DECEMBER 17, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The High Court in Mubende, Uganda, sentenced to death...
The High Court in Mubende, Uganda, sentenced to death two men for robbery and murder
- DECEMBER 17, 2001OhioDEATH PENALTY
Common Pleas Judge Neal Bronson threw out a jury's...
Common Pleas Judge Neal Bronson threw out a jury's recommendation of death for twice-convicted killer Timothy Hancock after he discovered that they had viewed potentially inflammatory exhibits in deciding the inmate's fate
- DECEMBER 16, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Gul Agha Shirzai, the new governor of Kandahar, according...
Gul Agha Shirzai, the new governor of Kandahar, according to multiple accounts, ordered the summary execution of foreign-born Taliban soldiers captured in the last month
- DECEMBER 16, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Rapists, especially those who raped young children,...
Rapists, especially those who raped young children, should be given the death sentence, said Sylvia Farmer, whose teenage daughter Valencia Farmer was gang-raped, stabbed numerous times and left dead in a derelict house on the Cape Flats
- DECEMBER 16, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
An Islamic court told Safiya Hussaini, who was sentenced...
An Islamic court told Safiya Hussaini, who was sentenced to die after being found guilty of adultery, that her life will be spared if she can prove her daughter Adama, who is now almost a year old, was the result of rape
- DECEMBER 16, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Thai Cabinet recently resolved that sentences of...
The Thai Cabinet recently resolved that sentences of execution or life imprisonment for under 18 year olds shall be commuted to 15 years' imprisonment
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- DECEMBER 16, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Aaron Patterson, a death row inmate, says police punched...
Aaron Patterson, a death row inmate, says police punched him and suffocated him with a plastic typewriter cover 15 years ago to get a false confession in the killings of an elderly couple
- DECEMBER 16, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A rally gathered in the Hotan sports stadium in October...
A rally gathered in the Hotan sports stadium in October to watch court officials sentence a man to death, a scene that was played out hundreds of times across China in 2001 as part of the Communist Party's latest drive against crime
- DECEMBER 16, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Renowned international, anti-capital punishment advocate...
Renowned international, anti-capital punishment advocate Roger G
- DECEMBER 15, 2001BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
The President of the European Parliament Nicole Fontaine,...
The President of the European Parliament Nicole Fontaine, in a press conference following her address to the Heads of State and Government of the EU and the European Commission, gathered at the Laeken Summit, said that Parliament's great concern was to th
- DECEMBER 15, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Arif Hussain Baloch was given capital punishment for...
Arif Hussain Baloch was given capital punishment for drug trafficking by the Special Judge Anti Narcotics Court Syed Kazim Raza Shamsi
- DECEMBER 15, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Robina Ansari, appealed a ruling of the Lahore High...
Robina Ansari, appealed a ruling of the Lahore High Court dismissing her request for damages to her and her sister Shama Bibi after they both miscarried during an investigation for murder
- DECEMBER 15, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkish Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said that...
Turkish Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said that he cannot give assurances to Germany that Metin Kaplan, would not be executed if Germany decides to extradite him to Turkey
- DECEMBER 15, 2001GermanyDEATH PENALTY
Turkish Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said that...
Turkish Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said that he cannot give assurances to Germany that Metin Kaplan, would not be executed if Germany decides to extradite him to Turkey
- DECEMBER 15, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The uncle of murdered Turkish asylum seeker Firsat...
The uncle of murdered Turkish asylum seeker Firsat Dag called for the return of capital punishment, after the High Court in Glasgow condemned Scott Burrell to a minimum of 14 years
- DECEMBER 15, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A poll published in the Sunday People newspaper found...
A poll published in the Sunday People newspaper found that four out of five Britons want child sex offenders jailed indefinitely
- DECEMBER 15, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Western Cape Premier Peter Marais called for the re-instatement...
Western Cape Premier Peter Marais called for the re-instatement of the death penalty in order to end a spate of murders and rapes, the SABC reported
- DECEMBER 15, 2001Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
Under pressure from voters over rising violent crime,...
Under pressure from voters over rising violent crime, several Caribbean governments, including Trinidad, have joined forces to create a regional court to ease the application of the death penalty
- DECEMBER 15, 2001Nord CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Sherman Elwood Skipper, 59, on North Carolina's death...
Sherman Elwood Skipper, 59, on North Carolina's death row is the 1st in the state to have his sentence reduced under a new state law banning executions for the mentally retarded
- DECEMBER 14, 2001WisconsinDEATH PENALTY
In the past, attempts to reinstate capital punishment...
In the past, attempts to reinstate capital punishment in Wisconsin focused on child killers, cop killers and multiple murderers
- DECEMBER 14, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
[captured Taliban fighter] David Hicks is unlikely...
[captured Taliban fighter] David Hicks is unlikely ever to be tried for treason
- DECEMBER 14, 2001ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Armenian MP and member of the PACE [Parliamentary Assembly...
Armenian MP and member of the PACE [Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe] monitoring commission, Armen Rustamyan, noted that the country's president himself guaranteed resolution of the problem regarding the abolishment of capital punishment
- DECEMBER 14, 2001CzechiaDEATH PENALTY
A Czech court set free Muhammad Salih the exiled leader...
A Czech court set free Muhammad Salih the exiled leader of one of Uzbekistan's main opposition parties, saying he should not be extradited to the former Soviet republic, where he faces a long prison sentence
- DECEMBER 14, 2001FranceDEATH PENALTY
France demanded that the US spare the life of one of...
France demanded that the US spare the life of one of its citizens indicted on charges which could lead to his execution in connection with the September 11 terrorist attacks
- DECEMBER 14, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
A Czech court set free Muhammad Salih the exiled leader...
A Czech court set free Muhammad Salih the exiled leader of one of Uzbekistan's main opposition parties, saying he should not be extradited to the former Soviet republic, where he faces a long prison sentence
- DECEMBER 14, 2001DEATH PENALTY
France demanded that the US spare the life of one of...
France demanded that the US spare the life of one of its citizens indicted on charges which could lead to his execution in connection with the September 11 terrorist attacks
- DECEMBER 14, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The South Sumatra High Court imposed the death penalty...
The South Sumatra High Court imposed the death penalty on Kiagus Zainal Abidinagainst, who had previously been sentenced to 18 years in prison by a lower court for possessing 58
- DECEMBER 14, 2001JordanDEATH PENALTY
The Jordanian cabinet changed the law on so-called...
The Jordanian cabinet changed the law on so-called honour crimes - when a man kills a woman relative accused of dishonouring the family - doing away with an exemption from the death penalty for those convicted
- DECEMBER 14, 2001IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Death row inmate Andrew Maxwell, who has long claimed...
Death row inmate Andrew Maxwell, who has long claimed that police tortured him into confessing the 1986 murder of a cabdriver, pleaded guilty in a deal that spares his life in exchange for dropping those allegations
- DECEMBER 14, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Executions in the U
Executions in the U
- DECEMBER 14, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Li Yufen, a former manager in Changchun, the capital...
Li Yufen, a former manager in Changchun, the capital of Jilin Province, northeast China, was executed for embezzling over 90 million yuan (11 million U
- DECEMBER 14, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The Taliban staged so many public executions during...
The Taliban staged so many public executions during their five years in power that Supreme Court Judge Zalmai Payeda lost count
- DECEMBER 13, 2001AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika commuted the...
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika commuted the death sentence of 116 prisoners, Algerian radio reported
- DECEMBER 13, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Treason was the worst possible crime against Australia,...
Treason was the worst possible crime against Australia, but the Adelaide man caught fighting for the Taliban should not face the death penalty, RSL president Peter Phillips said
- DECEMBER 13, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
There wide support for David Hick's [an Australian...
There wide support for David Hick's [an Australian captured fighting with the Taliban] execution
- DECEMBER 13, 2001BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
European Parliament approved a resolution on EU judicial...
European Parliament approved a resolution on EU judicial cooperation with the United States in combating terrorism (Doc
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- DECEMBER 13, 2001FinlandDEATH PENALTY
The Finnish parliament said it would refuse to extradite...
The Finnish parliament said it would refuse to extradite a person to a third country if threatened by the death penalty or "other inhumane treatment"
- DECEMBER 13, 2001JapanDEATH PENALTY
Presiding Judge Yoshimasa Kawabe of the Tokyo High...
Presiding Judge Yoshimasa Kawabe of the Tokyo High Court affirmed the Tokyo District Court's 1998 death sentence against Kazuaki Okazaki, 41, finding him guilty of killing in 1989 Yokohama lawyer Tsutsumi Sakamoto, 33, his wife Satoko, 29, and their 1-yea
- DECEMBER 13, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
As 35-year-old Safiya Hussaini's death sentence by...
As 35-year-old Safiya Hussaini's death sentence by stoning continues to generate controversies across the globe, it appears the adultery case promises to test the restoration of Islamic law in 12 northern states
- DECEMBER 13, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos [Dr Anthony Olubunmi...
The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos [Dr Anthony Olubunmi Okogie] offered to die for a mother of five sentenced to death by stoning by a Muslim sharia court in northwest Sokoto state which convicted her of sex outside marriage
- DECEMBER 13, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International welcomed the announcement that...
Amnesty International welcomed the announcement that Pakistani President Musharraf will commute the death sentences of around 100 young offenders
- DECEMBER 13, 2001ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
The Financial Gazette described the Public Order and...
The Financial Gazette described the Public Order and Security Bill (POSB) as a "nefarious piece of legislation
- DECEMBER 13, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Ankara State Security Court [DGM] condemned Ali...
The Ankara State Security Court [DGM] condemned Ali Gulmez, the so-called Black Sea regional secretary of a leftist organization, to death for attempting to disrupt the constitutional and basic order of the country through the activities and actions he ca
- DECEMBER 13, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
New powers to investigate and detain foreign terrorist...
New powers to investigate and detain foreign terrorist suspects were approved by Parliament
- DECEMBER 13, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
An angry crowd called for the reinstatement of the...
An angry crowd called for the reinstatement of the death penalty during the court appearance of an Eastern Cape child rapist Vusumzi Stena
- DECEMBER 13, 2001CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Superior Court Judge Ronald E
Superior Court Judge Ronald E
- DECEMBER 13, 2001DEATH PENALTY
An Assembly committee unanimously approved a sweeping...
An Assembly committee unanimously approved a sweeping anti-terrorism package that would increase criminal penalties for terrorist acts
- DECEMBER 13, 2001Governo Federale degli Stati UnitiDEATH PENALTY
In Manhattan U
In Manhattan U
- DECEMBER 13, 2001Governo Federale degli Stati UnitiDEATH PENALTY
Paris lawyer Isabelle Coutant-Peyre, the lawyer and...
Paris lawyer Isabelle Coutant-Peyre, the lawyer and fiancee of the man known as Carlos the Jackal said today that she will represent Zacarias Moussaoui, the French citizen indicted for conspiracy in the Sept
- DECEMBER 13, 2001DEATH PENALTY
NUMBER OF EXECUTIONS FALLS FOR SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR
December 13, 2001: executions in the United Sates continue to decline. The pattern can be partly attributed to states re-examining the fairness of capital punishment.
- DECEMBER 12, 2001FranceDEATH PENALTY
Isabelle Coutant-Peyre, defence attorney for Moroccan-born...
Isabelle Coutant-Peyre, defence attorney for Moroccan-born French citizen Zacarias Moussaoui, the first suspect indicted in the United States for the September 11 terrorist attacks, will solicit the repatriation of the French national
- DECEMBER 12, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
Vincent Edward Cooks has been executed in the Huntsville...
Vincent Edward Cooks has been executed in the Huntsville death chamber for the Feb
- DECEMBER 12, 2001FranceDEATH PENALTY
Isabelle Coutant-Peyre, defence attorney for Moroccan-born...
Isabelle Coutant-Peyre, defence attorney for Moroccan-born French citizen Zacarias Moussaoui, the first suspect indicted in the United States for the September 11 terrorist attacks, will solicit the repatriation of the French national
- DECEMBER 12, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Terrorist David Hicks, 26-year-old Adelaide man, captured...
Terrorist David Hicks, 26-year-old Adelaide man, captured in Afghanistan by Northern Alliance troops, could be guilty of treason
- DECEMBER 12, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said the US would...
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said the US would not let any coalition members' objections to the death penalty get in the way of punishing al-Qaeda or Taliban members
- DECEMBER 12, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Spectral but alive, more than a thousand prisoners...
Spectral but alive, more than a thousand prisoners of the Taliban emerged from a Kandahar jail with tales of torture, starvation and executions inflicted by guards who have since been allowed to join the new administration
- DECEMBER 12, 2001CzechiaDEATH PENALTY
The Czech state attorney proposed to the Prague Municipal...
The Czech state attorney proposed to the Prague Municipal Court to decide against the extradition of Uzbek dissident Mohammed Solih to Uzbekistan
- DECEMBER 12, 2001DEATH PENALTY
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said the US would...
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said the US would not let any coalition members' objections to the death penalty get in the way of punishing al-Qaeda or Taliban members
- DECEMBER 12, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Germany banned an Islamic extremist group, the Cologne-based...
Germany banned an Islamic extremist group, the Cologne-based State of Califat, and warned that similar groups could also be shut down under security laws tightened since terrorist attacks on September 11
- DECEMBER 12, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The Czech state attorney proposed to the Prague Municipal...
The Czech state attorney proposed to the Prague Municipal Court to decide against the extradition of Uzbek dissident Mohammed Solih to Uzbekistan
- DECEMBER 12, 2001GermanyDEATH PENALTY
Germany banned an Islamic extremist group, the Cologne-based...
Germany banned an Islamic extremist group, the Cologne-based State of Califat, and warned that similar groups could also be shut down under security laws tightened since terrorist attacks on September 11
- DECEMBER 12, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
A leading member of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's...
A leading member of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia party lobbied the government to intervene with a Nigerian Muslim state to spare the life of a woman due to be stoned to death under Sharia law
- DECEMBER 12, 2001HaitiDEATH PENALTY
The Democratic Convergence [opposition coalition] asked...
The Democratic Convergence [opposition coalition] asked the head of state [President Jean-Bertrand Aristide] to get his partisans to put an end to the summary execution that is being applied under the zero-tolerance formula
- DECEMBER 12, 2001JordanDEATH PENALTY
Jordan's military prosecutor urged a security court...
Jordan's military prosecutor urged a security court to convict a US-born militant, saying evidence proved he had plotted attacks on US targets on the orders of Usamah Bin Ladin's Al-Qa'idah network
- DECEMBER 12, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
A leading member of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's...
A leading member of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia party lobbied the government to intervene with a Nigerian Muslim state to spare the life of a woman due to be stoned to death under Sharia law
- DECEMBER 12, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
A riot following a failed jailbreak by death row inmates...
A riot following a failed jailbreak by death row inmates at Narathiwat provincial prison left five inmates dead and two others severely injured
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- DECEMBER 12, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Reviving the death penalty may not be enough to deter...
Reviving the death penalty may not be enough to deter kidnappers in the long term, according to the government's top anti-kidnapping officer, Chief Supt
- DECEMBER 12, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Uganda praised the United States for including the...
Uganda praised the United States for including the Ugandan rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) on its blacklist of international terrorist organisations, the New Vision newspaper reported
- DECEMBER 12, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The United States refused to rule out executing terror...
The United States refused to rule out executing terror warlord Osama bin Laden if he is captured alive
- DECEMBER 12, 2001DEATH PENALTY
The United States refused to rule out executing terror...
The United States refused to rule out executing terror warlord Osama bin Laden if he is captured alive
- DECEMBER 12, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Maryland's Court of Appeals upheld the state's death...
Maryland's Court of Appeals upheld the state's death penalty in a close decision, clearing the way for executions
- DECEMBER 12, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals overturned the...
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals overturned the death sentence of Kimberly McCarthy
- DECEMBER 12, 2001Governo Federale degli Stati UnitiDEATH PENALTY
The United States will deal with European objections...
The United States will deal with European objections to the death penalty on a case-by-case basis as it seeks extradition of suspects linked to the Sept
- DECEMBER 12, 2001SudanDEATH PENALTY
An emergency tribunal in Nyala, Southern Darfur convicted...
An emergency tribunal in Nyala, Southern Darfur convicted Abduh Isma'il Tong and Yusuf Yaow Mombai of stealing Sudanese £3 million (about US $1,160) and sentenced them to amputation of the right hand, HRW said
- DECEMBER 12, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russia's chief prosecutor told a court that a notorious...
Russia's chief prosecutor told a court that a notorious Chechen guerrilla leader on trial for his part in a bloody hostage-taking raid should spend the rest of his life behind bars
- DECEMBER 12, 2001DEATH PENALTY
US INDICTS FIRST SUSPECT FOR SEPT 11 ATTACKS
December 12, 2001: a man has been charged with conspiring with Osama Bin Laden to kill thousands in the 11 September attacks on the United States.
- DECEMBER 11, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A Sheffield legal team began frantic attempt to halt...
A Sheffield legal team began frantic attempt to halt a deportation order against an illegal immigrant who claims he could face execution in his African homeland
- DECEMBER 11, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
A Yemeni court began the trial of five Yemenis accused...
A Yemeni court began the trial of five Yemenis accused of kidnapping a German man who was freed by army commandos after nearly two weeks of captivity, journalists said
- DECEMBER 11, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
About 150 residents of the South African town of Kraaifontein,...
About 150 residents of the South African town of Kraaifontein, including at least 70 children, marched to the local police station saying "enough is enough" and demanding that the death penalty be reinstated after the murder of a nine-year-old Kraaifontei
- DECEMBER 11, 2001TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
A Sheffield legal team began frantic attempt to halt...
A Sheffield legal team began frantic attempt to halt a deportation order against an illegal immigrant who claims he could face execution in his African homeland
- DECEMBER 11, 2001GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Byron Ashley Parker, 41, died at 7:26 p
Byron Ashley Parker, 41, died at 7:26 p
- DECEMBER 11, 2001DEATH PENALTY
December 11, 20001: Palestinian National Authority...
December 11, 20001: Palestinian National Authority (PNA) officials criticized a European Union statement for equalizing the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories with the Palestinians' legal resistance of the occupation
- DECEMBER 11, 2001IsraelDEATH PENALTY
December 11, 20001: Palestinian National Authority...
December 11, 20001: Palestinian National Authority (PNA) officials criticized a European Union statement for equalizing the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories with the Palestinians' legal resistance of the occupation
- DECEMBER 11, 2001BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
December 11, 20001: Palestinian National Authority...
December 11, 20001: Palestinian National Authority (PNA) officials criticized a European Union statement for equalizing the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories with the Palestinians' legal resistance of the occupation
- DECEMBER 11, 2001ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
During the session of the Monitoring Commission of...
During the session of the Monitoring Commission of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Irena Belogorska, rapporteur on Armenia, expressed concern over the fact that some political forces in Armenia object to the abolition of capita
- DECEMBER 11, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Three more men were charged with the Leonard William...
Three more men were charged with the Leonard William Manning's murder, a New Zealand soldier serving with the UN Peacekeeping Force in East Timor in 2000
- DECEMBER 11, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The most prominent of the Muslim jihad groups in Indonesia's...
The most prominent of the Muslim jihad groups in Indonesia's Central Sulawesi province, Laskar Jihad Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jamaah, called for the death sentence for 16 Christians accused of perpetrating sectarian violence
- DECEMBER 11, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Four convicted drug felons, including a former policeman,...
Four convicted drug felons, including a former policeman, were sentenced to death in two separate cases before the provincial court
- DECEMBER 11, 2001RwandaDEATH PENALTY
A Rwandan national court in Kibungo Province recently...
A Rwandan national court in Kibungo Province recently tried Immanuel Habimana alias 'Cyasa' and 32 others were for genocide
- DECEMBER 11, 2001DEATH PENALTY
California lawmakers and state officials proposed a...
California lawmakers and state officials proposed a spate of new laws to counter terrorism, including new wiretap rules and the death penalty for terror attacks
- DECEMBER 10, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma called for...
South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma called for stiffer sentences for those found guilty of rape and murder in response to a spate of child rapes in which three babies were the latest victims
- DECEMBER 10, 2001VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
A study released by the Joint Legislative Audit Review...
A study released by the Joint Legislative Audit Review Commission found that the death penalty in Virginia is applied more often in rural and suburban jurisdictions than in urban ones, even when the underlying crimes are similar
- DECEMBER 10, 2001AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
The Human Rights Centre of Azerbaijan centre said that...
The Human Rights Centre of Azerbaijan centre said that after the country's admission to the Council of Europe, the number of political prisoners in the country reached 743
- DECEMBER 10, 2001BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
The European Union foreign ministers decided to maintain...
The European Union foreign ministers decided to maintain their "common position" on Cuba which conditions cooperation with Havana on the Castro government applying reforms on human rights and moving towards political pluralism
- DECEMBER 10, 2001CubaDEATH PENALTY
The European Union foreign ministers decided to maintain...
The European Union foreign ministers decided to maintain their "common position" on Cuba which conditions cooperation with Havana on the Castro government applying reforms on human rights and moving towards political pluralism
- DECEMBER 10, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
South African President Thabo Mbeki began his first...
South African President Thabo Mbeki began his first trip to China aimed at building ties and expanding business between two countries which normalized relations less than four years ago
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- DECEMBER 10, 2001Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
A group of concerned people in Lae City began a push...
A group of concerned people in Lae City began a push for changes to the serious crime laws to fight the rising lawlessness in the country
- DECEMBER 10, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
In a bid to stop the illegal practice of "recycling"...
In a bid to stop the illegal practice of "recycling" seized drugs, the Justice department asked the Supreme Court to order judges to keep in custody only the minimum quantity of illegal drugs needed for conviction to be used as evidence against accused dr
- DECEMBER 10, 2001Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Papua New Guineans must be afforded the right to "have...
Papua New Guineans must be afforded the right to "have a say" on important national issues through referendum votes from time to time, Kokopo MP Sir Rabbie Namaliu said during grievance debate in Parliament
- DECEMBER 10, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
South African President Thabo Mbeki began his first...
South African President Thabo Mbeki began his first trip to China aimed at building ties and expanding business between two countries which normalized relations less than four years ago
- DECEMBER 10, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Punishment is on the public's agenda when it comes...
Punishment is on the public's agenda when it comes to John Walker, with most Americans favouring criminal charges against the U
- DECEMBER 10, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
In an open letter on International Human Rights Day,...
In an open letter on International Human Rights Day, Amnesty International urged members of the Russian State Duma (parliament) to take steps towards fully abolishing the death penalty
- DECEMBER 10, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
A group of Russian State Duma deputies from the Union...
A group of Russian State Duma deputies from the Union of Right Forces (SPS) faction said it intends to propose a bill to abolish the death penalty from the Criminal Code
- DECEMBER 10, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russia's human rights commissioner called for the death...
Russia's human rights commissioner called for the death penalty to be abolished in accordance with requirements of the Council of Europe, of which Russia is a member
- DECEMBER 10, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The State Duma (lower house) will consider a bill for...
The State Duma (lower house) will consider a bill for the abolition of capital punishment in Russia in January 2002, legislation committee chairman Pavel Krasheninnikov said
- DECEMBER 10, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russian Justice Minister Yuri Chaika ruled out the...
Russian Justice Minister Yuri Chaika ruled out the death sentence for Salman Raduyev, who is currently facing terrorism charges in the Dagestani capital of Makhachkala
- DECEMBER 10, 2001DEATH PENALTY
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY
December 10, 2001: Hands Off Cain has called on Italian online newspapers to mark the International Human Rights Day by hosting HOC’s online appeal for a worldwide moratorium on executions through a UN resolution.
- DECEMBER 9, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
The Inkatha Freedom Party called on government to bring...
The Inkatha Freedom Party called on government to bring back the death penalty following the death of one of its Soweto branch leaders over the weekend
- DECEMBER 9, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Osama bin Laden would be handed to the Americans if...
Osama bin Laden would be handed to the Americans if he was captured alive in Afghanistan, Downing Street revealed
- DECEMBER 9, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Osama bin Laden would be handed to the Americans if...
Osama bin Laden would be handed to the Americans if he was captured alive in Afghanistan, Downing Street revealed
- DECEMBER 9, 2001IsraelDEATH PENALTY
In a contribution to the Washington Post, Emanuel Gross,...
In a contribution to the Washington Post, Emanuel Gross, a professor of law at Haifa University since 1992, who served in the Israel Defence Forces for 25 years, first as a soldier and later as a judge at military tribunals, said capital punishment was no
- DECEMBER 9, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Osama bin Laden would be handed to the Americans if...
Osama bin Laden would be handed to the Americans if he was captured alive in Afghanistan, Downing Street revealed
- DECEMBER 9, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In August 2000, 300 members of a central government...
In August 2000, 300 members of a central government investigative team - known as Taskforce 807 - descended on Shantou in an effort to eradicate widespread VAT-rebate fraud
- DECEMBER 9, 2001AustriaDEATH PENALTY
A former Iraqi ambassador accused of embezzlement is...
A former Iraqi ambassador accused of embezzlement is in hiding in Austria to avoid a possible death penalty at home, according to the magazine Profil
- DECEMBER 9, 2001New ZealandDEATH PENALTY
Angry members of the Mt Wellington-Panmure RSA want...
Angry members of the Mt Wellington-Panmure RSA want murderers to face the death penalty, after three of their friends were killed in their clubhouse
- DECEMBER 9, 2001IraqDEATH PENALTY
A former Iraqi ambassador accused of embezzlement is...
A former Iraqi ambassador accused of embezzlement is in hiding in Austria to avoid a possible death penalty at home, according to the magazine Profil
- DECEMBER 9, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Safiya Hussaini said of the death sentence hanging...
Safiya Hussaini said of the death sentence hanging over her: 'I felt sick when the judge passed down the sentence because of the injustice of it all
- DECEMBER 9, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
The wife of a convicted killer who wants to be artificially...
The wife of a convicted killer who wants to be artificially inseminated before her husband's execution is forcing the justice system to clarify what it means to "strip a prisoner of his political and individual rights"
- DECEMBER 9, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The wife of a convicted killer who wants to be artificially...
The wife of a convicted killer who wants to be artificially inseminated before her husband's execution is forcing the justice system to clarify what it means to "strip a prisoner of his political and individual rights"
- DECEMBER 8, 2001MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
A leading human rights group said human rights suffered...
A leading human rights group said human rights suffered a setback in Morocco this year and demanded an independent inquiry into the disappearance of political opponents in the 1960s and 1970s
- DECEMBER 8, 2001SudanDEATH PENALTY
In Sudan an eighteen-year-old girl, Abok Alfa Akok,...
In Sudan an eighteen-year-old girl, Abok Alfa Akok, was condemned to death by stoning for adultery by the Nyala Criminal Court in southern Darfur
- DECEMBER 7, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Nine men who lived in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan...
Nine men who lived in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan have been convicted at the Old Bailey [London's main criminal court] of hijacking a jet and flying it to Stansted airport
- DECEMBER 7, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The European Union allocated 840,000 euros in support...
The European Union allocated 840,000 euros in support of small-scale human rights projects in China
- DECEMBER 7, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Hua Ruizhuo, who murdered 14 women, was sentenced to...
Hua Ruizhuo, who murdered 14 women, was sentenced to death by the Second Intermediate People's Court of Beijing
- DECEMBER 7, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Nine men who lived in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan...
Nine men who lived in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan have been convicted at the Old Bailey [London's main criminal court] of hijacking a jet and flying it to Stansted airport
- DECEMBER 7, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
The head of Amnesty International sees "positive trends"...
The head of Amnesty International sees "positive trends" in Lebanon's human rights record over the past decade, but remains concerned over the number of arbitrary arrests
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- DECEMBER 7, 2001Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Speaking on the severity of punishment as a supposed...
Speaking on the severity of punishment as a supposed deterrence to crime, Auxiliary Bishop of Mt Hagen Bishop Douglas Young said it was the certainty of punishment that deterred crime-the knowledge that the criminal, high or low, rich or poor, powerful or
- DECEMBER 7, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
The head of Amnesty International sees "positive trends"...
The head of Amnesty International sees "positive trends" in Lebanon's human rights record over the past decade, but remains concerned over the number of arbitrary arrests
- DECEMBER 6, 2001TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
The Taiwan Association for Human Rights (TAHR) 2001...
The Taiwan Association for Human Rights (TAHR) 2001 report praised a move by the armed forces to reduce the number of crimes that bore a mandatory death sentence
- DECEMBER 6, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Sahib Al-Mosawi, 53, an Iraqi national who stabbed...
Sahib Al-Mosawi, 53, an Iraqi national who stabbed his wife Inaam Al-Nashi and her uncle Mohammad Al-Nashi to death on Nov
- DECEMBER 6, 2001FranceDEATH PENALTY
The Paris city council named U
The Paris city council named U
- DECEMBER 6, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Uzbekistan will work to extradite opposition member...
Uzbekistan will work to extradite opposition member Muhammad Salih, President Islam Karimov told the press
- DECEMBER 6, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe Human Rights Representative Alvaro...
The Council of Europe Human Rights Representative Alvaro Gil-Robles said that the Council of Europe was aware of the fact that a very important period started in Turkey
- DECEMBER 6, 2001PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
The Paris city council named U
The Paris city council named U
- DECEMBER 6, 2001NorwayDEATH PENALTY
Uzbekistan will work to extradite opposition member...
Uzbekistan will work to extradite opposition member Muhammad Salih, President Islam Karimov told the press
- DECEMBER 6, 2001NorwayDEATH PENALTY
Uzbekistan will work to extradite opposition member...
Uzbekistan will work to extradite opposition member Muhammad Salih, President Islam Karimov told the press
- DECEMBER 6, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
South African traditional leaders called for a referendum...
South African traditional leaders called for a referendum on the reinstatement of death penalty for rapists
- DECEMBER 6, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
KwaZulu-Natal agriculture and environmental affairs...
KwaZulu-Natal agriculture and environmental affairs MEC Narend Singh called for the return of death penalty for serious crimes such as murder
- DECEMBER 6, 2001IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Indian suspect Mohammed Afroz, 28, revealed that Al-Qaeda...
Indian suspect Mohammed Afroz, 28, revealed that Al-Qaeda [Osama Bin Laden's organisation] terrorists were planning to crash hijacked jets into the UK Parliament and Tower Bridge
- DECEMBER 6, 2001MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
An interior designer, who had been on death row since...
An interior designer, who had been on death row since 1997 for drug trafficking, walked free after his appeal was allowed by the Court of Appeal
- DECEMBER 6, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
Jesus Flores, 19, was sentenced to death for killing...
Jesus Flores, 19, was sentenced to death for killing Joseph N
- DECEMBER 6, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Indian suspect Mohammed Afroz, 28, revealed that Al-Qaeda...
Indian suspect Mohammed Afroz, 28, revealed that Al-Qaeda [Osama Bin Laden's organisation] terrorists were planning to crash hijacked jets into the UK Parliament and Tower Bridge
- DECEMBER 6, 2001VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The Vietnamese People's Supreme Court in November dismissed...
The Vietnamese People's Supreme Court in November dismissed five out of seven appeals by defendants in one of the biggest smuggling cases in the country, concerning the ring headed by Do Thi My Phuong
- DECEMBER 6, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe would not approve of a death...
The Council of Europe would not approve of a death sentence for suspected Chechen terrorist Salman Raduyev, who is currently being tried in Makhachkala, PACE rapporteur on Chechnya Lord Judd said in an interview with Interfax
- DECEMBER 6, 2001CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
In San Francisco, The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals...
In San Francisco, The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a death sentence given to Bruce Morris, 44, saying the jury's instructions contained a typographical error creating the impression that any other sentence might eventually set the man free on p
- DECEMBER 6, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The last victim of the Taliban was Abdullah, 28, from...
The last victim of the Taliban was Abdullah, 28, from Kandahar, a poet who became a soldier and a father of three
- DECEMBER 5, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
The European Union's 15 member states were among 114...
The European Union's 15 member states were among 114 countries that agreed an unprecedented declaration reaffirming the illegality of Jewish settlements in the occupied territories and calling on Israel to respect international humanitarian law
- DECEMBER 5, 2001IsraelDEATH PENALTY
The European Union's 15 member states were among 114...
The European Union's 15 member states were among 114 countries that agreed an unprecedented declaration reaffirming the illegality of Jewish settlements in the occupied territories and calling on Israel to respect international humanitarian law
- DECEMBER 5, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty could be an effective weapon against...
The death penalty could be an effective weapon against corruption, which has become a norm in Thailand, Constitutional Court judge Amorn Raksasat said
- DECEMBER 5, 2001BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
The European Union's 15 member states were among 114...
The European Union's 15 member states were among 114 countries that agreed an unprecedented declaration reaffirming the illegality of Jewish settlements in the occupied territories and calling on Israel to respect international humanitarian law
- DECEMBER 5, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
In the northern Nigerian state of Sokoto, a woman is...
In the northern Nigerian state of Sokoto, a woman is awaiting the outcome of an appeal against a conviction for adultery by an Islamic, or Sharia, court
- DECEMBER 5, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Safiya Hussaini Tudu, the Sokoto woman convicted of...
Safiya Hussaini Tudu, the Sokoto woman convicted of adultery by a Sharia court cried out for justice to be done to her
- DECEMBER 5, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Safiya Hussaini's lawyer, a man called Abdulkadar Imam...
Safiya Hussaini's lawyer, a man called Abdulkadar Imam Ibrahim, does not inspire confidence
- DECEMBER 5, 2001ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Patriotic Front president Michael Sata said though...
Patriotic Front president Michael Sata said though Zambia had acceded to a number of international conventions, he would still put the issue of the death penalty to the people to decide
- DECEMBER 5, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A senior Chinese Communist Party official was executed...
A senior Chinese Communist Party official was executed for hiring hitmen to assassinate a political opponent and his wife and also for corruption, the official Xinhua News Agency reported
- DECEMBER 5, 2001SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
A man who claimed his offer of S$100,000 to a group...
A man who claimed his offer of S$100,000 to a group of four youths to kill his estranged wife was a joke was sentenced to hang for abetting her murder
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- DECEMBER 5, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The Czech Justice Ministry received official files...
The Czech Justice Ministry received official files from the judiciary bodies of Uzbekistan asking for Uzbek dissident Mukhammed Salikh's extradition
- DECEMBER 5, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The Czech Justice Ministry received official files...
The Czech Justice Ministry received official files from the judiciary bodies of Uzbekistan asking for Uzbek dissident Mukhammed Salikh's extradition
- DECEMBER 5, 2001Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Markham Open MP Andrew Baing asked Papua New Guinea's...
Markham Open MP Andrew Baing asked Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Sir Mekere Morauta if his Government was bold enough to introduce the death penalty for major crimes like wilful murder, pack-rape and rape
- DECEMBER 5, 2001FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Circuit Judge Barbara Fleischer has ruled that death...
Circuit Judge Barbara Fleischer has ruled that death row inmate Juan Melendez deserves a new trial because prosecutors withheld evidence that may have changed the outcome of his trial
- DECEMBER 5, 2001DEATH PENALTY
SAFIYA AWAITS OUTCOME OF APPEAL
December 5, 2001: in the northern Nigerian state of Sokoto, a woman is awaiting the outcome of an appeal against a conviction for adultery by an Islamic, or Sharia, court. If the appeal fails, Safiyatu Huseini will be stoned to death.
- DECEMBER 4, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Outraged by the escalating incidence of baby rapes...
Outraged by the escalating incidence of baby rapes in South Africa, the Traditional and Faith Healers Association said perpetrators should either receive the death sentence or be castrated
- DECEMBER 4, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Lois Nadean Smith, 61, was pronounced dead at 9:13 p
Lois Nadean Smith, 61, was pronounced dead at 9:13 p
- DECEMBER 4, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The Indonesian government is preparing a draft law...
The Indonesian government is preparing a draft law on terrorism to provide a legal basis for its anti-terrorism program, according to Abdul Gani Abdullah, director general for legislation at the Justice and Human Rights Ministry
- DECEMBER 4, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A woman in east China's Zhejiang Province gave herself...
A woman in east China's Zhejiang Province gave herself and the justice department an unprecedented challenge: she wants to have a baby through artificial insemination, for her husband who is sentenced to death for murder but yet to be executed
- DECEMBER 4, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A regional trial court meted out the death penalty...
A regional trial court meted out the death penalty to two brothers for raping their young niece
- DECEMBER 4, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A judge meted out the death penalty on a 40-year-old...
A judge meted out the death penalty on a 40-year-old man for raping a 5-year-old girl in 1996
- DECEMBER 4, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The Czech Foreign Ministry received an official Norwegian...
The Czech Foreign Ministry received an official Norwegian note requesting that the Czech Republic extradite detained Uzbek dissident Mukhammed Salikh to Norway where he had been granted asylum, Foreign Ministry spokesman Ales Pospisil told CTK
- DECEMBER 4, 2001DEATH PENALTY
The Czech Foreign Ministry received an official Norwegian...
The Czech Foreign Ministry received an official Norwegian note requesting that the Czech Republic extradite detained Uzbek dissident Mukhammed Salikh to Norway where he had been granted asylum, Foreign Ministry spokesman Ales Pospisil told CTK
- DECEMBER 4, 2001LesothoDEATH PENALTY
Lesotho's proposed legislation to provide for the death...
Lesotho's proposed legislation to provide for the death sentence on men who rape knowing they are infected with Aids was published in the capital Maseru
- DECEMBER 4, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
The increase of child rapes and abuse in South Africa...
The increase of child rapes and abuse in South Africa was an indictment of the country, African National Congress president Winnie Madikizela-Mandela said
- DECEMBER 4, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
In Uganda defilement is a capital offence although...
In Uganda defilement is a capital offence although nobody has yet been sentenced to death for it
- DECEMBER 4, 2001NorwayDEATH PENALTY
The Czech Foreign Ministry received an official Norwegian...
The Czech Foreign Ministry received an official Norwegian note requesting that the Czech Republic extradite detained Uzbek dissident Mukhammed Salikh to Norway where he had been granted asylum, Foreign Ministry spokesman Ales Pospisil told CTK
- DECEMBER 4, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
A Civil Forum attended by representatives of all 22...
A Civil Forum attended by representatives of all 22 organizations comprising the Russian Democratic Conference on November 21 and 22 adopted two documents
- DECEMBER 4, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Walter Schwimmer, Secretary-General of the Council...
Walter Schwimmer, Secretary-General of the Council of Europe, on initiatives to enhance police and judicial co-operation in the fight against terrorism:"The attacks of September 11 made the fight against terrorism a fundamental political priority for gove
- DECEMBER 4, 2001AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
Cuhuatemoc Hinricky Peraita, 25, a Holman Prison inmate...
Cuhuatemoc Hinricky Peraita, 25, a Holman Prison inmate found guilty in September of murdering Quincy Lewis, a fellow inmate, was sentenced to the electric chair in an Escambia County courtroom
- DECEMBER 4, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
The opposition Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) said it...
The opposition Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) said it wanted the death penalty imposed against child rapists
- DECEMBER 4, 2001TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
A handful of death row inmates could get their death...
A handful of death row inmates could get their death sentences reduced to life imprisonment thanks to a Tennessee Supreme Court ruling that says both the Tennessee and federal constitutions bar executing anyone who is mentally retarded
- DECEMBER 4, 2001JapanDEATH PENALTY
Shizuka Kamei, a former policy chief of the ruling...
Shizuka Kamei, a former policy chief of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), and seven other lawmakers belonging to a group opposing capital punishment asked Justice Minister Mayumi Moriyama not to carry out any further death sentences
- DECEMBER 4, 2001IraqDEATH PENALTY
The UN Third Committee concluded session by approving...
The UN Third Committee concluded session by approving draft resolutions on human rights in Myanmar, Afghanistan, Iraq, Democratic Republic of Congo
- DECEMBER 4, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The UN Third Committee concluded session by approving...
The UN Third Committee concluded session by approving draft resolutions on human rights in Myanmar, Afghanistan, Iraq, Democratic Republic of Congo
- DECEMBER 4, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The main opposition Grand National Party (GNP) said...
The main opposition Grand National Party (GNP) said that it would try to limit the government anti-terror body's investigative powers in a bid to prevent the possible abuse of power
- DECEMBER 3, 2001SudanDEATH PENALTY
Explaining his delegation's position before the vote...
Explaining his delegation's position before the vote on a draft proposal on the situation of human rights in Sudan at the UN Third Committee session, the representative of Sudan objected that the resolution continually cited the use of the death penalty
- DECEMBER 3, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
The Inkatha Freedom Party said that South Africans...
The Inkatha Freedom Party said that South Africans should be allowed a referendum to vote on whether the death penalty should be reinstated for child rapists
- DECEMBER 3, 2001AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
Judge Sue Bell Cobb, of an appeals court has ruled...
Judge Sue Bell Cobb, of an appeals court has ruled that death row inmate James Lewis Martin Jr
- DECEMBER 3, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A Kalinga judge sentenced to death a man for raping...
A Kalinga judge sentenced to death a man for raping and killing his neighbour after DNA tests matched the accused's sperm found on the victim
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- DECEMBER 3, 2001JordanDEATH PENALTY
A Jordanian security court sentenced to death in absentia...
A Jordanian security court sentenced to death in absentia Palestinian guerrilla leader Abu Nidal for masterminding the killing of a Jordanian diplomat in Beirut in 1994
- DECEMBER 3, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
HRH Prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz, Second Deputy Premier,...
HRH Prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz, Second Deputy Premier, Minister of Defense and Aviation and Inspector General, paid SR4 million to save the neck of Ahmed Yahia Muhammad Al-Mutami who spent seven years in Hafr Al-Batin prison awaiting execution for preme
- DECEMBER 3, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The government might use Charlie "Atong" Ang and Yolanda...
The government might use Charlie "Atong" Ang and Yolanda Ricaforte as state witnesses in former President Joseph Estrada's plunder case, Vice President and Foreign Affairs Secretary Teofisto Guingona Jr
- DECEMBER 3, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
A Nigerian sharia court of appeal ordered a stay of...
A Nigerian sharia court of appeal ordered a stay of execution for a woman sentenced to be stoned to death for having sex outside of marriage, despite her contention that she was raped, officials said
- DECEMBER 3, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Scores of women carrying placards and chanting songs...
Scores of women carrying placards and chanting songs stormed Governor Bola Tinubu's Office in Alausa pleading for Safiya Hussaini's life
- DECEMBER 3, 2001DEATH PENALTY
The government might use Charlie "Atong" Ang and Yolanda...
The government might use Charlie "Atong" Ang and Yolanda Ricaforte as state witnesses in former President Joseph Estrada's plunder case, Vice President and Foreign Affairs Secretary Teofisto Guingona Jr
- DECEMBER 3, 2001JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court upheld a death sentence for a man...
The Supreme Court upheld a death sentence for a man who killed four members of a family in 1992 in a murder-robbery when he was a minor
- DECEMBER 3, 2001DEATH PENALTY
NIGERIAN WOMEN STORM LAGOS GOVERNOR’S OFFICE
December 3, 2001: scores of women carrying placards and chanting songs stormed Governor Bola Tinubu’s Office in Alausa pleading for Safiya Hussaini’s life.
- DECEMBER 2, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
An NGO based in Abuja, the Multmedia Centre for Democracy,...
An NGO based in Abuja, the Multmedia Centre for Democracy, decried the death sentence passed on Safiya Hussaini in Sokoto state
- DECEMBER 2, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The 16 Afghan employees of Shelter Now International...
The 16 Afghan employees of Shelter Now International [arrested with the eight Western aid-workers] were freed when the Northern Alliance forces entered Kabul
- DECEMBER 2, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The man hanged as an alleged American spy in Martyrs'...
The man hanged as an alleged American spy in Martyrs' Square in Kandahar, with a satellite phone strung to his corpse, was a senior aide of Mullah Khakser, the former intelligence minister who since his recent defection has revealed how Osama bin Laden ba
- DECEMBER 2, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
The African National Congress Youth League said it...
The African National Congress Youth League said it would stage protests at the justice departments in the Free State, Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal to highlight women and child abuse
- DECEMBER 2, 2001IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A division bench of the Patna High Court asked government...
A division bench of the Patna High Court asked government advocate S D Yadav to allow Arnit Das, a death-sentence convict, free movement out of the cell on the premises of the Phulwarisharif jail for two hours each in the morning and evening
- DECEMBER 2, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Halima Abdullahi, director of Help Eliminate Loneliness...
Halima Abdullahi, director of Help Eliminate Loneliness and Poverty, HELP, a non-governmental organisation, said the verdict condemning Safiya Hussaini to death by stoning for adultery "was a thorough embarrassment" to the majority of Nigerian Muslims
- DECEMBER 1, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
The death sentence is carried out by hanging for civilians...
The death sentence is carried out by hanging for civilians and by firing squad for soldiers
- DECEMBER 1, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Of the 371 sentenced to death, 247 were convicted on...
Of the 371 sentenced to death, 247 were convicted on drugs charges
- DECEMBER 1, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Attorney General, Daryl Williams is working on legislation...
Attorney General, Daryl Williams is working on legislation which will profoundly alter Australia's criminal justice system
- DECEMBER 1, 2001EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
The execution of ethnic Borenas in Oromiya Regional...
The execution of ethnic Borenas in Oromiya Regional State [central Ethiopia] resumed after a short lull
- DECEMBER 1, 2001EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Egypt condemned statements by the European Parliament...
Egypt condemned statements by the European Parliament (EP) expressing concern about human rights violations in Egypt, AFP said, citing a report published by the state-run press
- DECEMBER 1, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
United Nations High Commission for Human Rights Mary...
United Nations High Commission for Human Rights Mary Robertson said that she wants an inquiry in to the killings of Taliban prisoners at a fort in Afghanistan amid allegations that some of the men were shot execution style
- DECEMBER 1, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Giving details of achievements of the Anti Narcotic...
Giving details of achievements of the Anti Narcotic Force (ANF) Punjab during the last 11 months, ANF Punjab Chief Brig
- DECEMBER 1, 2001DEATH PENALTY
New Jersey became the first state in the country to...
New Jersey became the first state in the country to implement new police line-up procedures
- DECEMBER 1, 2001DEATH PENALTY
The new report by Amnesty International examines the...
The new report by Amnesty International examines the practice of foreign governments which refuse to extradite suspects to the U
- DECEMBER 1, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
ARD [the Pakistani Alliance for Restoration of Democracy]...
ARD [the Pakistani Alliance for Restoration of Democracy] chief Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan, urged the UN human rights organizations to immediately launch a probe into the massacre of hundreds of prisoners of war by the Northern Alliance
- DECEMBER 1, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
ARD [the Pakistani Alliance for Restoration of Democracy]...
ARD [the Pakistani Alliance for Restoration of Democracy] chief Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan, urged the UN human rights organizations to immediately launch a probe into the massacre of hundreds of prisoners of war by the Northern Alliance
- DECEMBER 1, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
U.S officials have indicated that, in order to gain...
U.S officials have indicated that, in order to gain custody of suspected terrorists in Europe, they maybe willing to make concessions on both the death penalty and the use of military tribunals. Currently, England, Italy, and Spain hold suspected terroris