Chronological archive
January 2002
The 708 news items published by Hands Off Cain in January 2002, in chronological order.
A court in Bangladesh condemned a man to death for...
A court in Bangladesh condemned a man to death for killing his wife
- JANUARY 31, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed former truck driver Hua Ruizhuo for...
China executed former truck driver Hua Ruizhuo for killing 14 Beijing prostitutes over three years, the official Xinhua news agency said
- JANUARY 31, 2002KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
The upper house of the Kazakh parliament, the Senate,...
The upper house of the Kazakh parliament, the Senate, approved amendments to legislation on combating terrorism
- JANUARY 31, 2002MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Lawyers for Mexico's most notorious drug kingpin, the...
Lawyers for Mexico's most notorious drug kingpin, the fugitive Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera, persuaded a judge to block his extradition to the United States, officials said
- JANUARY 31, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
"The death penalty, in the 21st Century! Form of torture...
"The death penalty, in the 21st Century! Form of torture of times gone by, this cruel and degrading practice is in our eyes, as in yours, unacceptable
- JANUARY 31, 2002KenyaDEATH PENALTY
A woman convicted of murdering her two-year-old son...
A woman convicted of murdering her two-year-old son was spared the death sentence because of doubts about her age, and having a one-year-old child, conceived whilst in custody
- JANUARY 31, 2002OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
David Wayne Woodruff, 42, was pronounced dead at 9:12 p
David Wayne Woodruff, 42, was pronounced dead at 9:12 p
- JANUARY 31, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
Randal Hafdahl, whose execution was delayed because...
Randal Hafdahl, whose execution was delayed because officials had difficulty finding a suitable vein for the lethal needles, was pronounced dead at 6:48 p
- JANUARY 31, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Three Hong Kong men - Cheng Pong-chueng, Yeung Lor-fu...
Three Hong Kong men - Cheng Pong-chueng, Yeung Lor-fu and Lam Pui-man - were sentenced to death by Shenzhen's Intermediate People's Court after they were convicted of selling about 180 kilograms of illegal drugs
- JANUARY 31, 2002DominicaDEATH PENALTY
The Caribbean may be coming one step closer to finally...
The Caribbean may be coming one step closer to finally ridding itself of the scourge of the death penalty, Amnesty International said at the conclusion of hearings by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (Privy Council) which will determine whether
- JANUARY 31, 2002BelizeDEATH PENALTY
The Caribbean may be coming one step closer to finally...
The Caribbean may be coming one step closer to finally ridding itself of the scourge of the death penalty, Amnesty International said at the conclusion of hearings by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (Privy Council) which will determine whether
- JANUARY 31, 2002Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
The Caribbean may be coming one step closer to finally...
The Caribbean may be coming one step closer to finally ridding itself of the scourge of the death penalty, Amnesty International said at the conclusion of hearings by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (Privy Council) which will determine whether
- JANUARY 31, 2002GrenadaDEATH PENALTY
The Caribbean may be coming one step closer to finally...
The Caribbean may be coming one step closer to finally ridding itself of the scourge of the death penalty, Amnesty International said at the conclusion of hearings by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (Privy Council) which will determine whether
- JANUARY 31, 2002DEATH PENALTY
The Caribbean may be coming one step closer to finally...
The Caribbean may be coming one step closer to finally ridding itself of the scourge of the death penalty, Amnesty International said at the conclusion of hearings by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (Privy Council) which will determine whether
- JANUARY 31, 2002St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
The Caribbean may be coming one step closer to finally...
The Caribbean may be coming one step closer to finally ridding itself of the scourge of the death penalty, Amnesty International said at the conclusion of hearings by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (Privy Council) which will determine whether
- JANUARY 31, 2002DEATH PENALTY
The Caribbean may be coming one step closer to finally...
The Caribbean may be coming one step closer to finally ridding itself of the scourge of the death penalty, Amnesty International said at the conclusion of hearings by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (Privy Council) which will determine whether
- JANUARY 31, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi said in a written...
Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi said in a written fatwa or religious ruling that "In certain circumstances, death by stoning can be replaced by other methods of punishment," opening the way for women lawmakers who have campaigned against the practic
- JANUARY 31, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Shenzhen Municipal Intermediate People's Court,...
The Shenzhen Municipal Intermediate People's Court, Guangdong Province, sentenced "drug criminals" Zheng Bangxiang, Yang Laifu and Lin Peiwen to death and Du Zhiyuan to death with a reprieve
- JANUARY 31, 2002New MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Representative Gail Beam introduced a bill that would...
Representative Gail Beam introduced a bill that would repeal the New Mexico's capital-punishment law
- JANUARY 30, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Three Australian law students from Victoria are in...
Three Australian law students from Victoria are in the United States helping provide legal representation for inmates on death row
- JANUARY 30, 2002FijiDEATH PENALTY
Fiji is looking for a foreign judge to preside over...
Fiji is looking for a foreign judge to preside over the treason trial of coup leader George Speight just three weeks before the trial commences, Chief Justice Timoci Tuivaga said
- JANUARY 30, 2002JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
Jamaica, plagued by violence and struggling to control...
Jamaica, plagued by violence and struggling to control rising gun crime, should execute convicted arms smugglers, the nation's new minister of national security said
- JANUARY 30, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
There are currently 38 people on death row in Armenia
There are currently 38 people on death row in Armenia
- JANUARY 30, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Vasily has no regrets about his old job as an executioner,...
Vasily has no regrets about his old job as an executioner, but still cannot bring himself to slaughter animals on his small farm
- JANUARY 30, 2002DEATH PENALTY
The Senate Courts of Justice Committee unanimously...
The Senate Courts of Justice Committee unanimously approved a bill that would abolish the death penalty for the mentally retarded
- JANUARY 30, 2002TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International (AI) urged the Commission of...
Amnesty International (AI) urged the Commission of inquiry, formed by Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa to investigate the 2001 Zanzibar killings, to carry out its activities independently
- JANUARY 30, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Prince Talal bin, half-brother of King Fahd of Saudi...
Prince Talal bin, half-brother of King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, said that if the kingdom, an absolute monarchy, is to integrate itself in the modern world it needs a gradual political evolution
- JANUARY 30, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
Windell Broussard, 41, was pronounced dead at 6:20 p
Windell Broussard, 41, was pronounced dead at 6:20 p
- JANUARY 30, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Three Australian law students from Victoria are in...
Three Australian law students from Victoria are in the United States helping provide legal representation for inmates on death row
- JANUARY 30, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
An Australian woman faces a death sentence in Vietnam...
An Australian woman faces a death sentence in Vietnam after being arrested at Ho Chi Minh City's international airport carrying more than 800g of heroin
- JANUARY 30, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
An Australian woman faces a death sentence in Vietnam...
An Australian woman faces a death sentence in Vietnam after being arrested at Ho Chi Minh City's international airport carrying more than 800g of heroin
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- JANUARY 30, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A convicted murderer was hanged in public in the town...
A convicted murderer was hanged in public in the town of Abarkouh, in central Iran
- JANUARY 29, 2002UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
A court in Uzbekistan's southern Surkhandarya Region...
A court in Uzbekistan's southern Surkhandarya Region sentenced Hasan Pirnazarov to death for murdering four people - his wife, two sons and mother-in-law, the Uzbek newspaper Turkiston reported
- JANUARY 29, 2002SamoaDEATH PENALTY
The Samoa Supreme Court sentenced (?Peter Ah Siu) to...
The Samoa Supreme Court sentenced (?Peter Ah Siu) to death after he was convicted of murder
- JANUARY 29, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The final version of the report on Armenia, submitted...
The final version of the report on Armenia, submitted to the monitoring commission of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, established that the country made definite progress in meeting its commitments to the Council of Europe
- JANUARY 29, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The final version of the report on Armenia, submitted...
The final version of the report on Armenia, submitted to the monitoring commission of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, established that the country made definite progress in meeting its commitments to the Council of Europe
- JANUARY 29, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A centre for execution by lethal injection is to be...
A centre for execution by lethal injection is to be established in China as part of a new policy to phase out the use of the firing squad in capital punishment cases
- JANUARY 29, 2002CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Stephen Wayne Anderson 48, was pronounced dead from...
Stephen Wayne Anderson 48, was pronounced dead from a lethal injection at 12:30 a
- JANUARY 29, 2002OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
John Joseph Romano was pronounced dead at 9:12 p
John Joseph Romano was pronounced dead at 9:12 p
- JANUARY 29, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The murder of a young couple, Alexander and Mariya,...
The murder of a young couple, Alexander and Mariya, apparently by a gang who were after his $60,000 Lexus, sparked fresh debate over the future of the death penalty - on hold in Russia since 1996
- JANUARY 28, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Karim Tougly was hanged in prison in Mahabad, Iran
Karim Tougly was hanged in prison in Mahabad, Iran
- JANUARY 28, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
Donald Newbury was sentenced to death by lethal injection...
Donald Newbury was sentenced to death by lethal injection for the slaying of Irving police Officer Aubrey Hawkins in a Dec
- JANUARY 28, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
An Aborigine elder is seeking the permission of Australia's...
An Aborigine elder is seeking the permission of Australia's highest court to have a police officer killed with a spear for putting out a sacred fire
- JANUARY 28, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Hong Kong businessman was sentenced to two years...
A Hong Kong businessman was sentenced to two years imprisonment for smuggling Bibles into the mainland and two mainlanders have been jailed for three years and fined 150,000 dollars each
- JANUARY 28, 2002Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Hong Kong businessman was sentenced to two years...
A Hong Kong businessman was sentenced to two years imprisonment for smuggling Bibles into the mainland and two mainlanders have been jailed for three years and fined 150,000 dollars each
- JANUARY 28, 2002YemenDEATH PENALTY
A Yemeni official source told the Yemen Times that...
A Yemeni official source told the Yemen Times that a general amnesty was likely to be issued on the Yemeni Socialist Party's leaders who were convicted with different charges after the 1994 civil war
- JANUARY 28, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Council of Islam in Nigeria warned the...
The Supreme Council of Islam in Nigeria warned the National Assembly not to pass into law a bill currently before the House of Representatives seeking to adopt as part of Nigeria's laws, certain aspects of the United Nations (UN) convention which the coun
- JANUARY 28, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The coalition whips rejected two draft amendments to...
The coalition whips rejected two draft amendments to the Penal Code in regard to international terrorism and the abolition of the death penalty for minors
- JANUARY 28, 2002ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
Robert Joseph Moody, was sentenced in Pima County Superior...
Robert Joseph Moody, was sentenced in Pima County Superior Court
- JANUARY 28, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
Campaigners against the death penalty staged a rally...
Campaigners against the death penalty staged a rally in Tokyo, asking the government to open a public debate on capital punishment and reforming Japan's law on it
- JANUARY 28, 2002DEATH PENALTY
HONG KONG BUSINESSMAN SENTENCED TO TWO YEARS
January 28, 2002: a Hong Kong businessman was sentenced to two years imprisonment for smuggling Bibles into the mainland and two mainlanders have been jailed for three years. The three were initially charged under laws which carry a potential death senten
- JANUARY 27, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China backed away from putting an alleged Bible-smuggler...
China backed away from putting an alleged Bible-smuggler on trial for his life, instead charging him with the lesser offence of illegal trading
- JANUARY 27, 2002Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China backed away from putting an alleged Bible-smuggler...
China backed away from putting an alleged Bible-smuggler on trial for his life, instead charging him with the lesser offence of illegal trading
- JANUARY 27, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Four men were hanged in prison in Ahvaz, Iran, the...
Four men were hanged in prison in Ahvaz, Iran, the Farsi language newspaper Keyhan reported
- JANUARY 26, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Sixteen members of a gang accused of running a massive...
Sixteen members of a gang accused of running a massive protection racket in Xuchang, Henan province, were executed after a public sentencing rally, AFP reported
- JANUARY 26, 2002PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
In Pittsburgh a jury sentenced Connie Williams, with...
In Pittsburgh a jury sentenced Connie Williams, with an IQ of 59, to die by lethal injection for the August 1999 killing his wife Frances Williams, 48
- JANUARY 26, 2002SwitzerlandDEATH PENALTY
China is willing to improve its human rights record...
China is willing to improve its human rights record but progress may be slow, according to Swiss delegates returning from talks in Beijing
- JANUARY 26, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China is willing to improve its human rights record...
China is willing to improve its human rights record but progress may be slow, according to Swiss delegates returning from talks in Beijing
- JANUARY 25, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Two murderers who brutally killed 14 people were executed...
Two murderers who brutally killed 14 people were executed in Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province in north China
- JANUARY 25, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
A 49-year-old man convicted of drug trafficking was...
A 49-year-old man convicted of drug trafficking was hanged at the Kajang Prison
- JANUARY 25, 2002CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Contra Costa Superior Court Judge Peter Spinetta handed...
Contra Costa Superior Court Judge Peter Spinetta handed down a death sentence to Joseph Perez Jr
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- JANUARY 25, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
MEP Emma Bonino said she encountered a wall of silence...
MEP Emma Bonino said she encountered a wall of silence in her efforts to discuss the death penalty with Japanese authorities
- JANUARY 25, 2002DEATH PENALTY
HANDS OFF CAIN HONORARY PRESIDENT MEETS JAPANESE AUHTORITIES
January 25, 2002: MEP Emma Bonino is holding a series of high-level meetings with Justice and Foreign Ministry officials on the use of the death penalty in Japan.
- JANUARY 25, 2002DEATH PENALTY
HANDS OFF CAIN HONORARY PRESIDENT SLAMS SECRECY OF JAPANESE DEATH PENALTY SYSTEM
January 25, 2002: MEP Emma Bonino said she encountered a wall of silence in her efforts to discuss the death penalty with Japanese authorities.
- JANUARY 24, 2002ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
Judge Jeffrey Coker of Coconino County gave Brian Dann,...
Judge Jeffrey Coker of Coconino County gave Brian Dann, 39, 3 death sentences for killing his girlfriend, Shelly Parks, 33, her brother, Andrew Parks, 34, and Ed Payan, 37 on April 4, 1999
- JANUARY 24, 2002AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Criminals in Afghanistan will continue to be punished...
Criminals in Afghanistan will continue to be punished with amputations and stonings under Islamic Sharia law as part of the interim government's efforts to crack down on crime, Chief Justice Fazul Hadi Shinwari said
- JANUARY 24, 2002AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The governor of the southern Afghan province of Kandahar,...
The governor of the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, Gul Agha, called a mass meeting at the site of Taliban executions to pledge loyalty to Kabul
- JANUARY 24, 2002BruneiDEATH PENALTY
The Director of Narcotic Control Bureau, Awg Hj Momin B
The Director of Narcotic Control Bureau, Awg Hj Momin B
- JANUARY 24, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Chinese drug trafficker who escaped from prison in...
A Chinese drug trafficker who escaped from prison in 1995 was recently arrested by Myanmar police and handed over to the Chinese police
- JANUARY 24, 2002Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
A Chinese drug trafficker who escaped from prison in...
A Chinese drug trafficker who escaped from prison in 1995 was recently arrested by Myanmar police and handed over to the Chinese police
- JANUARY 24, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
In its second periodic report to the UN Human Rights...
In its second periodic report to the UN Human Rights Committee, Vietnam detailed how it plans to deal with death-row appeals
- JANUARY 24, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
A briefing submitted by Amnesty International to the...
A briefing submitted by Amnesty International to the 26th Session of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women said that in the armed conflict in Chechnya, women have suffered a variety of human rights abuses including rape, arbi
- JANUARY 24, 2002GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Residents and Chechen refugees in Duisi, the largest...
Residents and Chechen refugees in Duisi, the largest village in Georgia's Pankissi Valley have set up a Sharia court to control rising crime
- JANUARY 24, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Military Appeal Court chaired by Justice Elly Turyamubona...
The Military Appeal Court chaired by Justice Elly Turyamubona heard appeals by two UPDF [Uganda People's Defence Forces] soldiers sentenced to death in 2000
- JANUARY 24, 2002FloridaDEATH PENALTY
The state Supreme Court ordered the re-sentencing of...
The state Supreme Court ordered the re-sentencing of the oldest person on Florida's death row, saying his trial judge erroneously thought he didn't want any mitigating evidence presented
- JANUARY 24, 2002GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Ronald Keith Spivey, 62, was pronounced dead at 7:34 p
Ronald Keith Spivey, 62, was pronounced dead at 7:34 p
- JANUARY 24, 2002SudanDEATH PENALTY
A sentence of amputation of the right hand was executed...
A sentence of amputation of the right hand was executed on Anthony James Ladou Wani, a 46 year old Christian belonging to the KaKwa tribe from Southern Sudan
- JANUARY 24, 2002DEATH PENALTY
NIGERIAN ‘ADULTERESS’ FREED
January 24, 2002: an Islamic court in northern Nigeria acquitted Hafsatu Abubakar from alleged adultery, a charge that carries death by stoning.
- JANUARY 23, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
A jury sentenced Robert Gene Will II, 23, to death...
A jury sentenced Robert Gene Will II, 23, to death for killing sheriff's deputy Barrett Hill, 38, on Dec
- JANUARY 23, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
Japan and South Korea reached a basic agreement on...
Japan and South Korea reached a basic agreement on a draft of an extradition treaty, Japanese and South Korean officials said
- JANUARY 23, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
A Sokoto [northern Nigeria] Upper Shari'ah Court ordered...
A Sokoto [northern Nigeria] Upper Shari'ah Court ordered the amputation of the right hand of a middle-aged man, Bello Garba for stealing a donkey valued at 2,500 naira [21dollars]
- JANUARY 23, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
A sharia court in Nigeria acquitted an 18-year-old...
A sharia court in Nigeria acquitted an 18-year-old mother of adultery in a ruling that could save other Muslims from being stoned to death on similar charges, her lawyer said
- JANUARY 23, 2002ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe signed into law...
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe signed into law a draconian Bill allowing him to use extreme measures to silence opponents ahead of a crunch presidential ballot in March
- JANUARY 23, 2002FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Amos King, who was scheduled for execution on January...
Amos King, who was scheduled for execution on January 24, was granted a stay of execution by the U
- JANUARY 23, 2002DEATH PENALTY
A new law in North Carolina allows prosecutors to seek...
A new law in North Carolina allows prosecutors to seek a first-degree murder conviction with a sentence of life in prison without parole instead of the death penalty
- JANUARY 23, 2002VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
In Richmond, the Senate Courts of Justice Committee...
In Richmond, the Senate Courts of Justice Committee committee killed legislation that would have allowed Virginians to register their opposition to the death penalty with a registry maintained by the Virginia Supreme Court
- JANUARY 23, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
About 300 members of militant groups in Nueva Ecija...
About 300 members of militant groups in Nueva Ecija demanded justice for the 24 victims of unsolved killings in three towns in Nueva Ecija
- JANUARY 23, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Eight Iranians were hanged, four of them for rape and...
Eight Iranians were hanged, four of them for rape and the others for the murder and armed robbery of motorist
- JANUARY 23, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A court in the ancient central Iranian city of Isfahan...
A court in the ancient central Iranian city of Isfahan sentenced Rasool Chatrali to public hanging, the Farsi language newspaper Jame Jam reported
- JANUARY 23, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Guangzhou Daily reported that in early January...
The Guangzhou Daily reported that in early January Neijiang Municipal Intermediate People's Court, Sichuan Province, sentenced "gangsters" Li Ke and Xu Shuliang to death and Ye Ping to death with a reprieve of two years
- JANUARY 22, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The UK Government is to ask America to ensure British...
The UK Government is to ask America to ensure British al Qaida suspects held in Cuba will not face the death penalty if tried in the US, Junior Foreign Office Minister Ben Bradshaw told MPs
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- JANUARY 22, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
An angry demonstration was staged in Nablus
An angry demonstration was staged in Nablus
- JANUARY 22, 2002United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International demanded access to the al Qaeda...
Amnesty International demanded access to the al Qaeda and Taliban suspects held by the United States at Camp X-ray on Cuba
- JANUARY 22, 2002AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
Gov. Don Siegelman has announced a package of crime...
Gov. Don Siegelman has announced a package of crime bills he wants the Legislature to pass during the regular session. The governor's plan would give judges and juries the option of giving a death sentence to repeat sexual offenders when the victim was 12
- JANUARY 22, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption called...
The Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption called on government to mete out the death penalty on seven Chinese arrested recently for allegedly running a shabu laboratory in San Juan
- JANUARY 22, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Hasan Alizadeh was hanged in public in Sabzevar, Iran
Hasan Alizadeh was hanged in public in Sabzevar, Iran
- JANUARY 21, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
The father of murder victim Mami Takahashi called the...
The father of murder victim Mami Takahashi called the death sentence given to Hiroshi Zota, 26, on January 19 satisfactory
- JANUARY 21, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The rightwing National Action Party (MHP) is openly...
The rightwing National Action Party (MHP) is openly hostile to some the human rights reforms which are a precondition for starting talks on joining the European Union including a ban on the death penalty, a medium-term step agreed by Turkey with the EU
- JANUARY 21, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Reform in the sphere of human rights and democracy...
Reform in the sphere of human rights and democracy in China should be gradual rather than arise from a revolutionary process, Jan Ruml, the deputy chairman of the Senate from the Freedom Union, told CTK after meeting Chinese dissident Wang Dan
- JANUARY 21, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An activist of a banned extremist organisation, convicted...
An activist of a banned extremist organisation, convicted of killing two policemen, will be executed on January 22 after President Pervez Musharraf rejected his mercy petition, police said
- JANUARY 21, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Reform in the sphere of human rights and democracy...
Reform in the sphere of human rights and democracy in China should be gradual rather than arise from a revolutionary process, Jan Ruml, the deputy chairman of the Senate from the Freedom Union, told CTK after meeting Chinese dissident Wang Dan
- JANUARY 21, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
An 18-year-old Muslim who could face death if convicted...
An 18-year-old Muslim who could face death if convicted of adultery in northern Nigeria was released on bail after spending five weeks in jail with her new-born daughter, her lawyer said
- JANUARY 21, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Poursalehi was hanged in public in Khorramshahr,...
Mohammad Poursalehi was hanged in public in Khorramshahr, Iran
- JANUARY 21, 2002DEATH PENALTY
ANOTHER NIGERIAN WOMAN RISKS DEATH BY STONING
January 21, 2002: another woman in Nigeria’s northern Sokoto State, Hafsatu Abubakar, faces trial for adultery and risks death by stoning.
- JANUARY 20, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz said the...
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz said the government aims to abolish the death penalty in 2002 as it strives to meet European Union standards
- JANUARY 20, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Rangpur gave the death penalty to Moksed...
A court in Rangpur gave the death penalty to Moksed Ali and a life term to his accomplice Akramul Hossain on charges of rape and murder
- JANUARY 20, 2002Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
Two men, a Thai and a Burmese, were sentenced to death...
Two men, a Thai and a Burmese, were sentenced to death for possessing 200,000 speed pills with intent to sell
- JANUARY 20, 2002TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
The chairman of the criminal collegium of the Supreme...
The chairman of the criminal collegium of the Supreme Court of Tajikistan, Fakhriddin Dodomatov, said: "I think the time for abolishing capital punishment has not yet come
- JANUARY 20, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Two men, a Thai and a Burmese, were sentenced to death...
Two men, a Thai and a Burmese, were sentenced to death for possessing 200,000 speed pills with intent to sell
- JANUARY 20, 2002RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Two people were sentenced to death in a joint trial...
Two people were sentenced to death in a joint trial of 23 suspects of genocide and other crimes against humanity, committed in the former Gungu Sector [phonetic] of Rwanda
- JANUARY 20, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian court in Poldokhtar sentenced Ali Safar...
An Iranian court in Poldokhtar sentenced Ali Safar pour Rajab to death
- JANUARY 19, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
In a seminar on Indonesian Transition to Democracy,...
In a seminar on Indonesian Transition to Democracy, legal expert Nursyahbani Katjasungkana said that capital punishment must be abolished from the Indonesian legal system
- JANUARY 19, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
An indicted murderer escaped death with the noose on...
An indicted murderer escaped death with the noose on his neck in Iran's northern city of Lahijan in the Gilan Province after being pardoned by the victim's family, the Persian daily Iran said
- JANUARY 19, 2002OmanDEATH PENALTY
An overseas Filipino worker sentenced to death by a...
An overseas Filipino worker sentenced to death by a Shariah Court in Oman in 1999 is safely back at home with his loved ones after he was pardoned by the Sultan of Oman at the close of the holy month of Ramadan
- JANUARY 19, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
An overseas Filipino worker sentenced to death by a...
An overseas Filipino worker sentenced to death by a Shariah Court in Oman in 1999 is safely back at home with his loved ones after he was pardoned by the Sultan of Oman at the close of the holy month of Ramadan
- JANUARY 19, 2002BelarusDEATH PENALTY
Council of Europe Secretary General Walter Schwimmer,...
Council of Europe Secretary General Walter Schwimmer, asked about the chances of Belarus joining the Council of Europe, expressed hopes that "a democratisation process will start" in that country
- JANUARY 19, 2002BelarusDEATH PENALTY
Council of Europe Secretary General Walter Schwimmer,...
Council of Europe Secretary General Walter Schwimmer, asked about the chances of Belarus joining the Council of Europe, expressed hopes that "a democratisation process will start" in that country
- JANUARY 19, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Hamid Karafi was hanged in public in Karaj, near Tehran,...
Hamid Karafi was hanged in public in Karaj, near Tehran, the Farsi language newspaper Ettelaat reported
- JANUARY 18, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigerian junior Justice Minister Musa Elayo Abdullahi...
Nigerian junior Justice Minister Musa Elayo Abdullahi said that Nigeria cannot intervene in a legal appeal to save the life of a mother sentenced to be stoned to death for adultery by one of the country's Islamic courts
- JANUARY 18, 2002AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
David Hicks, a 26-year-old Autralian captured fighting...
David Hicks, a 26-year-old Autralian captured fighting with al-Qaeda forces in Afghanistan in December 2001, has been transferred to a US marine base at Cuba's Guantanamo Bay
- JANUARY 18, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
There has been speculation - it is nothing more - that...
There has been speculation - it is nothing more - that David Hicks, the Australian captured in battle against the Taliban and al-Qa'ida, could be condemned to death by US military tribunal
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- JANUARY 18, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
David Hicks, a 26-year-old Autralian captured fighting...
David Hicks, a 26-year-old Autralian captured fighting with al-Qaeda forces in Afghanistan in December 2001, has been transferred to a US marine base at Cuba's Guantanamo Bay
- JANUARY 18, 2002AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
There has been speculation - it is nothing more - that...
There has been speculation - it is nothing more - that David Hicks, the Australian captured in battle against the Taliban and al-Qa'ida, could be condemned to death by US military tribunal
- JANUARY 18, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A wife's desperate struggle to have a baby with her...
A wife's desperate struggle to have a baby with her husband who had been sentenced to death, ended on the morning of January 18 with his execution, Beijing Morning News reported
- JANUARY 18, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
A quarry worker was sentenced to death by the High...
A quarry worker was sentenced to death by the High Court in Ipoh, Malaysia, for the murder of a Bangladeshi petrol pump attendant
- JANUARY 18, 2002MexicoDEATH PENALTY
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- JANUARY 18, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Council of Shari'ah in Nigeria said the...
The Supreme Council of Shari'ah in Nigeria said the council's immediate target is to work for the implementation of shari'ah legal system in Kwara and Oyo States
- JANUARY 18, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The PM's Office Minister Thammarak Issarangkura na...
The PM's Office Minister Thammarak Issarangkura na Ayuthaya said Thailand had seized over 500 million baht worth of drug suspects' assets in the 2001
- JANUARY 18, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
A 26-year-old former newspaper delivery man was sentenced...
A 26-year-old former newspaper delivery man was sentenced to death for a September 1999 random stabbing spree in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district that left two people dead and six injured
- JANUARY 18, 2002South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Six South African men accused of raping a nine-month-old...
Six South African men accused of raping a nine-month-old baby in October 2001 were freed by a court in Upington after insufficient evidence was gathered for the case to proceed
- JANUARY 18, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Six of 23 offenders charged with drug trafficking were...
Six of 23 offenders charged with drug trafficking were sentenced to death by the People's Court in Vietnam's Nghe An province, according to a report of Vietnam's official news agency VNA
- JANUARY 18, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
David Hicks, a 26-year-old Autralian captured fighting...
David Hicks, a 26-year-old Autralian captured fighting with al-Qaeda forces in Afghanistan in December 2001, has been transferred to a US marine base at Cuba's Guantanamo Bay
- JANUARY 18, 2002United StatesDEATH PENALTY
There has been speculation - it is nothing more - that...
There has been speculation - it is nothing more - that David Hicks, the Australian captured in battle against the Taliban and al-Qa'ida, could be condemned to death by US military tribunal
- JANUARY 18, 2002UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Refat Tulyaganov was executed despite intervention...
Refat Tulyaganov was executed despite intervention by the UN Human Rights Committee urging the Uzbek authorities to put the execution on hold
- JANUARY 17, 2002ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain and 30 Falun Gong practitioners from...
Hands Off Cain and 30 Falun Gong practitioners from Taiwan demonstrated ion front of the Chinese embassy in Rome in protest against repression by the Chinese authorities of the spiritual movement, and the death sentences handed out to two Christians
- JANUARY 17, 2002SyriaDEATH PENALTY
Syria applies the death penalty for drug trafficking...
Syria applies the death penalty for drug trafficking whilst the punishment for possession of drugs is life imprisonment
- JANUARY 17, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
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- JANUARY 17, 2002KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
Earlier in January Kyrgyzstan adopted a human rights...
Earlier in January Kyrgyzstan adopted a human rights program under which the death penalty could be abolished by 2010
- JANUARY 17, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
A 33-year-old Singaporean was sentenced to death by...
A 33-year-old Singaporean was sentenced to death by the High Court in Penang for trafficking in 801
- JANUARY 17, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
An inter-party group of lawmakers calling for the abolition...
An inter-party group of lawmakers calling for the abolition of the death penalty in Japan visited Justice Minister Mayumi Moriyama to protest the execution of two death-row inmates in late December 2001
- JANUARY 17, 2002SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
A 33-year-old Singaporean was sentenced to death by...
A 33-year-old Singaporean was sentenced to death by the High Court in Penang for trafficking in 801
- JANUARY 17, 2002NorwayDEATH PENALTY
Two neo-Nazis were found guilty of Norway's first racist...
Two neo-Nazis were found guilty of Norway's first racist killing after stabbing to death a mixed-race teenager because they did not like the colour of his skin
- JANUARY 17, 2002EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
Swaziland has given up a global search for a hangman...
Swaziland has given up a global search for a hangman and is thinking of switching to lethal injection for its death row inmates to end a 19-year hiatus in executions, the justice minister said
- JANUARY 17, 2002United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
A British hairdresser could face the death penalty...
A British hairdresser could face the death penalty after being charged with drug dealing in the United Arab Emirates
- JANUARY 17, 2002MexicoDEATH PENALTY
A Mexican court blocked the extradition of a man wanted...
A Mexican court blocked the extradition of a man wanted in the 1994 murder of an American drug agent because the U
- JANUARY 17, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Human Rights Watch harshly criticized the human rights...
Human Rights Watch harshly criticized the human rights situation in Armenia, saying that the country's authorities practically do not take any measures to improve it
- JANUARY 17, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Shoe bomber Richard Reid is facing the death penalty...
Shoe bomber Richard Reid is facing the death penalty in America after it emerged he will be accused of further charges
- JANUARY 17, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A British hairdresser could face the death penalty...
A British hairdresser could face the death penalty after being charged with drug dealing in the United Arab Emirates
- JANUARY 17, 2002United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International released a new report, "Arbitrary,...
Amnesty International released a new report, "Arbitrary, Discriminatory, and Cruel: An aide-mémoire to 25 Years of Judicial Killing," a report marking the 25th anniversary of the resumption of executions in the U
- JANUARY 17, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Nigerian embassy in Bangkok confirmed the execution...
The Nigerian embassy in Bangkok confirmed the execution of five Nigerians by firing squad in Bangwang, Thailand, for drug trafficking
- JANUARY 17, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Nigerian embassy in Bangkok confirmed the execution...
The Nigerian embassy in Bangkok confirmed the execution of five Nigerians by firing squad in Bangwang, Thailand, for drug trafficking
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- JANUARY 17, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain and 30 Falun Gong practitioners from...
Hands Off Cain and 30 Falun Gong practitioners from Taiwan demonstrated ion front of the Chinese embassy in Rome in protest against repression by the Chinese authorities of the spiritual movement, and the death sentences handed out to two Christians
- JANUARY 17, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Shoe bomber Richard Reid is facing the death penalty...
Shoe bomber Richard Reid is facing the death penalty in America after it emerged he will be accused of further charges
- JANUARY 17, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A man was sentenced to death in Ghom, Iran, the Farsi...
A man was sentenced to death in Ghom, Iran, the Farsi language newspaper Keyhan reported
- JANUARY 17, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Guangxi provincial judicial organs sentenced Rao Ping...
Guangxi provincial judicial organs sentenced Rao Ping to death for drug trafficking
- JANUARY 17, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Nanping Municipal Intermediate People's Court, Fujian...
Nanping Municipal Intermediate People's Court, Fujian Province, sentenced Xu Jie to death for organizing a triad gang, assault, offering bribes and gambling, the Fujian Daily reported
- JANUARY 16, 2002KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
The Mazhilis voted in favour of amendments to the antiterrorism...
The Mazhilis voted in favour of amendments to the antiterrorism legislation to make any attempt on the life of the president punishable by the death penalty
- JANUARY 16, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Federal Narcotics Department deputy director (Intelligence/Operations)...
Federal Narcotics Department deputy director (Intelligence/Operations) Senior Assistant I Mohd Najib Abd Aziz said 20,938 pushers were nabbed in 2001 under the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, as compared to 15,920 in 2000
- JANUARY 16, 2002AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The growing diplomatic row over the al-Qaeda prisoners...
The growing diplomatic row over the al-Qaeda prisoners being held in Cuba intensified as the United Nations demanded that the detainees' human rights were respected
- JANUARY 16, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Sichuan Provincial Higher People's Court imposed...
The Sichuan Provincial Higher People's Court imposed the death sentence on Li Yushu, former deputy mayor of Leshan City in the southwest China Province, for taking bribes and other crimes
- JANUARY 16, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Chinese court sentenced a South Korean drug trafficker...
A Chinese court sentenced a South Korean drug trafficker to death
- JANUARY 16, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Wanchalerm Yoobamrung, the son of a former Thai justice...
Wanchalerm Yoobamrung, the son of a former Thai justice minister went on trial in Bangkok's Central Criminal Court in connection with the murder in 2001 of a policeman in a busy Bangkok nightclub
- JANUARY 16, 2002South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
A Chinese court sentenced a South Korean drug trafficker...
A Chinese court sentenced a South Korean drug trafficker to death
- JANUARY 16, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
A Bangkok Post editorial said "even capital punishment...
A Bangkok Post editorial said "even capital punishment has proven unsuccessful at deterring drug traffickers
- JANUARY 16, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Corrections Department proposed that people convicted...
The Corrections Department proposed that people convicted of petty crimes or crimes committed by accident should be allowed to pay compensation to the victims instead of being sent to jail
- JANUARY 16, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The growing diplomatic row over the al-Qaeda prisoners...
The growing diplomatic row over the al-Qaeda prisoners being held in Cuba intensified as the United Nations demanded that the detainees' human rights were respected
- JANUARY 16, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The growing diplomatic row over the al-Qaeda prisoners...
The growing diplomatic row over the al-Qaeda prisoners being held in Cuba intensified as the United Nations demanded that the detainees' human rights were respected
- JANUARY 16, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Uganda's Supreme Court confirmed that former Under-Secretary...
Uganda's Supreme Court confirmed that former Under-Secretary in the Ministry of Internal Affairs during Obote II regime, Anthony Okwonga, is to hang for murder
- JANUARY 16, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
Jermarr Arnold, 43, was executed by lethal injection...
Jermarr Arnold, 43, was executed by lethal injection at the state prison in Huntsville for shooting Christine Marie Sanchez in the head during a 1983 armed robbery
- JANUARY 16, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A murderer, convicted of killing his son and wife,...
A murderer, convicted of killing his son and wife, was publicly hanged in the northwestern city of Nir, in Iran's Ardabil Province
- JANUARY 16, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A 25-year-old man was executed in Ghazvin, Iran
A 25-year-old man was executed in Ghazvin, Iran
- JANUARY 16, 2002TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
President Chen Shui-bian lauded a court decision to...
President Chen Shui-bian lauded a court decision to acquit three defendants who had been on death row for ten years as a ruling consistent with the latest concept of law
- JANUARY 16, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
7 unnamed men were shot to death for murder and drug...
7 unnamed men were shot to death for murder and drug related crimes
- JANUARY 16, 2002DEATH PENALTY
CHINA STEPS UP PERSECUTION OF SPIRITUAL MOVEMENTS
January 16, 2002: the Chinese authorities have intensified their repression of Falun Gong practitioners and are now cracking down on Christians. Hands Off Cain tomorrow will protest in front of the Chinese embassy in Rome against this persecution.
- JANUARY 15, 2002AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
UK Home Secretary Jack Straw warned US authorities...
UK Home Secretary Jack Straw warned US authorities not to execute British citizens suspected of fighting for Osama bin Laden
- JANUARY 15, 2002DEATH PENALTY
The Bush administration will charge American Taliban...
The Bush administration will charge American Taliban John Walker Lindh with conspiracy to kill U
- JANUARY 15, 2002AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Geoff Hoon, the defence secretary, said the transfer...
Geoff Hoon, the defence secretary, said the transfer of British nationals suspected of fighting with Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda forces in Afghanistan to Cuba was legal but they had to be treated "with proper respect for international law
- JANUARY 15, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A death sentence passed on a Swiss national for the...
A death sentence passed on a Swiss national for the 1997 murder of a schoolgirl in China's Yunnan province has been commuted to life imprisonment, AP said
- JANUARY 15, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
UK Home Secretary Jack Straw warned US authorities...
UK Home Secretary Jack Straw warned US authorities not to execute British citizens suspected of fighting for Osama bin Laden
- JANUARY 15, 2002JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
Opposition Jamaica Labour Party leader and former Prime...
Opposition Jamaica Labour Party leader and former Prime Minister Edward Seaga called for increased penalties for law-breakers, including capital punishment for drug-related crimes and terrorism
- JANUARY 15, 2002DEATH PENALTY
The Bush administration will charge American Taliban...
The Bush administration will charge American Taliban John Walker Lindh with conspiracy to kill U
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- JANUARY 15, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Geoff Hoon, the defence secretary, said the transfer...
Geoff Hoon, the defence secretary, said the transfer of British nationals suspected of fighting with Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda forces in Afghanistan to Cuba was legal but they had to be treated "with proper respect for international law
- JANUARY 15, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The lawyer for an 18-year-old Muslim who could face...
The lawyer for an 18-year-old Muslim who could face death if she is convicted of adultery in northern Nigeria said she is being held in jail with her newborn daughter
- JANUARY 15, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Geoff Hoon, the defence secretary, said the transfer...
Geoff Hoon, the defence secretary, said the transfer of British nationals suspected of fighting with Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda forces in Afghanistan to Cuba was legal but they had to be treated "with proper respect for international law
- JANUARY 15, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Islamic scholars from across the Muslim world, in a...
Islamic scholars from across the Muslim world, in a bid to align themselves with the global movement against terrorism, have agreed on a definition of the term, but excluded Palestinian attacks against Israel from their condemnation
- JANUARY 15, 2002DEATH PENALTY
UK Home Secretary Jack Straw warned US authorities...
UK Home Secretary Jack Straw warned US authorities not to execute British citizens suspected of fighting for Osama bin Laden
- JANUARY 14, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Vietnamese law provides the death penalty for anyone...
Vietnamese law provides the death penalty for anyone found guilty of embezzling 500 million dong ($33,108) or more of state property
- JANUARY 14, 2002AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Three British al-Qaeda fighters are facing the death penalty
Three British al-Qaeda fighters are facing the death penalty
- JANUARY 14, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
In total, there are seven men still behind bars in...
In total, there are seven men still behind bars in Western Australia who were originally sentenced to death
- JANUARY 14, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Safiya Husseini is to appeal her sentence of death today
Safiya Husseini is to appeal her sentence of death today
- JANUARY 14, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
An Islamic court in northern Nigeria postponed an appeal...
An Islamic court in northern Nigeria postponed an appeal hearing on behalf of a woman sentenced to death by stoning for the crime of adultery
- JANUARY 14, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Three British al-Qaeda fighters are facing the death penalty
Three British al-Qaeda fighters are facing the death penalty
- JANUARY 14, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The judges of Sharia Court of Appeal, Sokoto, were...
The judges of Sharia Court of Appeal, Sokoto, were called upon to disregard the sentence to death by stoning passed on Malama Safiya Hussaini by the Upper Sharia Court, Gwadabawa, for it's failure to abide by Islamic law
- JANUARY 14, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Safiya Hussaini won a temporary reprieve from death...
Safiya Hussaini won a temporary reprieve from death by stoning for adultery under Islamic sharia law
- JANUARY 14, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Three British al-Qaeda fighters are facing the death penalty
Three British al-Qaeda fighters are facing the death penalty
- JANUARY 14, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran executed four men, one of them in public
Iran executed four men, one of them in public
- JANUARY 14, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A man was sentenced to death in Ghom, Iran
A man was sentenced to death in Ghom, Iran
- JANUARY 14, 2002United NationsDEATH PENALTY
United Nations officials say a special court being...
United Nations officials say a special court being set up in Sierra Leone to try people accused of war crimes during the decade-long civil war will be able to give out jail terms but not death sentences
- JANUARY 14, 2002Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
United Nations officials say a special court being...
United Nations officials say a special court being set up in Sierra Leone to try people accused of war crimes during the decade-long civil war will be able to give out jail terms but not death sentences
- JANUARY 14, 2002DEATH PENALTY
SAFIYA’S STONING APPEAL DELAYED
January 14, 2002: an Islamic court in northern Nigeria has postponed an appeal hearing on behalf of Safiya Husaini, who was sentenced to death by stoning for the crime of adultery. The hearing will now take place on 18 March.
- JANUARY 13, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Judge Chaudhry Mohammad Ikram of the Special Anti-Terrorism...
Judge Chaudhry Mohammad Ikram of the Special Anti-Terrorism Court in Faisalabad, gave the death sentence to Muhammad Ali for the murder of Muhammad Khan on March 31, 1999 during a robbery on the victim's property
- JANUARY 13, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
A group of European parliamentarians sent an urgent...
A group of European parliamentarians sent an urgent appeal to safe Safiya Hussaini, the woman who risks stoning in Nigeria
- JANUARY 13, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Possession of arms is an offence punishable by death
Possession of arms is an offence punishable by death
- JANUARY 13, 2002AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Afghanistan's newly appointed chief justice said that...
Afghanistan's newly appointed chief justice said that he would give the death sentence to Osama bin Laden and Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar if they were brought to his court
- JANUARY 13, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Guo Long Hai, 46, the director of a state-owned company...
Guo Long Hai, 46, the director of a state-owned company in the southern Chinese province of Guizhou, was executed after a tribunal in the city of Nanzhou found him guilty of raping 15 women and murdering 14 of them from 1990 to 2001
- JANUARY 13, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Chinese Ambassador to Egypt, Liu Xiao Ming, repudiated...
The Chinese Ambassador to Egypt, Liu Xiao Ming, repudiated western media reports about the status of Muslims in China, stressing that his government has taken the necessary measures to guarantee the rights of 20 million Muslims in China and their freedom
- JANUARY 13, 2002GermanyDEATH PENALTY
Germany has issued international arrest warrants for...
Germany has issued international arrest warrants for three alleged accomplices of the September 11 hijackers
- JANUARY 13, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Germany has issued international arrest warrants for...
Germany has issued international arrest warrants for three alleged accomplices of the September 11 hijackers
- JANUARY 13, 2002EgyptDEATH PENALTY
The Chinese Ambassador to Egypt, Liu Xiao Ming, repudiated...
The Chinese Ambassador to Egypt, Liu Xiao Ming, repudiated western media reports about the status of Muslims in China, stressing that his government has taken the necessary measures to guarantee the rights of 20 million Muslims in China and their freedom
- JANUARY 13, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Yousef Moini, a bank robber, was hanged in public in...
Yousef Moini, a bank robber, was hanged in public in the northeastern city of Mashhad
- JANUARY 13, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China, which executes more people than the rest of...
China, which executes more people than the rest of the world put together, held its first public discussion of the death penalty, where legal experts called for the abolition of the capital punishment
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- JANUARY 12, 2002SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
The Central Board of the Real Slovak National Party...
The Central Board of the Real Slovak National Party (PSNS) said that during its campaign for the upcoming general election it is ready to open the question of reintroducing capital punishment
- JANUARY 12, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Mostafa K
Mostafa K
- JANUARY 12, 2002AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Afghanistan's chief justice says the divine law has...
Afghanistan's chief justice says the divine law has to be applied if proof of a crime is furnished
- JANUARY 12, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A Vietnamese court handed down four death sentences...
A Vietnamese court handed down four death sentences for drug trafficking
- JANUARY 12, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
Greek Socialist, Anna Karamanou, and around sixty other...
Greek Socialist, Anna Karamanou, and around sixty other MEPs wrote to the Nigerian Ambassador to the EU, Mr Akunwafor, demanding that the execution of Safiya Husaini Tungar-Tudu by stoning, for having committed adultery, is not carried out
- JANUARY 12, 2002GreeceDEATH PENALTY
Nigeria's embassy in Athens told a protest delegation...
Nigeria's embassy in Athens told a protest delegation that a Nigerian woman sentenced to death by stoning in the African country would be spared, Soula Panaretou, a member of the Coalition of the Left and Progress, said
- JANUARY 12, 2002GreeceDEATH PENALTY
Greek Socialist, Anna Karamanou, and around sixty other...
Greek Socialist, Anna Karamanou, and around sixty other MEPs wrote to the Nigerian Ambassador to the EU, Mr Akunwafor, demanding that the execution of Safiya Husaini Tungar-Tudu by stoning, for having committed adultery, is not carried out
- JANUARY 12, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigeria's embassy in Athens told a protest delegation...
Nigeria's embassy in Athens told a protest delegation that a Nigerian woman sentenced to death by stoning in the African country would be spared, Soula Panaretou, a member of the Coalition of the Left and Progress, said
- JANUARY 12, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Greek Socialist, Anna Karamanou, and around sixty other...
Greek Socialist, Anna Karamanou, and around sixty other MEPs wrote to the Nigerian Ambassador to the EU, Mr Akunwafor, demanding that the execution of Safiya Husaini Tungar-Tudu by stoning, for having committed adultery, is not carried out
- JANUARY 11, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Young Liberals state convention in Queensland was to...
Young Liberals state convention in Queensland was to discuss a motion for capital punishment for murderers and child sex offenders
- JANUARY 11, 2002PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
Common Pleas Judge Lawrence O'Toole has confirmed the...
Common Pleas Judge Lawrence O'Toole has confirmed the death sentence against Ronald Taylor
- JANUARY 11, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Canada's Supreme Court ruled that refugees who face...
Canada's Supreme Court ruled that refugees who face torture in their homelands "generally" cannot be deported there, unless the evidence shows that their continued presence in Canada poses a serious security risk to the country
- JANUARY 11, 2002KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev signed a decree extending...
Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev signed a decree extending the moratorium on the execution of death sentences in Kyrgyzstan until 31 December 2002
- JANUARY 11, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Execution of death row prisoners by lethal injection...
Execution of death row prisoners by lethal injection will begin in 2003 in Thailand
- JANUARY 11, 2002Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
Canada's Supreme Court ruled that refugees who face...
Canada's Supreme Court ruled that refugees who face torture in their homelands "generally" cannot be deported there, unless the evidence shows that their continued presence in Canada poses a serious security risk to the country
- JANUARY 11, 2002CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Canada's Supreme Court ruled that refugees who face...
Canada's Supreme Court ruled that refugees who face torture in their homelands "generally" cannot be deported there, unless the evidence shows that their continued presence in Canada poses a serious security risk to the country
- JANUARY 11, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russia's current laws concerning Criminal Procedures...
Russia's current laws concerning Criminal Procedures are "too soft," an advisor to the prosecutor general Vladimir Kolesnikov said at a press conference
- JANUARY 11, 2002DEATH PENALTY
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted without dissent...
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted without dissent for a bill by Sen
- JANUARY 11, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Xinjiang Daily reported that Xinjiang Farm Reclamation...
The Xinjiang Daily reported that Xinjiang Farm Reclamation Seventh Division Court had sentenced Jiang Nandong to death with two years reprieve for absconding public funds
- JANUARY 10, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 on possessing...
Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 on possessing and distributing drugs carries a mandatory death sentence
- JANUARY 10, 2002Nord CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
A condemned man who steadfastly denied beating his...
A condemned man who steadfastly denied beating his girlfriend to death in 1990 escaped execution Thursday as Gov
- JANUARY 10, 2002TunisiaDEATH PENALTY
As Arab Ministers of Interior began their annual meeting...
As Arab Ministers of Interior began their annual meeting in Tunis to discuss measures to combat "terrorism", Amnesty International called for the Arab Convention for the Suppression of Terrorism to be amended to conform with international human rights and
- JANUARY 10, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Dinajpur gave the death penalty to a man...
A court in Dinajpur gave the death penalty to a man for throwing acid on a teen-aged girl in Hakimpur upazila, which left the girl blind
- JANUARY 10, 2002KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
The Kazakh government proposed stiffening punishment,...
The Kazakh government proposed stiffening punishment, right up to the death sentence, for attempts on the president's life, the Kazakhstan Today news agency reported
- JANUARY 10, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Lawyer and political analyst Emil P
Lawyer and political analyst Emil P
- JANUARY 10, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Deputy Prime Minister and Motherland Party (ANAP) leader...
Deputy Prime Minister and Motherland Party (ANAP) leader Mesut Yilmaz said "although we fulfil short term objectives, the European Union (EU) will abstain from beginning full membership negotiations with Turkey as long as the death sentence exists in Turk
- JANUARY 10, 2002SpainDEATH PENALTY
The Turkish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ismail Cim,...
The Turkish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ismail Cim, stated that he expected the Spanish Presidency of the European Union to "pursue the positive process" carried out by the Belgian Presidency on the issue of Turkey's accession to the EU
- JANUARY 10, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Turkish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ismail Cim,...
The Turkish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ismail Cim, stated that he expected the Spanish Presidency of the European Union to "pursue the positive process" carried out by the Belgian Presidency on the issue of Turkey's accession to the EU
- JANUARY 10, 2002BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
Two Botswana fugitives were extradited back to the...
Two Botswana fugitives were extradited back to the Botswana from South Africa, the Department of Home Affairs said
- JANUARY 10, 2002ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
The Zimbabwean parliament passed the Public Order and...
The Zimbabwean parliament passed the Public Order and Security Bill and the General Laws Amendment Bill after a record 17-hour debate over the legislation
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- JANUARY 10, 2002South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Two Botswana fugitives were extradited back to the...
Two Botswana fugitives were extradited back to the Botswana from South Africa, the Department of Home Affairs said
- JANUARY 10, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Hamid Reza R
Hamid Reza R
- JANUARY 10, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Zhan Guoping, "a murder convict who refused to confess...
Zhan Guoping, "a murder convict who refused to confess to his crimes," was executed at Jining in Shandong Province, Qilu Evening News reported
- JANUARY 9, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
Michael Moore, 38, was executed Wednesday night for...
Michael Moore, 38, was executed Wednesday night for killing Christa Bentley, 35
- JANUARY 9, 2002MissouriDEATH PENALTY
James R
James R
- JANUARY 9, 2002Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Asian Wall Street Journal's International Commentary...
The Asian Wall Street Journal's International Commentary said "China's Communist leaders traditionally celebrate religious holidays with the persecution of believers
- JANUARY 9, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A U.S. congressman said that China's indictment of...
A U.S. congressman said that China's indictment of a Hong Kong Bibletrader was another reminder human rights abuses remained an obstacle in Sino-U
- JANUARY 9, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Asian Wall Street Journal's International Commentary...
The Asian Wall Street Journal's International Commentary said "China's Communist leaders traditionally celebrate religious holidays with the persecution of believers
- JANUARY 9, 2002Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A U.S. congressman said that China's indictment of...
A U.S. congressman said that China's indictment of a Hong Kong Bibletrader was another reminder human rights abuses remained an obstacle in Sino-U
- JANUARY 9, 2002JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
The Jamaican government must take immediate action...
The Jamaican government must take immediate action to challenge impunity for those who kill - be they police or civilians, Amnesty International said
- JANUARY 9, 2002CubaDEATH PENALTY
Some 50 prisoners await execution in Cuba, though no...
Some 50 prisoners await execution in Cuba, though no death sentences have been carried out there since 2000, an independent human rights organization on the island said, adding that most of those convicts live under "subhuman conditions
- JANUARY 9, 2002LesothoDEATH PENALTY
The Lesotho People's Congress (LPC) member for Butha-Buthe,...
The Lesotho People's Congress (LPC) member for Butha-Buthe, Pitikoe Mohasoane angrily suggested that people found guilty of women and child abuse should be hanged without any mercy
- JANUARY 9, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Vandalising the abandoned Shell oil pipelines in Nigeria...
Vandalising the abandoned Shell oil pipelines in Nigeria carries the death penalty
- JANUARY 9, 2002ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain adhered to the demonstration for Safiya...
Hands Off Cain adhered to the demonstration for Safiya Husseini, a Nigerian woman condemned to death by stoning for adultery by an Islamic court, organised by the Rai Radio programme Zapping, presented by Aldo Forbice
- JANUARY 9, 2002ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Senator Natale D'Amico, vice-president of the left...
Senator Natale D'Amico, vice-president of the left wing Margherita party, tabled two parliamentary motions requesting the intervention of the Italian government in two death penalty cases
- JANUARY 9, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain adhered to the demonstration for Safiya...
Hands Off Cain adhered to the demonstration for Safiya Husseini, a Nigerian woman condemned to death by stoning for adultery by an Islamic court, organised by the Rai Radio programme Zapping, presented by Aldo Forbice
- JANUARY 9, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Senator Natale D'Amico, vice-president of the left...
Senator Natale D'Amico, vice-president of the left wing Margherita party, tabled two parliamentary motions requesting the intervention of the Italian government in two death penalty cases
- JANUARY 9, 2002United StatesDEATH PENALTY
A U.S. congressman said that China's indictment of...
A U.S. congressman said that China's indictment of a Hong Kong Bibletrader was another reminder human rights abuses remained an obstacle in Sino-U
- JANUARY 9, 2002United StatesDEATH PENALTY
A divided US Supreme Court underscored its view that...
A divided US Supreme Court underscored its view that jurors choosing between a death sentence and a life term in prison should be told if the convicted killer has no chance of parole
- JANUARY 9, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Xiangfan Municipal Intermediate People's Court, Hubei...
Xiangfan Municipal Intermediate People's Court, Hubei Province, sentenced to death Yu Lin, the head of a triad gang
- JANUARY 9, 2002FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Tallahssee city approved a resolution for a moratorium...
Tallahssee city approved a resolution for a moratorium on capital executions
- JANUARY 8, 2002TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
Taiwan's Justice Ministry hailed the abolishment of...
Taiwan's Justice Ministry hailed the abolishment of a law that provided for the death penalty for kidnapping, gang robbery and other violent crimes as a crucial step that might lead to the scrapping of capital punishment within three years
- JANUARY 8, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Beijing said a Hong Kong trader arrested in July had...
Beijing said a Hong Kong trader arrested in July had been transporting bibles into China as cover for secretly importing banned booklets associated with an "evil cult"
- JANUARY 8, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's hardline revolutionary court began the trial...
Iran's hardline revolutionary court began the trial in closed session of 15 Iranian activists charged with "conspiring to overthrow the Islamic system"
- JANUARY 8, 2002Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Beijing said a Hong Kong trader arrested in July had...
Beijing said a Hong Kong trader arrested in July had been transporting bibles into China as cover for secretly importing banned booklets associated with an "evil cult"
- JANUARY 8, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
Mamoru Takuma was urged by his lawyers to reveal why...
Mamoru Takuma was urged by his lawyers to reveal why he fatally stabbed eight primary students and wounded 15 others, including teachers, at Ikeda Primary School in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, in June 2001, on the second day of his trial, which began Dec
- JANUARY 8, 2002North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
Kim Mun-song, vice trade minister and vice-chairman...
Kim Mun-song, vice trade minister and vice-chairman of the DPRK [Democratic People's Republic of Korea] Committee for the Promotion of External Economic Cooperation [CPEEC], was recently executed by shooting, the South Korean newspaper Choson Ilbo web sit
- JANUARY 8, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Passing judgment in a murder-cum-robbery case Anti...
Passing judgment in a murder-cum-robbery case Anti Terrorist Court Judge Ch
- JANUARY 8, 2002TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
Taiwan's parliament decided to abolish the Retribution...
Taiwan's parliament decided to abolish the Retribution Act for Bandits to better protect the human rights of Taiwanese people, including the scrapping of compulsory death sentencing for various violent crimes
- JANUARY 8, 2002SpainDEATH PENALTY
Jose Maria Aznar, Spain's prime minister, sought to...
Jose Maria Aznar, Spain's prime minister, sought to refocus attention on the launch of Spain's presidency of the European Union, saying that his "priority of priorities" during Spain's six-month term would be the global fight against terrorism
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- JANUARY 8, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkish Foreign Minister Ismail Cem said the lifting...
Turkish Foreign Minister Ismail Cem said the lifting of capital punishment was an issue intensely discussed by the Turkish public, pointing out that, "I wish a change will take place in this respect
- JANUARY 8, 2002SpainDEATH PENALTY
Jose Maria Aznar, Spain's prime minister, sought to...
Jose Maria Aznar, Spain's prime minister, sought to refocus attention on the launch of Spain's presidency of the European Union, saying that his "priority of priorities" during Spain's six-month term would be the global fight against terrorism
- JANUARY 8, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Beijing said a Hong Kong trader arrested in July had...
Beijing said a Hong Kong trader arrested in July had been transporting bibles into China as cover for secretly importing banned booklets associated with an "evil cult"
- JANUARY 7, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
European Union Council President and Spanish foreign...
European Union Council President and Spanish foreign minister Josep Pique announced his plans for a tour the following week of Middle Eastern countries in an effort to broker peace in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
- JANUARY 7, 2002IsraelDEATH PENALTY
European Union Council President and Spanish foreign...
European Union Council President and Spanish foreign minister Josep Pique announced his plans for a tour the following week of Middle Eastern countries in an effort to broker peace in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
- JANUARY 7, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Prison officials in Nigeria's Katsina state remained...
Prison officials in Nigeria's Katsina state remained tight lipped about why Sani Yakubu Rodi was executed by hanging instead of by machete as his sentence stipulated
- JANUARY 7, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Gov. Kenny Guinn and Attorney General Frankie Sue Del...
Gov. Kenny Guinn and Attorney General Frankie Sue Del Papa unveiled a series of legislative measures to beef up the war on terrorism in Nevada. The package includes proposals to hand out the death penalty to those responsible for anyone who dies in an att
- JANUARY 7, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Those found guilty of tax fraud in China may receive...
Those found guilty of tax fraud in China may receive the death penalty
- JANUARY 7, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
With the approval of the Chinese Supreme People's Court,...
With the approval of the Chinese Supreme People's Court, two men convicted of illegal fund-raising and embezzlement were executed respectively in Tianjin Municipality and Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province
- JANUARY 7, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Czech Republic's Senate deputy chairman Jan Ruml...
The Czech Republic's Senate deputy chairman Jan Ruml (Freedom Union) expressed his protest against the detention of the Chinese religious movement Falun Gong adherents to the Chinese Ambassador in Prague, Ruml's aide Jan Holub told CTK
- JANUARY 7, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Beijing Municipal Higher People's Court is now...
The Beijing Municipal Higher People's Court is now considering replacing firing squads with lethal injections when carrying out the death penalty
- JANUARY 7, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China should halt the execution of Hong Kong residents...
China should halt the execution of Hong Kong residents convicted of capital offences, an alliance of civic groups fighting the mainland's death penalty said in a petition presented to the SAR [Special Administrative Region] Security Bureau
- JANUARY 7, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The Central Jakarta District Court began the trial...
The Central Jakarta District Court began the trial relating to the drive-by shooting of Supreme Justice M
- JANUARY 7, 2002Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China should halt the execution of Hong Kong residents...
China should halt the execution of Hong Kong residents convicted of capital offences, an alliance of civic groups fighting the mainland's death penalty said in a petition presented to the SAR [Special Administrative Region] Security Bureau
- JANUARY 7, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
India's Delhi Police Force acquired a new weapon to...
India's Delhi Police Force acquired a new weapon to fight organised crime with the introduction of Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act or MCOCA in Delhi
- JANUARY 7, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Police in Indonesia's Central Sulawesi regency Poso...
Police in Indonesia's Central Sulawesi regency Poso burned thousands of weapons surrendered by Christians and Muslims in an effort to end a three-year-old sectarian conflict that has claimed more than 1,000 lives
- JANUARY 7, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Czech Republic's Senate deputy chairman Jan Ruml...
The Czech Republic's Senate deputy chairman Jan Ruml (Freedom Union) expressed his protest against the detention of the Chinese religious movement Falun Gong adherents to the Chinese Ambassador in Prague, Ruml's aide Jan Holub told CTK
- JANUARY 7, 2002DEATH PENALTY
European Union Council President and Spanish foreign...
European Union Council President and Spanish foreign minister Josep Pique announced his plans for a tour the following week of Middle Eastern countries in an effort to broker peace in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
- JANUARY 7, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the coalition's...
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the coalition's senior partner MHP (Nationalist Movement Party) Devlet Bahceli said the MHP backs the execution of death sentences in terror crimes
- JANUARY 7, 2002SpainDEATH PENALTY
European Union Council President and Spanish foreign...
European Union Council President and Spanish foreign minister Josep Pique announced his plans for a tour the following week of Middle Eastern countries in an effort to broker peace in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
- JANUARY 7, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
A Turkish court sentenced three men to death on charges...
A Turkish court sentenced three men to death on charges linked to the killings of prominent supporters of a secular state, including a former culture minister and an investigative journalist
- JANUARY 7, 2002LatviaDEATH PENALTY
The Latvian Cabinet of Ministers' committee approved...
The Latvian Cabinet of Ministers' committee approved amendments to several laws in order to harmonize these laws with the international protocol aimed at the abolition of the death penalty
- JANUARY 7, 2002DEATH PENALTY
China: death penalty to religious exponents
January 7, 2002: two chinese religious exponents condamned to death, another at risk
- JANUARY 6, 2002IraqDEATH PENALTY
Eight Iraqi citizens were executed in the province...
Eight Iraqi citizens were executed in the province of Basra on charges of links with opposition forces, said the human right[s] office of the Communist Party
- JANUARY 6, 2002IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Judge Donald Hudson sentenced Luther Casteel, 43, to...
Judge Donald Hudson sentenced Luther Casteel, 43, to death for a shooting spree that left 2 people dead and 16 others injured on April 13 2001
- JANUARY 6, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy,...
The Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy, said that a Hong Kong man Lai Kwon-Keung, 38, faces the death penalty in China for allegedly smuggling thousands of Bibles across the border to an outlawed Christian group
- JANUARY 6, 2002Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy,...
The Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy, said that a Hong Kong man Lai Kwon-Keung, 38, faces the death penalty in China for allegedly smuggling thousands of Bibles across the border to an outlawed Christian group
- JANUARY 6, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
More than 3 million Thais, including students, are...
More than 3 million Thais, including students, are abusing narcotics, Justice Minister Pongthep Thepkanjana said
- JANUARY 6, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian man was publicly hanged for murdering a...
An Iranian man was publicly hanged for murdering a woman and two others were hanged for rape, newspapers said
- JANUARY 6, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China vowed its "strike hard" anti-crime drive would...
China vowed its "strike hard" anti-crime drive would remain a priority in 2003, with busting corrupt officials a top priority, official media reported
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- JANUARY 5, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Legal Daily newspaper reported that Shijiazhuang...
The Legal Daily newspaper reported that Shijiazhuang Municipal Intermediate People's Court, Hebei Province, sentenced Zhao Jianlin and Zhao Jianbo to death for organising criminal gangs
- JANUARY 5, 2002SudanDEATH PENALTY
The Sudanese Ministry of Justice said that it had received...
The Sudanese Ministry of Justice said that it had received a letter from the European Union urging the government to pardon five people who had been sentenced to death or cross amputations
- JANUARY 4, 2002PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
Judge Joseph Madenspacher affirmed death sentence for...
Judge Joseph Madenspacher affirmed death sentence for Tedor Davido, who was convicted of 1st-degree murder Dec
- JANUARY 4, 2002OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
In Denver, the 10th U
In Denver, the 10th U
- JANUARY 4, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
A Palestinian state security court sentenced a policeman...
A Palestinian state security court sentenced a policeman to death for killing one comrade and wounding another in an unexplained shooting spree hours earlier, the Wafa news agency said
- JANUARY 3, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit said capital punishment...
Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit said capital punishment would be lifted and that he did not have any doubts about that issue
- JANUARY 3, 2002SpainDEATH PENALTY
Spanish Secretary of State for European Affairs Ramon...
Spanish Secretary of State for European Affairs Ramon de Miguel said there will be no turning back in EU cooperation against terrorism
- JANUARY 3, 2002FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Juan Roberto Melendez was released from Union Correctional...
Juan Roberto Melendez was released from Union Correctional Institution after having spent 17 years and 8 months on Florida's death row in Raiford for a murder to which another man had confessed
- JANUARY 3, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
A convicted murderer was hanged in northern Nigeria...
A convicted murderer was hanged in northern Nigeria in the country's first execution under Muslim sharia law, which has sparked riots in the West African country
- JANUARY 3, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Hoping that an accused who had murdered his own mother...
Hoping that an accused who had murdered his own mother and the entire family of his brother over a land dispute might repent "for rest of life for commission of such ghastly act", the Supreme Court commuted his death sentence to a life term
- JANUARY 3, 2002KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
A court in eastern Kazakhstan passed the death sentence...
A court in eastern Kazakhstan passed the death sentence on two criminals who shot a man, his wife and their daughter, Kazakh television reported
- JANUARY 3, 2002JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
The people of 100 Lane, north of the Jamaican capital...
The people of 100 Lane, north of the Jamaican capital Kingston, moved away from their community in droves with their household articles in trucks and vans following the shooting deaths of seven members of their community earlier in the morning by over 30
- JANUARY 3, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Chief Imam of Badagry, Lagos, Alhaji Imam Muslim...
The Chief Imam of Badagry, Lagos, Alhaji Imam Muslim Olayide Huthman, speaking on the death sentence passed on Safiya Hussaini for adultery [October 2001], advised the Sokoto state government to drop the charge if they cannot get the second person
- JANUARY 3, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Constitutional Court decided to debate the annulment...
The Constitutional Court decided to debate the annulment of the provision in Article 450 of the Turkish Penal Code (TCK) which foresees capital punishment for homicide
- JANUARY 3, 2002Governo Federale degli Stati UnitiDEATH PENALTY
Aicha El-Wafi, the mother of the first man charged...
Aicha El-Wafi, the mother of the first man charged in the planning of Sept
- JANUARY 3, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Two men were sentenced to death in the Iranian city...
Two men were sentenced to death in the Iranian city of Kerman
- JANUARY 2, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkey's foreign minister called for the abolition...
Turkey's foreign minister called for the abolition of the death penalty from Turkish law to facilitate Ankara's bid to join the European Union
- JANUARY 2, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A woman was sentenced to death in the Iranian capital...
A woman was sentenced to death in the Iranian capital Tehran, the Farsi language newspaper Afarinesh reported
- JANUARY 2, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Ali Asghar and Mohammed Naghi were condemned to death...
Ali Asghar and Mohammed Naghi were condemned to death in the Iranian city of Ozgol, the Farsi language newspaper Afarinesh reported
- JANUARY 2, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executes gay men
January 2, 2002: three men found guilty of sodomy were beheaded on New Year’s day in Saudi Arabia, that applies strict Islamic law.
- JANUARY 1, 2002DEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Sao...
The Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe (1990) at Art
- JANUARY 1, 2002DominicaDEATH PENALTY
Dominica is a British Independent Territory that retains...
Dominica is a British Independent Territory that retains the death penalty and for which the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council remains the final court of appeal
- JANUARY 1, 2002Central African RepublicDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: aggravated murder, treason, spying...
Capital crimes are: aggravated murder, treason, spying and military offenses
- JANUARY 1, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China imposes the death penalty for hacking and other...
China imposes the death penalty for hacking and other cyber crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2002AlaskaDEATH PENALTY
Alaska does not have the death penalty
Alaska does not have the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 2002NicaraguaDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Nicaragua at Art
The Constitution of the Republic of Nicaragua at Art
- JANUARY 1, 2002RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: murder, robbery, sorcery, offenses...
Capital crimes are: murder, robbery, sorcery, offenses against the State and crimes against humanity
- JANUARY 1, 2002GrenadaDEATH PENALTY
Grenada has not carried out an execution since 1978,...
Grenada has not carried out an execution since 1978, when three men were hanged for rape and murder
- JANUARY 1, 2002DEATH PENALTY
New Jersey does not forbid the execution of the mentally...
New Jersey does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded but does forbid the execution of juvenile offenders
- JANUARY 1, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Maryland forbids the execution of the mentally retarded...
Maryland forbids the execution of the mentally retarded and juvenile offenders
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- JANUARY 1, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Of the 371 sentenced to death, 247 were convicted on...
Of the 371 sentenced to death, 247 were convicted on drugs charges
- JANUARY 1, 2002SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Singapore takes a hard line on all illegal drugs, handing...
Singapore takes a hard line on all illegal drugs, handing out stiff sentences for possession and mandating the death penalty for trafficking in 15 grams or more of heroin, 30 grams of cocaine or 500 grams of cannabis
- JANUARY 1, 2002MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
Art. 16 of the Moroccan penal code provides the death...
Art. 16 of the Moroccan penal code provides the death penalty for aggravated murder, torture, armed robbery, arson, treason, desertion and attempt on the King's life. The penalty is subjected to pardon which remains the constitutional prerogative of the S
- JANUARY 1, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Arkansas does not forbid the execution of juvenile offenders
Arkansas does not forbid the execution of juvenile offenders
- JANUARY 1, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Indian legislative system also provides for different...
The Indian legislative system also provides for different levels of appeal, and death sentences are frequently commuted to life imprisonment upon appeal
- JANUARY 1, 2002LebanonDEATH 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
- JANUARY 1, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Capital punishment sentences are mostly commuted under...
Capital punishment sentences are mostly commuted under Royal clemency
- JANUARY 1, 2002SenegalDEATH PENALTY
Aggravated murder, spying and treason are capital crimes
Aggravated murder, spying and treason are capital crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2002LesothoDEATH PENALTY
Murder, rape and treason are capital crimes
Murder, rape and treason are capital crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2002EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: aggravated murder, arson, rape,...
Capital crimes are: aggravated murder, arson, rape, hijacking, espionage, drug trafficking political and military offenses
- JANUARY 1, 2002ParaguayDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of Paraguay (1992) at Art
The Constitution of Paraguay (1992) at Art
- JANUARY 1, 2002ChadDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: aggravated murder, treason, spying...
Capital crimes are: aggravated murder, treason, spying and military offenses
- JANUARY 1, 2002HondurasDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Honduras at Art
The Constitution of the Republic of Honduras at Art
- JANUARY 1, 2002GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Aggravated murder, spying and armed robbery are capital...
Aggravated murder, spying and armed robbery are capital crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2002MaliDEATH PENALTY
Death sentences are given in Mali for serious crimes...
Death sentences are given in Mali for serious crimes such as assassinations, betrayals, sedition, spying, arsons and destruction with explosives of public buildings, plots against the state and embezzlement of public funds whose amount is equal to or more
- JANUARY 1, 2002SpainDEATH PENALTY
Note: Spain is term-president of the EU from January...
Note: Spain is term-president of the EU from January to June 2002
- JANUARY 1, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Three Saudi nationals convicted of homosexuality were...
Three Saudi nationals convicted of homosexuality were beheaded in the south of the country on January 1
- JANUARY 1, 2002NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
Dutch law forbids extradition to a country where a...
Dutch law forbids extradition to a country where a person could face the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 2002BruneiDEATH PENALTY
Smuggling more than 200 grams of heroin, morphine,...
Smuggling more than 200 grams of heroin, morphine, opium and marijuana or possessing more than 250 grams carries the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 2002AfghanistanDEATH 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
- JANUARY 1, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is provided for by the Criminal Code...
The death penalty is provided for by the Criminal Code and the legislation on civil disturbances for armed robbery, murder, treason, and offenses against the State
- JANUARY 1, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Art. 17 of the 1995 Armenian Constitution retains the...
Art. 17 of the 1995 Armenian Constitution retains the death penalty: "Everyone has the right to life. The death penalty, until its complete abolition as an exceptional measure of punishment, can be stipulated by law solely for the most serious crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2002KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Murder, treason and armed robbery are capital crimes
Murder, treason and armed robbery are capital crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In China, the Siberian tiger, the giant panda and the...
In China, the Siberian tiger, the giant panda and the golden monkey are protected species, hunting them is punishable by long prison terms and the death sentence
- JANUARY 1, 2002IrelandDEATH PENALTY
In 2001 Ireland held a referendum to amend the constitution...
In 2001 Ireland held a referendum to amend the constitution to prohibitcapital punishment, which had been abolished and removed from the penal code in 1990
- JANUARY 1, 2002SyriaDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: treason, murder, violent robberies,...
Capital crimes are: treason, murder, violent robberies, rape, verbal opposition to the government, and membership in the Muslim brotherhood
- JANUARY 1, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
749 Death sentences in 2001, till November 45 people...
749 Death sentences in 2001, till November 45 people were executed and the country's death row population was raised by another 591 convicts
- JANUARY 1, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Anyone found in possession of 100g or more of heroin...
Anyone found in possession of 100g or more of heroin in Vietnam faces the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 2002Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A total of 23 Hong Kong residents were either executed...
A total of 23 Hong Kong residents were either executed or sentenced to death in mainland China in 2001
- JANUARY 1, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Courts sentenced 55 people to death in 2001 on drug-related...
Courts sentenced 55 people to death in 2001 on drug-related charges, according to government figures
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- JANUARY 1, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A total of 23 Hong Kong residents were either executed...
A total of 23 Hong Kong residents were either executed or sentenced to death in mainland China in 2001
- JANUARY 1, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Australia abolished the death penalty for ordinary...
Australia abolished the death penalty for ordinary crimes in 1984 and for wartime crimes in 1985
- JANUARY 1, 2002YemenDEATH PENALTY
Yemen applies the death penalty for rape and murder
Yemen applies the death penalty for rape and murder
- JANUARY 1, 2002TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Tajikistan's Criminal Code metes out the death penalty...
Tajikistan's Criminal Code metes out the death penalty for serious crimes such as an attempt to stage a coup d'etat, terrorism, taking hostages, premeditated murder aggravated by utmost cruelty and smuggling drugs in particularly large amounts
- JANUARY 1, 2002New ZealandDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished for ordinary crimes...
The death penalty was abolished for ordinary crimes in 1961, then fully abolished, and replaced with life imprisonment in 1989
- JANUARY 1, 2002MongoliaDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: premeditated murder, aggravated...
Capital crimes are: premeditated murder, aggravated rape or rape of a minor, and three antistate offenses involving violence (as reduced by an amendment of 1994 to the Criminal code)
- JANUARY 1, 2002Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe, established in 1949, describes...
The Council of Europe, established in 1949, describes itself as "the guardian of democratic security, founded on human rights, democracy and the rule of law
- JANUARY 1, 2002KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
Sexual molesters in Kuwait are charged with capital...
Sexual molesters in Kuwait are charged with capital punishment
- JANUARY 1, 2002Vatican CityDEATH PENALTY
The Vatican maintained capital punishment into the...
The Vatican maintained capital punishment into the twentieth century with hangings taking place during the papacy of Pius IX
- JANUARY 1, 2002QatarDEATH PENALTY
Until 2001, when three people were put to death, there...
Until 2001, when three people were put to death, there had been no executions in Qatar for 10 years
- JANUARY 1, 2002AustriaDEATH PENALTY
The Federal Constitutional Law of the Republic of Austria...
The Federal Constitutional Law of the Republic of Austria (1920 as amended in 1968) at Art
- JANUARY 1, 2002Guinea-BissauDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Guinea Bissau (1984)...
The Constitution of the Republic of Guinea Bissau (1984) at Art
- JANUARY 1, 2002LiberiaDEATH PENALTY
Murder, armed robbery, terrorism and high treason are...
Murder, armed robbery, terrorism and high treason are capital crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Child smuggling can carry the death penalty in Pakistan
Child smuggling can carry the death penalty in Pakistan
- JANUARY 1, 2002CameroonDEATH PENALTY
Premeditated murder, aggravated theft and treason are...
Premeditated murder, aggravated theft and treason are capital crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2002TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
The last execution was in 1994
The last execution was in 1994
- JANUARY 1, 2002MalawiDEATH PENALTY
The offenses for which capital punishment either can...
The offenses for which capital punishment either can or must be applied are murder, rape, treason, armed robbery and burglary with aggravating circumstances
- JANUARY 1, 2002El SalvadorDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of El Salvador at Art
The Constitution of the Republic of El Salvador at Art
- JANUARY 1, 2002TogoDEATH PENALTY
Premeditated murder and plots against the security...
Premeditated murder and plots against the security of the State are capital crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2002Cape VerdeDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Cape Verde (1992)...
The Constitution of the Republic of Cape Verde (1992) states at Art
- JANUARY 1, 2002NigerDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: premeditated murder, torture, aggravated...
Capital crimes are: premeditated murder, torture, aggravated theft, treason and offenses against the State
- JANUARY 1, 2002MauritiusDEATH PENALTY
Mauritius has been abolitionist since 1995, when the...
Mauritius has been abolitionist since 1995, when the last death sentence was passed, and the last execution took place in 1987
- JANUARY 1, 2002United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
Under 1995 laws, drug smugglers in the UAE face death...
Under 1995 laws, drug smugglers in the UAE face death by firing squad, although no executions are known to have taken place
- JANUARY 1, 2002MauritaniaDEATH PENALTY
High treason, premeditated murder and torture are capital...
High treason, premeditated murder and torture are capital crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2002Equatorial GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Aggravated murder, spying and armed robbery are capital...
Aggravated murder, spying and armed robbery are capital crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2002GabonDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: murder, treason, espionage, coup...
Capital crimes are: murder, treason, espionage, coup d'état and insurrection
- JANUARY 1, 2002St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
Saint Lucia is a British Independent Territory that...
Saint Lucia is a British Independent Territory that retains the death penalty and for which the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council is the final court of appeal
- JANUARY 1, 2002MadagascarDEATH PENALTY
Offenses against the State are capital crimes
Offenses against the State are capital crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2002SeychellesDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Seychelles (1993) at Art
The Constitution of the Republic of Seychelles (1993) at Art
- JANUARY 1, 2002United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
On april 6, 2000, a Ras al-Khaimah sharia court ruled...
On april 6, 2000, a Ras al-Khaimah sharia court ruled that anyone found guilty of employing a magician to cast a spell on others will be sentenced to death because the practice violates Islamic law and is therefore blasphemous
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- JANUARY 1, 2002ArgentinaDEATH PENALTY
Art. 18 of the Constitution provides for "the complete...
Art. 18 of the Constitution provides for "the complete abolition of the death penalty for political motives." A constitutional amendment, passed in 1994, recognizes international treaties signed by Argentina as equivalent to constitutional norms
- JANUARY 1, 2002ComorosDEATH PENALTY
Aggravated murder, treason and spying are capital crimes
Aggravated murder, treason and spying are capital crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2002Burkina FasoDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: treason or espionage in wartime (Art
Capital crimes are: treason or espionage in wartime (Art
- JANUARY 1, 2002AngolaDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution approved in 1992 abolished the death...
The Constitution approved in 1992 abolished the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is handed down in Vietnam for murder,...
The death penalty is handed down in Vietnam for murder, trafficking in more than 600 grams of heroin and corruption involving theft of 500 million dong ($32,980) or more of state property
- JANUARY 1, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Saint Vincent is a British Independent Territory for...
Saint Vincent is a British Independent Territory for which the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council remains the final court of appeal
- JANUARY 1, 2002Congo - BrazzavilleDEATH PENALTY
Murder, treason, spying and offenses against the State...
Murder, treason, spying and offenses against the State are capital crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2002GuyanaDEATH PENALTY
Guyana is a British Independent territory that retains...
Guyana is a British Independent territory that retains the death penalty but has relinquished the link with the Judicial Commission of the Privy Council
- JANUARY 1, 2002BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: murder, treason, an attempt on...
Capital crimes are: murder, treason, an attempt on the life of the head of state, and the military offenses of mutiny and desertion
- JANUARY 1, 2002PanamaDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Panama states at Art
The Constitution of the Republic of Panama states at Art
- JANUARY 1, 2002AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Penal Code provides for the application of the...
The Penal Code provides for the application of the death penalty for serious offenses including: treason and espionage, attempts to change the regime or actions aimed at incitement, destruction of territory, sabotage to public and economic utilities, mass
- JANUARY 1, 2002BeninDEATH PENALTY
The Penal Code provides for a wide range of death-qualifiable...
The Penal Code provides for a wide range of death-qualifiable offenses: murder, treason, sorcery and other practices causing public disturbance
- JANUARY 1, 2002BurundiDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: premeditated murder, sorcery, treason,...
Capital crimes are: premeditated murder, sorcery, treason, spying, attempt on the Chief of State's life and cannibalism
- JANUARY 1, 2002Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: aggravated murder, aggravated robbery,...
Capital crimes are: aggravated murder, aggravated robbery, treason, political and military offenses and genocide
- JANUARY 1, 2002Côte d’IvoireDEATH PENALTY
Between July 23 and 24, 2000, 86
Between July 23 and 24, 2000, 86
- JANUARY 1, 2002EritreaDEATH PENALTY
Murder and acts threatening State security are capital...
Murder and acts threatening State security are capital crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2002EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
Aggravated murder and crimes against the State or humanity...
Aggravated murder and crimes against the State or humanity are capital crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia follows a strict interpretation of Islamic...
Saudi Arabia follows a strict interpretation of Islamic law that prescribes the death sentence for murder, rape, drug trafficking and armed robbery
- JANUARY 1, 2002GhanaDEATH PENALTY
Armed robbery, treason and first-degree murder are...
Armed robbery, treason and first-degree murder are capital crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2002SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
Somalia has been without central government since 1991,...
Somalia has been without central government since 1991, when clans ousted dictator Siad Barre and the east African country sank into inter-clan fighting in which tens of thousands died
- JANUARY 1, 2002NamibiaDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Namibia (1990) at Art
The Constitution of the Republic of Namibia (1990) at Art
- JANUARY 1, 2002GambiaDEATH PENALTY
The new Constitution adopted in 1996 retains the death...
The new Constitution adopted in 1996 retains the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 2002Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
Murder, aggravated robbery and treason are capital crimes
Murder, aggravated robbery and treason are capital crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2002AfghanistanDEATH 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
- JANUARY 1, 2002MozambiqueDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Mozambique (1990) at Art
The Constitution of the Republic of Mozambique (1990) at Art
- JANUARY 1, 2002EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was not mentioned in the Constitution...
The death penalty was not mentioned in the Constitution suspended in 1973
- JANUARY 1, 2002SudanDEATH PENALTY
In accordance with Shari'a law, the Criminal Act provides...
In accordance with Shari'a law, the Criminal Act provides for physical punishments including flogging, amputation, stonings, and crucifixion--the public display of a body after execution
- JANUARY 1, 2002Nord DakotaDEATH PENALTY
North Dakota does not have the death penalty
North Dakota does not have the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 2002South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
South Africa, throughout four decades of institutionalized...
South Africa, throughout four decades of institutionalized racial discrimination, South Africa became one of the world's leading execution centers
- JANUARY 1, 2002TunisiaDEATH PENALTY
Murder, violence and aggression, attacks against the...
Murder, violence and aggression, attacks against the internal security of the State and attacks against the external security of the State are all capital offenses
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- JANUARY 1, 2002MinnesotaDEATH PENALTY
Minnesota abolished the death penalty in 1911
Minnesota abolished the death penalty in 1911
- JANUARY 1, 2002BermudaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished in 2000
The death penalty was abolished in 2000
- JANUARY 1, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Wyoming does not forbid the execution of the mentally...
Wyoming does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded or juvenile offenders but does have life without parole
- JANUARY 1, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Utah does not forbid the execution of the mentally...
Utah does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded or juvenile offenders but does have life without parole
- JANUARY 1, 2002West VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
West Virginia abolished the death penalty in 1965
West Virginia abolished the death penalty in 1965
- JANUARY 1, 2002MaineDEATH PENALTY
Maine does not have the death penalty, having abolished...
Maine does not have the death penalty, having abolished it in 1887
- JANUARY 1, 2002DEATH PENALTY
New Mexico forbids the execution of the mentally retarded...
New Mexico forbids the execution of the mentally retarded and juvenile offenders
- JANUARY 1, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Uganda's new Constitution, adopted 5 years ago, retains...
Uganda's new Constitution, adopted 5 years ago, retains the death sentence for crimes including treason, rape, robbery with aggravating circumstances, murder and arms trading
- JANUARY 1, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Oregon does not forbid the execution of the mentally...
Oregon does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded but does forbid the execution of juvenile offenders
- JANUARY 1, 2002HawaiiDEATH PENALTY
Hawaii does not have the death penalty, having abolished...
Hawaii does not have the death penalty, having abolished it in 1956 before becoming a state
- JANUARY 1, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
At least 19 people were sentenced to death for murder...
At least 19 people were sentenced to death for murder in Bangladesh, but no execution was reported in 1999
- JANUARY 1, 2002HaitiDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Haiti (1987) at Art
The Constitution of the Republic of Haiti (1987) at Art
- JANUARY 1, 2002BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is mandatory for murder and treason...
The death penalty is mandatory for murder and treason - but not for mutiny
- JANUARY 1, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Kentucky forbids the execution of the mentally retarded...
Kentucky forbids the execution of the mentally retarded but does not forbid the execution of juvenile offenders
- JANUARY 1, 2002BahamasDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is mandatory for murder
The death penalty is mandatory for murder
- JANUARY 1, 2002Puerto RicoDEATH PENALTY
The prohibition of the death penalty is enshrined in...
The prohibition of the death penalty is enshrined in the 1952 Bill of Rights
- JANUARY 1, 2002BelizeDEATH PENALTY
Murder and military offenses are capital crimes
Murder and military offenses are capital crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2002IdahoDEATH PENALTY
Idaho does not forbid the execution of the mentally...
Idaho does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded or juvenile offenders but does have life without parole
- JANUARY 1, 2002BoliviaDEATH PENALTY
In March 1997, Congress adopted a law removing the...
In March 1997, Congress adopted a law removing the death penalty and providing for 30 years' imprisonment without parole for parricide, murder, treason and other crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2002EcuadorDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador at Art
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador at Art
- JANUARY 1, 2002Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
Antigua and Barbuda is a British Independent territory...
Antigua and Barbuda is a British Independent territory for which the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council remains the final court of appeal
- JANUARY 1, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Public support of the death penalty runs high in China
Public support of the death penalty runs high in China
- JANUARY 1, 2002BhutanDEATH PENALTY
Premeditated murder and treason are capital crimes
Premeditated murder and treason are capital crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2002Dominican RepublicDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Dominican Republic at Art
The Constitution of the Dominican Republic at Art
- JANUARY 1, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Mississippi does not forbid the execution of the mentally...
Mississippi does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded or juvenile offenders but does have life without parole
- JANUARY 1, 2002CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Canada abolished the death penalty for ordinary crimes...
Canada abolished the death penalty for ordinary crimes in 1976 and for military offenses on December 10, 1998
- JANUARY 1, 2002ChileDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished on May 28, 2001
The death penalty was abolished on May 28, 2001
- JANUARY 1, 2002BrazilDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil...
The Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil said at Art
- JANUARY 1, 2002CubaDEATH PENALTY
The Penal Code presently in force provides for the...
The Penal Code presently in force provides for the death penalty for 112 offenses, 33 of which are common crimes