Chronological archive
May 2002
The 312 news items published by Hands Off Cain in May 2002, in chronological order.
In Pakistan, the Sialkot District Judge Nazir Ahmad...
In Pakistan, the Sialkot District Judge Nazir Ahmad passed the death sentence on Sher Muhammad for killing a shopkeeper Muhammad Iqbal, over a minor dispute in Ghueinkey village in the Daska district on January 9, 2001
- MAY 31, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani district court in Sahiwal condemned two...
A Pakistani district court in Sahiwal condemned two leaders of the banned Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan to death
- MAY 31, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani courts condemned two people convicted in...
Pakistani courts condemned two people convicted in separate murder cases to death
- MAY 31, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Judge Mirza Abid Jawad Baig gave capital punishment...
Judge Mirza Abid Jawad Baig gave capital punishment to Imran for killing Irshad Ahmed, a student, over a trifling matter on March 9, 2001 in the Sahiwal district, Pakistan
- MAY 31, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russian Federation Council Speaker Sergei Mironov spoke...
Russian Federation Council Speaker Sergei Mironov spoke out categorically against abolishing the moratorium on the death penalty
- MAY 31, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The European Union (EU) Commission issued a written...
The European Union (EU) Commission issued a written statement pertaining to the decision and approaches of the National Security Council (NSC), noting that it perceived them as "positive signals"
- MAY 31, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
President Vladimir Putin roasted Russia's top cops...
President Vladimir Putin roasted Russia's top cops for failing to stem soaring crime and said corrupt officers must be chased out of the force
- MAY 31, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Human rights groups say the abduction and murder of...
Human rights groups say the abduction and murder of civilians in Aceh reached "alarming levels" after the bodies of 19 people were found separate locations throughout the war-torn province in the previous four days
- MAY 31, 2002North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
Chinese police arrested a group of North Korean defectors...
Chinese police arrested a group of North Korean defectors in Yunnan Province, near the country's border with Laos and Myanmar, between 24 and the 26 May, activists in Seoul said
- MAY 31, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Malaysia's main opposition party promised an Islamic...
Malaysia's main opposition party promised an Islamic state for the multi-racial country but left vague its stance on strict religious laws and capital punishment for majority Muslim Malays
- MAY 31, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China has made all-out efforts to crack down on tax...
China has made all-out efforts to crack down on tax rebate fraud, said Deputy Commissioner of State Administration of Taxation Cui Junhui at a national conference on cooperation between trade and taxation departments in Dalian
- MAY 31, 2002ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Three convicted killers were hanged at Harare Central Prison
Three convicted killers were hanged at Harare Central Prison
- MAY 31, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Yao Ruihua, Xu Weiguo and Nie Shaowen, convicted of...
Yao Ruihua, Xu Weiguo and Nie Shaowen, convicted of murder and robbery, were executed on the orders of the Shanghai Higher Court
- MAY 30, 2002IdahoDEATH PENALTY
In Boise, Darrell Payne was sentenced to die by lethal...
In Boise, Darrell Payne was sentenced to die by lethal injection
- MAY 30, 2002IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Andrew Urdiales, 37, should be executed for the 1996...
Andrew Urdiales, 37, should be executed for the 1996 murders of Lynn Huber, 22, and Laura Uylaki, 25, a Cook County jury decided in the Chicago courtroom of Cook County Circuit Judge Edward Fiala
- MAY 30, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
Stanley Baker was executed for shooting Wayne John...
Stanley Baker was executed for shooting Wayne John Walters, 44, on Sept
- MAY 30, 2002MarylandDEATH PENALTY
A Wicomico County jury, presided over by Wicomico County...
A Wicomico County jury, presided over by Wicomico County Circuit Judge Donald C
- MAY 30, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed a former central bank official for his...
China executed a former central bank official for his part in stealing nearly 15
- MAY 30, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Preparations are being made for execution by lethal...
Preparations are being made for execution by lethal injection, which will be used at three prisons starting in 2003, replacing the current method of shooting, Corrections Department director general Siwa Sangmanee said
- MAY 30, 2002BelarusDEATH PENALTY
The Belarussian House of Representatives began hearings...
The Belarussian House of Representatives began hearings on the repeal of death penalty
- MAY 30, 2002BelarusDEATH PENALTY
Belarusian Foreign Minister Mikhail Khvastow said that...
Belarusian Foreign Minister Mikhail Khvastow said that he favours the idea of abandoning the death penalty, but stressed that the immediate abolition of capital punishment in Belarus would be premature
- MAY 30, 2002BelarusDEATH PENALTY
The abolition of the death penalty in Belarus is "is...
The abolition of the death penalty in Belarus is "is predetermined by our desire to join the Council of Europe" the head of the Belarusian Constitutional Court, Ryhor Vasilevich, said during debates in the National Assembly's House of Representatives [low
- MAY 30, 2002BelarusDEATH PENALTY
The Belarusian Prosecutor's Office is campaigning for...
The Belarusian Prosecutor's Office is campaigning for the preservation of capital punishment as a measure of last resort, Belarusian Deputy Prosecutor-General Mikhail Snyahir said at a hearing in the National Assembly's House of Representatives [lower hou
- MAY 30, 2002BelarusDEATH PENALTY
The process of abolishing capital punishment in the...
The process of abolishing capital punishment in the country is by no means straightforward, said Vladimir Konoplyov, deputy chairman of the Belarussian House of Representatives
- MAY 30, 2002MaliDEATH PENALTY
Mali's outgoing president pardoned former dictator...
Mali's outgoing president pardoned former dictator Moussa Traore and his wife Mariam, who were imprisoned after he was overthrown in 1991 and were serving life sentences for murder and corruption
- MAY 29, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
One of Turkey's most influential business groups, TUSIAD,...
One of Turkey's most influential business groups, TUSIAD, placed full-page advertisements in national newspapers calling on politicians not to squander the opportunity of joining the European Union
- MAY 29, 2002KenyaDEATH PENALTY
A convict who moved to the Eldoret High Court to appeal...
A convict who moved to the Eldoret High Court to appeal a seven-year jail sentence for robbery was instead sentenced to death
- MAY 29, 2002United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
An Islamic court in the United Arab Emirates has condemned...
An Islamic court in the United Arab Emirates has condemned an Emirati man to death for raping four children
- MAY 29, 2002Nord CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
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- MAY 29, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A judge of the Valenzuela City regional trial court...
A judge of the Valenzuela City regional trial court sentenced to death five men accused in the kidnapping of two sisters in the city three years ago
- MAY 29, 2002KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International described the conditions in Kenya's...
Amnesty International described the conditions in Kenya's prisons as "harsh" and criticised the authorities for refusing to allow human rights organisations access to prisoners
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- MAY 29, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Senate ratified a bicameral conference committee...
The Senate ratified a bicameral conference committee report re-imposing the death penalty for drug possession and trafficking
- MAY 29, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
In Japan a House of Councillors plenary session unanimously...
In Japan a House of Councillors plenary session unanimously approved an extradition treaty between Japan and South Korea to take effect during the month-long World Cup soccer finals starting on May 31
- MAY 29, 2002South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
In Japan a House of Councillors plenary session unanimously...
In Japan a House of Councillors plenary session unanimously approved an extradition treaty between Japan and South Korea to take effect during the month-long World Cup soccer finals starting on May 31
- MAY 29, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Turkish army is willing to accept the abolition...
The Turkish army is willing to accept the abolition of the death penalty on condition that the government ensure a life term for jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan
- MAY 29, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Dali Prefecture Intermediate People's Court, in...
The Dali Prefecture Intermediate People's Court, in Yunnan Province, sentenced former singer Yang Hongying (2799 3163 5391) to death with two years reprieve for allegedly raising 114m yuan illegally, and 65m by fraud, the Guangzhou Daily reported
- MAY 29, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In its initial trial, Yulin Municipal Intermediate...
In its initial trial, Yulin Municipal Intermediate People's Court, in Guangxi Province, sentenced Liu Jingsheng to death for abducting and trafficking in women, the Guangxi Zhengfa Bao reported
- MAY 29, 2002DEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY: THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE ASKS JAPAN TO ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY
- MAY 28, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Parliament Speaker Omer Izgi said Turkey should wait...
Parliament Speaker Omer Izgi said Turkey should wait for a verdict from the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) before asking the Parliament to ratify a death penalty verdict on terrorist Abdullah Ocalan
- MAY 28, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
The Saudi news agency, SPA, carried a Saudi Interior...
The Saudi news agency, SPA, carried a Saudi Interior Ministry statement saying that the Islamic Shari'ah Court had convicted Saudi national Dawud Bin-Muhammad Bin-Salih Al Mutarid al-Yami of the crime of murdering his compatriot Muhammad Bin-Husayn Bin-Al
- MAY 28, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
The execution of Napoleon Beazley (see also 08-15-2001,...
The execution of Napoleon Beazley (see also 08-15-2001, 09-20-2001, 10-11-2001, 10-22-2001, 4-17-2002) has been carried out in the death chamber at the Huntsville "Walls" Unit hours after the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles voted 10-7 against recommend
- MAY 28, 2002ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
Colombian armed groups killed more than 4,000 noncombatants...
Colombian armed groups killed more than 4,000 noncombatants in 2001 and kidnapped 1,700 others, according to Amnesty International's (AI) annual report
- MAY 28, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Devlet Bahceli, Turkey's deputy prime minister and...
Devlet Bahceli, Turkey's deputy prime minister and the leader of the second largest party in the coalition government, the rightist National Action Party (MHP) laid down five conditions before he would consider lifting the death penalty and other EU refor
- MAY 28, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Eleven Caribbean countries were cited in the latest...
Eleven Caribbean countries were cited in the latest Amnesty International report on international human rights violations
- MAY 28, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
An influential Muslim leader said that Abu Muslim Alghazie,...
An influential Muslim leader said that Abu Muslim Alghazie, the suspected brains behind the mall bombing that killed 15 persons in General Santos City in April, should be meted the death penalty
- MAY 28, 2002GuyanaDEATH PENALTY
Eleven Caribbean countries were cited in the latest...
Eleven Caribbean countries were cited in the latest Amnesty International report on international human rights violations
- MAY 28, 2002BelizeDEATH PENALTY
Eleven Caribbean countries were cited in the latest...
Eleven Caribbean countries were cited in the latest Amnesty International report on international human rights violations
- MAY 28, 2002JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
Eleven Caribbean countries were cited in the latest...
Eleven Caribbean countries were cited in the latest Amnesty International report on international human rights violations
- MAY 28, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Conference sponsored by the Council of Europe on...
The Conference sponsored by the Council of Europe on "Justice and the Rights of Man in the observer countries of the CoE: the abolition of the death penalty", just come to an end in Tokyo, was attended by the Minister of Justice, Mrs
- MAY 28, 2002BelarusDEATH PENALTY
Belarusian Interior Minister Uladzimir Navumaw said...
Belarusian Interior Minister Uladzimir Navumaw said that it is premature to abolish capital punishment in this country
- MAY 28, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
In the Amnesty International annual report it was said...
In the Amnesty International annual report it was said that two men were hanged in February 2001, marking a resumption of executions after more than three years
- MAY 28, 2002DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS EXECUTES MAN FOR MURDER COMMITTED AT 17, MISSOURI STAYS EXECUTION IN SIMILAR CASE
May 28, 2002: Napoleon Beazley, 26, of Texas, and Christopher Simmons, 26, of Missouri, both committed murder when they were 17. They filed identical claims before federal and state courts, arguing that executing an inmate who was younger than 18 at the t
- MAY 27, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Shaaban Ali, a man who killed his wife and brother-in-law...
Shaaban Ali, a man who killed his wife and brother-in-law in January was publicly hanged in the western town of Malayer
- MAY 27, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Australia held inaugural talks with Vietnam on human...
Australia held inaugural talks with Vietnam on human rights and raised concerns about the treatment of dissidents and Australians facing possible death sentences in Vietnam
- MAY 27, 2002GreeceDEATH PENALTY
US national Peter Sedom, 32,who was serving multiple...
US national Peter Sedom, 32,who was serving multiple sentences, including a life-sentence for intentional homicide, excaped from Korydallos prison
- MAY 27, 2002HaitiDEATH PENALTY
Three gang members were shot to death in an impoverished...
Three gang members were shot to death in an impoverished quarter of the Haitian capital after opening fire on Haitian National Police officers, a police spokesman said
- MAY 27, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Director of the Public Security Bureau of Lucheng District,...
Director of the Public Security Bureau of Lucheng District, Wenzhou, in East China's Zhejiang Province, was sentenced to death for taking bribes and owning a huge amount of property of unkown sources
- MAY 27, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian military court spared the lives of two secret...
An Iranian military court spared the lives of two secret agents sentenced to death in 2001 for the murder of a dissident and his wife, Iran's IRNA news agency reported
- MAY 27, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte the campaign against...
Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte the campaign against illegal drugs would now be directed at big-time local distributors and suppliers from other regions in the Philippines
- MAY 27, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Australia held inaugural talks with Vietnam on human...
Australia held inaugural talks with Vietnam on human rights and raised concerns about the treatment of dissidents and Australians facing possible death sentences in Vietnam
- MAY 27, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
In recent days there has been a noticeable increase...
In recent days there has been a noticeable increase in talk of lifting Russia's current moratorium on the death penalty
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- MAY 27, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Farhad was hanged in public in the ancient central...
Farhad was hanged in public in the ancient central Iranian city of Isfahan
- MAY 27, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Rahim Amiri, an Afghan national, was hanged in public...
Rahim Amiri, an Afghan national, was hanged in public in Semnan, Iran
- MAY 26, 2002TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Tajik Prosecutor-General Bobojon Bobokhonov said that...
Tajik Prosecutor-General Bobojon Bobokhonov said that the crime rate in 2001 was down on that of 2000
- MAY 25, 2002GermanyDEATH PENALTY
German officials are negotiating with the Turkish government...
German officials are negotiating with the Turkish government to extradite a Turk who is serving a four-year sentence in Germany for operating a terrorist organisation and calling for the murder of a rival, the German interior minister said
- MAY 25, 2002DEATH PENALTY
German officials are negotiating with the Turkish government...
German officials are negotiating with the Turkish government to extradite a Turk who is serving a four-year sentence in Germany for operating a terrorist organisation and calling for the murder of a rival, the German interior minister said
- MAY 25, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Marie Hilao-Enriquez, National Alliance for People's...
Marie Hilao-Enriquez, National Alliance for People's Rights secretary general, in a media forum held at the University of the Philippines, spoke about on an undeclared military attack in predominantly Muslim southern Sulu province, (Southern Philippines)
- MAY 25, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Uganda Law Society (ULS) launched a new book attacking...
The Uganda Law Society (ULS) launched a new book attacking the use of death penalty in Uganda at the International Conference Centre in Kampala
- MAY 24, 2002MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
Morocco's King Mohammed pardoned 979 prisoners on the...
Morocco's King Mohammed pardoned 979 prisoners on the eve of the Muslim Eid El Mawlid, which marks Prophet Mohammed's birthday
- MAY 24, 2002Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
A court in Myanmar sentenced to death a man convicted...
A court in Myanmar sentenced to death a man convicted of killing the Yangon office manager of Mitsubishi Corp
- MAY 24, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Former police officer Wang Luxiong and five gang members...
Former police officer Wang Luxiong and five gang members were given the death sentence for engaging in triad activities, the China News Service said
- MAY 24, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe has positively assessed changes...
The Council of Europe has positively assessed changes in Russia's penitentiary system, Deputy Justice Minister Yuri Kalinin said
- MAY 24, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The National Assembly of Dagestan has called for lifting...
The National Assembly of Dagestan has called for lifting the moratorium on the death penalty for persons committing especially grave crimes in Russia
- MAY 24, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
A survey published in Friday's Sabah newspaper showed...
A survey published in Friday's Sabah newspaper showed that in response to the question of whether Turkey should join the EU, 32
- MAY 24, 2002BelarusDEATH PENALTY
Lithuanian and Belarusian diplomats discussed bilateral...
Lithuanian and Belarusian diplomats discussed bilateral and regional cooperation, issues of trade and transport, and development of the legal base at a meeting in Druskininkai, southern Lithuania
- MAY 23, 2002Equatorial GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Equatorial Guinea's public prosecutor has urged a court...
Equatorial Guinea's public prosecutor has urged a court to sentence to death or to 30 years, Felipe Ondo Obiang and Guillermo Nguema Ela, both leaders of the illegal Democratic Republican Force (FDR), and Emilio Ndong Biyogo of the Popular Union, a legal
- MAY 23, 2002Sud CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
A Dorchester County jury sentenced 21-year-old Marion...
A Dorchester County jury sentenced 21-year-old Marion Bowman Jr
- MAY 23, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A court in Tehran sentenced Mohammed Baksheh to execution
A court in Tehran sentenced Mohammed Baksheh to execution
- MAY 22, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
Johnny Joe Martinez, 29, was executed in Huntsville...
Johnny Joe Martinez, 29, was executed in Huntsville despite an unusual plea from the victim's mother that his sentence be commuted to life in prison
- MAY 22, 2002HungaryDEATH PENALTY
The outgoing prime minister, Viktor Orban, said that...
The outgoing prime minister, Viktor Orban, said that Hungary should re-introduce the death penalty
- MAY 22, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The terrorist act on the Armenian Parliament on October...
The terrorist act on the Armenian Parliament on October 27, 1999, was a premeditated coup d'etat, a victim, the Chairman of the Parliamentary Commission for State and Legal Affairs Victor Dallakian stated at a court hearing on the case
- MAY 22, 2002HungaryDEATH PENALTY
Outgoing Hungarian Justice Minister Ibolya David,...
Outgoing Hungarian Justice Minister Ibolya David, referring to the European Union's ban on the death penalty, said that death penalty cannot be a yardstick of democracy under any circumstances
- MAY 22, 2002BelarusDEATH PENALTY
The Speaker of the lower chamber of the Belarus parliament...
The Speaker of the lower chamber of the Belarus parliament Vadim Popov expressed doubt that "Belarussians will support the ban on capital punishment" in the wake of the terrorist attacks in the United States and Russia
- MAY 22, 2002SudanDEATH PENALTY
Sudan's state security force arrested 25 university...
Sudan's state security force arrested 25 university students on charges including trying to overthrow the government, which can carry the death penalty, the pro-government Akbar al-Youm newspaper reported
- MAY 22, 2002AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
Eunice Davis, sister of one of the victims of the 1963...
Eunice Davis, sister of one of the victims of the 1963 bombing at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama told CNN that she did not want the death penalty for the defendant in a new trial on the case
- MAY 22, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Shirzad Gholami, a convicted murderer was publicly...
Shirzad Gholami, a convicted murderer was publicly hanged in Karaj, west of the capital Tehran
- MAY 22, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Chen was sentenced to death by the Shanghai No
Chen was sentenced to death by the Shanghai No
- MAY 22, 2002HungaryDEATH PENALTY
Interior Minister Designate Monika Lamperth is not...
Interior Minister Designate Monika Lamperth is not considering the idea of re-introducing death penalty raised by outgoing Prime Minister Viktor Orban
- MAY 22, 2002HungaryDEATH PENALTY
Peter Barandy, Justice Minister Designate by the parliament's...
Peter Barandy, Justice Minister Designate by the parliament's Constitutional Affairs Committee, said he was against the death penalty and he considered this morning's radio statement by [outgoing Prime Minister] Viktor Orban astoundingly irresponsible
- MAY 22, 2002HungaryDEATH PENALTY
Hungary's ousted Prime Minister Viktor Orban, shaken...
Hungary's ousted Prime Minister Viktor Orban, shaken by the country's bloodiest bank robbery, said he favoured bringing back the death penalty
- MAY 22, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is set to sign a...
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is set to sign a tough anti-drug law that would make the possession of a mere 10 grams (0
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- MAY 21, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A sentence of death was executed by firing squad in...
A sentence of death was executed by firing squad in HCMC on Taiwanese Chen Chi Tien who was arrested in May 1995 in the city when producing heavy narcotics (methamphetamines) under cover of a soap factory
- MAY 21, 2002RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Rwandan-backed rebels in the Democratic Republic of...
Rwandan-backed rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo are still arresting and executing suspected dissidents a week after a mutiny in the rebel-held eastern city of Kisangani, a U
- MAY 21, 2002TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
The Ho Chi Minh City firing squad ended the life of...
The Ho Chi Minh City firing squad ended the life of Chen Chi Tian from Taiwan, aged 48, who was accused of processing methamphetamine chlohydrate(MA), a dangerous kind of addictive substance
- MAY 21, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
A 27-year-old woman fell to the floor when the Tangerang...
A 27-year-old woman fell to the floor when the Tangerang District Court handed down the death penalty for her attempt to smuggle a kilogram of heroin into Indonesia from Nepal
- MAY 21, 2002Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
RCD-Goma authorities denied they executed soldiers...
RCD-Goma authorities denied they executed soldiers and policemen arrested during the mutiny in Kisangani - the Congolese town under the RCD-Goma (Congolese Rally for Democracy, supported by Rwanda) and accused the Kinshasa government of waging a campaign
- MAY 21, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkish Foreign Minister Ismail Cem at a government...
Turkish Foreign Minister Ismail Cem at a government leaders' meeting proposed alternatives allowing Kurdish language broadcasting and the lifting of the death penalty amid Turkish efforts to meet EU membership criteria
- MAY 21, 2002RwandaDEATH PENALTY
RCD-Goma authorities denied they executed soldiers...
RCD-Goma authorities denied they executed soldiers and policemen arrested during the mutiny in Kisangani - the Congolese town under the RCD-Goma (Congolese Rally for Democracy, supported by Rwanda) and accused the Kinshasa government of waging a campaign
- MAY 21, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Uighur exile groups claimed that Chinese authroties...
Uighur exile groups claimed that Chinese authroties have detained as many as 3,000 people in Xinjiang since September [2001], with scores also executed for alleged terrorist activities
- MAY 21, 2002Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Rwandan-backed rebels in the Democratic Republic of...
Rwandan-backed rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo are still arresting and executing suspected dissidents a week after a mutiny in the rebel-held eastern city of Kisangani, a U
- MAY 21, 2002United StatesDEATH PENALTY
A US judge smoked marijuana and now the appeals of...
A US judge smoked marijuana and now the appeals of two men he sentenced to death have spread alarm through the courts that the case will open up a disturbing new target for defence lawyers - the private lives of judges and prosecutors
- MAY 21, 2002PeruDEATH PENALTY
A lawyer for Vladimiro Montesinos denied Peru's jailed...
A lawyer for Vladimiro Montesinos denied Peru's jailed former spy chief had ordered the execution of 14 rebel hostage-takers at the climax of a 1997 hostage siege in Lima
- MAY 21, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The Ho Chi Minh City firing squad ended the life of...
The Ho Chi Minh City firing squad ended the life of Tram Huy, a 68 year old Vietnamese-Chinese, who was accused of processing methamphetamine chlohydrate(MA), a dangerous kind of addictive substance
- MAY 21, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Philippine Labour Secretary Patricia Santo Tomas said...
Philippine Labour Secretary Patricia Santo Tomas said she would ask the Saudi Arabian government to spare the lives of three overseas Filipino workers sentenced to execution in the Middle East kingdom during the six-day visit to Saudi Arabia from May 23 t
- MAY 21, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Philippine Labour Secretary Patricia Santo Tomas said...
Philippine Labour Secretary Patricia Santo Tomas said she would ask the Saudi Arabian government to spare the lives of three overseas Filipino workers sentenced to execution in the Middle East kingdom during the six-day visit to Saudi Arabia from May 23 t
- MAY 21, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
The Khorasan daily announced the upcoming execution...
The Khorasan daily announced the upcoming execution of Ghorban M
- MAY 21, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigeria's President, said he does...
Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigeria's President, said he does not see the adoption of Sharia law by a dozen states in Nigeria as a threat, amid international pressure on him to amend laws calling for execution by stoning for Islamic crimes such as adultery
- MAY 21, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Nigerian Supreme court held that "In a murder charge,...
The Nigerian Supreme court held that "In a murder charge, for the prosecution to discharge its burden of proving the case beyond reasonable doubt, it must prove the death of the deceased, the act or omission of the accused which caused the death, and that
- MAY 20, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A court in India sentenced to death five persons for...
A court in India sentenced to death five persons for murdering eight people
- MAY 20, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The proposal of the death penalty as an effective anti-terrorism...
The proposal of the death penalty as an effective anti-terrorism instrument after the the May 9 terrorist act in Kaspiisk, Dagestan, caused a controversial reaction among North Caucasus leaders
- MAY 20, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Two men believed to be among the world's biggest drug...
Two men believed to be among the world's biggest drug barons were extradited to stand trial for allegedly smuggling cannabis into the US
- MAY 20, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Two men believed to be among the world's biggest drug...
Two men believed to be among the world's biggest drug barons were extradited to stand trial for allegedly smuggling cannabis into the US
- MAY 20, 2002AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Two men were hanged for murder in the remote Pakistani...
Two men were hanged for murder in the remote Pakistani town of Much on May 7
- MAY 20, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Two men were hanged for murder in the remote Pakistani...
Two men were hanged for murder in the remote Pakistani town of Much on May 7
- MAY 20, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Two human rights groups called on the Nigerian authorities...
Two human rights groups called on the Nigerian authorities to disband government-backed vigilante groups, including one accused of a reign of terror in the southeast of the country
- MAY 20, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A man condemned to die by hanging put on an amazing...
A man condemned to die by hanging put on an amazing show of defiance - by planting a kiss on the rope he was about to swing from
- MAY 20, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Five convicted armed drug traffickers were hanged in...
Five convicted armed drug traffickers were hanged in a prison in Iran
- MAY 19, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
The Iranian newspaper Sedaye Edalat said a young man...
The Iranian newspaper Sedaye Edalat said a young man was to be hanged in public the following week in Ghale Hassan
- MAY 19, 2002BurundiDEATH PENALTY
Residents of Muramba zone in Bubanza Province [northwestern...
Residents of Muramba zone in Bubanza Province [northwestern Burundi] on the night of 18 into 19 May arrested and executed two armed bandits of Palipehutu-FNL [National Liberation Forces]
- MAY 19, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Priests who are undergoing trial for raping minors...
Priests who are undergoing trial for raping minors should be presumed innocent until proven guilty, said a Philippine lawyer
- MAY 19, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Uganda's Army Commander Maj
Uganda's Army Commander Maj
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- MAY 19, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
On May 18 when a group of men abducted a 36-year-old...
On May 18 when a group of men abducted a 36-year-old Chechen named Sinbarigov, who some villagers said worked for Russia's Federal Security Service
- MAY 18, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Leaders at different levels in the districts of southwestern...
Leaders at different levels in the districts of southwestern Uganda have recommended that the movement political system continue until a referendum is organised
- MAY 18, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A man was beheaded for raping another man, the Saudi...
A man was beheaded for raping another man, the Saudi Interior Ministry said in a statement quoted by AP
- MAY 18, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A 40-year-old man was hanged in jail in Rajai Shahr, Iran
A 40-year-old man was hanged in jail in Rajai Shahr, Iran
- MAY 17, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani district court passed the death sentence...
A Pakistani district court passed the death sentence on Muhammad Rafiq, alias Labha, for murder
- MAY 17, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The North Ossetia parliament expressed support for...
The North Ossetia parliament expressed support for a statement issued by the Dagestani State Council that calls for lifting the moratorium on the death penalty in Russia
- MAY 17, 2002LiberiaDEATH PENALTY
Liberian government troops reportedly executed nine...
Liberian government troops reportedly executed nine men branded as dissidents in Gbarnga, 150 km from Monrovia the capital
- MAY 17, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Mofazzal Hossain, a man convicted of murdering two...
Mofazzal Hossain, a man convicted of murdering two close relatives, was executed in a prison in northern Bangladesh after his appeal against the death sentence was turned down by the Supreme Court
- MAY 16, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Sami Selcuk, the chairman of the supreme court of appeals,...
Sami Selcuk, the chairman of the supreme court of appeals, addressing a conference on "State and Democracy," in Kocaeli University, said that there is no right reason that can justify death penalty and it has to be abolished
- MAY 16, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
Ronford Lee Styron Jr
Ronford Lee Styron Jr
- MAY 16, 2002Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe does not make compromises with...
The Council of Europe does not make compromises with anyone on the abolition of the death penalty, the head of the Council of Europe's monitoring group, Pietro Ercole Ago, said at a press conference in Yerevan
- MAY 16, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe does not make compromises with...
The Council of Europe does not make compromises with anyone on the abolition of the death penalty, the head of the Council of Europe's monitoring group, Pietro Ercole Ago, said at a press conference in Yerevan
- MAY 16, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Prosecutor General Vladimir Ustinov, answering a question...
Prosecutor General Vladimir Ustinov, answering a question on the terrorist act in Kaspiisk, said: "The law says that the death penalty is not applied in our country
- MAY 16, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Field commander Abu al-Walid (who has replaced Khattab,...
Field commander Abu al-Walid (who has replaced Khattab, eliminated by the Russian special services) announced via the website of the Chechen guerrillas that crewmembers of a Mi-24 helicopter, servicemen of the North-Caucasus regional department of the Fed
- MAY 16, 2002KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Eleven prison officers appeared in a Nairobi Court...
Eleven prison officers appeared in a Nairobi Court charged with the murder of six inmates at Nyeri prison, popularly known as King'ong'o
- MAY 16, 2002MaliDEATH PENALTY
The Malian government has adopted a bill suspending...
The Malian government has adopted a bill suspending the death sentence for two years
- MAY 16, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court said that life imprisonment should...
The Supreme Court said that life imprisonment should be the normal rule of punishment in murder cases
- MAY 16, 2002IraqDEATH PENALTY
The European Parliament adopted a resolution - drafted...
The European Parliament adopted a resolution - drafted by Emma Nicholson (ELDR, United Kingdom) - by 354 votes in favour, 29against with 31 abstentions deploring the situation in Iraq, eleven years after the Gulf War
- MAY 16, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
The European Parliament adopted a resolution by 354...
The European Parliament adopted a resolution by 354 votes in favour, 29against with 31 abstentions deploring the situation in Iraq, eleven years after the Gulf War
- MAY 16, 2002PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
U.S. District Judge Anita B
U.S. District Judge Anita B
- MAY 16, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
The jury of the 319th District Court sentenced Jose...
The jury of the 319th District Court sentenced Jose Luis Villegas, 27, to death
- MAY 16, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
The Farsi language newspaper Nowrouz said 20 men were...
The Farsi language newspaper Nowrouz said 20 men were to be hanged in Tehran the following week, including Ali Goosh Shekastah
- MAY 15, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The leader of the Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch...
The leader of the Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Alexi II believes the question of lifting the moratorium on the death penalty in Russia should be decided by legislators
- MAY 15, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
President Vicente Fox Quesada of Mexico, in an address...
President Vicente Fox Quesada of Mexico, in an address to the European Parliament welcomed the support from the EP in taking up the cases of citizens facing the death penalty and inparticular that of Gerardo Valdis whose life has now been saved
- MAY 15, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Four convicted murderers were hanged in Tehran
Four convicted murderers were hanged in Tehran
- MAY 15, 2002MexicoDEATH PENALTY
President Vicente Fox Quesada of Mexico, in an address...
President Vicente Fox Quesada of Mexico, in an address to the European Parliament welcomed the support from the EP in taking up the cases of citizens facing the death penalty and inparticular that of Gerardo Valdis whose life has now been saved
- MAY 15, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
A man who stabbed his wife to death was sentenced to...
A man who stabbed his wife to death was sentenced to death by the Uganda High Court which sat in Lira
- MAY 15, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
State Minister Nejat Arseven said that the Finnish...
State Minister Nejat Arseven said that the Finnish parliamentary delegation and he had evaluated the developments in Turkey's European Union (EU) candidacy process, adding, "parliamentarians stated that they would support Turkey's EU membership
- MAY 14, 2002United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Former U
Former U
- MAY 14, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Janata Party president Dr Subramanian Swamy said he...
Janata Party president Dr Subramanian Swamy said he would go to the Supreme Court if the federal government failed to carry out the death sentence awarded to four persons convicted in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case by August 15
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- MAY 14, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The North Caucasus anti-terror headquarters confirmed...
The North Caucasus anti-terror headquarters confirmed it received reports on the execution of a person who might have eliminated the notorious [Chechen] terrorist Khattab
- MAY 14, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Chechen rebels have executed by a firing squad a man...
Chechen rebels have executed by a firing squad a man accused of murdering Khattab, a prominent rebel warlord of Arab origin
- MAY 14, 2002ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
As the May 26th presidential elections approach, the...
As the May 26th presidential elections approach, the situation in the country remains tense
- MAY 14, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani woman sentenced to death by stoning for...
A Pakistani woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery said she had been misled by her lawyers into claiming she was raped
- MAY 14, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The wife of the Governor of North West Frontier Province...
The wife of the Governor of North West Frontier Province (NWFP) Lt
- MAY 14, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The Women's Action Forum (WAF) and the Lahore High...
The Women's Action Forum (WAF) and the Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) demanded that the government repeal the Hudood (Zina) Ordinance, 1979, and abolish the Federal Sharia Court immediately
- MAY 13, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The Central Jakarta district court sentenced to death...
The Central Jakarta district court sentenced to death Dani alias Taufik bin Abdullah, another suspect in the bombing of a market center in the city in August 2001
- MAY 13, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
An Indonesian court sentenced to death an accomplice...
An Indonesian court sentenced to death an accomplice of a Malaysian bomber over an explosion at a Jakarta shopping mall in August 2001 that was linked by the judge to an international terrorist network
- MAY 13, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded an Afghan man convicted of smuggling...
Saudi Arabia beheaded an Afghan man convicted of smuggling an unspecified amount of heroin into the kingdom, the Saudi Press Agency reported
- MAY 13, 2002CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
Cambodia's Prince Norodom Ranariddh called for the...
Cambodia's Prince Norodom Ranariddh called for the United Nations to return to talks on setting up a genocide tribunal for the leaders of country's brutal 1970s Khmer Rouge "Killing Fields" regime
- MAY 13, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The identity of three people involved in the death...
The identity of three people involved in the death of Chechen commander Amir Khattab has been established, Chechen sources reported
- MAY 13, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The State Council and National Assembly of Dagestan...
The State Council and National Assembly of Dagestan will appeal to President Vladimir Putin and the State Duma to cancel the moratorium on the death penalty
- MAY 13, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russian human rights commissioner Oleg Mironov said...
Russian human rights commissioner Oleg Mironov said terrorist acts, horrendous as they are, cannot provide an argument for lifting the moratorium on the death penalty in Russia
- MAY 13, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The State Council of Dagestan resolved to appeal to...
The State Council of Dagestan resolved to appeal to President Vladimir Putin to lift the ban on capital punishment
- MAY 13, 2002KenyaDEATH PENALTY
The Appelate Bench sitting in Nyeri criticised a High...
The Appelate Bench sitting in Nyeri criticised a High Court judge for what it described as "contradictory logic" while passing sentence on five members of the same family charged with murder
- MAY 13, 2002ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
In Little Rock, 3 years after his conviction, a white...
In Little Rock, 3 years after his conviction, a white supremacist has been sentenced to die for the 1996 murders of William Mueller, his wife, Nancy Mueller, and her daughter, Sarah Powell
- MAY 13, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Huntsville, Henry Dunn Jr
In Huntsville, Henry Dunn Jr
- MAY 12, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Saudi woman for murdering her...
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Saudi woman for murdering her father and an Ethiopian man for killing a compatriot with an axe, the Saudi Press Agency reported
- MAY 12, 2002JordanDEATH PENALTY
A Jordanian woman and her Egyptian lover were both...
A Jordanian woman and her Egyptian lover were both hanged at Sawaqah prison at dawn after being convicted of murdering the woman's husband
- MAY 12, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Maryama, a young woman from Iran, where she risks being...
Maryama, a young woman from Iran, where she risks being stoned to death for pornographic videos, can stay with her family in an Australian detention centre or sign a form which may see her deported to Iran
- MAY 12, 2002Nord CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
In Winston-Salem, Judge William Z
In Winston-Salem, Judge William Z
- MAY 12, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The stoning-to-death verdict, delivered against a young...
The stoning-to-death verdict, delivered against a young woman, Zafran Bibi, in Kohat by a civil court that found her guilty of adultery, could ironically lead to changes being brought about in some Islamic laws in Pakistan
- MAY 11, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Abdul Qadir was hanged for multiple murder
Abdul Qadir was hanged for multiple murder
- MAY 11, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A special tribunal in Jhenidah, Bangladesh, sentenced...
A special tribunal in Jhenidah, Bangladesh, sentenced three people to death for violating a minor girl in an attack that led to her death
- MAY 11, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty should be maintained if Uganda is...
The death penalty should be maintained if Uganda is to seriously address the issues of justice, the Chief of Military Intelligence and army MP, Lt
- MAY 11, 2002GermanyDEATH PENALTY
Bundestag [lower house] President Wolfgang Thierse...
Bundestag [lower house] President Wolfgang Thierse (Social Democratic Party of Germany) warned against ignoring human rights standards in prosecuting terrorists
- MAY 11, 2002Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
Bundestag [lower house] President Wolfgang Thierse...
Bundestag [lower house] President Wolfgang Thierse (Social Democratic Party of Germany) warned against ignoring human rights standards in prosecuting terrorists
- MAY 11, 2002Equatorial GuineaDEATH PENALTY
In Equatorial Guinea, Placido Miko Abogo, leader of...
In Equatorial Guinea, Placido Miko Abogo, leader of the CPDS [Convergence for Social Democracy], which is one of the country's main opposition parties, was detained in custody on May 10
- MAY 11, 2002LatviaDEATH PENALTY
Serial killer Yuri Ustimenko, was caught in Poland...
Serial killer Yuri Ustimenko, was caught in Poland earlier the week
- MAY 11, 2002EstoniaDEATH PENALTY
Serial killer Yuri Ustimenko, was caught in Poland...
Serial killer Yuri Ustimenko, was caught in Poland earlier the week
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- MAY 11, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Two Afghan citizens who were arrested were hanged without...
Two Afghan citizens who were arrested were hanged without being tried in Pakistan
- MAY 11, 2002PolandDEATH PENALTY
Serial killer Yuri Ustimenko, was caught in Poland...
Serial killer Yuri Ustimenko, was caught in Poland earlier the week
- MAY 11, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Serial killer Yuri Ustimenko, was caught in Poland...
Serial killer Yuri Ustimenko, was caught in Poland earlier the week
- MAY 11, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
A motion that the congress recommend the State Government...
A motion that the congress recommend the State Government reintroduce capital punishment for premeditated serious crimes, such as murder and sexual assault, was shot down
- MAY 11, 2002LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
A Jefferson Parish jury decided that Shawn Higgins,...
A Jefferson Parish jury decided that Shawn Higgins, 29, should receive the death penalty for the murder of Donald Price, 46, who was shot on Oct
- MAY 10, 2002CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
In San Francisco the U
In San Francisco the U
- MAY 10, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A 53-year-old woman English woman from Chelmsford has...
A 53-year-old woman English woman from Chelmsford has met a 28-year-old killer on Ohio's death row
- MAY 10, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Britain's Court of Appeal dismissed a bid to clear...
Britain's Court of Appeal dismissed a bid to clear the name of James Hanratty, one of the last men hanged in Britain, saying 40 years after his execution that DNA evidence had proven his guilt
- MAY 10, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Jail authorities in Pakistan hanged a double murderer...
Jail authorities in Pakistan hanged a double murderer in New Central Jail, Multan, for the klling of his son-in-law and grandson in 2000
- MAY 10, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Armenia should exercise maximum caution in its approach...
Armenia should exercise maximum caution in its approach to the issue of abolishing the death penalty, the Deputy Speaker of the Armenian National Assembly Tigran Torosyan told reporters at the National Press Club
- MAY 10, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
A Japanese court sentenced a faith healer to death...
A Japanese court sentenced a faith healer to death for killing six of her followers in 1994 and 1995
- MAY 10, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
A Sharia court in northern Nigeria sentenced a 50-year...
A Sharia court in northern Nigeria sentenced a 50-year old man to be stoned to death after he admitted raping a nine-year old girl
- MAY 10, 2002AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
A criminal tribunal in Algiers sentenced 15 Islamic...
A criminal tribunal in Algiers sentenced 15 Islamic extremists to death, 14 of them in absentia, Le Soir d'Algerie reported
- MAY 10, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded four Pakistani men for bludgeoning...
Saudi Arabia beheaded four Pakistani men for bludgeoning to death a compatriot to steal his possessions, the official Saudi Press Agency reported
- MAY 10, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The number of victims of the May 9 terrorist act, committed...
The number of victims of the May 9 terrorist act, committed in Kaspiisk reached 39, said Daghestan Deputy Public Health Minister Dzhamalutdin Gasayev
- MAY 10, 2002United NationsDEATH PENALTY
Concluding its special session on children, the General...
Concluding its special session on children, the General Assembly adopted the final outcome document -- "A World Fit for Children" -- which reaffirms the commitment of governments to complete the unfinished agenda of the 1990 World Summit for Children
- MAY 10, 2002GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Ludwig Chibirov, former President of South Osetia unrecognized...
Ludwig Chibirov, former President of South Osetia unrecognized republic, referring to terrorist action in Daghestan on May 9, which has taken lives of 39 persons, has called Russian President Vladimir Putin "to be stricter regarding terrorists" that has d
- MAY 10, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Concluding its special session on children, the General...
Concluding its special session on children, the General Assembly adopted the final outcome document -- "A World Fit for Children" -- which reaffirms the commitment of governments to complete the unfinished agenda of the 1990 World Summit for Children
- MAY 10, 2002Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
After much pressure from the Sweden based International...
After much pressure from the Sweden based International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) in collaboration with Forum of Conscience (FOC), a locally based Human Rights organization, the Sierra Leone government has enacted legislation for Sierra Leoneans to enjo
- MAY 10, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On the orders of Beijing's Higher People's Court, eight...
On the orders of Beijing's Higher People's Court, eight Chinese criminals were executed in Beijing
- MAY 10, 2002LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
Leslie Martin, 35, was pronounced dead at 8:16 p
Leslie Martin, 35, was pronounced dead at 8:16 p
- MAY 10, 2002FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Judge Marvin U
Judge Marvin U
- MAY 10, 2002IndianaDEATH PENALTY
A jury recommended that Paul McManus, 29, who shot...
A jury recommended that Paul McManus, 29, who shot and killed his estranged wife and 2 daughters last year, be put to death
- MAY 10, 2002Nord CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
The state Supreme Court overturned the death sentence...
The state Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of Lionel Lewis Rogers, convicted of killing 80-year-old Hazel Sechler in 1997
- MAY 10, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
In Peshawar, as in other districts of Pakistan's North...
In Peshawar, as in other districts of Pakistan's North West Frontier Province (NWFP), protest demonstrations were held against the US Commandos operations in the tribal belt following calls by the Amir Jamiat Ulama-i-Islam (JUI) Maulana Fazl-e-Rehman [Isl
- MAY 10, 2002DEATH PENALTY
A 53-year-old woman English woman from Chelmsford has...
A 53-year-old woman English woman from Chelmsford has met a 28-year-old killer on Ohio's death row
- MAY 10, 2002AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
Lynda Lyon Block, 54, was executed at 12:01 a
Lynda Lyon Block, 54, was executed at 12:01 a
- MAY 9, 2002GuatemalaDEATH PENALTY
The U
The U
- MAY 9, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Uganda Chief Justice, Justice Benjamin Joses Odoki...
Uganda Chief Justice, Justice Benjamin Joses Odoki while addressing the press and lawyers at Ikeja High Court, gave a detailed description of the Ugandan judiciary
- MAY 9, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
Reginald Reeves, 28, was pronounced dead at 6:22 p
Reginald Reeves, 28, was pronounced dead at 6:22 p
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- MAY 9, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
In Luzira Upper Prison will for the first time in history...
In Luzira Upper Prison will for the first time in history watch the World Cup due to start on May 31
- MAY 9, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Volkan Vural, the Secretary General for the European...
Volkan Vural, the Secretary General for the European Union (EU), said that they handled EU as a whole and speaking at a conference on future of Europe, he said, he believed that abolition of capital punishment from Turkish legal system was not a difficult
- MAY 9, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Netherlands Ambassador to Uganda, Matthieu Peters,...
Netherlands Ambassador to Uganda, Matthieu Peters, said that the Dutch donors are concerned about corruption and what Uganda is still doing in the DR Congo
- MAY 9, 2002NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
Netherlands Ambassador to Uganda, Matthieu Peters,...
Netherlands Ambassador to Uganda, Matthieu Peters, said that the Dutch donors are concerned about corruption and what Uganda is still doing in the DR Congo
- MAY 9, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Volkan Vural, the Secretary General for the European...
Volkan Vural, the Secretary General for the European Union (EU), said that they handled EU as a whole and speaking at a conference on future of Europe, he said, he believed that abolition of capital punishment from Turkish legal system was not a difficult
- MAY 9, 2002MarylandDEATH PENALTY
Maryland Gov
Maryland Gov
- MAY 9, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Aurat Foundation, Shirkat Gah, Women's Action Forum,...
Aurat Foundation, Shirkat Gah, Women's Action Forum, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, and Amnesty International in joint statement demanded the transfer of Zafran Bibi from death row to a normal jail ward
- MAY 8, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Mohammed A
Mohammed A
- MAY 8, 2002United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
A teenager who was handed the death penalty on the...
A teenager who was handed the death penalty on the charge of dealing in narcotics has realised what a difference a day makes
- MAY 8, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The European Commission has adopted the Country Strategy...
The European Commission has adopted the Country Strategy Paper, which sets out a five year (2002-2006) strategy for its financial assistance to Thailand
- MAY 8, 2002AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The bodies of hundreds of Taliban prisoners massacred...
The bodies of hundreds of Taliban prisoners massacred by Northern Alliance soldiers have been discovered by United Nations investigators in what is the worst atrocity so far of the Afghan war
- MAY 8, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Two Nigerians who converted to Christianity nearly...
Two Nigerians who converted to Christianity nearly met their maker sooner than they anticipated
- MAY 8, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded two men for raping a woman after...
Saudi Arabia beheaded two men for raping a woman after grabbing her as she and her husband walked through Riyadh, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported
- MAY 8, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A special tribunal convicted and sentenced 5 persons...
A special tribunal convicted and sentenced 5 persons to death and 7 persons to suffer imprisonment for life with a fine of Tk 5000 each, in default to undergo another one year RI for killing a 16-year-old girl after rape
- MAY 8, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Minister of Justice and Human Rights Yusril Ihza Mahendra...
Minister of Justice and Human Rights Yusril Ihza Mahendra said that the government is proposing to submit in June to the House of Representatives an antiterrorism bill, which allows foreign countries to prosecute terrorists in Indonesia and threatens stif
- MAY 8, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The European Commission has adopted the Country Strategy...
The European Commission has adopted the Country Strategy Paper, which sets out a five year (2002-2006) strategy for its financial assistance to Thailand
- MAY 8, 2002Nord CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
In Jacksonville, prosecutors will again seek the death...
In Jacksonville, prosecutors will again seek the death penalty for Bobby Lee Harris, once featured in the Benetton clothing company's anti-death penalty ads (see also OCTOBER 22, 2001)
- MAY 8, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A 42-year-old man, Nourmohammad Taheri, was executed...
A 42-year-old man, Nourmohammad Taheri, was executed in Gonabad, Iran
- MAY 7, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
A Turkish security court sentenced to death three Kurdish...
A Turkish security court sentenced to death three Kurdish separatists for the 1994 murder of an Islamist politician
- MAY 7, 2002BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
Botswana was summoned to appear before the African...
Botswana was summoned to appear before the African Human and People's Rights Commission sitting in Pretoria, South Africa from May 2 to10
- MAY 7, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
A Malaysian man was sentenced to death in neighbouring...
A Malaysian man was sentenced to death in neighbouring Indonesia for the bombing of a Jakarta shopping mall that the judge said aimed to stir up religious hatred
- MAY 7, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Seven Ugandan prisoners at the Luzira Upper Prison...
Seven Ugandan prisoners at the Luzira Upper Prison are set to sit for the A-level examinations this year, according to Mr John Kagambo, the prison department's senior welfare officer
- MAY 7, 2002AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistan hanged two Afghan men for killing the leader...
Pakistan hanged two Afghan men for killing the leader of an Afghan women's rights group and two of her aides 15 years ago, jail officials said
- MAY 7, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistan hanged two Afghan men for killing the leader...
Pakistan hanged two Afghan men for killing the leader of an Afghan women's rights group and two of her aides 15 years ago, jail officials said
- MAY 7, 2002TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
A Taiwanese man who stabbed his parents to death in...
A Taiwanese man who stabbed his parents to death in October 1998 was executed and his body donated for organ transplants, Taiwan television reported
- MAY 7, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
In some of the leading stories in the official Vietnamese...
In some of the leading stories in the official Vietnamese press, reported by Reuters it was said that police investigators have proposed prosecuting 10 people for alleged relations to an inter-provincial drug trafficking ring from which two separate court
- MAY 7, 2002DEATH PENALTY
The terrorist crimes of Sept
The terrorist crimes of Sept
- MAY 7, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistan's highest religious court halted a death by...
Pakistan's highest religious court halted a death by stoning sentence for a woman convicted of adultery until an appeal is heard, news reports said
- MAY 7, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
After winning a recent presidential referendum, Pakistan's...
After winning a recent presidential referendum, Pakistan's Gen
- MAY 7, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The North West Frontier Province (NWFP) Minister for...
The North West Frontier Province (NWFP) Minister for Law, Parliamentary Affairs and Local Government, Athar Minnallah in a meeting with a 15-strong delegation of female lawyers led by Additional Advocate General NWFP Musarrat Hilali Advocate emphasised hi
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- MAY 7, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
About 2 hours before he was scheduled to be executed,...
About 2 hours before he was scheduled to be executed, Brian Davis was spared from lethal injection with a reprieve from the U
- MAY 6, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russia would vote in favor of the abolition of capital...
Russia would vote in favor of the abolition of capital punishment if all other countries followed suit, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Yakovenko told Interfax
- MAY 6, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Police in Dhaka arrested a man condemned to death in...
Police in Dhaka arrested a man condemned to death in absentia for killing two people, from the capital's Gulshan area
- MAY 6, 2002FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Judge J
Judge J
- MAY 6, 2002UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Akmal Saidov, the director of the National Human Rights...
Akmal Saidov, the director of the National Human Rights Centre of Uzbekistan, said that those sentenced to death are under very strict guard and are isolated from other inmates and do not enjoy the same prison conditions as other prisoners, but they can r
- MAY 6, 2002New MexicoDEATH PENALTY
The New Mexico Supreme Court overturned the death sentence...
The New Mexico Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of Michael Treadway and ordered him to spend life in prison
- MAY 6, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The European Union's recent decision to add the PKK...
The European Union's recent decision to add the PKK and DHKP-C to its revised list of terrorist organizations had boosted Turkey's confidence in the Union and also encouraged Turkish leaders and diplomats to take more steps for democratization and improve
- MAY 6, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A bicameral conference committee hammering out the...
A bicameral conference committee hammering out the final version of the Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 has approved the proposal of opposition Senator Teresa Aquino Oreta to spare from the death penalty minors who are found guilty of drug-related offenses
- MAY 6, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Pakistani woman risks death by stoning for adultery
May 6, 2002: a court in Pakistan has suspended the sentence of stoning to death passed against a woman convicted of adultery. Zafran Bibi claims she was raped by her brother-in-law, but was condemned to death an April 17 on a charge of Zina after giving b
- MAY 5, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Philippines House of Representatives was urged...
The Philippines House of Representatives was urged to look into reports that the death penalty has emboldened an increasing number of rapists to cover up their crime by killing their victims
- MAY 5, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A court in Pakistan suspended the sentence of stoning...
A court in Pakistan suspended the sentence of stoning to death passed against a woman convicted of adultery
- MAY 4, 2002BoliviaDEATH PENALTY
Since 1997, four interior ministers have failed to...
Since 1997, four interior ministers have failed to crack the problem of criminality and crime and policing have become an issue in next month's presidential election
- MAY 4, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A criminal court in Kohat ruled, a fortnight ago, that...
A criminal court in Kohat ruled, a fortnight ago, that Zafran Bibi be stoned to death under the Zina Ordinance (sex-related crimes) for indulging in adultery
- MAY 3, 2002PortugalDEATH PENALTY
Portugal signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention...
Portugal signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which ensures the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
- MAY 3, 2002EstoniaDEATH PENALTY
Estonia signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention...
Estonia signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which ensures the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
- MAY 3, 2002DenmarkDEATH PENALTY
Denmark signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention...
Denmark signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which ensures the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
- MAY 3, 2002Bosnia & HerzegovinaDEATH PENALTY
Bosnia and Herzegovina signed Protocol 13 to the European...
Bosnia and Herzegovina signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which ensures the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
- MAY 3, 2002LatviaDEATH PENALTY
Latvia signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention...
Latvia signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which ensures the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
- MAY 3, 2002UkraineDEATH PENALTY
Ukraine signed Protocol 13 of the the European Convention...
Ukraine signed Protocol 13 of the the European Convention on Human Rights that envisages the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances including time of war
- MAY 3, 2002MoldovaDEATH PENALTY
Moldova signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention...
Moldova signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which ensures the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
- MAY 3, 2002CzechiaDEATH PENALTY
Czech Republic signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention...
Czech Republic signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which ensures the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
- MAY 3, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The chairman of the parliamentary commission on foreign...
The chairman of the parliamentary commission on foreign relations, the head of the Armenian delegation in PACE Hovhanness Hovhannissian said that Armenia will sign the 13th protocol of the European convention on general human rights and freedom only after
- MAY 3, 2002BeninDEATH PENALTY
Benin issued a strong warning to practitioners of female...
Benin issued a strong warning to practitioners of female genital mutilation (FGM) in the country to stop the practice immediately
- MAY 3, 2002Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
European states tightened a ban on capital punishment,...
European states tightened a ban on capital punishment, agreeing to rule out its use in times of war, the Council of Europe said
- MAY 3, 2002MaltaDEATH PENALTY
Malta signed and ratified Protocol 13 to the European...
Malta signed and ratified Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which ensures the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
- MAY 3, 2002PolandDEATH PENALTY
Poland signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention...
Poland signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which ensures the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
- MAY 3, 2002SwedenDEATH PENALTY
Sweden signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention...
Sweden signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which ensures the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
- MAY 3, 2002NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
The Netherlands signed Protocol 13 to the European...
The Netherlands signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which ensures the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
- MAY 3, 2002FinlandDEATH PENALTY
Finland signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention...
Finland signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which ensures the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
- MAY 3, 2002IrelandDEATH PENALTY
Ireland signed and ratified Protocol 13 to the European...
Ireland signed and ratified Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which ensures the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
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- MAY 3, 2002FranceDEATH PENALTY
France signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention...
France signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which ensures the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
- MAY 3, 2002SpainDEATH PENALTY
Spain signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention...
Spain signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which ensures the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
- MAY 3, 2002San MarinoDEATH PENALTY
San Marino signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention...
San Marino signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which ensures the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
- MAY 3, 2002HungaryDEATH PENALTY
Hungary signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention...
Hungary signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which ensures the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
- MAY 3, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The United Kingdom signed Protocol 13 to the European...
The United Kingdom signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which ensures the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
- MAY 3, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded a man after he was convicted...
Saudi Arabia beheaded a man after he was convicted of murder, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported
- MAY 3, 2002AustriaDEATH PENALTY
Austria signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention...
Austria signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which ensures the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
- MAY 3, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The son of an influential politician was charged with...
The son of an influential politician was charged with murder, a day after his dramatic surrender ended a six-month manhunt
- MAY 3, 2002ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Italy signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention...
Italy signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which ensures the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
- MAY 3, 2002LiechtensteinDEATH PENALTY
Liechtenstein signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention...
Liechtenstein signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which ensures the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
- MAY 3, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Justice Majida Rizvi, chairperson of the National Commission...
Justice Majida Rizvi, chairperson of the National Commission on the Status of Women, requested the Governor of North West Frontier Province Lt
- MAY 3, 2002GreeceDEATH PENALTY
Greece signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention...
Greece signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which ensures the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
- MAY 3, 2002NorwayDEATH PENALTY
Norway signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention...
Norway signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which ensures the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
- MAY 3, 2002North MacedoniaDEATH PENALTY
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia signed Protocol...
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which ensures the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
- MAY 3, 2002BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
Belgium signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention...
Belgium signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which ensures the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
- MAY 3, 2002LuxembourgDEATH PENALTY
Luxembourg signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention...
Luxembourg signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which ensures the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
- MAY 3, 2002GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Georgia signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention...
Georgia signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which ensures the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
- MAY 3, 2002IcelandDEATH PENALTY
Iceland signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention...
Iceland signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which ensures the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
- MAY 3, 2002AndorraDEATH PENALTY
Andorra signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention...
Andorra signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which ensures the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
- MAY 3, 2002LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
Lithuania signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention...
Lithuania signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which ensures the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
- MAY 3, 2002GermanyDEATH PENALTY
Germany signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention...
Germany signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which ensures the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
- MAY 3, 2002SloveniaDEATH PENALTY
Slovenia signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention...
Slovenia signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which ensures the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
- MAY 3, 2002RomaniaDEATH PENALTY
Romania signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention...
Romania signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which ensures the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
- MAY 3, 2002SwitzerlandDEATH PENALTY
Switzerland signed and ratified Protocol 13 to the...
Switzerland signed and ratified Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which ensures the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
- MAY 3, 2002CyprusDEATH PENALTY
Cyprus signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention...
Cyprus signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which ensures the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
- MAY 3, 2002PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
A jury in New Castle, found Thomas H
A jury in New Castle, found Thomas H
- MAY 3, 2002Sud CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Richard Charles Johnson was executed at 6:18 p
Richard Charles Johnson was executed at 6:18 p
- MAY 3, 2002DEATH PENALTY
36 Council of Europe member states undertake to abolish the death penalty
The Ministers for Foreign Affairs and Representatives of 36 member states of the Council of Europe, present in Vilnius, today signed Protocol No. 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, concerning the abolition of the death penalty in all circumsta
- MAY 2, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Seven brothers convicted of a double murder by a district...
Seven brothers convicted of a double murder by a district court in India demanded capital punishment for themselves, declaring they did not want any mercy from the court
- MAY 2, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty will not be used in Britain, even...
The death penalty will not be used in Britain, even in time of war, under the terms of an international agreement signed by the Government
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- MAY 2, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Uganda Law Society filed a constitutional petition...
The Uganda Law Society filed a constitutional petition challenging the legality of the execution of two UPDF soldiers in Kotido in March, the society's president, John Matovu, told a press conference in Kampala
- MAY 2, 2002KenyaDEATH PENALTY
A record 221 million shilling [about 2
A record 221 million shilling [about 2
- MAY 2, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
A Nigerian national, Everest Uka, was sentenced to...
A Nigerian national, Everest Uka, was sentenced to death by hanging after a Malaysian court convicted him of trafficking 583
- MAY 2, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Nearly 20 female activists protesting the sentencing...
Nearly 20 female activists protesting the sentencing of a raped woman to death by stoning under Islamic laws scuffled with police in the Pakistani capital Islamabad
- MAY 2, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Man named Irshad was given a death sentence at a murder...
Man named Irshad was given a death sentence at a murder hearing in Pakistan recently
- MAY 1, 2002AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
A fire ripped through an Algerian high security jail,...
A fire ripped through an Algerian high security jail, killing 18 prisoners and injuring seven others, Justice Minister Ahmed Ouyahia said
- MAY 1, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A convicted killer was publicly executed in central...
A convicted killer was publicly executed in central city of Kashan in Iran
- MAY 1, 2002LiberiaDEATH PENALTY
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the United Nations...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the United Nations Security Council to extend its arms embargo against Liberia, saying the army has committed war crimes
- MAY 1, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
Less than 3 hours before he was to have been put to...
Less than 3 hours before he was to have been put to death, the U
- MAY 1, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
In a survey, 54
In a survey, 54
- MAY 1, 2002OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
An Oklahoma court was ordered to resentence Mexican...
An Oklahoma court was ordered to resentence Mexican national Gerardo Valdez, who was handed the death penalty for killing a man in 1989