Chronological archive
June 2002
The 279 news items published by Hands Off Cain in June 2002, in chronological order.
A man was hanged inside a prison in Karaj, near Tehran,...
A man was hanged inside a prison in Karaj, near Tehran, for murder
- JUNE 30, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Police Commander in Khorasan Province Brig-Gen Eskandar...
Police Commander in Khorasan Province Brig-Gen Eskandar Mo'meni said that the police have seized five tons of narcotics in the first quarter of the Iranian year which started 21 March
- JUNE 30, 2002KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
Three Bangladeshis were hanged at Nayif Palace after...
Three Bangladeshis were hanged at Nayif Palace after being convicted of killing a Sri Lankan woman
- JUNE 30, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Three Bangladeshis were hanged at Nayif Palace after...
Three Bangladeshis were hanged at Nayif Palace after being convicted of killing a Sri Lankan woman
- JUNE 30, 2002SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
A new anti-drugs book, offers a rare glimpse of the...
A new anti-drugs book, offers a rare glimpse of the chilling end awaiting drug dealers
- JUNE 30, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Two executions were carried out in different Iranian cities
Two executions were carried out in different Iranian cities
- JUNE 29, 2002BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
The High Court of Barbados granted a stay of execution...
The High Court of Barbados granted a stay of execution for four prisoners who were to have been hanged on July 2 in the Caribbean nation's first executions since 1984
- JUNE 29, 2002BelarusDEATH PENALTY
Belarus's opposition parties intends to act together...
Belarus's opposition parties intends to act together in the event the government calls a national referendum to extend Belarusian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka's presidential term
- JUNE 29, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Four people, Saeid, Siamak, Babak and an unidentified...
Four people, Saeid, Siamak, Babak and an unidentified man were sentenced to death in Tehran
- JUNE 29, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said that provision...
Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said that provision that the terrorist convicts who were sentenced to death penalty and whose punishment was commuted to life imprisonment would not benefit from conditional release could be included in a law that would b
- JUNE 28, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Three men were executed for child rape in June, including...
Three men were executed for child rape in June, including a teacher convicted of raping six girls aged seven and eight
- JUNE 28, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Anti Terrorists Courts disposed off 78 cases during...
Anti Terrorists Courts disposed off 78 cases during the past three months
- JUNE 28, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Frank and Laurel Gilford finally put to rest the demons...
Frank and Laurel Gilford finally put to rest the demons associated with the murder of Mr Gilford's sister Yvonne in Saudi Arabia in 1996 as the new children's day surgery unit at the Women's and Children's Hospital [in Adelaide, Australia] was inaugurated
- JUNE 28, 2002CanadaDEATH PENALTY
China's alleged smuggling mastermind, Lai Changxing,...
China's alleged smuggling mastermind, Lai Changxing, will not have to stay in jail as he keeps up his fight to remain in Canada as a political refugee
- JUNE 28, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China's alleged smuggling mastermind, Lai Changxing,...
China's alleged smuggling mastermind, Lai Changxing, will not have to stay in jail as he keeps up his fight to remain in Canada as a political refugee
- JUNE 28, 2002United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
An appeals court in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)...
An appeals court in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has upheld the death sentences of two nationals for raping an Egyptian woman, 28, at her home
- JUNE 28, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Additional Session Judge, Rawalpindi Pervez Ali Shah...
Additional Session Judge, Rawalpindi Pervez Ali Shah has awarded death sentence to the murderer
- JUNE 28, 2002ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Italy intends to front the campaign for a global moratorium...
Italy intends to front the campaign for a global moratorium on executions through a UN resolution following the defeat of the same proposal at the UN General Assembly in 1999, the Italian Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs Mario Baccini said at the launc
- JUNE 28, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Southern Bangkok Criminal Court found Vinai Charoensrisomboon,...
The Southern Bangkok Criminal Court found Vinai Charoensrisomboon, alias To Texas, guilty of the premeditated murders of three members of the Mangkornhong family and sentenced him to death penalty
- JUNE 28, 2002MarylandDEATH PENALTY
Anne Arundel County Circuit Court Judge Robert H
Anne Arundel County Circuit Court Judge Robert H
- JUNE 28, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Three male convicts at Bang Kwang Central Prison in...
Three male convicts at Bang Kwang Central Prison in Nonthaburi were executed a prison official said
- JUNE 28, 2002KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
It was held a session of " roundtable", where the issues,...
It was held a session of " roundtable", where the issues, concerning justice ministry's cooperation with mass media in resolution of actual problems of legal culture forming in the society
- JUNE 28, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
A public poll carried out by Turkey Economic and Social...
A public poll carried out by Turkey Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) showed that 90 percent of the Turkish people were not satisfied with democracy in Turkey and 58 percent of the Turkish society didn't know what Copenhagen criteria were
- JUNE 28, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
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- JUNE 28, 2002DEATH PENALTY
HANDS OFF CAIN LAUNCHES THE 2002 REPORT
June 28, 2002: the 2002 Report THE DEATH PENALTY SITUATION WORLDWIDE will be presented to the media today at 10.45 am at HOC´s headquarters in Via di Torre Argentina 76, Rome
- JUNE 28, 2002DEATH PENALTY
ITALY WILL FRONT THE CAMPAIGN FOR A UN MORATORIUM ON EXECUTIONS
June 28, 2002: the Italian Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs Mario Baccini said the Italian government will propose once more a resolution for a global moratorium on executions at the United Nations General Assembly by 2003.
- JUNE 27, 2002DEATH PENALTY
A UK MP representing Knowsley South, Eddie O'Hara,...
A UK MP representing Knowsley South, Eddie O'Hara, urged US President George Bush to scrap the death penalty
- JUNE 27, 2002Sud CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
In Aiken, William "Junior" Downs admitted he raped...
In Aiken, William "Junior" Downs admitted he raped and killed a 6-year-old boy
- JUNE 27, 2002ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
A messenger who murdered his colleague, Ms Karen da...
A messenger who murdered his colleague, Ms Karen da Nobrega, in coldblood at Century Towers in Harare in 2001 to facilitate theft of over $230 000 mostly in foreign currency, was sentenced to death by the High Court
- JUNE 27, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Three Nigerians sentenced to death in Malaysia for...
Three Nigerians sentenced to death in Malaysia for dadah trafficking in 1995 are seeking to revise the decision of the Federal Court affirming their penalty
- JUNE 27, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Three Nigerians sentenced to death in Malaysia for...
Three Nigerians sentenced to death in Malaysia for dadah trafficking in 1995 are seeking to revise the decision of the Federal Court affirming their penalty
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- JUNE 27, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A UK MP representing Knowsley South, Eddie O'Hara,...
A UK MP representing Knowsley South, Eddie O'Hara, urged US President George Bush to scrap the death penalty
- JUNE 27, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International appealed to China to spare the...
Amnesty International appealed to China to spare the lives of convicted drug offenders after the country executed scores of people this week to mark a UN anti-narcotics day
- JUNE 27, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China marked UN anti-drug day by executing 64 people...
China marked UN anti-drug day by executing 64 people accused of drug crimes
- JUNE 27, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Yang Wendong, a farmer, was sentenced to death after...
Yang Wendong, a farmer, was sentenced to death after being found guilty of helping two Hong Kong illegal drug manufacturers set up an underground plant in May 2000, where they worked together in the production of "ice"
- JUNE 26, 2002BahamasDEATH PENALTY
Following the brutal murder of the son of a prominent...
Following the brutal murder of the son of a prominent politician between 22-23 June, the Bahamas Christian Council joined other groups calling for enforcement of the death penalty
- JUNE 26, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesia President Megawati Soekarnoputri ordered...
Indonesia President Megawati Soekarnoputri ordered the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) to keep on fighting drug abuse to reduce the number of drug victims in the country
- JUNE 26, 2002ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Rome Mayor Walter Veltroni illustrated the new lighting...
Rome Mayor Walter Veltroni illustrated the new lighting project on the city's famed Colosseum and said it will serve to draw greater attention to the city's campaign against the death penalty because "every time an execution is suspended anywhere in the w
- JUNE 26, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
Jeffrey Lynn Williams, 30, was executed today for the Oct
Jeffrey Lynn Williams, 30, was executed today for the Oct
- JUNE 26, 2002VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
Justin Michael Wolfe was sentenced to death in Prince...
Justin Michael Wolfe was sentenced to death in Prince William County after a judge agreed with a jury's recommendation that he face lethal injection for recruiting a friend to assassinate his marijuana supplier
- JUNE 26, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
An 18-year-old man in east China's Fujian Province...
An 18-year-old man in east China's Fujian Province was sentenced to death recently for selling 1,000 amphetamine pills
- JUNE 26, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China launched a nationwide crackdown on drug traffickers...
China launched a nationwide crackdown on drug traffickers and users ahead of the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
- JUNE 26, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
Tomomitsu Niimi, the main henchman in Aum Shinrikyo's...
Tomomitsu Niimi, the main henchman in Aum Shinrikyo's killing spree during the mid-1990s, was sentenced to death for the murders of 26 individuals
- JUNE 26, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Provincial judicial organs in Guizhou Province tried...
Provincial judicial organs in Guizhou Province tried 12 alleged narcotics manufacturers and executed three of them
- JUNE 26, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Courts in Shaanxi Province sentenced eight alleged...
Courts in Shaanxi Province sentenced eight alleged drug criminals to death, four suspects to death with reprieve, eight suspects to life and 51 suspects to terms of imprisonment, the Shaanxi Daily reported
- JUNE 26, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Provincial Higher People's Court in Sichuan Province...
The Provincial Higher People's Court in Sichuan Province approved the death sentences of alleged criminals, Xiao Jianbo (5135 1696 3134), Hu Zunxiu (5706 1415 4423) and Zhang Liqin (1728 4539 0530), the Sichuan Daily reported
- JUNE 26, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Municipal Intermediate People's Court in Wuhan,...
The Municipal Intermediate People's Court in Wuhan, Hubei Province, convened a rally to execute eight alleged drug dealers including Wang Guanggen (3769 0342 5329), the Hubei Daily reported
- JUNE 26, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
At an open rally in Qiongshan city, in Hainan Province,...
At an open rally in Qiongshan city, in Hainan Province, alleged drug dealers Li Zhenkun (2621 6966 0981) and Zhuang Yaoxing (8369 5069 5281) were escorted to the execution ground, the Hainan Daily reported
- JUNE 26, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Zhang Meixiu, a Taiwanese woman, was sentenced to death...
Zhang Meixiu, a Taiwanese woman, was sentenced to death by a court in Shantou city, south China's Guangdong province for trying to smuggle 427
- JUNE 26, 2002TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
Zhang Meixiu, a Taiwanese woman, was sentenced to death...
Zhang Meixiu, a Taiwanese woman, was sentenced to death by a court in Shantou city, south China's Guangdong province for trying to smuggle 427
- JUNE 25, 2002BelarusDEATH PENALTY
While receiving Belarusian opposition politicians in...
While receiving Belarusian opposition politicians in Strasbourg, Council of Europe Secretary-General Walter Schwimmer reaffirmed the need for the Belarusian authorities to meet the conditions set by international organizations
- JUNE 25, 2002DEATH PENALTY
While receiving Belarusian opposition politicians in...
While receiving Belarusian opposition politicians in Strasbourg, Council of Europe Secretary-General Walter Schwimmer reaffirmed the need for the Belarusian authorities to meet the conditions set by international organizations
- JUNE 25, 2002South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
In South Africa, scores of Eastern Cape citizens marched...
In South Africa, scores of Eastern Cape citizens marched to the East London Magistrate's Court to express their intolerance at the attacks on farmers and businessmen in the province
- JUNE 25, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
After waiting for five years to be hanged, a prisoner...
After waiting for five years to be hanged, a prisoner on death row in Luzira Upper Prison committed suicide by hanging himself
- JUNE 25, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
Professing his innocence, Robert Coulson, 33, accused...
Professing his innocence, Robert Coulson, 33, accused of murdering 5 members of his family, including his parents, in a scheme to collect an inheritance was executed this evening
- JUNE 25, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Despite their appeals, two Hong Kong men were executed...
Despite their appeals, two Hong Kong men were executed for smuggling 1kg of heroin each in their part of the operation
- JUNE 25, 2002SudanDEATH PENALTY
The International Secretariat of OMCT is gravely concerned...
The International Secretariat of OMCT is gravely concerned for the physical and psychological integrity of the 14 men that have been identified as having been sentenced to death
- JUNE 25, 2002SudanDEATH PENALTY
The International Secretariat of OMCT (World Organization...
The International Secretariat of OMCT (World Organization Against Torture) was informed by the Sudan Organisation Against Torture (SOAT), a member of the OMCT network, of the names of 14 prisoners charged with armed robbery who are awaiting execution, in
- JUNE 25, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Railway Transport Intermediate People's Court in...
The Railway Transport Intermediate People's Court in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, tried 17 alleged drugs criminals and executed three of them
- JUNE 25, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
June 25/26 2002: Beijing Number One and Number Two...
June 25/26 2002: Beijing Number One and Number Two Intermediate People's Courts separately executed six alleged drug criminals including Xu Chunming (1776 2504 2494), Chen Baohua (7115 1405 5478), Ma Jiyuan (7456 4949 0337), Li Bangcai (2621 6721 2088), W
- JUNE 25, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Judicial organs in Hengyang, Hunan Province, executed...
Judicial organs in Hengyang, Hunan Province, executed 21 drug traffickers, smugglers, murderers and robbers, the Hunan Daily reported
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- JUNE 25, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Tianjin city convened anti-narcotics "strike hard"...
Tianjin city convened anti-narcotics "strike hard" rallies to punish drug criminals, the Tianjin Daily reported
- JUNE 25, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Three alleged drug criminals, including Wang Shiguo...
Three alleged drug criminals, including Wang Shiguo (3769 0013 0948), Li Ping (2621 1627) and Hu Rujun (5706 1172 0193) were executed in Shanghai for drug smuggling and trafficking, the Jiefang Daily reported
- JUNE 25, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Only juries can impose death penalty, Supreme Court rules
Only juries can impose death penalty.
- JUNE 24, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Council of Europe Secretary-General Walter Schwimmer...
Council of Europe Secretary-General Walter Schwimmer categorically ruled out the possibility of allowing the death penalty to be imposed on those responsible for the Armenian parliamentary shootings saying that abolition of the death penalty was non-negot
- JUNE 24, 2002SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Scot businessman Michael McCrae, 44, is wanted by authorities...
Scot businessman Michael McCrae, 44, is wanted by authorities in Singapore after the bodies of his chauffeur and a mystery woman were found in a luxury car
- JUNE 24, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Scot businessman Michael McCrae, 44, is wanted by authorities...
Scot businessman Michael McCrae, 44, is wanted by authorities in Singapore after the bodies of his chauffeur and a mystery woman were found in a luxury car
- JUNE 24, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
In the latest in a series of human rights trials related...
In the latest in a series of human rights trials related to East Timor's independence in 1999, a senior Indonesian officer appeared in court in Jakarta accused of failing to prevent a massacre of 12 civilians
- JUNE 24, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
A high court in Jigawa State has sentenced a 25-year-old...
A high court in Jigawa State has sentenced a 25-year-old man to death for raping a 76-year-old woman to death, while a Sharia court in Bauchi has ordered the amputation of the right hand of a man for stealing domestic items estimated at N19,800
- JUNE 24, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Abbas Ali was hanged in jail in Mashdad, Iran
Abbas Ali was hanged in jail in Mashdad, Iran
- JUNE 24, 2002SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
Real Slovak National Party (PSNS) boss Jan Slota criticized...
Real Slovak National Party (PSNS) boss Jan Slota criticized Slovakia's decision to sign a protocol No
- JUNE 24, 2002SudanDEATH PENALTY
The International Secretariat of the World Organisation...
The International Secretariat of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) has been informed by the Sudan Organisation Against Torture (SOAT), a member of the OMCT network, that 12 prisoners that were charged with armed robbery were hanged on May 22nd
- JUNE 24, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A Tehran court sentenced Hamid Allah Assadzadeh to execution
A Tehran court sentenced Hamid Allah Assadzadeh to execution
- JUNE 24, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Four men were sentenced to death by South China's Shenzhen...
Four men were sentenced to death by South China's Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court
- JUNE 24, 2002DEATH PENALTY
The Motherland Party (ANAP) decided that an amendment...
The Motherland Party (ANAP) decided that an amendment has to be made in the law and also a constitutional amendment has to be undertaken at the same time for abolishment of death penalty
- JUNE 24, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Judicial organs in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, convened...
Judicial organs in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, convened rallies in Fuzhou, Quanzhou and Putian to pronounce execution of 16 drug criminals, the Fujian Daily reported
- JUNE 24, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
With the approval of the Supreme People's Court, a...
With the approval of the Supreme People's Court, a court in Xiamen, Fujian Province, executed an alleged drug trafficker from Taiwan, Li Yuzhang (2621 3022 3864), the People's Daily reported
- JUNE 24, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Six convicts of mob justice were sentenced to death...
Six convicts of mob justice were sentenced to death by the High Court in Jinja
- JUNE 24, 2002DEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: TWO MEN SENTENCED TO STONING
- JUNE 24, 2002DEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY EMERGENCY IN SUDAN
12 prisoners hanged in May and 15 are awaiting for executions in Dafour
- JUNE 23, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In its final trial, railway transport courts in Chengdu,...
In its final trial, railway transport courts in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, and Guiyang, Guizhou Province, sentenced five alleged drug traffickers, including Liu Quanyu (0491 0356 3768), Yang Fen (2799 5358), female, Zhang Xiaohui (1728 1420 2585), Ma Lian
- JUNE 22, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A barber from Hong Kong whose death sentence for dadah...
A barber from Hong Kong whose death sentence for dadah trafficking was upheld by the Federal Court of Malaysia, last year is seeking a review of his conviction because the chemist who analysed the dadah sample had failed to state its actual weight
- JUNE 22, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
A barber from Hong Kong whose death sentence for dadah...
A barber from Hong Kong whose death sentence for dadah trafficking was upheld by the Federal Court last year is seeking a review of his conviction because the chemist who analysed the dadah sample had failed to state its actual weight
- JUNE 21, 2002North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
January 24-June 21, 2002: tens of thousands of political...
January 24-June 21, 2002: tens of thousands of political prisoners face starvation, torture and summary execution in prison camps in North Korea, according to the testimony of a prisoner to a US Senate inquiry
- JUNE 21, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
In Japan, prison inmates will be given a rare privilege...
In Japan, prison inmates will be given a rare privilege to watch the World Cup [soccer - from May 31 to June 30] matches on television
- JUNE 21, 2002South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
In Japan, prison inmates will be given a rare privilege...
In Japan, prison inmates will be given a rare privilege to watch the World Cup [soccer - from May 31 to June 30] matches on television
- JUNE 21, 2002BurundiDEATH PENALTY
A criminal court in Gitega, 70 kilometers east of the...
A criminal court in Gitega, 70 kilometers east of the Burundi capital of Bujumbura, sentenced to death 11 people with 16 others to life imprisonment for their participating in massacres some ten years ago
- JUNE 21, 2002CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Lai Changxing, China's most wanted fugitive who allegedly...
Lai Changxing, China's most wanted fugitive who allegedly oversaw a huge smuggling empire, was denied political asylum by a Canadian immigration panel
- JUNE 21, 2002ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
The Black Saints Arts stage their two man act play...
The Black Saints Arts stage their two man act play Kiss the Hangman at the Chingola Arts Society on June 29 and 30
- JUNE 21, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The family of a man executed for killing factory his...
The family of a man executed for killing factory his boss after being laid off insisted that Xu Yudong never planned to murder and that he should have been spared the death sentence
- JUNE 21, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Lai Changxing, China's most wanted fugitive who allegedly...
Lai Changxing, China's most wanted fugitive who allegedly oversaw a huge smuggling empire, was denied political asylum by a Canadian immigration panel
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- JUNE 21, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani District Judge Mian Faiz Muhammad gave the...
Pakistani District Judge Mian Faiz Muhammad gave the death penalty to Liaquat Ali for killing a retired army man Muhammad Ali on April 15, 1996
- JUNE 21, 2002Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
The special tribunal to hear the cases of former president...
The special tribunal to hear the cases of former president U Ne Win's three grandsons, and son-in-law U Aye Zaw Win decided that they would be charged with 'high treason' and enticing military officers to be involved
- JUNE 21, 2002TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
The Tajik Supreme Court sentenced members of a criminal...
The Tajik Supreme Court sentenced members of a criminal group to capital punishment and long prison terms for setting up an illegal armed group, terrorism, killings and assassination attempts against government officials
- JUNE 21, 2002GermanyDEATH PENALTY
A young German woman was sentenced to five years in...
A young German woman was sentenced to five years in a Singapore jail after pleading guilty to three drug charges
- JUNE 21, 2002SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
A young German woman was sentenced to five years in...
A young German woman was sentenced to five years in a Singapore jail after pleading guilty to three drug charges
- JUNE 21, 2002FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Broward Circuit Judge Ronald Rothschild sentenced Lucious...
Broward Circuit Judge Ronald Rothschild sentenced Lucious Boyd to death (see also MARCH 12, 2002)
- JUNE 21, 2002PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
Sherman Craver, convicted for the 1993 killing of police...
Sherman Craver, convicted for the 1993 killing of police officer Connie Hawkins and his ex-girlfriend Marie Bates, no longer faces death by lethal injection
- JUNE 21, 2002KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
The lower chamber of the Kazakh parliament gave its...
The lower chamber of the Kazakh parliament gave its approval of amendments to the country's Criminal, Criminal Procedural and Criminal Executive codes
- JUNE 21, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said that they cannot...
Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said that they cannot refrain from taking up the abolition of death sentence by saying that this issue was among medium term commitments
- JUNE 21, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Main opposition True Path Party [DYP] leader Tansu...
Main opposition True Path Party [DYP] leader Tansu Ciller has said that parliament should refrain from going into recess in order to allow a comprehensive debate on the commitments made for the EU process, not only the death penalty issue, but the cultura
- JUNE 21, 2002TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Davlatbi Nazrieva was seven months pregnant with their...
Davlatbi Nazrieva was seven months pregnant with their third child when her husband, Dovud, was sentenced to death in May 2001
- JUNE 21, 2002North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
Tens of thousands of political prisoners face starvation,...
Tens of thousands of political prisoners face starvation, torture and summary execution in prison camps in North Korea, according to the testimony of a prisoner to a US Senate inquiry
- JUNE 20, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian court condemned an Afghan national identified...
An Iranian court condemned an Afghan national identified as Mahmoud to death
- JUNE 20, 2002CroatiaDEATH PENALTY
The government initiated the signing of Protocol 13...
The government initiated the signing of Protocol 13 on the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances, alongside the Convention on the Protection of Human Rights and Basic Freedoms
- JUNE 20, 2002New ZealandDEATH PENALTY
The father of murder victim Marcus Doig believes in...
The father of murder victim Marcus Doig believes in an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, but said bringing back the death sentence will not happen
- JUNE 20, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russian Ambassador to Tanzania Doku Zavgayev expressed...
Russian Ambassador to Tanzania Doku Zavgayev expressed certainty that two Russian citizens, Ivan Ochirov and Dmitry Kosyakov, sentenced to death for killing in 1997 a Russian teenager, fourteen-year-old Alexei Sotnikov, on Zanzibar (in the composition of
- JUNE 20, 2002TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
Russian Ambassador to Tanzania Doku Zavgayev expressed...
Russian Ambassador to Tanzania Doku Zavgayev expressed certainty that two Russian citizens, Ivan Ochirov and Dmitry Kosyakov, sentenced to death for killing in 1997 a Russian teenager, fourteen-year-old Alexei Sotnikov, on Zanzibar (in the composition of
- JUNE 20, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
Raphael Holiday has been sentenced to death for killing...
Raphael Holiday has been sentenced to death for killing 7-year-old Tierra Lynch, 5-year-old Jasmine DuPaul and 18-month-old Justice Holiday when he burned down their home the night of Sept
- JUNE 20, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A woman identified only as Ashraf was condemned to...
A woman identified only as Ashraf was condemned to death by stoning in Iran
- JUNE 20, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A 27-year-old Vietnamese man is to be executed after...
A 27-year-old Vietnamese man is to be executed after he stabbed a close friend to death at a funeral during an argument over what music to play
- JUNE 20, 2002DEATH PENALTY
True Path Party (DYP) leader Tansu Ciller has said...
True Path Party (DYP) leader Tansu Ciller has said that she received Danish and Spanish ambassadors today and "they said that Turkey has to use its time very well today
- JUNE 20, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
From 20 to 25 June 2002, courts in Jiangsu Province...
From 20 to 25 June 2002, courts in Jiangsu Province tried 119 alleged drug dealers, and sentenced seven to death, the Xinhua Daily reported
- JUNE 20, 2002United StatesDEATH PENALTY
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- JUNE 20, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Six people convicted of homicide and robbery were executed...
Six people convicted of homicide and robbery were executed at Fuyang City in east China's Zhejiang Province
- JUNE 20, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Supreme Court bars executing mentally retarded
June 20, 2002: the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that executions of mentally retarded criminals are "cruel and unusual punishment," violating the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution.
- JUNE 19, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Four convicted murderers - Davood Nazari, Akbar Alinejad,...
Four convicted murderers - Davood Nazari, Akbar Alinejad, Saeid Massoumi and Mohammed Lashgari - were hanged inside a prison in the capital city Tehran
- JUNE 19, 2002SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
A new Penal Code was adopted in Montenegro that replaced...
A new Penal Code was adopted in Montenegro that replaced death penalty with 40 years in jail
- JUNE 19, 2002SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
The government effectively blocked any future attempts...
The government effectively blocked any future attempts to bring back the death penalty in Slovakia by approving a proposal to ratify the protocol No 13 [concerning the abolition of the death penalty] to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights an
- JUNE 19, 2002KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
A Kazakh citizen was sentenced to the death penalty...
A Kazakh citizen was sentenced to the death penalty for double homicide and attempted murder by an Aktyubinsk regional court in western Kazakhstan
- JUNE 19, 2002KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
Human rights activists are calling for the soonest...
Human rights activists are calling for the soonest introduction of a moratorium on the death penalty and a further abolition of it in Kazakhstan
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- JUNE 19, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Courts in Ho Chi Minh City in southern Vietnam received...
Courts in Ho Chi Minh City in southern Vietnam received 17,986 cases in the first six months of 2002, of which 56
- JUNE 19, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The official note on the execution of the death penalty...
The official note on the execution of the death penalty passed against Salih Izzet Erdis, the ringleader of the illegal IBDA-C [Islamic Great Eastern Raiders Front] organization, has been submitted to the [National] Assembly Speaker's Office
- JUNE 19, 2002LaosDEATH PENALTY
A People's Court in Laos condemned three drug traffickers...
A People's Court in Laos condemned three drug traffickers to death
- JUNE 19, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Justice and Development Party (AK Party) leader Recep...
Justice and Development Party (AK Party) leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that they would not say 'yes' to the proposal of the Democratic Left Party (DSP) regarded with abolishment of death sentence, noting that their party prepared a constitutional amend
- JUNE 19, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Deputy Prime Minister and Motherland Party (ANAP) leader...
Deputy Prime Minister and Motherland Party (ANAP) leader Mesut Yilmaz said that he was losing his hope about fulfilment of European Union (EU) criteria
- JUNE 19, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Judicial organs in Qinghai Province, with the approval...
Judicial organs in Qinghai Province, with the approval of the Supreme People's Court, executed Chen Zhiqing (7115 1807 3237), cadre of the State Treasury Office of the Bank of China, Xining Branch, a legal newspaper from Shaanxi Province reported
- JUNE 19, 2002DEATH PENALTY
MONTENEGRO: DEATH PENALTY REPLACED BY 40 YEAR JAIL TERM
June 19, 2002: the new penal code stipulates 40 years in prison as the maximum punishmentil
- JUNE 18, 2002New JerseyDEATH PENALTY
Terrorists could face the death penalty in New Jersey...
Terrorists could face the death penalty in New Jersey under a new law signed by Gov
- JUNE 18, 2002BurundiDEATH PENALTY
The criminal court in Ngozi (northern Burundi) has...
The criminal court in Ngozi (northern Burundi) has tried several cases in its current session
- JUNE 18, 2002JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
The head of the Police Federation, Steve Brown, called...
The head of the Police Federation, Steve Brown, called for a resumption of hanging in the face of increased criminal activity
- JUNE 18, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Three drug dealers were executed in Dongguan, south...
Three drug dealers were executed in Dongguan, south China's Guangdong province
- JUNE 18, 2002NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
The Dutch government has launched a criminal inquiry...
The Dutch government has launched a criminal inquiry into Muslim clerics accused of inciting violence from mosques in Holland
- JUNE 18, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Six men were sentenced to death for murder of a young...
Six men were sentenced to death for murder of a young housewife about two years ago
- JUNE 18, 2002UkraineDEATH PENALTY
Deputy Prosecutor-General Oleksiy Bahanets that each...
Deputy Prosecutor-General Oleksiy Bahanets that each year the number of premeditated and group murders has been on the rise since the moratorium on capital punishment was announced in Ukraine
- JUNE 18, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A man was hanged in public in Bandar Gaz, Iran
A man was hanged in public in Bandar Gaz, Iran
- JUNE 18, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Zahra E
Zahra E
- JUNE 18, 2002SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
The Cabinet's Legislative Council recommended ministers...
The Cabinet's Legislative Council recommended ministers to approve the draft proposal to close Protocol No
- JUNE 18, 2002NorwayDEATH PENALTY
Politicians and pilots denounced a ruling that give...
Politicians and pilots denounced a ruling that give asylum to two grenade-wielding Iranian hijackers who forced a plane to divert to Oslo in 1993
- JUNE 18, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Politicians and pilots in Norway denounced a ruling...
Politicians and pilots in Norway denounced a ruling that gave asylum to two grenade-wielding Iranian hijackers who forced a plane to divert to Oslo in 1993
- JUNE 17, 2002CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Norman Tarle agreed...
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Norman Tarle agreed with the jury's recommendation of the death penalty for William Lee Wright Jr
- JUNE 17, 2002MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
Three Saudis suspected of planning suicide attacks...
Three Saudis suspected of planning suicide attacks against United States and British warships were arraigned in a Moroccan court
- JUNE 17, 2002Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
UN Security Council extended the mission in Democratic...
UN Security Council extended the mission in Democratic Republic of Congo until 30 June 2003, unanimously adopting resolution 1417 (2002)
- JUNE 17, 2002DEATH PENALTY
UN Security Council extended the mission in Democratic...
UN Security Council extended the mission in Democratic Republic of Congo until 30 June 2003, unanimously adopting resolution 1417 (2002)
- JUNE 17, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian identified as Majid was sentenced to execution
An Iranian identified as Majid was sentenced to execution
- JUNE 17, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit said that True Path Party...
Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit said that True Path Party (DYP) leader Tansu Ciller was standing in the way of Turkey abolishing the death penalty
- JUNE 17, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Democratic Left Party (DSP) directors met with Felicity...
Democratic Left Party (DSP) directors met with Felicity Party (SP) directors within the framework of their initiative to lift death sentence
- JUNE 17, 2002TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
After 14 years on death row, Edward Leroy Harris was...
After 14 years on death row, Edward Leroy Harris was ordered to serve 3 life sentences
- JUNE 17, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Municipal Intermediate People's Court in Putian,...
The Municipal Intermediate People's Court in Putian, Fujian Province, sentenced Cai Penghua (5591 7729 5478) to death for assault and organizing others to smuggle themselves across the border; Lin Feiting (2651 7378 1656) to death for robbery, assault and
- JUNE 17, 2002DEATH PENALTY
FIVE EXECUTIONS IN BEJING
- JUNE 16, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Siavosh was hanged in jail in Shahr Rey, Iran
Siavosh was hanged in jail in Shahr Rey, Iran
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- JUNE 16, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad bin Ali al-Khorim , a Saudi man convicted...
Mohammad bin Ali al-Khorim , a Saudi man convicted of murder was beheaded by the sword in the southern province of Najran
- JUNE 16, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Siwa Saengmanee, the corrections department official...
Siwa Saengmanee, the corrections department official director general said that the number of convicts facing the death sentence has risen to 609
- JUNE 15, 2002HondurasDEATH PENALTY
More and more Hondurans are calling for the return...
More and more Hondurans are calling for the return of the death penalty as one way to stem the crime wave sweeping the country and deter the type of horrific murders that have made headlines in recent weeks
- JUNE 15, 2002FijiDEATH PENALTY
Home Affairs Minister Joketani Cokanasiga said at Queen...
Home Affairs Minister Joketani Cokanasiga said at Queen Victoria School that government will remove the death penalty from the Military Act, before reviewing the cadet passing out parade
- JUNE 15, 2002KenyaDEATH PENALTY
The Standing Committee on Human Rights appointed by...
The Standing Committee on Human Rights appointed by the government said only a half of the 40,000 prisoners should be in prison while the rest should have been freed on bond or held at police stations
- JUNE 14, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
At least five people have been executed in the capital...
At least five people have been executed in the capital for violent crimes
- JUNE 14, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Democratic Left Party (DSP) deputy leaders Emrehan...
Democratic Left Party (DSP) deputy leaders Emrehan Halici, Zeki Sezer and Tayfun Icli and deputy secretary general Suleyman Yagiz met with Ali Riza Gonul and Ali Naci Tuncer of True Path Party (DYP) to discuss the abolition of death sentence
- JUNE 14, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said "we can reach...
Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said "we can reach a consensus of opinion with the opposition, if it does not insist on constitutional amendment to lift death sentence
- JUNE 14, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Presidential Foreign Affairs Chief Adviser Tacan Ildem...
Presidential Foreign Affairs Chief Adviser Tacan Ildem during the weekly press briefing said that President Ahmet Necdet Sezer stressed on the necessity that parliamentary works had to be accelerated in order to make the initiatives aiming at abolishing o
- JUNE 14, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Municipal Intermediate People's Court in Jinan...
The Municipal Intermediate People's Court in Jinan Province sentenced Dai Jinggang (2071 7234 0494), director of the project office of Shandong Yitong Investment Consultancy Ltd Co (Yitong Investment Co), to death and confiscation of 100,000 yuan of asset
- JUNE 14, 2002United StatesDEATH PENALTY
The US Senate overwhelmingly approved legislation to...
The US Senate overwhelmingly approved legislation to bring the United States into compliance with two international counterterrorism treaties, easing extradition of bombing suspects and conforming laws against financing of terrorist activities
- JUNE 14, 2002DEATH PENALTY
A SHORT FILM AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY LAUNCHED IN ITALY TODAY
June 14, 2002: a short film against the death penalty entitled A different request – the last request was presented in Italy today.
- JUNE 13, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
Daniel Reneau, 27, was executed for killing Kriss Keeran,...
Daniel Reneau, 27, was executed for killing Kriss Keeran, 31, during a robbery on Jan
- JUNE 13, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Prime Minister Tony Blair has been asked to step in...
Prime Minister Tony Blair has been asked to step in to save death row Scot Kenny Richey from execution
- JUNE 13, 2002EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International voiced concern that executions...
Amnesty International voiced concern that executions in Egypt had increased dramatically in the past decade and said many convicts were denied fair trials and appeals
- JUNE 13, 2002United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Prime Minister Tony Blair has been asked to step in...
Prime Minister Tony Blair has been asked to step in to save death row Scot Kenny Richey from execution
- JUNE 13, 2002KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
The Deputy head of the administration of Kazakh President...
The Deputy head of the administration of Kazakh President [Nursultan Nazarbayev] and the head of the state and legal department of the administration of the head of state, Igor Rogov, told an international conference in [the northern Kazakh capital] Almat
- JUNE 13, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Ly A Va and Va A Say, to two ethnic men in northern...
Ly A Va and Va A Say, to two ethnic men in northern mountainous Lai Chau province, were sentenced to death for murder and drug trafficking
- JUNE 13, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A former central bank official was executed for stealing...
A former central bank official was executed for stealing nearly 15
- JUNE 13, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
The European Parliament approved a resolution calling...
The European Parliament approved a resolution calling on the parliaments of Japan, South Korea and Taiwan to intensify their efforts for a rapid abolition of the death penalty and for the introduction of a moratorium on executions
- JUNE 13, 2002TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
The European Parliament approved a resolution calling...
The European Parliament approved a resolution calling on the parliaments of Japan, South Korea and Taiwan to intensify their efforts for a rapid abolition of the death penalty and for the introduction of a moratorium on executions
- JUNE 13, 2002South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The European Parliament approved a resolution calling...
The European Parliament approved a resolution calling on the parliaments of Japan, South Korea and Taiwan to intensify their efforts for a rapid abolition of the death penalty and for the introduction of a moratorium on executions
- JUNE 13, 2002DEATH PENALTY
The European Parliament approved a resolution calling...
The European Parliament approved a resolution calling on the parliaments of Japan, South Korea and Taiwan to intensify their efforts for a rapid abolition of the death penalty and for the introduction of a moratorium on executions
- JUNE 13, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Together with DSP deputy chairmen Zeki Sezer, Tayfun...
Together with DSP deputy chairmen Zeki Sezer, Tayfun Icli and Suleyman Yagiz, Halici paid visits to the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), the Motherland Party (ANAP), and the Justice and Development Party groups to abolish death sentence
- JUNE 12, 2002VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
Walter R
Walter R
- JUNE 12, 2002IraqDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Saddam's eldest son, Udai, together,...
It was reported that Saddam's eldest son, Udai, together, with his brother, Qusai, has signed an estimated 10,000 execution orders
- JUNE 12, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
In some of the leading stories in the official Vietnamese...
In some of the leading stories in the official Vietnamese press Reuters that has not verified it and does not vouch for it accuracy reported that a court in the northern province of Lai Chau has sentenced to death two people found guilty of killing an ant
- JUNE 12, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A Tehran court condemned a man to death
A Tehran court condemned a man to death
- JUNE 12, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Premier Bulent Ecevit said he did not foresee any problems...
Premier Bulent Ecevit said he did not foresee any problems in gaining support from the opposition Islamist parties for the reform amid Turkey's efforts to begin EU membership talks by the end of 2002
- JUNE 12, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Van Lap and Pho Van Chinh were shot aftre being...
Nguyen Van Lap and Pho Van Chinh were shot aftre being convicted of raping minors
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- JUNE 12, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Van Lap and Pho Van Chinh were executed by firing...
Nguyen Van Lap and Pho Van Chinh were executed by firing squad in Vietnam for raping minors
- JUNE 11, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A convicted murderer -identified as Mostafa R
A convicted murderer -identified as Mostafa R
- JUNE 11, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Belgian Foreign Minister Louis Michel said that any...
Belgian Foreign Minister Louis Michel said that any trade agreement between the European Union and Iran would have to include provisions on human rights and the global fight against terrorism
- JUNE 11, 2002RwandaDEATH PENALTY
The long-awaited trials to be conducted by Gacaca courts...
The long-awaited trials to be conducted by Gacaca courts - an adapted form of Rwandan traditional participatory justice - are to begin on 18 June to deal with the perpetrators of the 1994 genocide, in which Hutu extremists in the country killed some 800,0
- JUNE 11, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Belgian Foreign Minister Louis Michel said that any...
Belgian Foreign Minister Louis Michel said that any trade agreement between the European Union and Iran would have to include provisions on human rights and the global fight against terrorism
- JUNE 11, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International accused Thailand's police and...
Amnesty International accused Thailand's police and army of widely using torture in prisons and while interrogating criminal suspects
- JUNE 11, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Special Investiga tion/Legal Section Narcotics Department...
Special Investiga tion/Legal Section Narcotics Department Supt Nooryah Mohd Anvar said that since the implementation of the mandatory death sentence and life imprisonment for drug offences in 1975, 155 Malaysians and 45 foreigners were hanged under Sectio
- JUNE 11, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A Vietnamese man was sentenced to death for killing...
A Vietnamese man was sentenced to death for killing his parents with a meal laced with rat poison, a court official said
- JUNE 11, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Toh Su Kuan, a mechanic sentenced to death in 1998...
Toh Su Kuan, a mechanic sentenced to death in 1998 for having 356 packets of heroin strapped to his torso and stuffed in his shoes was acquitted by the Court of Appeal on the basis that the prosecution had not proved that he had known what he was carrying
- JUNE 11, 2002DEATH PENALTY
The present situation impedes Belarus's integration...
The present situation impedes Belarus's integration into Europe, said Wolfgang Behrendt, rapporteur on Belarus in the political committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), said in Minsk
- JUNE 11, 2002BelarusDEATH PENALTY
The present situation impedes Belarus's integration...
The present situation impedes Belarus's integration into Europe, said Wolfgang Behrendt, rapporteur on Belarus in the political committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), said in Minsk
- JUNE 11, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Deputy Prime Minister and Motherland Party (ANAP) leader...
Deputy Prime Minister and Motherland Party (ANAP) leader Mesut Yilmaz said that the parties in Parliament were searching for an agreement on the issues of the death penalty and teaching and broadcasting in mother tongues
- JUNE 11, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
Japan's Supreme Court upheld death sentences for two...
Japan's Supreme Court upheld death sentences for two Chinese men found guilty of a 1992 triple murder and robbery at a pachinko parlor in Tama, western Tokyo
- JUNE 11, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A former Pakistan army captain sentenced to death for...
A former Pakistan army captain sentenced to death for claiming to be a prophet was shot dead by another prisoner, an official said
- JUNE 11, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A court in Tehran sentenced a man to death
A court in Tehran sentenced a man to death
- JUNE 10, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Hossein Najafi, a convicted murderer was hanged in...
Hossein Najafi, a convicted murderer was hanged in a prison in the northeatern holy city of Mashhad, the daily Qods said
- JUNE 10, 2002St. Vincent & GrenadinesDEATH PENALTY
The Committee on the Rights of the Child concluded...
The Committee on the Rights of the Child concluded its thirtieth session, having considered reports of 10 States parties to the Convention on the Rights of the Child
- JUNE 10, 2002Equatorial GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Some 68 opposition leaders have been sentenced to jail...
Some 68 opposition leaders have been sentenced to jail terms ranging from six to 20 years for reportedly plotting to overthrow President Teodoro Obiang Nguema
- JUNE 10, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A Vietnamese man was sentenced to death for strangling...
A Vietnamese man was sentenced to death for strangling his 107-year-old grandfather, a court official said
- JUNE 10, 2002MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Forty-four percent of all foreigners sentenced to death...
Forty-four percent of all foreigners sentenced to death in the United States are Mexican, officials said
- JUNE 10, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkey has appealed to Libya not to execute two Turkish...
Turkey has appealed to Libya not to execute two Turkish nationals sentenced to death for murder
- JUNE 10, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Rasoul Imani, 63, was hanged in jail in Tabriz, Iran
Rasoul Imani, 63, was hanged in jail in Tabriz, Iran
- JUNE 10, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Three men were sentenced to execution in Abadan, Iran
Three men were sentenced to execution in Abadan, Iran
- JUNE 9, 2002Vatican CityDEATH PENALTY
Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga, a Honduran, a top...
Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga, a Honduran, a top Vatican official accused the American media of persecuting the Roman Catholic Church over paedophile priests, but even as he did so a Washington Post survey laid bare the extent of the scandal
- JUNE 9, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Mohammed A
Mohammed A
- JUNE 8, 2002KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
Kuwait's court of appeals upheld the death sentence...
Kuwait's court of appeals upheld the death sentence on a police officer found guilty of shooting dead a female editor in a crowded street
- JUNE 8, 2002Equatorial GuineaDEATH PENALTY
A court sentenced 68 people to up to 20 years each...
A court sentenced 68 people to up to 20 years each over an alleged plot to seize power
- JUNE 7, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
A jury sentenced Perry Eugene Williams Jr
A jury sentenced Perry Eugene Williams Jr
- JUNE 7, 2002OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Keating vetoes bill banning executions of mentally...
Keating vetoes bill banning executions of mentally retarded Legislation that would have exempted mentally retarded defendants from the death penalty was vetoed by Gov
- JUNE 7, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The authorities of Zanzibar Island assured Russian...
The authorities of Zanzibar Island assured Russian Ambassador to Tanzania Doku Zavgayev that "two citizens of Russia sentenced to death will not be executed
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- JUNE 7, 2002TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
The authorities of Zanzibar Island assured Russian...
The authorities of Zanzibar Island assured Russian Ambassador to Tanzania Doku Zavgayev that "two citizens of Russia sentenced to death will not be executed
- JUNE 7, 2002MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Survivors of a massacre perpetrated in 1998 in Mexico,...
Survivors of a massacre perpetrated in 1998 in Mexico, who also withstood prison time and torture, say they will not rest until the members of the military they accuse of the crimes are brought to justice
- JUNE 7, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Martin Burnham, an American missionary, held by Muslim...
Martin Burnham, an American missionary, held by Muslim rebels for more than a year, was shot dead in the Philippines during an operation to free him and his wife, Gracia Burnham who was wounded during the rescue on the southern island of Mindanao
- JUNE 7, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
A 13-year-old boy was charged in the Magistrate's Court...
A 13-year-old boy was charged in the Magistrate's Court in Kuala Lumpur with murder of an 11-year-old girl at her house in Taman Seri Rampai in Wangsa Maju
- JUNE 7, 2002North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The "conservative" number of North Korean defectors...
The "conservative" number of North Korean defectors hiding in China was estimated at 50,000 at the end of 2001, with 583 of them fleeing to freedom in South Korea, a non-profit United States organisation helping refugees said in its recent annual report
- JUNE 7, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Vietnam executed a school teacher for raping six pupils...
Vietnam executed a school teacher for raping six pupils aged between seven and eight, despite an appeal for clemency by parents' of his victims, a court official said
- JUNE 7, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer summoned the heads...
Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer summoned the heads of all parties to discuss the reforms Turkey must implement to start membership talks with the European Union
- JUNE 7, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Mobile subunits of Chechen fighters entered the villages...
Mobile subunits of Chechen fighters entered the villages of Kotar-Yurt and Staryy Achkhoy on the night of 5-6 June and conducted a special operation against local traitors and accomplices of the occupying regime
- JUNE 7, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russia must retain the moratorium on the death penalty,...
Russia must retain the moratorium on the death penalty, Justice Minister Yuri Chaika told a news conference
- JUNE 6, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Gov. Frank Keating signed legislation establishing...
Gov. Frank Keating signed legislation establishing state crimes and penalties for terrorist acts in Oklahoma. The terrorism measure (Senate Bill 822) by Sen
- JUNE 6, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
The Palestinian Authority executed by firing squad...
The Palestinian Authority executed by firing squad two Palestinians convicted of raping and murdering a seven-year-old girl, Palestinian security and hospital officials said
- JUNE 6, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
A bilateral treaty on extradition of suspects and criminal...
A bilateral treaty on extradition of suspects and criminal defendants between Japan and South Korea will take effect June 21 following an exchange of ratification documents by Tokyo and Seoul, the Foreign Ministry said
- JUNE 6, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
Shozo Nishiyama, 49, a man in Hiroshima convicted of...
Shozo Nishiyama, 49, a man in Hiroshima convicted of one count of robbery-murder and facing another, said through his lawyer that he wants a legal revision so he can donate his bone marrow and organs while he is in detention and after his death
- JUNE 6, 2002South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
A bilateral treaty on extradition of suspects and criminal...
A bilateral treaty on extradition of suspects and criminal defendants between Japan and South Korea will take effect June 21 following an exchange of ratification documents by Tokyo and Seoul, the Foreign Ministry said
- JUNE 6, 2002GhanaDEATH PENALTY
The Director General of Prisons, Mr
The Director General of Prisons, Mr
- JUNE 6, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Wan Ruizhong, a Communist Party official, was sentenced...
Wan Ruizhong, a Communist Party official, was sentenced to death for accepting bribes to cover up a mine accident that killed 81 people
- JUNE 6, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Bowing to public outrage, the Pakistani [Federal Sharia]...
Bowing to public outrage, the Pakistani [Federal Sharia] court freed Zafran Bibi, a rape victim who was sentenced to death by stoning for the crime of having extramarital relations
- JUNE 6, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A Tehran court sentenced five men to death
A Tehran court sentenced five men to death
- JUNE 6, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
With the approval of the Hubei Provincial Higher People's...
With the approval of the Hubei Provincial Higher People's Court, courts in Xiangfan, Jingzhou, and Yichang carried out execution orders on three principal suspects: Yu Lin, Yang Yiyong, and Zhao Hongyan
- JUNE 6, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Municipal Intermediate People's Court in Xiangfan,...
The Municipal Intermediate People's Court in Xiangfan, Hubei Province, pronounced death sentences on principal triad organization members, Yu Lin (0151 2651) and Li Guojun (2621 0948 6511), the daily newspaper of the Ministry of Public Security reported
- JUNE 6, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
With the approval of the Supreme People's Court, the...
With the approval of the Supreme People's Court, the Intermediate People's court in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, executed Li Lixin, a Hunan "Yiyang Bang" gangster
- JUNE 6, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Bui Hiep Thang, Ngo Anh Cuong and Pham Quang Huy were...
Bui Hiep Thang, Ngo Anh Cuong and Pham Quang Huy were shot in Vietnam for murder
- JUNE 6, 2002DEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN’S FEDERAL SHARIA COURT FREES ZAFRAN BIBI
June 6, 2002: bowing to public outrage, a Pakistani court has freed Zafran Bibi, a rape victim who was sentenced to death by stoning for the crime of having extramarital relations. Zafran left her jail cell carrying the 7-month-old daughter who had been c
- JUNE 5, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
Prosecutors at the Wakayama District Court demanded...
Prosecutors at the Wakayama District Court demanded the death penalty for Masumi Hayashi, accused of the July 1998 Wakayama curry poisoning that killed four people and sickened 63 others
- JUNE 5, 2002Governo Federale degli Stati UnitiDEATH PENALTY
Julius Robinson, 25, was sentenced to death by U
Julius Robinson, 25, was sentenced to death by U
- JUNE 5, 2002New YorkDEATH PENALTY
A state senator from New York wants to give people...
A state senator from New York wants to give people the power to decide whether someone who murders them should face the death penalty
- JUNE 5, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The death sentences given to two young Russians on...
The death sentences given to two young Russians on the island of Zanzibar (part of Tanzania) will not be carried out because there is a moratorium on the death penalty in this African state, the Russian ambassador to Tanzania Doku Zavgayev told ITAR-TASS
- JUNE 5, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
A suspect who pretended to suffer fits during a judgment,...
A suspect who pretended to suffer fits during a judgment, could not escape the gallows when he and two others were sentenced to death by the Uganda High Court for violent robbery
- JUNE 5, 2002TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
The death sentences given to two young Russians on...
The death sentences given to two young Russians on the island of Zanzibar (part of Tanzania) will not be carried out because there is a moratorium on the death penalty in this African state, the Russian ambassador to Tanzania Doku Zavgayev told ITAR-TASS
- JUNE 5, 2002FranceDEATH PENALTY
An alleged anti-abortion killer was deported from France...
An alleged anti-abortion killer was deported from France to the US to face trial for murder
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- JUNE 5, 2002DEATH PENALTY
An alleged anti-abortion killer was deported from France...
An alleged anti-abortion killer was deported from France to the US to face trial for murder
- JUNE 5, 2002TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
Russia has appealed to Zanzibar to review a death sentence...
Russia has appealed to Zanzibar to review a death sentence passed by the Court of Appeal to its two citizens early in 2002 after being convicted of murdering a compatriot
- JUNE 5, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Liberal politicians and human rights activists urged...
Liberal politicians and human rights activists urged for the passage of a bill that would allow independent inspections of prisons and visits to inmates, saying such visits would help root out prison abuses
- JUNE 5, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russia has appealed to Zanzibar to review a death sentence...
Russia has appealed to Zanzibar to review a death sentence passed by the Court of Appeal to its two citizens early in 2002 after being convicted of murdering a compatriot
- JUNE 5, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Intermediate People's Court in Hainan Province...
The Intermediate People's Court in Hainan Province executed six alleged drug criminals, including Zhang Ruifa and Zhang Chunlie
- JUNE 5, 2002IndianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Indiana. Judge Carl Heldt sentenced Paul McManus to death.
USA - Indiana. Judge Carl Heldt sentenced Paul McManus to death.
- JUNE 4, 2002ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
The Zambia Supreme Court quashed a death sentence on...
The Zambia Supreme Court quashed a death sentence on a farm worker convicted of murdering his lover for alleged infidelity
- JUNE 4, 2002SudanDEATH PENALTY
Twenty-five south Sudanese students were given a four-month...
Twenty-five south Sudanese students were given a four-month suspended sentence for celebrating the founding of the main rebel group in Sudan's civil war, defence lawyers said
- JUNE 3, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
Calvin Jerold Burdine, whose lawyer slept for long...
Calvin Jerold Burdine, whose lawyer slept for long portions of his murder trial, will either win freedom or a new trial
- JUNE 3, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Hans-Christian Kruger, deputy secretary-general of...
Hans-Christian Kruger, deputy secretary-general of the Council of Europe, visited Ankara and made a speech at the Foreign Ministry
- JUNE 3, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A daily average of 20 murders were reported to the...
A daily average of 20 murders were reported to the Philippine National Police from January to April 2002, as against only 16 cases in the same period in 2001
- JUNE 3, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Hassan Mousavi, a convicted killer, was publicly hanged...
Hassan Mousavi, a convicted killer, was publicly hanged in the western town of Malayer
- JUNE 3, 2002JordanDEATH PENALTY
According to "Jordan Times", a 35-year-old man was...
According to "Jordan Times", a 35-year-old man was sentenced to death by the Criminal Court on conviction of robbing and murdering a woman in Amman in 2001
- JUNE 3, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigeria's Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) appealed...
Nigeria's Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) appealed to Abia State Governor Orji Kalu to exercise his prerogative of mercy for four Nigerians whose death sentence was recently affirmed by the Supreme Court
- JUNE 3, 2002Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
A Papua New Guinea judge warned that he will not hesitate...
A Papua New Guinea judge warned that he will not hesitate to impose the death penalty in the worst cases of murder
- JUNE 3, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
A group of lawmakers seeking to abolish the death penalty...
A group of lawmakers seeking to abolish the death penalty started discussions on a new set of rules for imprisonment that would eliminate parole for prisoners serving life sentences
- JUNE 3, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
In Japan a creche operator accused of brutally beating...
In Japan a creche operator accused of brutally beating two children to death and injuring four others was handed a maximum penalty of 20 years imprisonment
- JUNE 3, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
A Nigerian woman sentenced to death by stoning for...
A Nigerian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery will be free to look after her child until January 2004, whatever the outcome of her appeal, an Islamic court ruled
- JUNE 3, 2002DEATH PENALTY
REPRIEVE FOR NIGERIAN ADULTERY CONVICT
June 3, 2002: Amina Lawal, a Nigerian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery will be free to look after her child until January 2004, whatever the outcome of her appeal, an Islamic court ruled.
- JUNE 2, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Three men - Javad Akbarpour, Jaber Talebi and Hassan...
Three men - Javad Akbarpour, Jaber Talebi and Hassan Afgani - were hanged in prison in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz
- JUNE 2, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A Philippines trial court sentenced three men to die...
A Philippines trial court sentenced three men to die by lethal injection after finding them guilty of selling almost one kilo of methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu in 2000
- JUNE 2, 2002BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
A Libyan court is to define new charges against six...
A Libyan court is to define new charges against six Bulgarian medical staff and a Palestinian accused of provoking an AIDS epidemic through tainted blood products, the Bulgarian foreign ministry said
- JUNE 2, 2002LibyaDEATH PENALTY
A Libyan court is to define new charges against six...
A Libyan court is to define new charges against six Bulgarian medical staff and a Palestinian accused of provoking an AIDS epidemic through tainted blood products, the Bulgarian foreign ministry said
- JUNE 2, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
An official from Shenyang was sentenced to death for...
An official from Shenyang was sentenced to death for his role in a massive corruption case that brought the municipal Government to its knees, AFP quoted state media reports as saying
- JUNE 2, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A man was sentenced to death for abducting 104 women...
A man was sentenced to death for abducting 104 women and selling them as wives to unwed farmers
- JUNE 2, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In an unusual case, a Chinese public prosecutor withdrew...
In an unusual case, a Chinese public prosecutor withdrew charges because of reasonable doubt against a murder and robbery case suspect who earlier had been sentenced to death
- JUNE 2, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A court in Mashdad, Iran, handed out death sentences...
A court in Mashdad, Iran, handed out death sentences to Mehsi and Hossein
- JUNE 2, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The independent Human Rights Commission of Pakistan...
The independent Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), in its recent 2001 report, estimates that one woman in Pakistan is raped every two hours, but most sexual assaults go unreported because of the impossibility of being able to prove the charges an
- JUNE 2, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
With tears trickling down her face, Shiraka Bibi says...
With tears trickling down her face, Shiraka Bibi says her daughter Zafran, sentenced to be stoned to death under strict Islamic laws for alleged adultery, is the prettiest of her 10 children
- JUNE 2, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Wang Zhihong, a man convicted of causing two deaths...
Wang Zhihong, a man convicted of causing two deaths by poisoning food in a school canteen in Chancheng County in China's Henan Province, was executed
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- JUNE 1, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A court in Karaj, near the Iranian capital Tehran,...
A court in Karaj, near the Iranian capital Tehran, passed a death-by-stoning sentence on Shahnaz
- JUNE 1, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia sentenced some of the men it arrested...
Saudi Arabia sentenced some of the men it arrested in the 1996 bombing of a U
- JUNE 1, 2002PeruDEATH PENALTY
The full horror of Peru's dark years is emerging into...
The full horror of Peru's dark years is emerging into the light in a Latin American version of a truth and reconciliation commission
- JUNE 1, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A 20-year-old man, Majid Mozaffari, was hanged in a...
A 20-year-old man, Majid Mozaffari, was hanged in a prison in the western city of Ilam for murdering two women
- JUNE 1, 2002FijiDEATH PENALTY
Two key figures in Fiji's 2000 coup were to be charged...
Two key figures in Fiji's 2000 coup were to be charged with treason and could be sentenced to death following High Court rulings
- JUNE 1, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A court in Tehran condemned Jamal A
A court in Tehran condemned Jamal A
- JUNE 1, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
June-July,2002: in the last two months 185 persons...
June-July,2002: in the last two months 185 persons were executed in China: 164 drug traffickers, 17 criminals involved in organized crime and 4 others were killed for corruption
- JUNE 1, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
With the approval of the Supreme People's Court, in...
With the approval of the Supreme People's Court, in its second trial, the Provincial Higher People's Court in Hunan Province executed seven criminals, the Xinhua Daily Telegraph reported