Chronological archive
August 2002
The 296 news items published by Hands Off Cain in August 2002, in chronological order.
Palestinian militants shot dead a man they accused...
Palestinian militants shot dead a man they accused of "collaborating" with Israeli security
- AUGUST 31, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Additional sessions judge S
Additional sessions judge S
- AUGUST 31, 2002IsraelDEATH PENALTY
Israeli helicopter gunships attacked a car and a house...
Israeli helicopter gunships attacked a car and a house at a village near Jenin in the West Bank, killing five Palestinians, two of them children
- AUGUST 31, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Israeli helicopter gunships attacked a car and a house...
Israeli helicopter gunships attacked a car and a house at a village near Jenin in the West Bank, killing five Palestinians, two of them children
- AUGUST 31, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani court sentenced six men to death for the...
A Pakistani court sentenced six men to death for the gang rape of a woman on the orders of a traditional village jury
- AUGUST 30, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Two Iraqis convicted of beating and stabbing to death...
Two Iraqis convicted of beating and stabbing to death an elderly Sudanese man and then stealing his money were executed
- AUGUST 30, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
18-year old Rajah Ibrahim was shot in the head in Tulkarm...
18-year old Rajah Ibrahim was shot in the head in Tulkarm after "confessing" to helping Israel to kill Raed Karmi, a leader of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, an armed wing of the Fatah faction of Yassir Arafat, the Palestinian leader
- AUGUST 30, 2002IraqDEATH PENALTY
Two Iraqis convicted of beating and stabbing to death...
Two Iraqis convicted of beating and stabbing to death an elderly Sudanese man and then stealing his money were executed in Saudi Arabia
- AUGUST 30, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Two men including Li Zhen, the former head of north...
Two men including Li Zhen, the former head of north China's Hebei provincial tax department was sentenced to death for corruption
- AUGUST 29, 2002BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
The session cabinet approved Bulgaria's subscription...
The session cabinet approved Bulgaria's subscription to the Protocol 13 of the European Convention on Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, abolishing death penalty under all circumstances, including wartime, state of emergency or state of
- AUGUST 29, 2002GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Richard Lester Sealey, 38, has been sentenced to die...
Richard Lester Sealey, 38, has been sentenced to die for the Jan
- AUGUST 29, 2002DEATH PENALTY
The state Senate approved a bill that would carry out the U
The state Senate approved a bill that would carry out the U
- AUGUST 29, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
An Interior Ministry statement said that Ali bin Ayed...
An Interior Ministry statement said that Ali bin Ayed bin Shadad, a Saudi national convicted of multiple armed robbery, was executed
- AUGUST 29, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
A court in the southern Ho Chi Minh City of Vietnam...
A court in the southern Ho Chi Minh City of Vietnam handed down the death sentence to an Australian of Vietnamese origin after she was found guilty of heroin trafficking
- AUGUST 29, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Speaking in relation to Le My Linh, an Australian sentenced...
Speaking in relation to Le My Linh, an Australian sentenced to death in Vietnam for drug trafficking, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said that the federal government had no sympathy for drug traffickers but was equally firm in its opposition to the dea
- AUGUST 29, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Speaking in relation to Le My Linh, an Australian sentenced...
Speaking in relation to Le My Linh, an Australian sentenced to death in Vietnam for drug trafficking, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said that the federal government had no sympathy for drug traffickers but was equally firm in its opposition to the dea
- AUGUST 29, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A court in the southern Ho Chi Minh City of Vietnam...
A court in the southern Ho Chi Minh City of Vietnam handed down the death sentence to an Australian of Vietnamese origin after she was found guilty of heroin trafficking
- AUGUST 29, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
A member of Moham-med's family, a 50 year old condemned...
A member of Moham-med's family, a 50 year old condemned to death by stoning for raping a nine year old girl, informed the News Agency of Nigeria that the convict had had a psychiatric problem for the past 15 years
- AUGUST 29, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Dr
Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Dr
- AUGUST 29, 2002United StatesDEATH PENALTY
In an unusual public statement about the death penalty,...
In an unusual public statement about the death penalty, 3 Supreme Court justices said the time is right to consider abolishing capital punishment for killers who committed their crimes as minors
- AUGUST 28, 2002CanadaDEATH PENALTY
The Canadian government, accused by critics of ignoring...
The Canadian government, accused by critics of ignoring the case of Amina Lawal Kurami, a Nigerian woman sentenced to death for bearing a child out of wedlock, said it had already protested twice
- AUGUST 28, 2002LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
A poll conducted by the CVVM polling agency revealed...
A poll conducted by the CVVM polling agency revealed that 73 per cent of Lithuanians are in favour of the restoration of the death penalty
- AUGUST 28, 2002BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
A poll conducted by the CVVM polling agency revealed...
A poll conducted by the CVVM polling agency revealed that 68 per cent are in favour of the restoration of the death penalty
- AUGUST 28, 2002CzechiaDEATH PENALTY
A poll conducted by the CVVM polling agency revealed...
A poll conducted by the CVVM polling agency revealed that 56 per cent Czechs are in favour of the restoration of the death penalty
- AUGUST 28, 2002HungaryDEATH PENALTY
A poll conducted by the CVVM polling agency revealed...
A poll conducted by the CVVM polling agency revealed that 60 per cent of Hungarians are in favour of the restoration of the death penalty
- AUGUST 28, 2002PolandDEATH PENALTY
A poll conducted by the CVVM polling agency revealed...
A poll conducted by the CVVM polling agency revealed that 74 per cent of Poles are in favour of the restoration of the death penalty
- AUGUST 28, 2002RomaniaDEATH PENALTY
A poll conducted by the CVVM polling agency revealed...
A poll conducted by the CVVM polling agency revealed that 79 per cent of Romanians are in favour of the restoration of the death penalty
- AUGUST 28, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
Toronto Patterson, now 24, was executed Wednesday evening
Toronto Patterson, now 24, was executed Wednesday evening
- AUGUST 28, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Turkish Justice Minister Aysel Celikel sent a letter...
Turkish Justice Minister Aysel Celikel sent a letter to the Nigerian the Justice Minister, Musa Elayo Abdullahi and the chief prosecutor urging them to exert efforts to stop the execution of Amina Lawal Kurami by stoning
- AUGUST 28, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Turkish Justice Minister Aysel Celikel sent a letter...
Turkish Justice Minister Aysel Celikel sent a letter to the Nigerian the Justice Minister, Musa Elayo Abdullahi and the chief prosecutor urging them to exert efforts to stop the execution of Amina Lawal Kurami by stoning
- AUGUST 28, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Canadian government, accused by critics of ignoring...
The Canadian government, accused by critics of ignoring the case of Amina Lawal Kurami, a Nigerian woman sentenced to death for bearing a child out of wedlock, said it had already protested twice
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- AUGUST 28, 2002KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Charles Waiguru Wamuhito, convicted of violently robbing...
Charles Waiguru Wamuhito, convicted of violently robbing his brother of Sh400 was sentenced to death
- AUGUST 28, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The People's Daily reported that a former employee...
The People's Daily reported that a former employee in Air China's finance department was sentenced to death for embezzling 24
- AUGUST 28, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo postponed...
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo postponed for three months the scheduled executions of three convicted rapists amid a growing debate in the country over capital punishment
- AUGUST 28, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The parent of a teenager murdered in 1973 is refusing...
The parent of a teenager murdered in 1973 is refusing to back calls for the return of the death penalty for child killers
- AUGUST 28, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The National President of the Alumni Association of...
The National President of the Alumni Association of Nigeria, Dr Oke Ewuru recommended capital punishment as penalty for whoever is found guilty of involvement in cultism on University campuses across the country
- AUGUST 27, 2002MissouriDEATH PENALTY
The Missouri Supreme Court reversed 3 death cases:...
The Missouri Supreme Court reversed 3 death cases: Randall Knese - New penalty phase Kenneth Thompson - New penalty phase Kenneth Baumrauk - new trial
- AUGUST 27, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)...
The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) appealed to the Nigerian government to honour its moral and legal obligations to protect the rights and lives of all its citizens - starting with Amina Lawal, a woman sentenced to death by stoning fol
- AUGUST 27, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Local authorities said that Sarimu Mohammed, 50, convicted...
Local authorities said that Sarimu Mohammed, 50, convicted by a sharia court in northern Nigeria for raping a nine-year old girl will be stoned to death after he made no attempt to appeal the sentence
- AUGUST 26, 2002YemenDEATH PENALTY
Ali Mohammed al-Mahmoudi was executed by shooting for murder
Ali Mohammed al-Mahmoudi was executed by shooting for murder
- AUGUST 26, 2002IraqDEATH PENALTY
A report by the Herald Sun newspaper claimed that exiled...
A report by the Herald Sun newspaper claimed that exiled Palestinian terrorist Abu Nidal did not commit suicide as believed, but was executed by Iraqi president Saddam Hussein's secret police for refusing to train al-Qaeda fighters, Iraqi dissidents said
- AUGUST 26, 2002OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
In Denver, the 10th U
In Denver, the 10th U
- AUGUST 26, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG), a nongovernmental...
The Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG), a nongovernmental organization, asked the Supreme Court to declare the death penalty law as unconstitutional and urged it to stop executions scheduled over the next three months
- AUGUST 26, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
A High Court judge sentenced Chinedu Uzoma for murdering...
A High Court judge sentenced Chinedu Uzoma for murdering a government official with a cutlass
- AUGUST 26, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
President Olusegun Obasanjo expressed sympathy for...
President Olusegun Obasanjo expressed sympathy for Amina Lawal, the single mother condemned to death by stoning, but made no firm offer to help her escape the sentence
- AUGUST 26, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
A notice of appeal on behalf of Malama Amina Lawan...
A notice of appeal on behalf of Malama Amina Lawan was filed at the Sharia Court of Appeal by her lead counsel, Barrister A
- AUGUST 26, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
An Upper Sharia Court in Niger State condemned to death...
An Upper Sharia Court in Niger State condemned to death two lovers for adultery
- AUGUST 26, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Yang Ning was executed for embezzlement
Yang Ning was executed for embezzlement
- AUGUST 25, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The district court sentenced to death Amjad Hossain,...
The district court sentenced to death Amjad Hossain, 30, and Jilan Sheikh, 32, for murdering a schoolboy of 12 in 1998
- AUGUST 25, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Officials said a Palestinian militant group executed...
Officials said a Palestinian militant group executed a Palestinian woman accused of spying for Israel, then dumped her bullet ridden corpse in a public square in the West Bank city of Tulkarm
- AUGUST 25, 2002SudanDEATH PENALTY
The Sudanese government said it would not overturn...
The Sudanese government said it would not overturn the death sentences on 88 people who were involved in a deadly tribal clash despite an appeal from rights group Amnesty International
- AUGUST 24, 2002MalawiDEATH PENALTY
Malawi President Bakili Muluzi has urged the Nigerian...
Malawi President Bakili Muluzi has urged the Nigerian government to pardon Amina Lawal Kurami, a woman sentenced to death by stoning having a child outside of wedlock
- AUGUST 24, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Malawi President Bakili Muluzi has urged the Nigerian...
Malawi President Bakili Muluzi has urged the Nigerian government to pardon Amina Lawal Kurami, a woman sentenced to death by stoning having a child outside of wedlock
- AUGUST 24, 2002TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Umedzhon Davlatov, an Islamic extremist, was sentenced...
Umedzhon Davlatov, an Islamic extremist, was sentenced to death and another two - to various terms of imprisonment in Tajikistan, the press center of the Tajik Supreme court said
- AUGUST 24, 2002Central African RepublicDEATH PENALTY
A court in the Central African Republic sentenced former...
A court in the Central African Republic sentenced former military ruler Andre Kolingba and 21 others to death in absentia for their part in an attempted coup last year
- AUGUST 23, 2002UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The Adolat newspaper reported that Yunusali Rahmonov...
The Adolat newspaper reported that Yunusali Rahmonov and Iqbol Usmonov were sentenced to death
- AUGUST 23, 2002TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
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- AUGUST 23, 2002IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
In Cook County the stepfather of a 22-year-old disabled...
In Cook County the stepfather of a 22-year-old disabled woman was sentenced to death by Criminal Court Judge Colleen McSweeney Moore in the woman's beating and starvation death
- AUGUST 23, 2002Sud CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Anthony Green was put to death for the killing of 36-year-old...
Anthony Green was put to death for the killing of 36-year-old Susan Barbara Babich in November 1987
- AUGUST 23, 2002MississippiDEATH PENALTY
In Pascagoula, Jackson County, a jury told the judge...
In Pascagoula, Jackson County, a jury told the judge that Thong Le should die for what he did to Minh Hieu Thi Huynh, 46, and her daughters, who were 11 and 15 last year
- AUGUST 23, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Philippine presidential palace reiterated the position...
The Philippine presidential palace reiterated the position of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to implement capital punishment within the year
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- AUGUST 23, 2002Central African RepublicDEATH PENALTY
The Central African Republic's state prosecutor, Joseph...
The Central African Republic's state prosecutor, Joseph Bindoumi, called for the death penalty for former military ruler Andre Kolingba, three of his children and 19 other associates tried in absentia over a failed coup last year
- AUGUST 23, 2002SudanDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International stated it was gravely concerned...
Amnesty International stated it was gravely concerned that time was running out for 88 people, including two children, sentenced to death by hanging or crucifixion, for their alleged role in ethnic clashes in Rizeigat, Southern Darfur
- AUGUST 22, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Three men were hanged in Tehran's Qasr prison after...
Three men were hanged in Tehran's Qasr prison after being convicted of murder in separate cases
- AUGUST 22, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said his...
Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said his country would be outraged if a Nigerian woman was stoned to death as sentenced by a Sharia court
- AUGUST 22, 2002KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Michael Mucheru Gatu, 40, was sentenced to death for...
Michael Mucheru Gatu, 40, was sentenced to death for killing five members of his family
- AUGUST 22, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said his...
Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said his country would be outraged if a Nigerian woman was stoned to death as sentenced by a Sharia court
- AUGUST 22, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Major Chalermchai Majchaklam of the Supreme Command...
Major Chalermchai Majchaklam of the Supreme Command was sentenced to death for conspiracy to commit first degree murder
- AUGUST 21, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A man convicted of blackmailing and killing two men...
A man convicted of blackmailing and killing two men was hanged in Tehran's Qasr prison
- AUGUST 21, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Ali Mazidi was hanged in prison in Tehran
Ali Mazidi was hanged in prison in Tehran
- AUGUST 21, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
An unnamed man who killed a male relative with a machine...
An unnamed man who killed a male relative with a machine gun because of a dispute was beheaded in the province of Asir, the Interior Ministry said
- AUGUST 21, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The New Zealand National Party called on the Government...
The New Zealand National Party called on the Government to cut $50,000 foreign aid to Nigeria, after the death sentence was handed out to Amina Lawal Kurami for having a child outside marriage
- AUGUST 21, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
An unmarried pregnant Nigerian woman, desperate not...
An unmarried pregnant Nigerian woman, desperate not to go home after a court ruling that a women is to face death by stoning for having a child out of wedlock, won temporary refuge in Cyprus, officials said
- AUGUST 21, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Legal Daily reported that a court in Hunan Province...
The Legal Daily reported that a court in Hunan Province ordered the execution of Zou Dongfan and Yang Jiaowen for issuance of false tax invoices
- AUGUST 21, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Intermediate People's Court in Shaoyang, Hunan...
The Intermediate People's Court in Shaoyang, Hunan Province, sentenced Zhou Shaoqiu and Tan Longzhou to death for issuance of false value added specialized tax invoices
- AUGUST 21, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court, in Guangdong...
The Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court, in Guangdong Province, sentenced alleged drug traffickers Zou Shaohua a Malaysian, and Liu Songwen, to death with two years reprieve, the Yangcheng Evening News reported
- AUGUST 21, 2002New ZealandDEATH PENALTY
The New Zealand National Party called on the Government...
The New Zealand National Party called on the Government to cut $50,000 foreign aid to Nigeria, after the death sentence was handed out to Amina Lawal Kurami for having a child outside marriage
- AUGUST 21, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The Chief of Jamaat-e-Islami, Qazi Hussain Ahmed, condemned...
The Chief of Jamaat-e-Islami, Qazi Hussain Ahmed, condemned the death penalty for Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, stating that he should be tried in an open court
- AUGUST 21, 2002Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
The co-rapporteurs of the PACE Monitoring Commission,...
The co-rapporteurs of the PACE Monitoring Commission, Irena Belogorska nd Yerzhi Yaskernya met with the relatives of the members of the Armenian Government and of the Armenian deputies killed as a result of the October '99 terrorist act in the Armenian Pa
- AUGUST 21, 2002CyprusDEATH PENALTY
An unmarried pregnant Nigerian woman, desperate not...
An unmarried pregnant Nigerian woman, desperate not to go home after a court ruling that a women is to face death by stoning for having a child out of wedlock, won temporary refuge in Cyprus, officials said
- AUGUST 21, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The co-rapporteurs of the PACE Monitoring Commission,...
The co-rapporteurs of the PACE Monitoring Commission, Irena Belogorska nd Yerzhi Yaskernya met with the relatives of the members of the Armenian Government and of the Armenian deputies killed as a result of the October '99 terrorist act in the Armenian Pa
- AUGUST 21, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The Express newspaper ran an article demanding that...
The Express newspaper ran an article demanding that there be a Parliamentary debate on the re-introduction of the death penalty
- AUGUST 21, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The All African Global media reported that various...
The All African Global media reported that various rights groups in Nigeria had mobilised in defence of Amina Lawal Kurami, sentenced to death for having sex outside of marriage
- AUGUST 21, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Two brothers were sentenced by a court for murder
Two brothers were sentenced by a court for murder
- AUGUST 20, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
Gary Wayne Etheridge, 38, was executed this evening...
Gary Wayne Etheridge, 38, was executed this evening for the fatal stabbing of Christie Chauviere, a 15-year-old girl, a dozen years ago
- AUGUST 20, 2002ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
The Arizona Supreme Court overturned Lemuel Prion's...
The Arizona Supreme Court overturned Lemuel Prion's 1999 convictions and death sentence for the slaying of 19-year-old Diana Vicari in October 1992
- AUGUST 20, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani man convicted of smuggling heroin into...
A Pakistani man convicted of smuggling heroin into the Gulf Arab state was beheaded, the Interior Ministry said
- AUGUST 20, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani man convicted of smuggling heroin into...
A Pakistani man convicted of smuggling heroin into the Gulf Arab state was beheaded, the Interior Ministry said
- AUGUST 20, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A national debate on the restoration of the death penalty...
A national debate on the restoration of the death penalty for the most heinous murders was advocated by Ann Widdecombe, the former Conservative Home Office minister
- AUGUST 20, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
In a statement regarding the sentencing to death by...
In a statement regarding the sentencing to death by stoning for adultery of Amina Lawal Kurami, executive director of the Women's Rights Division of Human Rights Watch, LaShawn R Jefferson said: "The legal system is being used to punish adult women for co
- AUGUST 20, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The European Commission, the executive arm of the European...
The European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union (EU), said it was concerned over a Nigerian court ruling that a 31-year-old woman, Amina Lawal Kurami must face death by stoning for having a child out of wedlock
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- AUGUST 19, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Britain expressed concern to the Nigerian government...
Britain expressed concern to the Nigerian government over the Appeal Court ruling upholding the death sentence by stoning passed on Amina Lawal Kurami, a woman convicted of adultery under the country's Sharia law
- AUGUST 19, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Three Pakistani militants claimed the Wall Street Journal...
Three Pakistani militants claimed the Wall Street Journal correspondent Daniel Pearl was murdered by an Arab two days after he tried to escape
- AUGUST 19, 2002IraqDEATH PENALTY
An unclear report stated that following the US air...
An unclear report stated that following the US air force bombing of Iraqi Battalion 64 on the evenings of 18 and 19 July, the Iraqi regime arrested the officers of the battalion and had them tried at the Special Security Tribunal, under the chairmanship o
- AUGUST 19, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Rassul was hanged in public in Najaf Abad, Iran
Rassul was hanged in public in Najaf Abad, Iran
- AUGUST 19, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Hassan was sentenced to death in Tehran
Hassan was sentenced to death in Tehran
- AUGUST 19, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Britain expressed concern to the Nigerian government...
Britain expressed concern to the Nigerian government over the Appeal Court ruling upholding the death sentence by stoning passed on Amina Lawal Kurami, a woman convicted of adultery under the country's Sharia law
- AUGUST 19, 2002South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
The Gay and Lesbian Alliance (GLA) political party...
The Gay and Lesbian Alliance (GLA) political party called for the reinstatement of the death penalty for murder in its electoral manifesto for the 2004 general elections in South Africa
- AUGUST 19, 2002AngolaDEATH PENALTY
A human rights group accused members of the Namibia...
A human rights group accused members of the Namibia Defence Force (NDF) and Angolan Armed Forces (FAA) of committing atrocities in southern Angola
- AUGUST 19, 2002LibyaDEATH PENALTY
Human Rights Watch reiterated its call on the African...
Human Rights Watch reiterated its call on the African Union to abandon plans to nominate Libya as next chair for the Commission
- AUGUST 19, 2002NamibiaDEATH PENALTY
A human rights group accused members of the Namibia...
A human rights group accused members of the Namibia Defence Force (NDF) and Angolan Armed Forces (FAA) of committing atrocities in southern Angola
- AUGUST 19, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Prison moved 10 of 12 youth offenders out of Death...
Prison moved 10 of 12 youth offenders out of Death Row at the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) in Muntinlupa
- AUGUST 19, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Following the retrieval of the dead bodies of Jessica...
Following the retrieval of the dead bodies of Jessica and Holly Chapman, two ten year old girls who had disappeared earlier on in the month, the Daily Mail newspaper printed an article by Mary Kenny pushing for the re-introduction of the death penalty
- AUGUST 19, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
In an editorial in the Daily Mirror, Tony Parsons that...
In an editorial in the Daily Mirror, Tony Parsons that to deal with the killers of Jessica and Holly Chapman "the answer is obvious - bring back the death penalty
- AUGUST 19, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Amina Lawal Kurami, a single mother of 30, had her...
Amina Lawal Kurami, a single mother of 30, had her appeal rejected by an Islamic high court in northern Nigeria and thus came one step closer to being stoned to death for having sex out of wedlock
- AUGUST 19, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Additional Session Judge (Third Court) of Comilla...
The Additional Session Judge (Third Court) of Comilla Md Ansar Ali found Parvin Akhter guilty of murdering her step-daughter by strangulation and sentenced her to death
- AUGUST 19, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson said China needed to rely on political reform rather than repression to deal with growing social unrest
- AUGUST 19, 2002United NationsDEATH PENALTY
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson said China needed to rely on political reform rather than repression to deal with growing social unrest
- AUGUST 18, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A 17-year-old, Milad B
A 17-year-old, Milad B
- AUGUST 18, 2002United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Nurse Wendy Alsford spent her working life confronting...
Nurse Wendy Alsford spent her working life confronting illness, frailty and death as she cared for society's sick in hospitals across Britain
- AUGUST 18, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The four Chechen policemen who died in the village...
The four Chechen policemen who died in the village of Martan-Chu on August 16 were killed by rebels in keeping with a verdict of a Shariah court, head of the Urus-Martan district administration Shirvani Yasayev told Interfax
- AUGUST 18, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A new political party, the Kapatiran sa Pangkalahatang...
A new political party, the Kapatiran sa Pangkalahatang Kabutihan (KPK) or Political Movement for the Common Good, was launched in the Philippines offering voters a purported "alternative" for the 2004 polls
- AUGUST 18, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Legal Daily reported that a court in Liuzhou, southwest...
The Legal Daily reported that a court in Liuzhou, southwest Guangxi Province, executed Ma Lin and Jiang Baolin, respectively chairman and president of Sanmeng Industry and Trade Ltd Co
- AUGUST 17, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Twelve minors are still languishing on death row in...
Twelve minors are still languishing on death row in the Philippines despite a Supreme Court resolution ordering their transfer to the medium security compound of the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) in Muntinlupa
- AUGUST 17, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Hossein was given a death sentence by a court in Tehran
Hossein was given a death sentence by a court in Tehran
- AUGUST 17, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Deputy Chairman Sevket...
Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Deputy Chairman Sevket Bulent Yahnici sent a letter to Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit to demand that normal convict status be prepared for Abdullah Ocalan, the head of the terrorist organization, and that he be transferred t
- AUGUST 17, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A Thai and an Indian, namely Saelow Praset, 55, and...
A Thai and an Indian, namely Saelow Praset, 55, and Ayodya Praset Combay, 57, both sentenced to death for trying to smuggle heroin into Indonesia, expressed complaints to the press over the long delay concerning the reply to their application for a Presid
- AUGUST 17, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A senior Iranian cleric called for the execution of...
A senior Iranian cleric called for the execution of a university professor who claimed that Islamic fundamentalism had taken hold of the country's ruling elite
- AUGUST 17, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
A Thai and an Indian, namely Saelow Praset, 55, and...
A Thai and an Indian, namely Saelow Praset, 55, and Ayodya Praset Combay, 57, both sentenced to death for trying to smuggle heroin into Indonesia, expressed complaints to the press over the long delay concerning the reply to their application for a Presid
- AUGUST 17, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
A Thai and an Indian, namely Saelow Praset, 55, and...
A Thai and an Indian, namely Saelow Praset, 55, and Ayodya Praset Combay, 57, both sentenced to death for trying to smuggle heroin into Indonesia, expressed complaints to the press over the long delay concerning the reply to their application for a Presid
- AUGUST 17, 2002MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Hundreds turned out in the Mexican border town of Piedras...
Hundreds turned out in the Mexican border town of Piedras Negras for the funeral of a Mexican man executed in Texas [on August 14] for the 1988 killing of an undercover cop
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- AUGUST 17, 2002MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Hundreds turned out in the Mexican border town of Piedras...
Hundreds turned out in the Mexican border town of Piedras Negras for the funeral of a Mexican man executed in Texas [on August 14] for the 1988 killing of an undercover cop
- AUGUST 17, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Nine people convicted of violent robberies, in four...
Nine people convicted of violent robberies, in four of which their victims died, were executed in Beijing, media said
- AUGUST 16, 2002Governo Federale degli Stati UnitiDEATH PENALTY
In Alexandria, Va
In Alexandria, Va
- AUGUST 16, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A man accused of shooting dead and butchering two Mormon...
A man accused of shooting dead and butchering two Mormon missionaries should be extradited to Texas to face murder charges, a London court ruled
- AUGUST 16, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A man accused of shooting dead and butchering two Mormon...
A man accused of shooting dead and butchering two Mormon missionaries should be extradited to Texas to face murder charges, a London court ruled
- AUGUST 16, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
A Special Police Constable attached to Kikooge Police...
A Special Police Constable attached to Kikooge Police Post in Uganda's Nakasongola district was sentenced to death for murder
- AUGUST 16, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Philippines Senate will rush the passage of a bill...
The Philippines Senate will rush the passage of a bill repealing the death penalty before the first execution of a death convict under the Arroyo administration in October
- AUGUST 16, 2002GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
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- AUGUST 16, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
A Denton jury recommends death sentence
A Denton jury recommends death sentence
- AUGUST 16, 2002AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
Wilson Earl Robitaille was sentenced to death during...
Wilson Earl Robitaille was sentenced to death during his sentencing hearing in Cullman County Circuit Court
- AUGUST 16, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The court in northern Hung Yen province sentenced four...
The court in northern Hung Yen province sentenced four women and one man to death after they were found guilty of drug trafficking
- AUGUST 16, 2002ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
The Lusaka High Court sentenced to death a 36-year-old...
The Lusaka High Court sentenced to death a 36-year-old man who strangled a security guard to death and stole a fridge and goods worth K1
- AUGUST 16, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Lawyers and academics condemned the handing down of...
Lawyers and academics condemned the handing down of a 55-year jail sentence to a man convicted of leading a series of gang rapes in Sydney
- AUGUST 16, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Shanghai held a sentencing rally for major violent...
Shanghai held a sentencing rally for major violent crimes, including robbing, snatching away people's property and seriously threatening people's safety
- AUGUST 16, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Three Hong Kong men found guilty of drug trafficking...
Three Hong Kong men found guilty of drug trafficking and possession were executed in Shenzhen after their appeals were rejected by the Guangdong Province People's High Court
- AUGUST 15, 2002South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Crime is by no means a threat to South Africa, said...
Crime is by no means a threat to South Africa, said Justice and Constitutional Development minister Penuell Maduna in Pretoria while announcing the forthcoming Global Judges Symposium on Sustainable Development to be held in Johannesburg on August 18
- AUGUST 15, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistan's Supreme Court ordered the release of a Christian...
Pakistan's Supreme Court ordered the release of a Christian whose death sentence for blasphemy led to a bishop's suicide
- AUGUST 15, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court, in Guangdong...
The Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court, in Guangdong Province, tried 24 people for participating in criminal syndicates, intentional assault, blackmail, kidnapping and extortion
- AUGUST 15, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The former Deputy Director of the Fisheries Department,...
The former Deputy Director of the Fisheries Department, Anwar Kenneth was sentenced to death for blasphemy and fined an additional Rs 500,000
- AUGUST 15, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Zhou Guanglong was convicted by the Guangzhou Intermediate...
Zhou Guanglong was convicted by the Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court of organizing gangsters, injuring and blackmailing people, illegally carrying weapons and other serious crimes and sentenced to death
- AUGUST 14, 2002MissouriDEATH PENALTY
Missouri inmate executed after 22-hour reprieve
Missouri inmate executed after 22-hour reprieve
- AUGUST 14, 2002MissouriDEATH PENALTY
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The 8th U
- AUGUST 14, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Hayel al-Sayed Mohammedain, an Egyptian man convicted...
Hayel al-Sayed Mohammedain, an Egyptian man convicted of murder was beheaded
- AUGUST 14, 2002GhanaDEATH PENALTY
Charles Ebo Quansah, was last week sentenced to death...
Charles Ebo Quansah, was last week sentenced to death by an Accra High Court for murder of Akua Serwaah in Kumasi a self-confessed serial killer
- AUGUST 14, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Yunnan Daily reported that the Intermediate People's...
The Yunnan Daily reported that the Intermediate People's Court in Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, southwest Yunnan Province, sentenced Yang Hongying, female, to death with two years reprieve, deprivation of political rights for life, and confiscation of a
- AUGUST 14, 2002KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
Supreme Court chairman, Kayrat Mami, said in an interview...
Supreme Court chairman, Kayrat Mami, said in an interview with the Kazakh newspaper MN Novosti Nedeli that it was too early to abolish capital punishment
- AUGUST 14, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Huntsville, Javier Suarez Medina was executed amid...
In Huntsville, Javier Suarez Medina was executed amid Mexican government protests he was not provided proper legal assistance guaranteed to foreigners under an international treaty
- AUGUST 14, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Chan Chor Shun, 45, a businessman, was convicted and...
Chan Chor Shun, 45, a businessman, was convicted and sentenced to death by the Kuantan High Court on June 4, 1996, but today the Court of Appeal set aside the conviction and sentence against him
- AUGUST 14, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
District and sessions judge (Rajgarh, Rajasthan) PK...
District and sessions judge (Rajgarh, Rajasthan) PK Sharma Rajgarh handed down the death sentence to Jora and Wazir and a life term to Balraj and Laxman on the charge of murdering Mahant Krishan Giri, who was president of Akhil Bhartiya Sadhu Samaj of Bal
- AUGUST 14, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia: a men beheaded and two had his right hand amputated
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- AUGUST 13, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Two House committees jointly approved a bill seeking...
Two House committees jointly approved a bill seeking to abolish the death penalty
- AUGUST 13, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The Sindh High Court admitted an appeal by British-born...
The Sindh High Court admitted an appeal by British-born militant Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh against his conviction and death sentence in the kidnap-slaying of U
- AUGUST 13, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
Mary Robinson appealed to US Secretary of State Colin...
Mary Robinson appealed to US Secretary of State Colin Powell to stay the execution of a Mexican prisoner due to die in Texas today
- AUGUST 13, 2002Nord CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
A jury in U
A jury in U
- AUGUST 13, 2002TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
The Tajik Interior Ministry's department for eradicating...
The Tajik Interior Ministry's department for eradicating drug trafficking destroyed 637 kilos of drugs, including 237 kilos of heroin
- AUGUST 13, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Mary Robinson appealed to US Secretary of State Colin...
Mary Robinson appealed to US Secretary of State Colin Powell to stay the execution of a Mexican prisoner due to die in Texas today
- AUGUST 13, 2002EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
Acting Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister...
Acting Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister Magwagwa Mdluli said that two prisoners were ready to be executed after losing their appeals for mercy last week
- AUGUST 13, 2002MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Mary Robinson appealed to US Secretary of State Colin...
Mary Robinson appealed to US Secretary of State Colin Powell to stay the execution of a Mexican prisoner due to die in Texas today
- AUGUST 13, 2002BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
The Barbados parliament passed a constitutional amendment...
The Barbados parliament passed a constitutional amendment removing restrictions to the death penalty, with Attorney General Mia Mottley warning that the changes will not result in any immediate resumption of hangings on the island
- AUGUST 13, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Awami League President Sheikh Hasina accused the government...
Awami League President Sheikh Hasina accused the government of patronizing the killers, which she said is the main cause of the rise in murders and crimes that threatened the fabric of society
- AUGUST 13, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Zhou Qidong, former member of Anhui Province's Wuhu...
Zhou Qidong, former member of Anhui Province's Wuhu City Party Committee Standing Committee and secretary of the city political science and law commission, who hired killers to kill a woman, was executed together with Zhao Zhenghe, Wang Changchun, and Yua
- AUGUST 12, 2002DEATH PENALTY
A jury has recommended the death penalty for Calvin...
A jury has recommended the death penalty for Calvin Parker, 33, convicted of the Aug
- AUGUST 12, 2002YemenDEATH PENALTY
The Saudi authorities executed Yemeni national Muhammad...
The Saudi authorities executed Yemeni national Muhammad Bin-Hasan Bin-Umar Bin-Ali in Jedda after he was convicted by the Islamic Sharia Court of rape and theft
- AUGUST 12, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
The Saudi authorities executed Yemeni national Muhammad...
The Saudi authorities executed Yemeni national Muhammad Bin-Hasan Bin-Umar Bin-Ali in Jedda after he was convicted by the Islamic Sharia Court of rape and theft
- AUGUST 12, 2002DEATH PENALTY
The Palestinian radio Voice of Palestine said Israeli...
The Palestinian radio Voice of Palestine said Israeli occupation forces executed Ghazal Fyrayhat in Al-Yamun village, west of Jenin, this morning
- AUGUST 12, 2002IsraelDEATH PENALTY
The Palestinian radio Voice of Palestine said Israeli...
The Palestinian radio Voice of Palestine said Israeli occupation forces executed Ghazal Fyrayhat in Al-Yamun village, west of Jenin, this morning
- AUGUST 12, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Chief Prosecutor of Prosecutor General's Office of...
Chief Prosecutor of Prosecutor General's Office of Russia George Tsurtsumia actively cooperates with Prosecutor General's Office of Georgia regarding issue of extradition of Chechens detained for penetration of border
- AUGUST 12, 2002GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Chief Prosecutor of Prosecutor General's Office of...
Chief Prosecutor of Prosecutor General's Office of Russia George Tsurtsumia actively cooperates with Prosecutor General's Office of Georgia regarding issue of extradition of Chechens detained for penetration of border
- AUGUST 12, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
The beheading of an Indian national, convicted of smuggling...
The beheading of an Indian national, convicted of smuggling heroin into Saudi Arabia, at a public place in al Khobar highlights the need for creating awareness among job seekers from being exploited as drug carriers
- AUGUST 12, 2002JordanDEATH PENALTY
An editorial in English by Jordan Times web site said...
An editorial in English by Jordan Times web site said it appears that the brutal killing of women in the name of family honour continues despite all the efforts and the campaigns to eradicate this social phenomenon
- AUGUST 12, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The beheading of an Indian national, convicted of smuggling...
The beheading of an Indian national, convicted of smuggling heroin into Saudi Arabia, at a public place in al Khobar highlights the need for creating awareness among job seekers from being exploited as drug carriers
- AUGUST 12, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigeria warned Miss World contestants to steer clear...
Nigeria warned Miss World contestants to steer clear of parts of the country practising sharia law during the pageant's finals in the capital, Abuja, in November
- AUGUST 12, 2002IraqDEATH PENALTY
Iraqi Communist Party newspaper Tariq al-Sha'b reported...
Iraqi Communist Party newspaper Tariq al-Sha'b reported that on 25 June, the [Iraqi] authorities handed over the bodies of three citizens, that they had executed earlier, to their families in Al-Hindiyah Administrative District and its environs
- AUGUST 12, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Five notorious dacoits were sentenced to death, one...
Five notorious dacoits were sentenced to death, one of them in absentia, for murder of a housewife and her brother-in-law in the suburb of the town in May 1999
- AUGUST 12, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Moved to tears by the wails of the parents of Bappi...
Moved to tears by the wails of the parents of Bappi and Ratna, two children brutally killed within a span of five days, opposition leader Sheikh Hasina urged people to stand united to end "misrule" as she said this government failed to provide public secu
- AUGUST 11, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The residents of Noorani Basti held demonstration before...
The residents of Noorani Basti held demonstration before press club demanding death sentence for killers of married girl Ishrat who was burnt by in laws some 10 days back and expired in civil hospital on Friday last
- AUGUST 11, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, sentenced to...
Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, sentenced to death in 1999, praised Turkey's abolition of capital punishment as the most important decision in its modern history, in an interview
- AUGUST 11, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court has affirmed the 25 counts of death...
The Supreme Court has affirmed the 25 counts of death penalty the Pasig City Regional Trial Court imposed on a man who raped his 13-year-old daughter in 1998, at the time his wife was pregnant with their fifth child
- AUGUST 11, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Despite tough laws against human trafficking, which...
Despite tough laws against human trafficking, which carries the death penalty, hundreds of Bangladeshi children are kidnapped every year, humanitarian groups say
- AUGUST 11, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia flogged 12 teenage boys in public for...
Saudi Arabia flogged 12 teenage boys in public for harassing women, Saudi media reported
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- AUGUST 11, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Mohammed Ali Haji, an Indian national convicted of...
Mohammed Ali Haji, an Indian national convicted of smuggling heroin into Saudi Arabia, was beheaded in Al Khobar, the Saudi news agency (SPA) said
- AUGUST 11, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Mohammed Ali Haji, an Indian national convicted of...
Mohammed Ali Haji, an Indian national convicted of smuggling heroin into Saudi Arabia, was beheaded in Al Khobar, the Saudi news agency (SPA) said
- AUGUST 11, 2002SyriaDEATH PENALTY
Syria released a leading communist dissident after...
Syria released a leading communist dissident after 27 years in jail because of serious health problems, human rights lawyers said
- AUGUST 11, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Businessman Alex Wong Teck Choy was sentenced to death...
Businessman Alex Wong Teck Choy was sentenced to death early in August for the murder of 27-year-old car spare parts assistant Seow Nan Keong
- AUGUST 11, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Residents of the Indian village of Noorani Basti held...
Residents of the Indian village of Noorani Basti held a demonstration demanding the death sentence for the killers of Ishrat, a married girl who was burnt by her in-laws and died in civil hospital ten days later, on August 9
- AUGUST 11, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
In May 1991, they blew up the man who would be India's...
In May 1991, they blew up the man who would be India's Prime Minister
- AUGUST 11, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
In May 1991, they blew up the man who would be India's...
In May 1991, they blew up the man who would be India's Prime Minister
- AUGUST 10, 2002South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
The African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) called...
The African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) called on the New National Party (NNP) to disband after its leader promoted the reinstatement of the death penalty in his Women's Day message
- AUGUST 10, 2002United StatesDEATH PENALTY
A trend that sees women drawn to marry killers waiting...
A trend that sees women drawn to marry killers waiting to die on death row is increasing
- AUGUST 10, 2002IndianaDEATH PENALTY
Benjamin Ritchie, 22, had a jury's death penalty verdict...
Benjamin Ritchie, 22, had a jury's death penalty verdict in a Marion Superior Courtroom for the Sept
- AUGUST 10, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court has modified the death sentence imposed...
The Supreme Court has modified the death sentence imposed on two accused in a multiple murder case into life imprisonment on the ground that death sentence could be awarded only to those who could not be reformed or rehabilitated and if they constituted a
- AUGUST 10, 2002UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Human rights organisations and diplomats believe 6,500...
Human rights organisations and diplomats believe 6,500 Muslims are currently in jail in Uzbekistan for supposed sympathies with Muslim extremist groups
- AUGUST 10, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Devlet Bahceli, Nationalist Action Party [MHP] leader...
Devlet Bahceli, Nationalist Action Party [MHP] leader and deputy prime minister, declared that embarking on a road based on the notions of blackmail and surrender in Turkey's ties with the EU will prepare the ground for more excessive demands pertaining t
- AUGUST 9, 2002South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
The murder and possible rape of former first lady Marike...
The murder and possible rape of former first lady Marike de Klerk strengthened the New National Party's case for the reinstatement of the death penalty, NNP leader Marthinus van Schalkwyk said
- AUGUST 9, 2002South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
South Africa should impose the death penalty on criminals...
South Africa should impose the death penalty on criminals who committed murder, rape and armed robbery to protect the lives of its citizens, especially women, an opposition party leader said
- AUGUST 9, 2002PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
After less than a half-hour of deliberations, a jury...
After less than a half-hour of deliberations, a jury decided that Herbert Blakeney should be put to death for the near decapitation of his stepson
- AUGUST 9, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Communists presented four questions to be raised...
The Communists presented four questions to be raised in a projected referendum aimed at blocking the government's reforms
- AUGUST 9, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
In a letter to the editor of the UK Independent daily,...
In a letter to the editor of the UK Independent daily, MP Ann Clwyd wrote: "Along with other members of the All-Party Parliamentary Human Rights Group, I am encouraged by the recent legislative reforms in Turkey, which pave the way for the abolition of th
- AUGUST 9, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The files of those who were sentenced to death on charges...
The files of those who were sentenced to death on charges of terrorism will be reviwed after Turkey abolished the death sentence except for the "crimes committed in times of war and situations of imminent war"
- AUGUST 9, 2002BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
The verdict in the trial of 15 people charged with...
The verdict in the trial of 15 people charged with the wilful contamination of 393 Libyan children with AIDS was again postponed to an unspecified date, according to legal sources in Tripoli
- AUGUST 9, 2002LibyaDEATH PENALTY
The verdict in the trial of 15 people charged with...
The verdict in the trial of 15 people charged with the wilful contamination of 393 Libyan children with AIDS was again postponed to an unspecified date, according to legal sources in Tripoli
- AUGUST 9, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Xiamen Intermediate People's Court, in Fujian Province,...
Xiamen Intermediate People's Court, in Fujian Province, sentenced Zhao Keming, Xiamen vice-mayor, to death with two years reprieve and confiscation of all assets for accepting bribes
- AUGUST 9, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
The head of Iran's Assembly of Experts, Great Ayatollah...
The head of Iran's Assembly of Experts, Great Ayatollah Ali Meshkini, has sought the death penalty for a pro-reform journalist who allegedly insulted Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) in a speech in the western city of Hamedan
- AUGUST 9, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Hangzhou Intermediate People's Court, in Zhejiang Province,...
Hangzhou Intermediate People's Court, in Zhejiang Province, sentenced Zhou Hang, director of the Provincial Pharmaceutical Supervision Administration, to death with a two year reprieve
- AUGUST 9, 2002KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
Kyrgyzstan rebutted a report by Amnesty International...
Kyrgyzstan rebutted a report by Amnesty International that it applied the death penalty to mentally retarded people published the international NGO on June 20, 2002
- AUGUST 9, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
India's Supreme Court modified the death sentence imposed...
India's Supreme Court modified the death sentence imposed on two accused in a multiple murder case into life imprisonment on the ground that death sentence could be awarded only to those who could not be reformed or rehabilitated and if they constituted a
- AUGUST 9, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
India's Supreme Court modified the death sentence imposed...
India's Supreme Court modified the death sentence imposed on two accused in a multiple murder case into life imprisonment on the ground that death sentence could be awarded only to those who could not be reformed or rehabilitated and if they constituted a
- AUGUST 8, 2002KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
Mijya Stoyanov and two other unnamed men convicted...
Mijya Stoyanov and two other unnamed men convicted for murder were executed by shooting
- AUGUST 8, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Amarillo, Christopher Chad Britton, a Canadian man,...
In Amarillo, Christopher Chad Britton, a Canadian man, was sentenced to death after being convicted to killing a sheriff's deputy
- AUGUST 8, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Episcopal Commission on Prison Pastoral Care (ECPPC)...
The Episcopal Commission on Prison Pastoral Care (ECPPC) of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) implored President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's administration to opt for justice that heals and not justice that kills
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- AUGUST 8, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
T.J. Jones was executed today in the death chamber...
T.J. Jones was executed today in the death chamber of the Huntsville "Walls" Unit
- AUGUST 8, 2002LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Chief Beirut Investigating Magistrate Hatem Madi requested...
Chief Beirut Investigating Magistrate Hatem Madi requested the death penalty for the deputy leader of Esbat al-Ansar and six other members of the Islamic fundamentalist group, for their role in the 1996 murder of a Sidon man
- AUGUST 8, 2002SloveniaDEATH PENALTY
Slovenia supports the EU's efforts for the abolition...
Slovenia supports the EU's efforts for the abolition of death penalty and a global moratorium on death penalty, and has therefore urged Texas Governor Rick Perry to prevent the execution of Mexican national Javier Suarez Medina, who is to be killed by let
- AUGUST 8, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Indian police are hunting the sons of a woman who burnt...
Indian police are hunting the sons of a woman who burnt herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre
- AUGUST 8, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A mail bomb designer in east China was sentenced to...
A mail bomb designer in east China was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve by a local court
- AUGUST 8, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Singapore has promised Australia it will not hang a...
Singapore has promised Australia it will not hang a British businessman if he is extradited to the city state and convicted of a grisly double murder
- AUGUST 8, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Three persons wiped out an entire family in cold blood...
Three persons wiped out an entire family in cold blood due to sibling rivalry and were sentenced to death
- AUGUST 8, 2002SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Singapore has promised Australia it will not hang a...
Singapore has promised Australia it will not hang a British businessman if he is extradited to the city state and convicted of a grisly double murder
- AUGUST 8, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Deaf mute Darryl Beamish, who was on death row in Australia...
Deaf mute Darryl Beamish, who was on death row in Australia 41 years ago for the murder of a wealthy Melbourne heiress, began a new legal fight
- AUGUST 8, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
An average of six overseas Filipino workers arrive...
An average of six overseas Filipino workers arrive in coffins while others are awaiting beheading in the Middle East
- AUGUST 8, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer formally ratified...
Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer formally ratified a package of human rights reforms aimed at preparing the country for European Union membership, his official Web site said
- AUGUST 8, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
The man charged with murdering eight students and injuring...
The man charged with murdering eight students and injuring 15 others at Ikeda Primary School in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, in 2001, said he would not appeal the decision of the Osaka District Court
- AUGUST 7, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A press briefing was held jointly by the human rights...
A press briefing was held jointly by the human rights and revision of laws committees and the Free Legal Assistance Group to react to Col
- AUGUST 7, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
Richard William Kutzner, 59, was executed Wednesday...
Richard William Kutzner, 59, was executed Wednesday evening for killing a suburban Houston woman
- AUGUST 7, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
Olivier Dupuis, MEP (Lista Bonino) asked the European...
Olivier Dupuis, MEP (Lista Bonino) asked the European Commission on if it had been informed of the "serious risks" of Mori Katsuhisa being executed in the very near future
- AUGUST 7, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
Olivier Dupuis, MEP (Lista Bonino) asked the European...
Olivier Dupuis, MEP (Lista Bonino) asked the European Commission on if it had been informed of the "serious risks" of Mori Katsuhisa being executed in the very near future
- AUGUST 7, 2002EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Egypt sentenced three men to death for murdering a...
Egypt sentenced three men to death for murdering a man whose fiancee one of the killers wanted to marry, a court source said
- AUGUST 7, 2002LesothoDEATH PENALTY
Draft legislation before the Lesotho parliament providing...
Draft legislation before the Lesotho parliament providing stringent penalties for sexual offenders and child abusers proposes the death penalty for people who commit sexual offences knowing they are HIV-positive
- AUGUST 7, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
In Ramallah, the Palestinian city just north of Jerusalem,...
In Ramallah, the Palestinian city just north of Jerusalem, a firing squad executed a convicted killer and rapist in the courtyard of Yasser Arafat's compound
- AUGUST 7, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
A British businessman and his Singaporean assistant...
A British businessman and his Singaporean assistant wanted in Singapore in connection with a grisly double murder intend to fight extradition from Australia
- AUGUST 7, 2002SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
A British businessman and his Singaporean assistant...
A British businessman and his Singaporean assistant wanted in Singapore in connection with a grisly double murder intend to fight extradition from Australia
- AUGUST 7, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Shaoyang Intermediate People's Court, in Hunan Province,...
Shaoyang Intermediate People's Court, in Hunan Province, sentenced Yang Fengjie, Zhou Xiaoqiao, Xie Xiheng and Liu Huaying to death
- AUGUST 7, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
More than a hundred Philippines death convicts have...
More than a hundred Philippines death convicts have a new lease on life
- AUGUST 6, 2002IdahoDEATH PENALTY
In Boise, the Idaho Supreme Court threw out the death...
In Boise, the Idaho Supreme Court threw out the death sentence of Donald Fetterly, citing a recent U
- AUGUST 6, 2002IraqDEATH PENALTY
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein ordered the release...
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein ordered the release of some prisoners to mark the 14th anniversary of the end of the Iran-Iraq war
- AUGUST 6, 2002GuatemalaDEATH PENALTY
Guatemalan lawmakers began debating a presidential...
Guatemalan lawmakers began debating a presidential request to ban capital punishment
- AUGUST 6, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigerians Johnson Oshodi, Tunde Apatira, Oladotun Lukmanu...
Nigerians Johnson Oshodi, Tunde Apatira, Oladotun Lukmanu Umaru and a Chinese national from Hong Kong, Chu Tak Fai, appealed to the Malaysia Federal Court for a revision of their death sentences following a decision by the Court of Appeal acquitting mecha
- AUGUST 6, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Nigerians Johnson Oshodi, Tunde Apatira, Oladotun Lukmanu...
Nigerians Johnson Oshodi, Tunde Apatira, Oladotun Lukmanu Umaru and a Chinese national from Hong Kong, Chu Tak Fai, appealed to the Malaysia Federal Court for a revision of their death sentences following a decision by the Court of Appeal acquitting mecha
- AUGUST 6, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Nigerians Johnson Oshodi, Tunde Apatira, Oladotun Lukmanu...
Nigerians Johnson Oshodi, Tunde Apatira, Oladotun Lukmanu Umaru and a Chinese national from Hong Kong, Chu Tak Fai, appealed to the Malaysia Federal Court for a revision of their death sentences following a decision by the Court of Appeal acquitting mecha
- AUGUST 6, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A court in Lanzhou, Gansu Province, sentenced alleged...
A court in Lanzhou, Gansu Province, sentenced alleged gangster, Xie Lingling to death for participating in a criminal syndicate and committing homicide
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- AUGUST 6, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkey's Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit said that authorities...
Turkey's Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit said that authorities should be extremely careful in order to prevent Turkey's EU reforms from harming Turkey's national integrity
- AUGUST 6, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Associations of people who lost their relatives to...
Associations of people who lost their relatives to terrorism protested the abolition of death penalty at a number of meetings across Turkey
- AUGUST 5, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Two men were sentenced to death in Lavasan, Iran
Two men were sentenced to death in Lavasan, Iran
- AUGUST 5, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Two convicted Afghan rapists were publicly hanged in...
Two convicted Afghan rapists were publicly hanged in suburban Tehran for raping two Afghan girls
- AUGUST 5, 2002UkraineDEATH PENALTY
Nearly 140 people held a vigil at the Appeals Court...
Nearly 140 people held a vigil at the Appeals Court in the Lviv region, demanding that the maximum penalty, life imprisonment, be conferred upon Dmytro Voronova and Yurii Kalynina, both of who are suspected of involvement in the murder of a local composer
- AUGUST 5, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
The European Commission asked Turkey to provide details...
The European Commission asked Turkey to provide details on a package of human rights reforms, including the abolition of the death penalty, seen as the country's first step towards starting membership talks with the European Union
- AUGUST 5, 2002GreeceDEATH PENALTY
Athens praised as a positive step several high-profile...
Athens praised as a positive step several high-profile reforms approved by Turkey's national assembly on August 3, including the abolition of the death penalty in peacetime
- AUGUST 5, 2002FranceDEATH PENALTY
France hailed the ground-breaking reforms adopted by...
France hailed the ground-breaking reforms adopted by Turkey's parliament on August 3, including the abolition of the death penalty
- AUGUST 5, 2002AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
Azerbaijani President Heydar Aliyev said that the decisions...
Azerbaijani President Heydar Aliyev said that the decisions of the Turkish parliament on the eve of the country's accession to the European Union [to abolish the death penalty, air TV programmes in Kurdish and others] were "very important"
- AUGUST 5, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Palestinian TV broadcast a 37-minute film entitled...
Palestinian TV broadcast a 37-minute film entitled "Janingrad, the witness and the martyr" on the Jenin incidents in early April 2002, which the Palestinians call "a massacre" perpetrated by Israeli troops
- AUGUST 5, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
An Indonesian carpenter escaped the gallows after the...
An Indonesian carpenter escaped the gallows after the Court of Appeal set aside the ganja trafficking conviction
- AUGUST 5, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
An Indonesian carpenter escaped the gallows after the...
An Indonesian carpenter escaped the gallows after the Court of Appeal set aside the ganja trafficking conviction
- AUGUST 5, 2002DEATH PENALTY
The European Commission asked Turkey to provide details...
The European Commission asked Turkey to provide details on a package of human rights reforms, including the abolition of the death penalty, seen as the country's first step towards starting membership talks with the European Union
- AUGUST 5, 2002FranceDEATH PENALTY
France hailed the ground-breaking reforms adopted by...
France hailed the ground-breaking reforms adopted by Turkey's parliament on August 3, including the abolition of the death penalty
- AUGUST 5, 2002AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
Azerbaijani President Heydar Aliyev said that the decisions...
Azerbaijani President Heydar Aliyev said that the decisions of the Turkish parliament on the eve of the country's accession to the European Union [to abolish the death penalty, air TV programmes in Kurdish and others] were "very important"
- AUGUST 5, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Acting Chairman...
The Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Acting Chairman Ismail Kose criticized MHP's partners in the government coalition who supported the approval of the EU bill abolishing the death penalty for terrorist crimes, and claimed that their purpose was to save
- AUGUST 5, 2002GreeceDEATH PENALTY
Athens praised as a positive step several high-profile...
Athens praised as a positive step several high-profile reforms approved by Turkey's national assembly on August 3, including the abolition of the death penalty in peacetime
- AUGUST 5, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz during a meeting...
Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz during a meeting with the representatives of EU countries, said: "In a country that has suffered so much from terrorism and lost more than thirty thousand of its citizens to terror, at a time when separatist terrorism is
- AUGUST 5, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkish National Defence Minister Sabahattin Cakmakoglu...
Turkish National Defence Minister Sabahattin Cakmakoglu said the [negative] reaction of the relatives of the martyrs to the abolishment of death sentence was rightful
- AUGUST 5, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkey's passage of sweeping human rights reforms has...
Turkey's passage of sweeping human rights reforms has earned it the right to begin European Union membership talks, the country's top bureaucrat for EU affairs Volkan Vural said
- AUGUST 5, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said that the abolition...
Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said that the abolition of the death penalty would not bring any changes to the imprisonment of Abdullah Ocalan, the head of the terrorist organization, on Imrali Island, and he would continue to be held there for securit
- AUGUST 5, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Kurdistan Worker's Party supporters in Azerbaijan received...
Kurdistan Worker's Party supporters in Azerbaijan received the news of the commutation of [jailed leader] Abdullah Ocalan's death sentence with great joy, following the Turkish Parliament's vote to abolish the death sentence for terrorism, Azerbaijani new
- AUGUST 4, 2002IraqDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded an Iraqi man for kidnapping a...
Saudi Arabia beheaded an Iraqi man for kidnapping a Saudi national for ransom, the Saudi Press Agency reported
- AUGUST 4, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded an Iraqi man for kidnapping a...
Saudi Arabia beheaded an Iraqi man for kidnapping a Saudi national for ransom, the Saudi Press Agency reported
- AUGUST 4, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Turkey's Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit called upon the...
Turkey's Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit called upon the European Union (EU) to set a date for the start of accession talks after lawmakers adopted a package of democracy reforms demanded by the EU
- AUGUST 4, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Bangladesh condemned five people to death...
A court in Bangladesh condemned five people to death and sentenced two others to life terms with rigorous imprisonment for a sensational murder case
- AUGUST 4, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Passengers on board a long-distance coach travelling...
Passengers on board a long-distance coach travelling from Sichuan to Guangdong province looked on as a Chinese man raped three women five times during the three-day journey
- AUGUST 4, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen's Association,...
The Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen's Association, TUSIAD, welcomed the lifting of the death penalty
- AUGUST 4, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Around 2,500 people will escape the death penalty after...
Around 2,500 people will escape the death penalty after parliament voted to abolish capital punishment from the [civil] code except in times of war or near war
- AUGUST 4, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkey's Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit called upon the...
Turkey's Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit called upon the European Union (EU) to set a date for the start of accession talks after lawmakers adopted a package of democracy reforms demanded by the EU
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- AUGUST 4, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
State Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and Nationalist...
State Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahceli said, "those who criticized the MHP for not bringing the file of Abdullah Ocalan, the head of terrorist organization PKK, to the parliament in the past, have
- AUGUST 4, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Terrorism Victims' Solidarity and Cooperation Association...
Terrorism Victims' Solidarity and Cooperation Association Chairman Mehmet Alptekin said that the association condemned those who had expended efforts for abolition of death penalty, and broadcasting and education in Kurdish under the European Union (EU) r
- AUGUST 4, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Devlet Bahceli, deputy prime minister, said he would...
Devlet Bahceli, deputy prime minister, said he would appeal to Turkey's highest court over the reforms, which include lifting the death penalty in peacetime and easing curbs on Kurdish language education and broadcasting
- AUGUST 4, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said, "annulment...
Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said, "annulment of death penalty, and broadcasting and education in mother tongue are the arrangements made with the aim of broadening freedoms
- AUGUST 3, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Emam Ali was sentenced to death in the Iranian capital...
Emam Ali was sentenced to death in the Iranian capital Tehran
- AUGUST 3, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
The European Union (EU) Commission welcomed the adoption...
The European Union (EU) Commission welcomed the adoption of the third European Union (EU) Reform Package by the Turkish Parliament as an important signal of the determination of the majority of Turkey's political leaders towards further alignment to the v
- AUGUST 3, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The Pakistani woman at the centre of a controversial...
The Pakistani woman at the centre of a controversial gang-rape case told a court how she was sexually assaulted at gunpoint by four men whom she knew despite crying out for mercy
- AUGUST 3, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Pro-European politicians won a landmark victory in...
Pro-European politicians won a landmark victory in Turkey with the passage of legislative reforms that delighted human rights activists
- AUGUST 3, 2002DEATH PENALTY
The European Union (EU) Commission welcomed the adoption...
The European Union (EU) Commission welcomed the adoption of the third European Union (EU) Reform Package by the Turkish Parliament as an important signal of the determination of the majority of Turkey's political leaders towards further alignment to the v
- AUGUST 2, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The HCMC People's Court sentenced to death Bui Minh...
The HCMC People's Court sentenced to death Bui Minh Hai and Ta Kim Tien after convicting them of murder in the fatal shooting of one man during a gold store robbery
- AUGUST 2, 2002BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
Caribbean Justice, a group working for the abolition...
Caribbean Justice, a group working for the abolition of the death penalty, condemned plans by Barbados to amend its constitution in order to circumvent death penalty rulings by the British Privy Council, the highest court in the country
- AUGUST 2, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Hong Kong drug trafficker Chung Bi-shing, 34, was sentenced...
Hong Kong drug trafficker Chung Bi-shing, 34, was sentenced to death by a Shenzhen court after being caught trying to smuggle 1
- AUGUST 2, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
A business man was sentenced to death by the High Court...
A business man was sentenced to death by the High Court for murdering a motor spare parts shop assistant outside a pub in Taman Thivy Jaya in Rasah here last year
- AUGUST 1, 2002KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
Larry Osborne, 22, was freed after a jury acquitted...
Larry Osborne, 22, was freed after a jury acquitted him in a second trial of murdering an 82-year-old man and his 76-year-old wife in December 1997
- AUGUST 1, 2002MissouriDEATH PENALTY
U.S. District Judge Catherine Perry of St
U.S. District Judge Catherine Perry of St
- AUGUST 1, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
A 20-year-old woman acquitted of drug charges in a...
A 20-year-old woman acquitted of drug charges in a lower court has been sentenced to death by the Appeals Court that upheld a prosecution appeal against the Criminal Court's verdict
- AUGUST 1, 2002GuatemalaDEATH PENALTY
Guatemalan Ambassador to the Organization of American...
Guatemalan Ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS) Arturo Duarte told the body that his government plans to abolish the death penalty
- AUGUST 1, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Fifth additional district and sessions judge Surendra...
Fifth additional district and sessions judge Surendra Prasad Sharma awarded death sentence to five persons and rigorous life imprisonment to four other accused in connection with a murder case
- AUGUST 1, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Li Ping from Haozhou city, Anhui province, was sentenced...
Li Ping from Haozhou city, Anhui province, was sentenced to death by Haozhou Intermediate People's Court in February last year for the murder of farmer Li Jinggang in 1993
- AUGUST 1, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
The High Court fixed October 7 for the trial of a 13-year-o...
The High Court fixed October 7 for the trial of a 13-year-o ld boy charged with the murder of his tuition teacher's 11-year-old daughter in May this year
- AUGUST 1, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
One of four men accused of a high-profile gang rape...
One of four men accused of a high-profile gang rape in Pakistan said he was married to the woman at the time of the alleged offence
- AUGUST 1, 2002United NationsDEATH PENALTY
United Nations human rights chief Mary Robinson urged...
United Nations human rights chief Mary Robinson urged the United States to lift the death sentences on two men in Texas who were under 18 when they committed murder
- AUGUST 1, 2002DEATH PENALTY
United Nations human rights chief Mary Robinson urged...
United Nations human rights chief Mary Robinson urged the United States to lift the death sentences on two men in Texas who were under 18 when they committed murder
- AUGUST 1, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court ordered justice and prison officials...
The Supreme Court ordered justice and prison officials to remove 12 minors from Death Row, saying it was against the law to treat youth offenders as hardened criminals
- AUGUST 1, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Group Acting Chairman...
Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Group Acting Chairman Koray Aydin said that they would submit a motion to exclude four articles from the text in European Union (EU) adjustment bill