Chronological archive
September 2002
The 290 news items published by Hands Off Cain in September 2002, in chronological order.
The African National Congress (ANC) called on South...
The African National Congress (ANC) called on South African president Thabo Mbeki to urge his Nigerian counterpart to prevent the execution of Amina Lawal, who has been sentenced to death by stoning for adultery
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Bangladesh condemned three men to death...
A court in Bangladesh condemned three men to death for the murder of a ten-year-old schoolgirl
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
A murder convict who strangled a bar worker after a...
A murder convict who strangled a bar worker after a quarrel then chopped her body up was handed the death sentence in a ruling that overturned a lower court decision
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
A 28-year-old electrical and telecommunications subcontractor...
A 28-year-old electrical and telecommunications subcontractor was sentenced to death by the High Court for trafficking in 315
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2002LebanonDEATH PENALTY
In Lebanon, a military court sentenced six men convicted...
In Lebanon, a military court sentenced six men convicted of spying for Israel on Hezbollah and the Lebanese and Syrian armies to terms ranging from a year in jail to death
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2002ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Harare Magistrate's Court granted three Zimbabwean...
Harare Magistrate's Court granted three Zimbabwean opposition leaders bail and adjourned their treason trial to 11 November
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The African National Congress (ANC) called on South...
The African National Congress (ANC) called on South African president Thabo Mbeki to urge his Nigerian counterpart to prevent the execution of Amina Lawal, who has been sentenced to death by stoning for adultery
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
Kenji Yokota, 53, was sentenced to death by the Tokyo...
Kenji Yokota, 53, was sentenced to death by the Tokyo High Court for strangling a female acquaintance in 1999
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo suspended...
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo suspended the execution of all death row convicts while Congress is debating a proposed law abolishing the death penalty, Foreign Secretary Blas Ople said
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2002KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
Kazakh ombudsman Bolat Baykadamov voiced an initiative...
Kazakh ombudsman Bolat Baykadamov voiced an initiative to abolish capital punishment in the country
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Xinjiang Daily reported that Ma Yanshan was sentenced...
The Xinjiang Daily reported that Ma Yanshan was sentenced to death for murdering six members of his estranged wife's family
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The China Youth Daily reported that a leader of a village...
The China Youth Daily reported that a leader of a village in Hebei province was sentenced to death for trying to kill a man who defeated him in a village election
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A court in eastern China sentenced to death the owner...
A court in eastern China sentenced to death the owner of a fast-food outlet for poisoning snacks at a competitor's shop, causing the death of dozens of people
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2002Dominican RepublicDEATH PENALTY
Top government and church officials in the Domican...
Top government and church officials in the Domican Republic rejected a proposal by Senate President Andrés Bautista to reinstate capital punishment
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2002IraqDEATH PENALTY
An Iraqi opposition group said that 15 political dissidents...
An Iraqi opposition group said that 15 political dissidents had been executed in a prison west of Baghdad
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Several protesters were arrested by the Islamic regime's...
Several protesters were arrested by the Islamic regime's forces during the public executions which took place on September 29 in two different areas of the Iranian capital, the Student Movement Co-Ordination Committee for Democracy in Iran (SMCCDI) said
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2002KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
Kazakh Ombudsman Bolat Baikadamov declared it was time...
Kazakh Ombudsman Bolat Baikadamov declared it was time to abolish capital punishment in the country
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2002KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
The Chairman of the Kazakh Supreme Court Kairat Mami...
The Chairman of the Kazakh Supreme Court Kairat Mami opposes the possible abolition of the death penalty
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Rome's Colosseum was to be bathed in golden light on...
Rome's Colosseum was to be bathed in golden light on the nights of September 30 and October 1 to celebrate the Philippines' decision to suspend death row executions, Rome's city council said
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2002ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Rome's Colosseum was to be bathed in golden light on...
Rome's Colosseum was to be bathed in golden light on the nights of September 30 and October 1 to celebrate the Philippines' decision to suspend death row executions, Rome's city council said
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Daily Telegraph ran an article on Daniella Laun,...
The Daily Telegraph ran an article on Daniella Laun, Miss England World 2002, and her intentions not to boycott the Miss World contest in Nigeria so as to raise her voice at the event in favour of Amina Lawal, a Nigerian woman sentenced to death by stonin
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The Daily Telegraph ran an article on Daniella Laun,...
The Daily Telegraph ran an article on Daniella Laun, Miss England World 2002, and her intentions not to boycott the Miss World contest in Nigeria so as to raise her voice at the event in favour of Amina Lawal, a Nigerian woman sentenced to death by stonin
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2002TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International strongly criticized Tajikistan...
Amnesty International strongly criticized Tajikistan for its death penalty practices
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Five members of a band convicted of several cases of...
Five members of a band convicted of several cases of rape were hanged in two separate public sites in east and west Tehran at dawn
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China's southern province of Guangdong held several...
China's southern province of Guangdong held several public sentencing rallies which resulted in numerous executions ahead of the October 1 national day, state media reported
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2002DEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS FIVE CONVICTS IN PUBLIC
September 29, 2002: members of a band convicted of several cases of rape were hanged in two separate public sites in east and west Tehran Sunday dawn. The “Black Vultures” gang members were strung up from cranes at the back of trucks. They had previously
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International expressed concern over the safety...
Amnesty International expressed concern over the safety of 20 prisoners held by the Ugandan army at a military detention facility in the northern town of Gulu
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Xinhua news agency reported that a man named Liu, 45,...
Xinhua news agency reported that a man named Liu, 45, was executed for cutting power and phone lines
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2002HondurasDEATH PENALTY
President Ricardo Maduro called for a thorough investigation...
President Ricardo Maduro called for a thorough investigation into a police officer's claim that the Security Ministry had summarily executed some 20 suspected criminals
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2002Costa RicaDEATH PENALTY
A group of Costa Rican legislators has solicited to...
A group of Costa Rican legislators has solicited to not send a representative to the Miss World contest, that will be celebrated next November on the 30th, in Nigeria, Africa
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2002CanadaDEATH PENALTY
A Saudi lawyer for a William Sampson, a Canadian man...
A Saudi lawyer for a William Sampson, a Canadian man on trial in Riyadh over a fatal bombing denied widespread reports his client had already been sentenced to death and expressed confidence that he and his co-accused would soon be freed
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- SEPTEMBER 27, 2002South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
The South African law society (LSSA) called for the...
The South African law society (LSSA) called for the Nigerian government to set aside the ruling of the Sharia court that sentenced Amina Lawal to death by stoning for having a baby out of wedlock
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Saudi lawyer for a William Sampson, a Canadian man...
A Saudi lawyer for a William Sampson, a Canadian man on trial in Riyadh over a fatal bombing denied widespread reports his client had already been sentenced to death and expressed confidence that he and his co-accused would soon be freed
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2002LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Badie Hamadeh was sentenced to death for shooting dead...
Badie Hamadeh was sentenced to death for shooting dead three security officers
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2002TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Tajik television reported that Bahrullo Mingboyev was...
Tajik television reported that Bahrullo Mingboyev was sentenced to death by the Supreme Court
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2002South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
The Law Society of South Africa (LSSA) appealed to...
The Law Society of South Africa (LSSA) appealed to the Nigerian government to set aside the ruling of the Sharia Court that sentenced Amina Lawal to death by stoning for having had a baby outside wedlock
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Law Society of South Africa (LSSA) appealed to...
The Law Society of South Africa (LSSA) appealed to the Nigerian government to set aside the ruling of the Sharia Court that sentenced Amina Lawal to death by stoning for having had a baby outside wedlock
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2002ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
The former Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary...
The former Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, Cde Emmerson Mnangagwa, now the Speaker of Parliament, has since independence spoken strongly against capital punishment
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Liuzhou Prefecture Court, in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous...
The Liuzhou Prefecture Court, in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, executed Wei Kesong, 23, for drug trafficking
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2002DEATH PENALTY
FIVE TO HANG AT DAWN IN IRAN
September 27, 2002: a gang of five men convicted of rape and extortion have been sentenced to death by hanging at dawn on Sunday across Tehran. These executions follow at least six others carried out last week in the Islamic republic.
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2002ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain demonstrated in front of the UN Rome...
Hands Off Cain demonstrated in front of the UN Rome headquarters to urge the Italian government to present a censure resolution of human rights violations in Iran at the current UN General Assembly in New York
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain demonstrated in front of the UN Rome...
Hands Off Cain demonstrated in front of the UN Rome headquarters to urge the Italian government to present a censure resolution of human rights violations in Iran at the current UN General Assembly in New York
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2002HondurasDEATH PENALTY
The Honduran attorney general, Roy Medina, admitted...
The Honduran attorney general, Roy Medina, admitted that police had been involved in carrying out summary executions of suspected criminals
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2002CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Lawyers for Canadian businessman William Sampson, who...
Lawyers for Canadian businessman William Sampson, who is facing the death penalty in Saudi Arabia over a fatal bombing allege their client and his co-accused were tortured and had their confessions beaten out of them
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2002KenyaDEATH PENALTY
The Kenya Human Rights Commission released a report...
The Kenya Human Rights Commission released a report on the Human Rights situation in the country stating that there had been more than 1,500 cases of violence and human rights violations reported countrywide in the first three months of the year
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2002AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Afghanistan's chief justice proposed that one of the...
Afghanistan's chief justice proposed that one of the country's most notorious commanders should face public execution after being convicted on dozens of counts of murder
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Lawyers for Canadian businessman William Sampson, who...
Lawyers for Canadian businessman William Sampson, who is facing the death penalty in Saudi Arabia over a fatal bombing allege their client and his co-accused were tortured and had their confessions beaten out of them
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2002Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
Four members of Burma's former ruling family were sentenced...
Four members of Burma's former ruling family were sentenced to death by hanging after a court found them guilty of treason
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2002BurundiDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International's Secretary General, Irene Khan,...
Amnesty International's Secretary General, Irene Khan, declared in a press release in Bujumbura that the Government of Burundi must lift the blanket of impunity and take effective action to end the escalating pattern of killings of civilians by the armed
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
Calvin King was executed for a robbery-slaying during...
Calvin King was executed for a robbery-slaying during a drug deal while he was on parole
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2002OhioDEATH PENALTY
Robert Anthony Buell was executed by lethal injection...
Robert Anthony Buell was executed by lethal injection for the July 11, 1982 abduction and slaying of 11-year-old Krista Lea Harrison
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
The plight of a mother sentenced to death by stoning...
The plight of a mother sentenced to death by stoning for adultery in Nigeria drew bipartisan condemnation from female MPs in the New South Wales parliament
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Australia is maintaining diplomatic pressure on Vietnam...
Australia is maintaining diplomatic pressure on Vietnam to waive the death penalty against an Australian woman convicted of drug trafficking
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The plight of a mother sentenced to death by stoning...
The plight of a mother sentenced to death by stoning for adultery in Nigeria drew bipartisan condemnation from female MPs in the New South Wales parliament
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
93.73% of the 1,010 (as of Sept 25, 2002) death row...
93.73% of the 1,010 (as of Sept 25, 2002) death row convicts come from the marginalized sector who cannot afford to hire competent legal defense due to poverty. Of this total, 47
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Australia is maintaining diplomatic pressure on Vietnam...
Australia is maintaining diplomatic pressure on Vietnam to waive the death penalty against an Australian woman convicted of drug trafficking
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International expressed its concern for the...
Amnesty International expressed its concern for the safety of 20 prisoners held by the Ugandan army in Gulu
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2002HondurasDEATH PENALTY
The Security Ministry's head of internal affairs, Maria...
The Security Ministry's head of internal affairs, Maria Luisa Borjas, said that police officers had been involved in the summary execution of at least 20 suspected criminals over the last four years
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Prosecutors urged an Islamic court in northwestern...
Prosecutors urged an Islamic court in northwestern Nigeria to throw out an appeal by a man sentenced to death by stoning for raping a young girl because his insanity claim was untenable
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2002IraqDEATH PENALTY
The anti-Saddam dossier commissioned by British Prime...
The anti-Saddam dossier commissioned by British Prime Minister Tony Blair reported that approximately 4,000 people were executed at Abu Ghraib prison in 1984, 3,000 at Mahjar prison between 1993 and 1998 and about 2,500 between 1997 and 1999 in a "prison
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A woman and a man were stoned to death in a west Iranian...
A woman and a man were stoned to death in a west Iranian town after 15 years of imprisonment, the Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (CNRI) said
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- SEPTEMBER 25, 2002United StatesDEATH PENALTY
The United States executes two thirds of all child...
The United States executes two thirds of all child offenders killed by the death penalty around the world, according to a report by Amnesty International
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
State media reported that Liu Jingsheng, 47, was executed...
State media reported that Liu Jingsheng, 47, was executed by lethal injection, hours after a court rejected his appeal against the sentence
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2002Governo Federale degli Stati UnitiDEATH PENALTY
A federal judge in Vermont declared the existing national...
A federal judge in Vermont declared the existing national capital punishment law unusable, a decision that could have implications for every defendant facing the federal death penalty
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2002DEATH PENALTY
A federal judge in Vermont declared the existing national...
A federal judge in Vermont declared the existing national capital punishment law unusable, a decision that could have implications for every defendant facing the federal death penalty
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
Rex Mays, 42, was executed today
Rex Mays, 42, was executed today
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2002Côte d’IvoireDEATH PENALTY
Ivory Coast opposition leader Alassane Ouattara said...
Ivory Coast opposition leader Alassane Ouattara said in an interview that the security forces who executed former junta leader Robert Guei had also tried to kill him the week previously
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2002BurundiDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International published a new report "Poverty,...
Amnesty International published a new report "Poverty, isolation and ill-treatment
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Three Indians were sentenced to death by a Dubai court...
Three Indians were sentenced to death by a Dubai court for possessing and dealing in drugs
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The European Union urged China to improve its human...
The European Union urged China to improve its human rights record but said it believed the situation was gradually improving
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A female Russian citizen was sentenced to death in...
A female Russian citizen was sentenced to death in China's Yongan province for drug smuggling
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Yelena Timchenko, a female of Russian citizenship,...
Yelena Timchenko, a female of Russian citizenship, was sentenced to death in China's Yongan province for drug smuggling, a report from the Russian Foreign Ministry revealed
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2002United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
Three Indians were sentenced to death by a Dubai court...
Three Indians were sentenced to death by a Dubai court for possessing and dealing in drugs
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Congress vowed to expedite the proceedings on the bill...
Congress vowed to expedite the proceedings on the bill seeking to abolish the death penalty following the Supreme Court (SC) decision allowing the execution of 30 death convicts this year
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
The European Union urged China to improve its human...
The European Union urged China to improve its human rights record but said it believed the situation was gradually improving
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2002DEATH PENALTY
The European Union urged China to improve its human...
The European Union urged China to improve its human rights record but said it believed the situation was gradually improving
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Yelena Timchenko, a female of Russian citizenship,...
Yelena Timchenko, a female of Russian citizenship, was sentenced to death in China's Yongan province for drug smuggling, a report from the Russian Foreign Ministry revealed
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Former US President Bill Clinton expressed hope that...
Former US President Bill Clinton expressed hope that the Nigerian legal system would find a way of pardoning Amina Lawal
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
A jury sentenced Vaughn Ross to die for the Jan
A jury sentenced Vaughn Ross to die for the Jan
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Tehran's Justice Department has announced that next...
Tehran's Justice Department has announced that next week five members of a gang known as Karkas-ha [Vultures] will be hanged simultaneously in five different districts of Tehran
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
As indications are rife that Western creditor-nations...
As indications are rife that Western creditor-nations might withdraw their support for Nigeria's debt relief effort over the confirmation of the death sentence on Amina Lawal by a Katsina State Sharia Court of Appeal for adultery, the President of the Afr
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
An Indonesian maid, identified as Sundarti Supriyanto,...
An Indonesian maid, identified as Sundarti Supriyanto, 23, from the East Java district of Magetan, is facing the death penalty in Singapore on charges of murdering two Singaporeans and committing arson in the island state
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2002SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
An Indonesian maid, identified as Sundarti Supriyanto,...
An Indonesian maid, identified as Sundarti Supriyanto, 23, from the East Java district of Magetan, is facing the death penalty in Singapore on charges of murdering two Singaporeans and committing arson in the island state
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Australian Prime Minister John Howard said he had expressed...
Australian Prime Minister John Howard said he had expressed to Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo his concern over the case of a mother sentenced to death by stoning for adultery
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2002KenyaDEATH PENALTY
David Ouma Onyango was sentenced to death by Kisumu...
David Ouma Onyango was sentenced to death by Kisumu Senior Principal Magistrate, Mrs Olga Aketch Sewe, for violently robbing Bon Murindu Odhiambo, director of Skylark Rural Credit Company
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2002KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Titus Onim, Vincent Wafula, Michael Oboo, George Watula...
Titus Onim, Vincent Wafula, Michael Oboo, George Watula and Juma Wambaro were sentenced to death by hanging after being convicted of robbery with violence
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Australian Prime Minister John Howard said he had expressed...
Australian Prime Minister John Howard said he had expressed to Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo his concern over the case of a mother sentenced to death by stoning for adultery
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
If Amina Lawal is to die, so will the 2002 Miss World...
If Amina Lawal is to die, so will the 2002 Miss World beauty pageant
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Supreme Court ruling came into force which provides...
A Supreme Court ruling came into force which provides the death penalty for civil servants convicted of major tax fraud
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Philippine Supreme Court rejected a petition by...
The Philippine Supreme Court rejected a petition by 30 convicts to stop their executions while Congress was debating a proposal to abolish capital punishment
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Russian military handed over to local Chechen police...
The Russian military handed over to local Chechen police of Sernovodsk village in Chechnya's Sunzhenskiy District the remains of an unknown young man, which were torn to pieces
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- SEPTEMBER 23, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
If Amina Lawal is to die, so will the 2002 Miss World...
If Amina Lawal is to die, so will the 2002 Miss World beauty pageant
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
State-run dailies reported the execution of a woman...
State-run dailies reported the execution of a woman in Tabriz, the Women's Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran reported in the October issue of its monthly bulletin 'Women' published on the Iran Mohajedin website
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
An influential organization of Roman Catholic bishops...
An influential organization of Roman Catholic bishops urged the Philippine government to blacklist Saudi Arabia as a work destination over the scheduled beheadings of Filipinos convicted by Islamic courts there
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
An influential organization of Roman Catholic bishops...
An influential organization of Roman Catholic bishops urged the Philippine government to blacklist Saudi Arabia as a work destination over the scheduled beheadings of Filipinos convicted by Islamic courts there
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Li Feng was executed for murder
Li Feng was executed for murder
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Five overseas Filipino workers awaiting execution in...
Five overseas Filipino workers awaiting execution in Saudi Arabian jails have appealed to their government and countrymen to change their fate by raising the "blood money" to exchange for their freedom
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The number of death-row inmates in Thailand's Bang...
The number of death-row inmates in Thailand's Bang Kwang Prison reached a record high of 690 since the government took its tough stance against drug traffickers in 2001
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
India formally sought deportation of underworld don...
India formally sought deportation of underworld don Abu Salem, who was arrested along with his wife Monica Bedi in Lisbon with Pakistani passport, and said it was prepared to guarantee that he would not be given death penalty
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2002PortugalDEATH PENALTY
India formally sought deportation of underworld don...
India formally sought deportation of underworld don Abu Salem, who was arrested along with his wife Monica Bedi in Lisbon with Pakistani passport, and said it was prepared to guarantee that he would not be given death penalty
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2002IrelandDEATH PENALTY
Septembre 20, 2001: a bi-lingual Conference on International...
Septembre 20, 2001: a bi-lingual Conference on International Law and the Abolition of the Death Penalty took place in Galway on 21 and 22 September
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2002AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
In Montgomery, the Alabama Supreme Court threw out...
In Montgomery, the Alabama Supreme Court threw out Andy Dwight Pierce's death sentence and conviction, saying he had ineffective attorneys when he was tried for the May 2, 1988 slaying and robbery of Annie Ruth Brooks
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
A man who went on a berserk rampage at JR Shimonoseki...
A man who went on a berserk rampage at JR Shimonoseki Station in 1999, killing five innocent people and injuring 10 more will hang for his crimes, a court ruled
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2002Côte d’IvoireDEATH PENALTY
Relatives of Ivory Coast's former junta leader Robert...
Relatives of Ivory Coast's former junta leader Robert Guei and his wife Rose said that they had been executed by security forces and not in a shootout as was reported on state television
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA)...
The International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) decried the effect of the Sharia legal code introduced in some Northern states of the country, saying that the implementation of Sharia was particularly unfavourable to women
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Chen Jianhua was executed for murder
Chen Jianhua was executed for murder
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Huanggang Intermediate People's Court, in Hubei...
The Huanggang Intermediate People's Court, in Hubei Province, sentenced Jiang Lin and Zhou Zhiyong to death for organizing other gang members to damage public and private property, and collect "protection" fees
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Saudi appeals court upheld death sentences against...
A Saudi appeals court upheld death sentences against three Saudi nationals, one in absentia, for the 2000 murder of a 20-year-old Saudi man in the United States
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The European Union said it was concerned about human...
The European Union said it was concerned about human rights in China and will raise the issue when their leaders meet on September 22-24, diplomats said
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
The European Union said it was concerned about human...
The European Union said it was concerned about human rights in China and will raise the issue when their leaders meet on September 22-24, diplomats said
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A British man was spared the death penalty but jailed...
A British man was spared the death penalty but jailed for life in Thailand for smuggling 4kg of heroin out of the country
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
A British man was spared the death penalty but jailed...
A British man was spared the death penalty but jailed for life in Thailand for smuggling 4kg of heroin out of the country
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Ahmed Hassan was hanged for murder
Ahmed Hassan was hanged for murder
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2002KenyaDEATH PENALTY
David Kibet Birir and Joel Koskei were sentenced to...
David Kibet Birir and Joel Koskei were sentenced to death after they were found guilty of violently robbing a housewife of cash in Londiani on April 14, 2002
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2002Côte d’IvoireDEATH PENALTY
The Abidjan Panafrican News Agency reported that Ivorian...
The Abidjan Panafrican News Agency reported that Ivorian gendarmes and policemen carried out numerous summary executions against those they captured during a mutiny outbreak of about 750 soldiers
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2002KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Wilson Tuwei Maritim and Richard Kimutai Maritim were...
Wilson Tuwei Maritim and Richard Kimutai Maritim were sentenced to death by Senior Resident Magistrate Richard Kirui for violently robbing a farmer of cash and a half-kilo of meat
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
South Africa was totally opposed to the death by stoning...
South Africa was totally opposed to the death by stoning sentence imposed on a Nigerian woman but an Islamic Court, but the issue should be seen in the broader Nigerian context, President Thabo Mbeki said in reply to Democratic Alliance leader Tony Leon d
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
The President of the Council of Europe's Parliamentary...
The President of the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly firmly condemned the capital executions of Yoshiteru and Tatsuya Tamoto in Japan
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2002Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
The President of the Council of Europe's Parliamentary...
The President of the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly firmly condemned the capital executions of Yoshiteru and Tatsuya Tamoto in Japan
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2002South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
South Africa was totally opposed to the death by stoning...
South Africa was totally opposed to the death by stoning sentence imposed on a Nigerian woman but an Islamic Court, but the issue should be seen in the broader Nigerian context, President Thabo Mbeki said in reply to Democratic Alliance leader Tony Leon d
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2002JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
Caribbean Justice, a group working towards the abolition...
Caribbean Justice, a group working towards the abolition of the death penalty, said plans by the government to amend the Constitution, in order to circumvent hangings, would be "a serious breach of the rule of law"
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- SEPTEMBER 19, 2002FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Orange County circuit judge Belvin Perry sentenced...
Orange County circuit judge Belvin Perry sentenced John Huggins, 40, to death for the 2nd time for the 1997 kidnapping and murder of Carla Larson, a 30-year-old woman in June 1997Judge Belvin Perry, who overturned Huggins' original conviction and death se
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Prosecutors asked an Islamic court for more time to...
Prosecutors asked an Islamic court for more time to prepare the case against a Nigerian man appealing on grounds of insanity against being stoned to death for raping a young girl
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
The Australian Federal Opposition joined global calls...
The Australian Federal Opposition joined global calls for a boycott of the Miss World Pageant in Nigeria amid outrage over the planned stoning of a woman accused of adultery
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
A Turkish woman launched a 600-kilometer march to back...
A Turkish woman launched a 600-kilometer march to back international appeals for the release f a Nigerian woman under sentence of death by stoning for having a child out of wedlock
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Australian Federal Opposition joined global calls...
The Australian Federal Opposition joined global calls for a boycott of the Miss World Pageant in Nigeria amid outrage over the planned stoning of a woman accused of adultery
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
More than 1,000 of the 13,060 drug offenders arrested...
More than 1,000 of the 13,060 drug offenders arrested during the first six months of 2002 were traffickers and face the death penalty upon conviction, according to statistics from the National Drug Agency
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed a Saudi man for stabbing to death...
Saudi Arabia executed a Saudi man for stabbing to death a female relative, the Interior Ministry said
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The Anti-Terrorism Court in Khuzdar, Pakistan passed...
The Anti-Terrorism Court in Khuzdar, Pakistan passed the death sentence on 12 people, eight of them in absentia, for the murder of a tribal chief and two companions
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
Japan executed two convicted criminals, the Justice...
Japan executed two convicted criminals, the Justice Ministry said
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2002KenyaDEATH PENALTY
East Africa's prison bosses said the death penalty...
East Africa's prison bosses said the death penalty was outdated and should be scrapped, adding that it was not a solution in the rehabilitation of prisoners
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions joined Prime...
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions joined Prime Minister Helen Clark, Green MP Sue Kedgley and the YWCA in voicing concerns about New Zealand's involvement in the Miss World pageant despite reassurances from the Nigerian Government that the decision
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2002MozambiqueDEATH PENALTY
Mozambique's police force denied a newspaper report...
Mozambique's police force denied a newspaper report that it has carried out "summary executions" or that it runs a "death squad"
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
South African groups urged the boycott of the Miss...
South African groups urged the boycott of the Miss World contest due to be held in Nigeria in November
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed a man for stealing 170 million yuan (HK$159
China executed a man for stealing 170 million yuan (HK$159
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
A painter was sentenced to death by the High Court...
A painter was sentenced to death by the High Court in Ipoh, Malysia for trafficking in 420gm of ganja
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2002New ZealandDEATH PENALTY
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions joined Prime...
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions joined Prime Minister Helen Clark, Green MP Sue Kedgley and the YWCA in voicing concerns about New Zealand's involvement in the Miss World pageant despite reassurances from the Nigerian Government that the decision
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2002TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
East Africa's prison bosses said the death penalty...
East Africa's prison bosses said the death penalty was outdated and should be scrapped, adding that it was not a solution in the rehabilitation of prisoners
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2002South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
South African groups urged the boycott of the Miss...
South African groups urged the boycott of the Miss World contest due to be held in Nigeria in November
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
East Africa's prison bosses said the death penalty...
East Africa's prison bosses said the death penalty was outdated and should be scrapped, adding that it was not a solution in the rehabilitation of prisoners
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Six men were hanged in Iran since September 16 and...
Six men were hanged in Iran since September 16 and eight others face the same sentence after being convicted on charges ranging from murder to armed robbery, newspapers said
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Huntsville, Ron Shamburger, 30, was executed for...
In Huntsville, Ron Shamburger, 30, was executed for the fatal shooting of Lori Baker, 20, during a burglary at her home on the night of Sept
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2002DEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS SIX CRIMINALS, EIGHT MORE FACE THE SAME
September 18, 2002: six men were hanged in Iran since Monday and eight others face the same sentence after being convicted on charges ranging from murder to armed robbery, newspapers said Wednesday.
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2002IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
At the Kankakee County Courthouse, Marlon Watford,...
At the Kankakee County Courthouse, Marlon Watford, 28, has been given a death sentence for the Sept
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2002FloridaDEATH PENALTY
U.S. District Judge Norman Roettger overturned the...
U.S. District Judge Norman Roettger overturned the conviction in the Oct
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Bangladesh condemned an 18-year-old man...
A court in Bangladesh condemned an 18-year-old man to death for raping and killing an eight-year-old girl
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Ten robbers and rapists were put to death in Beijing
Ten robbers and rapists were put to death in Beijing
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Huntsvile, Jessie Joe Patrick was executed for the...
In Huntsvile, Jessie Joe Patrick was executed for the July 8, 1989, slaying of an 80-year-old woman, Nina Rutherford Redd
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2002NevadaDEATH PENALTY
In San Francisco, the 9th U
In San Francisco, the 9th U
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Nigerian Government said it is totally opposed...
The Nigerian Government said it is totally opposed to the stoning of a woman found guilty of adultery
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2002TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme court of Tajikistan sentenced to death...
The Supreme court of Tajikistan sentenced to death a man convicted of killing his two children
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- SEPTEMBER 17, 2002KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
The city court in the Kazakh capital Astana found Askar...
The city court in the Kazakh capital Astana found Askar Mambetov guilty of brutally killing six people
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2002JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
Prime Minister P
Prime Minister P
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2002ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
A white farmer convicted of murder for running over...
A white farmer convicted of murder for running over a black settler occupying part of his land was sentenced to 15 years in prison
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Ten people were put to death in Beijing for ordinary crimes
Ten people were put to death in Beijing for ordinary crimes
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2002TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
The heads of prisons departments in three East African...
The heads of prisons departments in three East African countries, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania, have urged authorities in the region to abolish the death sentence
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2002New ZealandDEATH PENALTY
New Zealand Green Party MP Sue Kedgley added her voice...
New Zealand Green Party MP Sue Kedgley added her voice to a call for Miss New Zealand organisers to boycott the Miss World pageant in Nigeria over a woman being sentenced to death by stoning
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The heads of prisons departments in three East African...
The heads of prisons departments in three East African countries, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania, have urged authorities in the region to abolish the death sentence
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The UK Government has been urged to intervene in the...
The UK Government has been urged to intervene in the case of a Briton facing a possible death penalty in Thailand for smuggling drugs
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The UK Government has been urged to intervene in the...
The UK Government has been urged to intervene in the case of a Briton facing a possible death penalty in Thailand for smuggling drugs
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2002KenyaDEATH PENALTY
The heads of prisons departments in three East African...
The heads of prisons departments in three East African countries, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania, have urged authorities in the region to abolish the death sentence
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
An Ugandan businesswoman and her maid, Kigula and Nansamba...
An Ugandan businesswoman and her maid, Kigula and Nansamba have been sentenced to death by the High Court, for killing the former's husband
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2002South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
The Inkatha Freedom Party, expressing outrage about...
The Inkatha Freedom Party, expressing outrage about yet another alleged rape of a child, called for a referendum on the return of the death penalty
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
New Zealand Green Party MP Sue Kedgley added her voice...
New Zealand Green Party MP Sue Kedgley added her voice to a call for Miss New Zealand organisers to boycott the Miss World pageant in Nigeria over a woman being sentenced to death by stoning
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Over 30 international Kolping Society women delegates...
Over 30 international Kolping Society women delegates asked the UN to intervene and stop the stoning to death of Amina Lawal, a Nigerian woman sentenced to death under the Sharia law for bearing a child out of wedlock
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
It is not a "good look" for Miss New Zealand to attend...
It is not a "good look" for Miss New Zealand to attend the Miss World pageant in Nigeria while a woman there faces death by stoning, Prime Minister Helen Clark said
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2002New ZealandDEATH PENALTY
It is not a "good look" for Miss New Zealand to attend...
It is not a "good look" for Miss New Zealand to attend the Miss World pageant in Nigeria while a woman there faces death by stoning, Prime Minister Helen Clark said
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistan said it was prepared to extradite key al Qaeda...
Pakistan said it was prepared to extradite key al Qaeda suspect Ramzi Binalshibh to the United States after completing its own investigations and legal formalities
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2002GermanyDEATH PENALTY
Pakistan said it was prepared to extradite key al Qaeda...
Pakistan said it was prepared to extradite key al Qaeda suspect Ramzi Binalshibh to the United States after completing its own investigations and legal formalities
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2002GermanyDEATH PENALTY
Germany said that differences with the US over the...
Germany said that differences with the US over the death penalty would probably prevent it providing evidence to Washington in the case of Ramzi Binalshibh, the al-Qaeda suspect arrested on September 11 in Pakistan
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Over 30 international Kolping Society women delegates...
Over 30 international Kolping Society women delegates asked the UN to intervene and stop the stoning to death of Amina Lawal, a Nigerian woman sentenced to death under the Sharia law for bearing a child out of wedlock
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Pakistan said it was prepared to extradite key al Qaeda...
Pakistan said it was prepared to extradite key al Qaeda suspect Ramzi Binalshibh to the United States after completing its own investigations and legal formalities
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Germany said that differences with the US over the...
Germany said that differences with the US over the death penalty would probably prevent it providing evidence to Washington in the case of Ramzi Binalshibh, the al-Qaeda suspect arrested on September 11 in Pakistan
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Governor Ahmed Sani of Nigeria's northern state of...
Governor Ahmed Sani of Nigeria's northern state of Zamfara, who pioneered the introduction of the Sharia Islamic legal code in the country, downplayed Italy's recent honour of a Nigerian woman who was sentenced to death for adultery
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2002AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
In Montgomery, a federal appeals court overturned Virgil...
In Montgomery, a federal appeals court overturned Virgil Lee Brownlee's death sentence
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A woman whose niece was murdered 16 years ago led a...
A woman whose niece was murdered 16 years ago led a rally in York in support of restoring capital punishment for child killers
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The New Zealand YWCA [Young Women's Christian Association]...
The New Zealand YWCA [Young Women's Christian Association] called for 17-year-old Miss New Zealand Rachel Heujich to join five other countries in boycotting the Miss World pageant in Nigeria because a woman was sentenced to death by stoning there in Augus
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2002New ZealandDEATH PENALTY
The New Zealand YWCA [Young Women's Christian Association]...
The New Zealand YWCA [Young Women's Christian Association] called for 17-year-old Miss New Zealand Rachel Heujich to join five other countries in boycotting the Miss World pageant in Nigeria because a woman was sentenced to death by stoning there in Augus
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
President Olusegun Obasanjo was called upon by Catholic...
President Olusegun Obasanjo was called upon by Catholic Bishops in the country in a communiqué signed by Most Rev
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2002United StatesDEATH PENALTY
European and US teams are trying to reach a deal on...
European and US teams are trying to reach a deal on extraditing terror suspects who may face the death penalty if convicted in a US court
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2002DEATH PENALTY
European and US teams are trying to reach a deal on...
European and US teams are trying to reach a deal on extraditing terror suspects who may face the death penalty if convicted in a US court
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- SEPTEMBER 14, 2002AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
The EU reaffirmed its concerns regarding human rights...
The EU reaffirmed its concerns regarding human rights in Algeria, calling on the Algerian authorities to abolish the death penalty, improve the country's prison legislation and the its status of women
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
State press reported that two pimps were executed in...
State press reported that two pimps were executed in Guangdong after being convicted of kidnapping or buying women and forcing them into prostitution
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
The EU reaffirmed its concerns regarding human rights...
The EU reaffirmed its concerns regarding human rights in Algeria, calling on the Algerian authorities to abolish the death penalty, improve the country's prison legislation and the its status of women
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2002South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
South Africa supported the nomination of Libya to chair...
South Africa supported the nomination of Libya to chair the United Nations (UN) Commission on Human Rights, Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini- Zuma told Parliament
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2002Sud CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Michael Passaro, 40, was pronounced dead at 6:15 p
Michael Passaro, 40, was pronounced dead at 6:15 p
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2002LibyaDEATH PENALTY
South Africa supported the nomination of Libya to chair...
South Africa supported the nomination of Libya to chair the United Nations (UN) Commission on Human Rights, Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini- Zuma told Parliament
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2002AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
The Albanian government took the decision to approve...
The Albanian government took the decision to approve "in principle" Protocol No 13 of the European Convention for the Defence of Human Rights and Essential Freedoms, which would abolish the death penalty under all circumstances
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Organisers of the Miss World beauty pageant asked the...
Organisers of the Miss World beauty pageant asked the Nigerian Government not to carry out the death sentence of Amina Lawal, a single mother condemned to stoning
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Nigerian government pledged that no woman would...
The Nigerian government pledged that no woman would be sentenced to death by stoning under the country's laws
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Organisers of the Miss World beauty pageant asked the...
Organisers of the Miss World beauty pageant asked the Nigerian Government not to carry out the death sentence of Amina Lawal, a single mother condemned to stoning
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Calcutta Eastern Indian Metropolis High Court acquitted...
The Calcutta Eastern Indian Metropolis High Court acquitted ten convicts on the grounds that the prosecution had failed to substantiate charges against them
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Calcutta Eastern Indian Metropolis High Court acquitted...
The Calcutta Eastern Indian Metropolis High Court acquitted ten convicts on the grounds that the prosecution had failed to substantiate charges against them
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2002VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
In arguments before the Virginia Supreme Court in Richmond,...
In arguments before the Virginia Supreme Court in Richmond, a group of newspapers joined with an inmate-aid organization and asked the state's highest court to allow DNA testing that could show whether a convicted killer executed a decade ago was, in fact
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2002FranceDEATH PENALTY
Former Central African President Andre Kolingba, sentenced...
Former Central African President Andre Kolingba, sentenced to death [on August 26] for leading a coup against the country's president, has relocated from Kampala to Paris, France
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Italian police, acting on a tip from US intelligence...
Italian police, acting on a tip from US intelligence officials, arrested 15 Pakistanis allegedly linked to Osama bin Laden's al Qaida network
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2002ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Italian police, acting on a tip from US intelligence...
Italian police, acting on a tip from US intelligence officials, arrested 15 Pakistanis allegedly linked to Osama bin Laden's al Qaida network
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2002Central African RepublicDEATH PENALTY
Former Central African President Andre Kolingba, sentenced...
Former Central African President Andre Kolingba, sentenced to death [on August 26] for leading a coup against the country's president, has relocated from Kampala to Paris, France
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Former Central African President Andre Kolingba, sentenced...
Former Central African President Andre Kolingba, sentenced to death [on August 26] for leading a coup against the country's president, has relocated from Kampala to Paris, France
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Women's Rights Advancement and Protection Alternative...
Women's Rights Advancement and Protection Alternative (WRAPA) appealed the death sentence passed on Amina Lawal by a Katsina Sharia Court, for having a child out of wedlock
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Miss World organisers asked Nigeria for an assurance...
The Miss World organisers asked Nigeria for an assurance that a woman sentenced to death by stoning for having sex outside marriage will be spared
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Alleged kidnappers Wang Yingcai, Ma Zhiguo and Zhang...
Alleged kidnappers Wang Yingcai, Ma Zhiguo and Zhang Fei were executed in Yuelin, Shaanxi Province, China
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
The Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities...
The Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities of the European Parliament today called for Miss World contestants to withdraw from the pageant in protest of the Sharia death sentence passed by host country Nigeria on a woman convicted of adultery
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities...
The Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities of the European Parliament today called for Miss World contestants to withdraw from the pageant in protest of the Sharia death sentence passed by host country Nigeria on a woman convicted of adultery
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Rioting broke out in Mahabad, northwestern Iran, after...
Rioting broke out in Mahabad, northwestern Iran, after police killed three people smuggling alcoholic beverages, the Resalat newspaper reported
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2002KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
The first appeal hearing of the sensational murder...
The first appeal hearing of the sensational murder case of six-year old Amna Al-Khaldi will begin shortly, according to judicial sources
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The EU Parliament committee on women's rights voted...
The EU Parliament committee on women's rights voted unanimously in favor of the boycott of Miss World pageant to protest a death sentence given to a woman there for having sex outside of marriage
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The EU Parliament committee on women's rights voted...
The EU Parliament committee on women's rights voted unanimously in favor of the boycott of Miss World pageant to protest a death sentence given to a woman there for having sex outside of marriage
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistan's Supreme Court has ruled that the death penalty...
Pakistan's Supreme Court has ruled that the death penalty can be awarded to a defendant in a murder case even when the fatal shot is not attributed to him
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2002South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Crowds gathered outside the Magistrate's Court in the...
Crowds gathered outside the Magistrate's Court in the South African town of Newcastle called for the death penalty for four people arrested in connection with the murder of a pastor
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
After a cacophony of screams and shouted abuse and...
After a cacophony of screams and shouted abuse and a hail of cans, coins and eggs, the man accused of the murder of two young girls made his first appearance in court in the United Kingdom
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- SEPTEMBER 10, 2002GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
A Clayton County judge granted Keith D
A Clayton County judge granted Keith D
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Huntsville, Tony Lee Walker was executed
In Huntsville, Tony Lee Walker was executed
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Provincial Higher People's Court in Hebei sentenced...
The Provincial Higher People's Court in Hebei sentenced 10 human traffickers from Yunnan Province to death, the Xinhua Daily Telegraph reported
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Sharif Kadir, a 56-year-old jobless man sentenced to...
Sharif Kadir, a 56-year-old jobless man sentenced to death for drug trafficking, escaped the gallows when the Court of Appeal allowed his appeal
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2002DEATH PENALTY
US attorney general, and the European Union's justice...
US attorney general, and the European Union's justice and interior ministers are to meet in Copenhagen on September 14-15 to take stock of progress on sharing intelligence and combating terrorism since the September 11 attacks
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The director of the information centre of the Russian-Chechen...
The director of the information centre of the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society, Imran Ezhiyev, provided statistics of crimes committed by Russian occupiers on the territory of Chechnya between July 15 and August 15
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that a new burial site of residents...
It was reported that a new burial site of residents of the Chechen Republic was found in a former stud farm in the village of Goragorskiy in Nadterechnyy District
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
US attorney general, and the European Union's justice...
US attorney general, and the European Union's justice and interior ministers are to meet in Copenhagen on September 14-15 to take stock of progress on sharing intelligence and combating terrorism since the September 11 attacks
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2002JordanDEATH PENALTY
A 30-year-old unemployed man was sentenced to death...
A 30-year-old unemployed man was sentenced to death by the Criminal Court on conviction of killing an on-duty police officer and injuring several others in a series of four armed robberies taking place in September 1998
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigerian Foreign Minister Sule Lamido has added to...
Nigerian Foreign Minister Sule Lamido has added to the controversy over the Islamic legal code, Sharia, being practised in parts of the country by describing the law as "competent and right"
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Higher People's Court of Hebei province rejected...
The Higher People's Court of Hebei province rejected appeals lodged by 10 child abductors and upheld their death sentences, according to Xinhua's Web site
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
September 6-10, 2002: eight people sentenced to death...
September 6-10, 2002: eight people sentenced to death were executed in Gansu (northwest) and Guizhou (southeast) provinces in China
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2002ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Safiya Hussaini, the Nigerian woman sentenced to death...
Safiya Hussaini, the Nigerian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery in Nigeria, and saved in part by worldwide mobilisation in her favour, has become a citizen of Rome
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Bangladesh sentenced five persons to death,...
A court in Bangladesh sentenced five persons to death, four to life in jail and two others to five years rigorous imprisonment for murdering a youth in broad daylight in 1999
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Safiya Hussaini, the Nigerian woman sentenced to death...
Safiya Hussaini, the Nigerian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery in Nigeria, and saved in part by worldwide mobilisation in her favour, has become a citizen of Rome
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Five men were sentenced to death, four to life term...
Five men were sentenced to death, four to life term in jail and two others to five years rigorous imprisonment for murdering a youth in 1999
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Yangcheng Evening News reported that Shaoguan Intermediate...
The Yangcheng Evening News reported that Shaoguan Intermediate People's Court, in Guangdong Province, sentenced Xiao Zhuoming to death
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Yangcheng Evening News reported that Shaoguan Intermediate...
The Yangcheng Evening News reported that Shaoguan Intermediate People's Court, in Guangdong Province, tried two false value-added tax invoice issuance cases, sentencing Pan Guangshi, his son Pan Yingping and his daughter-in-law, Luo Mei, to death
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A man convicted of murdering his wife was hanged in...
A man convicted of murdering his wife was hanged in a prison in north-eastern Iran
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
Nationalist Action Party (MHP) applied to the Constitutional...
Nationalist Action Party (MHP) applied to the Constitutional Court requesting the annulment of six articles of the EU Adjustment Law and asking the court to stop their enforcement
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Nationalist Action Party (MHP) applied to the Constitutional...
Nationalist Action Party (MHP) applied to the Constitutional Court requesting the annulment of six articles of the EU Adjustment Law and asking the court to stop their enforcement
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Rome conferred honorary citizenship on a Nigerian woman...
Rome conferred honorary citizenship on a Nigerian woman who was sentenced to death by stoning by an Islamic court but acquitted on appeal after an international outcry
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Muslim leaders in northern Nigeria condemned the honorary...
Muslim leaders in northern Nigeria condemned the honorary citizenship conferred on Safiya Hussaini by the Rome city council, and accused Italian leaders of seeking to convert her to Christianity
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Rome city council said that Safiya was a "symbol...
The Rome city council said that Safiya was a "symbol of our commitment to fighting the inequality of women and defending human rights around the world
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2002IraqDEATH PENALTY
The Regay Kurdistan newspaper reported that the human...
The Regay Kurdistan newspaper reported that the human rights office of the Iraqi Communist Party declared the deaths of 18 citizens executed by the regime
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
The World Organisation against Torture (OMCT) said...
The World Organisation against Torture (OMCT) said official Iranian media reported 250 executions since the beginning of 2002
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Bangladesh sentenced five persons to death,...
A court in Bangladesh sentenced five persons to death, four to life in jail and two others to five years rigorous imprisonment for murdering a youth in broad daylight in 1999
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China's harsh crackdown on crime executed unknown thousands...
China's harsh crackdown on crime executed unknown thousands of prisoners in 2002 in judicial processes in which torture was common and lawyers rare
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2002DEATH PENALTY
SAFIYA MADE AN HONORARY CITIZEN OF ROME
September 9, 2002: Safiya Hussaini, a Nigerian woman who was saved from being stoned to death under Islamic Sharia law has been made an honorary citizen of the Italian capital, Rome. But Muslim leaders in northern Nigeria have denounced the move and accus
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
The Jomhuri-Ye Eslami daily reported that a man convicted...
The Jomhuri-Ye Eslami daily reported that a man convicted of armed robbery was hanged in public in southern Iran
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- SEPTEMBER 8, 2002South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Six years after the abolishment of the death penalty...
Six years after the abolishment of the death penalty in South Africa, hundreds of former death row prisoners are still awaiting their fate as the department of justice drags its feet on reviewing their sentences
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian man cut off his seven-year-old daughter's...
An Iranian man cut off his seven-year-old daughter's head after suspecting she had been raped by her uncle, the Jomhuri-ye Eslami newspaper said
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Following an international outcry against harsh sentences...
Following an international outcry against harsh sentences passed by Sharia courts in Nigeria, particularly on the Amina Lawal and Safiya cases, a prominent Islamic group in the North, the Jama'atu Nasril Islam (JNI) declared that the implementation of the
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Sokoto State Governor, Alhaji Dalhatu Bafarawa,...
The Sokoto State Governor, Alhaji Dalhatu Bafarawa, said that he would write a letter to President Olusegun Obasanjo, asking him to explain why the Federal Government issued a passport to Safiya Hussaini Tungar-Tudu to enable her attend a ceremony in Rome
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigeria's Constitutional Rights Project (CRP) has asked...
Nigeria's Constitutional Rights Project (CRP) has asked for the intervention of the Federal Government to save Amina Lawal from being stoned to death
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2002LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
A jury sentenced John Dale Allen, 35, to death for...
A jury sentenced John Dale Allen, 35, to death for the 1999 killing of Elaine Posey Oliver, 51
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Beijing court ordered the execution of Lu Wanhua,...
A Beijing court ordered the execution of Lu Wanhua, chairman of Beijing Haiziwan Precision Chemical Limited Company, Beijing Taikang Bio-Medicine Limited Company and Singapore Guoyuxuan Stock Holding Private Limited Company, for using fake financial certi
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2002UkraineDEATH PENALTY
When asked in a newspaper interview if he thought that...
When asked in a newspaper interview if he thought that Ukraine had abolished the death penalty too early, Prosecutor-General Svyatoslav Piskun stated: "I think the death penalty is a more efficient instrument to prevent serious crimes
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2002Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
Caribbean Justice, a group working for the abolition...
Caribbean Justice, a group working for the abolition of the death penalty, said it was deeply concerned over allegations of brutality and mistreatment of a Trinidadian death row inmate and called on the authorities to launch an investigation into the matt
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2002IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
The decision to commute Illinois death sentences to...
The decision to commute Illinois death sentences to life in prison should be "for everybody or for nobody," despite a review board's plan to hear almost 160 separate clemency cases in October, Governor George Ryan said
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Mohamed bin Said bin Mohamed Ali was publicly beheaded...
Mohamed bin Said bin Mohamed Ali was publicly beheaded for murder
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2002BelizeDEATH PENALTY
In a claim to be 'addressing' the issue of violent...
In a claim to be 'addressing' the issue of violent crime via the resumption of executions, the Prime Minister of Belize, Said Musa, brought before the House of Representatives the Belize Constitution Amendment Bill 2002
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Hollywood star Susan Sarandon called for the retrial...
Hollywood star Susan Sarandon called for the retrial of a Scottish man awaiting execution in America
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Lawyers of a Pakistani woman gang-raped on the orders...
Lawyers of a Pakistani woman gang-raped on the orders of a village council filed appeals against the acquittal of eight of the men who served on the traditional jury
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Hollywood star Susan Sarandon called for the retrial...
Hollywood star Susan Sarandon called for the retrial of a Scottish man awaiting execution in America
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Dong Wei, 26, who escaped execution by four minutes...
Dong Wei, 26, who escaped execution by four minutes on April 28 after an appeal judge managed to reach the executioner by mobile phone four minutes prior to his execution, was finally executed
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Ministry of Public Security newspaper reported that...
A Ministry of Public Security newspaper reported that the Ningbo Intermediate People's Court, in Zhejiang Province, sentenced Ren Yueming, manager of Yinxian County Sanyou Materials Trading Company, to death with two years reprieve and confiscation of all
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Roberto Gungon, one of the two abductors of former...
Roberto Gungon, one of the two abductors of former De La Salle University student Agnes Guirindola was sentenced to death by the Quezon City Regional Trial Court after he was found guilty of kidnapping with serious illegal detention and frustrated murder
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2002RomaniaDEATH PENALTY
The Romanian Government approved a bill ratifying Protocol...
The Romanian Government approved a bill ratifying Protocol No
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
A sharia appeals court in Nigeria ordered a man sentenced...
A sharia appeals court in Nigeria ordered a man sentenced to death by stoning for raping a nine-year-old girl to appear at a hearing later in September, defence lawyers said
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The second suspect in the kidnapping and frustrated...
The second suspect in the kidnapping and frustrated murder of De La Salle student Agnes Guirindola was ordered to die by lethal injection -seven and a half years after the first suspect was sentenced to death
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2002BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
Turkey Foreign Minister Sukru Sina Gurel, on a visit...
Turkey Foreign Minister Sukru Sina Gurel, on a visit to Brussels as part of the action plan to explain Turkey's efforts to fulfil Copenhagen Criteria, asked Belgian Minister for European Affairs Annemie Neyts to extradite Fehriye Erdal, suspected of Ozdem
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2002BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
Turkey Foreign Minister Sukru Sina Gurel, on a visit...
Turkey Foreign Minister Sukru Sina Gurel, on a visit to Brussels as part of the action plan to explain Turkey's efforts to fulfil Copenhagen Criteria, asked Belgian Minister for European Affairs Annemie Neyts to extradite Fehriye Erdal, suspected of Ozdem
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The International Federation of Human Rights Leagues...
The International Federation of Human Rights Leagues (FIDH) sent a delegation to evaluate the application of Islamic Sharia law and its human rights implications in northern Nigeria, sources close to the Federation said in Paris
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2002BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
Barbados passed a pro-hanging constitutional amendment...
Barbados passed a pro-hanging constitutional amendment and Belize expects to do so by December
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Somkliang Soyplai, 44, was executed by shooting
Somkliang Soyplai, 44, was executed by shooting
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2002CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Courts: 10 panellists favor life in prison for the...
Courts: 10 panellists favor life in prison for the man who gunned down 3 Anaheim hospital workers
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2002SudanDEATH PENALTY
Three men were executed by hanging in a Khartoum jail...
Three men were executed by hanging in a Khartoum jail after they were found guilty of killing a woman in the northern part of Sudan in 2001
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A House resolution supported by 131 congressmen was...
A House resolution supported by 131 congressmen was filed urging the President to declare a moratorium on executions pending deliberations on a bill that would repeal Republic Act 7659 or the Death Penalty Law
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Legal Daily reported that the Zhengzhou Intermediate...
The Legal Daily reported that the Zhengzhou Intermediate People's Court, in Henan Province, sentenced Chen Bingkun to death for financial fraud
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- SEPTEMBER 3, 2002Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
The head of the parliamentary Unity faction, Galust...
The head of the parliamentary Unity faction, Galust Saakyan, said that the Council of Europe should take a respectful view of the opinion of the Armenian public, who favour the death penalty for the perpetrators of the act of terrorism in the Armenian par
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The head of the parliamentary Unity faction, Galust...
The head of the parliamentary Unity faction, Galust Saakyan, said that the Council of Europe should take a respectful view of the opinion of the Armenian public, who favour the death penalty for the perpetrators of the act of terrorism in the Armenian par
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Tanzania Gender Net-working Programme (TGNP) and...
The Tanzania Gender Net-working Programme (TGNP) and Feminist Activism Coalition (FemAct) urged Tanzania to boycott the forthcoming Miss World beauty pageant to be held in Nigeria in protest of against country's death penalty by stoning for women convicte
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2002FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Spaniard Julio Mora walked off death row on Tuesday,...
Spaniard Julio Mora walked off death row on Tuesday, when his sentence was reduced to life in prison during a court hearing in Ft
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Hasan bin Jaber Hroubi was publicly beheaded for murder
Hasan bin Jaber Hroubi was publicly beheaded for murder
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Three young men, all convicted of killing girlfriends,...
Three young men, all convicted of killing girlfriends, were executed in Beijing
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2002Governo Federale degli Stati UnitiDEATH PENALTY
Germany refused to pass on evidence to the US that...
Germany refused to pass on evidence to the US that could lead to the death penalty being invoked against the so-called 20th hijacker
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Prime Minister John Howard described the death sentence...
Prime Minister John Howard described the death sentence by stoning given to Amina Lawal in Nigeria for having a child out of wedlock, as sickening and said he would relay his feelings to the country's president
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2002LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
President Valdas Adamkus approved the abolition of...
President Valdas Adamkus approved the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Prime Minister John Howard described the death sentence...
Prime Minister John Howard described the death sentence by stoning given to Amina Lawal in Nigeria for having a child out of wedlock, as sickening and said he would relay his feelings to the country's president
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
The EU expressed concern over death sentences given...
The EU expressed concern over death sentences given to 88 people in Nyala in the Darfour region of Sudan
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2002SudanDEATH PENALTY
The EU expressed concern over death sentences given...
The EU expressed concern over death sentences given to 88 people in Nyala in the Darfour region of Sudan
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Usman Umaru, father of Fatimah Usman, a woman sentenced...
Usman Umaru, father of Fatimah Usman, a woman sentenced to death by stoning along with her lover for adultery, accused the trial Judge of demanding and receiving 8,900 Naira (about $71) bribe from him
- SEPTEMBER 1, 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
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2002IsraelDEATH PENALTY
Palestinian security sources revealed that Israeli...
Palestinian security sources revealed that Israeli occupation forces randomly opened fire at a group of residents in the occupied city of Jenin, killing 16-year old Abd-al-Karim al-Sa'di
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Palestinian security sources revealed that Israeli...
Palestinian security sources revealed that Israeli occupation forces randomly opened fire at a group of residents in the occupied city of Jenin, killing 16-year old Abd-al-Karim al-Sa'di
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2002IsraelDEATH PENALTY
Four Palestinian quarry workers were killed by Israeli...
Four Palestinian quarry workers were killed by Israeli occupation soldiers near the southern West Bank village of Bani Na'im
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2002IsraelDEATH PENALTY
Four Palestinian quarry workers were killed by Israeli...
Four Palestinian quarry workers were killed by Israeli occupation soldiers near the southern West Bank village of Bani Na'im
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian court for the first time granted the family...
An Iranian court for the first time granted the family of a murdered Christian man the same "blood money", or compensation, as that of a Muslim, the official news agency IRNA reported