Chronological archive
November 2002
The 213 news items published by Hands Off Cain in November 2002, in chronological order.
Gennady Raikov, the leader of the new People's Party,...
Gennady Raikov, the leader of the new People's Party, stated that the party would consistently campaign for Russia to bring back the death penalty and outlaw homosexuality, explaining that the country had too high a crime rate to dispose of capital punish
- NOVEMBER 30, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A man whose name was reported as Mukul was condemned...
A man whose name was reported as Mukul was condemned to death for killing a policeman
- NOVEMBER 30, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Gang rape victim Anjana Mishra stated in the Hindustan...
Gang rape victim Anjana Mishra stated in the Hindustan Times that rapists should not be sentenced to death
- NOVEMBER 30, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
India Defence Minister George Fernandes joined a rising...
India Defence Minister George Fernandes joined a rising call to apply the death penalty to rapists, saying Chinese-style execution would be suitable in India where a woman is molested every hour
- NOVEMBER 30, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani's suggestion that...
Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani's suggestion that rapists should be hanged does not seem to be favoured by legal experts, social activists and police personnel in the city
- NOVEMBER 30, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
India Defence Minister George Fernandes joined a rising...
India Defence Minister George Fernandes joined a rising call to apply the death penalty to rapists, saying Chinese-style execution would be suitable in India where a woman is molested every hour
- NOVEMBER 29, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Secretary of the All India Democratic Women's Association,...
The Secretary of the All India Democratic Women's Association, Brinda Karat, said the Deputy Prime Minister, L
- NOVEMBER 29, 2002South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
A group of 56 lawmakers affiliated with the Korean...
A group of 56 lawmakers affiliated with the Korean branch of Amnesty International (AI) petitioned President Kim Dae-jung asking that prisoners currently awaiting execution have their sentences commuted to life imprisonment
- NOVEMBER 29, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Legal experts declared themselves divided over the...
Legal experts declared themselves divided over the announcement made by deputy prime minister L K Advani that rapists should be awarded capital punishment
- NOVEMBER 29, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigeria's top Muslim authorities ruled that a religious...
Nigeria's top Muslim authorities ruled that a religious edict calling for a journalist to be killed "should be ignored"
- NOVEMBER 29, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Ayatollah Bojnurdi the head of Iran's Islamic Human...
Ayatollah Bojnurdi the head of Iran's Islamic Human Rights Commission condemned the death sentence issued against university professor Hashem Aghajari
- NOVEMBER 29, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
State-controlled media reported that a businesswoman...
State-controlled media reported that a businesswoman was sentenced to death in southern Vietnam for embezzling nearly $1 million from the government-owned company she headed
- NOVEMBER 28, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain, which sustains the appeal made yesterday...
Hands Off Cain, which sustains the appeal made yesterday by the Christian leaders of Nigeria urging the federal government to take precautionary measures for the Christian community by calling on the Italian government and the European Union to take actio
- NOVEMBER 28, 2002ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain, which sustains the appeal made yesterday...
Hands Off Cain, which sustains the appeal made yesterday by the Christian leaders of Nigeria urging the federal government to take precautionary measures for the Christian community by calling on the Italian government and the European Union to take actio
- NOVEMBER 28, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The Jakarta Post newspaper reported that victims and...
The Jakarta Post newspaper reported that victims and the families of those involved in the Bali bomb attack in October said that death is the only fitting punishment for such an evil, barbaric deed
- NOVEMBER 28, 2002South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The Constitutional Court ruled as unconstitutional...
The Constitutional Court ruled as unconstitutional a clause in the National Security Law allowing the death penalty to be imposed on those found guilty of repeatedly praising North Korea, or encouraging others to do so
- NOVEMBER 28, 2002TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Kazakhstan's Supreme Court sentenced Zarifdzhon Sattorov,...
Kazakhstan's Supreme Court sentenced Zarifdzhon Sattorov, an active member of a terrorist group to death
- NOVEMBER 28, 2002UkraineDEATH PENALTY
The Ukrainian parliament ratified Protocol 13 to the...
The Ukrainian parliament ratified Protocol 13 to the Convention on Protection of Human Rights and Basic Freedoms concerning the abolition of death penalty under all circumstances
- NOVEMBER 28, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
At a seminar organised by West Bengal Legal Aid Services...
At a seminar organised by West Bengal Legal Aid Services Legal Aid Services chairman Ganguli, in response to Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani's statement that rapists should be executed, stressed that capital punishment contradicted the right to life guar
- NOVEMBER 28, 2002UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The Tashkent city court sentenced 28-year-old Iskandar...
The Tashkent city court sentenced 28-year-old Iskandar Khudoyberganov to death and another five people, accused of being his accomplices, to prison terms ranging from six to 16 years
- NOVEMBER 28, 2002ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
The Lusaka High Court sentenced to death Evans Mazuba...
The Lusaka High Court sentenced to death Evans Mazuba and sent his two younger brothers to prison for the murder of an eight-year-old girl
- NOVEMBER 28, 2002DEATH PENALTY
ALIYU SHINKAFI´S FATWAMANIA
November 28, 2002: horrified by the blood-curling turn of events in the country in the past few days, Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has called through The Guardian for the immediate prosecution of the Deputy Governor of Zamfara State, Alhaji Ali
- NOVEMBER 27, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Thirty Malaysian organisations voiced their concern...
Thirty Malaysian organisations voiced their concern over the proposal for the death penalty for child rapists tabled at the Cabinet meeting
- NOVEMBER 27, 2002TurkmenistanDEATH PENALTY
Participants in a rally in Ashgabat demanded the death...
Participants in a rally in Ashgabat demanded the death penalty for the attackers of Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov
- NOVEMBER 26, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Islamic authorities in the northern Nigerian state...
Islamic authorities in the northern Nigerian state of Zamfara issued a fatwa urging Muslims to kill Isioma Daniel, a writer for the private daily This Day, whose November 16 article about the Miss World pageant sparked deadly riots across the country
- NOVEMBER 26, 2002ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Islamic authorities in the northern Nigerian state...
Islamic authorities in the northern Nigerian state of Zamfara issued a fatwa urging Muslims to kill Isioma Daniel, a writer for the private daily This Day, whose November 16 article about the Miss World pageant sparked deadly riots across the country
- NOVEMBER 26, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A court in the Islamic Republic of Iran sentenced two...
A court in the Islamic Republic of Iran sentenced two men to death for murdering a used car dealer in Tehran
- NOVEMBER 26, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Aghajari, the prominent Iranian academic condemned...
Aghajari, the prominent Iranian academic condemned to death for blasphemy refuses to appeal his sentence, his lawyer told AFP, after the judiciary said the controversial verdict will be upheld unless Hashem Aghajari lodges an appeal
- NOVEMBER 26, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani said in the Lok Sabha...
Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani said in the Lok Sabha that the government favours the death sentence for rapists and would like to enact a law for this in consultations with states and political parties
- NOVEMBER 26, 2002United NationsDEATH PENALTY
The UN Third Committee approved a draft resolution...
The UN Third Committee approved a draft resolution calling for effective action to eliminate extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions
- NOVEMBER 25, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Red Cross said that 200 people died during clashes...
The Red Cross said that 200 people died during clashes in Kaduna
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- NOVEMBER 25, 2002ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The relocation of the Miss World Contest away from...
The relocation of the Miss World Contest away from the Nigerian capital Abuja dealt a resounding setback to the process of democracy in Nigeria, Hands Off Cain said
- NOVEMBER 25, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Sun Yongyao, 20, and his girlfriend, Guo Baorong, 36,...
Sun Yongyao, 20, and his girlfriend, Guo Baorong, 36, charged with masterminding and detonating a bomb at a ballroom in northwest China's Xi'an City in September were found guilty and sentenced to death by the local intermediate people's court
- NOVEMBER 25, 2002TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
Taiwan was hit by a wave of deaths and hospitalisations...
Taiwan was hit by a wave of deaths and hospitalisations from the consumption of bootleg rice wine that contains methanol, a poisonous substance found in industrial alcohol
- NOVEMBER 25, 2002South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
The Inkatha Freedom Party called on the government...
The Inkatha Freedom Party called on the government to conduct a referendum to determine whether people want a reinstatement of the death penalty in South Africa
- NOVEMBER 24, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Guangdong police executed six people convicted of forging...
Guangdong police executed six people convicted of forging bank drafts
- NOVEMBER 24, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's student movement bowed to pressure from ruling...
Iran's student movement bowed to pressure from ruling hardliners and called a halt to two weeks of nationwide protests in defence of a liberal academic sentenced to death
- NOVEMBER 24, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Iranian authorities slapped an outright ban on further...
Iranian authorities slapped an outright ban on further student demonstrations against the sentencing to death of a pro-reform dissident academic
- NOVEMBER 24, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Leading Iranian reformists warned students that powerful...
Leading Iranian reformists warned students that powerful conservatives planned to impose emergency rule if university demonstrations against a dissident's death sentence got out of hand
- NOVEMBER 24, 2002NebraskaDEATH PENALTY
During a special session of the Nebraska legislature,...
During a special session of the Nebraska legislature, members enacted a bill that attempts to bring the state's law into compliance with the Supreme Court's ruling in Ring v
- NOVEMBER 23, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The death sentences of 180 terrorist organization members,...
The death sentences of 180 terrorist organization members, who had been sentenced to death by Diyarbakir State Security Courts (DGMs), were commuted to life imprisonment
- NOVEMBER 23, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A court in Mashhad, capital city of the northeastern...
A court in Mashhad, capital city of the northeastern Iranian province of Khorasan, sentenced 12 members of the 'Vultures' gang to death on various charges
- NOVEMBER 23, 2002DEATH PENALTY
MISS WORLD: A DEFEAT FOR DEMOCRACY
November 23, 2002: The facts happened in Nigeria, that brought to the decision of moving the beauty contest of Miss World, show the convergence of two diametrically extreme stands.
- NOVEMBER 22, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
Lawmakers opposed to Japan's use of the death penalty...
Lawmakers opposed to Japan's use of the death penalty revealed that they would submit to next year's Diet a bill to set up an ad hoc commission to debate whether it should be abolished
- NOVEMBER 22, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
The European Parliament adopted a resolution calling...
The European Parliament adopted a resolution calling for the suspension of the death sentence on university professor Hashem Aghajari and also called for closer cooperation between the EU and the Islamic Republic in human rights issues
- NOVEMBER 22, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
The European Parliament adopted a resolution calling...
The European Parliament adopted a resolution calling for the suspension of the death sentence on university professor Hashem Aghajari and also called for closer cooperation between the EU and the Islamic Republic of Iran in human rights issues
- NOVEMBER 22, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The local Tanzanian newspaper Daily News reported that...
The local Tanzanian newspaper Daily News reported that Zanzibar President Amani Abeid Karume reversed the death penalty passed on two Russian citizens
- NOVEMBER 22, 2002TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
The local Tanzanian newspaper Daily News reported that...
The local Tanzanian newspaper Daily News reported that Zanzibar President Amani Abeid Karume reversed the death penalty passed on two Russian citizens
- NOVEMBER 22, 2002ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Brian Rushambwa Sango, 27, was sentenced to death for...
Brian Rushambwa Sango, 27, was sentenced to death for murdering his friend's girlfriend, Rosemary Matsika, and her son Takudzwa
- NOVEMBER 22, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
It was revealed by group officials that the Japan Federation...
It was revealed by group officials that the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, Japan's largest bar organization, had intentions of proposing a legal moratorium on executions, the first time it has explicitly adopted a position against the death penalty
- NOVEMBER 22, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
The European Parliament adopted a resolution calling...
The European Parliament adopted a resolution calling for the suspension of the death sentence on university professor Hashem Aghajari and for closer cooperation between the EU and the Islamic Republic in human rights issues
- NOVEMBER 22, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said a...
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said a wave of student protests was the work of pro-US enemies of the Islamic state and warned they would be suppressed if necessary
- NOVEMBER 22, 2002DEATH PENALTY
MISS WORLD RIOTS LEAVE OVER 100 DEAD, HOC CALLS FOR EU BACKING TO FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
November 22, 2002: at least 105 people have been confirmed dead and hundreds wounded in rioting in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna triggered by Muslim fury over the holding of the Miss World pageant in Nigeria, the Nigerian Red Cross said on Friday.
- NOVEMBER 21, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
At least 10 people were killed after thousands of rioting...
At least 10 people were killed after thousands of rioting Muslim youths torched churches, looted shops and destroyed vehicles in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna amid rising Muslim fury over the country's staging of the Miss World pageant
- NOVEMBER 21, 2002ItalyDEATH PENALTY
At least 10 people were killed after thousands of rioting...
At least 10 people were killed after thousands of rioting Muslim youths torched churches, looted shops and destroyed vehicles in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna amid rising Muslim fury over the country's staging of the Miss World pageant
- NOVEMBER 21, 2002NevadaDEATH PENALTY
In Carson City, the state Board of Pardons has commuted...
In Carson City, the state Board of Pardons has commuted the death sentence of 2-time killer Thomas Nevius to life in prison without the possibility of parole because he is borderline mentally retarded
- NOVEMBER 21, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Hong Kong resident Cheung Tin-shung and mainlander...
Hong Kong resident Cheung Tin-shung and mainlander Cheung Siu-ngan were sentenced to death by the Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court for trafficking in drugs
- NOVEMBER 21, 2002BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
Bulgarian Ambassador Yuri Sterk, signed Protocol No
Bulgarian Ambassador Yuri Sterk, signed Protocol No
- NOVEMBER 21, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
Lawmakers opposed to Japan's use of capital punishment...
Lawmakers opposed to Japan's use of capital punishment plan to submit to the 2003 Diet a bill to set up an ad hoc death penalty commission to encourage public discussions on whether or not it should be abolished, the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper reported
- NOVEMBER 21, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Iranian President Mohammad Khatami's reformist allies...
Iranian President Mohammad Khatami's reformist allies said they could push for a rare referendum if two bills challenging the hardliners' grip on power were vetoed by conservatives
- NOVEMBER 21, 2002DEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA YOUTHS RIOT OVER MISS WORLD PAGEANT, HOC CALLS FOR EU BACKING TO FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
November 21, 2002: at least 10 people were killed after thousands of rioting Muslim youths torched churches, looted shops and destroyed vehicles in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna on Thursday amid rising Muslim fury over the country´s staging of the
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- NOVEMBER 20, 2002OhioDEATH PENALTY
In Trumbull County Court, the same jury that decided...
In Trumbull County Court, the same jury that decided the guilt of Nathaniel Jackson has decided he should die for the crime
- NOVEMBER 20, 2002OhioDEATH PENALTY
Rhett Depew, who's been on death row for nearly 2 decades,...
Rhett Depew, who's been on death row for nearly 2 decades, will be heading to court for a new sentence
- NOVEMBER 20, 2002GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
In Atlanta, Butts County Superior Court Judge Kevin A
In Atlanta, Butts County Superior Court Judge Kevin A
- NOVEMBER 20, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
In the death chamber at the Huntsville "Walls" Unit,...
In the death chamber at the Huntsville "Walls" Unit, professing his innocence, 66-year-old William Wesley Chappell became the oldest man executed by Texas since the state in 1924 took over capital punishment duties from counties
- NOVEMBER 20, 2002MissouriDEATH PENALTY
William R
William R
- NOVEMBER 20, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Ruan Junxian, a man convicted of murder, kidnapping,...
Ruan Junxian, a man convicted of murder, kidnapping, extortion and assault become the third member of a gang in Guangdong province to be executed for their crimes, according to state press
- NOVEMBER 20, 2002KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
The possibility of introducing a moratorium on capital...
The possibility of introducing a moratorium on capital punishment was discussed in the Almaty Justice Department
- NOVEMBER 20, 2002NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
Nawijn's statements evoked a barrage of criticism from...
Nawijn's statements evoked a barrage of criticism from nearly all parliamentary parties including his own LPF
- NOVEMBER 20, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Thailand's Parliament unanimously passed a bill to...
Thailand's Parliament unanimously passed a bill to change the method of execution from shooting to lethal injection
- NOVEMBER 20, 2002YemenDEATH PENALTY
Some 15,000 to 20,000 people gathered in the city Aden...
Some 15,000 to 20,000 people gathered in the city Aden to see the execution of three men: 'Abd al-Wareth Saleh Ahmad, Khaled Yahya 'Abdullah al-Yami, and Nasser Muhammad Hiba
- NOVEMBER 20, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A court in Chaozhou, Guangdong Province, executed "Zheng...
A court in Chaozhou, Guangdong Province, executed "Zheng Huang" and Ruan Junxian for intentional homicide, kidnapping, blackmail, and bombing
- NOVEMBER 19, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
Craig Ogan, 47, was executed at the Huntsville "Walls" Unit
Craig Ogan, 47, was executed at the Huntsville "Walls" Unit
- NOVEMBER 19, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
National Unity and Social Development deputy secretary-general...
National Unity and Social Development deputy secretary-general Datuk Ahmad Ismail Sarip said that a pilot witness support programme for children will begin in February 2003
- NOVEMBER 19, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Moscow "is deeply satisfied with the decision of the...
Moscow "is deeply satisfied with the decision of the Tanzanian president to change the death sentence of Russian citizens Ivan Ochirov and Dmitry Kosyakov to life in prison," the Russian foreign ministry reported "The authorities of Tanzania have expresse
- NOVEMBER 19, 2002TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
Moscow "is deeply satisfied with the decision of the...
Moscow "is deeply satisfied with the decision of the Tanzanian president to change the death sentence of Russian citizens Ivan Ochirov and Dmitry Kosyakov to life in prison," the Russian foreign ministry reported "The authorities of Tanzania have expresse
- NOVEMBER 19, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Thousands of people gathered in south-western Pakistan...
Thousands of people gathered in south-western Pakistan for the funeral of a Pakistani executed in the United States for killing two CIA employees, and hailed Mir Amil Kansi as an Islamic hero
- NOVEMBER 19, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Thousands of people gathered in south-western Pakistan...
Thousands of people gathered in south-western Pakistan for the funeral of a Pakistani executed in the United States for killing two CIA employees, and hailed Mir Amil Kansi as an Islamic hero
- NOVEMBER 19, 2002NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
Dutch Immigration Minister Hilbrand Nawijn, a member...
Dutch Immigration Minister Hilbrand Nawijn, a member of the anti-immigration party of murdered populist Pim Fortuyn, sparked outrage after calling for the return of the death penalty
- NOVEMBER 18, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The troubled Miss World contest faced further controversy...
The troubled Miss World contest faced further controversy today after it emerged that 11 children in host nation Nigeria could have their hands amputated for petty theft
- NOVEMBER 18, 2002AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
About 100 Afghan students held a demonstration in front...
About 100 Afghan students held a demonstration in front of the Afghan embassy in Islamabad in Pakistan
- NOVEMBER 18, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Three men all Indians caught trafficking drugs in a...
Three men all Indians caught trafficking drugs in a sting operation were sentenced to death by the Dubai Supreme Court
- NOVEMBER 18, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Catanduanes Rep
Catanduanes Rep
- NOVEMBER 18, 2002Côte d’IvoireDEATH PENALTY
Transport Minister Marcel Amon-Tanoh announced his...
Transport Minister Marcel Amon-Tanoh announced his resignation due to the government's human rights violations
- NOVEMBER 18, 2002United StatesDEATH PENALTY
The US Supreme Court broadened its review of the death...
The US Supreme Court broadened its review of the death penalty, agreeing to consider when death row inmates with bad lawyers deserve a second chance
- NOVEMBER 17, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court convicted two people, one in absentia, and...
A court convicted two people, one in absentia, and sentenced them to death for killing a housewife and her son during robbery in their house here in 2000
- NOVEMBER 17, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Court in Thailand ordered that a couple...
The Criminal Court in Thailand ordered that a couple who were arrested and detained for embezzling over Bt1
- NOVEMBER 17, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Court ordered that a couple who were arrested...
The Criminal Court ordered that a couple who were arrested and detained for embezzling over Bt1
- NOVEMBER 17, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Students claimed a victory for freedom of speech as...
Students claimed a victory for freedom of speech as Iran's supreme leader ordered a review of the death sentence against dissident academic Hashem Aghajari
- NOVEMBER 17, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Khayali Khan, 30, and Shahzad, 28, two prisoners serving...
Khayali Khan, 30, and Shahzad, 28, two prisoners serving life sentences were tortured to death by officials of the Kasur District Jail
- NOVEMBER 16, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Women and Family Development Minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat...
Women and Family Development Minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil supported the move to introduce the death penalty for child rapist, saying that stiffer penalty was what the public wanted but the Bar Council and women groups maintained their stand a
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- NOVEMBER 16, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Justice Augustine Kania of the High Court has convicted...
Justice Augustine Kania of the High Court has convicted and sentenced to death a Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) an Local Defence Unit (LDU) soldier after finding them guilty of murder
- NOVEMBER 16, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian man convicted of murder and robbery was...
An Iranian man convicted of murder and robbery was hanged in a prison near the capital Tehran, the Seday-e-Edalat newspaper reported
- NOVEMBER 15, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Malaysia is considering the death penalty for child...
Malaysia is considering the death penalty for child rapists after a series of sexual assaults on children, including infants, a cabinet minister was quoted as saying
- NOVEMBER 15, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Magistrate Lisa Hannan has ordered the extradition...
Magistrate Lisa Hannan has ordered the extradition to Singapore of a British businessman, Michael McCrea, accused of a grisly double murder and ordered him to remain in custody pending receipt of a Singaporean surrender warrant
- NOVEMBER 15, 2002FijiDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International has called on authorities in...
Amnesty International has called on authorities in Fiji to prosecute those who suppressed the military mutiny in November 2000, as well as those who staged it
- NOVEMBER 15, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
The Cabinet is due to discuss stiffer sentences for...
The Cabinet is due to discuss stiffer sentences for rapists, including the death penalty, in a fortnight and if comments from the country's de facto law minister are any indication, the proposal to hang offenders will be endorsed by Prime Minister Mahath
- NOVEMBER 15, 2002SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Magistrate Lisa Hannan has ordered the extradition...
Magistrate Lisa Hannan has ordered the extradition to Singapore of a British businessman, Michael McCrea, accused of a grisly double murder and ordered him to remain in custody pending receipt of a Singaporean surrender warrant
- NOVEMBER 15, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Armenia should built state without death penalty, advisor...
Armenia should built state without death penalty, advisor to RA minister of home affairs, head of task force of reformation of RA Criminal Code Mikael Grigoryan said
- NOVEMBER 15, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Nikolay Arustamyan, a representative of the Armenian...
Nikolay Arustamyan, a representative of the Armenian Justice Ministry, said that today there were 42 people sentenced to death and expecting their sentence to be commuted to life imprisonment in connection with the death penalty moratorium announced in Ar
- NOVEMBER 15, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Softly chanting "There is no God but Allah" until he...
Softly chanting "There is no God but Allah" until he lost consciousness, a Pakistani man was put to death by injection on November 14 for the slayings of two CIA employees in 1993
- NOVEMBER 15, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Softly chanting "There is no God but Allah" until he...
Softly chanting "There is no God but Allah" until he lost consciousness, a Pakistani man was put to death by injection on November 14 for the slayings of two CIA employees in 1993
- NOVEMBER 15, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Hundreds of hardline demonstrators in Tehran called...
Hundreds of hardline demonstrators in Tehran called for the execution of Hashem Aghajari, a popular academic and ally of President Mohammad Khatami sentenced to death for blasphemy
- NOVEMBER 14, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Fort Worth, Heliberto Chi, 23, was sentenced to...
In Fort Worth, Heliberto Chi, 23, was sentenced to die by lethal injection for the March 24, 2001, robbery and fatal shooting of Armand Paliotta, 56
- NOVEMBER 14, 2002VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
In Jarratt, Mir Aimal Kasi, whose real name was Aimal...
In Jarratt, Mir Aimal Kasi, whose real name was Aimal Khan Kasi, was executed by injection for the 1993 slayings of two CIA employees in what he said was a protest of U
- NOVEMBER 14, 2002KansasDEATH PENALTY
In Wichita Reginald Carr, 25, and his brother, Jonathan,...
In Wichita Reginald Carr, 25, and his brother, Jonathan, 22, were sentenced to death for the killing of 4 people in December 2000
- NOVEMBER 14, 2002Nord CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
In Greensboro, a Guilford County Superior Court jury...
In Greensboro, a Guilford County Superior Court jury sentenced John Henry Thompson, 34, to death for the March 31, 2001 shooting of Kenneth Bruhmuller
- NOVEMBER 14, 2002FijiDEATH PENALTY
A Fiji military court sentenced the leader of a failed...
A Fiji military court sentenced the leader of a failed mutiny to death but court officials said the sentence was automatically commuted to life in prison
- NOVEMBER 14, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani protesters burned the US flag and called...
Pakistani protesters burned the US flag and called for a strike in the home town of a Muslim militant due to be executed later in the day in the United States
- NOVEMBER 14, 2002United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani protesters burned the US flag and called...
Pakistani protesters burned the US flag and called for a strike in the home town of a Muslim militant due to be executed later in the day in the United States
- NOVEMBER 14, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
An Indonesian who confessed to being part of the devastating...
An Indonesian who confessed to being part of the devastating bomb attacks on Bali in October has no fear of the death penalty, content he achieved what he set out to do, police said
- NOVEMBER 14, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
The central council of the Islamic Students Association...
The central council of the Islamic Students Association of Shahid Saduqi's Medical Science University in Yazd sent an open letter to Ayatollah Hashemi-Shahrudi, calling on him to resign from his post as head of the Judiciary, following the death sentence
- NOVEMBER 13, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
"I really appreciate the support of the contestants who have offered to boycott for me
"I really appreciate the support of the contestants who have offered to boycott for me
- NOVEMBER 13, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
In the 410th state District Court, a jury sentenced...
In the 410th state District Court, a jury sentenced Keith Steven Thurmond to death for the Sept
- NOVEMBER 13, 2002IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
In Peoria, a jury of 7 men and 5 women deliberated...
In Peoria, a jury of 7 men and 5 women deliberated almost 9 hours before sentencing Dale W
- NOVEMBER 13, 2002GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
William Putman was executed for the deaths of a couple,...
William Putman was executed for the deaths of a couple, David Hardin and Katie Hardin on July 10, 1980
- NOVEMBER 13, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Attending the Miss World contest in Nigeria this month...
Attending the Miss World contest in Nigeria this month would be a bold statement against the treatment of women in the country, according to Australia's representative Nicole Gazal
- NOVEMBER 13, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court of Appeals approved punishments given...
The Supreme Court of Appeals approved punishments given to Necdet Yuksel and Rustu Aytufan, the suspects of the Umut Case, by commuting their death sentence to life imprisonment while it annulled punishments of eight other suspects including Ferhan Ozmen
- NOVEMBER 13, 2002SpainDEATH PENALTY
With an article published by El Mundo, Emma Bonino,...
With an article published by El Mundo, Emma Bonino, former EU Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid, reacted strongly to the resolution approved by a commission of Spanish Parliamentarians and Senators calling for a boycott of the Miss World contest by the co
- NOVEMBER 13, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Embattled President Mohammad Khatami broke his silence...
Embattled President Mohammad Khatami broke his silence over the sentencing to death for blasphemy of Hashem Aghajari, a prominent academic and close ally
- NOVEMBER 13, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
State prosecutor-general Ayatollah Abdolnabi Namazi...
State prosecutor-general Ayatollah Abdolnabi Namazi said that the dossier of Hashem Aghjari should go through its legal procedure and that everyone should accept the final verdict of the law
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- NOVEMBER 13, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Hashem Aghajari refused to appeal his sentence in a...
Hashem Aghajari refused to appeal his sentence in a defiant challenge to the Islamic republic's hardline judiciary, his lawyer said
- NOVEMBER 13, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Around 2,500 students gathered at a Tehran university...
Around 2,500 students gathered at a Tehran university burst into prolonged applause when a speaker announced Hashem Aghajari's decision not to appeal his death sentence for blashpemy
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AGHAJARI “READY TO DIE”, STUDENTS IN TEHRAN CONTINUE PROTEST
November 13, 2002: Hashem Aghajari, a prominent intellectual condemned to death for blasphemy has refused to appeal his sentence in a defiant challenge to the Islamic republic´s hardline judiciary, his lawyer said Wednesday."Twenty years ago, when I was o
- NOVEMBER 12, 2002GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
A jury in the court of state District Judge Debbie...
A jury in the court of state District Judge Debbie Stricklin deliberated for less than 2 hours before agreeing on the death sentence for Ronald James Hamilton Jr
- NOVEMBER 12, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court awarded capital punishment to seven people...
A court awarded capital punishment to seven people in a murder case
- NOVEMBER 12, 2002AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
A tribunal has turned down the appeal from Abdullah...
A tribunal has turned down the appeal from Abdullah Shah a notorious Afghan commander sentenced to death for killing dozens of people, including three of his wives and five of his children
- NOVEMBER 12, 2002SpainDEATH PENALTY
South Africa is refusing to extradite the last fugitive...
South Africa is refusing to extradite the last fugitive Patty Hearst kidnapper - unless the US guarantees he will not be executed
- NOVEMBER 12, 2002South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
South Africa is refusing to extradite the last fugitive...
South Africa is refusing to extradite the last fugitive Patty Hearst kidnapper - unless the US guarantees he will not be executed
- NOVEMBER 12, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian man found guilty of kidnapping and rape...
An Iranian man found guilty of kidnapping and rape was publicly hanged in the central holy city of Qom, the Abrar newspaper reported
- NOVEMBER 11, 2002United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Miss United States Rebekah Rebels said: "I decided...
Miss United States Rebekah Rebels said: "I decided that the best thing for us to do was to take a stance, a positive stance and come over to Africa and support her (Amina Lawal), instead of staying at home
- NOVEMBER 11, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigerian officials celebrated as a planeload of beauty...
Nigerian officials celebrated as a planeload of beauty queens arrived for the Miss World pageant which had been threatened by a mass boycott over the country's Islamic stoning sentences
- NOVEMBER 11, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigerian officials celebrated on Monday as a planeload...
Nigerian officials celebrated on Monday as a planeload of beauty queens arrived for the Miss World pageant, which had been threatened by a mass boycott over the country's Islamic stoning sentences
- NOVEMBER 11, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Some political leaders in Pakistan urged the US to...
Some political leaders in Pakistan urged the US to spare Mir Aimal Kasi's life
- NOVEMBER 11, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
More than 200 people protested in Pakistan against...
More than 200 people protested in Pakistan against the scheduled execution of a Pakistani convicted of murdering two CIA staff in the United States
- NOVEMBER 11, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Human-rights groups in Uganda stepped up their campaign...
Human-rights groups in Uganda stepped up their campaign against the death penalty, with several of them submitting strong memoranda to the Constitution Review Commission urging for its removal from the statute books
- NOVEMBER 11, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, issued...
Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, issued a veiled warning he might have to call on "the forces of the people" to step in if the main pillars of Iran's power structure were unable to solve major problems, the BBC reported
- NOVEMBER 11, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's hardline-controlled judiciary stood behind the...
Iran's hardline-controlled judiciary stood behind the sentencing to death of a prominent pro-reform academic, hitting out at parliamentary efforts to have the ruling quashed
- NOVEMBER 10, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A man was condemned to death by a court for killing...
A man was condemned to death by a court for killing his wife in 1993
- NOVEMBER 10, 2002NorwayDEATH PENALTY
Miss Norway, one of the women planning to boycott the...
Miss Norway, one of the women planning to boycott the contest, to return to the fold as contestants gathered in London last night
- NOVEMBER 10, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Five convicted drug traffickers were hanged in a prison...
Five convicted drug traffickers were hanged in a prison in the Tehran satellite city of Karaj, Kayhan reported
- NOVEMBER 10, 2002RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Rwandan delegates who reviewed the country's pre-draft...
Rwandan delegates who reviewed the country's pre-draft constitution in a national constitutional conference over the weekend rejected a proposal to abolish the death penalty
- NOVEMBER 10, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Hundreds of Iranian students protested for a second...
Hundreds of Iranian students protested for a second day, outraged at a death sentence for blasphemy imposed on a reformist academic that has ignited a battle for political control of the Islamic Republic
- NOVEMBER 10, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's pro-reform parliamentary majority protested...
Iran's pro-reform parliamentary majority protested against the death sentence imposed on dissident academic Hashem Aghajari, then passed the first draft of controversial legislation intended to curb the powers of their hardline opponents in the judiciary
- NOVEMBER 10, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
The Islamic Students' Society of Al-Zahra University,...
The Islamic Students' Society of Al-Zahra University, the Legal and Political Science Faculty of Tehran University, the Social Science Faculty of Tehran University and the Faculty of Science of Tehran University issued separate statements protesting the d
- NOVEMBER 9, 2002IrelandDEATH PENALTY
Lynda Duffy from Glencorrib, Co Mayo and Gayle Williamson...
Lynda Duffy from Glencorrib, Co Mayo and Gayle Williamson from Lurgan, Co Armagh, vowed to take part in the beauty pageant
- NOVEMBER 9, 2002South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
A High Court judge in Mpumalanga province, South Africa,...
A High Court judge in Mpumalanga province, South Africa, called on the Constitutional Court to review the abolition of the death penalty, saying violence was out of control, politicians did nothing but talk, and jail terms were simply not a deterrent
- NOVEMBER 9, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Miss Uganda beauty queen, Rehema Nakuya, is carrying...
Miss Uganda beauty queen, Rehema Nakuya, is carrying her mantle to the glamour of the Miss World beauty contest in Abuja, Nigeria
- NOVEMBER 9, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Hundreds of Iranian students chanting "Political prisoners...
Hundreds of Iranian students chanting "Political prisoners should be released!" protested against Iran's hardline judiciary and Hashem Aghajari's death sentence for blasphemy in the biggest political demonstration for over three years
- NOVEMBER 9, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
The front pages of many Tehran newspapers reflected...
The front pages of many Tehran newspapers reflected the predictable outrage that Hashem Aghajari's death sentence provoked among reformists in Iran
- NOVEMBER 8, 2002IraqDEATH PENALTY
An investigation by a UK television outfit, Channel...
An investigation by a UK television outfit, Channel 4's Dispatches team, uncovered eyewitness accounts of the execution of 15 women in a market square in the port of Basra
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- NOVEMBER 7, 2002FloridaDEATH PENALTY
In a 4-3 decision, the Florida Supreme Court reversed...
In a 4-3 decision, the Florida Supreme Court reversed the death sentence of Ronald Bell, because he was 2 months shy of his 18th birthday at the time of the murder of Cordell Richards in February 1999
- NOVEMBER 7, 2002DenmarkDEATH PENALTY
Masja Juel, Miss Denmark, the most forceful of the...
Masja Juel, Miss Denmark, the most forceful of the boycotters, said in one interview: "I knew I had to make a choice
- NOVEMBER 7, 2002FranceDEATH PENALTY
Sylvie Teller, who was to go as Miss France, said:...
Sylvie Teller, who was to go as Miss France, said: "When a woman faces the most agonising death, there are more important things in life than winning a crown for being beautiful
- NOVEMBER 7, 2002TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Tajikistan cannot abolish the death penalty at present,...
Tajikistan cannot abolish the death penalty at present, an official from the Justice Ministry, Sh
- NOVEMBER 7, 2002DenmarkDEATH PENALTY
The Russian-based Revolutionary Contact Association,...
The Russian-based Revolutionary Contact Association, which describes itself as a body of Russian dissidents, has sent an appeal to the Danish government and the "international democratic community" to prevent the possible extradition of Chechen presidenti
- NOVEMBER 7, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Euro-MP Glenys Kinnock renewed calls for Miss Wales...
Euro-MP Glenys Kinnock renewed calls for Miss Wales to abandon her aesthetic ambition
- NOVEMBER 7, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Prince Edward has withdrawn from a reception in honour...
Prince Edward has withdrawn from a reception in honour of this year's controversial Miss World contest, Buckingham Palace said
- NOVEMBER 7, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The so-called Supreme Council for Shariah in Nigeria...
The so-called Supreme Council for Shariah in Nigeria condemned the recent call by President Obasanjo for the abolition of the death penalty worldwide
- NOVEMBER 7, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Hurera Akilu-Atta, who is one of Amina Lawal's lawyers...
Hurera Akilu-Atta, who is one of Amina Lawal's lawyers and who works for Baobab, a women's human rights organisation in Nigeria said: "When we heard that participants were boycotting this event, we felt happy and hopeful," she said
- NOVEMBER 7, 2002PanamaDEATH PENALTY
Miss Panama, Yoselyn Sanchez, 21, said: "If my refusal...
Miss Panama, Yoselyn Sanchez, 21, said: "If my refusal to go helps save the young Amina from execution , then it is something I do with much pleasure
- NOVEMBER 7, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A court in Pakistan condemned a man to death and 100...
A court in Pakistan condemned a man to death and 100 lashes for killing his aunt and her one-year-old baby
- NOVEMBER 7, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian court sentenced an academic and close ally...
An Iranian court sentenced an academic and close ally of President Mohammad Khatami to death for blasphemy after he questioned the right of the clergy to rule the Islamic Republic, his lawyer said
- NOVEMBER 7, 2002United StatesDEATH PENALTY
In blocking the execution of a Texas killer, the Supreme...
In blocking the execution of a Texas killer, the Supreme Court revealed interest in a new area of capital punishment: the mentally ill
- NOVEMBER 7, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
REFORMIST SCHOLAR SENTENCED TO DEATH IN IRAN
November 7, 2002: an Iranian court has sentenced an academic and close ally of President Mohammad Khatami to death for blasphemy after he questioned the right of the clergy to rule the Islamic Republic, his lawyer said on Thursday.
- NOVEMBER 6, 2002KenyaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that the Constitution of Kenya Review...
It was reported that the Constitution of Kenya Review Commission wrote Part (2) of the same Clause 12 seeks to abolish the death penalty
- NOVEMBER 6, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Huntsville, a mentally ill convicted killer won...
In Huntsville, a mentally ill convicted killer won a reprieve from the U
- NOVEMBER 6, 2002IraqDEATH PENALTY
At the Third Committee Andreas Mavrommatis, Special...
At the Third Committee Andreas Mavrommatis, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iraq, introduced his report by welcoming the recent decree of the Revolutionary Command Council signed by President Saddam Hussein on 20 October, granting a
- NOVEMBER 6, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Presidential adviser on the peace process Eduardo Ermita...
Presidential adviser on the peace process Eduardo Ermita said, despite declared a terrorist by the European Union, communist leader Jose Ma
- NOVEMBER 6, 2002NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
Philippines Presidential adviser on the peace process...
Philippines Presidential adviser on the peace process Eduardo Ermita said, despite declared a terrorist by the European Union, communist leader Jose Ma
- NOVEMBER 6, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Miss Scotland Paula Murphy called on the nation to...
Miss Scotland Paula Murphy called on the nation to back her decision not to boycott the Miss World contest
- NOVEMBER 6, 2002United NationsDEATH PENALTY
At the Third Committee Andreas Mavrommatis, Special...
At the Third Committee Andreas Mavrommatis, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iraq, introduced his report by welcoming the recent decree of the Revolutionary Command Council signed by President Saddam Hussein on 20 October, granting a
- NOVEMBER 6, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian man was hanged in the northwestern city...
An Iranian man was hanged in the northwestern city of Tabriz after being convicted of drug-trafficking, IRNA reported
- NOVEMBER 6, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain appealed to the media, political parties...
Hands Off Cain appealed to the media, political parties and citizens aware of the death penalty issue to campaign in favour of four Iranian women, who like Amina Lawal in Nigeria, were condemned to death by stoning
- NOVEMBER 6, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China has executed 46 people in two days, ahead of...
China has executed 46 people in two days, ahead of the 16th Communist Party Congress, human rights group Amnesty International has said
- NOVEMBER 6, 2002SwedenDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain's online moratorium campaign moves to...
Hands Off Cain's online moratorium campaign moves to Sweden today with the fourth national launch of the online appeal to the United Nations to approve a resolution for a worldwide moratorium on executions
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MORATORIUM CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED IN SWEDEN
November 6, 2002: Hands Off Cain’s online campaign for a worldwide moratorium on executions is launched in Stockholm today. The campaign has already taken in Rome, Madrid, Nuremberg and will now move on to Paris, Athens, Tokyo and New York.
- NOVEMBER 5, 2002CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Jurors voted for death as the punishment for Paul Smith, 25
Jurors voted for death as the punishment for Paul Smith, 25
- NOVEMBER 5, 2002OhioDEATH PENALTY
Gregory Esparza will not be executed and eventually...
Gregory Esparza will not be executed and eventually could be paroled
- NOVEMBER 5, 2002VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
The Williamsburg-James City County Circuit Court jury...
The Williamsburg-James City County Circuit Court jury recommended that Jerry T
- NOVEMBER 5, 2002DenmarkDEATH PENALTY
Harlem Desir, French member of the European Parliament's...
Harlem Desir, French member of the European Parliament's Socialist Group, expressed concern that envisaging the extradition of Mr Akhmed Zakaiev, who was arrested at Russia's request when representing the Chechen President Mashkadov at the World Congress
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- NOVEMBER 5, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Harlem Desir, French member of the European Parliament's...
Harlem Desir, French member of the European Parliament's Socialist Group, expressed concern that envisaging the extradition of Mr Akhmed Zakaiev, who was arrested at Russia's request when representing the Chechen President Mashkadov at the World Congress
- NOVEMBER 5, 2002FranceDEATH PENALTY
Harlem Desir, French member of the European Parliament's...
Harlem Desir, French member of the European Parliament's Socialist Group, expressed concern that envisaging the extradition of Mr Akhmed Zakaiev, who was arrested at Russia's request when representing the Chechen President Mashkadov at the World Congress
- NOVEMBER 5, 2002South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
The SA Human Rights Commission released its report...
The SA Human Rights Commission released its report on prisoners still on death row despite the abolition of the death penalty seven years ago
- NOVEMBER 5, 2002VenezuelaDEATH PENALTY
After that some 2 million signatures have been handed...
After that some 2 million signatures have been handed in, Venezuelan jurists and academics debated whether a referendum can be held asking if the president should resign and, if held, what its effect might be
- NOVEMBER 5, 2002United NationsDEATH PENALTY
At the Third Committee Ellen Margrethe Loj from Denmark,...
At the Third Committee Ellen Margrethe Loj from Denmark, speaking on behalf of the European Union, said capital punishment ought to be a feature of the past
- NOVEMBER 5, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Two executions were carried in western Iranian city...
Two executions were carried in western Iranian city of Marivan, the scene of bloody clashes and a prison riot in September
- NOVEMBER 5, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian woman found guilty of complicity to murder...
An Iranian woman found guilty of complicity to murder survived her execution by stoning by managing to escape the hole she was buried in, the Women In Iran website reported
- NOVEMBER 4, 2002New ZealandDEATH PENALTY
Prime Minister Helen Clark disagrees with the decision...
Prime Minister Helen Clark disagrees with the decision by Miss New Zealand, Rachel Huljich, to attend the Miss World contest in Nigeria
- NOVEMBER 4, 2002TurkmenistanDEATH PENALTY
The OSCE chairman-in-office, Portuguese Foreign Minister...
The OSCE chairman-in-office, Portuguese Foreign Minister Antonio Martins da Cruz, had talks at the Turkmen Ministry of Foreign Affairs to discuss further development of cooperation between Turkmenistan and the OSCE
- NOVEMBER 4, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
On the death penalty for raping young children, veteran...
On the death penalty for raping young children, veteran social activist and Nation Crime Prevention Foundation chairman Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye said the punishment is only one part of the solution and that the more important aspect lies in education
- NOVEMBER 4, 2002SpainDEATH PENALTY
Peter Raben, the attorney for Pablo Ibar, a Spaniard...
Peter Raben, the attorney for Pablo Ibar, a Spaniard on death row in Florida, plans to appeal the sentence against his client
- NOVEMBER 4, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
The Afarinesh daily reported that a man was sentenced...
The Afarinesh daily reported that a man was sentenced to execution by a court in Shiraz (southern Fars Province) and the verdict was upheld by the Supreme Court
- NOVEMBER 4, 2002South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
Sister Helen Prejean, the author and real life protagonist...
Sister Helen Prejean, the author and real life protagonist of the book that inspired the movie "Dead Man Walking", visited South Korea to join a death penalty abolishment campaign currently underway in the country
- NOVEMBER 3, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A court in the northeastern city of Mashhad sentenced...
A court in the northeastern city of Mashhad sentenced to death five culprits convicted of kidnapping and rape
- NOVEMBER 3, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The United Committee for the Abolition of the Death...
The United Committee for the Abolition of the Death Penalty, a Hong Kong-based group, launched a signature campaign along with religious and human rights organisations in Italy, Australia, France, the US and Taiwan
- NOVEMBER 3, 2002New ZealandDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International says Miss New Zealand's got it...
Amnesty International says Miss New Zealand's got it wrong on their position about a boycott of Miss World
- NOVEMBER 3, 2002New ZealandDEATH PENALTY
New Zealand's Miss World contestant, Rachel Huljich,...
New Zealand's Miss World contestant, Rachel Huljich, said she will go to the beauty pageant in Nigeria because she believes a boycott will not help a woman who faces a death sentence
- NOVEMBER 3, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Iranian state radio reported that Nader Sepah, who...
Iranian state radio reported that Nader Sepah, who was convicted of armed robbery, "immoral acts" and clashing with security forces was hanged in public in Khorramabad, located in the western province of Lorestan
- NOVEMBER 3, 2002AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Sidi Bel Abbes court, sitting in criminal session,...
The Sidi Bel Abbes court, sitting in criminal session, handed down the death penalty in absentia to elements from the terrorist group made up of "emir" Djilali D
- NOVEMBER 3, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Ettelaat newspaper reported that a drug trafficker...
Ettelaat newspaper reported that a drug trafficker found with close to a kilogram of heroin, named as Mohammad Keramti, was hanged in Tabriz jail, situated in the northwestern area of Iran
- NOVEMBER 3, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
The Information Service of the Student Movement Co-Ordination...
The Information Service of the Student Movement Co-Ordination Committee for Democracy in Iran (SMCCDI) said a person had been executed in the City of Tabriz
- NOVEMBER 3, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Iranian reformist legislators said they wanted to replace...
Iranian reformist legislators said they wanted to replace death by stoning with another form of punishment following European criticism of the practice
- NOVEMBER 3, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's parliament approved a bill providing for equal...
Iran's parliament approved a bill providing for equal "blood money" compensation to be paid for the deaths or injuries of non-Muslim Iranians as Muslims, a move aimed at protecting the rights of Iran's religious minorities
- NOVEMBER 2, 2002KansasDEATH PENALTY
In Olathe, jurors recommended the death penalty for...
In Olathe, jurors recommended the death penalty for John Robinson Sr
- NOVEMBER 2, 2002KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
The Court of Appeals, headed by Judge Ahmed Al-Ajeel,...
The Court of Appeals, headed by Judge Ahmed Al-Ajeel, upheld the Criminal Court's ruling of the death penalty against three of the defendants accused of killing the child, Amna, and sentenced the fourth female defendant for life imprisonment
- NOVEMBER 1, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
A Dallas County jury took less than 3 hours to decide...
A Dallas County jury took less than 3 hours to decide on the death penalty in the retrial of a woman accused of killing and then robbing her neighbor
- NOVEMBER 1, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Another 17 people have been executed on the mainland...
Another 17 people have been executed on the mainland as part of a crackdown on crime ahead of the crucial Communist Party meeting congress
- NOVEMBER 1, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Authorities in Vietnam arrested three Australian sisters...
Authorities in Vietnam arrested three Australian sisters at a southern airport on charges that two of the girls, aged 12 and 14 respectively, were trying to smuggle out heroin
- NOVEMBER 1, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Gary Jones, 53, of Southall, west London, was arrested...
Gary Jones, 53, of Southall, west London, was arrested at Bangkok airport when customs officials found 2
- NOVEMBER 1, 2002South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Pan Africanist Congress general secretary Thami ka...
Pan Africanist Congress general secretary Thami ka Plaatje called for the death penalty for suspects in the Soweto bombings case
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- NOVEMBER 1, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded two Saudi men convicted of murder,...
Saudi Arabia beheaded two Saudi men convicted of murder, the official Saudi Press Agency reported
- NOVEMBER 1, 2002SudanDEATH PENALTY
November 12-20, 2002: 17 women from the village of...
November 12-20, 2002: 17 women from the village of Munwashi, 80 km north of Nyala in Darfour, Western Sudan, were convicted of adultery and each sentenced to 100 lashes of the whip