Chronological archive
December 2002
The 205 news items published by Hands Off Cain in December 2002, in chronological order.
The Rwandan League for the Promotion and Defence of...
The Rwandan League for the Promotion and Defence of Human Rights said that fifteen Rwandans had been sentenced to death in the last three months of 2002 for their role in the 1994 genocide
- DECEMBER 31, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Seven death row inmates escaped from the provincial...
Seven death row inmates escaped from the provincial jail of Northern Samar in Bobon town at around 1:30 p
- DECEMBER 31, 2002South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
Publicly released Justice Ministry statistics revealed...
Publicly released Justice Ministry statistics revealed that no executions had been carried out under the Kim Dae-jung government
- DECEMBER 31, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
The Entekhab newspaper reported that there had been...
The Entekhab newspaper reported that there had been rioting in a prison in Ahvaz, where about 300 prisoners prevented an inmate convicted of murdering a policeman from being taken to the gallows for execution
- DECEMBER 30, 2002South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The Justice Ministry declared that the government pardoned...
The Justice Ministry declared that the government pardoned 122 prisoners
- DECEMBER 30, 2002TurkmenistanDEATH PENALTY
Speaking on the issue of the attempted coup on November...
Speaking on the issue of the attempted coup on November 25, 2002, Turkmen President Saparmyrat Nyyazow stated during the session of the People's Council that: "Turkmenistan is a country which is successfully integrated into the world community and by remo
- DECEMBER 30, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
An end of year survey conducted by the Herald Sun revealed...
An end of year survey conducted by the Herald Sun revealed that the majority of Victorians of all ages were in favour of the death penalty being re-introduced for crimes of terrorism
- DECEMBER 30, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
The European Commission adopted drafted proposals for...
The European Commission adopted drafted proposals for EU rules to prevent the trade in equipment and products which could be used for capital punishment, torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
- DECEMBER 29, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Two Iranian women, Zahra Baghshirin and Farahnaz Yuly...
Two Iranian women, Zahra Baghshirin and Farahnaz Yuly were executed by hanging in a prison in Gachsaran in southwestern Iran for taking part in the murder of a friend's husband
- DECEMBER 29, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
"Religion and law are supposed to guide society and...
"Religion and law are supposed to guide society and to enable human beings to live in harmony
- DECEMBER 28, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Ah Thwe, 19, a Burmese man, was sentenced to death...
Ah Thwe, 19, a Burmese man, was sentenced to death by the Provincial Court for killing his American boss and four other people
- DECEMBER 28, 2002Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
Ah Thwe, 19, a Burmese man, was sentenced to death...
Ah Thwe, 19, a Burmese man, was sentenced to death in Thailand by the Provincial Court for killing his American boss and four other people
- DECEMBER 28, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The former head of the Zhongguancun branch of Beijing...
The former head of the Zhongguancun branch of Beijing Urban Co-operative Bank, Huo Haiyin, 45, was sentenced to death by a Beijing court for corruption and misappropriation of public funds
- DECEMBER 27, 2002JordanDEATH PENALTY
Ahmad Sadeq was hanged for murder
Ahmad Sadeq was hanged for murder
- DECEMBER 27, 2002KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
A law was put into place on December 27, 2002, abolishing...
A law was put into place on December 27, 2002, abolishing the death penalty for minors, women and men over the age of 65
- DECEMBER 27, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Mohd Alladin Talib, 41, was executed
Mohd Alladin Talib, 41, was executed
- DECEMBER 27, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Ghazali Mat Ghani, 35, a former commando, was executed
Ghazali Mat Ghani, 35, a former commando, was executed
- DECEMBER 27, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Ariffin Agas, 35, was executed by hanging for murder
Ariffin Agas, 35, was executed by hanging for murder
- DECEMBER 27, 2002KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
"Kazakhstan will not have the opportunity to impose...
"Kazakhstan will not have the opportunity to impose a moratorium on the death penalty in the near future," Igor Rogov, deputy presidential chief-of-staff for judicial issues, said at a news conference in Astana
- DECEMBER 27, 2002KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev signed a law...
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev signed a law confirming amendments to criminal legislation aimed at mitigating punishments for a number of crimes
- DECEMBER 27, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Shah said he would...
Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Shah said he would challenge the death penalty awarded to the three convicted in the Parliament attack case
- DECEMBER 26, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Six members of a gang that murdered five people, ran...
Six members of a gang that murdered five people, ran illegal casinos and peddled guns in the southern island province of Hainan, were sentenced to death by the Hainan Provincial Intermediate People's Court
- DECEMBER 26, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
On the proposed death penalty for those convicted of...
On the proposed death penalty for those convicted of raping minors National Unity and Social Development parliamentary secretary Datuk S
- DECEMBER 26, 2002Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Some 50 human rights advocates gathered outside the...
Some 50 human rights advocates gathered outside the defence ministry in the capital, Kinshasa, chanting hymns and demanding justice for the scores of people facing death sentences for the assassination of former President Laurent-Desire Kabila
- DECEMBER 25, 2002IsraelDEATH PENALTY
Radio Voice of Palestine reported that Israeli occupation...
Radio Voice of Palestine reported that Israeli occupation forces executed 32-year-old Ibrahim Talib Abu-Hawwash by opening fire on him after storming a building in Nablus
- DECEMBER 25, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Radio Voice of Palestine reported that Israeli occupation...
Radio Voice of Palestine reported that Israeli occupation forces executed 32-year-old Ibrahim Talib Abu-Hawwash by opening fire on him after storming a building in Nablus
- DECEMBER 25, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Eleven convicts were executed after a public sentencing...
Eleven convicts were executed after a public sentencing rally in Wuhan
- DECEMBER 25, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A group of women widowed in the anti-Sikh riots of...
A group of women widowed in the anti-Sikh riots of 1984 protested the acquittal of former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar the riots case and demanded a probe into the carnage in which more than 2,700 people were killed in the capital
- DECEMBER 25, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Referring to the four death sentences issued on December...
Referring to the four death sentences issued on December 23 for the murder of a traffic constable, the journalist Rasheeda Bhagat wrote "There is a point of view that the judgement is too harsh and the evidence there too is quite flimsy
- DECEMBER 25, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Lu Zongda, 43, was sentenced to death for raping eight...
Lu Zongda, 43, was sentenced to death for raping eight teenage girls and bribing police to call off their investigation, state media said
- DECEMBER 24, 2002United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
A man was sentenced to death in Sudan by the Ras Al...
A man was sentenced to death in Sudan by the Ras Al Khaimah Sharia Court for murder
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- DECEMBER 24, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The ringleader of a mob and two of his followers were...
The ringleader of a mob and two of his followers were sentenced to death by a local court in Jilin Province, northeast China
- DECEMBER 24, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International spoke out against the death sentence...
Amnesty International spoke out against the death sentence imposed in Vietnam on Le My Linh, 43, an Australian convicted on August 28 of trafficking 888 grams of heroin and 209 grams of diazepam
- DECEMBER 24, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The Vietnamese community in Australia said that the...
The Vietnamese community in Australia said that the federal government should take a tough stand to force Vietnam to stop the firing squad in the case of Le My Linh, an Australian woman convicted on drug offences
- DECEMBER 24, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
The Vietnamese community in Australia said that the...
The Vietnamese community in Australia said that the federal government should take a tough stand to force Vietnam to stop the firing squad in the case of Le My Linh, an Australian woman convicted on drug offences
- DECEMBER 24, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International spoke out against the death sentence...
Amnesty International spoke out against the death sentence imposed in Vietnam on Le My Linh, 43, an Australian convicted on August 28 of trafficking 888 grams of heroin and 209 grams of diazepam
- DECEMBER 24, 2002SudanDEATH PENALTY
A man was sentenced to death by the Ras Al Khaimah...
A man was sentenced to death by the Ras Al Khaimah Sharia Court for murder
- DECEMBER 24, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
A group of parliamentarians of Georgia intended to...
A group of parliamentarians of Georgia intended to appeal to Supreme Court Chairman Vladimir Chanturia requesting him not to approve the decision adopted by the Prosecutor General's Office on the extradition to Russia of three Chechens detained in early
- DECEMBER 24, 2002GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
A group of parliamentarians intended to appeal to Supreme...
A group of parliamentarians intended to appeal to Supreme Court Chairman Vladimir Chanturia requesting him not to approve the decision adopted by the Prosecutor General's Office on the extradition to Russia of three Chechens detained in early August on t
- DECEMBER 24, 2002YemenDEATH PENALTY
Two convicted murderers, including a military officer,...
Two convicted murderers, including a military officer, were executed by firing squad, the Yemeni public prosecutor said in a statement
- DECEMBER 24, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Jilin Provincial Higher People's Court approved...
The Jilin Provincial Higher People's Court approved the execution of alleged gang members Tian Bo, age 39, Li Jiayong, and Xu Chenggui
- DECEMBER 23, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Following a detailed study on the issue, Justice P...
Following a detailed study on the issue, Justice P N Bhagwati was reported as saying that in India only the poor were sent to the gallows
- DECEMBER 23, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Four activists of the banned group, Al-Umma, were sentenced...
Four activists of the banned group, Al-Umma, were sentenced to death and four others to life imprisonment by the second fast track court judge, R
- DECEMBER 23, 2002KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
Kyrgyzstan's human rights commissioner, Tursunbai Bakiruulu,...
Kyrgyzstan's human rights commissioner, Tursunbai Bakiruulu, said he wrote to President Askar Akayev to propose abolishing the death penalty in the country, which declared a moratorium on capital punishment in 2000 and has extended it every year since
- DECEMBER 23, 2002IsraelDEATH PENALTY
Radio Voice of Palestine reported that special Israeli...
Radio Voice of Palestine reported that special Israeli army units executed Shaman Hasan Subuh, 28, and Mustafa Jalal Qash, 28, from Burqin village in Jenin Governorate
- DECEMBER 23, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A Vietnamese court rejected an appeal by Le My Linh,...
A Vietnamese court rejected an appeal by Le My Linh, 43, an Australian woman of Vietnamese origin, who is facing the death penalty for drug trafficking
- DECEMBER 23, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Radio Voice of Palestine reported that special Israeli...
Radio Voice of Palestine reported that special Israeli army units executed Shaman Hasan Subuh, 28, and Mustafa Jalal Qash, 28, from Burqin village in Jenin Governorate
- DECEMBER 23, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
"I am disappointed that on 23 December the People's...
"I am disappointed that on 23 December the People's Supreme Court in Ho Chi Minh City upheld the death sentence imposed on Australian citizen, Le My Linh, following her conviction for 'transporting' heroin," read a statement issued by Australian Foreign A
- DECEMBER 23, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
"I am disappointed that on 23 December the People's...
"I am disappointed that on 23 December the People's Supreme Court in Ho Chi Minh City upheld the death sentence imposed on Australian citizen, Le My Linh, following her conviction for 'transporting' heroin," read a statement issued by Australian Foreign A
- DECEMBER 23, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
A Vietnamese court rejected an appeal by Le My Linh,...
A Vietnamese court rejected an appeal by Le My Linh, 43, an Australian woman of Vietnamese origin, who is facing the death penalty for drug trafficking
- DECEMBER 23, 2002JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Dr Lloyd Barnett, chairman of...
It was reported that Dr Lloyd Barnett, chairman of the Independent Jamaica Council for Human Rights and a leading constitutional lawyer, accused Mr Patterson of using the death penalty for political purposes
- DECEMBER 21, 2002AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
Terrorism expert Paul Buchanan said that International...
Terrorism expert Paul Buchanan said that International criminals will consider taking refuge in New Zealand because of a law that prevents the deportation of anyone who faces the death penalty in their home country, according to an editorial in The Austra
- DECEMBER 21, 2002KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
A public hearing regarding retention or abolishment...
A public hearing regarding retention or abolishment of capital punishment was held in Kyzylorda
- DECEMBER 21, 2002New ZealandDEATH PENALTY
Terrorism expert Paul Buchanan said that International...
Terrorism expert Paul Buchanan said that International criminals will consider taking refuge in New Zealand because of a law that prevents the deportation of anyone who faces the death penalty in their home country, according to an editorial in The Austra
- DECEMBER 21, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Bharatiya Janata Party spokesman V
Bharatiya Janata Party spokesman V
- DECEMBER 20, 2002SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Norazmi Bin Morsit and Abdul Malik Bin Abdul Jamil...
Norazmi Bin Morsit and Abdul Malik Bin Abdul Jamil were hanged for drug trafficking
- DECEMBER 20, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Wu Hongke, convicted of robbery and murder, was sentenced...
Wu Hongke, convicted of robbery and murder, was sentenced to death at the first trial and deprived of political rights for life by the Quanzhou Intermediate People's Court in south China's Fujian Province
- DECEMBER 20, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On the issue of where people arrested on mainland China...
On the issue of where people arrested on mainland China for crimes committed in Hong Kong should be tried, as on the mainland many crimes are punishable with death, Ong Yew-kim, a Chinese law research fellow at the Chinese University said: "If criminals a
- DECEMBER 20, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
"While other countries are moving away from the death...
"While other countries are moving away from the death penalty, we are bringing more crimes under it
- DECEMBER 20, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
"We want the police to arrest people who have allowed...
"We want the police to arrest people who have allowed the setting up of illegal drug factories
- DECEMBER 20, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International expressed its dismay at the death...
Amnesty International expressed its dismay at the death sentences handed down to Mohammad Afzal, Shaukat Hussain and Abdul Rehman Geelani for the Parliament attack, stating that the course of justice was "not served by judicial murder
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- DECEMBER 20, 2002Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
The PNG Post Courier reported that state prosecutors...
The PNG Post Courier reported that state prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for three prisoners who killed a man in front of his family, saying the courts were slow in imposing the maximum penalty on serious and worst-type offenders
- DECEMBER 20, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
A bipartisan group of Japanese lawmakers opposed to...
A bipartisan group of Japanese lawmakers opposed to capital punishment asked Justice Minister Mayumi Moriyama to impose a moratorium on capital punishment for the duration of the Diet recess, the lawmakers said
- DECEMBER 20, 2002Nord CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
In Raleigh, the state Supreme Court threw out the death...
In Raleigh, the state Supreme Court threw out the death sentence of a woman who admitted hiring a killer to shoot her abusive husband, Wayne Kemmerlin
- DECEMBER 20, 2002PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
The state Supreme Court has overturned the death penalty...
The state Supreme Court has overturned the death penalty in the case of a man convicted in the drug-related shooting murder of his cousin
- DECEMBER 20, 2002OhioDEATH PENALTY
A three-judge panel in Franklin County Common Pleas...
A three-judge panel in Franklin County Common Pleas Court issued the sentence against Michael Turner, 44
- DECEMBER 20, 2002IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Aaron Patterson, an Illinois death row inmate with...
Aaron Patterson, an Illinois death row inmate with a strong claim of innocence went on hunger strike to ask Illinois Governor George Ryan for a pardon, rather than a commutation of his death sentence
- DECEMBER 20, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Cheng Dongtao, Sun Zhenwu, Chang Yong and six unnamed...
Cheng Dongtao, Sun Zhenwu, Chang Yong and six unnamed people were executed in China for robbery and murder
- DECEMBER 20, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Tran Hoai Nam e Nguyen Van Phi, two Vietnamese nationals...
Tran Hoai Nam e Nguyen Van Phi, two Vietnamese nationals of respectively 27 and 28 years of age, were executed by firing squad in Ho Chi Minh City for producing and putting into circulation false banknotes to the value of 50,000 dollars
- DECEMBER 20, 2002DEATH PENALTY
ILLINOIS DEATH ROW PRISONER ON HUNGER STRIKE
December 20, 2002: Aaron Patterson, an Illinois death row inmate with a strong claim of innocence is on hunger strike to ask Illinois Governor George Ryan for a pardon, rather than a commutation of his death sentence.
- DECEMBER 19, 2002IraqDEATH PENALTY
The UN General Assembly voted on a resolution condemning...
The UN General Assembly voted on a resolution condemning summary executions in Iraq
- DECEMBER 19, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Stoning is to be abolished in Iran as a form of capital...
Stoning is to be abolished in Iran as a form of capital punishment, according to official assurances given to a European Union human rights delegation to Tehran
- DECEMBER 19, 2002DEATH PENALTY
The UN General Assembly voted on a resolution condemning...
The UN General Assembly voted on a resolution condemning summary executions in Iraq
- DECEMBER 19, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Liang Yaohua, accused of smuggling 262 cars and evading 51
Liang Yaohua, accused of smuggling 262 cars and evading 51
- DECEMBER 19, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The European Parliament drew attention to the human...
The European Parliament drew attention to the human rights situation in Tibet by adopting a resolution calling on the Chinese Government to pursue the dialogue with the representatives of the Dalai Lama and urging the EU to link its financial aid to China
- DECEMBER 19, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Ahmed Mu'azu, Governor of Bauchi State, advised sharia...
Ahmed Mu'azu, Governor of Bauchi State, advised sharia judges in the state not to rush judgement on women accused of adultery and thus threatened with death by stoning
- DECEMBER 19, 2002Côte d’IvoireDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International said that both loyalist forces...
Amnesty International said that both loyalist forces and rebel groups in Ivory Coast's messy war were carrying out summary executions and other abuses against civilians
- DECEMBER 19, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Shops and businesses were closed in Kashmir's main...
Shops and businesses were closed in Kashmir's main city, Srinagar, in protest against death sentences awarded to three Kashmiri men convicted for an attack on India's parliament
- DECEMBER 19, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Kashmiri separatists were planning...
It was reported that Kashmiri separatists were planning protests against the death sentences awarded to three Kashmiris convicted for the Parliament attack case
- DECEMBER 19, 2002DEATH PENALTY
The European Parliament drew attention to the human...
The European Parliament drew attention to the human rights situation in Tibet by adopting a resolution calling on the Chinese Government to pursue the dialogue with the representatives of the Dalai Lama and urging the EU to link its financial aid to China
- DECEMBER 19, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Thirty people, including lawyers and separatist leaders,...
Thirty people, including lawyers and separatist leaders, were taken into preventive custody as violent demonstrations marked day-long demonstrations staged by the Kashmir Bar Association to protest the death sentence issued to the Parliament attack case c
- DECEMBER 19, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Praveen Togadia, secretary-general of the Vishwa Hindu...
Praveen Togadia, secretary-general of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad welcomed the death sentence awarded to three of the four accused in the Parliament attack case, saying that to control "jehadi" terrorism, it was imperative that capital punishment be handed
- DECEMBER 19, 2002MississippiDEATH PENALTY
A man found guilty of capital murder in the death of...
A man found guilty of capital murder in the death of a 6-month-old girl was sentenced to the death penalty
- DECEMBER 19, 2002OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
A Mayes County judge sentenced Steven Thacker to death...
A Mayes County judge sentenced Steven Thacker to death for fatally stabbing and strangling a young woman during a three-state crime spree nearly 3 years ago
- DECEMBER 19, 2002OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
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- DECEMBER 19, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
In a 6-3 ruling, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals...
In a 6-3 ruling, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals reduced the capital murder conviction and overturned the death sentence for John Milton Herrin, who had been on death row since August 2000
- DECEMBER 19, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Philippines Supreme Court ordered the release of...
The Philippines Supreme Court ordered the release of a death row inmate after it determined that there was insufficient evidence to support his conviction for rape and murder
- DECEMBER 19, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Pakistan-based militants promised to step up attacks...
Pakistan-based militants promised to step up attacks in Indian Kashmir to protest the death sentences handed to Syed Abdul Rahman Geelani, Mohammed Afzal and Shaukat Hussain Guru on December 18 for their part in a deadly attack on the Indian Parliament
- DECEMBER 18, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
The European Union handed to Iran a list of individual...
The European Union handed to Iran a list of individual human rights cases during two days of talks on the thorny issue in Tehran, a statement from the 15-member bloc said
- DECEMBER 18, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
76 per cent of respondents to an online survey conducted...
76 per cent of respondents to an online survey conducted by the New Straits Times said they wanted to see the death penalty applied to people convicted of child rape
- DECEMBER 18, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Ang Iem Soei, a Dutch citizen of 50, was a sentenced...
Ang Iem Soei, a Dutch citizen of 50, was a sentenced to death by the Tangerang district court for a producing and trafficking millions of ecstasy pills between September 1999 and March 2002
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- DECEMBER 18, 2002Côte d’IvoireDEATH PENALTY
Radio France Internationale reported Ibrahim Doumbia,...
Radio France Internationale reported Ibrahim Doumbia, vice-president of the Ivorian Human Rights Movement, as saying that arbitrary arrests, house searches without warrants, and summary executions had turned into a daily phenomenon in certain parts of the
- DECEMBER 18, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
Kunihiko Hamakawa, 42, was sentenced to death by the...
Kunihiko Hamakawa, 42, was sentenced to death by the Tsu District Court for murdering two men and stealing approximately 12 million yen in Mie Prefecture in 1994
- DECEMBER 18, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Officials revealed that six drug traffickers were executed...
Officials revealed that six drug traffickers were executed by firing squad in Ha Tinh province, central Vietnam
- DECEMBER 18, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The Indonesian police investigation chief Made Mangku...
The Indonesian police investigation chief Made Mangku Pastika said that the Perpetrators of the Bali bombing would not be found innocent when they faced judgment in February 2003
- DECEMBER 18, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
The Indonesian police investigation chief Made Mangku...
The Indonesian police investigation chief Made Mangku Pastika said that the Perpetrators of the Bali bombing would not be found innocent when they faced judgment in February 2003
- DECEMBER 18, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Police in Jammu and Kashmir were put on high alert...
Police in Jammu and Kashmir were put on high alert after a POTA (Prevention of Terrorism Act) designated court in New Delhi awarded death sentences to three Kashmiris, namely Syed Abdur, Rehman Geelani, Showkat Guru and Mohammad Afzal for the attack on pa
- DECEMBER 18, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Abdul Sattar Guru, father of Shaukat Guru, one of the...
Abdul Sattar Guru, father of Shaukat Guru, one of the men sentenced to death by a POTA court in New Delhi for the Parliament attack case, spoke out in his son's defence: "I can say with authority that my son Shaukat has been sentenced for nothing
- DECEMBER 18, 2002NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
Ang Iem Soei, a Dutch citizen of 50, was a sentenced...
Ang Iem Soei, a Dutch citizen of 50, was a sentenced to death by the Tangerang district court in Indonesia for a producing and trafficking millions of ecstasy pills between September 1999 and March 2002
- DECEMBER 18, 2002UkraineDEATH PENALTY
Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma signed into law the...
Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma signed into law the bill on ratification of Protocol 13 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, dealing with abolition of death penalty under all circumstances
- DECEMBER 18, 2002PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
Dauphin County Judge Jeannine Turgeon has thrown out...
Dauphin County Judge Jeannine Turgeon has thrown out the death sentence of a condemned serial killer, citing a Supreme Court of the United States ruling that determined executing the mentally retarded is unconstitutional
- DECEMBER 18, 2002DEATH PENALTY
2 death sentences were canceled and a 3rd was upheld...
2 death sentences were canceled and a 3rd was upheld as the Nevada Supreme Court revised state laws to comply with a recent U
- DECEMBER 18, 2002FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Death row inmate Rudolph Holton deserves a new trial...
Death row inmate Rudolph Holton deserves a new trial for the 1986 murder of a girl, the state Supreme Court ruled
- DECEMBER 18, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
An anti-terrorism court in Delhi sentenced to death...
An anti-terrorism court in Delhi sentenced to death three men convicted of helping militants attack India's parliament in 2001
- DECEMBER 18, 2002DEATH PENALTY
THREE DEATH SENTENCES FOR INDIA PARLIAMENT RAID
December 18, 2002: an anti-terrorism court in Delhi has sentenced to death three men convicted of helping militants attack India´s parliament last year. Mohammed Afzal, a 35-year-old fruit merchant, Shaukat Hussain and Abdul Rehman Geelani, a Delhi colleg
- DECEMBER 18, 2002DEATH PENALTY
KAZAKHSTAN ANNOUNCES MORATORIUM ON DEATH PENALTY, HOC WELCOMES NEWS
December 18, 2002: Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has signed a death penalty moratorium, deputy head of the presidential administration in charge of the state and legal department Igor Rogov said at a Thursday briefing in Astana.
- DECEMBER 17, 2002South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
In its "2001 Human Rights Report," the Korean Bar Association...
In its "2001 Human Rights Report," the Korean Bar Association said the U
- DECEMBER 17, 2002GambiaDEATH PENALTY
The Gambia Bar Association criticised the proposed...
The Gambia Bar Association criticised the proposed amendment bills on criminal and civil proceedings to be tabled for enactment to the National Assembly
- DECEMBER 17, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Supreme Court Chairman Vyacheslav Lebedev said that...
Supreme Court Chairman Vyacheslav Lebedev said that jury-based courts would begin to operate in 70 of Russia's 89 regions on January 1, 2003
- DECEMBER 17, 2002DEATH PENALTY
In its "2001 Human Rights Report," the Korean Bar Association...
In its "2001 Human Rights Report," the Korean Bar Association said the U
- DECEMBER 17, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The head of a Chinese kindergarten was sentenced to...
The head of a Chinese kindergarten was sentenced to death for mixing rat poison in salt at a rival school and making 70 children seriously sick, Xinhua news agency said
- DECEMBER 17, 2002CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Canada proposed dropping the words "human rights" from...
Canada proposed dropping the words "human rights" from its foreign-aid strategy for China, angering activists and raising questions about the direction of one of its most expensive aid programs
- DECEMBER 17, 2002OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
In McAlester, Ernest Carter died at 6:14 p
In McAlester, Ernest Carter died at 6:14 p
- DECEMBER 17, 2002DelawareDEATH PENALTY
The state Supreme Court has overturned a death sentence...
The state Supreme Court has overturned a death sentence given to 42-year-old Joseph Williams who fatally shot his girlfriend
- DECEMBER 17, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Jordan's military court convicted a Palestinian in...
Jordan's military court convicted a Palestinian in the killing of a Jordanian diplomat in Beirut in 1994 and sentenced him to death
- DECEMBER 17, 2002JordanDEATH PENALTY
Jordan's military court convicted a Palestinian in...
Jordan's military court convicted a Palestinian in the killing of a Jordanian diplomat in Beirut in 1994 and sentenced him to death
- DECEMBER 17, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Three Saudi men were beheaded in public with a sword...
Three Saudi men were beheaded in public with a sword after being found guilty of an armed robbery
- DECEMBER 17, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China agreed to issue unconditional invitations to...
China agreed to issue unconditional invitations to UN investigators to go to China and study issues of torture, religious freedom and arbitrary detention, a US envoy said after two days of human-rights talks
- DECEMBER 17, 2002DEATH PENALTY
China agreed to issue unconditional invitations to...
China agreed to issue unconditional invitations to UN investigators to go to China and study issues of torture, religious freedom and arbitrary detention, a US envoy said after two days of human-rights talks
- DECEMBER 16, 2002TurkmenistanDEATH PENALTY
The EU Presidency released the following declaration:...
The EU Presidency released the following declaration: the EU regrets the violence committed during the reported assassination attempt against President Niyazov on November 25 in Ashgabat and offers its sympathy to the innocent victims
- DECEMBER 16, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Regarding the implementation of the death penalty on...
Regarding the implementation of the death penalty on those convicted of raping minors, a New Straits Times article stated that: "the death penalty may not act as a deterrent
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- DECEMBER 16, 2002IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Thirty former condemned men from around the United...
Thirty former condemned men from around the United States marched against a biting wind in a 37-mile relay from Joliet to Chicago, Illinois
- DECEMBER 16, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's parliament voted a watered-down law defining...
Iran's parliament voted a watered-down law defining political offences in a bid to fix strict limits for judicial action
- DECEMBER 16, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran and the European Union kicked off their formal...
Iran and the European Union kicked off their formal dialogue on human rights in Tehran, part of landmark discussions linking negotiations on trade to thorny political issues, a European diplomat said
- DECEMBER 16, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Iran and the European Union kicked off their formal...
Iran and the European Union kicked off their formal dialogue on human rights in Tehran, part of landmark discussions linking negotiations on trade to thorny political issues, a European diplomat said
- DECEMBER 15, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's reformist parliament approved a bill banning...
Iran's reformist parliament approved a bill banning the torture of prisoners on after an earlier version was rejected by a hardline constitutional watchdog, parliamentarians said
- DECEMBER 15, 2002DEATH PENALTY
US DEATH SENTENCES DECLINE FOR THIRD YEAR
December 15, 2002: the number of people sentenced to death in the United States plummeted by almost a third last year to 155, its lowest level since 1973, according to a report released Sunday by the Justice Department.
- DECEMBER 14, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A court sentenced four judicial interrogators to four...
A court sentenced four judicial interrogators to four years in jail for killing an alleged smuggler by using torture to get him to confess, Modabber newspaper reported
- DECEMBER 13, 2002SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Anthony Ler was hanged at dawn on in Changi Prison
Anthony Ler was hanged at dawn on in Changi Prison
- DECEMBER 13, 2002OregonDEATH PENALTY
Marion County Circuit Judge Don Dickey, who ruled in...
Marion County Circuit Judge Don Dickey, who ruled in April 2001 that Randall Loyal Smith, 48, did not receive a fair sentencing hearing, accepted an amended sentence giving Smith life in prison without the possibility of parole
- DECEMBER 13, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Badr bin Ghazi al-Utaibi was publicly beheaded for murder
Badr bin Ghazi al-Utaibi was publicly beheaded for murder
- DECEMBER 13, 2002SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Anthony Ler was hanged at dawn in Changi Prison
Anthony Ler was hanged at dawn in Changi Prison
- DECEMBER 13, 2002DEATH PENALTY
HANDS OFF CAIN ASKS FOR IMMEDIATE PROTECTION OF DEPORTED SYRIAN
December 13, 2002: Hands Off Cain has asked the Italian government for clarifications on the matter as well as immediate moves to protect a Syrian citizen detained with his family for four days at Italy’s Milan-Malpensa airport before being repatriated, i
- DECEMBER 12, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International said it was "gravely concerned"...
Amnesty International said it was "gravely concerned" that up to 115 people faced imminent execution for their alleged role in the January 2001 assassination of the former president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Laurent-Desire Kabila
- DECEMBER 12, 2002OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
In McAlester, Jay Wesley Neill, who killed 4 people...
In McAlester, Jay Wesley Neill, who killed 4 people in one of Oklahoma's deadliest bank robberies, was put to death
- DECEMBER 12, 2002AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
In Atmore, at 6:27 p
In Atmore, at 6:27 p
- DECEMBER 12, 2002CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Judge Thomas Hastings affirmed a jury's death verdict...
Judge Thomas Hastings affirmed a jury's death verdict returned on October 9 against Cary Stayner
- DECEMBER 12, 2002New JerseyDEATH PENALTY
With 13 people on death row in New Jersey and against...
With 13 people on death row in New Jersey and against the hopes of death penalty opponents, the state Assembly postponed a planned vote on a creating a commission to study executions in the Garden State
- DECEMBER 11, 2002MississippiDEATH PENALTY
At Parchman, Jessie Derrell Williams, 51, was executed...
At Parchman, Jessie Derrell Williams, 51, was executed for the Jan
- DECEMBER 11, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
Japanese mass murderer Masumi Hayashi, who shocked...
Japanese mass murderer Masumi Hayashi, who shocked the nation when she killed four people and sickened 63 by poisoning curry served at a local festival in 1998, must be hanged, a court in Wakayama ruled
- DECEMBER 11, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
James Collier, 56, was executed
James Collier, 56, was executed
- DECEMBER 11, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Death row academic Hashem Aghajari filed a complaint...
Death row academic Hashem Aghajari filed a complaint against the Judiciary with the Majlis Article 90 Commission, IRNA quoted the press as saying
- DECEMBER 11, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
The proposal to impose the death penalty on child rapists...
The proposal to impose the death penalty on child rapists in Malaysia will now be tabled early in January 2003 to accommodate the views of the various parties concerned
- DECEMBER 11, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Australia said it was "pleased" with a first round...
Australia said it was "pleased" with a first round of discussions in Tehran with Iran on thorny human rights issues, saying the talks would continue
- DECEMBER 11, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Australia said it was "pleased" with a first round...
Australia said it was "pleased" with a first round of discussions in Tehran with Iran on thorny human rights issues, saying the talks would continue
- DECEMBER 11, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi defended capital...
Iran's Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi defended capital punishment in the country, saying it exists in many other countries, ahead of political and trade talks with the European Union
- DECEMBER 11, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Iran's Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi defended capital...
Iran's Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi defended capital punishment in the country, saying it exists in many other countries, ahead of political and trade talks with the European Union
- DECEMBER 11, 2002DEATH PENALTY
JAPANESE WOMAN TO HANG FOR CURRY KILLINGS
December 11, 2002: Wakayama mass murderer Masumi Hayashi, who shocked the nation when she killed four people and sickened 63 by poisoning curry served at a local festival in 1998, must be hanged, a court ruled Wednesday.
- DECEMBER 10, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Women and Family Development Minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat...
Women and Family Development Minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil said the death penalty may not be the best solution to curbing rape and incest, however, heavier punishment was called for given the increase in sex crimes perpetrated against children
- DECEMBER 10, 2002JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
In a statement issued to commemorate International...
In a statement issued to commemorate International Human Rights Day, Amnesty International Jamaica described capital punishment as cruel, inhumane and degrading punishment, stating that it opposes without reservation, the death penalty and views plans to
- DECEMBER 10, 2002JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
Justice Minister A
Justice Minister A
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- DECEMBER 10, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Times of India reported that Justice BJ Odoki,...
The Times of India reported that Justice BJ Odoki, Chief Justice of Uganda, said that rape was considered the most heinous in his country
- DECEMBER 10, 2002Nord CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Desmond Carter, 35, was executed at 2:17 a
Desmond Carter, 35, was executed at 2:17 a
- DECEMBER 10, 2002Nord CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
In Windsor, a Bertie County judge threw out the 1998...
In Windsor, a Bertie County judge threw out the 1998 murder conviction of death row inmate Alan Gell and ordered a new trial
- DECEMBER 10, 2002OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
In McAlester, an Army veteran who killed 4 people during...
In McAlester, an Army veteran who killed 4 people during a 1990 robbery was executed
- DECEMBER 10, 2002DEATH PENALTY
No death row inmates would be executed until a special...
No death row inmates would be executed until a special commission takes a second look at the state's capital-punishment system under a bill passed by a state Assembly committee
- DECEMBER 10, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Some 100 Iranian protestors staged mock executions...
Some 100 Iranian protestors staged mock executions outside a meeting of EU foreign ministers, to protest an EU decision to launch trade talks with Tehran
- DECEMBER 10, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Some 100 Iranian protestors staged mock executions...
Some 100 Iranian protestors staged mock executions outside a meeting of EU foreign ministers, to protest an EU decision to launch trade talks with Tehran
- DECEMBER 9, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russian human rights commissioner Oleg Mironov stated...
Russian human rights commissioner Oleg Mironov stated that if Chechen opposition leader Akhmed Zakayev were to be extradited from Denmark to Russia his trial must be open
- DECEMBER 9, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
The New Straits Times revealed that a proposal to hang...
The New Straits Times revealed that a proposal to hang child rapists would be tabled in the Cabinet on December 18, despite strong objections from 30 non-governmental organisations
- DECEMBER 9, 2002LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Beirut Chief Investigating Magistrate Hatem Madi requested...
Beirut Chief Investigating Magistrate Hatem Madi requested death sentences for two men convicted of murdering a physician
- DECEMBER 9, 2002IsraelDEATH PENALTY
The Israeli Shin Bet Security Service arrested a man...
The Israeli Shin Bet Security Service arrested a man it says was the sniper who shot 10-month-old Shalhevet Pass, and Jewish settler leaders called for the death penalty
- DECEMBER 9, 2002FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Linroy Bottoson, an inmate who believed he was locked...
Linroy Bottoson, an inmate who believed he was locked in a battle between Satan and Jesus Christ, was executed for the kidnapping, robbery and slaying of the Eatonville postmistress 23 years ago
- DECEMBER 9, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Human Rights in China, a New York based human rights...
Human Rights in China, a New York based human rights group, said that the case in which a Tibetan monk and a follower, Tenzin Delek and Lobsang Dhondup, had been sentenced to death over a bombing should be heard again
- DECEMBER 8, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
A group of Muslim clerics issued a fatwa calling for...
A group of Muslim clerics issued a fatwa calling for a death sentence on Indonesian Muslim scholar Ulil Abshar-Abdalla because of a published newspaper article they deemed blasphemous
- DECEMBER 8, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Six members of a gang that smuggled more than 100 kilograms...
Six members of a gang that smuggled more than 100 kilograms of heroin into China were sentenced to death in Guangdong province, which borders Hong Kong, the official Xinhua News Agency reported
- DECEMBER 8, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
In an editorial in the Sunday Mail Baidura Ahmad addressed...
In an editorial in the Sunday Mail Baidura Ahmad addressed the rising debate in the country regarding implementation of the death penalty for child rapists
- DECEMBER 7, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Baton-wielding security forces arrested at least 60...
Baton-wielding security forces arrested at least 60 people in the Iranian capital, a city official said, as thousands gathered in and around Tehran University to call for political reform
- DECEMBER 6, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported by Xinhua News Agency that fifty members...
It was reported by Xinhua News Agency that fifty members of three criminal rings were sentenced to death or various prison terms by the No
- DECEMBER 6, 2002Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe urged Russia to finally ban the...
The Council of Europe urged Russia to finally ban the death penalty
- DECEMBER 6, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe urged Russia to finally ban the...
The Council of Europe urged Russia to finally ban the death penalty
- DECEMBER 6, 2002UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
A United Nations' rapporteur accused Uzbekistan of...
A United Nations' rapporteur accused Uzbekistan of routinely using torture to terrorize opponents and obtain confessions which sometimes resulted in courts handing down the death penalty
- DECEMBER 6, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Dalai Lama's Tibetan government-in-exile demanded...
The Dalai Lama's Tibetan government-in-exile demanded the reversals of a death sentence against a Tibetan activist and a suspended death sentence against a senior Buddhist monk handed down by a Chinese court
- DECEMBER 6, 2002Nord CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
In Raleigh, Ernest Basden was executed by injection
In Raleigh, Ernest Basden was executed by injection
- DECEMBER 5, 2002Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare...
It was reported that Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare directed the Justice Department to review penalties in relation to addressing law and order problems in the country
- DECEMBER 5, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Tibetan human rights group condemned death sentences...
A Tibetan human rights group condemned death sentences passed by a Chinese court on two ethnic Tibetans found guilty of bomb attacks in the south west of China
- DECEMBER 5, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Chinese court sentenced to death two ethnic Tibetans...
A Chinese court sentenced to death two ethnic Tibetans accused of setting off a series of bombs in the southwest of the country near Tibet
- DECEMBER 5, 2002DEATH PENALTY
In Springfield, the Illinois Senate enacted a sweeping...
In Springfield, the Illinois Senate enacted a sweeping law that makes terrorism a death-penalty offense, unanimously snubbing lame-duck Gov
- DECEMBER 5, 2002IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Illinois lawmakers overrode the governor's veto and...
Illinois lawmakers overrode the governor's veto and voted unanimously to make terrorism a death penalty offence in the state
- DECEMBER 5, 2002DEATH PENALTY
CHINA SENTENCES TWO TIBETANS TO DEATH FOR BOMBINGS
December 5, 2002: a Chinese court has sentenced to death two ethnic Tibetans accused of setting off a series of bombs in the southwest of the country near Tibet, a court official said on Thursday.
- DECEMBER 4, 2002Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
The Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control revealed...
The Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control revealed that since 1988 it had solved 66,000 drug-related cases, sentencing 42 people to death and giving life imprisonment to 48
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- DECEMBER 4, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Member of Parliament Augusto Syjuco stated that the...
Member of Parliament Augusto Syjuco stated that the sale, manufacture and distribution of counterfeit medicines should be classified as a crime punishable by death through lethal injection
- DECEMBER 4, 2002JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
Prime Minister P
Prime Minister P
- DECEMBER 4, 2002IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
The Republican-controlled Illinois Senate approved...
The Republican-controlled Illinois Senate approved a watered-down version of Gov
- DECEMBER 4, 2002JordanDEATH PENALTY
Yasir Abu-Shinnar, who was convicted of the 1994 killing...
Yasir Abu-Shinnar, who was convicted of the 1994 killing of a Jordanian diplomat in Beirut by the State Security Court, was executed at Swaqa prison at dawn, official sources said
- DECEMBER 4, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi King Fahd commuted the death sentences of 17...
Saudi King Fahd commuted the death sentences of 17 Saudis convicted of rioting, ordering them to instead serve 10 years in jail, the Interior Ministry said
- DECEMBER 4, 2002PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
In Lancaster, Landon D
In Lancaster, Landon D
- DECEMBER 4, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
In an open letter to the press, Iranian dissident academic...
In an open letter to the press, Iranian dissident academic Hashim Aghajari took on his conservative opponents, mocking his death sentence for blasphemy as a political verdict
- DECEMBER 4, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Huntsville, Leonard Rojas, 52, who confessed to...
In Huntsville, Leonard Rojas, 52, who confessed to killing his common-law wife and brother, whom he suspected of having an affair, was executed
- DECEMBER 4, 2002DEATH PENALTY
SAUDI MONARCH COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCES AGAINST 17 MEN
December 4, 2002: Saudi King Fahd has commuted the death sentences of 17 Saudis convicted of rioting, ordering them to instead serve 10 years in jail, the Interior Ministry said Wednesday.
- DECEMBER 3, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Times Of India published an interview with lawyer...
The Times Of India published an interview with lawyer and activist, Subrata Mukherjee, regarding the proposed implementation of the death penalty for convicted rapists
- DECEMBER 3, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Lista Bonino MEP Olivier Dupuis tabled a parliamentary...
Lista Bonino MEP Olivier Dupuis tabled a parliamentary question on religious persecution in China in the European Parliament
- DECEMBER 3, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Lista Bonino MEP Olivier Dupuis tabled a parliamentary...
Lista Bonino MEP Olivier Dupuis tabled a parliamentary question on religious persecution in China in the European Parliament
- DECEMBER 2, 2002JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
Jamaica plans to bring back hanging to try to stem...
Jamaica plans to bring back hanging to try to stem a rise in violent crime, the Caribbean nation's No
- DECEMBER 2, 2002CubaDEATH PENALTY
Cuba's top prosecutor defended the island's continued...
Cuba's top prosecutor defended the island's continued use of the death penalty as a deterrent to atrocious common crimes, but noted that the measure is used selectively
- DECEMBER 2, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The British Foreign Office unveiled a 23-page human...
The British Foreign Office unveiled a 23-page human rights dossier on Iraq and Saddam Hussein entitled "the barbarity of his regime"
- DECEMBER 2, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
Kyodo News published an interview with Masaharu Harada,...
Kyodo News published an interview with Masaharu Harada, the brother of a murder victim, whose killer Toshihiko Hasegawa had been sentenced to death and executed on December 27, 2001
- DECEMBER 2, 2002IraqDEATH PENALTY
The British Foreign Office unveiled a 23-page human...
The British Foreign Office unveiled a 23-page human rights dossier on Iraq and Saddam Hussein entitled "the barbarity of his regime"
- DECEMBER 2, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
An alleged ringleader of the October 12 Bali bombings...
An alleged ringleader of the October 12 Bali bombings would welcome capital punishment for the crime because he considers it a martyr's death, one his lawyers said
- DECEMBER 2, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A lawyer for an Iranian professor sentenced to death...
A lawyer for an Iranian professor sentenced to death for insulting Islam appealed the verdict, saying he was acting against his client's wishes a day before the verdict was to become final
- DECEMBER 2, 2002IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
A group of retired state and federal judges is urging Gov
A group of retired state and federal judges is urging Gov
- DECEMBER 2, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A witch doctor found guilty of sacrificing a nine-year-old...
A witch doctor found guilty of sacrificing a nine-year-old boy six years ago was sentenced to death by a Jharkhand court
- DECEMBER 2, 2002DEATH PENALTY
JAMAICAN GOVERNMENT PUSHES TO RESUME HANGING
December 2, 2002: Jamaica plans to bring back hanging to try to stem a rise in violent crime, the Caribbean nation´s No. 1 problem, its leader says.
- DECEMBER 1, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
In an editorial in the News Sunday Times Tan Siok Choo...
In an editorial in the News Sunday Times Tan Siok Choo argued against the proposed implementation of the death penalty for child rapists: "I strongly oppose the proposed death penalty for all rapists - regardless of whether the victim is a child or an adu
- DECEMBER 1, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
In an editorial in the Hindustan Times Vir Sanghvi...
In an editorial in the Hindustan Times Vir Sanghvi argued against the debated implementation of the death penalty to convicted rapists: "I have two problems with the death-penalty-for-rape approach