2002

Mali's outgoing president pardoned former dictator...

Mali's outgoing president pardoned former dictator Moussa Traore and his wife Mariam, who were imprisoned after he was overthrown in 1991 and were serving life sentences for murder and corruption

One of Turkey's most influential business groups, TUSIAD,...

One of Turkey's most influential business groups, TUSIAD, placed full-page advertisements in national newspapers calling on politicians not to squander the opportunity of joining the European Union

A convict who moved to the Eldoret High Court to appeal...

A convict who moved to the Eldoret High Court to appeal a seven-year jail sentence for robbery was instead sentenced to death

An Islamic court in the United Arab Emirates has condemned...

An Islamic court in the United Arab Emirates has condemned an Emirati man to death for raping four children

Wesley Tobe Smith Jr

Wesley Tobe Smith Jr

A judge of the Valenzuela City regional trial court...

A judge of the Valenzuela City regional trial court sentenced to death five men accused in the kidnapping of two sisters in the city three years ago

Amnesty International described the conditions in Kenya's...

Amnesty International described the conditions in Kenya's prisons as "harsh" and criticised the authorities for refusing to allow human rights organisations access to prisoners

The Senate ratified a bicameral conference committee...

The Senate ratified a bicameral conference committee report re-imposing the death penalty for drug possession and trafficking

In Japan a House of Councillors plenary session unanimously...

In Japan a House of Councillors plenary session unanimously approved an extradition treaty between Japan and South Korea to take effect during the month-long World Cup soccer finals starting on May 31

In Japan a House of Councillors plenary session unanimously...

In Japan a House of Councillors plenary session unanimously approved an extradition treaty between Japan and South Korea to take effect during the month-long World Cup soccer finals starting on May 31

The Turkish army is willing to accept the abolition...

The Turkish army is willing to accept the abolition of the death penalty on condition that the government ensure a life term for jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan

The Dali Prefecture Intermediate People's Court, in...

The Dali Prefecture Intermediate People's Court, in Yunnan Province, sentenced former singer Yang Hongying (2799 3163 5391) to death with two years reprieve for allegedly raising 114m yuan illegally, and 65m by fraud, the Guangzhou Daily reported

In its initial trial, Yulin Municipal Intermediate...

In its initial trial, Yulin Municipal Intermediate People's Court, in Guangxi Province, sentenced Liu Jingsheng to death for abducting and trafficking in women, the Guangxi Zhengfa Bao reported

DEATH PENALTY: THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE ASKS JAPAN TO ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY

Parliament Speaker Omer Izgi said Turkey should wait...

Parliament Speaker Omer Izgi said Turkey should wait for a verdict from the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) before asking the Parliament to ratify a death penalty verdict on terrorist Abdullah Ocalan

The Saudi news agency, SPA, carried a Saudi Interior...

The Saudi news agency, SPA, carried a Saudi Interior Ministry statement saying that the Islamic Shari'ah Court had convicted Saudi national Dawud Bin-Muhammad Bin-Salih Al Mutarid al-Yami of the crime of murdering his compatriot Muhammad Bin-Husayn Bin-Al

The execution of Napoleon Beazley (see also 08-15-2001,...

The execution of Napoleon Beazley (see also 08-15-2001, 09-20-2001, 10-11-2001, 10-22-2001, 4-17-2002) has been carried out in the death chamber at the Huntsville "Walls" Unit hours after the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles voted 10-7 against recommend

Colombian armed groups killed more than 4,000 noncombatants...

Colombian armed groups killed more than 4,000 noncombatants in 2001 and kidnapped 1,700 others, according to Amnesty International's (AI) annual report

Devlet Bahceli, Turkey's deputy prime minister and...

Devlet Bahceli, Turkey's deputy prime minister and the leader of the second largest party in the coalition government, the rightist National Action Party (MHP) laid down five conditions before he would consider lifting the death penalty and other EU refor

Eleven Caribbean countries were cited in the latest...

Eleven Caribbean countries were cited in the latest Amnesty International report on international human rights violations

An influential Muslim leader said that Abu Muslim Alghazie,...

An influential Muslim leader said that Abu Muslim Alghazie, the suspected brains behind the mall bombing that killed 15 persons in General Santos City in April, should be meted the death penalty

Eleven Caribbean countries were cited in the latest...

Eleven Caribbean countries were cited in the latest Amnesty International report on international human rights violations

Eleven Caribbean countries were cited in the latest...

Eleven Caribbean countries were cited in the latest Amnesty International report on international human rights violations

Eleven Caribbean countries were cited in the latest...

Eleven Caribbean countries were cited in the latest Amnesty International report on international human rights violations

The Conference sponsored by the Council of Europe on...

The Conference sponsored by the Council of Europe on "Justice and the Rights of Man in the observer countries of the CoE: the abolition of the death penalty", just come to an end in Tokyo, was attended by the Minister of Justice, Mrs

Belarusian Interior Minister Uladzimir Navumaw said...

Belarusian Interior Minister Uladzimir Navumaw said that it is premature to abolish capital punishment in this country

In the Amnesty International annual report it was said...

In the Amnesty International annual report it was said that two men were hanged in February 2001, marking a resumption of executions after more than three years

TEXAS EXECUTES MAN FOR MURDER COMMITTED AT 17, MISSOURI STAYS EXECUTION IN SIMILAR CASE

May 28, 2002: Napoleon Beazley, 26, of Texas, and Christopher Simmons, 26, of Missouri, both committed murder when they were 17. They filed identical claims before federal and state courts, arguing that executing an inmate who was younger than 18 at the t

Shaaban Ali, a man who killed his wife and brother-in-law...

Shaaban Ali, a man who killed his wife and brother-in-law in January was publicly hanged in the western town of Malayer