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- NOVEMBER 12, 2001DEATH PENALTY
UK FIGHTS TERRORISM
November 12, 2001: Home Secretary David Blunkett placed an order before the Commons to demand the derogation of Article Five of the Human Rights Act, which guarantees the right to liberty and prohibits detention without trial. However, he admitted that it
- NOVEMBER 11, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Home Secretary, David Blunkett brushed aside criticism...
Home Secretary, David Blunkett brushed aside criticism from "airy-fairy" civil rights groups as he prepared to seek approval for unprecedented new powers to allow the internment without trial of suspected terrorists
- NOVEMBER 11, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Tehran's Revolutionary Court opened the biggest political...
Tehran's Revolutionary Court opened the biggest political trial to be held in Iran since the 1979 Islamic revolution, accusing more than 30 members of the banned Freedom Movement, including two former ministers, of anti-state activities
- NOVEMBER 11, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
A number of Iranian film-makers whose movies have dealt...
A number of Iranian film-makers whose movies have dealt with Iran's revolution and the status of its women, have had their works censored or banned
- NOVEMBER 11, 2001SyriaDEATH PENALTY
Syria has extradited to Egypt the man behind the shooting...
Syria has extradited to Egypt the man behind the shooting of 58 British and other foreign tourists at Luxor in 1997
- NOVEMBER 11, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
DevNet, a development information NGO, called on the...
DevNet, a development information NGO, called on the Federal Government and the Sokoto State Government to speedily intervene and save Safiya Tungar-Tudu from death by stoning
- NOVEMBER 11, 2001EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Syria has extradited to Egypt the man behind the shooting...
Syria has extradited to Egypt the man behind the shooting of 58 British and other foreign tourists at Luxor in 1997
- NOVEMBER 11, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence of...
Iran's Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence of Qolam Reza Ameli, Kayhan newspaper reported
- NOVEMBER 11, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Four Xinjiang people were sentenced to death or given...
Four Xinjiang people were sentenced to death or given suspended death sentences for separatist activities, a human rights group said
- NOVEMBER 11, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
It is rare for Korean mainstream artists to team up...
It is rare for Korean mainstream artists to team up with some of this country's finest alternative musicians for some serious, thought provoking cause but November 11 presented such a coupling with the "Citizens' Concert" (also known as the "Ku Ka Mu Nar
- NOVEMBER 10, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The daily newspaper Waspada reported the discovery...
The daily newspaper Waspada reported the discovery of the bodies of five civilians in North Aceh district, three or possibly four of them from Uteuen Koet village in Muara Dua subdistrict
- NOVEMBER 10, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
Cardinal Stephen Kim Sou-hwan urged the head of Korean...
Cardinal Stephen Kim Sou-hwan urged the head of Korean legislature to support a special bill aimed at abolishing capital punishment