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- SEPTEMBER 3, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Dr. Shaikh Muhammed Younus's last hope of escaping...
Dr. Shaikh Muhammed Younus's last hope of escaping the gallows lies with his petition to a Pakistani high court. The medical professor, 45, was sentenced to death on August 19 on a charge of blasphemy
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Nasser Saleh Hamid executed in Hajjah province for...
Nasser Saleh Hamid executed in Hajjah province for murdering Khaled Hussein Ali
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The United Nations called for a fair trial of all 24...
The United Nations called for a fair trial of all 24 foreign and Afghan aid workers detained by Afghanistan's Taliban rulers on the charge of promoting Christianity
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
President Islam Karimov cut the number of offences...
President Islam Karimov cut the number of offences carrying the death penalty from eight to four, but the categories remaining - aggression, genocide, terrorism and premeditated murder with aggravating circumstances - are seen as broad enough to allow a w
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2001UkraineDEATH PENALTY
A new Ukrainian Criminal Code under which the most...
A new Ukrainian Criminal Code under which the most severe crimes are punished by life sentences became effective on September 1, 2001
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2001DEATH PENALTY
The Latvian Embassy has asked a judge to spare the...
The Latvian Embassy has asked a judge to spare the life of Richard Baumhammers, 36, who has dual U
- AUGUST 31, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
A Kampala lawyer, Gerald Kakuba of Kiboijana, and Company...
A Kampala lawyer, Gerald Kakuba of Kiboijana, and Company Advocates told the Constitutional Review Commission that the death penalty should be struck off the Constitution
- AUGUST 31, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Thomas Thibault, 26, received 3 death sentences from...
Thomas Thibault, 26, received 3 death sentences from Circuit Judge Marvin U
- AUGUST 31, 2001Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Court in Thailand condemned Pateutoh,...
The Criminal Court in Thailand condemned Pateutoh, 34, and Shi,18, both from Burma, to death for smuggling 400,000 speed pills from Burma into Tak's Mae Sot district on August 23, 2000
- AUGUST 31, 2001LaosDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Court in Thailand sentenced Singkham Suwanrit...
The Criminal Court in Thailand sentenced Singkham Suwanrit and Puangkaew Sirisopa, both from Laos nationals, to death for smuggling 359,840 speed pills from Laos into the Thai Peon Pisai district, Nong Khai, on April 20, 2001
- AUGUST 31, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A court in the southern province of Hunan sentenced...
A court in the southern province of Hunan sentenced a woman who blew up her husband and two accomplices to death for killing her husband and four other victims with a home-made bomb
- AUGUST 31, 2001Costa RicaDEATH PENALTY
Costa Rica's Constitutional Court cleared the way for...
Costa Rica's Constitutional Court cleared the way for the expulsion of Ukrainian Nazi Bodan Kosiy Ivanovich, 80, as had been ordered by the government in February 2000