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- DECEMBER 9, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The wife of a convicted killer who wants to be artificially...
The wife of a convicted killer who wants to be artificially inseminated before her husband's execution is forcing the justice system to clarify what it means to "strip a prisoner of his political and individual rights"
- DECEMBER 8, 2001MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
A leading human rights group said human rights suffered...
A leading human rights group said human rights suffered a setback in Morocco this year and demanded an independent inquiry into the disappearance of political opponents in the 1960s and 1970s
- DECEMBER 8, 2001SudanDEATH PENALTY
In Sudan an eighteen-year-old girl, Abok Alfa Akok,...
In Sudan an eighteen-year-old girl, Abok Alfa Akok, was condemned to death by stoning for adultery by the Nyala Criminal Court in southern Darfur
- DECEMBER 7, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Nine men who lived in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan...
Nine men who lived in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan have been convicted at the Old Bailey [London's main criminal court] of hijacking a jet and flying it to Stansted airport
- DECEMBER 7, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The European Union allocated 840,000 euros in support...
The European Union allocated 840,000 euros in support of small-scale human rights projects in China
- DECEMBER 7, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Hua Ruizhuo, who murdered 14 women, was sentenced to...
Hua Ruizhuo, who murdered 14 women, was sentenced to death by the Second Intermediate People's Court of Beijing
- DECEMBER 7, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Nine men who lived in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan...
Nine men who lived in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan have been convicted at the Old Bailey [London's main criminal court] of hijacking a jet and flying it to Stansted airport
- DECEMBER 7, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
The head of Amnesty International sees "positive trends"...
The head of Amnesty International sees "positive trends" in Lebanon's human rights record over the past decade, but remains concerned over the number of arbitrary arrests
- DECEMBER 7, 2001Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Speaking on the severity of punishment as a supposed...
Speaking on the severity of punishment as a supposed deterrence to crime, Auxiliary Bishop of Mt Hagen Bishop Douglas Young said it was the certainty of punishment that deterred crime-the knowledge that the criminal, high or low, rich or poor, powerful or
- DECEMBER 7, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
The head of Amnesty International sees "positive trends"...
The head of Amnesty International sees "positive trends" in Lebanon's human rights record over the past decade, but remains concerned over the number of arbitrary arrests
- DECEMBER 6, 2001TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
The Taiwan Association for Human Rights (TAHR) 2001...
The Taiwan Association for Human Rights (TAHR) 2001 report praised a move by the armed forces to reduce the number of crimes that bore a mandatory death sentence
- DECEMBER 6, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Sahib Al-Mosawi, 53, an Iraqi national who stabbed...
Sahib Al-Mosawi, 53, an Iraqi national who stabbed his wife Inaam Al-Nashi and her uncle Mohammad Al-Nashi to death on Nov