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- MARCH 29, 2002DEATH PENALTY
The British-born militant Omar Saeed Sheikh, who was...
The British-born militant Omar Saeed Sheikh, who was charged in Pakistan with the kidnapping and murder of the US journalist Daniel Pearl, told the judge at the closed hearing in court in Karachi that he did not recognise the court, adding: "I request my
- MARCH 29, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Police in Nigeria's Enugu state arrested the Divisional...
Police in Nigeria's Enugu state arrested the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) for Nsukka and seven of his men over the alleged murder of Nnaemeka Ugwoke and Izuchukwu Ayogu, both former students of Nsukka high school
- MARCH 29, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo lauded the verdict...
Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo lauded the verdict of the Sharia Appeal Court in Sokoto which overturned the death sentence passed on Safiya Tungar-Tudu by a lower sharia court in October 2001for committing adultery
- MARCH 29, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Muhammad Ejaz was condemned to death by a Lahore court...
Muhammad Ejaz was condemned to death by a Lahore court for the murder of Maqbool Ahmad on August 10, 1999
- MARCH 29, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An anti-terrorist court in Pakistan sentenced to death...
An anti-terrorist court in Pakistan sentenced to death a man on four counts of murder
- MARCH 29, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
An international media organisation based in France,...
An international media organisation based in France, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) petitioned Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni not to assent to the Terrorism Bill until it has been revised
- MARCH 29, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Michael Luttig...
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Michael Luttig recently stated in an opinion that post-conviction DNA testing for inmates is a constitutional right
- MARCH 28, 2002DEATH PENALTY
U.S. prosecutors said they would seek the death penalty...
U.S. prosecutors said they would seek the death penalty for Zacarias Moussaoui, accusing the French citizen of actions that resulted in some 3,000 deaths from the Sept
- MARCH 28, 2002North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has ordered all drug...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has ordered all drug users to be executed by shooting, the Russian newspaper Komsomol Pravda reported, citing a senior Russian official
- MARCH 28, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A division bench of the Lahore High Court Rawalpindi...
A division bench of the Lahore High Court Rawalpindi bench comprising Justice Ali Nawaz Chohan and Justice Mian Mohammed Jehangir commuted the death sentence of a man convicted of murder to life imprisonment
- MARCH 28, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The European Union (EU) welcomed the acquittal of Safiya...
The European Union (EU) welcomed the acquittal of Safiya Hussaini by the Sokoto Sharia Court of Appeal
- MARCH 28, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Human rights must become a priority in all areas of...
Human rights must become a priority in all areas of the EU's external relations, said the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee in adopting its annual report on human rights in the world and EU human rights policy