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- MARCH 18, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Author Salman Rushdie, under a death threat for years...
Author Salman Rushdie, under a death threat for years for allegedly blaspheming Islam in a novel, has not been allowed to fly on Air Canada since September 2001 and an airline spokeswoman said she could not say when the ban would be lifted
- MARCH 18, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Jurors deliberated for just more than 30 minutes in...
Jurors deliberated for just more than 30 minutes in deciding to sentence Reginald W
- MARCH 18, 2002DEATH PENALTY
In Fort Worth, a federal jury recommended the execution...
In Fort Worth, a federal jury recommended the execution by injection for Julius Robinson, 25
- MARCH 18, 2002DEATH PENALTY
The Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant...
The Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which aims at the abolition of the death penalty, was adopted by the General Assembly on 15 December 1989 and entered into force on 11 July 1991
- MARCH 18, 2002DEATH PENALTY
The Commission on Human Rights will hold its fifty-eighth...
The Commission on Human Rights will hold its fifty-eighth session at the Palais des Nations in Geneva from 18 March to 26 April 2002
- MARCH 18, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The decade-old Law on the Organization of People's...
The decade-old Law on the Organization of People's Courts is in urgent need of an overhaul to bring it up to date with the country's fast-changing circumstances, according to the nation's top judge
- MARCH 18, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Human rights activists in Nigeria said they are confident...
Human rights activists in Nigeria said they are confident the sharia judges will not be able to ignore the international appeals for clemency for Safiya Hussaini, who was condemned to death for adultery by an Islamic court
- MARCH 18, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Lawyers familiar with the Islamic legal system in Sokoto...
Lawyers familiar with the Islamic legal system in Sokoto told AFP that there were three possible scenarios for the outcome of Safiya Hussaini's appeal at the Shari'a appellate court in Sokoto
- MARCH 18, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Safiya Hussaini's appeal against death by stoning for...
Safiya Hussaini's appeal against death by stoning for having a child out of wedlock was postponed to March 25 by the Sharia court in the northern Nigerian state of Sokoto
- MARCH 18, 2002DEATH PENALTY
State Minister Ramazan Mirzaoglu said that Turkey was...
State Minister Ramazan Mirzaoglu said that Turkey was a European Union (EU) country as a result of its political regime and exportation
- MARCH 18, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Mesut Yilmaz, Deputy PM, State Minister responsible...
Mesut Yilmaz, Deputy PM, State Minister responsible with relations with EU and the leader of the Motherland Party (ANAP), warned that Turkey may face Worst Case Senario in 2003 unless it meets conditions set by European Union in 2002
- MARCH 18, 2002DEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA SHARIA COURT POSTPONES SAFIYA’S APPEAL
March 18, 2002: Safiya Hussaini’s appeal against death by stoning for having a child out of wedlock was postponed to March 25 by the Sharia court in the northern Nigerian state of Sokoto.