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- NOVEMBER 26, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Islamic authorities in the northern Nigerian state...
Islamic authorities in the northern Nigerian state of Zamfara issued a fatwa urging Muslims to kill Isioma Daniel, a writer for the private daily This Day, whose November 16 article about the Miss World pageant sparked deadly riots across the country
- NOVEMBER 26, 2002ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Islamic authorities in the northern Nigerian state...
Islamic authorities in the northern Nigerian state of Zamfara issued a fatwa urging Muslims to kill Isioma Daniel, a writer for the private daily This Day, whose November 16 article about the Miss World pageant sparked deadly riots across the country
- NOVEMBER 26, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A court in the Islamic Republic of Iran sentenced two...
A court in the Islamic Republic of Iran sentenced two men to death for murdering a used car dealer in Tehran
- NOVEMBER 26, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Aghajari, the prominent Iranian academic condemned...
Aghajari, the prominent Iranian academic condemned to death for blasphemy refuses to appeal his sentence, his lawyer told AFP, after the judiciary said the controversial verdict will be upheld unless Hashem Aghajari lodges an appeal
- NOVEMBER 26, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani said in the Lok Sabha...
Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani said in the Lok Sabha that the government favours the death sentence for rapists and would like to enact a law for this in consultations with states and political parties
- NOVEMBER 26, 2002DEATH PENALTY
The UN Third Committee approved a draft resolution...
The UN Third Committee approved a draft resolution calling for effective action to eliminate extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions
- NOVEMBER 25, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Red Cross said that 200 people died during clashes...
The Red Cross said that 200 people died during clashes in Kaduna
- NOVEMBER 25, 2002ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The relocation of the Miss World Contest away from...
The relocation of the Miss World Contest away from the Nigerian capital Abuja dealt a resounding setback to the process of democracy in Nigeria, Hands Off Cain said
- NOVEMBER 25, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Sun Yongyao, 20, and his girlfriend, Guo Baorong, 36,...
Sun Yongyao, 20, and his girlfriend, Guo Baorong, 36, charged with masterminding and detonating a bomb at a ballroom in northwest China's Xi'an City in September were found guilty and sentenced to death by the local intermediate people's court
- NOVEMBER 25, 2002TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
Taiwan was hit by a wave of deaths and hospitalisations...
Taiwan was hit by a wave of deaths and hospitalisations from the consumption of bootleg rice wine that contains methanol, a poisonous substance found in industrial alcohol
- NOVEMBER 25, 2002South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
The Inkatha Freedom Party called on the government...
The Inkatha Freedom Party called on the government to conduct a referendum to determine whether people want a reinstatement of the death penalty in South Africa
- NOVEMBER 24, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Guangdong police executed six people convicted of forging...
Guangdong police executed six people convicted of forging bank drafts