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- FEBRUARY 9, 2000DEATH PENALTY
The Kurdistan Workers party (PKK) formally abandoned...
The Kurdistan Workers party (PKK) formally abandoned its 15-year separatist rebellion in south-east Turkey and adopted the democratic political programme pleaded for by its imprisoned leader, Abdullah Ocalan
- FEBRUARY 9, 2000DEATH PENALTY
Attorney General Jay Nixon filed a lawsuit in Circuit...
Attorney General Jay Nixon filed a lawsuit in Circuit Court, accusing the Italian clothing company Benetton and Gonzaga University law professor Speedy Rice of deceiving the state in their use of inmates at Potosi Correctional Center
- FEBRUARY 9, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon filed a lawsuit...
Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon filed a lawsuit in Circuit Court, accusing the Italian clothing company Benetton and Gonzaga University law professor Speedy Rice of deceiving the state in their use of inmates at the Potosi Correctional Centre
- FEBRUARY 8, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Two villagers from Seulunyok, Tanah Luas in North Aceh...
Two villagers from Seulunyok, Tanah Luas in North Aceh were abducted from their home and executed by four armed civilians
- FEBRUARY 8, 2000LesothoDEATH PENALTY
Private Tlala Ranchobe, one of 38 soldiers from the...
Private Tlala Ranchobe, one of 38 soldiers from the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) facing charges of mutiny went on trial
- FEBRUARY 8, 2000DEATH PENALTY
The Portuguese Presidency on behalf of the European...
The Portuguese Presidency on behalf of the European Union welcomed the decision taken by Governor George Ryan of Illinois to declare a moratorium on all pending executions in that state and expressed its hope that this decision may constitute an important
- FEBRUARY 7, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Additional District and Sessions Judge Biplob Goshwami...
Additional District and Sessions Judge Biplob Goshwami sentenced Dulal Mridha, 35, to death by hanging for killing his wife, Piara Begum, over a dowry dispute on May 12, 1998 and burying the body behind his house
- FEBRUARY 7, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
United Nations officials said Indonesian troops and...
United Nations officials said Indonesian troops and police supervised the East Timorese Oecussi massacre on September 8, 1999
- FEBRUARY 7, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
District and Sessions Judge Khushab Mahmood Ahmed Chaudhry...
District and Sessions Judge Khushab Mahmood Ahmed Chaudhry sentenced to death twice Mohammad Amanat for killing two persons, Zafar Ali and his son Mohammad Idrees in Khushab in 1999
- FEBRUARY 6, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Despite repeated attempts by the prosecution, the High...
Despite repeated attempts by the prosecution, the High Court failed to fix a date for the hearing to confirm the lower court verdict that meted out death sentences to 15 former army officers for killing Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
- FEBRUARY 6, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The Ariana Airlines plane was hijacked en route from...
The Ariana Airlines plane was hijacked en route from the Afghan capital of Kabul to northern Mazar-e-Sharif
- FEBRUARY 5, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Human Rights Watch said that 62 civilians were shot...
Human Rights Watch said that 62 civilians were shot to death in Aldy, in western Grozny when Russian soldiers rampaged through this suburb of Chechnya's capital, calling it the worst massacre of the war in the separatist republic, after Chechen rebels aba