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51,055 ARTICLES · 1999—2026The news from the three battles.
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- MAY 18, 2000Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
Human Rights Watch expressed concern about credible...
Human Rights Watch expressed concern about credible reports that government-allied forces in Sierra Leone were torturing and executing suspected members of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), a rebel group responsible for brutal abuses against civilians
- MAY 18, 2000Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
On a local radio chat show callers vented their anger...
On a local radio chat show callers vented their anger at the man whose brutal rebel movement had caused so much misery and suffering
- MAY 18, 2000ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Ruben Torosyan, the chairman of the Social Democratic...
Ruben Torosyan, the chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Armenia Human Rights, said that the relevant structures of the CE were postponing the discussion of Armenian membership
- MAY 18, 2000LatviaDEATH PENALTY
The Saeima passed amendments to the Criminal Law that...
The Saeima passed amendments to the Criminal Law that stipulate that murder under unmitigated circumstances during wartime is punishable by death
- MAY 18, 2000PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Paranaque Representative Roilo S
Paranaque Representative Roilo S
- MAY 18, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Ahmad Yara was given a death sentence by the District...
Ahmad Yara was given a death sentence by the District and Session court in Jhang for killing [a person identified only as] Noora for disclosing his guilt of theft
- MAY 18, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Division Bench of the Lahore High Court gave death...
A Division Bench of the Lahore High Court gave death sentences to Mohammad Ali, Bashir and Abdur Rasheed for killing four people in Pattoki over an old enmity in 1996
- MAY 18, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistan military ruler General Pervez Musharraf bowed...
Pakistan military ruler General Pervez Musharraf bowed to pressure from religious groups by withdrawing a move to tighten procedures for police registration of blasphemy complaints
- MAY 18, 2000Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
Myanmar's military rulers sentenced Saw Tin Oo, a member...
Myanmar's military rulers sentenced Saw Tin Oo, a member of the Kayin ethnic armed group, known as "God's Army," to death for "high treason" following an embassy seizure in Bangkok in October 1999
- MAY 17, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
Iraqi authorities executed Shaykh Ali al-Ka'bi, imam...
Iraqi authorities executed Shaykh Ali al-Ka'bi, imam of the Al-Muhsin Mosque in Al-Thawrah (Saddam) City at the Directorate-General of Security in Baghdad
- MAY 17, 2000Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
The International Secretariat of OMCT(?) expressed...
The International Secretariat of OMCT(?) expressed concern over the deterioration of the security situation in Sierra Leone and the continuing violation of human rights and humanitarian law by armed parties, particularly against civilians - mostly women a
- MAY 17, 2000Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
Foday Sankoh, the leader of the Revolutionary United...
Foday Sankoh, the leader of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), was captured by pro-government forces