Australia 2001
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
News on Australia in 2001
- DECEMBER 14, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
[captured Taliban fighter] David Hicks is unlikely...
[captured Taliban fighter] David Hicks is unlikely ever to be tried for treason
- DECEMBER 13, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Treason was the worst possible crime against Australia,...
Treason was the worst possible crime against Australia, but the Adelaide man caught fighting for the Taliban should not face the death penalty, RSL president Peter Phillips said
- DECEMBER 13, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
There wide support for David Hick's [an Australian...
There wide support for David Hick's [an Australian captured fighting with the Taliban] execution
- DECEMBER 12, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Terrorist David Hicks, 26-year-old Adelaide man, captured...
Terrorist David Hicks, 26-year-old Adelaide man, captured in Afghanistan by Northern Alliance troops, could be guilty of treason
- DECEMBER 12, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said the US would...
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said the US would not let any coalition members' objections to the death penalty get in the way of punishing al-Qaeda or Taliban members
- DECEMBER 1, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Attorney General, Daryl Williams is working on legislation...
Attorney General, Daryl Williams is working on legislation which will profoundly alter Australia's criminal justice system
- NOVEMBER 23, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Australian woman accused of drug smuggling is facing...
Australian woman accused of drug smuggling is facing the possible death penalty in Vietnam in a case which could strain diplomatic relations between Canberra and Hanoi
- NOVEMBER 16, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
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US President George W
- NOVEMBER 15, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Eight Western aid workers, locked in Afghan prisons...
Eight Western aid workers, locked in Afghan prisons and fearing for their lives, were freed by anti-Taliban fighters and spirited to safety aboard U
- NOVEMBER 14, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Two American escapees recaptured in Geelong will not...
Two American escapees recaptured in Geelong will not face the death penalty if they are extradited from Australia
- NOVEMBER 9, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Australian, US and German special forces may mount...
Australian, US and German special forces may mount a risky operation to rescue the eight western aid workers being held hostage by the Taliban in Afghanistan
- NOVEMBER 8, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Libya, a former state sponsor of terrorism, is backing...
Libya, a former state sponsor of terrorism, is backing the US-led war on terror and trying to free eight Western aid workers on trial for their lives in Afghanistan
- NOVEMBER 8, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
After committing one of the most heinous crimes this...
After committing one of the most heinous crimes this country has seen, Katherine Mary Knight, 45, became the first woman marked never to be released from jail
- NOVEMBER 8, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Libya, a former state sponsor of terrorism, is backing...
Libya, a former state sponsor of terrorism, is backing the US-led war on terror and trying to free eight Western aid workers on trial for their lives in Afghanistan
- NOVEMBER 5, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
The German foreign ministry said that it was urgently...
The German foreign ministry said that it was urgently trying to contact eight aid workers accused by the Taliban of spreading Christianity among Afghans
- OCTOBER 23, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Afghanistan's Supreme Court said it cannot hold regular...
Afghanistan's Supreme Court said it cannot hold regular sessions in the trial of eight foreign aid workers accused of promoting Christianity due to chaos amid the U
- OCTOBER 19, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Taliban judges are expected to issue a verdict next...
Taliban judges are expected to issue a verdict next week in the trial of eight foreigners held in jail in Kabul since August on charges of spreading Christianity, their lawyer said
- OCTOBER 19, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Prime Minister John Howard backed executing Osama bin...
Prime Minister John Howard backed executing Osama bin Laden if he were captured and convicted
- OCTOBER 16, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Two alleged Mexican drug smugglers would not be extradited...
Two alleged Mexican drug smugglers would not be extradited from Australia if it meant they would face the death penalty in the US
- OCTOBER 16, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Two alleged Mexican drug smugglers would not be extradited...
Two alleged Mexican drug smugglers would not be extradited from Australia if it meant they would face the death penalty in the US
- OCTOBER 9, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Australian Prime Minister John Howard rang the families...
Australian Prime Minister John Howard rang the families of two aid workers on trial in Afghanistan after an apparent slip of the tongue in which he said they were guilty of no more than preaching Christianity
- OCTOBER 7, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Australia refused to consider any deal with Afghanistan...
Australia refused to consider any deal with Afghanistan to halt threats against the ruling Taliban in exchange for the release of eight foreign aid workers charged with promoting Christianity
- OCTOBER 4, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
The judge presiding over the trial of two Australian...
The judge presiding over the trial of two Australian aid workers in Kabul has been named as an associate of Osama bin Laden and placed on a Reserve Bank of Australia financial blacklist
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Eight foreign aid workers arrested and detained in...
Eight foreign aid workers arrested and detained in Afghanistan for allegedly preaching Christianity were moved to a safer location ahead of an expected U
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Aid workers who have fled Afghanistan fear their imprisoned...
Aid workers who have fled Afghanistan fear their imprisoned colleagues Peter Bunch and Diana Thomas could be used as pawns in any military stand-off between Afghanistan and the United States
- AUGUST 7, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said the...
Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said the government will do all it can to secure the release of two Australian aid workers, Diana Thomas and Peter Bunch, arrested in Afghanistan on August 6
- JUNE 13, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Prime Minister John Howard said that Australia was...
Prime Minister John Howard said that Australia was unlikely ever to reintroduce the death penalty
- JUNE 4, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
The mother of a boy who was found murdered in a cane...
The mother of a boy who was found murdered in a cane paddock near Innisfail in 1993 has said she does not support the reintroduction of capital punishment
- MAY 30, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Jonathan Brett Horrocks, 40, who was sentenced to life...
Jonathan Brett Horrocks, 40, who was sentenced to life with a minimum of 23 years in 2000 for shooting dead his former boss at a La Trobe University bar wrote a letter to Victorian Attorney-General Rob Hulls asking to be executed
- MAY 15, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
An AustralSCAN survey shows Australians would approve...
An AustralSCAN survey shows Australians would approve a referendum on capital punishment