Chronological archive
November 2000
The 148 news items published by Hands Off Cain in November 2000, in chronological order.
Three convicted killers, Kiyotaka Katsuta, 52, who...
Three convicted killers, Kiyotaka Katsuta, 52, who changed his family name to Fujiwara, Takashi Miyawaki, 57, and Kunikatsu Oishi, 55 were hanged
- NOVEMBER 30, 2000JapanDEATH PENALTY
Activists in strongly anti-death penalty Italy picketed...
Activists in strongly anti-death penalty Italy picketed outside the Japanese Embassy in protest of Japan's hanging of three murderers
- NOVEMBER 30, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
In occasion of the of the Tuscan Florence festival,...
In occasion of the of the Tuscan Florence festival, held to celebrate the decision taken in 1786 by the Grand-Duke of Tuscany, to make it the first state in the world to have abolished the death penalty and the use of torture, there was held a conference
- NOVEMBER 29, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A court in China's Anhui Province sentenced Xiao Zuoxin,...
A court in China's Anhui Province sentenced Xiao Zuoxin, the former mayor of Fuyang to life imprisonment for corruption and his wife Zhou Jimei to two years of probation followed by death for accepting bribes totalling over 1
- NOVEMBER 29, 2000PanamaDEATH PENALTY
Luis Posada Carriles, 72, was arrested on November...
Luis Posada Carriles, 72, was arrested on November 17 at a Panama hotel after Fidel Castro accused him and three others of planning to assassinate him arrived for the 10th Ibero-American summit
- NOVEMBER 29, 2000CubaDEATH PENALTY
Luis Posada Carriles, 72, was arrested on November...
Luis Posada Carriles, 72, was arrested on November 17 at a Panama hotel after Fidel Castro accused him and three others of planning to assassinate him arrived for the 10th Ibero-American summit
- NOVEMBER 29, 2000FinlandDEATH PENALTY
Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja said he wanted to enhance...
Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja said he wanted to enhance the role of human rights in the Finnish foreign policy on presenting a new report on the government's human rights policy to the Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee
- NOVEMBER 28, 2000Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
The acting UN emergency relief co-ordinator in DRC,...
The acting UN emergency relief co-ordinator in DRC, Carolyn McAskie, said random violence against civilian and flagrant human rights violations were prevalent throughout the country
- NOVEMBER 28, 2000NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Nigerian Government unfolded its plan to reintroduce...
The Nigerian Government unfolded its plan to reintroduce the death penalty for those found guilty of engaging in the vandalisation of public utilities, including the properties of the National Electric Power Authority (NEPA)
- NOVEMBER 28, 2000SudanDEATH PENALTY
Sudan's President Bashir urged his troops to continue...
Sudan's President Bashir urged his troops to continue their "jihad
- NOVEMBER 28, 2000VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Deputy Nong Thai Nghiep from Thai Nguyen province criticized...
Deputy Nong Thai Nghiep from Thai Nguyen province criticized the judiciary for not carrying out the sentences issued by the courts
- NOVEMBER 27, 2000ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
On November 27, 2000: the UN Committee against Torture...
On November 27, 2000: the UN Committee against Torture considered reports submitted by Armenia and commended the country's current moratorium on capital punishment and the absence of capital punishment in Armenia's draft Penal Code
- NOVEMBER 27, 2000VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The Hanoi People's Court handed down five death sentences...
The Hanoi People's Court handed down five death sentences and six life imprisonment sentences to 11 defendants for involvement in a drug trafficking ring
- NOVEMBER 27, 2000GuatemalaDEATH PENALTY
The UN Committee against torture cited concern over...
The UN Committee against torture cited concern over what it called a deterioration of the human rights situation in Guatemala, including matters involving torture
- NOVEMBER 27, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
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- NOVEMBER 26, 2000South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Farmers' leaders requested a meeting with President...
Farmers' leaders requested a meeting with President Thabo Mbeki to convey the findings a memorandum and discuss urgent steps to stop the attacks on farmers
- NOVEMBER 25, 2000CubaDEATH PENALTY
Cuba is willing to abolish the death penalty, the Cuban...
Cuba is willing to abolish the death penalty, the Cuban Cardinal Jaime Ortega said
- NOVEMBER 25, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
According to the Committee in Defence of Iraqi Women's...
According to the Committee in Defence of Iraqi Women's Rights, an Australian organisation, more than 200 women were executed in a three week period
- NOVEMBER 25, 2000SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
In his talks with legal representatives from the Council...
In his talks with legal representatives from the Council of Europe Federal Justice Minister Momcilo Grubac discussed the election of Yugoslav judges and public prosecutors in line with European standards, issues surrounding conscientious objection and mil
- NOVEMBER 25, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Zahir and Suffi Aziz, residents of the Char...
Mohammad Zahir and Suffi Aziz, residents of the Char Kent District of the [northern] Balkh Province were executed for murder
- NOVEMBER 25, 2000VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A court in the commercial capital of Ho Chi Minh City...
A court in the commercial capital of Ho Chi Minh City sentenced a US national, also wanted by Belgian police, to death for heroin trafficking, just days after US President Bill Clinton's landmark visit
- NOVEMBER 24, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Sichuan court carried out the execution order on...
A Sichuan court carried out the execution order on Lan Yike, a cadre of the Sichuan Province Foreign Exchange Administration Bureau, for embezzling public funds
- NOVEMBER 24, 2000CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
The Cambodian capital was blanketed in tight security,...
The Cambodian capital was blanketed in tight security, a day after fierce fighting in the streets between dozens of armed rebels and security forces left eight people dead
- NOVEMBER 24, 2000VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The People's Court of Ho Chi Minh City sentenced Bui...
The People's Court of Ho Chi Minh City sentenced Bui Huu Tai , 32, to death for involvement in drug trafficking
- NOVEMBER 23, 2000Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
Sri Lanka's ruling People's Alliance (PA) decided to...
Sri Lanka's ruling People's Alliance (PA) decided to reintroduce the death penalty due to the escalating crime rates in the country
- NOVEMBER 23, 2000CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Lai Changxing, 46, the alleged mastermind behind the...
Lai Changxing, 46, the alleged mastermind behind the Xiamen smuggling racket who was arrested in Canada on 23 November, is almost certain to face the death penalty if sent back to China
- NOVEMBER 23, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Nanjing Municipal Intermediate People's Court sentenced...
The Nanjing Municipal Intermediate People's Court sentenced Sui Zhennan, director of the Gaoxin Development Zone, Nanjing Sub-Branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, to death with a two-year reprieve for accepting bribes and corruption
- NOVEMBER 23, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Changchun Municipal Intermediate People's Court...
The Changchun Municipal Intermediate People's Court sentenced Lu Mang and Meng Wie to death for financial fraud
- NOVEMBER 23, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Lai Changxing, 46, said to be the mastermind of a multi-billion-dollar...
Lai Changxing, 46, said to be the mastermind of a multi-billion-dollar smuggling ring in Hong Kong and the Fujian province in China, was arrested at a casino at Niagara Falls, and taken to Vancouver
- NOVEMBER 23, 2000SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
Slovak Deputy Speaker of Parliament Bela Bugar met...
Slovak Deputy Speaker of Parliament Bela Bugar met with the delegation of China's Supreme Court
- NOVEMBER 23, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Sayf al-Rahman Habib Khan Abd-al-Jabbar, a Pakistani...
Sayf al-Rahman Habib Khan Abd-al-Jabbar, a Pakistani national, was executed for smuggling heroin
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- NOVEMBER 23, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Sayf al-Rahman Habib Khan Abd-al-Jabbar, a Pakistani...
Sayf al-Rahman Habib Khan Abd-al-Jabbar, a Pakistani national, was executed in Saudi Arabia for smuggling heroin
- NOVEMBER 23, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Morad Ali Heydari was publicly executed after being...
Morad Ali Heydari was publicly executed after being convicted of killing two relatives with a firearm
- NOVEMBER 23, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
The daily newspaper Kayhan reported that Mohammad Taqi...
The daily newspaper Kayhan reported that Mohammad Taqi Amini was executed by hanging for his role in a multimillion dollar fraud, it did not specify the date of his execution
- NOVEMBER 23, 2000Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
Sri Lanka's ruling People's Alliance (PA) decided to...
Sri Lanka's ruling People's Alliance (PA) decided to reintroduce the death penalty due to the escalating crime rates in the country
- NOVEMBER 23, 2000Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
Sri Lanka's ruling People's Alliance (PA) decided to...
Sri Lanka's ruling People's Alliance (PA) decided to reintroduce the death penalty due to the escalating crime rates in the country
- NOVEMBER 22, 2000BelarusDEATH PENALTY
The UN Committee Against Torture considered Belarus'...
The UN Committee Against Torture considered Belarus' third periodic report on the implementation of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhumane or Degrading Treatment or Punishment at its meetings in November 2000
- NOVEMBER 22, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Peng Farong, the chairman of China Tianping Enterprises,...
Peng Farong, the chairman of China Tianping Enterprises, was executed with the approval of the Supreme Court, for colluding with Xuan Ying, the section chief of a savings unit of the Communications Bank Kunming Branch to use high interests to lure the Yu
- NOVEMBER 22, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Seven Chinese citizens were executed by a bullet after...
Seven Chinese citizens were executed by a bullet after the Intermediate People's Court in the western city of Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang Autonomous Region sentenced them publicly for crimes including robbery, arson, murder and rape
- NOVEMBER 22, 2000VenezuelaDEATH PENALTY
Foreign Minister Jose Vicente Rangel has said the ministry...
Foreign Minister Jose Vicente Rangel has said the ministry was studying the court records on Posada Carriles to determine whether there were judicial grounds to request his extradition
- NOVEMBER 22, 2000CubaDEATH PENALTY
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jose Vicente Rangel has...
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jose Vicente Rangel has said the ministry was studying the court records on Posada Carriles to determine whether there were judicial grounds to request his extradition
- NOVEMBER 22, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Experts of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights...
Experts of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights sent a letter that said they noted a "pattern of serious human rights violations" in Aceh including torture, extrajudicial executions of civilians, and death threats against human rights organizatio
- NOVEMBER 22, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Nobel peace prize-winning humanitarian body Medicins...
Nobel peace prize-winning humanitarian body Medicins sans Frontieres (MSF) condemned Russia's "policy of terror" in Chechnya, which it said included arbitrary executions and ethnic cleansing
- NOVEMBER 22, 2000UkraineDEATH PENALTY
Prosecutor General of Ukraine Mikhail Potebenko announced...
Prosecutor General of Ukraine Mikhail Potebenko announced that the number of first-degree murders would rise in the Ukraine due to a moratorium on death penalties
- NOVEMBER 22, 2000Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
Ishmael Samad, contesting the Couva South seat, said...
Ishmael Samad, contesting the Couva South seat, said the election was an opportunity for him to champion his beliefs
- NOVEMBER 22, 2000North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
A North Carolina legislative committee that has spent...
A North Carolina legislative committee that has spent almost a year analysing the death penalty voted to make three major recommendations when the General Assembly returns in January: An outright ban on executing people deemed mentally retarded, defined a
- NOVEMBER 22, 2000PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
November 22-28, 2000: After a jury returned a death...
November 22-28, 2000: After a jury returned a death sentence verdict, Cleveland (Ohio) Judge Daniel Gaul sentenced a man to death and shortly thereafter took the opportunity to speak to the press about his opposition to the death penalty
- NOVEMBER 21, 2000ChadDEATH PENALTY
The National Front for a Renewed Chad (FNTR), an armed...
The National Front for a Renewed Chad (FNTR), an armed opposition movement, accused the government of executing six suspected members of the opposition on 17 November
- NOVEMBER 21, 2000UgandaDEATH PENALTY
A total of 180 people in Uganda were put to death...
A total of 180 people in Uganda were put to death by lynch since the beginning of the year 2000, the country's police spokesman Eric Naigambi stated
- NOVEMBER 21, 2000ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Several hundreds of Armenian Kurds held a rally to...
Several hundreds of Armenian Kurds held a rally to express their support of the PKK leader, Abdullah Ocalan when the European Court for Human Rights Protection began to hear Ocalan's appeal against his death sentence
- NOVEMBER 21, 2000ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Gagik Arutyunyan, chairman of the Armenian Constitutional...
Gagik Arutyunyan, chairman of the Armenian Constitutional Court, addressing a seminar held at the Constitutional Court on the subject of the Armenian constitution's conformity to the regulations of the European convention to protect human rights and basic
- NOVEMBER 21, 2000MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Two drug traffickers from the same family were hanged...
Two drug traffickers from the same family were hanged in Kajang Prison
- NOVEMBER 21, 2000North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Just hours before his execution on November 22, North...
Just hours before his execution on November 22, North Carolina death row inmate Marcus Carter had his sentence commuted to life in prison without parole by Governor Jim Hunt
- NOVEMBER 20, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Hao Ruiduan, ex-director of Huaiyang County Grain Bureau...
Hao Ruiduan, ex-director of Huaiyang County Grain Bureau in central China's Henan Province, was executed for the killing of a deputy curator of Huaiyang County Museum, Li Genghai
- NOVEMBER 20, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
At least four criminals were executed in Beijing for...
At least four criminals were executed in Beijing for murder, rape and robbery
- NOVEMBER 20, 2000SwitzerlandDEATH PENALTY
Death row inmate and street gang co-founder Stanley...
Death row inmate and street gang co-founder Stanley "Tookie" Williams has been nominated for the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize
- NOVEMBER 20, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
In a letter delivered to the White House, religious,...
In a letter delivered to the White House, religious, civil rights, and political leaders urged President Clinton to declare a moratorium on federal executions
- NOVEMBER 19, 2000CzechiaDEATH PENALTY
The Freedom Union Deputy chairman Vladimir Mlynar believes...
The Freedom Union Deputy chairman Vladimir Mlynar believes that Europe might resume a discussion on the introduction of the death sentence in the future and that the Czech Republic should take part in it
- NOVEMBER 19, 2000SudanDEATH PENALTY
The Yemeni Bani al-Harith sentenced Sudanese Mohammad...
The Yemeni Bani al-Harith sentenced Sudanese Mohammad Adam Omar to death by the sword or by firing squad after finding him guilty of killing Huson Ahmad Atiyyah
- NOVEMBER 19, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
An Indian national was executed in Dammam in the Eastern...
An Indian national was executed in Dammam in the Eastern Region
- NOVEMBER 19, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
An Indian national was executed in Dammam in the Eastern...
An Indian national was executed in Dammam in the Eastern Region (Saudi Arabia)
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- NOVEMBER 18, 2000YemenDEATH PENALTY
A Yemeni court convicted a Sudanese morgue assistant...
A Yemeni court convicted a Sudanese morgue assistant of killing two women and sentenced him to death, officials said
- NOVEMBER 18, 2000SudanDEATH PENALTY
A Yemeni court convicted a Sudanese morgue assistant...
A Yemeni court convicted a Sudanese morgue assistant of killing two women and sentenced him to death, officials said
- NOVEMBER 18, 2000South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Municipal police forces were the answer to the current...
Municipal police forces were the answer to the current spate of attacks on South African farms, Democratic Alliance leader Tony Leon said
- NOVEMBER 18, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
A man was hanged in the south-eastern province of Kerman...
A man was hanged in the south-eastern province of Kerman after his death sentence was upheld by the Supreme Court
- NOVEMBER 17, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Seven people who, disguised as soldiers, had stolen...
Seven people who, disguised as soldiers, had stolen guns and cars and killed 19 people in the southwestern province of Yunnan, were executed
- NOVEMBER 17, 2000South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The Taejon District Court sentenced Lee Jong-kwon,...
The Taejon District Court sentenced Lee Jong-kwon, 36, to death for killing his two daughters and two nephews in order to receive life insurance money
- NOVEMBER 17, 2000RwandaDEATH PENALTY
The specialized chamber of the Kibungo court of first...
The specialized chamber of the Kibungo court of first instance [southeastern Rwanda] passed a verdict on 25 people charged with genocide and other crimes against humanity
- NOVEMBER 17, 2000UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The Uzbek Supreme Court sentenced two men-Islamic Movement...
The Uzbek Supreme Court sentenced two men-Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan leader Takhir Yuldashev and field commander Dzhuma Namagani-to death in absentia and sentenced 10 others to various terms of imprisonment for their role in the February 1999 bombings
- NOVEMBER 17, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
India accused Islamabad of sending death row convicts...
India accused Islamabad of sending death row convicts from Pakistan to create mayhem in the border state of Kashmir
- NOVEMBER 17, 2000DelawareDEATH PENALTY
Dwayne Weeks, 37, black, was executed by lethal injection
Dwayne Weeks, 37, black, was executed by lethal injection
- NOVEMBER 16, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Zheng Daofang, the former deputy director of the Communications...
Zheng Daofang, the former deputy director of the Communications Department of Southwest China's Sichuan Province, was sentenced to death by the Sichuan Higher People's Court for accepting bribes and possessing huge properties without a known source for th
- NOVEMBER 16, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A dawn-to-dusk token hunger strike demanding an end...
A dawn-to-dusk token hunger strike demanding an end to selling acid in the open market was observed in Narayanganj by the Jona Kayek-O-Tarun Sangha, a social organisation against the misuse of acid
- NOVEMBER 16, 2000South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The Seoul High Court sentenced to death 23-year-old...
The Seoul High Court sentenced to death 23-year-old Hwang Ho-jin for having raped and killed three women
- NOVEMBER 16, 2000ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
The Zambia Independent Monitoring Team (ZIMT) urged...
The Zambia Independent Monitoring Team (ZIMT) urged the government to abolish the death penalty instead of waiting until a national consensus was reached on capital punishment
- NOVEMBER 16, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A man was executed for shooting to death a compatriot...
A man was executed for shooting to death a compatriot in a dispute
- NOVEMBER 16, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Four Philippine citizens were executed in Mecca
Four Philippine citizens were executed in Mecca
- NOVEMBER 16, 2000PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Four Philippine citizens were executed in Mecca (Saudi...
Four Philippine citizens were executed in Mecca (Saudi Arabia)
- NOVEMBER 16, 2000GermanyDEATH PENALTY
The Social Democrat parliamentary floor leader Peter...
The Social Democrat parliamentary floor leader Peter Struck and the parliamentary leaders of the Greens coalition partners, Kerstin Mueller and Rezzo Schlauch, called on Texas Governor George W
- NOVEMBER 15, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Five men were executed in the Yunnan province for trafficking...
Five men were executed in the Yunnan province for trafficking the drug "ice"
- NOVEMBER 15, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Gias Uddin, 20, was condemned to death for killing...
Gias Uddin, 20, was condemned to death for killing his brother Sabur Mia, 27, on July 20, 2000 during an altercation
- NOVEMBER 15, 2000MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Two men were sentenced to death for murdering the business...
Two men were sentenced to death for murdering the business partner of one of the men's wife
- NOVEMBER 15, 2000South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Thousands of people from Klerksdorp, Nigel and Carletonville...
Thousands of people from Klerksdorp, Nigel and Carletonville marched in Pretoria from Church Square to the Union Buildings to protest against crime
- NOVEMBER 15, 2000MissouriDEATH PENALTY
James Chambers, 48, white, was executed by lethal injection,...
James Chambers, 48, white, was executed by lethal injection, he was pronounced dead at 00:08, in Potosi Correctional Center
- NOVEMBER 15, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Tony Chambers, 32, black, was executed by lethal injection
Tony Chambers, 32, black, was executed by lethal injection
- NOVEMBER 15, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
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- NOVEMBER 14, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Wang Guoqing, 22, convicted of killing an officer Yuan...
Wang Guoqing, 22, convicted of killing an officer Yuan Shiguang, was executed after being sentenced to death by the Beijing No 1 Intermediate People's Court on September 4
- NOVEMBER 14, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Over 200 people, most of them women and children, fell...
Over 200 people, most of them women and children, fell to victim to acid-throwing across the country during the first 10 months of 2000 according to an estimate of the Bangladesh Human Rights Commission (BHRC)
- NOVEMBER 14, 2000KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
President Askar Akayev in his annual address to the...
President Askar Akayev in his annual address to the nation announced he would prolonged by one more year the moratorium on the fulfilment of death sentences
- NOVEMBER 14, 2000TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Ergash Asadov and Qurbonali Rahimov were sentenced...
Ergash Asadov and Qurbonali Rahimov were sentenced to death by the Tajik Supreme Court
- NOVEMBER 14, 2000GermanyDEATH PENALTY
The United States admitted it had violated international...
The United States admitted it had violated international law in the case of two Germans executed in Arizona but rejected German demands to the World Court for reparations
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- NOVEMBER 14, 2000VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
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- NOVEMBER 14, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Stacey Lewton, 31, black, was put to death by lethal...
Stacey Lewton, 31, black, was put to death by lethal injection
- NOVEMBER 13, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Han Youfu, a 31-year-old farmer from Hezheng County...
Han Youfu, a 31-year-old farmer from Hezheng County was sentenced to death for trafficking in heroin by a Beijing Intermediate People's Court
- NOVEMBER 13, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) held public...
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) held public hearings in the case Germany v
- NOVEMBER 13, 2000SpainDEATH PENALTY
In a poll, 15% of Spaniards said they support the death...
In a poll, 15% of Spaniards said they support the death penalty for terrorist acts
- NOVEMBER 13, 2000GermanyDEATH PENALTY
Foreigners in the US run the risk of being jailed or...
Foreigners in the US run the risk of being jailed or even executed without help from home unless the International Court of Justice forces the country to respect international law, Germany said in its opening argument at the UN's highest court at The Hagu
- NOVEMBER 12, 2000TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
An unprecedented victory for the Civic United Front...
An unprecedented victory for the Civic United Front (CUF) occurred when the Zanzibar government unexpectedly withdrew a treason charge against 18 members of the opposition party
- NOVEMBER 11, 2000North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Micheal Sexton, 34, black, was executed by lethal injection...
Micheal Sexton, 34, black, was executed by lethal injection in Raleigh's Central Prison
- NOVEMBER 9, 2000DEATH PENALTY
Miguel Flores was executed in Texas despite protests...
Miguel Flores was executed in Texas despite protests from the Mexican government and European Union that Texas authorities violated the article 36 of the Vienna Convention in failing to inform Flores, a Mexican national, of his right to consular assistanc
- NOVEMBER 9, 2000SloveniaDEATH PENALTY
In his address to the committee of ministers of the...
In his address to the committee of ministers of the Council of Europe, State Secretary to the Slovene Foreign Ministry Zorko Pelikan expressed Slovenia's full support for the declaration of a "European Death Penalty-Free Area
- NOVEMBER 9, 2000TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Two members of a criminal gang responsible for over...
Two members of a criminal gang responsible for over 50 violent crimes were sentenced to death by firing squad
- NOVEMBER 9, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Miguel Flores was executed in Texas despite protests...
Miguel Flores was executed in Texas despite protests from the Mexican government and European Union that Texas authorities violated the article 36 of the Vienna Convention in failing to inform Flores, a Mexican national, of his right to consular assistanc
- NOVEMBER 9, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Miguel Flores, 31, of Hispanic origin, was put to death...
Miguel Flores, 31, of Hispanic origin, was put to death by lethal injection
- NOVEMBER 8, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Central Discipline Inspection commission and the...
A Central Discipline Inspection commission and the Supervision Ministry said that from September 2000, the Xiamen, Fuzhou, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou and Putian Intermediate People's Courts tried 84 defendants involved in 25 cases
- NOVEMBER 8, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Ying Min, 41, a native of Jinyun county in Zhejiang...
Ying Min, 41, a native of Jinyun county in Zhejiang province, was executed for making out added value tax invoices illegally
- NOVEMBER 8, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Ulee Gle was the scene of police firing on convoys...
Ulee Gle was the scene of police firing on convoys of civilians in which at least four people were shot dead although `Serambi' referred to unconfirmed reports that up to 50 were killed and many dozens injured
- NOVEMBER 8, 2000FranceDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe (COE) Ministers Committee approved...
The Council of Europe (COE) Ministers Committee approved a statement which targets making Europe a continent totally free of capital punishment
- NOVEMBER 8, 2000TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Shomakhmad Khasanov (also known as Mowgli) and Validjon...
Shomakhmad Khasanov (also known as Mowgli) and Validjon Khalilov were sentenced to death for committing six murders
- NOVEMBER 8, 2000TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
The Dushanbe City Court sentenced Nasim Qurbonov,...
The Dushanbe City Court sentenced Nasim Qurbonov, a resident of Dushanbe, to death
- NOVEMBER 8, 2000AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
"A lasting peace in Algeria cannot be built by sacrificing...
"A lasting peace in Algeria cannot be built by sacrificing truth and justice," Amnesty International said in its new report 'Truth and justice obscured by the shadow of impunity'
- NOVEMBER 8, 2000SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
The National Justice Party said it would cooperate...
The National Justice Party said it would cooperate closely with some of the parties in the DOS [Democratic Opposition of Serbia] and that it would support the abolition of police imprisonment and the death penalty
- NOVEMBER 8, 2000KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
Kazakh Commercial TV reported that a total of 17 people...
Kazakh Commercial TV reported that a total of 17 people had been executed so far in the year 2000
- NOVEMBER 7, 2000AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
The Committee of CE Foreign Ministers' Council (permanent...
The Committee of CE Foreign Ministers' Council (permanent representatives of member countries) postponed its decision on the admission of Azerbaijan into the Council of Europe
- NOVEMBER 7, 2000TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Ilhom Rasulov, Fazliddin Zaripov and Iskandar Sherov...
Ilhom Rasulov, Fazliddin Zaripov and Iskandar Sherov were sentenced to death for their role in three murders and numberous robberies and other crimes committed , from September 1999 to April 2000 in hahr-i Nav, Tursunzoda and Hisor Districts
- NOVEMBER 7, 2000PortugalDEATH PENALTY
President Jorge Sampaio wrote a letter to Texas govenor...
President Jorge Sampaio wrote a letter to Texas govenor George W
- NOVEMBER 6, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Additional Judge of the District and Session Court,...
The Additional Judge of the District and Session Court, Comilla Khan Md Abdul Mannan, sentenced Dulal, son of late Tajir Mia and Bulbul, son of Karamat Ali to death for the murder of advocate Mahiuddin Sharif on August 17, 1997
- NOVEMBER 6, 2000ChileDEATH PENALTY
The Chilean senate voted to end the death penalty and...
The Chilean senate voted to end the death penalty and increase the number of years that must be served under a life sentence
- NOVEMBER 6, 2000CzechiaDEATH PENALTY
It is dangerous to pull out the card of the reintroduction...
It is dangerous to pull out the card of the reintroduction of the death penalty more than ten years after the capital punishment was abolished by the then Czechoslovak parliament, Zemske Noviny (ZN) member Josef Petru wrote in the daily newspaper Pravo
- NOVEMBER 6, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Convicted criminal charged with rape, drug trafficking...
Convicted criminal charged with rape, drug trafficking and extortion was hanged in a Tehran prison after the Supreme Court upheld his death sentence
- NOVEMBER 6, 2000VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
A Richmond Times-Dispatch/News-Channel 10 poll found...
A Richmond Times-Dispatch/News-Channel 10 poll found that 58% of Virginians favor a moratorium on executions until issues surrounding the death penalty can be resolved
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- NOVEMBER 5, 2000FranceDEATH PENALTY
A state prosecutor in Bali sought the death penalty...
A state prosecutor in Bali sought the death penalty for Frenchman Michael Loic Blanc, who was charged with trying to smuggle in hashish
- NOVEMBER 5, 2000IsraelDEATH PENALTY
The Chechen man who hijacked a Dagestan airliner and...
The Chechen man who hijacked a Dagestan airliner and forced it to land in Israel was handed over to Russian authorities after they pledged not to seek the death penalty for the crime
- NOVEMBER 5, 2000CzechiaDEATH PENALTY
In a televised debate Prime Minister Milos Zeman (Czech...
In a televised debate Prime Minister Milos Zeman (Czech Social Democratic Party) said he was against the death penalty being re-established in the Czech Republic to handle the most serious cases
- NOVEMBER 5, 2000South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Parliament gave the go-ahead for South Africa to conclude...
Parliament gave the go-ahead for South Africa to conclude revamped extradition and anti-crime treaties with the United States geared to swifter action against international crime syndicates and money laundering
- NOVEMBER 4, 2000BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
A Libyan court postponed for the seventh time the trial...
A Libyan court postponed for the seventh time the trial of the six Bulgarian medical staff
- NOVEMBER 4, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
A report from the British Foreign Office claimed that...
A report from the British Foreign Office claimed that the Iraqi government was systematically violating the human rights of its citizens
- NOVEMBER 4, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A man was executed in Dammam after being convicted...
A man was executed in Dammam after being convicted of shooting and killing a compatriot during a dispute
- NOVEMBER 4, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The head of the Senate Nicola Mancini declared before...
The head of the Senate Nicola Mancini declared before Pope John Paul II and the 'world parliament' assembly on occasion of the Jubilee of politicians that "the death penalty, which many States still provide for, dissappear from criminal law"
- NOVEMBER 3, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Hunan Changsha Intermediate People's Court sentenced...
The Hunan Changsha Intermediate People's Court sentenced Ou Yang Song, the Director of the Industry and Commerce Bureau of Hunan Province, and Liao Zizhong, the Deputy Director of the Bureau, to death with a two-year reprieve for abuse of power and accept
- NOVEMBER 3, 2000Vatican CityDEATH PENALTY
Pope John Paul said in an address to Ministers from...
Pope John Paul said in an address to Ministers from the 41 countries of the Council of Europe who were in Rome to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the signing of the European Convention on Human Rights, that the Council of Europe has succeeded in having
- NOVEMBER 3, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
The Islamic Shari'ah Court convicted and sentenced...
The Islamic Shari'ah Court convicted and sentenced to death Ahmad Bin-Mitrik Bin-Abdallah al-Utaybi for killing a compatriot, Humud Bin-Muhammad Bin-Dayfallah al-Utaybi
- NOVEMBER 3, 2000South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Kevin Dean Young, 32, black, was executed by lethal...
Kevin Dean Young, 32, black, was executed by lethal injection
- NOVEMBER 3, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
During a ministerial conference on human rights held...
During a ministerial conference on human rights held by the Council of Europe at the Italian Foreign Ministry, it was said that following the signing of the European Convention on Human Rights, the main priorities lay in obtaining the aboltion of the deat
- NOVEMBER 2, 2000EstoniaDEATH PENALTY
The Riigikogu [parliament] speaker, Toomas Savi, said...
The Riigikogu [parliament] speaker, Toomas Savi, said that many EU [European Union] developments approved by politicians were against the will of the majority of people
- NOVEMBER 2, 2000SwedenDEATH PENALTY
Sweden submitted a draft resolution to a U
Sweden submitted a draft resolution to a U
- NOVEMBER 2, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani man was executed in Riyadh after he was...
A Pakistani man was executed in Riyadh after he was found guilty of smuggling heroin into the country
- NOVEMBER 2, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani man was executed in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)...
A Pakistani man was executed in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) after he was found guilty of smuggling heroin into the country
- NOVEMBER 2, 2000CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
According to a Los Angeles Times Poll, support for...
According to a Los Angeles Times Poll, support for capital punishment in California has fallen 20% in the past decade, from 78% in 1990 to 58% in 2000
- NOVEMBER 2, 2000North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
David Smith, attorney for North Carolina death row...
David Smith, attorney for North Carolina death row inmate Russell Tucker, recently admitted that he purposely tried to sabotage the defence so that his client would be executed
- NOVEMBER 1, 2000CameroonDEATH PENALTY
Two men were killed by the security forces in Cameroon,...
Two men were killed by the security forces in Cameroon, apparently caught up in a controversial crackdown on crime
- NOVEMBER 1, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Musallat Bin-Abdallah Bin-Musallat al-Mash'abi al-Subay'i...
Musallat Bin-Abdallah Bin-Musallat al-Mash'abi al-Subay'i was executed in Bishah in the Asir after he had been found guilty of murdering another Saudi national, Sa'd Bin-Shari Bin-Mutrik al-Shahrani
- NOVEMBER 1, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
An Afghan found guilty of murder was executed by the...
An Afghan found guilty of murder was executed by the Taleban authorities in Shanran, the capital of Afghanistan's southeastern Paktika Province
- NOVEMBER 1, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The Sindh High Court verdict upholding the life sentence...
The Sindh High Court verdict upholding the life sentence for Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in the plane hijacking case will be challenged in the Supreme Court, his wife Kulsoom Nawaz said
- NOVEMBER 1, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Abdul Salam, a drug addict who killed his own mother...
Abdul Salam, a drug addict who killed his own mother was to be hung in the Central Jail of Mach on November 7, following the rejection of his mercy petition by the President of Pakistan
- NOVEMBER 1, 2000DEATH PENALTY
David Paul Hammer, who was scheduled to be the first...
David Paul Hammer, who was scheduled to be the first federal prisoner executed since 1963, was granted a stay to file a federal appeal by January 31, 2001
- NOVEMBER 1, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Jeffery Dillingham, 27, white, was executed by lethal...
Jeffery Dillingham, 27, white, was executed by lethal injection
- NOVEMBER 1, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
First Federal Execution Delayed
First Federal Execution Delayed