Chronological archive
December 2000
The 116 news items published by Hands Off Cain in December 2000, in chronological order.
Bahrain executed Shi'ite activist Isa Ahmed Qambar...
Bahrain executed Shi'ite activist Isa Ahmed Qambar for killing a policeman, the first such move against an anti-government protester since political unrest erupted in the Gulf Arab state in 1994
- DECEMBER 31, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Special Rapporteur has continued to follow the...
The Special Rapporteur has continued to follow the situation in Chechnya, where Russian government forces are reported to be committing grave human rights violations, including deliberate and targeted extrajudicial executions of unarmed civilians
- DECEMBER 29, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
At least 24 Uighur Muslims from the Xinjiang Uighur...
At least 24 Uighur Muslims from the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region were executed in 2000 on charges of separatism
- DECEMBER 29, 2000KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
Rep. Tom Burch (D-Louisville), who in 1974 voted to...
Rep. Tom Burch (D-Louisville), who in 1974 voted to reinstate the death penalty because he believed it was a deterrent, said he now intends to introduce legislation to abolish capital punishment in Kentucky. "I was just wrong," said Burch of his 1974 vote
- DECEMBER 28, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Guangdong Provincial Higher People's Court upheld...
The Guangdong Provincial Higher People's Court upheld a September 24 sentence to death handed out by the Intermediate People's Court of Shanwei City to seven principal members of a 12-men criminal ring, including Zhuo Zhenyuan
- DECEMBER 28, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Zhu Rongji, the Prime Minister, promised severe punishment...
Zhu Rongji, the Prime Minister, promised severe punishment for those responsible for the fire in a discotheque in the central Chinese city of Luoyang on Christmas night that killed 309 people
- DECEMBER 28, 2000LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
Two innocents men released from death row
Two innocents men released from death row
- DECEMBER 27, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China announced a new spate of high-level corruption...
China announced a new spate of high-level corruption cases as President Jiang Zemin warned the nation to prepare for a "long-term and arduous" struggle for clean government
- DECEMBER 26, 2000BahrainDEATH PENALTY
Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Issa al-Khalifa issued a decree...
Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Issa al-Khalifa issued a decree commuting to life terms the death sentences against Ali Ahmed al-Asfoor, Youssef Hassan Abdul-Baqi and Ahmed Khalil al-Kattab, three Bahraini Shi'ite Muslims for a 1996 arson attack in which seven Bang
- DECEMBER 25, 2000BahrainDEATH PENALTY
Yeshiwork Desta Zewdu, a 20 years old Ethiopia woman...
Yeshiwork Desta Zewdu, a 20 years old Ethiopia woman was sentenced to death by a Bahraini court in November after she was found guilty of killing her Filipino employer in 1998
- DECEMBER 25, 2000EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
Yeshiwork Desta Zewdu, a 20 years old Ethiopia woman...
Yeshiwork Desta Zewdu, a 20 years old Ethiopia woman was sentenced to death by a Bahraini court in November after she was found guilty of killing her Filipino employer in 1998
- DECEMBER 24, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Additional District and Sessions Judge Pakpattan Shahid...
Additional District and Sessions Judge Pakpattan Shahid Ahmad Roomi awarded the death sentence and a fine Rs
- DECEMBER 23, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Zhao Xujie, a former laundry company manager was executed...
Zhao Xujie, a former laundry company manager was executed in Shanghai for stabbing a bank guard to death during a robbery, on June 5
- DECEMBER 23, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Indian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Talmiz Ahmad said...
Indian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Talmiz Ahmad said that India and Saudi Arabia would sign an agreement for co-operation in combating drug trafficking during Indian Foreign Minister
- DECEMBER 22, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Lin Zhiguo, former deputy director of the Siping City...
Lin Zhiguo, former deputy director of the Siping City Chemical Industry Bureau, was sentenced to death by the Jilin Provincial Higher People's Court for receiving bribes when he was manager of the Siping City Paint Plant
- DECEMBER 22, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Qiao Benping, deputy manager of a state-owned international...
Qiao Benping, deputy manager of a state-owned international trade company in Changchun City of northeast China's Jilin Province, was sentenced to death for embezzlement, misuse of funds and accepting bribes valued at 15
- DECEMBER 22, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Li Yaping, head of a gang of robbers, who organised...
Li Yaping, head of a gang of robbers, who organised 45 robberies and thefts in several Beijing districts, was sentenced to death by the No
- DECEMBER 22, 2000Côte d’IvoireDEATH PENALTY
Human Rights Watch, has implicated the government of...
Human Rights Watch, has implicated the government of Cote d'Ivoire in the violence that claimed hundreds of lives during the 22 October presidential elections
- DECEMBER 22, 2000VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A court in central Vietnam sentenced 43-year-old Lieutenant-Colonel...
A court in central Vietnam sentenced 43-year-old Lieutenant-Colonel Le Van Luen a former senior police officer, to death by firing squad for dealing in heroin, bringing the number of people sentenced to death for drug trafficking in 2000 to at least 49
- DECEMBER 21, 2000ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
Witnesses said to have seen members of a right-wing...
Witnesses said to have seen members of a right-wing paramilitary squad to kill 10 people
- DECEMBER 21, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Yu Bufan, a state engineering company manager, was...
Yu Bufan, a state engineering company manager, was sentenced to death by the Xiamen Intermediate Court for taking bribes worth 2
- DECEMBER 21, 2000TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
The criminal board of the Tajik Supreme Court sentenced...
The criminal board of the Tajik Supreme Court sentenced Abdurahim Naimov to death and his accomplice, Ubaydullo Rajabov, to 15 years imprisonment with confiscation of his property
- DECEMBER 21, 2000Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International accused the Sri Lankan navy of...
Amnesty International accused the Sri Lankan navy of extrajudicial killings of civilians in the country's east
- DECEMBER 21, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Jharkhand High Court has upheld the death sentence...
The Jharkhand High Court has upheld the death sentence of Surendra Singh Rautela alias Bengali
- DECEMBER 21, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A total of 52 Indians were awarded the death penalty...
A total of 52 Indians were awarded the death penalty in different countries during the last three years, Indian Junior Minister for External Affairs Ajit Kumar Panja informed Rajya Sabha (Upper House of Indian Parliament)
- DECEMBER 21, 2000DEATH PENALTY
2nd WORLD DAY FOR THE MORATORIUM ON CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
ROME, 21ST DECEMBER, 2000TOR VERGATA UNIVERSITY.MAIN HALL OF THE FACULTY OF ECONOMICS
- DECEMBER 20, 2000South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
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A thesis attached to the Korean version of the U
- DECEMBER 20, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The General Assembly adopted, without a vote, a resolution...
The General Assembly adopted, without a vote, a resolution on Afghanistan
- DECEMBER 19, 2000Congo - BrazzavilleDEATH PENALTY
The Brazaville branch of the ruling Congolese Labour...
The Brazaville branch of the ruling Congolese Labour Party (PCT), opposed any form of amnesty to former President Pascal Lissouba and his last Prime Minister Bernard Kolelas who were sentenced to death
- DECEMBER 19, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
President Saddam Hussein ordered the execution of a...
President Saddam Hussein ordered the execution of a new group of senior Iraqi army officers from the city of Mosul
- DECEMBER 19, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Muhammad Akhtar, Muhammad Yasin and Sarfraz Ahmad were...
Muhammad Akhtar, Muhammad Yasin and Sarfraz Ahmad were sentenced to death by the Anti Terrorist Court
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- DECEMBER 19, 2000ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
David Dewayne Johnson, 37, black, was executed by lethal...
David Dewayne Johnson, 37, black, was executed by lethal injection in Cummins Prison, Varner
- DECEMBER 18, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Hebei Higher People's Court examined and approved...
The Hebei Higher People's Court examined and approved the death penalty, to be executed by a firing squad, passed on Li Yonghui, a convict involved in a bombing case in Shijiazhuang that had attracted public attention
- DECEMBER 18, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Five criminals were executed in Beijing after being...
Five criminals were executed in Beijing after being convicted of violent crimes, including murder and armed robbery
- DECEMBER 18, 2000ChadDEATH PENALTY
The National Front for a Renewed Chad charged that...
The National Front for a Renewed Chad charged that President Idriss Deby's army was guilty of atrocities against civilians in Ouaddai province, including the execution of three villagers on December 16 for refusing "to hand over their property to governme
- DECEMBER 18, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Top leaders of the ruling Awami League demanded the...
Top leaders of the ruling Awami League demanded the quick execution of the death sentences awarded to all the 15 convicts for killing Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family members
- DECEMBER 18, 2000Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
The Presidency of the European Union called upon the...
The Presidency of the European Union called upon the Sri Lankan Government to identify and bring to justice those responsible for human rights violations in the country
- DECEMBER 18, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Declining a reference made by the District and Sessions...
Declining a reference made by the District and Sessions Judge, Hisar, a division bench comprising Justice HS Bedi and AS Garg commuted the death sentence of Kuldip Singh, a resident of Gorakhpur village to life imprisonment
- DECEMBER 18, 2000KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
An army sergeant was sentenced to die by firing squad...
An army sergeant was sentenced to die by firing squad after being convicted of murder by a military court in the southern Kazakh Zhambyl region
- DECEMBER 18, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan, upon receiving 3
U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan, upon receiving 3
- DECEMBER 17, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
December 17-18, 2000: An investigative series by the...
December 17-18, 2000: An investigative series by the Chicago Tribune examined the cases of four death row inmates who were executed despite evidence of their innocence
- DECEMBER 17, 2000Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
A senior army officer denied allegations by a human...
A senior army officer denied allegations by a human rights group that a former security adviser of President Laurent Kabila and several other soldiers had been executed
- DECEMBER 17, 2000Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
The [Palestinian] Preventive Security Services arrested...
The [Palestinian] Preventive Security Services arrested Majdi Muhammad Makawi, 28, who was suspected of being behind the assassination of four of the Fatah movement's cadres
- DECEMBER 17, 2000TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
Suspected US embassy bomber Khalfan Khamis Mohamed...
Suspected US embassy bomber Khalfan Khamis Mohamed won his bid in the Cape High Court to secure information relating to his arrest, detention and deportation from South Africa to the US
- DECEMBER 17, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
In an extensive article in the New York Times exploring...
In an extensive article in the New York Times exploring the views of those who participate in executions in Texas, Warden Jim Willett, who has presided over 84 executions at Huntsville Prison, stated: "Just from a Christian standpoint, you can't see one o
- DECEMBER 16, 2000LebanonDEATH PENALTY
For the first time since executions resumed in 1994...
For the first time since executions resumed in 1994 there is a debate on the merits of the death penalty - something lacking until not long ago, when the authorities snuffed out murderers at will
- DECEMBER 15, 2000FranceDEATH PENALTY
The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg granted...
The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg granted Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan leave to appeal against the death sentence imposed on him by Turkey
- DECEMBER 15, 2000FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Frank Lee Smith, who had been convicted of a 1985 rape...
Frank Lee Smith, who had been convicted of a 1985 rape and murder of an 8-year-old girl, and who died of cancer 11 months ago while still on death row, was cleared of these charges according to an aide to Florida Gov
- DECEMBER 14, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Judges Mohammad Ruhul Amin and A
Judges Mohammad Ruhul Amin and A
- DECEMBER 14, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Russian State Duma anti-corruption committee Chairman,...
The Russian State Duma anti-corruption committee Chairman, Vladislav Ignatov, suggested in a press conference that the death penalty should be introduced as a punishment for drug dealing
- DECEMBER 14, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesian security forces began a fresh wave of arrests...
Indonesian security forces began a fresh wave of arrests or killings of independence supporters in the provinces of Aceh and Irian Jaya
- DECEMBER 14, 2000FranceDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe urged US President-elect George W
The Council of Europe urged US President-elect George W
- DECEMBER 14, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
Saddam Hussein ordered the public beheading of dozens...
Saddam Hussein ordered the public beheading of dozens of men and women suspected of being pimps and prostitutes, human rights' groups claimed As many as 100 were thought to have been executed and the heads of some of the victims were tied to their own fro
- DECEMBER 14, 2000AustriaDEATH PENALTY
Austrian President Thomas Klestil sent congratulations...
Austrian President Thomas Klestil sent congratulations to [US president-elect George] Bush
- DECEMBER 14, 2000TogoDEATH PENALTY
The joint United Nations/Organisation of African Unity...
The joint United Nations/Organisation of African Unity (OAU) international committee of enquiry concluded its visit in Togo, where it was investigating allegations by the London-based Amnesty International that authorities had carried out extra-judicial e
- DECEMBER 14, 2000South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
The Cape High Court ordered the ministries of justice,...
The Cape High Court ordered the ministries of justice, home affairs, foreign affairs and the national directorate for public prosecutions to furnish alleged Tanzanian bomber Khalfan Khamis Mohamed with all that he needed relating to his alleged unlawful a
- DECEMBER 14, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
On December 14, 2000, the country's warring rivals,...
On December 14, 2000, the country's warring rivals, the ruling Taleban and opposition Northern Alliance, held informal peace talks for the first time in 2000
- DECEMBER 14, 2000GermanyDEATH PENALTY
The Greens' human rights expert, Claudia Roth, said...
The Greens' human rights expert, Claudia Roth, said the election of George W
- DECEMBER 14, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Colosseum was illuminated to celebrate commutations...
The Colosseum was illuminated to celebrate commutations of sentences given to 105 death row prisoners in the Phillipines
- DECEMBER 14, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Colosseum was illuminated to mark the occasion...
The Colosseum was illuminated to mark the occasion in New York, when the Secretary of the UN Kofi Annan was presented with 3 million signatures, from 145 countries, in an appeal against the death penalty organised by the Community of Saint Egidio
- DECEMBER 13, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
At the military-run Medical University in Chongqing,...
At the military-run Medical University in Chongqing, an official confirmed that around 100 kidney transplants a year are carried out and most of the recipients are from South-east Asia
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- DECEMBER 13, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Nazruddin Abdul Gani, a 22-year-old Indonesian volunteer...
Nazruddin Abdul Gani, a 22-year-old Indonesian volunteer for a Danish-sponsored aid group in violence-ravaged Aceh gave a first-hand account of arbitrary executions in Aceh
- DECEMBER 13, 2000NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Civil Liberties Organisation condemned the decision...
The Civil Liberties Organisation condemned the decision of the Federal Government to apply the death penalty to persons who vandalise NEPA installations and oil pipelines
- DECEMBER 12, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Yulin City Intermediate People's Court handed down...
The Yulin City Intermediate People's Court handed down a death sentence to Wu Gengyue, former deputy magistrate of Luchuan County for accepting 6
- DECEMBER 12, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Channel Four, a British television, reported that hundreds...
Channel Four, a British television, reported that hundreds of Malaysians on dialysis treatment have gone to China and paid the equivalent of 9C7,500 (S$18,900) to receive kidneys from executed criminals
- DECEMBER 12, 2000PeruDEATH PENALTY
Human rights groups said that former President Alberto...
Human rights groups said that former President Alberto Fujimori should answer the charges against him
- DECEMBER 12, 2000CroatiaDEATH PENALTY
The Bosnian Federation police said it was of "extreme...
The Bosnian Federation police said it was of "extreme importance at this moment to have General Andabak extradited [to BH (Bosnia-Herzegovina)], which should be decided by the Croatian judiciary "
- DECEMBER 12, 2000DEATH PENALTY
The Bosnian Federation police said it was of "extreme...
The Bosnian Federation police said it was of "extreme importance at this moment to have General Andabak extradited [to BH (Bosnia-Herzegovina)], which should be decided by the Croatian judiciary "
- DECEMBER 12, 2000ThailandDEATH PENALTY
A bill to ban the death penalty and life imprisonment...
A bill to ban the death penalty and life imprisonment for juvenile offenders was submitted by the Attorney-General's office to be put on the agenda for a cabinet meeting
- DECEMBER 12, 2000GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
The President of the Chechnya, Aslan Maskhadov, issued...
The President of the Chechnya, Aslan Maskhadov, issued a decree "On Criminal Responsibility of Citizens of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria for Crimes Committed in Georgia"
- DECEMBER 12, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The President of the Chechnya, Aslan Maskhadov, issued...
The President of the Chechnya, Aslan Maskhadov, issued a decree "On Criminal Responsibility of Citizens of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria for Crimes Committed in Georgia"
- DECEMBER 11, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
A poll of potential jurors by The National Law Journal...
A poll of potential jurors by The National Law Journal and Decision Quest found that recent exonerations of death row inmates, both by DNA and outside investigations, have made 31% of potential voters more inclined to vote for life imprisonment instead of
- DECEMBER 10, 2000JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Tokyo High Court upheld a death sentence imposed...
The Tokyo High Court upheld a death sentence imposed on a man who murdered two men and one woman in Tochigi Prefecture from 1990 to 1993 in the mistaken belief that the men were having affairs with his wife
- DECEMBER 10, 2000Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
A Palestinian state security court in Nablus sentenced...
A Palestinian state security court in Nablus sentenced to death Allan Bani Odeh, who was convicted of helping Israel assassinate a top Hamas terrorist
- DECEMBER 10, 2000RwandaDEATH PENALTY
The prosecution in the specialized chamber of Gitarama...
The prosecution in the specialized chamber of Gitarama Court of First Instance asked for the death penalty for a priest, Joseph Ndagijimana of Byimana in Mukingi Commune of Gitarama Prefecture
- DECEMBER 10, 2000PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Philippine President Joseph Estrada, threatened with...
Philippine President Joseph Estrada, threatened with removal from office for alleged corruption, ordered all death sentences affirmed by the Supreme Court to be commuted to life imprisonment
- DECEMBER 9, 2000RomaniaDEATH PENALTY
Ultranationalist Corneliu Vadim Tudor tapped a rich...
Ultranationalist Corneliu Vadim Tudor tapped a rich vein of anger among Romanians against crime, corruption and minorities to reach a runoff second round for president against leftist Ion Iliescu
- DECEMBER 9, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Three Indonesian domestic workers facing the death...
Three Indonesian domestic workers facing the death penalty in Singapore were saved from the gallows thanks to a long legal struggle conducted by the Indonesian embassy
- DECEMBER 9, 2000SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Three Indonesian domestic workers facing the death...
Three Indonesian domestic workers facing the death penalty were saved from the gallows thanks to a long legal struggle conducted by the Indonesian embassy
- DECEMBER 9, 2000JordanDEATH PENALTY
The public prosecutor of the State Security Court,...
The public prosecutor of the State Security Court, Lt-Col Mahmud Ubaydat pressed several charges against Ra'id Muhammad Hasan Muhammad Hijazi, a former fugitive who had been sentenced to death in absentia by the State Security Court as a member of the Afg
- DECEMBER 8, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Dozens of members of the City Forum (Forkot) rallied...
Dozens of members of the City Forum (Forkot) rallied near former president Soeharto's residence on Jl
- DECEMBER 7, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed Taiwan national Chen Kun-Zhang for producing...
China executed Taiwan national Chen Kun-Zhang for producing and selling 25kg of the drug "ice"
- DECEMBER 7, 2000DominicaDEATH PENALTY
Britain's parliamentary undersecretary of state in...
Britain's parliamentary undersecretary of state in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Baroness Patricia Scotland, said that Whitehall was committed to seeing through the implementation of the process of bringing the overseas territories under Britain's
- DECEMBER 7, 2000KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
President Askar Akayev pardoned six men found guilty...
President Askar Akayev pardoned six men found guilty of plotting to assassinate him
- DECEMBER 7, 2000FranceDEATH PENALTY
French President Jacques Chirac wrote a letter to his...
French President Jacques Chirac wrote a letter to his US counterpart Bill Clinton asking him to suspend the execution of a murderer who was condemned to death by a US federal court
- DECEMBER 7, 2000Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
The decision triggered a heated debate among human...
The decision triggered a heated debate among human rights activists and the media
- DECEMBER 7, 2000PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
From 1995 to 1999 the Court accelerated its review...
From 1995 to 1999 the Court accelerated its review of capital cases
- DECEMBER 7, 2000JordanDEATH PENALTY
Bilal Musa, convicted of robbing and murdering 11 people...
Bilal Musa, convicted of robbing and murdering 11 people in 10 separate crimes during a five-year span, was hanged at Swaqa prison at dawn
- DECEMBER 7, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
In their Iran Report 2001, Human Rights Watch stated...
In their Iran Report 2001, Human Rights Watch stated "The (Iranian) government continued to make frequent use of the death penalty after trials which failed to comply with international standards
- DECEMBER 7, 2000GermanyDEATH PENALTY
The Bundestag, called for the United States to abolish...
The Bundestag, called for the United States to abolish the death penalty, defining the practice as "inhuman" and "scarcely efficient"
- DECEMBER 7, 2000FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Edward Castro, 50, of Latin-American origin was executed...
Edward Castro, 50, of Latin-American origin was executed by lethal injection
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- DECEMBER 7, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Claude Jones, 60, white, was executed by lethal injection
Claude Jones, 60, white, was executed by lethal injection
- DECEMBER 6, 2000BrazilDEATH PENALTY
Brazil's human rights record suffered a setback this...
Brazil's human rights record suffered a setback this year due to an upsurge in police brutality and the government's failure to act against it, the non-governmental Global Justice Center (CJG) warned
- DECEMBER 6, 2000AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
Mohamed Slimani, Ahmed Rabhi and Abdelkader Bouabdellah...
Mohamed Slimani, Ahmed Rabhi and Abdelkader Bouabdellah were condemned to death by the criminal court at Tizi Ouzou [100 km east of Algiers]
- DECEMBER 6, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Six [unidentified] people were executed in Panjshir...
Six [unidentified] people were executed in Panjshir [the Northern Alliance's stronghold in the eastern Kapisa Province] for the murder of prominent opposition commander Abdullah Jan Wahidi
- DECEMBER 6, 2000JordanDEATH PENALTY
The State Security Court was to hold a retrial of Ra'id...
The State Security Court was to hold a retrial of Ra'id Hijazi, a member of the "Base" Organization led by Usamah Bin-Ladin
- DECEMBER 6, 2000VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The Vietnamese journal An Ninh Thu Do (Police Journal)...
The Vietnamese journal An Ninh Thu Do (Police Journal) reported that during November the police division in charge of drug prevention and control of Hanoi City worked closely with public security units in districts and precincts to successfully handle 150
- DECEMBER 6, 2000VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
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- DECEMBER 6, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Daniel Hittle, 50, white, was executed by lethal injection
Daniel Hittle, 50, white, was executed by lethal injection
- DECEMBER 5, 2000FijiDEATH PENALTY
The Fiji military charged 39 rebel soldiers with mutiny...
The Fiji military charged 39 rebel soldiers with mutiny over a failed uprising at Suva's Queen Elizabeth Barracks on November 2 in which eight soldiers were killed and seven wounded
- DECEMBER 5, 2000CameroonDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International expressed grave concerns about...
Amnesty International expressed grave concerns about the discovery of a mass grave with more than 36 bodies close to the Douala international airport in Cameroon
- DECEMBER 5, 2000UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
According to a survey, most Uzbeks believe that terrorists...
According to a survey, most Uzbeks believe that terrorists should be given the death penalty
- DECEMBER 5, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Gary Miller, 33, white, was executed by lethal injection
Gary Miller, 33, white, was executed by lethal injection
- DECEMBER 4, 2000KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev signed a decree prolonging...
Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev signed a decree prolonging two-year moratorium on capital punishment, which expired on 31st December 2000
- DECEMBER 4, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
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- DECEMBER 4, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
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- DECEMBER 4, 2000Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
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- DECEMBER 4, 2000KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev signed a decree prolonging...
Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev signed a decree prolonging two-year moratorium on capital punishment, which expired on 31st December 2000
- DECEMBER 4, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
A collection of signatures against the death penalty...
A collection of signatures against the death penalty was presented to the President of Italy, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, at the end of a meeting with Archbishop Piovanelli organised by the Florentine church to mark the year of the Jubilee
- DECEMBER 3, 2000JapanDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International leader Pierre Sane renewed the...
Amnesty International leader Pierre Sane renewed the group's call for Japan to abolish the death penalty and also criticized the country's treatment of death-row inmates
- DECEMBER 3, 2000PanamaDEATH PENALTY
Cuba's President Fidel Castro said the four Cuban exiles...
Cuba's President Fidel Castro said the four Cuban exiles accused in Panama of plotting to assassinate him would not be executed if they were extradited back to the communist-ruled island for trial
- DECEMBER 3, 2000CubaDEATH PENALTY
Cuba's President Fidel Castro said the four Cuban exiles...
Cuba's President Fidel Castro said the four Cuban exiles accused in Panama of plotting to assassinate him would not be executed if they were extradited back to the communist-ruled island for trial
- DECEMBER 3, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
In an interview with Radio Free Europe Iraqi former...
In an interview with Radio Free Europe Iraqi former secret police officer Captain Khalid Sachit Al-Janabi said he had witnessed the execution of 2,000 Iraqi dissidents in one day at the Abu Ghraib prison
- DECEMBER 3, 2000SyriaDEATH PENALTY
Judicial officials confirmed that Syria handed over...
Judicial officials confirmed that Syria handed over Ra'id Hijazi to Jordan
- DECEMBER 3, 2000JordanDEATH PENALTY
Judicial officials confirmed that Syria handed over...
Judicial officials confirmed that Syria handed over Ra'id Hijazi to Jordan
- DECEMBER 1, 2000Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Police in Indonesia's easternmost province detained...
Police in Indonesia's easternmost province detained pro-independence Papuan Presidium Council Chairman Theys Hiyo Eluay, his secretary general Thaha al-Hamid, Don Flassy, the man behind the concept of Papuan independence, and former political prisoner Joh