Archive timeline
2000
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2000, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
Latest news of 2000
- OCTOBER 30, 2000SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
Vlastimil N, a 39-year-old Czech who was the main defendant...
Vlastimil N, a 39-year-old Czech who was the main defendant in the trial of an international gang of kidnappers and murderers of lorry drivers, was sentenced to death by a court in Subotica
- OCTOBER 30, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Muhammad Akbar and Muhammad Sarwar were sentenced to...
Muhammad Akbar and Muhammad Sarwar were sentenced to death for the murder of Abdul Aziz on July 6th, 1993 in Burewala
- OCTOBER 30, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani court rejected the appeal of ousted prime...
A Pakistani court rejected the appeal of ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif against his conviction for hijacking, court officials said
- OCTOBER 29, 2000YemenDEATH PENALTY
The government announced it had executed Abu Hassan,...
The government announced it had executed Abu Hassan, the leader of the Islamic Army of Aden-Abyan
- OCTOBER 29, 2000RwandaDEATH PENALTY
The Catholic Church in Rwanda expressed appreciation...
The Catholic Church in Rwanda expressed appreciation for the acquittal of Father Edward Nturiye and Father Jean-Francois Kayiranga
- OCTOBER 29, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Abdallah Bin-Sa'id Bin-Abdallah al-Mu'ashi was executed...
Abdallah Bin-Sa'id Bin-Abdallah al-Mu'ashi was executed in Riyadh for murdering compatriot Badr Bin-Ghazi al-Ghamidi
- OCTOBER 28, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Zhao Wei, Zhang Enju and Zhang Yuchun were executed...
Zhao Wei, Zhang Enju and Zhang Yuchun were executed after being convicted of five armed robberies in Yingkou city, in the northeastern Liaoning province, between October 1997 and April 1998
- OCTOBER 28, 2000Côte d’IvoireDEATH PENALTY
A mass grave was discovered at an industrial zone of...
A mass grave was discovered at an industrial zone of Yopougon containing the bodies of 55 men, which all appeared to have been shot at close range
- OCTOBER 27, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Death sentence for Texas defendant represented by sleeping...
Death sentence for Texas defendant represented by sleeping lawyer
- OCTOBER 27, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Turayhib Bin-Dunayb Bin-Nasir al-Sahli was executed...
Turayhib Bin-Dunayb Bin-Nasir al-Sahli was executed in Hafr al-Batin in the Eastern Province after being convicted of murdering Saudi national Khalaf Bin-Mu'authiq Bin-Jad'an al-Anzi
- OCTOBER 26, 2000JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Takamatsu High Court sentenced 65 year-old Yoshio...
The Takamatsu High Court sentenced 65 year-old Yoshio Yamazaki to death for murdering two people in 1985 and 1990 for insurance money and overturned a lower court ruling of life imprisonment
- OCTOBER 26, 2000RwandaDEATH PENALTY
The Court of Appeal in northern Rwanda's Ruhengeri...
The Court of Appeal in northern Rwanda's Ruhengeri prefecture acquitted two priests who were facing death penalties on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity
- OCTOBER 26, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Sila Ban Rajamuni, an Indian national, was executed...
Sila Ban Rajamuni, an Indian national, was executed in the eastern governorate of Al-Qatif
- OCTOBER 26, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Tahir Ahmed was condemned to death for killing a police...
Tahir Ahmed was condemned to death for killing a police constable, Muhammad Ashraf, while looting a passenger wagon
- OCTOBER 26, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An Anti Terrorist Court in Larkana gave the death sentence...
An Anti Terrorist Court in Larkana gave the death sentence to Irshad Mangi for kidnapping Amjad Khatri of Sukkur
- OCTOBER 26, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Special Anti Terrorist Court condemned to death Abdul...
A Special Anti Terrorist Court condemned to death Abdul Hameed in a murder cum dacoity case
- OCTOBER 26, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed an [unidentified] Indian man...
Saudi Arabia executed an [unidentified] Indian man convicted of killing a Saudi man over a financial dispute, state television reported
- OCTOBER 26, 2000GermanyDEATH PENALTY
In a Bundestag debate regarding the 50th anniversary...
In a Bundestag debate regarding the 50th anniversary of the signing of the European Human Rights Convention, Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer of the Alliance 90/Greens urged further efforts to implement human rights
- OCTOBER 26, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
A preliminary report of the Grassroots Investigation...
A preliminary report of the Grassroots Investigation Project of Equal Justice USA highlights the cases of 16 individuals who were executed despite evidence of their innocence
- OCTOBER 25, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The European Union's External Affairs Commissioner...
The European Union's External Affairs Commissioner Chris Patten, who served as the last British governor of Hong Kong before it reverted to Beijing, said that he regrets that China continues to make almost daily use of the death penalty
- OCTOBER 25, 2000FranceDEATH PENALTY
The EU's External Affairs Commissioner Chris Patten...
The EU's External Affairs Commissioner Chris Patten slammed the widespread use of the death penalty around the world and vowed no letup in the EU's campaign for a global moratorium
- OCTOBER 25, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
[Turkish] Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said that...
[Turkish] Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said that the "annulment of capital punishment is an obligatory condition for whole EU countries
- OCTOBER 25, 2000KenyaDEATH PENALTY
A motion, moved by opposition Democratic Party MP shadow...
A motion, moved by opposition Democratic Party MP shadow attorney-general Kiraitu Murungi, that urged the government to introduce the necessary legislation to abolish capital punishment in Kenya was defeated in Parliament by an overwhelming majority vote
- OCTOBER 25, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Presenting his case in the European Parliament, Francesco...
Presenting his case in the European Parliament, Francesco Rutelli asked that a 'European day against the death penalty' be instituted, and that an international moratorium on capital executions be a priority within international politics and for the gener
- OCTOBER 24, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Zhangzhou City Intermediate People's Court sentenced...
The Zhangzhou City Intermediate People's Court sentenced Lai Jinglin, the Director of the Shiwei and Longwen Sub-Branch of the Bank of China's Zhangzhou Branch, to death for embezzling 44
- OCTOBER 24, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Four convicted criminals were executed in the Jiangsu...
Four convicted criminals were executed in the Jiangsu province after being convicted of kidnapping and selling women and girls into prostitution in southern Hainan province between 1997 and in 1999
- OCTOBER 24, 2000TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Four armed supporters of rebel Colonel Makhmud Khudoiberdyev...
Four armed supporters of rebel Colonel Makhmud Khudoiberdyev were sentenced to death and fifty-nine others to various terms of imprisonment by the military department of the Tajik Supreme Court at a closed trial held in Dushanbe
- OCTOBER 24, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Khulayf Bin-Tarish Bin-Milfi al-Ja'fari al-Inizi was...
Khulayf Bin-Tarish Bin-Milfi al-Ja'fari al-Inizi was sentenced to death and executed in the northwestern city of Ha'il for shooting and killing Ayyad Bin-Sumaylil Bin-Mu'awwad al-Ja'fari al-Inizi
- OCTOBER 24, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
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- OCTOBER 23, 2000TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
A court in Tajikistan sentenced two Tajik nationals...
A court in Tajikistan sentenced two Tajik nationals to be executed for drugs smuggling