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
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2000ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Legal Affairs Minister Vincent Malambo said that Zambia...
Legal Affairs Minister Vincent Malambo said that Zambia would not abolish the death penalty until it had achieved full national consensus on the issue
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2000DEATH PENALTY
Fehriye Erdal, a Turkish woman wanted for murder in...
Fehriye Erdal, a Turkish woman wanted for murder in her homeland will be tried in Belgium on weapons charges, Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt said
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
In Istanbul, a mothers' group released doves and called...
In Istanbul, a mothers' group released doves and called for a negotiated solution to the 16-year-long war between Turkish security forces and the separatist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in southeastern Turkey
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2000GuatemalaDEATH PENALTY
Carlos Chun Choc, Douglas Montt Solorzano and Gustavo...
Carlos Chun Choc, Douglas Montt Solorzano and Gustavo Carranza were sentenced to death by lethal injection for kidnapping and killing two businessmen and a 17-year-old university student in 1996 and 1997
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2000ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Legal Affairs Minister Vincent Malambo said that Zambia...
Legal Affairs Minister Vincent Malambo said that Zambia would not abolish the death penalty until it had achieved full national consensus on the issue
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2000ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Legal Affairs Minister Vincent Malambo said that Zambia...
Legal Affairs Minister Vincent Malambo said that Zambia would not abolish the death penalty until it had achieved full national consensus on the issue
- AUGUST 31, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China announced that it is planning to adopt a policy...
China announced that it is planning to adopt a policy of executions by lethal injection throughout the country, but added that executions by firing squad would continue
- AUGUST 31, 2000JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Justice Ministry rejected the petition for amnesty...
The Justice Ministry rejected the petition for amnesty submitted by Toshihiko Hasegawa
- AUGUST 31, 2000MaliDEATH PENALTY
Hamedoun ag Badi and Rhissa ag Alhousseini, former...
Hamedoun ag Badi and Rhissa ag Alhousseini, former members of the Republican Guard, were sentenced to death by the Bamako Criminal Court after being found guilty of murdering a Dutch expatriate
- AUGUST 31, 2000TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
A defendant took 21 court staff hostage in the building...
A defendant took 21 court staff hostage in the building of the Supreme Court of Tajikistan
- AUGUST 31, 2000ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Court sentenced to death Somsak Sinkhao,...
The Criminal Court sentenced to death Somsak Sinkhao, Thawil Srilimpanon, Worachet Yakhet, Pitak Pisailert, and Pathomchai Walee-anurak
- AUGUST 31, 2000PolandDEATH PENALTY
Poland's Justice Ministry asked the US government to...
Poland's Justice Ministry asked the US government to extradite to Poland Grzegorz Madej, a Pole sentenced to death in the US
- AUGUST 31, 2000RwandaDEATH PENALTY
A former Rwandan army major begged a Tanzanian court...
A former Rwandan army major begged a Tanzanian court not to extradite him to Rwanda, saying he feared execution
- AUGUST 31, 2000NamibiaDEATH PENALTY
The National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) said in...
The National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) said in its Human Rights 2000 report that the human rights situation in Namibia had deteriorated over the last year
- AUGUST 31, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Hamid Heydari was sentenced to death by Branch 12 of...
Hamid Heydari was sentenced to death by Branch 12 of the Public Court in Shahr-e Rey for the murder of a member of the Basij Resistance Force
- AUGUST 30, 2000CameroonDEATH PENALTY
Christian Action for the Abolition of Torture (ACAT)...
Christian Action for the Abolition of Torture (ACAT) released a report accusing a special military squad called Operational Command for killing around 50 people in the city of Douala between May and July during a crackdown on criminals
- AUGUST 30, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Aziz Bin-Jubayr Bin-Hunaydib al-Majdali was executed...
Aziz Bin-Jubayr Bin-Hunaydib al-Majdali was executed in Mecca after he was convicted of killing compatriot Muslim Bin-Ayyaf Mu'afa al-Jahdali
- AUGUST 30, 2000VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
Russel Burket, 32, white, was put to death by lethal...
Russel Burket, 32, white, was put to death by lethal injection in Greensville Correctional Center
- AUGUST 30, 2000DEATH PENALTY
Gary Lee Roll, 47, white, was pit to death by lethal...
Gary Lee Roll, 47, white, was pit to death by lethal injection in Potosi Correctional Center
- AUGUST 30, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Jeffrey Caldwell, 37, black, was executed by lethal...
Jeffrey Caldwell, 37, black, was executed by lethal injection
- AUGUST 29, 2000JapanDEATH PENALTY
Yoshiro Takahashi, 50, was sentenced to death and three...
Yoshiro Takahashi, 50, was sentenced to death and three others given life imprisonment for the 1992 murder and robbery of Kazuhiro Obi, a 37-year-old Tokyo doctor, and Yoshihide Fukazawa, 32, a beauty parlor owner
- AUGUST 29, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Bangladeshi authorities asked Pakistan to ascertain...
Bangladeshi authorities asked Pakistan to ascertain the whereabouts of two of the killers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
- AUGUST 29, 2000JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
Following a decade of soaring violent crime rates,...
Following a decade of soaring violent crime rates, many Jamaicans were calling on the government to take a "zero tolerance" stance toward criminals
- AUGUST 29, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A death row prisoner, Muhammad Boota, was to be hung...
A death row prisoner, Muhammad Boota, was to be hung on August 30 at the Central Jail in Sahiwal
- AUGUST 29, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Pondicherry Chief Sessions Judge, handed down a...
The Pondicherry Chief Sessions Judge, handed down a death sentence to 27-year-old Kamal Shah in the sensational Parvathi Shah murder case
- AUGUST 29, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The European Parliament accepted a statute governing...
The European Parliament accepted a statute governing Turkey's preparations for the accession process
- AUGUST 29, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Texas Representative Ciro D
Texas Representative Ciro D
- AUGUST 28, 2000FranceDEATH PENALTY
Leading French politician Raymond Forni visited death...
Leading French politician Raymond Forni visited death row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal and urged both US presidential candidates to "take a chance and be brave" enough to abolish the death penalty
- AUGUST 28, 2000BurundiDEATH PENALTY
On August 28, 2000, a peace agreement was signed between...
On August 28, 2000, a peace agreement was signed between the government, major political parties and some armed opposition groups
- AUGUST 28, 2000NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed a Nigerian man convicted of drug...
Saudi Arabia executed a Nigerian man convicted of drug smuggling