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
- AUGUST 28, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Isa Muhammad Adam, a Nigerian national, was beheaded...
Isa Muhammad Adam, a Nigerian national, was beheaded in Jiddah after he was convicted by a shari'ah court of smuggling heroin and cocaine
- AUGUST 28, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Badshah was publicly executed for murder after being...
Badshah was publicly executed for murder after being caught by security services
- AUGUST 28, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Abdur Rahman was executed for murder by his victim's...
Abdur Rahman was executed for murder by his victim's brother in the sports stadium of southern Kandahar
- AUGUST 27, 2000ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
40 peasants were killed in murders attributed to the...
40 peasants were killed in murders attributed to the AUC (United Self-defence Groups of Colombia)
- AUGUST 27, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Dawi Bin-Abdallah Bin-Manahi al-Rushaydi was executed...
Dawi Bin-Abdallah Bin-Manahi al-Rushaydi was executed in Riyadh after being convicted of the abduction and rape of two girls
- AUGUST 26, 2000ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
According to a poll published by the Financial Institutions...
According to a poll published by the Financial Institutions National Associations (ANIF) most Colombians support the death penalty for kidnappers with 73% of those questioned being in favour and 23% being against
- AUGUST 26, 2000BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
Fehriye Erdal ended her 43-day hunger strike after...
Fehriye Erdal ended her 43-day hunger strike after Belgian authorities agreed she could serve her house arrest in a new, secret location, the Interior Ministry said
- AUGUST 26, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
A man using the name of Taleban was executed in public...
A man using the name of Taleban was executed in public by hanging after a military court had found him guilty of murdering three women and kidnapping another
- AUGUST 25, 2000LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
The Tautos Frontas coalition proposed the reinstatement...
The Tautos Frontas coalition proposed the reinstatement of the death penalty for premeditated murder under special circumstances
- AUGUST 25, 2000FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Dan Houser, 30, white, was executed by lethal injection
Dan Houser, 30, white, was executed by lethal injection
- AUGUST 25, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Irene Pivetti, MP for the centre-left UDEUR party,...
Irene Pivetti, MP for the centre-left UDEUR party, called for a re-introduction of capital punishment in order to punish paedophiles
- AUGUST 24, 2000South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The government was to pardon more than 30,000 convicts...
The government was to pardon more than 30,000 convicts in order to promote national reconciliation on the anniversary of Korea's liberation from Japanese colonial rule
- AUGUST 24, 2000South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Jonny Steinberg, an opponent of capital punishment...
Jonny Steinberg, an opponent of capital punishment and a consultant at the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation wrote about capital punishment in South Africa
- AUGUST 23, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Higher People's Court in southern Guangxi Zhuang...
The Higher People's Court in southern Guangxi Zhuang province sentenced the head of a gang of 14 pirates from Myanmar, Maung Htay Aung, to death with a two-year reprieve for raiding the Marine Master, a Taiwanese cargo ship and setting its 21 crew members
- AUGUST 23, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Abdel Mussa Sheikh Mussa Abdel Mussa Sheikh Mussa,...
Abdel Mussa Sheikh Mussa Abdel Mussa Sheikh Mussa, an Indian man convicted of smuggling drugs, was beheaded in Riyadh
- AUGUST 23, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
David Gibbs, 39, white, was executed by lethal injection
David Gibbs, 39, white, was executed by lethal injection
- AUGUST 22, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The Tangerang District Court handed down the death...
The Tangerang District Court handed down the death sentence for defendants Deni Setya Maharwan, 28, Ranni Andriani, 25, and Merika Franola alias Ola, 30, for being part of an international drug ring and attempting to smuggle cocaine out of Indonesia
- AUGUST 22, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Pacha Khan was publicly executed for murder by the...
Pacha Khan was publicly executed for murder by the heir of the deceased before thousands of people in the Zormat district
- AUGUST 22, 2000GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
The UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges...
The UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Param Cumaraswamy, in an urgent communication to the United States Government, has expressed his grave concern over the scheduled execution of Alexander Edmund Williams on 24 August 2000
- AUGUST 22, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Richard Jones, 40, white, was put to death by lethal...
Richard Jones, 40, white, was put to death by lethal injection
- AUGUST 21, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
August 21 Cui Zhongliang, former senior engineer with...
August 21 Cui Zhongliang, former senior engineer with the Shandong Provincial Administration for Postal and Telecommunications Services was sentenced to death with a two-year suspension of execution, on charges of corruption and receiving bribes
- AUGUST 21, 2000Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
The Higher People's Court of south China's Guangxi...
The Higher People's Court of south China's Guangxi Zhuang handed down second court verdicts ranging from imprisonment to death for 14 Myanmar pirates charged with raiding a Taiwanese cargo ship and setting its 21 crew members adrift in the Andaman Sea
- AUGUST 21, 2000GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
The European Union called on the authorities of Georgia...
The European Union called on the authorities of Georgia to spare the life of Alexander Edmund Williams, a death row inmate, mentally ill and juvenile offender, facing electrocution on August 24
- AUGUST 20, 2000United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
A 29-year-old Afghan man who strangled a woman to death...
A 29-year-old Afghan man who strangled a woman to death with a pair of trousers was sentenced to death by the Dubai Court of First Instance
- AUGUST 20, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Three men were hanged in Rejaii Shahr prison in Karaj...
Three men were hanged in Rejaii Shahr prison in Karaj on charges of armed robbery
- AUGUST 20, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Abdol-Hossein Mobaraki, 28, received a death sentence...
Abdol-Hossein Mobaraki, 28, received a death sentence on charges of stabbing to death Abbas Shoja-Khah, 55, whilst committing a burglary in the victim's apartment
- AUGUST 20, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
A man identified as Mohammad received two death sentences...
A man identified as Mohammad received two death sentences for murdering his sister and nephew in Autumn, 1999
- AUGUST 19, 2000ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Four men were sentenced to death for possessing 800,000...
Four men were sentenced to death for possessing 800,000 methamphetamine pills with intent to sell
- AUGUST 18, 2000BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
Fehriye Erdal resumed her 33-day hunger strike after...
Fehriye Erdal resumed her 33-day hunger strike after suspending it for one day
- AUGUST 18, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
An Indian, Abdel Mussa Sheikh Mussa was decapitated...
An Indian, Abdel Mussa Sheikh Mussa was decapitated by the sword in Riyadh, the Saudi Interior Ministry said