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 10, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An Additional Sessions court in Liaquatpur handed down...
An Additional Sessions court in Liaquatpur handed down the death sentence to Abdul Aziz Baluch for the murder of Mohammad Iqbal Bhatti in Moza Pakkalaran in 1998
- AUGUST 10, 2000OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
George Kent Wallace, 59, white, was executed by lethal...
George Kent Wallace, 59, white, was executed by lethal injection
- AUGUST 10, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Representatives of the European Union to the United...
Representatives of the European Union to the United States appealed by letter to Governor George W
- AUGUST 9, 2000MaliDEATH PENALTY
Abou Berthe, was sentenced to death in Bamako by the...
Abou Berthe, was sentenced to death in Bamako by the court of assizes for embezzlement
- AUGUST 9, 2000South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
Justice Ministry officials said that more than 40 prisoners...
Justice Ministry officials said that more than 40 prisoners on death row were to have their terms lightened to life sentences in honor of "National Liberation Day
- AUGUST 9, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Kemerovo Region governor Aman Tuleyev addressed...
The Kemerovo Region governor Aman Tuleyev addressed President Vladimir Putin, the Federation Council and the State Duma with a proposal to lift the moratorium on the death penalty for terrorism, murder and drug dealing
- AUGUST 9, 2000ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Flt Lt Prachin Imcharoen, 56, Nuang Kruchwong, 44,...
Flt Lt Prachin Imcharoen, 56, Nuang Kruchwong, 44, Vichien Sriyatyaem, 52, and Booncherd Yoddee, 30, were sentenced to death by the Criminal Court for possessing 40,000 methamphetamine pills with intent to sell
- AUGUST 9, 2000CubaDEATH PENALTY
Elizardo Sanchez, President of the Cuban Commission...
Elizardo Sanchez, President of the Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation (CCDHRN) sent a report on the death penalty to foreign media in Havana
- AUGUST 9, 2000PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Kalinaw Mindanao came out with a comprehensive report...
Kalinaw Mindanao came out with a comprehensive report on its fact-finding, relief and medical mission in the war-torn areas of Central and Western Mindanao
- AUGUST 9, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Amanat Ali was given the death sentence for murdering...
Amanat Ali was given the death sentence for murdering Rajab Ali over a petty dispute in 1998 by an Additional District and Sessions court in Arifwala
- AUGUST 9, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Oliver Cruz, 39, of Hispanic origin was executed by...
Oliver Cruz, 39, of Hispanic origin was executed by lethal injection
- AUGUST 9, 2000DEATH PENALTY
Brian Robinson, 36, black, was executed by lethal injection
Brian Robinson, 36, black, was executed by lethal injection
- AUGUST 8, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
French representative of the European Union to the...
French representative of the European Union to the United States conveyed to Governor George Bush of Texas an urgent humanitarian appeal, on behalf of Oliver Cruz, in keeping with internationally agreed standards of human rights and on the grounds of the
- AUGUST 7, 2000SamoaDEATH PENALTY
The American Samoa House of Representatives passed...
The American Samoa House of Representatives passed legislation to abolish the death penalty
- AUGUST 7, 2000FloridaDEATH PENALTY
A Sun-Sentinel poll found that only 45% of Floridians...
A Sun-Sentinel poll found that only 45% of Floridians support the death penalty when offered the sentencing option of life in prison without parole, down from 60% last November
- AUGUST 7, 2000SamoaDEATH PENALTY
The American Samoa House of Representatives passed...
The American Samoa House of Representatives passed legislation to abolish the death penalty
- AUGUST 6, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Naser bin Raja al-Inizi was beheaded in Dammam after...
Naser bin Raja al-Inizi was beheaded in Dammam after he was caught trying to smuggle an unspecified quantity of hashish into country
- AUGUST 6, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Shah Jihan Mayah of Bangladesh was convicted of murdering...
Shah Jihan Mayah of Bangladesh was convicted of murdering Abdullah bin Ali al-Ashwan and mutilating his body
- AUGUST 6, 2000UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The High Court sentenced Janet Nyero Mureeba, Ismail...
The High Court sentenced Janet Nyero Mureeba, Ismail Aliga and Kassim Byaruhanga to death for the murder of Norah Mureeba, who was eight months pregnant, and her one-and-a half-year-old daughter Gabriella last in July 2000
- AUGUST 6, 2000OhioDEATH PENALTY
Although a majority of Ohioans continue to support...
Although a majority of Ohioans continue to support the death penalty, a Buckeye State Poll, conducted by the Ohio State University, found the following: 46% would prefer life in prison without the possibility of parole as an alternative to the death penal
- AUGUST 5, 2000AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
The Albanian Republican Party (RP) stated that "the...
The Albanian Republican Party (RP) stated that "the organs of order and justice are not able to combat crime because they do not posses the basic element to confine crime; the death sentence"
- AUGUST 5, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Asghar Narejo and Makhan Narejo were condemned to death...
Asghar Narejo and Makhan Narejo were condemned to death by an Anti-Terrorist Court
- AUGUST 5, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani court sentenced a 60-year-old man, Mohammad...
A Pakistani court sentenced a 60-year-old man, Mohammad Yousuf Ali, to death for blasphemy after he claimed to be a prophet of God
- AUGUST 5, 2000KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
Alaa Hussein, the former head of Iraq's puppet occupation...
Alaa Hussein, the former head of Iraq's puppet occupation government in Kuwait, appealed against his death sentence in a final bid to escape possible execution for treason
- AUGUST 4, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
A report issued by the Centre for Human Rights of the...
A report issued by the Centre for Human Rights of the Iraqi Communist Party (ICP) in Irbil stated that seven employees of the Central Computers Department in Baghdad had been executed
- AUGUST 4, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
"Pakistan appears to have more prisoners on death row...
"Pakistan appears to have more prisoners on death row than any other country in the world," noted a Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) report
- AUGUST 2, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Du Shugui, 44, was executed about two months after...
Du Shugui, 44, was executed about two months after he drew his service revolver and shot a mini-van driver as he stood by his vehicle after an argument over a near-collision
- AUGUST 2, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
A Harris poll found that support for the death penalty...
A Harris poll found that support for the death penalty dropped to 64% this year, down from 75% in 1997 and 71% in 1999
- AUGUST 2, 2000TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
Cheng Tai-chi was executed after his fourth appeal...
Cheng Tai-chi was executed after his fourth appeal against his death sentence was rejected
- AUGUST 2, 2000TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
Tanzania's opposition party, the Civic United Front,...
Tanzania's opposition party, the Civic United Front, nominated five partisans facing a mandatory death penalty if found guilty of treason to contest in the 29th October general elections for parliamentary seats in the semi-autonomous state of Zanzibar