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 2, 2000NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
At a press conference in Lagos the Chairman and Chief...
At a press conference in Lagos the Chairman and Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Mr Ihya D
- AUGUST 1, 2000JapanDEATH PENALTY
In reference to a debate regarding changes to the Juvenile...
In reference to a debate regarding changes to the Juvenile Law, Teikyo University Professor Takeshi Tsuchimoto said that the age at which a person could be sentenced to death should be lowered from 18 to 16, while the age at which a person could face crim
- AUGUST 1, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Jahangirnagar University unit of pro-Awami Chhatra...
The Jahangirnagar University unit of pro-Awami Chhatra League formed a 30-minute human chain on the Dhaka-Aricha highway demanding the execution of the killers of Bangabandhu
- AUGUST 1, 2000ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court passed a verdict on an amphetamine's...
The Supreme Court passed a verdict on an amphetamine's case, sentencing a millionaire to execution by firing squad
- AUGUST 1, 2000Côte d’IvoireDEATH PENALTY
With the promulgation of the new constitution, the...
With the promulgation of the new constitution, the Ivory Coast formally abolished the death penalty
- AUGUST 1, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
A London based Iraqi newspaper claimed that Baghdad's...
A London based Iraqi newspaper claimed that Baghdad's military court "carried out the execution of five navy officers holding different ranks who were convicted of stealing more than 200 kg of silver used in equipment that operates anti-missile missiles"
- AUGUST 1, 2000PolandDEATH PENALTY
Presidential candidate Andrzej Lepper spoke out in...
Presidential candidate Andrzej Lepper spoke out in Gdansk in favour of restoring the death penalty in Poland for a period of three to five years
- AUGUST 1, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
An Afghan man convicted of smuggling heroin was beheaded...
An Afghan man convicted of smuggling heroin was beheaded near Mecca
- AUGUST 1, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court in New Delhi upheld the death sentence...
The Supreme Court in New Delhi upheld the death sentence imposed on an [unidentified] Indian man
- AUGUST 1, 2000DEATH PENALTY
Some of North Carolina's leading jurists and law enforcement...
Some of North Carolina's leading jurists and law enforcement administrators voiced their concerns about capital punishment in their state
- JULY 31, 2000ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Bangkok Criminal Court sentenced seven people to...
The Bangkok Criminal Court sentenced seven people to death in three separate drug trafficking cases
- JULY 31, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Mumtaz Ahmed was to be executed in the New Central...
Mumtaz Ahmed was to be executed in the New Central Jail of Bahawalpur on August 10
- JULY 31, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An Additional District and Sessions Judge in Lahore...
An Additional District and Sessions Judge in Lahore handed out the death sentence to Muhammad Tayyab for murdering his brother
- JULY 31, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Special Anti-Terrorist Court handed down the death...
A Special Anti-Terrorist Court handed down the death sentence to Khushi Muhammad and Bashir Ahmad for rape
- JULY 30, 2000UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Vatican ambassador to Uganda, Archbishop Christophe...
The Vatican ambassador to Uganda, Archbishop Christophe Pierre, reaffirmed the Catholic church's strong stand against the death penalty which is still used in many countries
- JULY 29, 2000YemenDEATH PENALTY
Muhammad Haji Omar, a Somali refugee, was sentenced...
Muhammad Haji Omar, a Somali refugee, was sentenced to death for becoming a Christian, which is considered a capital crime under Islamic law
- JULY 29, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
A man identified as Abbas, was sentenced to death for...
A man identified as Abbas, was sentenced to death for stabbing Amir Fazli-nejad to death in March, 2000
- JULY 28, 2000JapanDEATH PENALTY
Kiyohide Hayakawa, 51, was sentenced to death by hanging...
Kiyohide Hayakawa, 51, was sentenced to death by hanging for the 1989 murders of anti-AUM lawyer Tsutsumi Sakamoto, 33, his wife Satoko, 29, and their 14-month-old son Tatsuhiko and for his role in building a plant to mass produce the nerve gas used in th
- JULY 28, 2000ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Gang members Armen Ter Sahakian and his cousin Alik...
Gang members Armen Ter Sahakian and his cousin Alik Grigorian were sentenced to capital punishment with complete confiscation of property
- JULY 28, 2000UgandaDEATH PENALTY
An army private was sentenced to death by hanging for...
An army private was sentenced to death by hanging for the murder of three fellow soldiers at Gulu barracks in northern Uganda
- JULY 28, 2000MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
A convicted drug trafficker, Sow Siow Yin, a 33 year...
A convicted drug trafficker, Sow Siow Yin, a 33 year old Malaysian woman, was executed at Changi Prison, Singapore
- JULY 28, 2000SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Two convicted drug traffickers, Sow Siow Yin, a 33...
Two convicted drug traffickers, Sow Siow Yin, a 33 year old Malaysian woman, and Tan Chwee Heng, 39, were executed at Changi Prison
- JULY 28, 2000South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Piers Pigou, a representative of the Community Agency...
Piers Pigou, a representative of the Community Agency for Social Enquiry, spoke at a conference on crime and human rights at the University of the Western Cape
- JULY 27, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
The European Union, in a demarche made at the White...
The European Union, in a demarche made at the White House with President Clinton's Chief Counsel Beth Nolan, called on the federal authorities not to break a de facto moratorium on the federal death penalty of almost forty years and to grant Mr
- JULY 27, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
A nation-wide NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll found...
A nation-wide NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll found that, in light of the many innocent inmates released from death row, 63% of voters favored a suspension of the death penalty until questions about its fairness can be studied
- JULY 27, 2000TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
Thirty eight year-old Yeng Ming, a Chinese crewman...
Thirty eight year-old Yeng Ming, a Chinese crewman for the 4,450-ton British steamer Caduceus, was executed and 10 others were sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment each on charges of affiliation with the Reds
- JULY 27, 2000FranceDEATH PENALTY
The European Union, in a demarche made at the White...
The European Union, in a demarche made at the White House with President Clinton's Chief Counsel Beth Nolan, called on the federal authorities not to break a de facto moratorium on the federal death penalty of almost forty years and to grant Juan Raul Gar
- JULY 27, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Execution is awaiting at least 20 female and male workers...
Execution is awaiting at least 20 female and male workers from Indonesia (Cianjur) in the Middle East for committing serious crimes, according to Dedeh Saryamah, Vice Chairman of the Cianjur Legislative Assembly
- JULY 27, 2000YemenDEATH PENALTY
Yemeni national Muhammad Bin-Amin Bin-Mansur was beheaded...
Yemeni national Muhammad Bin-Amin Bin-Mansur was beheaded in Uhud Rafidah (Saudi Arabia) after he was convicted of killing Muhammad Bin-Humaydi Bin-Misfir Al Abbud al-Qahtani
- JULY 27, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Mohammed Amin Mansour, a Yemeni, was found guilty of...
Mohammed Amin Mansour, a Yemeni, was found guilty of stabbing and shooting to death Mohammed bin Humaidi al-Qahtani