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
- JULY 27, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Ashraf was publicly executed in the football...
Mohammad Ashraf was publicly executed in the football ground of the provincial capital Jalalabad
- JULY 26, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A mainland court in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province,...
A mainland court in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, sentenced Hong Kong businessman Chu Kam-wing, 49, to death for using fake tax receipts to avoid more than 40 million yuan (HK$36
- JULY 26, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
An [unidentified] Chinese policeman who shot dead three...
An [unidentified] Chinese policeman who shot dead three people in a dispute over a 12
- JULY 26, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani man convicted of drug smuggling was executed...
A Pakistani man convicted of drug smuggling was executed in Dammam
- JULY 26, 2000VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The HCMC People's Court sentenced Tran Thi Hieu, 65,...
The HCMC People's Court sentenced Tran Thi Hieu, 65, former director of Ngoc Thao Co
- JULY 26, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Juan Soria, 33, of Hispanic origin, was executed by...
Juan Soria, 33, of Hispanic origin, was executed by lethal injection
- JULY 26, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Italian Parliament approved a motion against the...
The Italian Parliament approved a motion against the death penalty, which was signed by all political party leaders
- JULY 25, 2000BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
Bulgaria introduced a legal reform to smooth the way...
Bulgaria introduced a legal reform to smooth the way for one of its lawyers to defend the six Bulgarian medics
- JULY 25, 2000JapanDEATH PENALTY
Former AUM Shinrikyo member Satoru Hashimoto 33, was...
Former AUM Shinrikyo member Satoru Hashimoto 33, was sentenced to death by the Tokyo District Court for taking part in the murders of an anti-cult lawyer and his family as well as the fatal poison gas attack in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture 1989
- JULY 25, 2000MaliDEATH PENALTY
Cheikh Kanoute, the founder of a Malian sect of followers...
Cheikh Kanoute, the founder of a Malian sect of followers known as the "Bare-footed", and two of his disciples, were sentenced to death by the Bamako criminal court
- JULY 25, 2000Vatican CityDEATH PENALTY
Pope John Paul asked the governor of the U
Pope John Paul asked the governor of the U
- JULY 25, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Ahmed bin Saad al-Ahmadi was found guilty of stabbing...
Ahmed bin Saad al-Ahmadi was found guilty of stabbing his nephew, Osama bin Ali al-Ahmadi, hitting him on the head with a rock and throwing his body in a well, an Interior Ministry statement said
- JULY 25, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Pope John Paul II sent a message to the Governor of...
Pope John Paul II sent a message to the Governor of Virginia in which he urged that Rocco Barnabei not be executed
- JULY 24, 2000EgyptDEATH PENALTY
A criminal court in Alexandria sentenced to death Ali...
A criminal court in Alexandria sentenced to death Ali Metwali, a 27- year-old carpenter, who choked and stabbed to death his would-be mother-in-law, 40-year-old Mahasen Ahmed Sanad, then stole her jewellery estimated at 8,000 Egyptian pounds (2,300 U
- JULY 24, 2000SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
The Court of Appeal rejected the trio's appeals against...
The Court of Appeal rejected the trio's appeals against their death sentence
- JULY 24, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Istanbul State Security No 3court handed down the...
The Istanbul State Security No 3court handed down the death penalty for "attempting to undermine the constitutional order by use of arms," in the trial of 41 members of the illegal Islamic Movement Organization who were accused of committing a number of h
- JULY 23, 2000Côte d’IvoireDEATH PENALTY
July 23-24, 2000: 86
July 23-24, 2000: 86
- JULY 23, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Three Yemeni men found guilty of engaging in homosexual...
Three Yemeni men found guilty of engaging in homosexual acts and sexually molesting young boys, were executed in Jizan
- JULY 23, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Majid Afshari, 20, convicted of stabbing an 18-year-old...
Majid Afshari, 20, convicted of stabbing an 18-year-old friend to death and Seyed Ismail-Zendeh and his wife Ayda Shafiie, convicted of double murder, were executed by hanging in Tehran prison
- JULY 22, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A number of Indian legal experts and social rights...
A number of Indian legal experts and social rights activists called for the abolition of the death penalty in the country, saying it had no deterring effect as perceived in some quarters
- JULY 21, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Ou Jianneng, convicted of kidnapping a Hong Kong businessman's...
Ou Jianneng, convicted of kidnapping a Hong Kong businessman's family, extorting money and burning two police cars, was executed in the Guangdong province by a firing squad
- JULY 21, 2000ChileDEATH PENALTY
Catholic Bishops stated their support in efforts to...
Catholic Bishops stated their support in efforts to abolish the death penalty from Chilean law
- JULY 21, 2000FranceDEATH PENALTY
More than 100 French deputies sent a letter to each...
More than 100 French deputies sent a letter to each member of the US Congress asking them to abolish the death penalty, the president of the Franco-American Friendship Committee said
- JULY 21, 2000ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
The high court sentenced to death two men for shooting...
The high court sentenced to death two men for shooting Teddy Mulonga, the former president of the Football Association of Zambia, in 1998
- JULY 21, 2000UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Uganda Human Rights Initiative (UFHRI) thanked...
The Uganda Human Rights Initiative (UFHRI) thanked President Yoweri Museveni for commuting sentences of 16 convicts on 13th July and called for a moratorium on the death penalty
- JULY 21, 2000MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
The High Court sentenced 38-year-old Syed Adnan Syed...
The High Court sentenced 38-year-old Syed Adnan Syed Abdullah of Rompin to death after finding him guilty of murdering a night club guest relations officer
- JULY 21, 2000SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
The Appeals Chamber dismissed the appeal for Anto Furundzija,...
The Appeals Chamber dismissed the appeal for Anto Furundzija, and affirmed the conviction and sentence handed down by the Trial Chamber, to 10 years' imprisonment
- JULY 21, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Hussein ibn Shuraidah Al-Ruwaili, a convicted murderer,...
Hussein ibn Shuraidah Al-Ruwaili, a convicted murderer, was spared from execution at the very last moment when his victim's brother granted a pardon
- JULY 21, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Mohammed Daoud was publicly executed for the murder...
Mohammed Daoud was publicly executed for the murder of two people
- JULY 21, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Members of the Italian Senate committee against the...
Members of the Italian Senate committee against the death penalty asked the governor of Virginia to grant a stay of execution to Derek Rocco Barnabei