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 2, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Husam Bin-Kamal Bin-Fu'ad, a Syrian national, was executed...
Husam Bin-Kamal Bin-Fu'ad, a Syrian national, was executed in Jiddah in the Mecca region after being found guilty of smuggling cocaine into Saudi Arabia
- JULY 1, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A finance official in Zhejiang province was sentenced...
A finance official in Zhejiang province was sentenced to death for embezzling public funds and illegally granting loans to his own firms
- JULY 1, 2000FranceDEATH PENALTY
Henri Hadjenberg, head of the French Jewish organisation...
Henri Hadjenberg, head of the French Jewish organisation and President of the European Jewish Congress President, said that the 10 Jews sentenced to jail in Iran were innocent victims of fabricated charges in a "medieval" trial
- JULY 1, 2000FranceDEATH PENALTY
France, speaking for the 15-nation European Union,...
France, speaking for the 15-nation European Union, condemned the jail terms of between 4 and 13 years handed down to the 10 Jews in Iran by the Revolutionary Court in Shiraz
- JULY 1, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
President Rafiq Tarar promulgated the "Juvenile Justice...
President Rafiq Tarar promulgated the "Juvenile Justice System Ordinance 2000" abolishing the death penalty for children under 18 years of age and empowering provincial governments to establish juvenile courts for their trial
- JULY 1, 2000ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
A poll by the Behavior Research Center found that support...
A poll by the Behavior Research Center found that support for the death penalty in Arizona drops significantly when specific circumstances are introduced
- JULY 1, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A former agent of the National Security Bureau (NSB)...
A former agent of the National Security Bureau (NSB) Chang Chih-peng said that two People's Liberation Army officers - Liu Lienkun and Zhow Chengjung - were sentenced to death in China in August 2000 for spying on behalf of Taiwan
- JUNE 30, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
A CNN/USA Today/Gallup Poll shows that only a slim...
A CNN/USA Today/Gallup Poll shows that only a slim majority (51%) of Americans believe the death penalty is applied fairly
- JUNE 30, 2000LibyaDEATH PENALTY
The Libyan government rejected allegations that the...
The Libyan government rejected allegations that the Bulgarian medics had been tortured in prison
- JUNE 30, 2000MozambiqueDEATH PENALTY
The Mozambique Human Rights League [LDH] handed a petition...
The Mozambique Human Rights League [LDH] handed a petition to the attorney-general, listing cases of torture in the country
- JUNE 30, 2000ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Big Chitoro, a leading supporter of President Robert...
Big Chitoro, a leading supporter of President Robert Mugabe, was charged with the kidnap and murder of an opposition activist on June 9
- JUNE 30, 2000PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Mariano Santiago, chairman of the Kidney Patient Association...
Mariano Santiago, chairman of the Kidney Patient Association of the Philippines (KPAP) board of trustees, said his group would ask the House of Representatives to allow death row inmates and other convicts to donate their organs in exchange for commutatio
- JUNE 30, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Additional District and Sessions court in Lahore sentenced...
Additional District and Sessions court in Lahore sentenced Zulifqar Ali Bhutto to death, and Nadeem Abbas to life imprisonment, for shooting dead Tariq Mehmood, the manager of a utility store who had intervened in their dispute with the store's security g
- JUNE 30, 2000GermanyDEATH PENALTY
About 70 people demonstrated against human rights violations...
About 70 people demonstrated against human rights violations in China in front of the Chinese embassy in Berlin, coinciding with Chinese Prime Minister Zhu Rongji's visit to Germany
- JUNE 29, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Guangdong Higher People's Court pronounced death...
The Guangdong Higher People's Court pronounced death sentences on Zhuo Bing and Chen Pei for involvement in counterfeiting bills and coins cases
- JUNE 29, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A railway court in Shanghai sentenced Zhao Xianhui,...
A railway court in Shanghai sentenced Zhao Xianhui, a farmer from southwest China's Yunnan Province, to death with two years' probation
- JUNE 29, 2000JapanDEATH PENALTY
Yasuo Hayashi, a key member of the Aum Shinri Kyo cult,...
Yasuo Hayashi, a key member of the Aum Shinri Kyo cult, was sentenced to death by hanging for taking part in the 1995 gas attack on the Tokyo subway
- JUNE 29, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A convict in a murder case washung to death at the...
A convict in a murder case washung to death at the Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore
- JUNE 29, 2000LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Jamal Deeb Amin, 40, received the death penalty for...
Jamal Deeb Amin, 40, received the death penalty for killing his daughter near Nabatieh in 1999 because he suspected she wanted to marry against his will
- JUNE 29, 2000GuatemalaDEATH PENALTY
Two convicted kidnappers were put to death by lethal...
Two convicted kidnappers were put to death by lethal injection at the Pavon prison in an execution shown live on Guatemalan television
- JUNE 29, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
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- JUNE 29, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Jessy San Miguel, 29, of Hispanic origin, was put to...
Jessy San Miguel, 29, of Hispanic origin, was put to death by lethal injection
- JUNE 28, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The death reference of Bangabandhu murder case came...
The death reference of Bangabandhu murder case came up for hearing in the Supreme Court
- JUNE 28, 2000DominicaDEATH PENALTY
The High Court judge Dunbar Cenac sentenced Mwanga...
The High Court judge Dunbar Cenac sentenced Mwanga Freeman, 24, and Leroy Langford, 31, to hang for the 1998 murder of Ossie Charles, 38
- JUNE 28, 2000ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The Parliamentary Assembly of the CE voted in favour...
The Parliamentary Assembly of the CE voted in favour of the admission of Armenia to the Council
- JUNE 28, 2000AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly voted...
The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly voted in favour of the Azerbaijani application for membership to the Council of Europe
- JUNE 28, 2000LiberiaDEATH PENALTY
Sources in Monrovia said 14 top security men loyal...
Sources in Monrovia said 14 top security men loyal to President Charles Taylor were secretly executed on charges of plotting to assassinate the president
- JUNE 28, 2000ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court was to consider an application to...
The Supreme Court was to consider an application to abolish the death penalty
- JUNE 28, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A man was executed for stabbing a fellow citizen to death
A man was executed for stabbing a fellow citizen to death
- JUNE 28, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An Additional Session court in Chashma handed out a...
An Additional Session court in Chashma handed out a death sentence to Kafait Ullah for several murders and possession of illegal weapons