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
- JUNE 23, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Hu Zhongwang, 23, and Hu Luobing, of Hubei province,...
Hu Zhongwang, 23, and Hu Luobing, of Hubei province, were executed in Dongguan City in south China's Guangdong province
- JUNE 23, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Gary Graham was executed by the state of Texas, despite...
Gary Graham was executed by the state of Texas, despite claims that he was innocent
- JUNE 23, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
United States prosecutors were given permission by the U
United States prosecutors were given permission by the U
- JUNE 23, 2000FranceDEATH PENALTY
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Anne Gazeau-Secret said...
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Anne Gazeau-Secret said the French consul in Houston, speaking for all 15 European Union states, had intervened several times on behalf of Gary Graham, who went to his death proclaiming his innocence after Texas Governor Georg
- JUNE 23, 2000AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Ministers adopted the draft-law "On...
The Council of Ministers adopted the draft-law "On some changes in the military penal code
- JUNE 23, 2000TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
United States prosecutors were given permission by the U
United States prosecutors were given permission by the U
- JUNE 23, 2000North MacedoniaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International released a report stating that...
Amnesty International released a report stating that the Macedonian government should investigate serious human rights violations which occurred in Aracinovo earlier this year and ensure that they are never repeated
- JUNE 23, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A man was executed in the northern city of Tabuk for...
A man was executed in the northern city of Tabuk for stabbing a fellow citizen to death after a dispute
- JUNE 23, 2000SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
The federal government submitted a draft of a tough...
The federal government submitted a draft of a tough anti-terrorism law to Parliament
- JUNE 23, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Shahid Saeed was condemned to death for murder
Shahid Saeed was condemned to death for murder
- JUNE 23, 2000LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International criticised the summary trials...
Amnesty International criticised the summary trials of more than 2,000 former South Lebanon Army militia members and those said to have "collaborated" with Israel as "travesties" of justice
- JUNE 23, 2000DEATH PENALTY
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Anne Gazeau-Secret said...
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Anne Gazeau-Secret said the French consul in Houston, speaking for all 15 EU states, had intervened several times on behalf of Gary Graham, who went to his death proclaiming his innocence after Texas Governor George W
- JUNE 23, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary...
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson and Asma Jahangir, the Commission's Special Rapporteur on summary or arbitrary executions, expressed deep regret over the execution of Gary Graham, a prisoner who had been convicted of a cri
- JUNE 23, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Hands off Cain launched the third Annual Report on...
Hands off Cain launched the third Annual Report on the death penalty situation in the world
- JUNE 22, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
An [unidentified] 36-year-old hacker was sentenced...
An [unidentified] 36-year-old hacker was sentenced to death in Hangzhou for embezzling over 1m yuan of public money from a bank account
- JUNE 22, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Shanghai Railway Transport Intermediate Court sentenced...
The Shanghai Railway Transport Intermediate Court sentenced to death seven people with a period of reprieve or life imprisonment
- JUNE 22, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Yibin Municipal Intermediate People's Court sentenced...
The Yibin Municipal Intermediate People's Court sentenced Ma Haijian, Zhu Qinglin, Zhu Qingmin, Qu Zhi'an and Tang Yongcai to death while Wang Shiyun and Xu Yanpu were sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve
- JUNE 22, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Regional Higher People's Court announced that eight...
The Regional Higher People's Court announced that eight of the 13 defendants involved in a drug case were executed
- JUNE 22, 2000Bosnia & HerzegovinaDEATH PENALTY
The Assembly of the Republika Srpska, the Bosnian Serb...
The Assembly of the Republika Srpska, the Bosnian Serb Republic, entity of Bosnia-Herzegovina adopted a new criminal code which changed the death penalty to life imprisonment
- JUNE 22, 2000FranceDEATH PENALTY
The speaker of the French parliament Raymond Forni...
The speaker of the French parliament Raymond Forni urged Texas Governor George Bush to postpone the execution of death row inmate Gary Graham and allow an appeal of the murder conviction based on the testimony of a single witness
- JUNE 22, 2000Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International called on the government to take...
Amnesty International called on the government to take steps to protect the civilian population from further atrocities
- JUNE 22, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A division bench of the Lahore High Court upheld the...
A division bench of the Lahore High Court upheld the death sentences imposed on Fitrat Nabi Noor, alias Saqa Moser, and Humayun Raza, alias Humma, for murdering Mohammad Ilyas and his wife Abida Parveen on resistance during a dacoity attempt
- JUNE 22, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Special Judge Anti Terrorist Court in Lahore handed...
A Special Judge Anti Terrorist Court in Lahore handed down a death sentence to Mushtaq Ahmad for a dacoity cum murder case
- JUNE 22, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Gary Graham, 36, also known as Shaka Sankofa, was executed...
Gary Graham, 36, also known as Shaka Sankofa, was executed after spending 19 years on death row
- JUNE 21, 2000BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
During a press conference in Sofia, the relatives of...
During a press conference in Sofia, the relatives of the six Bulgarian medics insisted that the Bulgarian authorities take the necessary steps for finally constituting Bulgarian lawyer Vladimir Sheitanov as lawyer of the defence, even if this requires a r
- JUNE 21, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Hubei Province Higher People's Court sentenced...
The Hubei Province Higher People's Court sentenced Zhou Mingrong to death with a two year reprieve
- JUNE 21, 2000JapanDEATH PENALTY
The families of two victims of convicted killer Toshihiko...
The families of two victims of convicted killer Toshihiko Hasegawa asked the Justice Ministry to commute his death sentence to life in prison
- JUNE 21, 2000HungaryDEATH PENALTY
Members of the Kurdistan information and Cultural Office,...
Members of the Kurdistan information and Cultural Office, in Budapest, ended a five day hunger strike
- JUNE 21, 2000Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
The government of Sierra Leone asked the United Nations...
The government of Sierra Leone asked the United Nations Security Council to set up a special court to try rebel leader Foday Sankoh, saying the country lacked the resources to try crimes of such magnitude
- JUNE 21, 2000SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
In reference to Li Peng's visit, the Slovakian daily...
In reference to Li Peng's visit, the Slovakian daily Sme wrote that Premier Mikulas Dzurinda did not have the guts to say that the Slovak government cannot agree with the persecution of political opponents and execution of political prisoners in China