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
- DECEMBER 13, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
At the military-run Medical University in Chongqing,...
At the military-run Medical University in Chongqing, an official confirmed that around 100 kidney transplants a year are carried out and most of the recipients are from South-east Asia
- DECEMBER 13, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Nazruddin Abdul Gani, a 22-year-old Indonesian volunteer...
Nazruddin Abdul Gani, a 22-year-old Indonesian volunteer for a Danish-sponsored aid group in violence-ravaged Aceh gave a first-hand account of arbitrary executions in Aceh
- DECEMBER 13, 2000NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Civil Liberties Organisation condemned the decision...
The Civil Liberties Organisation condemned the decision of the Federal Government to apply the death penalty to persons who vandalise NEPA installations and oil pipelines
- DECEMBER 12, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Yulin City Intermediate People's Court handed down...
The Yulin City Intermediate People's Court handed down a death sentence to Wu Gengyue, former deputy magistrate of Luchuan County for accepting 6
- DECEMBER 12, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Channel Four, a British television, reported that hundreds...
Channel Four, a British television, reported that hundreds of Malaysians on dialysis treatment have gone to China and paid the equivalent of 9C7,500 (S$18,900) to receive kidneys from executed criminals
- DECEMBER 12, 2000PeruDEATH PENALTY
Human rights groups said that former President Alberto...
Human rights groups said that former President Alberto Fujimori should answer the charges against him
- DECEMBER 12, 2000CroatiaDEATH PENALTY
The Bosnian Federation police said it was of "extreme...
The Bosnian Federation police said it was of "extreme importance at this moment to have General Andabak extradited [to BH (Bosnia-Herzegovina)], which should be decided by the Croatian judiciary "
- DECEMBER 12, 2000DEATH PENALTY
The Bosnian Federation police said it was of "extreme...
The Bosnian Federation police said it was of "extreme importance at this moment to have General Andabak extradited [to BH (Bosnia-Herzegovina)], which should be decided by the Croatian judiciary "
- DECEMBER 12, 2000ThailandDEATH PENALTY
A bill to ban the death penalty and life imprisonment...
A bill to ban the death penalty and life imprisonment for juvenile offenders was submitted by the Attorney-General's office to be put on the agenda for a cabinet meeting
- DECEMBER 12, 2000GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
The President of the Chechnya, Aslan Maskhadov, issued...
The President of the Chechnya, Aslan Maskhadov, issued a decree "On Criminal Responsibility of Citizens of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria for Crimes Committed in Georgia"
- DECEMBER 12, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The President of the Chechnya, Aslan Maskhadov, issued...
The President of the Chechnya, Aslan Maskhadov, issued a decree "On Criminal Responsibility of Citizens of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria for Crimes Committed in Georgia"
- DECEMBER 11, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
A poll of potential jurors by The National Law Journal...
A poll of potential jurors by The National Law Journal and Decision Quest found that recent exonerations of death row inmates, both by DNA and outside investigations, have made 31% of potential voters more inclined to vote for life imprisonment instead of
- DECEMBER 10, 2000JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Tokyo High Court upheld a death sentence imposed...
The Tokyo High Court upheld a death sentence imposed on a man who murdered two men and one woman in Tochigi Prefecture from 1990 to 1993 in the mistaken belief that the men were having affairs with his wife
- DECEMBER 10, 2000Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
A Palestinian state security court in Nablus sentenced...
A Palestinian state security court in Nablus sentenced to death Allan Bani Odeh, who was convicted of helping Israel assassinate a top Hamas terrorist
- DECEMBER 10, 2000RwandaDEATH PENALTY
The prosecution in the specialized chamber of Gitarama...
The prosecution in the specialized chamber of Gitarama Court of First Instance asked for the death penalty for a priest, Joseph Ndagijimana of Byimana in Mukingi Commune of Gitarama Prefecture
- DECEMBER 10, 2000PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Philippine President Joseph Estrada, threatened with...
Philippine President Joseph Estrada, threatened with removal from office for alleged corruption, ordered all death sentences affirmed by the Supreme Court to be commuted to life imprisonment
- DECEMBER 9, 2000RomaniaDEATH PENALTY
Ultranationalist Corneliu Vadim Tudor tapped a rich...
Ultranationalist Corneliu Vadim Tudor tapped a rich vein of anger among Romanians against crime, corruption and minorities to reach a runoff second round for president against leftist Ion Iliescu
- DECEMBER 9, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Three Indonesian domestic workers facing the death...
Three Indonesian domestic workers facing the death penalty in Singapore were saved from the gallows thanks to a long legal struggle conducted by the Indonesian embassy
- DECEMBER 9, 2000SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Three Indonesian domestic workers facing the death...
Three Indonesian domestic workers facing the death penalty were saved from the gallows thanks to a long legal struggle conducted by the Indonesian embassy
- DECEMBER 9, 2000JordanDEATH PENALTY
The public prosecutor of the State Security Court,...
The public prosecutor of the State Security Court, Lt-Col Mahmud Ubaydat pressed several charges against Ra'id Muhammad Hasan Muhammad Hijazi, a former fugitive who had been sentenced to death in absentia by the State Security Court as a member of the Afg
- DECEMBER 8, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Dozens of members of the City Forum (Forkot) rallied...
Dozens of members of the City Forum (Forkot) rallied near former president Soeharto's residence on Jl
- DECEMBER 7, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed Taiwan national Chen Kun-Zhang for producing...
China executed Taiwan national Chen Kun-Zhang for producing and selling 25kg of the drug "ice"
- DECEMBER 7, 2000DominicaDEATH PENALTY
Britain's parliamentary undersecretary of state in...
Britain's parliamentary undersecretary of state in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Baroness Patricia Scotland, said that Whitehall was committed to seeing through the implementation of the process of bringing the overseas territories under Britain's
- DECEMBER 7, 2000KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
President Askar Akayev pardoned six men found guilty...
President Askar Akayev pardoned six men found guilty of plotting to assassinate him
- DECEMBER 7, 2000FranceDEATH PENALTY
French President Jacques Chirac wrote a letter to his...
French President Jacques Chirac wrote a letter to his US counterpart Bill Clinton asking him to suspend the execution of a murderer who was condemned to death by a US federal court
- DECEMBER 7, 2000Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
The decision triggered a heated debate among human...
The decision triggered a heated debate among human rights activists and the media
- DECEMBER 7, 2000PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
From 1995 to 1999 the Court accelerated its review...
From 1995 to 1999 the Court accelerated its review of capital cases
- DECEMBER 7, 2000JordanDEATH PENALTY
Bilal Musa, convicted of robbing and murdering 11 people...
Bilal Musa, convicted of robbing and murdering 11 people in 10 separate crimes during a five-year span, was hanged at Swaqa prison at dawn
- DECEMBER 7, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
In their Iran Report 2001, Human Rights Watch stated...
In their Iran Report 2001, Human Rights Watch stated "The (Iranian) government continued to make frequent use of the death penalty after trials which failed to comply with international standards
- DECEMBER 7, 2000GermanyDEATH PENALTY
The Bundestag, called for the United States to abolish...
The Bundestag, called for the United States to abolish the death penalty, defining the practice as "inhuman" and "scarcely efficient"