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 1, 2000OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
James Glenn Robedeaux, 51, black, was executed by lethal...
James Glenn Robedeaux, 51, black, was executed by lethal injection
- MAY 31, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Under pressure from Washington to extradite Ira Einhorn,...
Under pressure from Washington to extradite Ira Einhorn, French legal authorities wanted to study the case more before deciding whether to propose that the Prime Minister sign the final extradition order
- MAY 31, 2000FranceDEATH PENALTY
The French cabinet approved a draft law for extraditing...
The French cabinet approved a draft law for extraditing criminals to the United States
- MAY 31, 2000BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
Demir Sabanci, son of the assassinated Turkish industrialist...
Demir Sabanci, son of the assassinated Turkish industrialist Ozdemir Sabanci, was thinking of filing a lawsuit against the Belgium government in the European Court of Human Rights
- MAY 31, 2000JordanDEATH PENALTY
Muhammad Jaghamin was hanged at dawn in the Swaqa prison...
Muhammad Jaghamin was hanged at dawn in the Swaqa prison after a 10-month trial at the State Security Court
- MAY 31, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Sorour Al Kouze'i, a 40-year old Afghan, was...
Mohammad Sorour Al Kouze'i, a 40-year old Afghan, was executed on the Garmseer bridge in public in the town of Taft
- MAY 31, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Izmir State Security court handed down the death...
The Izmir State Security court handed down the death penalty on six of the 22 alleged members of the far-left urban guerrilla group Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-The indictment said they shot the soldiers in fighting with security forces in 1998
- MAY 31, 2000DEATH PENALTY
Robert Carter, 34, black, was put to death by lethal...
Robert Carter, 34, black, was put to death by lethal injection
- MAY 30, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Wang Zhiliang, the principal culprit of an extraordinary...
Wang Zhiliang, the principal culprit of an extraordinary tax evasion case causing economic losses of over 20m yuan to the State, was executed in Huludao, Liaoning
- MAY 30, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A corrupt official, Yang Shuhua, was executed in Hebei...
A corrupt official, Yang Shuhua, was executed in Hebei Renqiu City
- MAY 30, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Five men convicted on various counts of kidnapping,...
Five men convicted on various counts of kidnapping, raping and robbing children were executed, in various places across China, on the eve of Children's Day
- MAY 30, 2000AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
The new CE Special Representative to Albania, Jorgen...
The new CE Special Representative to Albania, Jorgen Grunnet, said that the abolition of the death sentence in Albania was de facto in force, although not yet ratified by the Albanian Parliament
- MAY 30, 2000NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed a Nigerian in Jeddah for smuggling...
Saudi Arabia executed a Nigerian in Jeddah for smuggling an unspecified quantity of cocaine into the kingdom
- MAY 30, 2000South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
On May 30, 2000, Parliament ratified the African Charter...
On May 30, 2000, Parliament ratified the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
- MAY 30, 2000South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
The New National Party (NNP) leader, Marthinus van...
The New National Party (NNP) leader, Marthinus van Schalkwyk, stated that "A crackdown on rapists and child abusers in South Africa is long overdue
- MAY 30, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Al-Haji Bin-Staro Bin-Adimola Bin-Yusuf, a Nigerian,...
Al-Haji Bin-Staro Bin-Adimola Bin-Yusuf, a Nigerian, was executed in Mecca after being convicted of smuggling heroin
- MAY 30, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Manuel Bruna Ronilion Peridon, a Filipino, was executed...
Manuel Bruna Ronilion Peridon, a Filipino, was executed in Mecca after being convicted of attempting to murder a Saudi national in the governorate of Jiddah (forse è lo stesso della notizia sopra)
- MAY 30, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Filipino man was sentenced to death and executed...
A Filipino man was sentenced to death and executed for stabbing and seriously wounding a taxi driver outside the Red Sea port city of Jeddah
- MAY 30, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Zeinullah Khan Arjoun Khan, a Pakistani, was beheaded...
Zeinullah Khan Arjoun Khan, a Pakistani, was beheaded in Riyad after being convicted of smuggling heroin into Saudi Arabia
- MAY 30, 2000PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A Filipino man was executed in Jeddah , Saudi Arabia...
A Filipino man was executed in Jeddah , Saudi Arabia for attempted murder
- MAY 30, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An Additional District and Sessions court in Okara...
An Additional District and Sessions court in Okara has imposed death sentence on one and gave life imprisonment to two others
- MAY 30, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A convict soldier was hung to death at the Kot Lakhpat...
A convict soldier was hung to death at the Kot Lakhpat Jail, while the hanging of his accomplicewas deferred for a month
- MAY 30, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed a Pakistani man, Zeinullah Khan...
Saudi Arabia executed a Pakistani man, Zeinullah Khan Arjoun Khan, for smuggling heroin into the kingdom
- MAY 30, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Belgium's refusal to extradite Fehriye Erdal [charged...
Belgium's refusal to extradite Fehriye Erdal [charged with murdering a Turkish businessman] to Turkey rekindled the debate over the death penalty
- MAY 30, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Italy's main aims as term president of the Council...
Italy's main aims as term president of the Council of Europe would be to strive for a "Europe free of the death penalty" and to promote human rights, the Italian Foreign Secretary Umberto Ranieri said
- MAY 29, 2000FranceDEATH PENALTY
45% of the respondents in a poll conducted among 1,000...
45% of the respondents in a poll conducted among 1,000 people over 18 and representing all walks of life, said that France should re-establish the death penalty to fight crime
- MAY 29, 2000AustriaDEATH PENALTY
The chairman-in-office at the OSCE, Austrian foreign...
The chairman-in-office at the OSCE, Austrian foreign minister Benita Ferrero-Waldne was received by the President of Turkmenistan Saparmyrat Turkmenbashy
- MAY 29, 2000TurkmenistanDEATH PENALTY
The chairman-in-office of the Organisation for Security...
The chairman-in-office of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Austrian Foreign Minister Benita Ferrero-Waldner, highly assessed the acts of humanization of Turkmen society and noted the wide international response following the
- MAY 29, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Abdul Hameed was condemned to death for murdering his...
Abdul Hameed was condemned to death for murdering his sister-in-law Sameena
- MAY 29, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Additional District and Sessions Judge Tariq Iftikhar...
Additional District and Sessions Judge Tariq Iftikhar Ahmed gave the death sentence to Abid Manzoor for murdering Doctor Shamsuzaman